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Tehlikeli Oyunlar by Oğuz Atay
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKişinin kendiyle savaşmasını ve yenmesini, kendini dönüştürmesinin hayati bir sorun olarak algılamaya çağıran, çarpıcı ve sarsıca bir roman... -
![Silva Rerum II by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė]()
Silva Rerum II by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRomāna darbība notiek no 1707. līdz 1710.gadam. Karš, mēris, bads, nesamērīga greznība un nāvīgs izsalkums, zviedru un krievu karavīri, jūdu ārsti, holandiešu kāršu spēlmaņi, turku konkubīnes, franču dāmas, spītīgi žemaiši un ironiski viļņieši, bezvārda mūks, kurš apglabājis vairāk nekā divdesmit tūkstošus mēra upuru, un, protams, vēl viena bajāru Norvaišu dzimtas paaudze... -
![Golpo Guccho by Rabindranath Tagore]()
Golpo Guccho by Rabindranath Tagore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGolpo Guccho by Rabindranath Tagore is a popular Bengali book of Rabindranath Tagore. The book is collection of 95 Short Stories which are most popular. Tagore wrote most of the stories from Bengali Year 1298 to 1310. The books was published in Indian Publishing House in 1908 to 1909 by Five Parts... -
![Sarah and Solomon: Only A Stone Should Be Alone by Roberta Kagan]()
Sarah and Solomon: Only A Stone Should Be Alone by Roberta Kagan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“…Fathers and Give me your children!” – Chaim RumkowskiIt is September 1942, and the already battered occupants of the Lodz Ghetto have just been dealt another horrendous blow from Hitler’s iron fist. They must surrender their sick, elderly, and children for ‘deportation... -
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![Max, Mischa & Tetoffensiven by Johan Harstad]()
Max, Mischa & Tetoffensiven by Johan Harstad
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMAX HANSEN er søvnløs i Midtvesten. Han er teaterinstruktør på turné tvers gjennom USA. Det kan være at han har blitt amerikaner. Han har ikke vært hjemme på over tjue år. HELST SKULLE HAN aldri forlatt stedet han ble født, en forstad til Stavanger hvor man fikk bråke så mye man orket mens fedrene var ute på plattformene i Nordsjøen og hvor stillheten la seg tung over husene når de kom tilbake... -
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![Super Sales on Super Heroes 4 by William D. Arand]()
Super Sales on Super Heroes 4 by William D. Arand
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world full of super powers, Felix had a pretty crappy one.He has the ability to modify any item he owns. To upgrade anything.Sounds great on paper. Almost like a video game.Except that the amount of power it takes to actually change, modify, or upgrade anything worthwhile is beyond his abilities... -
![A Place to Start Over - Second Edition by Susan Mackie]()
A Place to Start Over - Second Edition by Susan Mackie
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSecond Edition with five new Bonus Chapters.Can one bad decision change your life?While recuperating from her biggest mistake, Harriet’s had time to plan a fresh start, away from the city.With a business plan on her laptop and determination in her heart, she leaves Sydney, heading north... -
![Erin's Child by Sheelagh Kelly]()
Erin's Child by Sheelagh Kelly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFamily ties have united the Feeneys through famine and poverty, but can they withstand success? It is 1875 and the Feeneys have left the squalor of York’s slums behind them. Yet all is not well. Patrick remains a man of simple tastes, increasingly out of touch with Thomasin’s ambition to expand her business empire still further across Yorkshire... -
![Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop by Michael Kroft]()
Before Herring Cove Road: Ruth Goldman and the Nincompoop by Michael Kroft
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTO BE RELEASED VALENTINE'S DAY, 2017 The Amusing and Heartwarming Prequel to the Family Saga Series, Herring Cove Road With her mother's death two years before, her father's recent marriage to a woman she doesn't get along with, and then finding herself engaged to a man she isn't even sure she loves, Ruth Goldman has decided to take a year off to discover what she wants in life... -
![Collected Poems in English by Joseph Brodsky]()
Collected Poems in English by Joseph Brodsky
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne of the greatest and grandest advocates of the literary vocation, Joseph Brodsky truly lived his life as a poet, and for it earned eighteen months of internal exile at hard labor, expulsion from his native country, and the Nobel Prize in Literature... -
![Noontime in Yenisehir by Sevgi Soysal]()
Noontime in Yenisehir by Sevgi Soysal
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeemingly disparate lives are brought together in a clever, prism-like plot in this award-winning novel. The story is based on three people—Ali, Dogan, and Olcay—and vividly depicts the struggle between the older generation who were content with the new (post-Ottoman) Turkey and who are disturbed by changes sought and brought on by the rebellious young generation... -
