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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... -
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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... -
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![Ficciones / El Aleph / El informe de Brodie by Jorge Luis Borges]()
Ficciones / El Aleph / El informe de Brodie by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSi hay juego en esa álgebra metafísica con que Borges captura el universo, también lo hay en la praxis de su elaboración narrativa... -
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![Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke, Mark Doty]()
Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke, Mark Doty
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRilke is one of the most widely read poets of the 20th century. In his poetry, Rilke addresses the problems of death, God, and "destructive time," and attempts to overcome and transform these problems into an indestructive inner world...Categorized as:
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The Summer Escape by Hannah Ellis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCould it be more than just a holiday romance?Single-mother Beth desperately needs a break.Grieving the loss of her mother, she sets off to the Isles of Scilly with her five-year-old daughter, Ellie.Their holiday cottage is utterly charming, but it’s meeting Trystan – the owner of the cottage – that makes Beth’s stay so perfect... -
![Πούσι by Nikos Kavvadias, Νίκος Καββαδίας]()
Πούσι by Nikos Kavvadias, Νίκος Καββαδίας
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsΤο Πούσι είναι η δεύτερη ποιητική συλλογή του Νίκου Καββαδία και εκδόθηκε για πρώτη φορά το 1947 από τον Α. Καραβία. Έκτοτε εκδόθηκε 4 φορές στις εκδ. Γαλαξίας (1961-1971), 16 φορές στις εκδ. Κέδρος (1975-1989) και, από τον Οκτώβριο 1989 μέχρι τον Δεκέμβριο 2000, 13 φορές στις εκδ. Άγρα... -
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Finding Love by Judith Keim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs Regan Sullivan continues to work with her sisters, Sheena and Darcy, to meet their Uncle Gavin’s challenge to make the Salty Key Inn a success, she wonders why she can never find the man of her dreams. Her sisters are happily settled with men they love... -
![Christmas at Applemore by Rachael Lucas]()
Christmas at Applemore by Rachael Lucas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHarry Robertson is determined to make the Applemore Hotel a success. As the busy season ends, the builders are ready to get to work. He’s closing the doors on the final guests of the year when a chance encounter changes everything. Capricious media star Ivy Winter causes a stir when she arrives in the tiny Highland village with her fiancé Ben... -
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Finding Family by Judith Keim
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSheena Sullivan Morelli and her sisters, Darcy and Regan, work to complete their Uncle Gavin’s challenge of turning his rundown hotel into a profitable operation within one year. Winning means earning a share in their uncle’s sizable estate. More than that, it determines how they’ll spend the rest of their lives. Sheena wants to stay on at the hotel, overseeing the hotel operation... -
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![The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern ... and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost… by Louisa May Alcott]()
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern ... and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost… by Louisa May Alcott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents...Categorized as:
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![Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost, Edward C. Lathem]()
Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost, Edward C. Lathem
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis comprehensive and authoritative edition of Robert Frost's poetry brings together the full contents of all eleven of frost's books of verse - from A Boy's Will to In the Clearing...Categorized as:
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Heidi by Lisa Church, Johanna Spyri
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Heidi’s Aunt Dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter, solitary old man caring for a child. But, to everyone’s surprise, the two grow to love each other—and Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri’s charming story—and spirited heroine—have won children’s hearts for more than a century...Categorized as:
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![Poésies complètes by Arthur Rimbaud]()
Poésies complètes by Arthur Rimbaud
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*ILLUSTRATED EDITION French poet and adventurer, who stopped writing verse at the age of 19, and who became, after his early death an inextricable myth in French gay life. Rimbaud's poetry, partially written in free verse, is characterized by dramatic and imaginative vision... -
![Burning Up: A Firefighter Contemporary Romance Series Box Set by K.C. Crowne]()
Burning Up: A Firefighter Contemporary Romance Series Box Set by K.C. Crowne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven HOT fearless firefighters. One hard to resist collection!Surprise babies. Second chances. Single daddies.Brother’s best friends. Reverse harem flings.And heroes that'll do anything for their special ladies.Hold on tight -it’s going to be a VERY bumpy ride!K.C. Crowne is an International Bestselling Author...Categorized as:
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![The Lost House of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary]()
The Lost House of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn enchanting story about forgotten family secrets that will transport you to the charming village of Sandy Cove on the beautiful Irish coast.Allegra Casey is searching for a new beginning. So when she discovers an engagement ring buried in the sand near her home in Cape Cod, the last place she expects it to lead her is to the west coast of Ireland... -
