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E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 (Revised, Corrected, and Expanded Edition) by E.E. Cummings
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAt the time of his death in 1962, E. E. Cummings was, next to Robert Frost, the most widely read poet in America. Combining Thoreau's controlled belligerence with the brash abandon of an uninhibited bohemian, Cummings, together with Pound, Eliot, and William Carlos Williams, helped bring about the twentieth-century revolution in literary expression...Categorized as:
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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... -
![The 15th of December: A WesLizNickEmilieBaileyCharlie Christmas by Lynn Painter]()
The 15th of December: A WesLizNickEmilieBaileyCharlie Christmas by Lynn Painter
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWes and Liz and Nick and Emilie and Charlie and Bailey - the whole gang - are out doing holiday things in Omaha TONIGHT - December... -
![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... -
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![El regalo by Eloy Moreno]()
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![Love, Lost (Emi Lost & Found) by Lori L. Otto]()
Love, Lost (Emi Lost & Found) by Lori L. Otto
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen years after his first encounter with the woman of his dreams, Jack spies Emi across a hotel lobby and reflects upon the missed opportunity of the one night they had together in college. In an effort to redeem himself, he attempts to rekindle the flame that had been ignited between them. Just as the two share a moment that leaves them both breathless, Emi's reality catches up to her...Categorized as:
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![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.. -
![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... -
![Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams]()
Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOpening with Professor Tomlinson's superbly clear and helpful introduction this selection reflects the most up-to-date Williams scholarship. In addition to including many more pieces, Tomlinson has organized the whole in chronological order...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
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![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... -
![Wide Spaces by Shelly Crane]()
Wide Spaces by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWide Spaces is proud to be a part of The 12 NA's Novellas of Christmas 12 NA Novellas. 12 Best Selling Authors. A novella for Emma and Mason's first Christmas together after Wide Awake. Emma knows better than most that life can change from one second to the next. Mason knows that guilt can make you change so much, that you don't even recognize yourself in the mirror...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![My Boss’s Daughter: Bossed by the Billionaire by Kelli Walker]()
My Boss’s Daughter: Bossed by the Billionaire by Kelli Walker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m not the kind of man who denies himself,I’m a powerful billionaire.I take what I want.Even if that means my boss’s daughter.The moment I reached out and pulled her to me,The moment her lips touched mine,I was paralyzed.I shouldn’t have given in.I shouldn’t have claimed her.The moment my boss assigned her to work for me,I knew I was in trouble... -
![Malaise by Max Henry]()
Malaise by Max Henry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinal exams and end of year parties don’t seem so important at your brother’s funeral. Two short weeks, and Meg would have survived her senior year relatively unscathed. But when her best and only friend—her brother—dies in a questionable road accident, being the loner in her year doesn’t fit as well as it used to... -
![Little Kingdoms by Steven Millhauser]()
Little Kingdoms by Steven Millhauser
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCartoons that draw their creator into another world; demonic paintings that exert a sinister influence on our own. Fairy tales that express the secret losses and anxieties of their tellers... -
![Abbott Awaits: A Novel by Chris Bachelder]()
Abbott Awaits: A Novel by Chris Bachelder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA quiet tour de force, Abbott Awaits transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, startlingly depicting the intense and poignant challenges of a vulnerable, imaginative father as he lives his everyday American existence... -
![Playing Evelyn by jules130]()
Playing Evelyn by jules130
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvelyn never wanted to be noticed at school. She dressed in unassuming clothes and kept to herself. Until the day that she slipped up and caught the attention of the school's bad boy. Gabriel had a bad reputation but after being paired together for a home economics project, Evelyn begins to realize that there's more to him than meets the eye... -
![É sempre a hora da nossa morte amém by Mariana Salomão Carrara]()
É sempre a hora da nossa morte amém by Mariana Salomão Carrara
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDepois do arrebatador “Se deus me chamar não vou”, Mariana retoma seu jorro neurótico, humano e delicioso contando agora a história da septuagenária Aurora, encontrada desmemoriada e descalça na beira da estrada e procurando por uma certa Camila... -
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![Eunoia: The Set (CD and Book): The Set (CD and Book) by Christian Bök]()
Eunoia: The Set (CD and Book): The Set (CD and Book) by Christian Bök
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe word `eunoia', which literally means `beautiful thinking', is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Eunoia is a five-chapter book in which each chapter is a univocal lipogram (the first chapter has A as its only vowel, the second chapter only E, etc.)... -
