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Short stories
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Sholem Aleichem |
A collection of stories, sketches, monologues, and satire by the Yiddish humorist, showing adults and children in the act of being themselves in many situations--at school, at work, on holidays, and … |
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The Watcher
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Grace Monroe |
When you see him, it's already too late... Four days before Christmas, a young woman's body is found in a ditch in the grounds of Edinburgh Castle, the discovery rendered even more terrifying by the… |
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Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
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Dubravka Ugresic,Dubravka Ugrešić,Dubravka Ugresic |
Baba Yaga is a witch-like character who flies around on a giant mortar, kidnapping (and presumably eating) small children. She lives in a house on chicken feet. She is generally a terrifying figure, … |
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Hundarna i Riga
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Henning Mankell |
Una fría mañana de febrero llega un bote salvavidas a la costa sueca arrastrado por la corriente. Dentro encuentran los cadáveres de dos hombres que, como confirma el inspector Wallander, han sido as… |
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The Midnight Zoo
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Sonya Hartnett |
Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo wher… |
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I, city
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Pavel Brycz |
"I, City is a novel about the north Bohemian city of Most, an ancient city founded on a primeval wetland literally relocated because it stood on a coal field. The city is the narrator of this unusual… |
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Outlaw biker
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Jerry Langton |
The sequel to the bestseller "Biker" which ended with protagonist Ned Aiken in a witness protection program, but tempted by the lure of easy money. In "Outlaw Biker", he succumbs to it. First as a dr… |
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The breaking of eggs
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Jim Powell |
From the boulevards of Paris to the ghettos of wartime Poland, via Midwest America and the Berlin Wall, 'The Breaking Of Eggs' chronicles the extraordinary journey of a lonely man who discovers it ne… |
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Rebel angels
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Michele Lang |
Magda Lazarus searches with her fallen angel husband for a gem that can help them defeat the demon Asmodel and prevent the terrible holocaust envisioned by her sister. |
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The Fourth Estate
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Jeffrey Archer |
Richard Armstrong narrowly escaped Hitler's atrocities in Eastern Europe on his courage and his wits—skills that served him well in peacetime. Having turned a struggling Berlin newspaper into a succe… |
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Victory Square
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Olen Steinhauer |
'Victory Square' is the finale of Olen Steinhauer's fascinating, award-winning cycle of Cold War novels. |
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The Keep
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Jennifer Egan |
Award-winning author Jennifer Egan brilliantly conjures a world from which escape is impossible and where the keep --the tower, the last stand --is both everything worth protecting and the very thing… |
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In Lithuanian wood
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Wendell Mayo |
"In his beautifully achieved collection... Wendell Mayo explores the hard truths of the post-Iron Curtain era. Through the person of Paul Rood, who takes his enthusiasm for Walt Whitman to a country … |
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Torpor
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Chris Kraus |
A novel set in 1991, post-MTV, pre-AOL: Sylvie, longing for a life more like the TV show thirtysomething, sets off with her husband, Columbia University professor Jerome, to Romania to adopt a child. |
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Veronika decide morrer
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Paulo Coelho |
Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning, she … |
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