7 best short stories - Motherhood - format ePub

"Estos Diarios de viaje provocan en nosotros un sentimiento extraño. Ciudadanos como somos del siglo xxi, nos transportan a un pasado remoto, en tiempo y espacio: datan del período premoderno de un Japón...

El autor narra lo que experimenta a cada paso. Esa capacidad suya de transmitir experiencia lo sitúa de cuajo en nuestra actualidad de lectores deseosos, como él, de vivir a fondo lo que nos toca y, en...

Memoria y haiku se ha compuesto con el propósito de respetar la naturaleza de estos poemas y de preservar el sentido de la composición requerido por cualquier libro mediante el diálogo establecido entre...

"Dias e noites vagueiam pela eternidade, assim são os anos que vêm e vão como viajantes que lançam os barcos através dos mares ou cavalgam pela terra. Muitos foram os ancestrais que sucumbiram pela estrada....

HAÏKAÏ, un recueil des plus beaux haïkus japonais. Un haïkaï est, on le sait, un poème minuscule en trois vers de cinq, sept et cinq syllabes, au total dix-sept. Au pluriel, des haïkus. Que peut-on exprimer...

'It was with aweThat I beheldFresh leaves, green leaves,Bright in the sun'When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting...

'Nothing more lonely -' A selection of Basho's most magical haikuIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity...

Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness...

Motherhood is defined in the dictionary as "the experience of having and raising a child". But we know that there is much more to motherhood than the simplicity of this definition. The stories in this...

Deeply emotional and empathetic, the loyal and gentle Cancer will feel your pain and sincerely celebrate your victories. Its dark side hides a tendency to resentment and manipulation. In this book you...

One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important...

 After hiding for decades, Winifred Grimsley faces the past when her former boyfriend appears at her door as a Federal agent looking for her testimony. She'd run to protect him in the past. Now trouble...

Abraham was born in wartime Chicago to an American-Irish father and a Turk mother with Greek and Indian heritage. He grew up with his grandmother's simple tales and ventured into the complex stories of...

Kerris Dawn is in search of a husband. There's no shortage of eligible bachelors in the Seelie city of Rosehill, but not just any man will do. Kerris is desperate to find love.Despite the attention of...

Debra Lee's life is overflowing—widowed at 38, raising a son, supporting a daughter in college, and caring for a mother with dementia, all while managing her multiple sclerosis. Determined to seize the...

Growing up in Brisbane, Ivy enjoyed the sun, the freedom and the ocean air. But that all changes when she catches her boyfriend cheating on her with her best friend, who just so happens also to be her...

It wasn't that I wanted to be alone. It was just easier that way. Getting spectacularly dumped at the altar after being told not only was I not good enough for him but I would never be good enough for...

Sometimes love finds you where the mountains meet the sea …Willow Mercer took the cook position at a quiet coastal ranch to stay off the radar and keep her past where it belonged—behind her. But when...

She came to Mule Creek to write about cowboys. She didn't expect to fall for one.Leah Beckett is quiet, shy, and a hopeless romantic. Staying at a ranch for research, she meets brooding rancher James...

So it turns out dragons are real.I never suspected the lava rock I threw into the firepit was actually an egg. I'm blown away when it hatches to reveal a reptile with a voracious appetite. Cute little...

Forced into a marriage against her will, Carlina goes from living in the house her father built to living with a man she had only heard stories about. When she finds a secret cache, the decision to leave...

Finding forever in the City of Angels.TigheCarine Morhan is a lot of things. She's smart. She's compelling. She's a puzzle I can't wait to solve. She makes me want to stand between her and the harm the...

Rickers Island, New York, 2020. The jail complex is widely known as notoriously plagued by violence, inhumane conditions, and neglect. The U.S. Justice Department even issued a report finding a pattern...

Step into the charming and slightly perilous world of Fairbanks Cove, Florida, where life is usually as sunny as the citrus groves, but secrets can bloom in the most unexpected places. Join the irrepressible Fairbanks...

A thrilling science fiction adventure from this Sunday Times bestselling author.Two estranged lovers fight monsters on a giant Titanic-like submarine . . . Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier, but...

Alyssa is a young girl who finds herself dealing with the death of her mother who had overdosed on the drugs that she was addicted to. Her father Mitchell suddenly becomes rather abusive toward Alyssa...

Home renovations are hard... and some come with killer surprises. After a year of adventures, Sam and Jordan are ready to settle down in the small town of Heywood, Arizona. The fixer-upper they've purchased...

Ellie I've been dreaming of this day since my fifth birthday. I'm finally going to walk through the doors of Elliot and Shepherd Inc. as a newly graduated junior architect. I'm no longer the intern running...

A friend turned enemy is the most dangerous sort… After an attack on their president leaves the Privy Council reeling, it's all hands on deck. Guilder University is shut down, and agents are called in...

Short story master David H. Hendrickson spins six riveting tales of mystery and suspense from eras other than our own. From as recent as thirty years ago (but in a very different culture) to World War...

Welcome back to Magic Brews! Reconnect with the Witches of Whynot to see how love conquers all while magic adds a sprinkle of chaos and... disaster. Stories included: The Real Deal by Marisa MohiSpellbound...

The epic series continues in book two!Before the dawn of a new age can begin, the old one must die.An empire will crumble. And a champion will lose. It's the same every millennia when the cycle of prophecy...

An enchanted castle hiding ancient secrets. A brutal rite of passage. A beastly king bound by a curse—and by fate.Bexley has never fit the mold. While other girls dream of courtship and children, she'd...

A glittering house party. A hidden danger. And a marriage that burns hotter than ever...When Marina Villiers, the vivacious Viscountess Ockham, finds herself missing the excitement of the London Season...

All you've ever wanted is yours for the taking. All you have to do is believe.When Lara Simpson's sister goes missing, the only clue to her whereabouts is a pamphlet in Rina's apartment about a new self-help...

"A great mystery series, fast-paced, authentic."—Dotty Small, retired Maine police officer/detective for 37 years"A complex, tightly-woven story with subtle clues, sharp misdirection, exciting suspense...

He is her son's best-friend. She is his ex's mom.Will their attraction turn into something more when her hot neighbor joins them?I am not a good mom. I shouldn't have crushed on the young, hot ex-boyfriend...

🔥 A marriage of convenience. A fight for family. A love neither of us saw coming.I'm not looking for love. I'm looking for a lifeline.After a wrongful conviction and years spent clawing my way back, all...

Two things matter most in my life: my family and my motorcycle.When I say my family, I mean my mom and the four men in our biker group. They are all my friends, my brothers, except for one—who is much...

The day Mo Dillavou comes home to a dragon nesting in their apartment is as confusing as it is magical. Dragons don't exist. Even if dragons do exist, surely they're not supposed to be this small. Or...

After a near decade of silence, Edgar and Hammett award winning novelist Domenic Stansberry returns to the mystery scene with a chilling new noir: The Lizard.In 2016, six  years after the conclusion of...