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![Not the End: Life Isn't Over Until It Is Over by Odin Dupeyron]()
Not the End: Life Isn't Over Until It Is Over by Odin Dupeyron
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNot The End was first released in 2001 and since that first edition has been read and reread, given, lent and recommended by readers of all ages, of all genders, of different religions, preferences and countries. It has passed from hand to hand and from mouth to mouth, changed publisher, cover, color and presentation... -
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![Wolf Killer by Craig Zerf]()
Wolf Killer by Craig Zerf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce a month on the first day of the full moon I turn into an uncontrollable 400-pound, seven foot killing machine with teeth like daggers and foot-long claws. My name is Ded Brenner … and I am NOT a werewolf. And rest assured – when I catch up to the people that did this to me … well, let’s just say – Click, click, boom, BOOM! Brenner wasn’t a werewolf... -
![Wolf Warrior by Craig Zerf]()
Wolf Warrior by Craig Zerf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce a month on the first day of the full moon I turn into an uncontrollable 400-pound, seven foot killing machine with teeth like daggers and foot-long claws. My name is Ded Brenner … and I am NOT a werewolf. And rest assured – when I catch up to the people that did this to me … well, let’s just say – Click, click, boom, BOOM! Brenner wasn’t a werewolf... -
![So Long: Stories 1987-1992 by Lucia Berlin]()
So Long: Stories 1987-1992 by Lucia Berlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-three stories from a widely recognized master. Each will resonate, as questions of the human condition always do, in the heart of the reader. Lucia Berlin is widely recognized as a master of the short story... -
![The Brothers Karamazov (Classic Literature) by Fyodor Dostoevsky]()
The Brothers Karamazov (Classic Literature) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA profound novel in which Dostoevsky has searched for the truths about man, life and the existence of God. It presents the story of four brothers, each of them with the motive of murder. a gripping action that entangles its reader throughout the story. This was the authors last novel that will remain alive in the annals of history because of its language and unique literary style... -
![The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules by Jodi Picoult]()
The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChange of HeartOne moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises... -
![Stolen by You by Lindsey Hart]()
Stolen by You by Lindsey Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInfiltrating Mr. Hotshot's house in the middle of the night?Yes, that was the plan.Getting my hands on his family jewels?Definitely what I was going for.And I mean actual jewelry, not the other round ball kind of things, alright.Now, catching the guy practically naked in his house?Oh God, definitely not what was supposed to happen... -
![Le Démon de la colline aux loups by Dimitri Rouchon-Borie]()
Le Démon de la colline aux loups by Dimitri Rouchon-Borie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUn homme se retrouve en prison. Brutalisé dans sa mémoire et dans sa chair, il décide avant de mourir de nous livrer le récit de son destin.Écrit dans un élan vertigineux, porté par une langue aussi fulgurante que bienveillante, Le Démon de la Colline aux Loups raconte un être, son enfance perdue, sa vie emplie de violence, de douleur et de rage, d’amour et de passion, de moments de lumière.. -
![ظلال المفاتيح (الملهاة الفلسطينية) by Ibrahim Nasrallah]()
ظلال المفاتيح (الملهاة الفلسطينية) by Ibrahim Nasrallah
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsفي رواية «ظلال المفاتيح» للشاعر والروائي إبراهيم نصرالله يبدو الفلسطيني صورة أسطورية لذاكرته، مثلما تبدو ذاكرته صورة لمعنى وجوده. رواية عابرة لأزمنة كثيرة وتحولات كبرى شهدتها فلسطين، وعاشتها شخصيات هذا العمل، في امتدادات الحدود القصوى لفكرة الوجود، والشتات، والتّماهي مع وطن سُلب بالقوة... -
![Poems 1913-1956 by Bertolt Brecht]()
Poems 1913-1956 by Bertolt Brecht
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFirst Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company... -
![Immortal Poems of the English Language by Oscar Williams]()
Immortal Poems of the English Language by Oscar Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsImmortal Poems Here is the most inclusive anthology of verse ever published at so low a price. It contains not only the best-known works of the British and American masters but also the verse of the most brillant poets of our own day. Oscar Williams, who compiled Immortal Poems, was a distinguished editor and poet in his own right, of whom Robert Lowell wrote in the Sewanee Review: "Mr... -
