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This series is a collection of mainly novellas and a select few shorts, written by a hand-picked mix of Chinese and other international writers; it artistically reincarnates the 60-year-old gruesome battle of Japan’s invasion of Communist Party-led China, dissecting this culturally important event from all levels and angles.

Svegliata di soprassalto da frastuoni di metallo, rombi di vampa, urla di ribelli. Bombardata dalle palandre del Re Sole. Conquistata dagli austriaci, con le teste rasate e le uniformi impeccabili. Terra di nobili e mercanti, di idealisti e faccendieri, di patrioti ed espatriati. Genova. Porta del Mediterraneo. È lei la città che presta le sue strade, le sue piazze, i suoi quartieri a questi nove racconti in cui le vicende della grande Storia – remota e recente, eroica e vergognosa – irrompono nella vita dei singoli e la stravolgono.

"Unspoken Bonds: A Tale of Compassion in Early 1900s New York City" is a captivating short novel that transports readers to the vibrant yet unforgiving streets of a city defined by stark contrasts. The story revolves around two individuals from vastly different backgrounds who form a deep and unspoken bond.

Vi sono momenti in cui per coincidenze fortuite, per il genio o l’errore di un uomo o per l'improvviso maturare di processi in corso da tempo, si producono eventi capaci di cambiare il corso della storia. Ed ecco allora, al di là dell’ultimo picco montuoso, il luccicare di un nuovo sconosciuto oceano, l'immenso Pacifico; il crollo delle possenti mura di Bisanzio sotto i colpi dei cannoni di Maometto o il risuonare ardimentoso della Marsigliese.

Glass Stories is a collection of two short stories set in the Muranów neighborhood of Warsaw, Poland over 250 years apart. The two young protagonists—an immigrant servant woman named Paolina, who is being punished for something she didn’t do, and Moishe, a young Jewish boy in the Warsaw Ghetto who wants to fight his Nazi oppressors—struggle against impossible odds.

These five compelling short stories from North of Nelson, Volume 2 will captivate even the most jaded listener with frankness and audacity. Moore holds nothing back, no subject is out of bounds, and no apologies are given as he exposes stories of incest, lust, love, and hate.

No conto "Caso em que entra bugre", de Mário de Andrade, conta-se a aventura de um coronel que, com o suposto objetivo de procurar outro potentado, organiza uma bandeira que acaba na mais bárbara selvageria, com o extermínio de muitos índicos com armas de fogo.

The Lonely Spirit is a short story collection sprawled across the Old West. As the only half-Comanche US marshal, L.S. Quinn straddles two worlds, searching for peace in both. Quinn is one of the best marshals, well-respected for finding criminals and bringing them to justice. His adventures pit him against criminals like Florence Finnegan, the famous brothel owner and gunslinger, and Jack Mattherson, whose attack on US Senator William Quincy brings out Quinn’s desire for revenge.