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  • TALES FROM THE FUR SIDE
    Peter Benn
    Revealed! The secret lives of cats - an entertaining collection of bite-size stories as told by the cats themselves. Mischief. Mystery. History. Heroism. Revenge and Reflection - this is life as lived on the fur side, beyond the prying eyes of humans – where wisdom, adventure and love mix abundantly with curiosity, intrigue and exotic locations. Visit Ancient Egypt, foil a cine...
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    10,25 €

  • Death of the Snake Catcher
    Ak Welsapar / Lois Kapila / Youssef Azemoun
    This book features people from one of the most closed countries of today's world, where the passage of time resembles the passage of a caravan through the waterless desert. This world has been recreated by a true-born son of that mysterious country, a Turkmen who, at the will of fate, has now  been living for a quarter of a century in snowy Scandinavia. Is that not why two ...
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    20,58 €

  • SMOKE
    Brazos Highwayman
    Brazos has frequently and consistently failed in his efforts to take life seriously.  Since resigning from his 30 year stint at Texas A&M he has completely given up on that ill-conceived objective.  Smoke is his latest effort consistent with the described failure.  These stories reflect a self-depreciating brand of humor that highlights his ability to generate or become involve...
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    17,12 €

  • Sea Pictures
    Janis Spehr
    Rebellious teenager Phillip is sent to live with Kate, who raised him as a child when his mother Venice was in thrall to heroin. Set in coastal Victoria and then in Paris, Sea Pictures charts Phillip’s coming of age as well as Kate’s life in her local community and her relationship with the glamorous and volatile Venice. ...
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    15,12 €

  • AMERICAN INNOVATIONS
    RIVKA GALCHEN
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    15,90 €

  • Harry Danced Divinely
    Marian D. Schwartz
    There is a myth that the 1950s were a simple time.Family life on Giffort Street was never simple.The Whittakers are stunned when their trusted nanny, Meddie, suddenly leaves without giving notice. Meddie always knows everything before everyone else. What does she know that she isn’t willing to tell them?The trouble between Stan and Adele Heussler might have started when Adele b...
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    12,66 €

  • Dubliners
    James Joyce
    Unabridged value reproduction of Dubliners by James Joyce is the 1914 classic written during the heyday of Irish nationalism. Every vignette stands alone, yet every vignette is part of the same tapestry, producing both a personal and profound effect for the reader.Shocking for his time because of its realism, today Dubliners is a portal back to the gritty reality of the Irish e...
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    17,61 €

  • Keep Running
    Jane Carmody
    They were all running. Running away from or to something. Something as brutal as rejection, lost love or perhaps obsession.  For some it was a matter of running out of time, knowledge, faith or self-belief. But for all, the tender, the bruised, the brash, the feisty, it was the constant urgency to endure, to keep going, to squeeze in moments of reflection into tiny matchbox siz...
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    13,80 €

  • [untitled] issue seven
    Les Zigiomanis
    The short story has become an unappreciated commodity in Australian publishing. Many existing journals are compilations of nonfiction, poetry, and a smattering of literary fiction. [untitled] is an annual anthology of prose which looks at promoting and giving exposure to the work of emerging writers, and also providing an avenue for mainstream and popular fiction. Every issue...
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    16,66 €

  • Curious Connections
    Karen Sylvia Rockwell
    In this collection of flash fiction pieces Rockwell delivers us into the various ways that people both connect and disconnect in our modern world. Rockwell tackles themes of communication, love, sexuality, identity, and even survival with characters ranging in age and life experience. From cellphone conversations to shared moments with a classic song, these pieces are vignettes...
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    8,12 €

  • The Ghost of Nackawick Portage
    George Frederick Clarke
    George Frederick Clarke was a born storyteller. He was once New Brunswick’s best-known writer. His short stories contain some of his best writing, but they have been unavailable since they were published in magazines between 1908 and 1938.  The Ghost of Nackawick Portage brings Clarke’s stories together for the first time along with the original illustrations. The evocative il...
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    27,79 €

