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In una cittadina grigia piena di gente grigia, l'operaio di una fabbrica di ombrelli osa non rispettare le regole e produrre un ombrello giallo nonostante il nero sia il colore egemone nella catena di montaggio. Il racconto di Joel Franz Rosell rivendica, dunque, la libertà e la creatività rispetto alla routine e alle convenzioni. Età di lettura: da 6 anni.

Excerpt from Vivonio, Vol. 4 of 4: A Romance After passing a few hours of intolerable mental anguish, Rosalia arose, languid, indisposed, and deeply dejected. The rose of health had now entirely fled from her cheek, and her once-brilliant eyes were heavy, and suffused with tears. Inattentive to the affectionate concern, and entreaties of Agnes, she sat overwhelmed with the most oppressive woe, till the voice of Don Hernandez, in the antichamb...

Excerpt from Angelo Guicciardini, or the Bandit of the Alps, Vol. 2 of 4: A Romance The agitation of Cecilia, on receiving this summons to attend the marchese, was violent to excess, her emotion almost deprived her of power to direct Lodelli to desire the servant to inform her lord that she would wait upon him in a few minutes. Pale, trembling, and involuntarily anticipating some disagreeable result to this interview, she at length appeared ...

Excerpt from Life's Minor Collisions Collisions are measured by what they will smash. Potentially, all collisions are major. A slight blow will explode a bomb. But since most of us do not commonly carry dynamite through the busy sections of this life, we can take a good many brisk knocks and still survive. The collisions, though dealt with in separate chapters by two of us, are seldom between two people alone. They are collisions, mostly min...

Excerpt from Dogs and Puppies It was well the mother gave the children this advice on the day she did, for the next morning the little family were scattered, never to be all together again nor have any family reunion as people do, but that is all in a dog's life. Their master intended to go to Europe for the following winter, and because he did not want to keep so many dogs while away, had offered them for sale. And so, on the very next day ...

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In "Reunion, " Jewel's story continues as she finds herself stranded in a far-flung corner of the world. Struggling to elude her captors and a network of bounty hunters, she meets her would-be savior, a man who promises to provide protection and comfort. Believing her nightmare has finally come to an end, Jewel begins making plans to return home, where she can start her life over again. But greed raises its ugly head, and the terrifying future...

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Excerpt from El Teatro Asturiano About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the origina...

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Jewel has everything going for her-a handsome husband, a promising future, and lots of time to explore an island paradise she now calls home. But when a group of strangers accompanies her husband home for a friendly game of poker, her life quickly becomes a hellish nightmare of deceit and betrayal.Now her very survival depends on entering a world where sex, domination, and money are inseparable, where women must obey all masters, and where eve...

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Everyone has struggles, but wishes they did not. This of course is not reality, but many still try to avoid them. They soon discover, however, that the very issues they try to avoid only increase, creating obstacles. Some try to get around the obstacles, only to encounter new ones. There is no way around obstacles, so it is back to square one. In seeking solutions for health issues, we usually seek the services of medical personnel. Genera...

From one of the tallest spruce trees in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, a young troll somersaults to the ground and bumps into the legs of his father, Tundar, leader of the Two Toed Tree Troll clan. As the free-spirited Pip stares up at Tundar, he has no idea that in the blink of an eye, his life will change forever. Pip, gifted with special abilities, is ready to embark on his first trip into enemy territory, and to do so, he summons a white s...

From one of the tallest spruce trees in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, a young troll somersaults to the ground and bumps into the legs of his father, Tundar, leader of the Two Toed Tree Troll clan. As the free-spirited Pip stares up at Tundar, he has no idea that in the blink of an eye, his life will change forever. Pip, gifted with special abilities, is ready to embark on his first trip into enemy territory, and to do so, he summons a white s...