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Author:Adania Shibli
Minor Detail
A beautiful meditation on war, violence, memory and injustice, set in the occupied Palestinian territories.Author: Adania ShibliISBN-10: 191309717XISBN-13: 9781913097172Publisher: Fitzcarraldo EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2020Format: PaperbackAbout the AuthorAdania Shibli was born in Palestine in 1974. Her first two novels appeared in English with Clockroot Books as...- $14.00
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Author:Andrew Lang
The Yellow Fairy Book
First Published in 1894, "The Yellow Fairy Book" is the sixth in a series of collections of fairy tales from around the world edited by Andrew Lang, the Scottish novelist, poet and literary critic, with translations and retellings by several authors, including his wife,...- $12.99
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Author:Suzanne Kelman
When the Nightingale Sings: A powerful and completely heartbreaking WW2 novel
1937, Europe and America. Based on a powerful true story, this extraordinary novel about wartime courage and extraordinary friendship, tells how two women changed the fate of the Second World War and the course of history. When an impossibly shy young woman named Judy...- $12.99
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Author:Jean Cocteau
The Holy Terrors: (Les Enfants Terribles)
Written in a French style that long defied successful translation--Cocteau was always a poet no matter what we was writing--the book came into its own for English-language readers in 1955 when this translation was completed by Rosamund Lehmann. It is a masterpiece of the...- $17.95
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Author:Thomas Mann
Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories
Mann's bestselling work of fiction now appears in a trade paperback format with a striking new jacket. Sales of the classic have totaled over 800,000 copies and average 42,000 copies a year.Author: Thomas MannISBN-10: 0679722068ISBN-13: 9780679722069Publisher: VintageLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/13/1989Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.02h x...- $13.00
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Author:Hilda Gurley Highgate
Sapphire's Grave
The debut of a major new talent, SAPPHIRE'S GRAVE tells the stories of several generations of African-American women, bringing their spirit and their sorrow to life with a power, sensitivity, and immediacy. In 1749 in Sierra Leone, a woman of fierce dignity is captured...- $19.00
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Author:John Berryman
Recovery
A thinly-veiled autobiographical novel, Recovery follows Dr. Alan Severance through his emotional journey of Freudian group analysis where he confesses his humiliations, defeats, and delusions in an attempt to purge himself and achieve normality. Author: John BerrymanISBN-10: 1517901316ISBN-13: 9781517901318Publisher: University of Minnesota PressLanguage: EnglishPublished:...- $18.95
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Author:Deszö Kosztolányi
Kornel Esti
Crazy, funny and gorgeously dark, Kornél Esti sets into rollicking action a series of adventures about a man and his wicked dopplegänger, who breathes every forbidden idea of his childhood into his ear, and then reappears decades later. Part Gogol, part Chekhov, and all...- $16.95
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Author:Mark Haddon
Dogs and Monsters: Stories
From the "terrifyingly talented" (London Times) author of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG-IN THE NIGHT-TIME and THE PORPOISE, eight mesmerizingly imaginative, deeply-humane stories that use Greek myths and contemporary dystopian narratives to examine mortality, moral choices and the many variants of love. Greek...- $28.00
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Author:Allegra Goodman
Total Immersion: Stories
In "The Succession," the members of a prosperous Hawaii synagogue agree on almost nothing. But when the president of the synagogue absconds with a small fortune, far deeper--and more troubling--rifts emerge...In "The Closet," Evelyn's sister flees her family to take up residence in the...- $17.00
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Author:Paula Hawkins
The Blue Hour
A stylish and immersive new novel of ambition, legacy, and betrayal from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train.An isolated Scottish island, accessible to the mainland only twelve hours a day. A famous (some might say infamous) artist...- $34.00
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Author:Redfern Jon Barrett
The Giddy Death of the Gays & the Strange Demise of Straights
A compelling comedy of polyamorous romance and nonbinary adventure, this reissue of The Giddy Death of the Gays and the Strange Demise of Straights--includes a Foreword by the author and an Afterword by noted queer writer Meg-John Barker.Caroline and her Dom live out their...- $17.95
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Author:Hunter Terrell
The Library of Everything
Author: Hunter TerrellISBN-10: 1962538753ISBN-13: 9781962538756Publisher: Paper Angel PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2024Pages: 110Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.26d- $9.99
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Author:Sam D. Pakan
A Bed in Sheol
Author: Sam D. PakanISBN-10: 1645942201ISBN-13: 9781645942207Publisher: Athanatos Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2024Pages: 486Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.67lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d- $31.95
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Author:Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie
*SOON TO BE A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES* *ONE of NPR's and TIME's BEST BOOKS of the YEAR * NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of the YEAR by WOMAN'S DAY, NEWSDAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, BUSTLE, and BOOK RIOT!* "A book that sneaks up on you...I am...- $18.99
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Author:Irina Zhorov
Lost Believers