  • Losing Found Things
    Brett Garcia Rose
    'We're all broken, and the scars we trade are all that remain of our fragile, once complex lives.' Losing Found Things is the raw, unforgettable debut collection of fifteen short stories from award-winning writer and novelist Brett Garcia Rose, who takes readers past what lies on the surface and into the darkest corners of human experience. A young man boards a cruise ship pl...
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    7,09 €

  • Tutt and Mr. Tutt
    Arthur Cheney Train
    Arthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and legal thriller writer, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr Ephraim Tutt. ...
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    19,47 €

  • Tutt and Mr. Tutt
    Arthur Cheney Train
    Set in early 20th-century New York, this collection of legal tales follows an eccentric law firm through a series of clever courtroom battles. With sharp satire and insider knowledge, the stories contrast the flamboyant tactics of a brash young attorney with the old-fashioned integrity of his senior partner. Blending legal intrigue with humor, these cases showcase not just the ...
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    29,64 €

  • Stories to Tell Children
    Sara Cone Bryant
    This little book came into being at the instance of my teaching friends. Their requests for more stories of the kind which were given in How to TellStories to Children, and especially their urging that the stories they liked, in my telling, should be set down in print, seemed to justify the hope that the collection would be genuinely useful to them. That it may be, is the earne...
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    13,28 €

  • Huetel
    Aldo Miranda
    El vacío que dejan los seres queridos siempre afecta duramente a quienes quedan en el mundo. La esperanza y el amor son las propuestas que florecen con fuerza en este libro. Aunque en él, no falta también la alegría de cuentos y decires, que a través de los años quedaron en el corazón de los pueblos de campo. Como tampoco, fue olvidada, la solidaridad y el cariño por el prójimo...
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    10,40 €

  • How to Take a Lawnmower Home on the Tube and Other Absurd Acts of Everyday Survival
    Heather Walker
    How to Take a Lawnmower Home on the Tube and Other Absurd Acts of Everyday Survival is a sparkling collection of 46 sharply observed, darkly funny, and deeply moving tales from Heather Walker. With wry wit and a touch of magic, these stories explore the messy intersections of everyday life, memory, desire, and absurdity.Meet the elderly woman who engineers a kitchen fire just t...
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    8,33 €

  • The Metamorphosis & The Trial
    Franz Kafka / David Wyllie
    Discover two of the most haunting works of modern literature in one powerful volume: The Metamorphosis and The Trial by Franz Kafka.In The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa awakens one morning to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. As he struggles with his grotesque new body and the growing alienation from his family, Kafka explores timeless themes of isolation, guilt, ...
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    14,52 €

  • Ella Speaks French & Conquers Winter
    Lucie Angers
    - Ella...? Viens, says Monique in a soft, almost mischievous tone.I know 'viens' means 'come', but I do not want to do as I’m told. There is nothing better than staying in bed when it’s cold outside.- Ellaaa...- Oui, I’m on my way, j’arrive!I reluctantly push the door open and what do I see? Monique with the biggest grin, hiding behind a pair of traditional wood snowshoes; 'des...
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    11,33 €

  • Ella Speaks French At The Sugar Shack
    Lucie Angers
    - Ella, tu aimes les chevaux? I turn around to see who is talking to me, and to my utter surprise, I see the super-tall super-gorgeous model-type girl who hangs out with Marc all the time. -Oui, j’aime les chevaux, I say. -Moi, je n’aime pas les chevaux, she says pinching her nose. What? How can she not like horses! As spring approaches, Ella tastes Quebec’s famous maple syrup...
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    11,32 €

  • It’s No Fun Anymore
    Brittany Micka-Foos
    It’s No Fun Anymore is a collection of eight stories that explore the politics of victimization, the sites of trauma on women’s bodies, and their attempts to divine meaning from suffering.In 'The Experiment,' the murder of a young girl prompts a stay-at-home mother to undertake a desperate bid for agency, drawing unlikely inspiration from a 1950s self-help book. An MLM saleswom...
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    14,35 €

