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A fantastic new science fiction/fantasy spin on a classic fable. Enter a world where a young female ship captian is sent to retrieve information vital to the Galactic Kingdom; a new threat has emerged and the galaxy is in danger – Can she and her com…
A fantastic new science fiction/fantasy spin on a classic fable. Enter a world where a young female ship captian is sent to retrieve information vital to the Galactic Kingdom; a new threat has emerged and the galaxy is in danger – Can she and her com…
It is 1970. The evergreens are thick with snow despite it being the month of April. In an Ottawa hospital, another daughter is born to the Azar family. The parents are from Kfarmichki, a village in Lebanon but their daughters were born in Canada. Fou…
It is 1970. The evergreens are thick with snow despite it being the month of April. In an Ottawa hospital, another daughter is born to the Azar family. The parents are from Kfarmichki, a village in Lebanon but their daughters were born in Canada. Fou…
Kids encounter all kinds of animal ghosts in this spirited debut volume. Some involve pets, others involve wild animals, but all are based on fact and very, very scary!
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When a fishtank comes mysteriously to life, a boy struggles to convince his…
Kids encounter all kinds of animal ghosts in this spirited debut volume. Some involve pets, others involve wild animals, but all are based on fact and very, very scary!
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When a fishtank comes mysteriously to life, a boy struggles to convince his…
In this international bestseller by the award-winning novelist Mariana Leky, a heartwarming story unfolds about a small town, a grandmother whose dreams foretell a coming death, and the young woman forever changed by these losses and her loving, ende…
In this international bestseller by the award-winning novelist Mariana Leky, a heartwarming story unfolds about a small town, a grandmother whose dreams foretell a coming death, and the young woman forever changed by these losses and her loving, ende…
E. F. Benson's (1867-1940) ghost and supernatural stories are marvellous jewels, that combine elegant writing with moments of blood-curdling horror. This collection comprises thirteen of his finest stories:The Man Who Went Too Far, The Horror Ho…
E. F. Benson's (1867-1940) ghost and supernatural stories are marvellous jewels, that combine elegant writing with moments of blood-curdling horror. This collection comprises thirteen of his finest stories:The Man Who Went Too Far, The Horror Ho…
Fat Charlie Nancy lebt in London, arbeitet als Buchhalter, ist nicht besonders beliebt, nicht besonders gutaussehend, nicht besonders witzig. Sein bisher überschaubar spannendes Leben nimmt eine rasante Wendung als Charlies Bruder auftaucht. Spider i…
Fat Charlie Nancy lebt in London, arbeitet als Buchhalter, ist nicht besonders beliebt, nicht besonders gutaussehend, nicht besonders witzig. Sein bisher überschaubar spannendes Leben nimmt eine rasante Wendung als Charlies Bruder auftaucht. Spider i…
Finalist, Rogers Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize; Finalist, Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction; a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions…
Finalist, Rogers Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize; Finalist, Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction; a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions…
"It is the voice of the characters, the kindness of strangers, and the ingenuity and determination of our protagonist against terrible forces that make this story sing." – San Francisco Chronicle on Tucker's debut, The Clay Girl
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"It is the voice of the characters, the kindness of strangers, and the ingenuity and determination of our protagonist against terrible forces that make this story sing." – San Francisco Chronicle on Tucker's debut, The Clay Girl
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All talk, no action: The Mezzanine meets Ducks, Newburyport in this meandering and captivating debut
It&#39;s a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in …
All talk, no action: The Mezzanine meets Ducks, Newburyport in this meandering and captivating debut
It&#39;s a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in …
In a boom town dominated by a man-eating lake, Renee and Danny Chance start a new life in his grandfather's cabin. Renee struggles to keep her head above water until she is drawn into the orbit of two beautifully notorious bar-singer cousins, an…
In a boom town dominated by a man-eating lake, Renee and Danny Chance start a new life in his grandfather's cabin. Renee struggles to keep her head above water until she is drawn into the orbit of two beautifully notorious bar-singer cousins, an…
A refreshingly original debut collection of short stories that grapple with the self-alienation and self-discovery that make us human.
