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The Bible is a big book and reading it can seem a bit daunting, especially if you’re not sure where to start. It’s also a very important book. Is has had a huge impact on the world - socially, morally, politically - and even on the language we use. This book is structured around 12 phrases that come from the Bible and uses them to explain the whole story - from the first book (Genesis) to the last book (Revelation). If you want to find out what the Bible is all about, and why it has changed the world, this book is for you.

Assistant literary agent Freya Harrison never thought her chance at a big break would look like this: at a swanky romance conference in New York, managing the agency’s most insufferable client. Sure, Jake Richards is a global best-selling author, adored by all his fans. But on meeting him, Freya finds him arrogant, condescending, and, worst of all, a complete phony. After being overheard calling romance ‘easy money’ and his readers ‘fools’, Jake’s reputation is tanking. And it’s Freya’s job to clean up the mess – and maybe, finally prove her worth to her boss.

The fourteen short stories in To Cut a Long Story Short show Jeffrey Archer’s great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tale. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession - and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar - to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty’s diplomatic service - but for a good cause.

4 Buchtipps in 20 Minuten. Karla Paul & Günter Keil pitchen ihre Lieblingstitel – kurz, prägnant und extrem unterhaltsam. Die Must-Reads der Neuerscheinungen, persönliche Favoriten aus der Backlist und Interviews aus der Literaturbranche! Long Story Short ist eine Kooperation mit der Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe. Süddeutsche Zeitung Podcast-Tipp des Monats: "Neuerscheinungen und alte Titel, Stimmungsdrücker und Gesellschaftsromane oder Tagebücher übers Gärtnern - prägnant und in lockerem Plauderton werden sie verhandelt."

Tillie n'a qu'une ambition : devenir autrice. C'est pour ça qu'elle a quitté sa ville natale sans un regard en arrière, c'est pour ça qu'elle a rejoint l'université réputée de Pittsburgh, et c'est pour ça qu'elle ne laissera rien se mettre en travers de sa route. Alors, quand elle découvre l'identité de son nouveau professeur d'écriture créative, elle croit d'abord à une mauvaise blague. Le problème n'est pas qu'il soit terriblement jeune, ni même qu'il entraîne l'équipe de soccer de la fac, ça elle pourrait s'y faire.

A collection of 15 short, but suspenseful stories, including: Anything for a Sale, Careful What You Wish For, Starting Over, and Time's Up.

Follow the disaster magnets of St Mary's as they hurtle around history! The ninth book in The Chronicles of St Mary's Series collects the best-selling short stories in audio for the first time.

Join Us to Uncover the Habits, Traits and Truths behind Success. All in 20 minutes or less.

If there's one thing you should know about Kate & Annie Meyers— two 20-something sisters living in NYC— it's that they love to talk. On "Long Story Short," they'll talk about it all, from reality TV & pop music to politics and everything in between. Tune in for weekly conversations on the silly stuff and the serious stuff as the Meyers sisters navigate finding joy amidst the craziness of our world today.

Die Zwanziger: manche trainieren für einen Marathon, andere starten einen Podcast - ich habe mich für Letzteres entschieden. In Short Story Long spreche ich mit spannenden Gäst*innen über alles, was uns in unseren Zwanzigern bewegt: Selbstfindung, Beziehungen, mentale Gesundheit und die ganz normalen Alltagshürden. Echte Gespräche, ehrliche Gedanken und Themen, über die viel zu selten geredet wird - mit viel Herz, Tiefe und einer Prise Humor. Mach's dir gemütlich, hör rein und lass uns gemeinsam die kleinen Geschichten des Lebens groß machen.

Listen in with Jade, Stevie & Elle. We are three childhood best friends who will be discussing everything life has to throw at us and all the lessons we’ve learnt in-between. You are guaranteed completely honest, unfiltered opinions and a few laughs along the way. Oh and just a warning- no story will ever be short! Don’t forget to email in with any questions or dilemma’s: longstoryshortpodcast22@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of SWORN TO SILENCE and GONE MISSING, comes LONG LOST: a powerful and moving story about a troubled young woman and a decades old mystery set in the world of the Amish. It's autumn in Painters Mill, and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder...

Edited by The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of short stories in the magazine which has been the most influential and important showcase for the form and has launched dozens of stellar careers in fiction There is simply no A–Z like...

Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about the much-loved men from her Mixed Messages and Finding Home series. Follow them through awkward marriage proposals, birthdays, a fraught babysitting job, and a very drunken Eurovision Song Contest party.

What defines a modern short story is much more than a question of length. Despite the efforts of early pioneers like Edgar Allan Poe, the genre was originally synonymous with the anecdote or tale and seen more as entertainment than art. However it has become far more than that, and this Very Short Introduction considers afresh the form's ongoing innovations in plot construction, capacity for psychological insight, and ability to offer intensely concentrated perceptions.

A podcast celebrating writing and creativity across fantasy, horror, and science-fiction, hosted by authors David Green and Robin CM Duncan.

The definitive short story collection that established Ernest Hemingway's literary reputation, originally published in 1938. Ernest Hemingway is a cultural icon—an archetype of rugged masculinity, a romantic ideal of the intellectual in perpetual exile—but, to his countless readers...

A city employee finds herself serving eviction notices to the fairy tale denizens of the land of Everhold. A particular eviction, though, is more difficult than she could have imagined, as the elderly owner of a castle struggles to deal with the change.

From the surreal to the mundane, twenty-four stories that “show Murukami at his dynamic, organic best” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). "A warning to new readers of Haruki Murakami: You will become addicted.... His newest collection is as enigmatic and sublime as ever." —San Francisco...

Welcome to Long Story Short Conversations, the podcast dedicated to sharing lifelong lessons for a life well-lived.