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"Jean-Luc Bannalec's internationally bestselling series starring Commissaire Georges Dupin returns with Death of a Master Chef. Commissaire Georges Dupin is certain these first beautiful summer days in June would be perfect for a fun trip to Saint-Malo. In a region known as the culinary heart of Brittany, the paradoxical city is known for being a uniquely Breton, yet un-Breton, place. Their cuisine's moto is voyages et aventures. Travel and adventure....
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"Nyla has an affinity to fire. A neglected teen in a small northern town--trying to escape a mother battling her own terrors--she is kicked out and struggles through life on the streets. Desperate for love, Nyla accidentally sets fire to her ex's building and is then incarcerated for arson. Through community-led diversion, Nyla finds herself on a reserve as their firekeeper. But when climate change--induced wildfires threaten her new home, she knows...
43) Enter the Light
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Beware! Darkness lurks in the least expected places!
James Stevens is a mild-mannered investment manager with a dark past. He thinks all his military exploits are behind him. He left his former life and returned to embrace his childhood faith. Now he has a beautiful wife and daughter, a nice home, and a great job. What he doesn't realize is there are demonic forces determined to destroy his life and everything that he has built.
When those who are...
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Edwin Muir - POOR TOM, J.F. Hendry - FERNIE BRAE, Gordon M. Williams - FROM SCENES LIKE THESE, Tom Gallacher - APPRENTICE. Introduced by Liam McIlvanney. Growing Up in the West presents four very different and memorably vivid accounts of what it was to be young and growing up in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, from the 1930s to the 1960s. Poor Tom tells of a young mans struggle to come to terms with the slow death of his brother in the city slums...
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Widely acclaimed as Massie's finest novel, A Question of Loyalties engages with all the complexities and ambiguities of loyalty, nationality and family as they are put under threat by betrayal, by errors of judgement, or simply friendship.
Etienne de Balafr, half French, half English and raised in South Africa, returns to post-war France to unravel the tangled history of his own father. Was Lucien de Balafr a patriot who served his country as best...
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Alfred David and Mary Elizabeth Meek have compiled a collection of fairy tales that ranges from the Grimm brothers' inimitable recreations of archetypal folktales to the modern prose charm of James Thurber's Many Moons. The appeal of the stories is wide and varied: the refined intelligence of Perrault, the wondrous imagination of Andersen, the descriptive power of Ruskin, the bittersweet melancholy of Wilde. These are but a few of the artists represented...
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Originally published in 1906, a classic romantic thriller about a man who must live in a remote house in rural Indiana to receive his inheritance.
In order to inherit his grandfather's fortune, a man must stay one year in the eccentric old man's isolated mansion. If he succeeds, the entirety of the estate is his. If he doesn't, everything goes to a young woman, whom the will forbids him to marry.
This suspense thriller contains all the elements...
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Introduced by James Campbell. Caught in the melting pot of social injustice, revolution, war, and pacifism, this powerful book gives a vivid account of the experiences and struggles of a Glasgow family from the First World War and into the Depression at the end of the Twenties. It is a story of Glasgow apprentices, their lives dignified with a desire for art and learning and the ideal of reforming the world. The book follows the fortunes of one particular...
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In childhood there is no distinction between boy, bird, mammal or fish. A Twelvemonth and a Day is about change and growth, the fluctuating patterns in the work life of a fishing and farming community throughout the cycle of a year, and about the year itself, the life of nature. It tells of how that symbolic year-and-a-day can be destroyed by forces we cannot seem to control ignorance and greed, profit and loss, the wider forces of politics that damage...
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Longlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize.
A Morning Star Radical Book of the Year
The Deconstruction of Professor Thrubb explodes with ideas, characters and events. It's a brazen campus comedy, a medical drama, a radical romp through modern philosophy and twentieth-century history, and a cheery ride through the nature of the Scottish Highlands. A young student tracks the biography of Elsie Stewart from her job as a London maid and to the Spanish Civil...
52) Pala Pala Killer
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"A gripping story, original characters, sizzling plot lines and a jaw-dropping climax. And credible at every level. Pala Pala Killer is a work of reality fiction - all of it could have happened - addressing issues that should be of interest to all readers." John Stockwell, author of NYT best-seller In Search of Enemies
A bitter feud. A spiral of killings. A fight for justice.
Human rights defender Patrice Le Congo is a man who'll leave no stone...
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"Your Personality Explained by Numerology: Book 2" offers a captivating exploration into the realms of destiny numbers, career suggestions, and the transformative forces of 396 numerology. Authored by Tarsiana Urnice Hauses and Journi Quest, this insightful guide is designed to illuminate the nuanced intricacies of your life path and destiny.Embark on a journey of self-discovery as the book unravels the profound significance of destiny numbers. These...
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First published in 1928 by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, now public domain in the US and Canada. Dive into the intriguing narrative of "The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg" by Louis Bromfield. This novel weaves a tale around the enigmatic Miss Annie Spragg, unfolding a story that is as mysterious as it is captivating. Uncover the secrets, unravel the mysteries, and immerse yourself in the unique storytelling that defines this literary work....
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"In "A Forgotten Temple of Himalayas" author Hiren Rathod weaves
a tale of ancient mysteries and resurfacing prophecies. When Aarav
stumbles upon an ancient scroll, he uncovers a destiny bound to a
forgotten temple in the Himalayas. With his steadfast companion
Priya, they embark on a journey that bridges the mortal and the
divine. As trials unfold and secrets resurface, the fate of worlds
hangs in the balance. Rathod's evocative prose brings...
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It is 1963 in an unnamed town in North Dakota, and Anthony Thrasher is languishing for a second year in eighth grade. Prematurely sophisticated, young Anthony spends too much time reading Joyce, Eliot, and Dylan Thomas but not enough time studying the War of 1812 or obtuse triangles. A tutor is hired, and this "modern Hester Prynne" offers Anthony lessons that ultimately free him from eighth grade and situate her on the cusp of the American sexual...
57) Ariana: A Novel
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The rarefied realm of opera comes alive in the story of a diva torn between passion and ambition She is Kavalaris-the most magnificent singer ever to grace the international operatic stage. Her talent is the stuff of legend and has made the men around her rich. Mark Rutherford first saw her when he was a young boy-and he cannot forget her. It will be almost two decades-separated by a depression and a world war-before they meet again and fall deeply...
58) Shtum: A Novel
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A man shares a house with his autistic son and cranky elderly father in this "moving, darkly funny novel" (The Washington Post).
Ben Jewell has hit a breaking point. His profoundly autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken, and Ben and his wife Emma are struggling to cope. When Ben and Emma fake a separation-a strategic yet ill-advised decision to further Jonah's case in an upcoming tribunal to determine the future of his education-father...
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Four adult siblings reconnect on a brief adventure through the Loire Valley in this international-bestselling novel by the beloved French author of Billie.
Simon and his two sisters, Garance and Lola, flee their cousin's dull wedding-and Simon's judgmental wife-to visit their younger brother, Vincent, who is working as a guide at a château in the heart of the enchanting Tours countryside. For a few hours, they forget about kids, spouses, and work,...
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En la penumbra de una historia inquietante, una mujer se retuerce en un danzar frenético de angustia, su aliento sofocado por la cruel ausencia de aire. En su diario transcurrir, los delirios le revelan una conexión macabra: Amdusias, el director de la filarmónica infernal, parece tejer los hilos de su destino. Entre estertores y suspiros, la mujer se ve atrapada en un trance donde los delirios se entrelazan con la realidad distorsionada. Amdusias,...
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