![Rainbow Sprinkles by Pepper North, Paige Michaels]()
Rainbow Sprinkles by Pepper North, Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker!Ellie Wilmoth has dreamed of owning her own cupcake bakery. Now that Little Cakes is about to open, nothing can distract her. Okay, maybe one thing. While crafting her first featured cupcake, she's interrupted by her handsome new landlord, and his commanding presence is impossible to ignore... -
![Whisling Island Miracles by Julia Clemens]()
Whisling Island Miracles by Julia Clemens
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes all we need is a bit of a miracle. Join the women of Whisling as they find theirs... -
![Complete Works Ultimate Collection by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Darryl Marks]()
Complete Works Ultimate Collection by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Darryl Marks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsExclusive 10 Unique Painted Illustrations created for this collectionHistorical & Literary Context Notes Incl... -
![The Stories of Raymond Carver by Raymond Carver]()
The Stories of Raymond Carver by Raymond Carver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill You Please Be Quiet, Please? What We Talk About When We Talk About Love... -
![The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck]()
The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second volume in the Library of America’s authoritative edition of John Steinbeck features his acknowledged masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. Written in an incredibly compressed five-month period, the novel had an electrifying impact upon publication in 1939, unleashing a political storm with its vision of America’s dispossessed struggling for survival... -
![A Part of Speech by Joseph Brodsky, Иосиф Бродский]()
A Part of Speech by Joseph Brodsky, Иосиф Бродский
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Part of Speech contains poems from the years 1965-1978, translated by various hands... -
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![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... -
![The Love Story of the Century by Märta Tikkanen]()
The Love Story of the Century by Märta Tikkanen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHailed an immediate classic of Finnish literature on its publication in 1978 and an international bestseller that has been translated into 19 languages, Märta Tikkanen’s verse novel is a haunting, profoundly evocative portrait of one woman’s fraught relationship with her alcoholic husband, inspired by the author’s own experience... -
![What Work Is by Philip Levine]()
What Work Is by Philip Levine
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWinner of the National Book Award in 1991 “This collection amounts to a hymn of praise for all the workers of America. These proletarian heroes, with names like Lonnie, Loo, Sweet Pea, and Packy, work the furnaces, forges, slag heaps, assembly lines, and loading docks at places with unglamorous names like Brass Craft or Feinberg and Breslin’s First-Rate Plumbing and Plating...Categorized as:
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![The Essential Tales of Chekhov by Anton Chekhov]()
The Essential Tales of Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOf the two hundred stories that Anton Chekhov wrote, the twenty stories that appear in this extraordinary collection were personally chosen by Richard Ford--an accomplished storyteller in his own right. Included are the familiar masterpieces--"The Kiss," "The Darling," and "The Lady with the Dog"--as well as several brilliant lesser-known tales such as "A Blunder," "Hush!," and "Champagne...Categorized as:
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![A Season in Hell/Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud]()
A Season in Hell/Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWritten by Rimbaud at the age of 18 in the wake of his tempestuous affair with fellow poet Paul Verlaine, "A Season in Hell" has been a touchstone for anguished poets, artists, and lovers for more than a century... -
![The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe]()
The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis volume contains a collection of some of the best short stories ever written by Edgar Allan Poe. A master of the macabre, Poe exhibits his literary prowess in these classic short stories... -
![Run With the Hunted: A Charles Bukowski Reader by Charles Bukowski]()
Run With the Hunted: A Charles Bukowski Reader by Charles Bukowski
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe best of Bukowski's novels, stories, and poems, this collection reads like an autobiography, relating the extraordinary story of his life and offering a sometimes harrowing, invariably exhilarating reading experience. A must for this counterculture idol's legion of fans...Categorized as:
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![Μικρό βιβλίο για μεγάλα όνειρα by Tasos Livaditis, Τάσος Λειβαδίτης]()
Μικρό βιβλίο για μεγάλα όνειρα by Tasos Livaditis, Τάσος Λειβαδίτης
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΝενικήκαμενΌραμα μεγάλο πάνω απ’ τους δρόμους, σα φύλλα τουφθινοπώρου σκόρπιζαν οι ζητωκραυγές.Η πόλη είχε χαθεί κάτω απ’ τα φώτα, τις σημαίες, τηβουή. Γιορτάζαμε τη νίκη.Όμως την ίδια ώρα κάποιος σηκώνεται μες στο σιωπηλόσπίτι, δεν ανάβει φως, ντύνεται και κάθεται στοσκοτάδι.Κανείς δεν μπορεί να τον βοηθήσει... -
![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... -
![Little Girl Lost: The Return of Johnnie Wise by Keith Lee Johnson]()
Little Girl Lost: The Return of Johnnie Wise by Keith Lee Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the smell of burning wood and bricks lingering in the cool morning breeze, Johnnie Wise left New Orleans while her home was still smoldering. She had just been acquitted of murdering Sharon Trudeau, one of her former stocker brokers who had stolen a substantial amount of her nestegg. Broke with nothing but the clothes on her back and the shoes on her feet, Johnnie heads to East St... -
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![As Boundless as the Sea: Feel-good, festive and funny - book three of the Coming Back to Cornwall series by Katharine E. Smith, Catherine Clarke]()