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![The Theory of Light and Matter by Andrew Porter]()
The Theory of Light and Matter by Andrew Porter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThese ten short stories explore loss and sacrifice in American suburbia. In idyllic suburbs across the country, from Philadelphia to San Francisco, narrators struggle to find meaning or value in their lives because of (or in spite of) something that has happened in their pasts. In Hole, a young man reconstructs the memory of his childhood friend's deadly fall... -
![درماندگی بزرگ ما by Barış Bıçakçı]()
درماندگی بزرگ ما by Barış Bıçakçı
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsدر یکی از روزهای سرد زمستان، دو دوست قدیمی در کنار هم بر سر تپهای در میان ابرها ایستادهاند. در برابرشان دریای سیاه است، و پشت سرشان استانبول با هزار خاطره و رؤیا. هر دوی آنها در آن لحظه به یک چیز فکر میکنند: به کسی که حالا در دوردستها روزگار میگذراند... -
![Iman Biavarim: Persian Version by Forugh Farrokhzad]()
Iman Biavarim: Persian Version by Forugh Farrokhzad
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThis Book titled Iman Biavarim is the Persian version of Iman Biavarim written by Foroghe Farokhzad published for All Persian speakers around the world ! We hope you enjoy it... -
![The Super Olympian: Bloodhound (Shapechanger Tales) by Laer Carroll]()
The Super Olympian: Bloodhound (Shapechanger Tales) by Laer Carroll
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlympic-bound 17-year-old Sasha Canaro wakes up from death a superhumanly strong, fast, agile, and tough shapechanger. And she has strange powers. What can feed her challenge-addiction now? Fighting crime? There is plenty of it... -
![I'm The Bad Guy by Simon Archer]()
I'm The Bad Guy by Simon Archer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLevel Up. Kill Everyone Else. Take Their Stuff.All Dantem ever wanted was one teeny tiny, almost insignificant thing…Vengeance on those who wronged him.When he’s suddenly recruited by the world’s largest video game company, he will finally have a way to achieve his dream.Assuming, of course, he has no problem being the bad guy... -
![Wolf Spirit by Craig Zerf]()
Wolf Spirit by Craig Zerf
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe adventure continues - Brenner is not a werewolf... He is the result of a secret US Army experiment. The creation of a government controlled Super Soldier.And no one asked if he wanted to take part.So, he escaped. And for the last fifty years has been living in the backroads and the small unknown towns of America. Never aging. Searching for a cure... -
![Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation: Book 3 - The Ancient Remnant by Fiery Moon]()
Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation: Book 3 - The Ancient Remnant by Fiery Moon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFresh from Mohe City, Xiao Chen runs afoul of various Noble Clans with only Xiao Bai at his side. The Noble Clans give him no rest, especially after he happens upon a map to an Ancient Remnant. The Ancient Remnant holds a fatal attraction for cultivators as it promises to be a treasure trove of cultivation... -
![This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey by Steve Almond]()
This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey by Steve Almond
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis innovative, self-published book comprises 30 short short stories, and 30 brief essays on the psychology and practice of writing... -
![Live for Me by Emma Thomas]()
Live for Me by Emma Thomas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwenty-seven-year-old Ophelia Lux Taylor is feisty and driven; she also happens to have bipolar disorder. Although she's had her ups and downs, life is good now: she lives with her twin brother, Onyx, and another friend in an artsy community in Cincinnati and is pursuing a master's degree in psychology... -
![My Name Is Thank-You by Kaizen Elizabeth Love]()
My Name Is Thank-You by Kaizen Elizabeth Love
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy Name Is Thank-You follows the lives of two young girls, Thank-You and Josephine. We follow how their lives change over the course of four seasons. Their voices creating around us, a world filled with love, gratitude, bravery, self discovery, and forgiveness as well as shining a light on loneliness, fear, ignorance, and hatred... -
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![Night Jasmine by Mary Lou Widmer]()
Night Jasmine by Mary Lou Widmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTWO MEN...ONE LOVE... Brutally exposed to the naked facts of life, Katie Raspanti fled the dingy hovels of the slums to become a kitchen maid in New Orleans's most elegant household. She was no more than a child, but all too soon she became the tantalizing beauty who commanded the hearts of two brothers, both willing to abandon family and fortune to be at her side... -