For fans of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Lynn Coady, and Lisa Moore comes a striking debut collection of short stories …
A refreshingly original debut collection of short stories that grapple with the self-alienation and self-discovery that make us human.
For fans of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Lynn Coady, and Lisa Moore comes a striking debut collection of short stories …
A brooding fugitive hides out in a crumbling hotel that was once filled with celebrities enjoying the successes of postwar America. He is a racist with a criminal past, an anti-hero who reflects on the ruins of the South and simultaneously on the lif…
A brooding fugitive hides out in a crumbling hotel that was once filled with celebrities enjoying the successes of postwar America. He is a racist with a criminal past, an anti-hero who reflects on the ruins of the South and simultaneously on the lif…
The boundaries between realist and fabulist, literary and speculative, are shattered in this remarkable debut collection for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, André Alexis, and Angélique Lalonde
A girl born in a small, unnamed pueblo is blessed-or cur…
The boundaries between realist and fabulist, literary and speculative, are shattered in this remarkable debut collection for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, André Alexis, and Angélique Lalonde
A girl born in a small, unnamed pueblo is blessed-or cur…
Америка 1932 года. Отец семейства, потеряв работу, срывал зло на сыновьях. Они ушли из дома и устроились в балаганы играть на рояле и банджо. Но на Рождество произошел пожар, и мальчики остались без заработка и жилья. Мать попросила их вернуться домо…
Америка 1932 года. Отец семейства, потеряв работу, срывал зло на сыновьях. Они ушли из дома и устроились в балаганы играть на рояле и банджо. Но на Рождество произошел пожар, и мальчики остались без заработка и жилья. Мать попросила их вернуться домо…
Feverish and forthright, Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town. Broken bowls, belligerent cows, swanky aubergines, trembling moonrises and hor…
Feverish and forthright, Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town. Broken bowls, belligerent cows, swanky aubergines, trembling moonrises and hor…
Бабушка Эльвира провела в борьбе всю жизнь. Сначала она упорно отстаивала свое право на счастье и независимость, но даже теперь, несмотря на почтенный возраст и хрупкое здоровье, ее борьба еще не окончена, ведь ее беременная дочь и маленькая внучка т…
Бабушка Эльвира провела в борьбе всю жизнь. Сначала она упорно отстаивала свое право на счастье и независимость, но даже теперь, несмотря на почтенный возраст и хрупкое здоровье, ее борьба еще не окончена, ведь ее беременная дочь и маленькая внучка т…
"There are people who break open and make a new, bigger, self. But some of us are … brittle."
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When stress causes an old trauma to surface, Lucy, a longtime community organizer, teacher and anti-poverty activist, loses control of her life. …
"There are people who break open and make a new, bigger, self. But some of us are … brittle."
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When stress causes an old trauma to surface, Lucy, a longtime community organizer, teacher and anti-poverty activist, loses control of her life. …
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ.
Действие третьей части неаполитанского квартета, уже назв…
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ.
Действие третьей части неаполитанского квартета, уже назв…
In ten vividly told stories, Shimmer follows characters through relationships, within social norms, and across boundaries of all kinds as they shimmer into and out of each other's lives.
Outside a 7-Eleven, teen boys Veeper and Wendell try to de…
In ten vividly told stories, Shimmer follows characters through relationships, within social norms, and across boundaries of all kinds as they shimmer into and out of each other's lives.
Outside a 7-Eleven, teen boys Veeper and Wendell try to de…
Away From Her meets Strangers on a Train in this follow-up to cult bestseller And the Birds Rained Down
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After And The Birds Rained Down, a stunning meditation on aging and freedom, Jocelyne Saucier is back with her unique outlook on self-determ…
Away From Her meets Strangers on a Train in this follow-up to cult bestseller And the Birds Rained Down
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After And The Birds Rained Down, a stunning meditation on aging and freedom, Jocelyne Saucier is back with her unique outlook on self-determ…