The Odic Fluid is a book written by Louis Elbe that delves into the concept of odic force and its potential applications. The odic force, also known as the life force, is a hypothetical energy that some believe to be responsible for life and...

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The Mysterious Stranger is a novel written by the renowned American author Mark Twain. The book is set in Austria and follows the story of a group of young boys who meet a mysterious stranger named Satan. Satan is portrayed as a supernatural being...

The Confessions of an English Opium Eater is a classic autobiographical work written by Thomas De Quincey. This book is a vivid and detailed account of the author's addiction to opium, which he began using for medical reasons but soon became dependent on for...

The Outcasts is a novel written by W.A. Fraser. The book follows the story of a group of outcasts who live on the fringes of society in the Canadian wilderness. The main character, a young man named Tom, is forced to leave his home...

In a world at war, a brother and sister seek revenge...Another drama-drenched story in a truly epic historical series. They were born in the middle of a battle, into a world at war. And from their first moments of life, twins Satyrus and Melitta...

In his spellbinding first novel, acclaimed Icelandic author Olaf Olafsson takes us inside the mind of a man haunted by the crime he willed half a century earlier. Expatriate businessman Peter Peterson left behind the trappings of a seemingly charmed life: a vast fortune,...

The Armoured Knight by Cristina Montalva teaches children how to face and overcome their bad dreams. The story follows Alex that keeps having a recurrent dream. With the help of his grandmother's legends and tales he is empowered to conquer his fears, feelings and...

Whiskey burns pleasantly as it goes down, but has a lasting, powerful effect. Brothers Andre and Smoker were raised in a cauldron of their parents' failed marriage and appetite for destruction, and find themselves in the same straits as adults--navigating not only their own...

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Set against the turmoil of late 70's Bay Area California, KARMAFORNIA spins the latest incarnation of a love triangle. When ambitious Laura, new to grad school and Berkeley, and her go-with-the-flow boyfriend Walt, meet bright arrogant fruitarian Cob at a party, she strikes sparks...

It is summer, 1968. When Les was really little, they played the Star Spangled Banner in movie theaters; she could feel her chest ripple just like the flag on the screen.But it is summer, 1968--Martin Luther King Jr. shot in April and, in June,...

Miranda Weber is a hot mess. In Paula Whyman's debut collection of stories, we find her hoarding duct tape to ward off terrorists, stumbling into a drug run with a crackhead, and--frequently--enduring the bad behavior of men. A drivers' education class pulsing with racial...

A stylish, screamingly funny, razor-sharp look at the British aristocracy in decline, Hunting Unicorns introduces us to the owners of the vast Bevan estate: the Earl and Countess-charming and possibly round the bend; Daniel, their eldest son-funny and clever, but a hopeless alcoholic; and...

Lucidity-The state of being lucid, seeing clearly. Awaken to a new way of thinking as you explore the Isle of Aphtharsia and learn the secrets it has guarded since ancient times. The logic that emerges supreme is not the logic of the primal mind...

The acknowledged masterpiece of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter has never been out of print in this country since its first publication in 1927. Its story of a woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway has kept its hold on generations of...

Written while Hans Keilson was in hiding during World War II, The Death of the Adversary is the self-portrait of a young man helplessly fascinated by an unnamed "adversary" whom he watches rise to power in 1930s Germany. It is a tale of horror,...

A rich and rewarding story of love, loss, and the power of family from the bestselling author of Bad Mother and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. In the aftermath of a devastating wedding day, two families, the Tetherlys and the Copakens, find their lives...

What Jonathan Lethem did for Brooklyn, Matt Burgess does for Queens in this exuberant and brilliant debut novel about a young drug dealer having a very bad weekend. Alfredo Batista has some worries. Okay, a lot of worries. His older brother, Jose--sorry, Tariq--is returning...

One of today's most imaginative and lyrical writers, Lisa St. Aubin de Teran weaves together passion, idealism, and adventures in this mesmerizing fable set against the ornate backdrop of nineteenth-century Italy. The palace is the vision of Gabriele del Campo, a young, idealistic stonemason's...

Lust--caution, lovely Limei! A bad bad novel about a sad sad girl. Limei is a sensitive, romantic, and artistic girl living all alone in Shanghai. She spends her days making latte art and her nights expressing herself on her personal blog. For now, sadness...

Author: Rebecca Jean BergquistISBN-13: 9798330679072Publisher: Hire a Ghost WriterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2024Pages: 116Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: Rebecca Jean BergquistISBN-13: 9798330678938Publisher: Hire a Ghost WriterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2024Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

Author: John Cowper PowysISBN-10: 1763565629ISBN-13: 9781763565623Publisher: Michael WalmerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2024Pages: 108Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d

From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a dazzling and uplifting novel of new beginnings and endless possibilities, in which a slew of personal and professional disasters cause a young researcher to upend his seemingly stable life in...

"The Northern is both a tender-hearted, contemplative coming-of-age novel and adventure-filled road trip story that brings a unique time in sports history to life." -- Zoe Whittall, author of The Fake and The Best Kind of People "W.P. Kinsella has company: Jacob Mooney has...