As Boundless as the Sea: Feel-good, festive and funny - book three of the Coming Back to Cornwall series by Katharine E. Smith, Catherine Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I absolutely loved this book and really hope there will be another in this series." Two years into her new life in Cornwall, and while Alice Griffiths’ own romantic hopes have been dashed, it appears that whichever way she looks, her friends are getting hitched... -
![Easter on Lovelace Lane by Alice Ross]()
Easter on Lovelace Lane by Alice Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Dillon Delaney’s life might be far from perfect, but it’s one he’s grown accustomed to. Which is why, when his mother announces her ‘most fabulous idea’ of dispatching him to Lovelace Lane to stay with a grandad he barely knows, he has more than a few reservations... -
![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... -
![The Permanence of Pain by Desiree Lafawn]()
The Permanence of Pain by Desiree Lafawn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo broken people don’t make a whole. But together, they might have a chance at redemption. Regina O’Shea is used to being tested. As a talented salesperson and strong-willed woman in a male-dominated industry, she has to be prepared for whatever they throw at her. But losing her lover to her good friend and client is the one thing she never expected—and her walls start coming down... -
![No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister]()
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s No Two Persons is “a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives.”That was the beauty of books, wasn’t it? They took you places you didn’t know you needed to go…Alice has always wanted to be a writer... -
![The Mistake by Joanne DeMaio]()
The Mistake by Joanne DeMaio
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Joanne DeMaio comes The Mistake, Book 21 of The Seaside Saga.Mistakes. Everyone in the New England beach town of Stony Point has made one. Some mistakes are as big as the blue depths of Long Island Sound. Others, as small as a speck of sand. Some mistakes make their presence known, like the call of the gulls feeding on the bluff... -
![İçimizdeki Şeytan by Sabahattin Ali]()
İçimizdeki Şeytan by Sabahattin Ali
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"In this dark novel, Sabahattin Ali (author of Madonna in a Fur Coat) explores the theme of hopelessness as experienced by an individual who cannot realise his talents... -
![Some Soul to Keep by J. California Cooper]()
Some Soul to Keep by J. California Cooper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExuberant and heart-warming, J. California Cooper is the embodiment of the simple folk tradition in black writing associated most often with Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. The author of seventeen plays and two novels, it is her stories of black family life in rural and small town America that have achieved the most acclaim and the broadest audience... -
![The Best of Satyajit Ray by Satyajit Ray, Gopa Majumdar]()
The Best of Satyajit Ray by Satyajit Ray, Gopa Majumdar
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere finally are 21 of the very best of Satyajit Ray's short stories, available together for the first time between two covers. This collection features four new stories, translated specially for this volume. It also contains all eight stories that Satyajit Ray translated himself into English...Categorized as:
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![P. G. Wodehouse: Five Complete Novels by P.G. Wodehouse]()
P. G. Wodehouse: Five Complete Novels by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFive hilarious novels about the British upper crust -- wonderfully funny tales full of English butlers and Hollywood starlets in the Jazz Age. Two feature the supremely popular Bertie Wooster and his butler, Jeeves. Includes The Return of Jeeves, Bertle Wooster Sees It Through, Spring Fever, The Butler Did It, and The Old Reliable... -
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![Дядо Йоцо гледа by Ivan Vazov, Иван Вазов]()
Дядо Йоцо гледа by Ivan Vazov, Иван Вазов
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsАпостолът в премеждиеЕдна българкаДядо Йоцо гледаИде ли?Павле...Categorized as:
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![Папа, мама, бабушка, восемь детей и грузовик by Anne-Cath. Vestly]()
Папа, мама, бабушка, восемь детей и грузовик by Anne-Cath. Vestly
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![Into The Woods by Lorraine Murphy]()
Into The Woods by Lorraine Murphy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA lost child. A broken marriage. A ticking time bomb.Karen will do anything for her eight-year-old daughter, Scarlett. Even holding together a marriage that is way past broken.So when Scarlett disappears from their rural home, Karen is one hundred percent focused on a single goal – finding her little girl as soon as possible.And time is of the essence... -
![He Will Be Mine: The brand new laugh out loud page turner! by Kirsty Greenwood]()
He Will Be Mine: The brand new laugh out loud page turner! by Kirsty Greenwood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe brand new full-length standalone romantic comedy from the bestselling author of Big Sexy Love!Nora Tucker is an admin assistant from a tiny English village.Gary Montgomery is Hollywood’s hottest new star.After seeing him on the silver screen, Nora believes that Gary is her soulmate, her one true love, the man she's supposed to grow old and wrinkly with... -
![Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed]()
Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCoconut trees. Carnival. Rum and coke. To many outsiders, these idyllic images represent the supposed easy life in Caribbean nations such as Trinidad and Tobago. However, the reality is far different for those who live there—a society where poverty and patriarchy savagely rule, and where love and revenge often go hand in hand... -
![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...
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