Sitting in Kansas Café, Judy Vernon witnesses a man have a heart attack. With his final breath, Frank Farrington gives her the look of someone wanting her to do something, but knowing he has no right to ask.His presence lingers in the café, sitting across the table from Judy, and his pleading eyes appear in her mind when she is away from the café. Judy, a freelance journalist, is driven by Frank to investigate his life as she attempts to answer two questions:Who was he?What does he want from me?As she learns about Frank, she becomes entwined in his life, being adopted by his family, accepting responsibility for his alcoholic former partner Billy, and befriending Frank’s morally dubious ex-wife, Miriam.Her life is further complicated when bisexual loner Judy falls in love with both forensic accountant and businessman Myron Myerson and Frank’s brother’s wife, Alison Farrington.Perhaps the most important question for Judy is whet...

An Idaho farmer who aches for absolution after a tragedy is given one more chance at redemption. Two runaways cross paths in a Tennessee bus station with only one ticket between them. A family sees looters racing toward their home as they escape an Oregon wildfire. A young couple takes a reckless turn off a state highway in Utah and find themselves in a nightmarish government biohazard area.These and 46 more shorts make up an anthology that will surprise readers with each new thought-provoking story as they skip across different genres, moods, and states of mind. Together, they provide a character-driven sampling of the American experience over the last 60 years — the kind and the cruel, the heroic and criminal — in unpredictable and suspenseful ways.50 States is a debut collection of short stories that captures the human condition and how perception shapes destiny. The book spans several literary genres, with each short story set in...

A recently fired college graduate, not to mention future father and husband--in that order—finds a new job in an office where business becomes personal.

Les nouvelles aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles illustrées en couleur de Chris Riddell dans une somptueuse édition cartonnée et jaquette. Un cadeau parfait pour les familles, les enfants et tous les fans de ce classique préféré très apprécié.Publiée pour la première fois par Macmillan il y a plus de 150 ans, l'histoire emblématique de Lewis Carroll a été aimée et appréciée par des générations d'enfants.

When I open my eyes, I have no idea where I am or who I’m with. The woman beside my bed is lovely, with dark hair and eyes and a warm smile that makes me feel safe. I learn I’ve survived a major surgery that might’ve killed me after being shot in the neck, and Gianna is my nurse. She soon becomes the center of my universe as I recover. All I want is to get out of the hospital so I can really get to know her, but my recovery is slow and full of frustrating setbacks. The minute I get out of here, I’m taking her on the best date of her life.GiannaHe’s the nicest man I’ve ever met, but I’ve learned to be wary of nice men. They tend to talk a big game, but when it comes down to it, they’re all the same. The longer Milo is under my care, however, the more I like him—and his big overly involved family. Since my parents died and left me to finish raising my two younger brothers, family has been in short supply in my life. The Giordinos are righ...

Conoce a Goya: un inspector audáz que enfrenta al crimen en una ciudad donde impera la violencia.La ciudad de Sancaré es una ciudad corrupta y violenta, donde el crimen está a la orden del día.El inspector Guillermo Goya debe investigar junto a su compañero, Marcelo Pérez, tres casos que conmocionan a toda la población: el aparente suicidio de una poetisa, el brutal asesinato de una mujer y la muerte de dos adolescentes.Pero ¿qué precio tiene la verdad? La obsesión de Goya por descubrir los secretos ocultos tras estos sombríos episodios, lo llevará a descuidar sus vínculos familiares y a poner en riesgo su propia vida.Goya: Tres relatos policíacos de suspenso e intriga es la precuela de la serie Crímenes en tierras violentas. En Goya podrás conocer el pasado de este enigmático inspector de policía y adentrarte junto a él en una atrayente trama de intriga y suspense, a través de tres intrigantes relatos: «Los traicionados»,...