This is the final book of the Brotherhood Trilogy, but not the end of your relationship with the principal plays. The journey we have taken has been full of twists and turns, surprises, and almost believable events. Many of you have written to me...

Author: Robert S. SurteesISBN-10: 1845882113ISBN-13: 9781845882112Publisher: Nonsuch PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2006Pages: 384Format: Paperback

Family secrets. Forbidden love. And the true price of wealth. The story begins with a dinner party invitation... When young journalist Thomas Cleary is sent to dig up quotes for the obituary of a legendary film producer, the man's eccentric daughter offers him access...

A bold and inventive novel about real romance in the virtual workplace--​bringing Castillo's trademark wit and sharp cultural criticism to an irresistible story about the possible future of love. Girlie Delmundo is the greatest content moderator in the world, and despite the setbacks of...

Paris, a winter's night in 1983. The girl is sixteen years old, lost in unfamiliar streets. On a scrap of paper in her pocket is the address of a photographer, K, thirty years her senior. Almost four decades later, as her life and the...

From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by artificial inseminationSayaka Murata has proven...

'[A] terrific crime novel' Mick Herron 'This moody, atmospheric novel is full of surprises' Sunday Times (Crime Book of the Month) '[W]ell plotted and very funny' ***** Sun 'This has a TV series written all over it' Daily Mail ---------------------------------------------------------- Ryan Wilkins grew up...

Author: Paul BrunoISBN-13: 9798987902523Publisher: Swirling Mist PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/16/2024Pages: 270Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.57d

A new novel by PEN/Faulkner Award winner Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi--"if you don't know this name yet, you should" (Entertainment Weekly)--about a young woman caught in an affair with a much older man, a personal and political exploration of desire, power, and human...

After 20-year-old Thomas Inkle is left the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the West Indies, he is rescued by Yarico, a Carib woman who takes him as her lover. Their erotic encounter, which has a profound effect on both, is explored with poetic,...

A compelling novel-in-stories, Hollywoodski showcases a self-described "faded" screenwriter's forty-year career.Dale Davis is a man encumbered by a natural writing talent, corrupted by early success, and reduced to scrambling for crumbs. He arrives in Hollywood, unbattered and innocent, with a novel about his days...

Author: Peter SwansonISBN-10: 0063433621ISBN-13: 9780063433625Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2025Pages: 288Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins--and in the wild, propulsive spirit of Charles Portis' True Grit--comes a hilarious, empathetic, and brilliantly provocative adventure through life in modern America, about a reclusive journalist forced back into the world to rescue...

Author: Vanessa ChanISBN-10: 1668015153ISBN-13: 9781668015155Publisher: S&s/ Marysue Rucci BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2025Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.92d

Who destroyed Professor Wolf's prize-winning tomatoes? What's behind the mysterious goings-on at Killington Manor? And why does life sometimes feel like we're stuck in a mystery, with few clues and no solutions? In her first collection of short stories, Sara Gran explores what detective...

A hilarious, thought-provoking, and uplifting platonic love story wrapped in the mystery of one woman's search for the best friend who ghosted her, for fans of Where'd You Go Bernadette? Isabella's NOT dead. That's what Gwen tells anyone who asks about the best friend...

A brilliant spy novel and madcap adventure story from the author of The Torqued Man, set in San Francisco and the Asian Pacific during the outbreak of the Second World War.In 1939, the clouds of war are gathering.Richard Halifax--a man of much bravado, master...

The story acclaimed English author Penelope Fitzgerald never wrote, of her real-life journey to Mexico with her son in search of a much-needed inheritance, by Jessica Francis Kane, bestselling author of Rules for Visiting Winter 1952. Penelope Fitzgerald's husband is a struggling alcoholic, their...

An unexpected catastrophe of literary proportions . . .Aspirant, bookish, and close to broke, 26-year-old Clemi steps into her dream job at a prestigious literary nonprofit and finds herself in the bull's eye of a financial, legal, and existential calamity. The executive director has...

One woman is forced to finally forgive herself--with the help of a winsome eight-year-old sidekick--for not being able to save her sister from her life-long substance abuse.The impact of a person's addiction on family is traumatic and all consuming. Lorna learned at an early...

Author: Hans Christian AndersenISBN-10: 1667210130ISBN-13: 9781667210131Publisher: Canterbury ClassicsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2025Pages: 464Format: Paperback

In rural 1930s Virginia, a young immigrant mother fights for her dignity and those she loves against America's rising eugenics movement - when widespread support for policies of prejudice drove imprisonment and forced sterilizations based on class, race, disability, education, and country of origin...

Inspired by a shocking true story, this haunting debut novel of love, brotherhood, resilience, and redemption set in Pakistan calls to mind the modern classics The Kite Runner and The Beekeeper of Aleppo. On the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, a large yellow moon hung...

Three-time finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and James Beard Award winner Michelle Huneven's Bug Hollow, a family novel that follows the Samuelson clan over four decades as they hurt and heal one another...