![The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult]()
The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVanishing Acts Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiancé, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall... -
![Following His Heart by Donna Fasano]()
Following His Heart by Donna Fasano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***USA Today Bestselling Author*** Sara Carson is a 30-something widow with a busy life. Two fun-loving best friends, a caring mom who needs her, and a thriving sweet shop. What more could a woman want? But when the ancient plumbing in her shop springs a leak and a gorgeous, dark-eyed stranger rushes to her rescue, hilarity unfolds—and Sara quickly sees exactly what she’s been missing... -
![Гeрaцитe. Зeмя. by Elin Pelin, Елин Пелин]()
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![Shared Sorrows by Vincent Panettiere]()
Shared Sorrows by Vincent Panettiere
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrank DioGuardia, a New Jersey college professor always feared the onset of autumn.A chill in the air and rainy skies took him back to the day his father died decades ago. It wasa memory that each year caused Frank to start counting the days until he reached the milestoneof having spent more time on earth than his dad... -
![Dearest Mary Jane by Betty Neels]()
Dearest Mary Jane by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"The moment I set eyes on a handsome, rich man I shall marry him." So said Felicity, and as she was the glamorous sister with a successful career as an international model, Mary Jane had no reason to doubt her. Mary Jane was the stay at home with no talents to speak of and a face that never merited a second glance... -
![One Last Wish by Ella Harper]()
One Last Wish by Ella Harper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRosie and Nate had the perfect relationship. But they struggled to cope with the devastating news their daughter Emmie has incurable cancer. It feels like their world – and their relationship – has come crashing down. They must do everything to support their little girl, but can they stop their marriage falling apart? Unbeknownst to her parents, Emmie is on a mission... -
![Los gallinazos sin plumas by Julio Ramón Ribeyro]()
Los gallinazos sin plumas by Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEn Los gallinazos sin plumas, primera publicación del autor, desfilan seres marginales retratados magistralmente por Ribeyro... -
![Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction by Terry McMillan, John Edgar Wideman]()
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction by Terry McMillan, John Edgar Wideman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA striking collection of works from authors both established and emerging, this is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade.Other contributors are:- Ellease Southerland- Barbara Summers- Cliff Thompson- Alice Walker- John A... -
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![Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories by Charles Bukowski]()
Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories by Charles Bukowski
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVirtually everything Black Sparrow publishes is worthwhile, but without Bukowski, whose 40-odd books kept Black Sparrow's bread buttered right up until his death in 1994, none of the rest of it would be possible. Fortunately, "Buk" left plenty of unpublished manuscript behind that, judging from this culling from it, is of a piece with the published stuff... -
![Cómplices by Taibo]()
Cómplices by Taibo
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJulián ha luchado contra el aburrimiento de todas las maneras posibles. Desde que le diagnosticaron hepatitis, ha recreado en su cabeza conversaciones imaginarias entre ostras que no tienen nada que hacer, ha buscado formas fantasiosas en las manchas de la pared, ha lanzado mocos al aire. Pero es feliz porque no tiene que ir a la escuela... -
![Glory Days: Stories by Simon Rich]()
Glory Days: Stories by Simon Rich
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe new collection of stories capturing the travails of aging Millennials from “one of the funniest writers in America” (NPR) From the author of New Teeth, hailed as "a triumph of sustained humor" (Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review), comes a hilarious new collection of short stories chronicling modern mayhem...Categorized as:
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![You Are the Love of My Life by Susan Richards Shreve]()
You Are the Love of My Life by Susan Richards Shreve
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor fans of Sue Miller, a finely wrought novel of family secrets and the desire for sustaining love. It is 1973 and the scandal of Watergate is on everyone's lips...
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