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The Marbles follows two lifelong friends as they plan a reckless heist and build a crew of misfits to pull it off. But they’re all in—until everything starts to fall apart. A trail’s been left, and now the cops are circling. The real question isn’t if they’ll get the score....

यावर्षीच्या दिवाळी अंकाचा विषय 'संवाद' आहे, कारण हेच बघा ना, तुम्ही-आम्ही एकमेकांशी संवाद साधतो? उत्तर सोपे आहे. बोलूनच संवाद साधतो, बरोबर आहे. म्हणजेच काय, आपलं बोलणं, वागणं, व्हर्बल आणि नॉन व्हर्बल कम्युनिकेशन हे आपोआप सतत होत असतं. उदाहरण बघायचं झालं तर जेव्हा संध्याकाळ होते आणि दिवस मावळायला लागतो, तेव्हा आपल्याला कोणी सांगत नाही, पण एकंदरित वातावरण कळत-नकळत आपल्याला सांगतं की, आता संध्याकाळ होत चालली, तुम्ही तुमच्या घरी परत जा. म्हणजेच काय झालं? तर हे नॉन व्हर्बल कम्युनिकेशन झालं.

Wrong place, wrong time. Eighteen voices share their harrowing encounters with the uncanny, the grotesque, and the utterly inexplicable. Stories of old gods and new nightmares, of the evil men do, and of the terrors lingering in the dark.

A listless woman befriends an influencer at a rooftop party, only to discover her lifestyle is not as glamorous as it seems. A college freshman gives the world's longest blow job to a boy whose name she's forgotten. A fan-favorite reality TV star joins a dating app after an explosive breakup, ready to move on, but finds she's only in control when cameras are rolling. While working in a hot tub showroom, a struggling actress goes method so she can nail an audition for the role of High School Junkie Girlfriend.

Essas histórias de Graciliano Ramos têm um caráter leve e divertido. Alexandre empolga-se com a narração de suas aventuras, muitas vezes impossíveis e inacreditáveis, mas recebe sempre o apoio de sua mulher Cesária. Os vizinhos, acocorados ao seu redor, encantam-se com os “causos”, que só são interrompidos de vez em quando pelo cego Firmino, que pede esclarecimentos de um jeito muito divertido.

“Adventure,” L. Ron Hubbard said, “I well know, is in the heart, not in the view.” In his stories, which were uniquely drawn from true-to-life experiences, including then-rare voyages to Asia and the South Pacific, he adventured grandly, carrying readers into the cold, storm-swept sea, or the heat of a vast desert or the wild currents of the air. A member of the famed Explorers Club, Mr. Hubbard delivered in these stories a sharp jolt of reality with a healthy dose of pulse-pounding bold adventure.

“Adventure,” L. Ron Hubbard said, “I well know, is in the heart, not in the view.” In his stories, which were uniquely drawn from true-to-life experiences, including then-rare voyages to Asia and the South Pacific, he adventured grandly, carrying readers into the cold, storm-swept sea, or the heat of a vast desert or the wild currents of the air. A member of the famed Explorers Club, Mr. Hubbard delivered in these stories a sharp jolt of reality with a healthy dose of pulse-pounding bold adventure.

“Adventure,” L. Ron Hubbard said, “I well know, is in the heart, not in the view.” In his stories, which were uniquely drawn from true-to-life experiences, including then-rare voyages to Asia and the South Pacific, he adventured grandly, carrying readers into the cold, storm-swept sea, or the heat of a vast desert or the wild currents of the air. A member of the famed Explorers Club, Mr. Hubbard delivered in these stories a sharp jolt of reality with a healthy dose of pulse-pounding bold adventure.

Years of darkness. Betrayal. Death. War rages. Revenge fuels me. I claw up the ranks. Hell will reign. Blood will flood the streets. I will claim my legacy. I will rule.

The Olmecs knew things – mysterious secrets and powerful spells. Unbeknownst to modern man, this ancient culture conquered the rainforest’s defense system, enabling the Olmecs to build within the jungle. But while the Old Guardians were once defeated, they never gave up. For millions of years, they have waited for their chance to return and drive away the human invaders.

