Editorial: BookRix
Jahid and Arafat were two best friends who had been inseparable since their childhood. They grew up together in a small village and did everything together. They went to the same school, played together, and even did their homework together.
The Hippocratic oath is sacred. Until it’s not. Human foibles and frailties can quickly grow and make the Doctor into a romantic hero, or a despised villain, or hopeless professional in the face of what is around him. In this volume our protagonists are the people we look to for help and certainty when we are in distress and pain. Our authors place these characters in stories that are as relevant to our thoughts today as when they were first published. 1 - Stories with The Doctor as Protaganist - An Introduction 2 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson 3 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson 4 - La Grande Breteche by Honore de Balzac 5 - A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka 6 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne 7 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 8 - The Arm of Mrs Egan by W F Harvey 9 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov 10 - Green Tea - Part 1 by Sheridan Le Fanu 11 - Green Tea - Part 2 by Sheridan Le Fanu 12 - The Atheist's Mass by Honore de BalzacVer libro
From Oklahoma to California, the heroes of A Calm & Normal Heart are modern-day adventurers—seeking out new places to call their own inside a nation to which they do not entirely belong. A member of the Osage tribe, author Chelsea T. Hicks's stories are compelled by an overlooked diaspora happening inside America itself: that of young Native people. In stories like "Superdrunk," "Tsexope," and "Wets'a," iPhone lifestyles comingle with ancestral connection, strengthening relationships or pushing people apart, while generational trauma haunts individual paths. Broken partnerships and polyamorous desire signal a fraught era of modern love, even as old ways continue to influence how people assess compatibility. And in "By Alcatraz," a Native student finds herself alone on campus over Thanksgiving break, seeking out new friendships during a national holiday she does not recognize. Leaping back in time, "A Fresh Start Ruined" inhabits the life of Florence, an Osage woman attempting to hide her origins while social climbing in mid-century Oklahoma. And in "House of RGB" a young professional settles into a new home, intent on claiming her independence after a breakup, even if her ancestors can't seem to get out of her way.Ver libro
*First Place Winner of The BookFest® Awards, Spring 2025: Supernatural Creatures and Beings* *Author Shout Reader Ready Awards, Top Pick 2026 It isn't easy being the Grim Reaper. For millennia, Death watched over the fleeting lives of mortals, claiming their souls as is her duty. Each year, the story was the same. Humans wasted the gifts they were given, allowing the precious sands of time to slip through their grasp. But, who did they blame? Not themselves, of course, but the horseman who came to collect her due. Such an existence grew tiresome for the creature. Bored of humanity’s antics, the reaper opened a quiet apothecary and began peddling her curious wares. Her little shop became an escape from their ire, a distraction to pass the decades. Over time, the mortals let down their guards, but the horseman never did. Now and then, she changed the rules of the game, reminding humans of one very important thing… Death is inevitable. There is no escape. For in the end, there is no way out of the graves they’ve dug for themselves. When the tides turn, no plea or bargain will change their fates. Author's Note:This compilation of short stories contains five previously published tales in the Apothecary of Curiosities series, as well as an exclusive bonus story not available anywhere else: "Death's Nell," "Kiss of Death," "Deadly Delicacies," "Everything Dies," "Death Waits For No One" (Exclusive), and "Death Warmed Over." Each has its own content warnings. To view them, please visit the author's website.Ver libro
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The tale of global climate change resulting from the Sun approaching Earth. Humanity is on the brink of extinction, and the main character embarks on a journey to a place where, according to legends, people live in better conditions. All presented in an ironic manner, typical of Lovecraft, who holds humanity in contempt. Although the work is authored by Barlow, Lovecraft introduced numerous stylistic changes and also wrote the majority of the final chapter. The title is derived from a poem by Robert Burns titled "A Red, Red Rose."Ver libro
Dubliners is a collection of picturesque short stories that paint a portrait of life in middle-class Dublin in the early 20th century. Joyce, a Dublin native, was careful to use actual locations and settings in the city, as well as language and slang in use at the time, to make the stories directly relatable to those who lived there. The collection had a rocky publication history, with the stories being initially rejected over eighteen times before being provisionally accepted by a publisher - then later rejected again, multiple times. It took Joyce nine years to finally see his stories in print, but not before seeing a printer burn all but one copy of the proofs. Today Dubliners survives as a rich example of not just literary excellence, but of what everyday life was like for average Dubliners in their day.Ver libro
Profoundly moving and powerful, the stories in this collection dig deeply into the question of belonging. A young woman is torn between overwhelming love for her mother and the need to break free from her damaging influence during a desperate and disastrous attempt to rescue her brother from foster care. A man, his wife, and his mistress each confront the borders separating love and hate, obligation and longing, on the eve of a flight to San Juan. A college student grapples with the space between chivalry and machismo in a tense encounter involving a nun. And in 1930s Louisiana, a woman attempting to find a place to call her own chances upon an old friend at a bar and must reckon with her troubled past. Forming a web of desires and consequences that span generations, Jennifer Maritza McCauley’s Black American and Afro–Puerto Rican characters remind us that these voices have always been here, occupying the very center of American life—even if we haven’t always been willing to listen.Ver libro