"A beautiful, mournful novel about faith gravely tempered by grief and the brutal iron of modernity bringing the greatest of losses. Zhorov's voice is fresh and appealing." --Joy Williams, author of The Visiting Privilege and Harrow A rich, immersive debut novel, inspired by true...- $17.99
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Author:Albert French
Billy
Albert French lights up the monstrous face of American racism in this harrowing tale of ten-year-old Billy Lee Turner, who is convicted and executed for murdering a white girl in Banes County, Mississippi, in 1937. Constructed in a series of powerfully lean vignettes, Billy...- $22.00
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Author:Colin McAdam
A Beautiful Truth
Told simultaneously from the perspective of humans and chimpanzees, set in a Vermont home and a Florida primate research facility, A Beautiful Truth--at times brutal, at others deeply moving--is about the simple truths that transcend species, the meaning of family, the lure of belonging,...- $15.00
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Author:Sam D. Pakan
A Bed in Sheol
Author: Sam D. PakanISBN-10: 1645942228ISBN-13: 9781645942221Publisher: Athanatos Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/17/2024Pages: 486Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.21d- $22.99
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Author:Ellie Curzon
The Wartime Vet: A completely heartbreaking and addictive historical saga
England, 1941. Dedicated local vet Laura cares for the farm animals of the little village of Bramble Heath. But falling bombs aren't the only danger as the war hits close to home... Despite everyone telling her it's not a suitable career for a woman,...- $11.99
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Author:Bruce Wagner
Dead Stars
Bruce Wagner weaves together tales of desperation and depravity of the modern age in Dead Stars, his uproarious and sharply critical take on the obsessions of Hollywood. Telma, the world's youngest breast cancer survivor, is threatened with obscurity by a four-year-old that's undergone a...- $19.99
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Author:John Madera
Nervosities
In this debut collection of experimental short fiction, John Madera explores the complexities of identity, memory, history, and language, revealing the heterogeneities and instabilities that distinguish the post-industrial world. Born of diaspora and transversalism, the fourteen stories in Nervosities exhibit narrative modes and voices...- $18.95
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Author:Norma R. Crutcher
The Unconscious Witness
A young woman falls into a coma, and her guardian angel appears to lead her on an eye-opening journey through her past and her future. She witnesses firsthand the grace of God throughout her life.Have you ever wondered what happens to a person's soul...- $12.99
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Author:Bruce Wagner
I'm Losing You
An epic novel that brings together a motley crew of characters, including porn stars in love, celebrity chore-whores, plotting dermatologists, masseurs, and shrinks, among many others cast in the debauchery of Hollywood. I'm Losing You follows the rich and famous and the down and...- $19.99
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Author:Nathan Knapp
Daybook
How can a person speak when they lose faith in the authority of their voice? One night on the cusp of winter, a man sits alone, in silence, and begins to lay words on an empty page. He speaks of ancestry and stymied ambitions,...- $19.99
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Author:Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth: Introduction by Pamela Knights
In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton depicts the glittering salons of Gilded Age New York with precision and wit, even as she movingly portrays the obstacles that impeded women's choices at the turn of the century. The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been...- $26.00
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Author:Udith Dematagoda
Agonist
A feverish confrontation with the internet as digital palimpsest, a fragmented discourse upon its banal diabolical passions; hatred, humour, cruelty, obscenity, lust, and poetry - often absurd, sometimes sublime. 'Agonist' speaks to the maddening anomie of the technological present, teetering on the spectral boundary...- $15.99
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Author:John Edgar Wideman
Slaveroad
Major literary figure and "master of language" (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational perspective to explore what he calls the "slaveroad," a daunting, haunting reality that runs throughout American history. John Edgar Wideman's "slaveroad" is a palimpsest of physical,...- $26.99
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Author:Bronwyn Fischer
The Adult
A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR An engrossing, page-turning story about an introverted student and the mysterious older woman whose unexpected interest in her sparks an insidious, all-consuming love affair. Eighteen-year-old Natalie has just arrived for her first year of university...- $18.00
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Author:Bea Vianen
My Name Is Sita
Bea Vianen rose to prominence as a writer in both her native Suriname and its European colonizer, the Netherlands, with the publication of My Name is Sita in 1969. Set in the 1950s in the Caribbean Dutch colony during an era of social and...- $18.95
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Author:Nikki Turner
Project Chick II: What's Done in the Dark
Tressa always thought that the best moment in her life was the day she gave birth to her twin boys, Khalil and Hadji, but even better was when she got the news that their abusive father, Lucky, was dead. His death gave the streets...- $12.00
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Author:Nawal El Saadawi
God Dies by the Nile and Other Novels: God Dies by the Nile, Searching, the Circling Song
Three classic novels by renowned feminist writer and activist Nawal El Saadawi. A peasant family is torn apart by a village mayor and his lackeys in God Dies by the Nile, Saadawi's dark parable of poverty, female exploitation, injustice and religious hypocrisy in rural...- $19.95
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Author:Jens Liljestrand
The Burning