![The Big Switch: It's never too late by John Thomas]()
The Big Switch: It's never too late by John Thomas
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat does a 24-year-old man want in life? Love? A decent job? Keith has both. He is a software engineer at a reputable company and has a girlfriend whom he loves a lot. Yet, there is something missing in his life. He is not even close to being happy. Only after losing his girlfriend, he realizes what the reason for his unhappiness is. He realizes that he is caught up in the wrong career... -
![Korowód by Jakub Małecki]()
Korowód by Jakub Małecki
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKim jest ten trzeci, który zawsze idzie obok ciebie?Mężczyzna z dzieckiem w ramionach uciekający przez zamarznięty Bałtyk. Zakochany Feliks i jego listy pisane na statku podczas sztormu. Barbara Brzozowska, autorka poczytnych międzywojennych powieści oraz genialny matematyk Tomasz Wilczewski. Wreszcie pisarz Jakub M... -
![ë by Jehona Kicaj]()
ë by Jehona Kicaj
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEin stilles und zugleich sprachmächtiges Buch, das vom Verlust der Heimat durch Krieg, von Schmerz und Sprachverlust erzählt. In diesem ergreifenden Debüt findet die Autorin eine großartige eigene Sprache.Der ungewöhnliche Titel »ë« steht für einen Buchstaben, der in der albanischen Sprache eine wichtige Funktion hat, obwohl er meist gar nicht ausgesprochen wird... -
![The Enigma of the Return by Dany Laferrière]()
The Enigma of the Return by Dany Laferrière
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWindsor Laferrière is an exiled Haitian writer, forced to flee his homeland as a political dissident. He has lived in Montreal for thirty-three years and now suffers from writer's block. His father of the same name has just died in New York, where he himself lived as an émigré for the fifty years... -
![A Village Life by Louise Glück]()
A Village Life by Louise Glück
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Village Life, Louise Glück's eleventh collection of poems, begins in the topography of a village, a Mediterranean world of no definite moment or place:All the roads in the village unite at the fountain.Avenue of Liberty, Avenue of the Acacia Trees—The fountain rises at the center of the plaza;on sunny days, rainbows in the piss of the cherub... -
![Mia Tells It Like It Is by Meg Cabot]()
Mia Tells It Like It Is by Meg Cabot
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Volume I Mia discovers she is the heir to the throne of a small European principality (Genovia; pop. 50,000), and is properly horrified. Also: paparazzi, Algebra, an unethical beau, and a wholly inappropriate Sidecar recipe. In Volume II Mia takes matters into her own hands by calling her first press conference...Categorized as:
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![The Hashtag Life of Isobel Irving : A hilarious romantic comedy by Alice Ross]()
The Hashtag Life of Isobel Irving : A hilarious romantic comedy by Alice Ross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIsobel Irving's life has taken a serious downward turn:- She’s been asked to leave the job she hated in London.- The boyfriend her mother labelled ‘Perfect Son-in-Law Material’ has dumped her.- And thanks to a dishy waiter in tight trousers, the cheap holiday to Santorini that she jets off to with her best friend, turns out to be far from the relaxing, cultural break she'd planned... -
![The Promise: A Passionate Romance by M.V. Kasi]()
The Promise: A Passionate Romance by M.V. Kasi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo billionaire brothers. Two village belles. A promise. A charade. And falling in love... Vikram and Vishal are the heirs to the well-known Saaho Group fortune. London bred and educated, the handsome brothers are accustomed to a jet-setting lifestyle while they win cutthroat business deals, date beautiful women and spend time with their doting family... -
![Pride High : Book 2 - Orange by Jay Bell]()
Pride High : Book 2 - Orange by Jay Bell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome back to Pride High, where the delicious drama continues! Ricky tries to sort through his feelings for Diego—the hot guy who has been bullying him—and ends up in the middle of a feud. Anthony and Cameron, now a couple, have to navigate first times and coming out. Silvia finds herself questioning her feelings for Omar when someone else catches her eye… and it’s a girl... -
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![THE STRANGE CASE OF BILLY BISWAS by Arun Joshi]()
THE STRANGE CASE OF BILLY BISWAS by Arun Joshi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thought provoking novel, in which the normal and the abnormal, the ordinary and the extraordinary, illusion and reality, resignation and desire rub shoulders... -
![99 to Nowhere by Domino]()
99 to Nowhere by Domino
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaxx has never known what it felt like to be loved, until, she met a crazy, but handsome, guy named Rio on 99th street...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Phoenix: A Rock Star Romance Prequel by Heather Ashley]()
Shadow Phoenix: A Rock Star Romance Prequel by Heather Ashley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery dirty, sexy, depraved legend has an origin. This is theirs…Before they were rock gods, long before the sold-out stadiums and legions of screaming fans, they were just four friends, straight out of high school, about to be thrust into a tainted world that could give them everything they’d ever wanted…or destroy them... -
![Manhattan by Ronni Cooper]()
