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  3 Sad Stories - About People...

  Katherine Mansfield, Maxim...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  Bedtime Stories for Adults

  Fritz Castronuevo

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  You probably already know that there are so many people out there who suffer from mental problems daily and insomnia seems to be one of the most common consequences for most of them. Some people neglect it and think that it is not an issue, not a big deal, but within time, they realize that it doesn't go away automatically. 
  So what is the solution? Is it drugs? Nowadays, there is a pill for every problem. Is it psychological therapy? You really have to spend a lot of time on it, and most of the time it doesn't help as much as you would like to. 
  There is a way better and simpler solution. Have you ever read a bedtime story for a child? Even if you have never done it to yourself, you definitely heard that some parents do that for their child before sleep? So what are you going to do? You are also going to listen to stories, but for yourself, specific stories with scientific proof to their effectiveness... 
  Take a look at only a few things you are going to learn out of this book: 
  - How to manage stress and anxiety 
  - 25 late night stories to get rid of insomnia 
  - An instructive thought next to each one 
  - Effortless fall in sleep every time you read a story 
  And much much more... I think there is nothing left to say. It is your turn now to start using this approach and fix your problem. Scroll up, click on "Buy Now" and start listening!

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  Weepers - A Novel

  Peter Mendelsund

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  Ed is a weeper. A professional weeper. 
   
   
   
  He's a card-carrying member of an eccentric union hired to cry at funerals, wakes, services, and burials. It's an odd job, but his services are sorely needed these days, as the town, the region, the country as a whole has become more or less numb. No one is able to summon a shred of human emotion whatsoever. Not anymore. (What'd be the point? The world's already gone to hell.) 
   
   
   
  So there's always work for Ed and his colleagues. But all those cries can wear a man down, and the tears don't flow quite like they used to, even for a consummate pro like Ed. 
   
   
   
  Then one morning, a stranger comes to town. A scrawny kid with no belongings, no parents, no name, no past. And at precisely the moment of his arrival, people begin to experience something new. Something strange. An onslaught of unbidden feelings, unfamiliar feelings, too many feelings. 
   
   
   
  A surrealist story of mourning and messiahs, deserts and droughts, cowboys and junkies, miracles and mass hysteria, the lure of despair and the solace of friendship. Peter Mendelsund's Weepers is a novel for this age: our age of anesthesia and anger.

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  The House by the Shore

  Fiona Baker

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  Her life is picture perfect . . . until one fateful day changes everything. 
   
   
   
  In the space of a single afternoon, Charlotte Winters's seemingly ideal life falls apart. 
   
   
   
  After being let go from her job at a publishing house, she discovers her boyfriend on a date with another woman. As she reels from their subsequent breakup, she receives the shocking news that her estranged Aunt Jean has passed away. 
   
   
   
  Even more surprising? Charlotte has inherited her aunt's beach house in the small coastal town of Sea Breeze Cove, Massachusetts. 
   
   
   
  At thirty-six years old with no job and no relationship to keep her in Chicago, Charlotte decides she won't sell the house. Instead, she'll move to Sea Breeze Cove, fix the old home up, and get the fresh start she so desperately needs. 
   
   
   
  But life never moves in a straight line, and even fresh starts have a few bumps along the way. As she adapts to life in the cozy beachside town, Charlotte uncovers a buried secret that changes everything she thought she knew about her family. 
   
   
   
  And a handsome newcomer with a mysterious past has her questioning whether she's ready to open up her heart again . . .

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  Désirée's Baby - From their pens...

  Kate Chopin

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  Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. 
  At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868.  Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path.   
  Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children.  
  In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt.  Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother.  Sadly, her mother died within the year.  Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings.  
  By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally.  With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. 
  Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. 
  Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904.  She was 54. 
  For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print.  It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at.  She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.

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  The Man I Want to Be

  Christina Elle

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  DEA agent Bryan Tyke hates weddings. He hates them even more when he's forced to travel to a hot as hell beach resort to watch his best friends say I do, while acting happy about it. He isn't happy. If those two want to buy into happily ever after, good for them. That isn't in the cards for Tyke. It hasn't been since he joined the army years ago and lost everything. That is, until the woman he's never forgotten shows up as a bridesmaid and puts herself into immediate danger. 
   
   
   
  Kenna McCord has bigger issues than running into the gruff, sexy guy who broke her heart. Someone is stealing from wedding guests, including her late mother's sapphire ring, and Kenna needs to find the thief ASAP. Reluctantly, she agrees to let Bryan use his skills and resources to help with the investigation, knowing full well it will lead to nothing but frustration and more broken promises. Unfortunately, there's still something between them and it can't be denied . . . 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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