Life goes on in the face of a climate crisis in this unforgettable, "relevant, and entertaining" (Fredrik Backman, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel that follows four characters as they struggle to survive in a burning world. Even when the climate crisis escalates...- $19.99
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Author:Laura Van Den Berg
The Isle of Youth: Stories
"[Laura van den Berg is] a master of the short story form. Hers are deliciously unnerving, moving, and monstrous tales." --Karen Russell, author of Orange World and other stories "A smart, fun, noir-y treasure map . . . Van den Berg somehow packs a...- $18.00
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Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender is the Night
Tender Is the Night is an English language novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in Scribner's Magazine between January-April, 1934 in four issues. It is ranked #28 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century....- $15.99
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Author:Sherry Thomas
The Luckiest Lady in London
"Transporting" --"The New York Times Book Review " From the superbly gifted Sherry Thomas comes this beautifully written romance about a marriage of convenience that turns inconveniently passionate... Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to...- $26.99
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Author:Alexander Theroux
Cape Cod Tales
Author: Alexander TherouxISBN-13: 9798218383626Publisher: Tough Poets PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/16/2024Pages: 388Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.88d- $29.99
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Author:Hunter Terrell
The Library of Everything
Author: Hunter TerrellISBN-10: 1962538656ISBN-13: 9781962538657Publisher: Paper Angel PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2024Pages: 110Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.38d- $19.99
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Author:Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier
In Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier, deception lurks beneath the veneer of Edwardian society. Narrated by the unreliable John Dowell, it unravels the intricate web of affairs, lies and tragic misunderstandings between two couples. A haunting exploration of love, betrayal and the unraveling...- $11.99
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Author:Diane Kane
I Never Called Him Pa
I Never Called Him Pa by Diane Kane, is a coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s that captures the heart of rural America through the voice of Henry, a young boy growing up on a farm near the railroad tracks in Northern Illinois without...- $35.99
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Author:Ted Morrissey
The Strophes of Job
It's 1907, and a terrible snow storm rages across the Midwest, burying a rural community but also revealing its citizens' closely guarded secrets. Two farm families - the Johnsons and the Fryes - struggle while their women fight to give birth during the storm....- $35.00
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Author:Rick McGrath
Unauthorised Departures
Unauthorised Departures is a new anthology of quirky tales by some of today's best short story writers, your tour guides out being Maxim Jakubowski, James Goddard, Hunter Liguore, Rhys Hughes, David Quantick, Paul A. Green, Ana Teresa Pereira, Tom Frick, Eugen Bacon, Lawrence Russell,...- $24.99
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Author:Keziah Weir
The Mythmakers
A New York Times Editors' Choice Named a Best New Book of the Year by Harper's Bazaar Named a Best Book of the Summer by Shondaland, SheReads, The Boston Globe, Harper's Bazaar, and Reader's Digest From an acclaimed senior editor at Vanity Fair comes...- $18.99
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Author:Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
In Charles Dickens' timeless classic, A Tale of Two Cities, the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution sets the stage for a gripping narrative of love, sacrifice, and redemption. Amidst the chaos, unforgettable characters navigate the clash between personal destiny and the sweeping currents...- $17.99
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Author:S. R. Kay
Built on Sand
Elsie has two feet in the 20th century. Smith has one foot in the 19th. Their marriage, founded on physical attraction, is built on sand as all around them the earth of Europe also starts to quake. Prised apart by emotional conflict and the...- $12.99
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Author:Will Leitch
The Time Has Come
Author: Will LeitchISBN-10: 0063238527ISBN-13: 9780063238527Publisher: Harper PerennialLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2024Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.76d- $18.99
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Author:Beth Tashery Shannon
Tanglevine
Demoted war hero Jihan arrives in the Bluegrass to extend the Domed City's power and salvage his family's reputation. When a fellow official disappears, he commandeers a horseback caravan as backup and rides to the remote village of Tanglevine to investigate. Windland, the caravan...- $15.00
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Author:Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Takaoka's Travels
Author: Tatsuhiko ShibusawaISBN-13: 9798988688723Publisher: MonkeyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2024Pages: 192Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d- $35.00
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Author:Alexander Theroux
Cape Cod Tales
Author: Alexander TherouxISBN-13: 9798218383602Publisher: Tough Poets PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/16/2024Pages: 388Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.80d- $22.99
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Author:D. H. Lawrence
Women in Love (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
Author: D. H. LawrenceISBN-10: 1778783392ISBN-13: 9781778783395Publisher: Royal ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2024Pages: 456Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d- $49.95
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