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Dmitri es casado y tiene tres hijos. En medio de unas vacaciones en Yalta, una mujer acompañada por un perrito blanco de Pomerania llama su atención. Luego de intentar seducirla, se entera de que tiene esposo. Una historia sobre los encuentros secretos y febriles de dos amantes.

Welcome, dear readers, to a journey that is as challenging as it is rewarding—raising children in the Christian faith. This book, "Foundations of Faith: Raising Children with Christian Values," is crafted to serve as a guiding light for parents, guardians, and educators who aspire to embed deeply the principles of Christianity into the hearts and minds of the younger generation. In today’s world, where moral and spiritual values often clash with the prevailing cultural norms, the task of nurturing faith in our children can seem daunting. As parents and spiritual mentors, you face the ...

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

And they lived happily ever after.... Or did they? In this collection of stories, Chekhov focuses his powers of observation on the complex relationships between men and women. Why do we couple in the first place? Is it for love, security, comfort, a sense of obligation? And then what? How long can these reasons keep us together? These questions, and more, are explored with the subtlety and insight of the master story-teller.

Even though she was still married to her fifth husband, Tina, an ex-prostitute from Las Vegas, rehearsed for her sixth wedding to a wealthy Maryland businessman, Robert Myers. Myers wanted his wife killed. Divorce was too expensive. Tina had proposed a blood vow. "You marry me and take care of my kids, and I'll have your wife murdered for you." This is the true story of the brutal 1979 contract murder of Mary Ruth Myers.

Vielen eher als Dramatiker bekannt, war Anton Tschechow auch ein eifriger Novellist und Verfasser von unzähligen Kurzgeschichten. In den vorliegenden 57 Erzählungen überwiegen jene aus seiner frühen Schaffensphase: scherzhafte Miniaturen, Parodien und komische Kurzgeschichten, in denen sich der Autor stilistisch austobte. Doch auch viele bekannte Erzählungen aus Tschechows späterem Schaffen - dann mehr dem Realismus zugehörig - bringt Hans-Helmut Dickow eindrucksvoll zu Gehör.

Paris, 1926. A young dancer Ray Cohen arrives from London to compete at the Exhibition Paris. He is led astray by Hugo, a charismatic dancer born of the streets, who introduces him to the city's nightlife and a beautiful stranger called Hannah Lindt. His life is forever changed. London, 1941. With the heroic Raymond de Guise away fighting in North Africa, his beloved wife Nancy must balance her new position - as Head of Housekeeping at the Buckingham Hotel - with her duties as a new mother to their child.

In a labyrinthine research facility, where those who open the wrong door might find it's disappeared behind them or that the echoing footsteps they're running from are their own, an unnamed protagonist begins their night shift under the watchful eye of the building's enigmatic senior guard. Each evening, as the fluorescent lights hum and the silence grows heavier, the guard shares another tale of cursed objects and lives unspooled by vengeance, sorrow or revelation.

From alternative futures to distant alien planets, in the company of scientists, space explorers, and ordinary citizens in extraordinary situations, Kim Choyeop revels in making the impossible seem not only possible but somehow inevitable. Each story focuses on a specific issue of discrimination against women or other marginalized groups, adding a mind-bending twist to hold a mirror to modern society and its everyday iniquities.

Si los seres humanos queremos tener armonía entre nosotros, lo primero que debemos hacer es que cada uno se preocupe por su propio desarrollo interno, para luego generar cambios positivos en el exterior. Es decir, debemos entender que algunas de las emociones mas comunes suelen, ser en gran parte las protagonistas de nuestros momentos de dolor. La envidia, la frustracion, el enojo, el odio, el miedo, la confusion y la culpa, son las emociones que causan la falta de comprension de nosotros mismnos e impiden nuestro desarrollo integral.

The collection of the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) includes his stories.

Ascend is an innovative book embedded with powerful tools for leaders, and offers an engaging way to share the path toward personal transformation with everyone. It presents a captivating allegory that helps leaders identify and break through long-standing beliefs that limit access to their innate potential for human happiness and exponential business success. Through the experiences of the characters in Ascend, listeners see how their own limiting beliefs and mental models tacitly impede their quest for personal mastery and accomplishment.

Here are two short stories by Anton Chekhov, one of the greatest writers of all time. Today he is remembered both as a brilliant playwright and one of the masters of short fiction. "The Kiss" and "The Problem" are prime examples of the latter.

Anton Chekhov belongs to the cohort of the most prominent Russian classics, together with Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Pushkin. The rankings of the most read authors, comprising the 'golden fund' of the world's literature, persistently include Chekhov alongside Charles Dickens, the Bronte Sisters, Mark Twain... Chekhov's plays, such as Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, and the short stories of this collection, are featured in the curriculum of faculties of philology of top global universities, such as University of Oxford, Harvard University and many more.

Welcome to "In His Time: Trusting God Beyond Our Timetables," a journey into understanding and embracing the divine timing of God. In our fast-paced world, where immediacy is often prized over patience, and results are demanded on tight schedules, the concept of waiting on God’s timing can be both challenging and counterintuitive. Yet, the Bible repeatedly shows us that God does not operate according to human schedules. His ways and thoughts are higher than ours, and His timing is always perfect, though often mysterious from our limited perspective. This book explores why God's timing ...

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In this masterful story of numb desperation and farcical humor of everyday life by Russian playwright and writer Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Nilov, a poor shoemaker who longs to become rich, is granted his wish. But he soon discovers something he wasn't prepared for.

La dame au petit chien promène son ennui et son chien sur la digue d'une station balnéaire de la mer Noire. Un homme solitaire la remarque, l'aime, mais ne peut triompher plus tard de toutes les barrières qui se dressent sur le chemin de leur bonheur. De toutes les nouvelles écrites par Tchekhov, "La dame au petit chien" est l'une des plus célèbres.

Im Frühjahr 1346 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung steht die Menschheit vor der größten Bedrohung ihrer Geschichte: Mit einer gigantischen Übermacht hat die Terminale Kolonne TRAITOR die Milchstraße besetzt und alle bewohnten Planeten unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. Die gigantische Raumflotte steht im Dienst der sogenannten Chaotarchen. Ihr Ziel ist, die Ressourcen der Milchstraße auszubeuten, um die Existenz der Negasphäre abzusichern.