Deux histoires apparemment sans lien entre elles, mais deux histoires tout de même. Un épisode sur un écrivain et un autre du même acabit, il fallait le faire. C’est sans compter que ces deux histoires tuent sans vergogne… Enfin, en quelque sorte.

Jack London est un personnage extraordinaire, complexe, fort et fragile, un aventurier, le genre d'homme dont on peut dire qu'il a tout fait, tout vécu. Tour à tour "pilleur d'huitres, barreur de navires, chercheur d'or, écrivain besogneux, vagabond et grand buveur devant l'éternel!"* Il laisse derrière lui une œuvre colossale. Grand voyageur il a connu le froid du grand nord et le soleil des îles Salomon, la chasse aux phoques en Corée et les matches de boxe à San Francisco, les lépreux à Hawaï et les pauvres à Londres.

From Arkansas and London to Zanzibar and the Tanzanian bush, Looking at Harry and other stories follows a selection of unique perspectives on the human condition spanning multiple continents. An inquiry into the dichotomies of life, this short story collection features six beautifully crafted stories that all explore how there is always two sides to one coin.

Do you recognize uniquely hillbilly shinola when you hear it? Does your mouth go off long before your brain fully engages? Do you easily get exquisitely simple things bollixed up beyond reasonable repair? Are you a veritable storehouse of meaningless and insignificant information? If so, you’ll feel right at home with the retired redneck geezers who regularly gather around the wood stove at the Gatesville General Store. Set in the hills of southern Indiana, the store is the old boys’ high church for general tomfoolery and otherwise misguided prattle, and their beloved heater is their altar.

ukpa had a layer of sweat on his face that he hadn’t wiped for a long time. He didn’t want to get distracted. There was a vague pain in his chest. The moment he paid attention to it, it increased. It was fear. He didn’t think it would be this frightening. He had imagined it very differently. He thought he would go there with immense bravery in his heart and they would all attack the elders’ huts of the Jandunga tribe and return with immense pride back to their own tribe.

It’s 1865 and a band of renegade deserters left over from the American Civil War abduct newlywed Judith Johansen and head to the wilds of Rupert’s Land, soon to become Western Canada. They are about to find out that they have made a huge mistake. Judith is the granddaughter of Moses Munro, a wily old mountain man who survived as a trapper in the Rocky Mountains during the 1820s and ‘30s.

Short story written by Jack London The Son of the Wolf consists of a single man who is known as Mckenzie or "Scruff". The story tells of the hardships of what single men had to endure on the frontier. Often men would venture on journeys that may consist of months or even years just in order to find the right suitor. Scruff had been the toughest of the tough and had lasted the longest on the frontier without the company of a woman. This story connects with naturalism by showing that nature can be just as cruel as it can be forgiving if someone is alone on the frontier.

To the Man On the Trail is a classic adventure short story by the American writer Jack London, was published in 1900. This is f story about a stranger who stops to rest at Malemute Kid's cabin. He tells the other men a little about himself. A little later, the men hear another story about the stranger from the authorities.

Оповідання Джека Лондона Жага до життя написане понад сто років тому, однак і сьогодні популярне серед читачів та включене до шкільної програми як блискучий зразок американської літератури. Випробування, які припали на долю головного героя оповідання, екстремально висвітлюють, що насправді є головним у житті, як воля і гідність людини переборюють виклики природи. Герой, покинутий товаришем посеред голої канадської тундри, сильно голодував та піддавався зневодненню, але жага до життя брала верх.

Новела Кіт у чоботях Миколи Хвильового присвячена показу жінки в роки революції, та згубний вплив хибних ідей людини, які перетворюють її на бездумного виконавця, чиновника. Ідея новели — засудження суспільної системи, що, прикриваючись хорошими гаслами, перетворювала вірних їй людей у фанатичні механізми, якими можна маніпулювати.українська література, класична література, українська література XX століття, новела, людські емоції, психологія людини, життєві обставини, моральні конфлікти, сенс життя, надія на щастя, внутрішня боротьба, жінка, жінки в роки революції, розстріляне відродження, українська