Drama Short

Drama Queens I ett liv nära dig får vi ta del av fem historier direkt ur livet, starkt berättat av fem av Sveriges främsta författare. Det handlar om kärlek. Hur svårt kan det vara? Varför kan man inte bara älska den man har kär? Vad händer om man inte träffar den rätta och sökandet övergå till ren desperation. Ingen vill vara udda och den som sticker ut men fråga är bara hur långt man är beredd att gå för att passa in och för att ge och få kärlek.

Kelly Song is primarily focused on finishing up her last year at UCLA. Her finals don't allow her the luxury to get into the latest K-Dramas like her friends can. To make matters even more laughable, they’re star-struck over many of the lead actors, which Kelly finds ridiculous.

Fünf der beliebtesten Komödien William Shakespeares in einem Hörbuch - ungekürzt gelesen! Mit dabei: "Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung" (1594), "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (1596), "Wie es euch gefällt" (1599), "Viel Lärm um nichts" (1600), "Der Sturm" (1611).

An imaginative, moving collection of stories infused with the magic and enigma of the human condition and drenched in Texas heat, from the best-selling author of We Burn Daylight. Encounters with Unexpected Animals takes readers deep into the heart of bestselling author Bret Anthony Johnston’s...

She stands at the edge of immortality, torn between terror and temptation. The portal will close on All Hallows’ Eve, and once the pact is made, there’s no turning back. Will she choose power or face what waits beyond? A dream vacation spirals into survival when tomb robbers strike. What began as an escape becomes a deadly game no guidebook could prepare her for. Can she outwit a threat that plays by no rules? Loyalty is tested when a crew’s biggest heist becomes their final reckoning. As greed poisons trust, betrayal is the only certainty. Who will survive when no one is on your side?

Follow the Money is a collection of novellas that follows the lives of different bank notes on their respective journeys, as they pass from one person to the next through London and New York. In a twist of fate, both of these bank notes transform in the second installment of each story. It sends them on a completely new journey into the unknown.

Shakespeare se tornou o dramaturgo mais conhecido de todos os tempos por várias razões: era genial com as palavras, entendia a alma humana como ninguém e falava de temas universais. No entanto, parte de sua popularidade se deve aos irmãos Charles e Mary Lamb, que, ao adaptarem vinte peças para o formato de conto, tornaram as histórias do autor inglês acessíveis a pessoas de diferentes idades e gêneros, em diversas partes do mundo. Publicados em 1807, os contos dos Lamb eram destinados apenas ao público infantojuvenil e jovens senhoras....

A young woman is relocated by the Witness Protection Program to a position as hospital admission director in another state. An illegal Latino immigrant loses his job and becomes homeless, and lives on the street. A young 19-year-old man, with an exceptionally high IQ, joins the US Army and befuddles his sergeant with his amazing knowledge. A married couple buy a cemetery lot in their hometown, planning ahead for the future. A 70-year-old widow is shocked to learn that she is pregnant at a routine medical examination by her doctor.

A short story about the events of the displacement of Nubia, the conditions of its people, and the water barges they ride on their journey from their original homeland to an unknown barren land.

In Slipstream, Leslie Larson traces the intertwining paths of five characters as each struggles to stay afloat in the face of major setbacks, minor failures, and a reckless pursuit of elusive second chances. When Rudy loses his job cleaning jets at the airport, his sanity and his marriage threaten to follow. While his wife, Inez, secretly saves her pennies and plots an escape, his coworker Wylie, a bartender at LAX, is about to receive the surprise of his life.

In Curtis Dawkins' first short story collection, he offers a window into prison life through the eyes of his narrators and their cellmates. Dawkins reveals the idiosyncrasies, tedium, and desperation of long-term incarceration - he describes men who struggle to keep their souls alive despite the challenges they face.

A short fantasy story to imagine the relationship between Antara and Abla in the present time and the difficulties of engagement and marriage in the present time. A satirical comedy story.

The collection contains 12 provocative tales that explore the emotional and mental terrain of a diverse cast of characters, from the innocent to the insane. In each, Jones displays her unflinching ability to dive into the most treacherous of psyches and circumstances: the title story examines the identity and relationship conundrums of a Black man who can pass for white, earning him the name “White Rat” as an infant; “The Women” follows a girl whose mother brings a line of female lovers to live in their home.

This themed audio boxset bouquet on the intriguing tapestry of existentialism presented by 'My StoryGenie' Bengali audiobook series features an exclusively copyrighted and curated collection of Bengali audio stories from a diverse spectrum of Bengal authors–ranging from some literary giants and celebrated luminaries to some promising upcoming pens of the present era.

In the Connecticut suburbs, a motherless young man suddenly becomes the beneficiary of a wealthy older couple, whose generosity has unsuspected motives and a sinister price. On an island in Australia’s Torres Strait, an enigmatic castaway throws kinks into the local culture and sexual politics. And in the jungles of Vietnam, four American soldiers undertake a mystical search for a man-eating tiger.

Die wichtigsten Tragödien von William Shakespeare als Kurzgeschichte erzählt: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo und Julia sowie König Lear...

Introduce your children to the magic of Shakespeare with these 20 favorite tales. Although simplified, these lively stories don't underestimate young readers; they keep the complexity, twists of plot, and turns of fate found in the originals.

Oscar Wilde created his final and most lasting play, one of the comic masterpieces of all time, The Importance of Being Earnest, in 1895. It is a farce playing with love, religion, and truth as it tells the tale of two men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who bend the truth in order to add excitement to their lives. Jack invents an imaginary brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull country home and gallivant in town.

George Bernard Shaw has been called the second greatest playwright in English (after William Shakespeare) and one of the inventors of modern celebrity as the most famous public intellectual of his time. Beginning in the 1880s, as a critic and as a playwright, he transformed British drama, bringing to it intellectual substance, ethical imperatives, and modernity itself, setting the theatrical course for the subsequent century. That his legacy endures 70 years after his death is testament to the prescience of his thinking and his prolific creativity.

Eine Vielzahl literarischer Meisterwerke findet sich in diesem Hörbuch. Neben der titelgebenden Novelle weitere Vertreter des Genres wie Das Erdbeben in Chili, Goethes Novelle, Storms Immensee, Stefan Zweigs Schachnovelle, dazu viele Kurzgeschichten, Märchen, Gedichte und Balladen. Eine kurzweilige mobile Bibliothek sozusagen!