  • Human Tales
    Lilith Saintcrow
    Eleven short stories, from gargoyles in love to villains speaking for themselves, reinvented fairy tales to rock-song homages. ...
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    19,57 €

  • Other Sides
    Simon Strantzas
    In Other Sides, Strantzas invites you to explore the eerie fringes of reality, where the familiar twists into the unexplainable. A hungry house that demands a price from its occupants. A boy who may have glimpsed a ghost-or something far worse. A researcher journeys to a remote village in search of the strange herbaceous anomaly called the Witch’s Clutch, only to discover folkl...
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    16,80 €

  • The Haunting of Towne Point Mall
    Jason Fischer / Velox Books
    'Reminds me a bit of the Night Gallery, with some Bradbury and some Junji Ito mixed in.'-A. Siegel, author of Over the HillATTENTION SHOPPERS: EVERYTHING MUST GO.The grand opening of Towne Point Mall is here! Join us for:- A very special Halloween clearance event (now featuring skeleton children)- New clothing arrivals daily (our elves are dying to assist you)- Professional jug...
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    21,17 €

  • Jimmy’s Big Dream
    Jimmy Mulzet
    'Jimmy’s Big Dream: The Story of Never Giving Up' is an inspiring story of a young boy with a physical challenge who refuses to let his limitations stop him from pursuing his dreams. With the support of his family and dog, Jimmy pushes through struggles and setbacks to achieve something many thought impossible. A delightful tale that encourages children to never give up on thei...
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    7,04 €

  • Jimmy’s Big Dream
    Jimmy Mulzet
    'Jimmy’s Big Dream: The Story of Never Giving Up' is an inspiring story of a young boy with a physical challenge who refuses to let his limitations stop him from pursuing his dreams. With the support of his family and dog, Jimmy pushes through struggles and setbacks to achieve something many thought impossible. A delightful tale that encourages children to never give up on thei...
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    22,25 €

  • HISTORIAS DE MESA CAMILLA
    Loly Santana Lara
    ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez cómo era amar, luchar o simplemente vivir siendo mujer en la posguerra española? Este libro te lo cuenta. Pero no desde los grandes nombres ni los salones oficiales. Aquí la historia se escribe al calor de la lumbre, con pan duro, secretos guardados a voces y lágrimas que nadie se atrevía a nombrar. Historias de mesa camilla es un mosaico de relato...
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    10,00 €

  • Emocionalismo
    Ángeles Córdoba Tordesillas
    «Emocionalismo» es la etiqueta que mejor define mi estilo, tanto literario como artístico, pues la emoción es un estado recurrente en mí, desde el cual siento la necesidad de crear, casi de forma compulsiva.La mente es una “máquina de producir pensamientos y deseos”, pero el ser humano no es solo racional, sino que es además una “máquina de sentir”.Cada uno tenemos una determin...
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    19,91 €

  • Oportunidades
    Andrés Tacsir
    En contraste con la visión idealizada de lo que significa emigrar a los países ricos, los relatos que componen Oportunidades nos recuerdan ciertos aspectos de la experiencia de vivir afuera que muchas veces se los disimula, oculta o, directamente, se los hace desaparecer del discurso. Como muestran estos diez relatos, la inmigración da oportunidades, pero también es una imparab...
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    8,84 €

  • Space Lizards of Canada
    R.M. Kozan
    From the folks at Fresh Blue Ink, a new set of satiric tales (tails?) that take aim at current political upheaval and explore Canadian angst in our uncertain times.How is everything in Canada these days? Are we feeling secure, or do we perceive lizard eyes upon us?From the back cover of Space Lizards of Canada:Fifteen fantastic tales of an insidious invasion!Each story reveals ...
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    12,26 €


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