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On an spring afternoon in 1978 in the loft of a church outside Cambridge, England, an organ tuner named Malory loses his virginity to a dyslexic math genius named Louiza. When Louiza disappears, Malory follows her trail to Rome. There, the quest to find his love gets sidetracked when he discovers he is the heir to the Kingdom of Septimania, given by Charlemagne to the Jews of eighth-century France. In the midst of a Rome reeling from the kidnappings...
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Have you ever wondered if, just beyond your reach,there's another you, with a life not quite like yours? Lena Rainey of Moorhens wonders this.Lena, 41, stares into mirrors, thinkingthat nothing feels quite right these days,while another Lena, also of Moorhens,died two years ago, aged 39. And that's not all. That's far from all.Before a week's out, the living Lena will havea grown-up son instead of a grown-up daughter,and no idea that they've been...
3) Godbond
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In the magnificent conclusion to Nancy Springer's Sea King Trilogy, a mad prince confronts peril and dark magic on a desperate quest to find a lost god in a dying world They were three, united to hold together a world that was coming apart: Rad Korridun, the sea king, who died three times but lived still; Dannoc, the mad prince of the Red Hart tribe, bonded mind and heart to Kor; and Tassida, the beautiful mystery, a rebellious daughter of the death...
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In this eclectic collection of poems we encounter spiritual, sensual, narrative, observational and political poems pertinent to our times. Very simply written, each poem takes us on a unique journey through space and time. Through the poet's own vivid imagination we are taken to forests and fields, sands and seas, but most importantly we journey into the depths of our very own being.The poems vary from very stark dark depictions of the world's current...
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What if all the Palestinians in Israel simply disappeared one day? What would happen next? How would Israelis react? These unsettling questions are posed in Azem's powerfully imaginative novel. Set in contemporary Tel Aviv forty eight hours after Israelis discover all their Palestinian neighbors have vanished, the story unfolds through alternating narrators, Alaa, a young Palestinian man who converses with his dead grandmother in the journal he left...
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Not everything in this book may be for everyone, but there is something in it for each person. Because this book is more than a collection of stories. It is something different and not easy to pigeonhole. That is precisely its greatest virtue.This anthology is made up of 63 short stories selected that span different genres, realities, and emotions. Some are extensive, others mere whispers. Some will seem familiar to you, while others may seem strange,...
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On New Year's Eve in 1969, a novelist in his forties meets the beautiful movie actress Diana Soren at a party and is fascinated by her oddly elusive charm. But in this novel from Carlos Fuentes, his infatuation turns into doomed pursuit as the fleeting object of his desire spurns him, and he is forced to reconsider the foundations of his life as a writer.
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Eden's so called friends locked her in the witch's house. The leader, Angelica, stole a knick knack from the witch's house to prove she was there. How can Eden get herself out of this mess, when Angelica dumps the knick knack on her? Can she get it back to the witch, or is she doomed to have wierd battle dreams forever?
9) Yok
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"When you're tired of run-of-the-mill fiction, it's time to read [Tim Davys]."
-Brad Meltzer, author of The Book of Lies
"A world that's violent, tender, hilarious, and downright sickening. Really, what could be better?"
-Eric Garcia, author of Anonymous Rex
Tim Davys is one of the most uniquely imaginative novelists writing today-the architect of Mollisan Town, a dark urban nightmare located in an alternate world populated by stuffed animals...
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"The Midnight Harvest" unfolds in the mysterious town of Ravensbrook, where an ominous glow bathes the landscape on the eve of a blood moon. In the heart of this enigmatic setting, high school student Emma embarks on a chilling adventure into the forbidden forest, drawn by unsettling whispers about the rumored Midnight Harvest. Little does she know, this forest is no ordinary realm but a gateway to a dimension where fears manifest as monstrous entities....
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When a dying stranger extracts a reluctant oath from the naive John Dee, he is propelled onto a path he could never have foreseen.Despite a formidable intellect he is slow to realise that friendship is more valuable than wealth, and beauty can mask darkness.With the help of new friends he battles a heretical Jesuit and the fearsome Catholic Inquisition through the streets of 1550's Paris to an explosive conclusion on the île de la Cité. Resurrection:...
12) Entitled
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"Cookie Boyle has written a smart, funny, and heartfelt novel that captures the unexpected adventures in the life of a book." - Blue Ink Review
Entitled is a love letter to books, travel and the people we meet along the way.
Life isn't easy when you're a book.
This charming, humorous, warm-hearted novel follows the extraordinary adventures of an extraordinary book. Entitled is told from the perspective of a book as it reluctantly travels from San...
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Something had to be done. The specter of incorrigible keyboard anonymity had become a virus.
Online trolls were sapping the world of basic human courtesy, and their sentiment was spilling over into society at large.
Enter the cure, Daniel Navarro, a man who knew a little something about bullies. It was thanks to them he was destined to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
His new company, The Troll Hunters - with the aid of...
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These stories paint a portrait of a magical realist world that is both chaotic and corrupt. In "Blister" a young widow remains faithful to her wedding vows even after her husband's deception is revealed. The husband in "Others" is haunted by a picture from the sixteenth century that has seemingly come to life and threatens to destroy his marriage. The soldier in "A Soldier's Lament" refuses to order the execution of an enemy combatant with whom he...
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We've heard the expression s**t happens too many times. It's because it does.'Bout Life 'N' S**t addresses some frightfully dreaded day-to-day struggles, as well as some exhilarating human experiences in verse.In Part I, we see s**t manifesting, seemingly randomly under various guises and disguises. It is described coarsely at times with a directness that can shock. The author hopes that this openness inspires the reader to own theirs, fearlessly,...
16) Taming Jackal
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Martina, a Latina student from Queens, becomes entwined with Ellis, a hockey player from New Jersey, at a predominantly White university, against the backdrop of the early 21st century. As their connection grows, Martina encounters Ellis's inner demon, embodied by the enigmatic entity known as the Black Cat.
Years later, the pair reunite in a serendipitous meeting while both working in Manhattan. Their romance rekindled, we meet Martina's inner...
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Mr. Thundermug is the inventive, entertaining, and-against all odds-poignant story of an animal who acquires the ability to eloquently speak human language. Using his own beautiful, eerie lithograph illustrations, Cornelius Medvei places us in a vivid world that is both familiar and alien. It's a world in which Mr. Thundermug and his family take up occupancy in an abandoned apartment building. On the roof of that building, Mr. Thundermug gazes at...
18) Her Demon Charms
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Thirty days to make a man fall in love with you via a dating site? Banned from using her demon charms? The stakes were high for succubus, May Frost. It seems she may have bitten off more than she could chew when she made a deal with the devil. If she wins, she becomes human. If she loses? Well, that isn't something she wants to think about. But falling in love was never part of the deal, was it? Alex Stone has a job to do – find the girl, get the...
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Having been pulled across time to aid heroes in the past while protecting a future yet to come, Zaneta finds her way back to the present-and the people responsible for stealing her children. The pursuit leads her north into Skyrim, where she, with help from the empire, is on the heels of the kidnappers, steadily nearing the end of her nightmare. In this spectacular conclusion, Zaneta covers vast territory. And with aid from an ancient dragon and mysterious...
20) Muse
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The Brotherhood of the Guardians has existed for thousands of years to serve a single purpose: the protection of Talents, the mortal descendants of the original nine Muses. Twenty-one year-old Daniel Lyoncourt has trained his entire life to join the Guardians. Daniel is prepared to risk his life in order to keep his Talent safe, but when he's assigned to nineteen year-old Anna Saint-James, he discovers that his life isn't the only thing he could lose....
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