She's texting him her heart. But she's got the wrong number…When Isabel "El" Watson applied for a sales job with her company, she had no idea a jelly donut would explode on her blouse, or that her grumpy boss would practically laugh her out of the interview. Accountants could be salespeople, she was sure of it, even if that jerkface didn't think so.So when a lady at the local wine festival offers her a sales job on the spot at a new boutique winery...

This is another volume of the successful Best Short Stories Collection, a selection of masterpieces by authors from various nationalities and with very diverse themes, but sharing an enormous and possibly the most important literary quality: providing pleasure to the reader. In this e-book, you will have access to the Best Foreign Short Stories, a selection of memorable tales written by great masters of international literature such as James Joyce, Julio Cortázar, Borges, Horacio Quiroga, ...

An exciting follow-up to Lei and the Fire Goddess features a mysterious, invisible island, dangerous spirits, and a newcomer who does not need Lei's help...or does she?It turns out that curses are real.After saving her best friend and ancestral guardian, Kaipo, from Pele the fire goddess’s traps and successfully preventing lava from destroying her tūtū’s house, all Lei wants to do is take a nap. The only problem? Kaipo’s ...

The astonishing follow-up to 2018's Kolyma Stories.In 1936, Varlam Shalamov, a journalist and writer, was arrested for counterrevolutionary activities and sent to the Soviet Gulag. He survived fifteen years in the prison camps and returned from the Far North to write one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century literature, an epic array of short fictional tales reflecting the years he spent in the Gulag. Sketches of the Criminal World is the secon...

Féonie Durgalen was all of nineteen when she was offered the position of costumier to the new Lord Chancellor of Zunidh, Cliopher Mdang. She seized the opportunity when it was presented for her own ambition and the sake of her family—but after he instituted a universal basic income, she was willing to go to any lengths to ensure Lord Mdang looked his best when he became Viceroy.A companion short story to The Hands of the Emperor.

Perfect for fans of The Wonderful Things You Will Be and That's Me Loving You, this picture book by a renowned astrophysicist is a lyrical meditation on the preciousness of one child and the vastness of the universe.Just like the sun gives shine to the moon,you light up the world beyond this room . . .You are grand and marvelous, strong and mysterious.The history of the world is in your fingertip...

Back when going to the movies meant a whole afternoon or evening's entertainment not just the one movie Audiobook radio is proud to be home to the Hollywood Double Bill. Adapted for radio with all the frills including the big stars and hosted by Roger Prior.

**What exactly is critical race theory? This concise and accessible exploration demystifies a crucial framework for understanding and fighting racial injustice in the United States.“A clear-eyed, expert field guide.”—Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Thick**From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often mischaracterized intellectual movement became a pol...

An erotically charged mystery, as foster-child Alison begins to suspect that she may have a twin sister. Soon she assumes her sister's identity, and plunges into a world of depraved sex and promiscuous relationships, exploring her innermost desires. When she meets her counterpart, she must decide: revert to the refined young lady she once was or pursue her darker sexual needs.

A fantasy adventure story from G.V. Anderson "The Lay of Lilyfinger" is a Tor.com OriginalAn acclaimed musician and her apprentice travel to the newly freed country of Skinnere to play a complex and culturally fraught song that will lay bare the wounds of empire, occupation, and sacrifice of its players and listeners.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ray Bradbury’s moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author’s most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, t...

In a near-future dystopia, Dr. Aisling Ramsey, a distinguished scientist, is racing against time. Diagnosed with only months to live, she is close to a breakthrough in curing cancer, including her own. Her revolutionary technologies catch the attention of a dictator, who sees them as key to his sinister ambitions. As her lifelong dream of a space-faring humanity slips away, Aisling's journey intersects with Jonas Williams, her business partner whose conservative values often conflict with ...