Manhattan by Ronni Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaine: Born in Brooklyn, the undisputed queen of the City, Raine owns the sexiest, starriest nightclub in New York - and no one is ever going to take her crown. Mei-Lin: The beautiful, enigmatic madam moves in all the right circles - but it wasn't always that way. Now her American dream has become a nightmare and she may have to pay the ultimate price for freedom... -
![The Quiet Man and Other Stories by Maurice Walsh]()
The Quiet Man and Other Stories by Maurice Walsh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the 1930s, Irish novelist Maurice Walsh placed the moors and mountains of Ireland firmly on the literary map with this celebrated collection of stories. Since then, readers have continued to be charmed by these accounts of the simple and common activities of the characters in 1920s rural Ireland... -
![A Splendid Conspiracy by Albert Cossery]()
A Splendid Conspiracy by Albert Cossery
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSummoned home to Egypt after a long European debauch (disguised as “study”), our hero Teymour—in the opening line of A Splendid Conspiracy—is feeling “as unlucky as a flea on a bald man’s head.” Poor Teymour sits forlorn in a provincial café, a far cry from his beloved Paris. Two old friends, however, rescue him... -
![Knockout by John Jodzio]()
Knockout by John Jodzio
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe work of John Jodzio has already made waves across the literary community. Some readers noticed his nimble blending of humor with painful truths reminded them of George Saunders. His creativity and fresh voice reminded others of Wells Tower's Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned . But with his new collection, Jodzio creates a class of his own... -
![The Breakable Vow by Kathryn Ann Clarke]()
The Breakable Vow by Kathryn Ann Clarke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night will change her life . . . Annie McGowan is eighteen years old, smart, wisecracking, fun-loving . . . a typical teenager. Yet circumstances force Annie out of the security of high school and into a world of problems all her own. Faced with an unexpected pregnancy and a turbulent, violent relationship with her boyfriend, Kevin, Annie's life begins to spiral out of control... -
![Leylan by Selahattin Demirtaş]()
Leylan by Selahattin Demirtaş
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Bu hayatta her şeyiyle güvenebildiğiniz en az bir kişi olmalı. Yoksa kendinizi hep yalnız hissedersiniz. İnsanların çoğu yalnızdır o yüzden, yapayalnız. Yaşananlar kelepir bir hayatın ikinci el versiyonu gibidir. Yaptığınız hiçbir şey size ait değildir, benliğinize, özünüze. Hayatınız, tümüyle güvensiz bir ortamın mecburen size yaptırdıklarından ibarettir... -
![Heart Songs and Other Stories by Annie Proulx]()
Heart Songs and Other Stories by Annie Proulx
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBefore she wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx was already producing some of the finest short fiction in the country. Here are her collected stories, including two new works never before anthologized. These stories reverberate with rural tradition, the rites of nature, and the rituals of small-town life... -
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![Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas]()
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 'Young Dog' of the title is of course Thomas himself, & this volume of autobiographical stories by the great modern poet, who shows his waggish humor at its best, his exuberance & verbal magic in spectacular display. It also shows him a spinner of tales & a creator of memorable characters...Categorized as:
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![Jasmine Days by Benyamin]()
Jasmine Days by Benyamin
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSameera moves to an unnamed Middle Eastern city to live with her father and her relatives, when a revolution blooms. Set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, this is the story of a young woman, whose happy world falls apart when the promise of revolution turns into destruction and division... -
![Take Me Home by Suzanne Gilchrist]()
Take Me Home by Suzanne Gilchrist
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForgiving the past was too painful until now.Almost forty, Abby Taylor has built a new life for herself in the small country town of Bindarra Creek. When an old friend convinces her to give two adolescent boys a temporary home, she is torn between a growing love for these orphans and the grief in her past.After his marriage fell apart, Roman Taylor has focused on his career... -
![Hysteric by Nelly Arcan]()
Hysteric by Nelly Arcan
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this daring act of self- examination and confession, the late novelist Nelly Arcan explores the tortured end of a love affair. All the wrong signals were there from the start, but still, she could not help falling... -
![Vita mortale e immortale della bambina di Milano by Domenico Starnone]()
Vita mortale e immortale della bambina di Milano by Domenico Starnone
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUna bambina suadente, un duello, una nonna che possiede la chiave degli Inferi, l'esame di glottologia. Un racconto che incanta, la voce unica di uno dei piú grandi scrittori contemporanei.«Lei giocava a fare – mi sembrò – la ballerina di carigliòn, saltellando a braccia tese e dandosi ogni tanto a una piroetta... -
![An Unlikely Pair: The High School Years by Carla Krae]()
An Unlikely Pair: The High School Years by Carla Krae
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFree short story. My Once and Future Love series. The high school years. By typical standards, Beth and Jacob should've never been friends, but it's funny what Geometry class and a shared backyard wall can bring about...
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