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A. J. Raffles is an 'amateur cracksman' and a gentleman-thief who with his wit and ingenuity befools everyone to get what he wants. Raffles is an antihero. Although a thief, he never steals from his hosts, he helps old friends in trouble. Additionally, the recognition of the problems of the distribution of wealth is a recurrent subtext throughout the stories.

If you want to laugh, there are five of the most politically incorrect stories you'll ever listen to! There's a little redneck in all of us, so come and visit our brave hero Cletus and his wife. You'll also meet his friends and a few strange folks along the way. What would you do if druids showed up during hunting season? Have you ever seen the Mona Lisa on a hubcap? Maybe, try your hand at some turkey fishing.

The Silver Sphere Trilogy is updated and thoroughly edited for your reading pleasure. Read and enjoy the entire story in one book. A two-chapter introduction to “Time Terminus—Expect the Unexpected” is included as a bonus. The story begins with mystery writer Jacob Casell strolling on a moonlit beach contemplating the ending of his over-due manuscript. When Jacob stumbles upon a shiny silver sphere, the artificial intelligence inside speaks to him telepathically. Jacob's startling discovery is only the beginning of a real-life adventure that goes beyond anything his creative ...

This book is a collection of short stories detailing the many adventures of Nate and Kristie. Recently married, all they ask for is a peaceful and relaxing vacation away from the work and stress of normal life. Instead they encounter fear, danger, and separation, forcing them to constantly decide how far they are willing to go in order to save the other. Will they allow the world to destroy their love for each other? Or will they work together to resist the very world that would love to tear them apart? Find out for yourself in Uncharted.

An explosive apocalyptic conspiracy thriller from a major new British talent that will set the world alight…REVELATION OR DEVASTATION?The certainties of the modern world are about to be blown apart by a three thousand year-old conspiracy nurtured by blood and lies …A man throws himself to his death from the oldest inhabited place on the face of the earth, a mountainous citadel in the historic Turkish city of Ruin. This is no ordinary suicide but a symbolic act.

Eight terrifying, cold sweat producing tales in several genres, beginning with the occult and a wicked black magic practicing witch and the monster she created...Man on the Run. Or a grandmother, a straitlaced, law-abiding citizen, who turns into a cold-blooded drug stick-up artist, in search of…Gran Maw Maw.

Nueve cuentos entrelazados por los destellos breves, por las ausencias perennes, por el afán cotidiano, por la búsqueda creativa, por la evidencia de la vida misma de unos personajes que esperan, de una posible memoria y biografía propias y reconocibles en una escritura que es súplica e incendio, en una literatura que nos quema. La vida entre las manos de Eloy Tizón.

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.

Terrifying screams. Dark figures hiding among the trees. Are they coming for you? Let these six tales of the unknown thrust you into the wilds of the forest, where mysteries abound. Experience the dramatic encounters between average people and the mysterious beasts that stalk them - but are the creatures friend or foe?

Charlie, Rick, and Katy have never seen a Bigfoot. Yet soon each of them will, separately, experience something inexplicable in the woods, something that makes them question their worldview, something that sets them on the path to their destiny. Father and son Charlie and Rick Bergren go through the same events together but react in vastly different ways. Katy Gallagher, while hiking alone in the woods, gets shaken up by a strange series of events that will alter her future in ways she hasn't yet imagined.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, published in 1886, is another brilliant work from Robert Louis Stevenson about the life and death struggle between two opposing personalities - one essentially good, the other essentially evil - for the soul of one man. The kind and intelligent Dr. Jekyll concocts a drug intended to separate his good self from his evil self, and after drinking it, turns into a psychopathic monster: Mr. Hyde!

At the heart of every mystery lies a solution, but sometimes the answer proves even more baffling than the mystery itself. In this collection of short fiction, explore an often-ignored aspect of the Sasquatch phenomenon - the humanlike behavior of Bigfoot - as seen through eyes of three everyday humans. They will each encounter a legend - and see firsthand the many faces of Bigfoot.

As a young man Monte Calhoun was as wild as they come, thinking the measure of a man was how hard he could drink and how straight he can shoot. But several years of schooling back East have changed him. Monte has become The No-Gun Man. The East Coast has civilized him, and he’s bringing some of that civilization home to Superstition, Arizona...even if it means refusing to avenge the murder of his own father.

Kipling, a Nobel Prize-winner, tells the story of two Englishmen, with 20 rifles and two donkeys, setting off from India into the wild unknown to win a kingdom. Added to the adventure is a surprise ending.

The Mikhailov Bratva is at war. The Bratva’s elite was killed. The stench of death shrouds us. The Bratva is vulnerable. I’m second to the Pakhan. The Irish Mob wants to destroy the Bratva. To conquer. I’ll be damned if I’ll allow it. Not on my watch. I’ll paint the city red. My hands are stained with blood. The Irish Princess asks for help. I take her. I’ll break her. I’ll make her mine.

Valentina, giovane inesperta alla seconda lezione di scuola guida...

In einem arabischen Land herrscht im 19. Jahrhundert der weise König Salih. Als die Königin bei einem Attentat ums Leben kommt, versinkt die einzige Tochter in tiefe Melancholie. Die Thronfolgerin hat sich in einen armen Fischer verliebt, wovon ihr Vater nichts ahnt. Als Karam, der Kaffeehauserzähler, von ihrer Krankheit erfährt, beschließt er, die Prinzessin zu heilen. Allabendlich versammelt er erzählfreudige Menschen im Palast, um die junge Frau durch die schönsten Geschichten ins Leben zurückzuholen: von Mut und Feigheit, von Freundschaft und Feindschaft, von der Liebe und der Weisheit des Herzens.

La historia nunca antes vista sobre el origen de los reinos humanos y la decadencia de ellos en el universo de la Gran Cruzada Universal, con páginas de nuevos contenidos para quienes desean conocer el verdadero origen de todas las cosas. Este libro contiene la historia más completa del origen de los Reinos, las confrontaciones entre hombres y seres que pensábamos que hacían parte de la mitología, pero que existieron y ejercieron una influencia muy poderosa en la historia de la humanidad.

Skyler is a powerful opponent in the women’s boxing ring, but her skill and experience may not be enough to keep her alive after she’s kidnapped and dropped off on a Hennian hunting planet. Completely out of her element and desperate to survive, Skyler warily agrees to accept the assistance of Kyux, a Krocosian who claims to be her mate.

"El experto observador de fantasmas sabe que debe optar por una mirada indiferente, nunca directa, aceptar esa percepción imprecisa, de costado, sin tratar de apropiarse de un significado evanescente que se deshace entre los dedos: textos translúcidos, medusas del sentido." Así arranca este espléndido volumen de micro-relatos de la mano de una de las mejores creadoras del género, la escritora argentina Ana María Shua. Van Gogh y Tarzán, sirenas y pájaros azules, filtros de amor y mapas del tesoro.