Los lectores opinan:— Una vez más Raúl Garbantes nos presenta una novela de misterio y suspense bien escrita que tiene en vilo al lector. ★★★★★— You will not put it down once you start reading. Great book. ★★★★★— Me encantó cómo el autor plasma cada situación en la historia de forma sutil y exacta sin ser sobrio, vulgar o frío. Desde este momento, me declaro totalmente fan del autor. ★★★★★— A real good story with good characters. My Spanish is not as good as it used to be but it was well written and easy to follow. ★★★★★Sinopsis:A la mitad de un sueño lleno de pesadillas, Diana recibe una llamada aterradora. Su hermana Bárbara y su pequeño sobrino Leo han sido brutalmente asesinados. Mientras que Mina, su sobrina de cinco años, ha desaparecido y es probable que el mismo homicida la haya secuestrado.Diana buscará la ayuda de Justo, el jefe del Departamento de Homicidios, para iniciar una exhaustiva investigación sobre...

Let me just tell you how I wrote this 'Poiman Karadu' story. On the way I saw a place called 'Poiman Karadu' when I went to the appreciation ceremony held at Namakkal for the great poet Sriramalingampillai. I also saw the magician who appeared in the cave of that forest. That magic came from the mountain cave and penetrated into my mind cave. Was very disturbing. No matter how many good words I said it refused to leave my mind. In the dream and in the consciousness, in unexpected places and in unexpected times, the lieutenant caught my attention and took my life. One day I was furious and said, 'Oh, liar! Are you leaving my mind or not? If you don't go, I'll write a story about you and make you laugh! ' I said. That 's it. I finally finished writing a story. The characters are mostly from Salem district. Characters I used to see during my stay at the Gandhi Ashram in Tiruchengode. If it appears to the reader that some of the characters are rude and t...

Conversations turns into story telling of one’s lifetime experience of visiting a Island somewhere below the Sri Lanka.A Writer who forced to take a trip to India from Burma aka Myanmar due to outbreak of war. Unfortunately or fortunately he get to travel in a old crowded ship.Due to Fear of bombers captain of the ship takes them to near by island. Beauty of the island invites everyone to it but few along with captain travels to the island.Where captain explains his earlier visit to island and take them back to ship. But writer wish to spend some more time before the ship continues its voyage so he hide himself behind the trees. Captain and passengers takes the row boat and ride back to the ship.They realise they left someone behind but due to sunset they decide to stay back in ship till dawn. Writer revisit the spot he enjoyed few moments back and experience something strange events.How those strange events impact him? Did he able to...

பின்னால் அவர் எழுதிய சிவகாமியின் சபதம் காலத்தால் பார்த்திபன் கனவுக்கு முந்தியது. எனவே கதாபாத்திரங்களைச் சித்தரிப்பதில் மிகுந்த நுட்பத்தைக் கையாண்டிருப்பார்.

Kalki was the pen name of R. Krishnamurthy (September 9, 1899 to December 5, 1954), a noted Tamil writer, film & music critic, Indian independence activist and journalist from Tamil Nadu, India. Krishnamurthy's first attempt at writing fiction also came during that period. In 1923 he became a sub-editor on Navasakthi, a Tamil periodical edited by Tamil scholar and freedom fighter V. Kalyanasundaram, known as Thiru Vi. Ka. Krishnamurthy's first book was published in 1927.In 1941 he left Ananda Vikatan and rejoined the freedom struggle and courted arrest. On his release after three months he and Sadasivam started the weekly, Kalki. He was its editor until his death on December 5, 1954. In 1956, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously for his

கல்கி குழும வாசகர்களுக்கு இனிய தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துகள்!2022 வருட கல்கி; தீபாவளி மலர்’மின்’ மலராக இதோ உங்கள் கையில்…80 வருட கல்கி தீபாவளி மலர் களஞ்சியத்திலிருந்து...கதைகள், கவிதைகள், கட்டுரைகள், பயண அனுபவங்கள், ஆன்மிக தகவல்கள், சினிமா என்று...வாசமிகு கதம்ப மலர் மாலையாக மிளிர்கிறது இந்த டிஜிட்டல் தீபாவளி மலர்கல்கி குழுமம் வழங்கும் இந்த முதல்டிஜிட்டல் தீபாவளி மலர் 2022அனைத்து வாசகர்களையும் ஈர்க்கும் என்பதில் சந்தேகமில்லைஎங்கள் பொக்கிஷப் பெட்டகத்திலிருந்து தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட கருத்துமிகு படைப்புகளை படித்து மகிழுங்கள்! நண்பர்களுக்கும் பரிசளியுங்கள்!லக்ஷ்மி நடராஜன்ஆசிரியர்கல்கி குழுமம்மலர் தொகுப்பு

