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Dharavi by Joseph Campana
epub |eng | 2013-02-15 | Author:Joseph Campana

The most important quality for any woman who wants to work in the recycling business in Dharavi is courage, Hanumanti says. ‘The courage to work hard as well as the ...
( Category: World Literature February 16,2020 )
The Marquise of O– by Heinrich von Kleist
epub |eng | 2019-02-15 | Author:Heinrich von Kleist [Heinrich Von Kleist]

Before she could read even halfway through this unprecedented piece the Colonel’s wife was speechless. She glanced fleetingly at the end and gave the sheet back to the Commandant. He ...
( Category: German February 16,2020 )
The Night Buffalo by Guillermo Arriaga
epub |eng | 2006-01-15 | Author:Guillermo Arriaga [Arriaga, Guillermo]

JUST BEFORE DAWN, I noticed her kneeling on the mattress, watching me. “What’s the matter?” I asked. “Nothing,” she answered in a low voice. “So?” She smiled and shrugged her ...
( Category: Spanish & Portuguese February 16,2020 )
This Scheming World by Ihara Saikaku
epub |eng | 2011-09-07 | Author:Ihara Saikaku [Saikaku, Ihara]

HOW LOVELY THE SIGHT OF RICE-CAKE FLOWERS AT NEW YEAR’S ON NEW YEAR’S Eve the bill collectors must be quite familiar with that old saying, ‘Be quick to do good,’ ...
( Category: Japanese February 16,2020 )
Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko
epub |eng | 2011-06-06 | Author:Oksana Zabuzhko [Zabuzhko, Oksana]

—first came this poem, also unfinished—and couldn’t you finish it, see it through to the end—was it that hard?—then the dream, then—everything that came after. So knock yourself out now, ...
( Category: Scandinavian February 16,2020 )
Wolves of the Crescent Moon by Yousef Al-Mohaimeed
epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Yousef Al-Mohaimeed [Al-Mohaimeed, Yousef]

A Fight with the Guards NAHAR AND I WERE LIKE THE WILD ANIMALS of the desert. We could sniff our prey from far away, and would pounce on it brilliantly. ...
( Category: Middle Eastern February 16,2020 )
The Inheritance by Sahar Khalifeh
epub |eng | 2005-09-30 | Author:Sahar Khalifeh [Khalifeh, Sahar]

Futna called me from Jerusalem to ask about the family. She wasn’t in the habit of calling to inquire about me or the family. As a matter of fact, she ...
( Category: Political February 16,2020 )
The Battle by Patrick Rambaud
epub |eng | 1997-08-26 | Author:Patrick Rambaud [Rambaud, Patrick]

on foot, studying their cargo and occasionally pointing to a wounded man. 'That one's not worth the trouble any more . . .' The dying man would be dragged off ...
( Category: French February 16,2020 )
Smoke (Alma Classics) by Ivan Turgenev
epub |eng | 2019-10-17 | Author:Ivan Turgenev [Turgenev, Ivan]

17 Litvinov did not return home; he went off into the mountains and, making his way into a thicket, threw himself to the ground and lay there prone for about ...
( Category: Russian February 16,2020 )
Selected Poems by Victor Hugo
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Victor Hugo [Hugo, Victor]

At Villequier Now that the monuments of Paris and its streets, Its fog and its buildings, are far from my eyes; And now that I am under the branches of ...
( Category: Renaissance February 16,2020 )
Beirut 39 by Samuel Shimon
epub |eng | 2010-09-05 | Author:Samuel Shimon [Shimon, Samuel]

Translated by Rowan al Faqih The Path to Madness Mansoura Ez Eldin I watched my neighbour take her first steps down the path to madness: the same trudging pace at ...
( Category: Middle Eastern February 16,2020 )
Gilgamesh by Joan London
epub |eng | 2001-02-14 | Author:Joan London

ARMENIA Everybody said that war was coming, it was only a matter of days. Zakian Street was short and quiet, lined on one side by five-storey apartment blocks and on ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania February 15,2020 )
The Complete Old English Poems by Craig Williamson
epub |eng | 2017-02-03 | Author:Craig Williamson [Williamson, Craig]

THE WIFE’S LAMENT The Wife’s Lament has been read as a riddle, an allegory of the Church’s longing for Christ, a retainer’s lament for his lost lord, a speaking sword, ...
( Category: Renaissance February 15,2020 )
Fleeting Moments by Rania Battany
epub |eng | 2019-07-10 | Author:Rania Battany

Maya inserts her front door key into the keyhole. She hears her phone ringing from inside. She’d left it on the coffee table before leaving for the cemetery. Shutting the ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania February 15,2020 )
Romancing the Chicks: Stories, Recipes and Thoughts by Mandaar Sukhtankar
epub |eng | 2016-12-31 | Author:Mandaar Sukhtankar [Sukhtankar, Mandaar]

Margherita’s Muse With colours evoking those of the Italian flag, the pizza topped with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil won the heart of Queen Margherita. Legend has it that pizza Margherita ...
( Category: World Literature February 15,2020 )

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