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On a cold spring morning in 1925 in Garnet, Texas, Maul Entringer and Mabel Johnson are married. Together, they build a life in the Flats, the only part of Garnet where African Americans are allowed to live. They won’t stay long. They’ll find a better town with more opportunities. But there are a few things Maul has not told his young, beautiful wife. Things happened to Maul when he was young, and he can’t escape them. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, The Three Lives of Maul Entringer shows how one man learns to live with his past.

Menschen sterben - wegen der Pandemie. Der nationale Notstand wird ausgerufen. Kanzlerin Heinkel regiert mit harter Hand - aber auch gegen wachsenden Widerstand und immer neue offene und verdeckte Breitseiten der internen und externen politischen Gegner. Weshalb sie sich auch eingestehen muss: Sie hat bis hierher ihre Gegner unterschätzt. Durch die Pandemie gewinnt sie erst einmal Zeit, und damit auch die Herrschaft über den politischen Diskurs.

Con l'avvento delle armi da fuoco, l'organizzazione degli eserciti permanenti, il ricorso a condottieri, mercenari e militari che fanno della guerra una professione, la costruzione degli stati si accompagna a un periodo di bellicosità nuovo. Le forze armate costano sempre di più, condizionano l'economia, la società e la cultura, lasciando tracce di devastazione, ma creando anche notevoli trasformazioni nei ruoli e nel coinvolgimento delle popolazioni.

In this simmering, joyous novel, I’ll Be the One author Lyla Lee delivers a tender romance set between two brave teens who decide that when the script isn’t working, it’s time to rewrite it themselves. The first rule of watching K-dramas: Never fall in love with the second lead. As an avid...

Ottavia ha quindici anni e all’improvviso si risveglia, spaesata e senza memoria, in luogo misterioso e labirintico: la fortezza di Haresind. Durante la fuga sarà accompagnata da diverse creature, incontrerà altri prigionieri e, come nei migliori videogames, affronterà numerose prove, imbattendosi in esseri mostruosi e personaggi ambigui. Il percorso che la porterà alla salvezza, ricomponendo il puzzle dei suoi ricordi, sarà anche il mezzo per scoprire il significato più profondo della fortezza.

In the summer of 2002, 19-year-old Kim Hae-on was murdered in what became known as the High School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could be pinned. The case went cold.

A Korean-American adoptee fights to be with the one she loves while coming to terms with her new identity in this enthralling romantic drama and sequel to Heart and Seoul by USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick. When Hara Wilson lands in Seoul to find her birth mother, she doesn’t plan...

A best-selling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writers. In crisp, unembellished prose, Choi Eunyoung paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In 'A Song from Afar', a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, travelling to Russia to search for information about the deceased.

Dr. Tarak Sarna cannot sleep. Recently from the Mumbai Royal Hospital, he’s taken a job as a telemedicine doctor in Garnet, Texas. No one in India has ever heard of the place! And no wonder - it took Tarak two days and five airports to get to Garnet. Tarak is so tired, yet he cannot sleep at night. His mind and his body still think it’s lunch time in Mumbai.

Meet Queen. She drives a garbage truck in Garnet, way out on the plains of West Texas. Tall and beautiful, Queen wonders what will become of her life. Her marriage did not work out. Her cold husband locked her out. He dumped her boxes in front of the house with a note. She had few job skills. Yet, like a tender plant after a terrible winter, Queen puts down roots and grows. Her ex-brother-in-law gets her a job with the City of Garnet Solid Waste Department.

It’s June 1933. The rest of the United States seems to be falling to pieces, but in Little Wellington, Texas, the farmers, ranchers, and townspeople just want it to rain. They’re also concerned about some strange events, like a luxury car cruising around at night without any lights and a child’s ball that keeps appearing and disappearing all by itself. And then, the outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde pay a visit...with disastrous results.

In Japan, nothing is more familiar than the neighborhood post office, with its big red box in front and bright, welcoming windows. The post office has been Siya’s favorite place since she was a child. Now a young woman, Siya is delighted to have a job at the Shindori Post Office in Shizuoka City, even though it is temporary.

On a cold November afternoon in 1833, two wagons cross the dark Mississippi River into the Iowa Terrritory on a tiny ferry boat. Its passengers are full of questions. Aunt Sunday just wants to know if the’re going to drown. Jonathan and Ella Butterman wonder if they will find success in their new home. And Penny Cooper and Nate Tilden are eager to learn if they will be able to live as free people.

American Chapters presents short stories in vivid and easy-to-listen, 500-word chapters, perfect for English language learners internationally and adult literacy learners in countries where English is commonly used. All stories are offered as audiobooks for learners who want to hear the sounds of American English.

American Chapters presents short stories in vivid and easy-to-listen-to, 500-word chapters, perfect for English language learners internationally and adult literacy learners in countries where English is commonly used. Included here are "Summer in Cimarron" and "Lunch at the Dixie Diner".

American Chapters presents short stories in vivid and easy-to-read, 500-word chapters, perfect for English language learners internationally and adult literacy learners in countries where English is commonly used. All stories are also offered as audiobooks for learners who want to hear the sounds of American English. Cecilia Hunter lives in Sunflower, a little town under the big West Texas sky. She runs a home health care business for the elderly. Cecilia visits her clients, cleans their houses, and helps them run errands.

Brian Longfield’s life has somehow gone in the wrong direction. His wife has died, and he wonders whether he will ever feel happy again. But life does go on, and in unexpected ways. Now he works as a campground host at a beautiful state park in Mississippi, and spends his time helping families at the campground. But strange things happen at the park, too.

Even native-born Americans don’t know the Deep South well. It’s a beautiful, deeply forested region with diverse people and a long history. These stories set in Mississippi and Louisiana deal with two mysteries. How well do we know a place? And how well do we know our families?

The American Chapters series presents short stories in vivid and easy-to-listen-to 500-word chapters, perfect for English language learners internationally and adult literacy learners in countries where English is commonly used. This audiobook includes "Bee Creek Blues" and "Meridian".

Join editor-in-chief of Catapult Magazine, Nicole Chung, as she discusses her debut memoir All You Can Ever Know with fellow Toast alumna Nicole Cliffe. In her much-anticipated first book, Chung explores with depth, compassion and even humor, her upbringing as an adopted child in a white family, her search for her parents, and the birth of her own child. This is a must-listen audiobook for anyone who has had, created, or wanted a family. With a performance from the book by Greta Lee (La Bête).