கோட்டை வாசலுக்கு எதிரே அகழியை தூர்த்துக் கொண்டு யானைகளை ஏவினால்.., மத்த கஜங்களின் தாக்குதலுக்கு எதிரே கோட்டையின் மரக் கதவுகள் என்ன செய்யும்?வாதாபி வீரர்கள் அப்படிதான் செய்யப் போகிறார்கள்.நமது கோட்டை வாசல் எதிரில் அகழியை தூர்க்கப் போகிறார்கள். பெரிய பெரிய மரங்களை வெட்டிக் கொண்டு வந்து பாலம் போடப் போகிறார்கள்.பாலத்தின் வழியே கோட்டைக்கதவுகள் தகர்க்க யானைகளை ஏவப் போகிறார்கள்..அந்த யானைகளுக்கு முதலில் மதுவைக் கொடுத்து விட்டுதான் ஏவப் போகிறார்கள்.அந்த யானைகள் எப்படிப்பட்ட அதிசயத்தை அனுபவிக்கப் போகின்றன.கோட்டை வாசலின் மேல் மண்டபத்தில் இருந்தும் பக்கத்து மதில் சுவர்களின் மேல் இருந்தும் ''வஜ்ராயுதம்'' விழுவது போல் வேல்கள் வந்து யானைகளின் தலை மீது விழும்.அந்த மது உண்ட யானைகள் பயங்கரமாய் பிளிறிக்கொண்டு திரும்பி ஓடி வாதாபி வீரர்களை துவைத்து நாசமாக்கப் போகிறது.மேலே இருந்து விழுகிற வேல்களுக்கு தப்பி சில யானைகள் வந்து கதவில் மோதும். அதனால்,கோட்டைக்கதவு பிளக்கும்அப்போது அந்த யானைகளுக்கு அதிசயம் காத்திருக்கும்.வெளிக்கதவு பிளந்ததும்,உள்ளே ந...

Ponniyin Selvan is Kalki R Krishnamurthy’s magnum opus, set in 10th century Tamil Nadu, exploring the early life of Emperor Rajaraja the 1st. It might have been written more than 60 years ago, but this saga is timeless, reeling in readers with a gripping plot interwoven with intrigue, conspiracies, mystery, romance and adventure. Fresh Floods is Book 1 of a total of five volumes. Who is the rightful heir to the ancient Chozha throne? Will Madhuranthakar—son of the eldest son—or Aditha Karikalan—the grandson of the younger—wear the crown? And will justice prevail in this struggle for power? Follow our young, enthusiastic hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan on his fascinating journey, as this historical fiction based on real characters and incidents unfolds at a spell-binding pace, delving deep into human tendencies, desires, personal motives, political ambitions and the fight to gain power at all costs.

The Many Adventures of Donnie Malone takes readers into the events that helped shape the American twentieth century. They begin when sixteen-year-old Donnie gets caught up in the patriotic swirl of World War I. Enlisting in the U.S. Army, he becomes a pilot during the deadly days at the end of the fighting.The stakes in Donnie’s life are just as high after the war. He wrestles with wealthy investors and powerful politicians who have designs on his air delivery business. He is hired to drive a cab for an ambitious mobster and works at assorted dead-end jobs until he bumps into the man who taught him to fly, American ace Eddie Rickenbacker, and it changes his course.Later he befriends detainees in a Japanese internment camp, becomes enmeshed in labor struggles, and dodges McCarthy agents. During the Vietnam era, having seen enough war, Donnie helps several young men avoid the draft by flying them to Canada.Woven throughout Donni...