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Stall 2 by MysteryMixtapes
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"Something can be both delicate and violent" ***Harry lowers his eyes at me as he backs me up against the wall, the red lighting only making him look more menacing "You wanted the bad guy Abby? Wanted the villain?"My heart is running a hundred miles an hour when my breathing hitches in my throat as his hand comes up to wrap his long fingers tight around my jaw forcing me to look him in the eye... -
![Lords and Ladies by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett]()
Lords and Ladies by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Midsummer Night – no time for dreaming. Because sometimes, when there's more than one reality at play, too much dreaming can make the walls between them come tumbling down.Unfortunately there's usually a damned good reason for there being walls between them in the first place – to keep things out. Things who want to make mischief and play havoc with the natural order... -
![Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla, श्रीलाल शुक्ल]()
Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla, श्रीलाल शुक्ल
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRaag Darbari is a Hindi novel written by Srilal Sukla, an author known for his social and political satire. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award, the highest Indian literary award, in 1969 for this novel.The novel highlights the failing values present in post-Independence Indian society... -
![All for Victory by Beverley Watts]()
All for Victory by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you’re looking for the perfect holiday read, with lots of romance and laugh out loudcomedy, then curl up with the latest entry in the Dartmouth Diaries...It’s not often that a fledgling career in Event Management kicks off with the wedding of a Hollywood superstar... -
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![Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan]()
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou're six years old. Mum's in hospital. Dad says she's 'done something stupid'. She finds it hard to be happy.So you start to make a list of everything that's brilliant about the world. Everything that's worth living for.1. Ice Cream2. Kung Fu Movies3. Burning Things4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose5. Construction cranes6. MeYou leave it on her pillow... -
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![Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins]()
Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWinner of the 1999 Paterson Poetry Prize Over the past decade, Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. Annie Proulx admits, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours... -
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![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... -
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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... -
![Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way by Charles Bukowski]()
Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way by Charles Bukowski
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsfrom neither Shakespeare nor Mickey Spillane young young young, only wanting the Word, going mad in the streets and in the bars, brutal fights, broken glass, crazy women screaming in your cheap room, you a familiar guest at the drunk tank, North Avenue 21, Lincoln Heights sifting through the madness for the Word, the line the way, hoping for a check from somewhere, dreaming of a letter... -
![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... -
![Luck of the Draw by Anna Black]()
Luck of the Draw by Anna Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFriends come and go, but the good ones are hard to let go. Kennedy and her best friend Cherae were like "two peas in a pod," Kennedy's daddy would say because they were tighter than a large man in a medium suit jacket. Although they were totally different in size, personality and back ground, they had been friends and loved each other since the seecond grade... -
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![3 stepbrothers by Animallover55]()
3 stepbrothers by Animallover55
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTori lived with her dad and little sister. She never expected to have a stepmother, much less a stepbrother. But whats worse is not only one stepbrother, not two either. No three stepbrothers. But it gets worse, the three boys just happen to be the three triplet sport stars of the school. The same three boys that have gone out with nearly all those girls that wear short short skirts... -
![Kill the Lion! by Jorge Ibargüengoitia]()
Kill the Lion! by Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsParodia de cualquiera de las dictaduras que han asolado a los países de Latinoamérica, Maten al león destaca como la única comedia dentro de lo que ya es un subgénero de la novela hispanoamericana. Hacia finales de los años veinte, Puerto Alegre, capital de la isla caribeña de Arepa, se convierte en el centro de una conspiración política... -
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Big Rod by Blake Wilder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMichael I’ve got a big advantage, thanks to being struck by lightning and left with a permanent big rod. Science and nature have made me a superhero with the women in my small town. But I’m bored, restless, and I’ve got a big secret… Hadley My whole life I’ve been a “dumb blonde,” which has its pros and cons. The upside is success came easy... -
![Clueless in Cleveland by Nelle Lewis]()
Clueless in Cleveland by Nelle Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTen years ago, Samantha “Sam” Carter bailed on her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Now she’s back − a return less anticipated than a Browns’ Super Bowl win − to help her mom out of a funk. Sam heard it was bad, but now Mom's blowing off bingo? Sam begins to suspect that her mom’s depression may not be all it appears, but she gets side-tracked when her investigator brother Paul tosses her into a case... -
![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... -
![Losing Your Head by Clare Kauter]()
Losing Your Head by Clare Kauter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharlie Davies is really not qualified to solve a murder. She's really not qualified to do anything, unless it involves publicly embarrassing herself.But when her former high-school nemesis, James McKenzie, is accused of his uncle's murder, he jokingly offers Charlie twenty thousand dollars and a house if she can clear his name... -
![The Four Books by Yan Lianke]()
The Four Books by Yan Lianke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the Franz Kafka Prize–winning author of Lenin’s Kiss, a “stupendous and unforgettable” novel of Mao’s China (The Times, London). In the ninety-ninth district of a re-education compound, freethinking artists and academics are detained to strengthen their loyalty to Communist ideologies...Categorized as:
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![Christmas at the Hummingbird House by Donna Ball]()
Christmas at the Hummingbird House by Donna Ball
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA heartwarming holiday tale from the author of A YEAR ON LADYBUG FARM Paul and Derrick have hit their stride with the Hummingbird House Bed and Breakfast, a destination of distinction in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. Guests are coming from all over the country to enjoy a Christmas weekend extravaganza, featuring sleigh rides, champagne suppers, holiday concerts and spa treatments... -
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![Ahol megszakad by Péter Závada]()
Ahol megszakad by Péter Závada
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Moszkva tér kocsmáitól a népligeti fákig, az Oktogon hajszalonjaitól a Bartók Béla úti mecsetig sokféle tájat bejárnak Závada Péter versei, akit legtöbben a kortárs underground kultikus zenekara, az Akkezdet Phiai tagjaként ismernek, ám a dalszövegei mellett évek óta publikál rangos irodalmi folyóiratokban is... -
![Binding Devotion by Kiki Archer]()
Binding Devotion by Kiki Archer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“What’s more important … the bond of marriage or the pull of desire?” “But what’s more powerful?” Andi Armstrong is the 29-year-old CEO of the UK’s largest LGBT campaigning organisation, Proud Unity. She’s a public figure, an empowering speaker, a devoted boss and a loyal wife. Or so she thought... -
![Desert Warlord's Prize by Starr Huntress]()
Desert Warlord's Prize by Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B07YP6BDRRI am a desert warrior charged with bringing this untouched human bride to my king. I am not supposed to fall in love. I am not supposed to make her mine... -
![Money Never Sleeps by Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker]()
Money Never Sleeps by Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe bling is brighter, the drama is amped up, and the delicious beauties from Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker’s Millionaire Wives Club are back for a second season of backstabbing, divorce parties, and family sagas. Lights, camera, action! Milan, Jaise, and Chaunci are the gorgeous, high-rolling divas starring in the hit reality show Millionaire Wives Club... -
![Une longue impatience by Gaëlle Josse]()
Une longue impatience by Gaëlle Josse
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCe soir-là, Louis, seize ans, n’est pas rentré à la maison. Anne, sa mère, dans ce village de Bretagne, au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, voit sa vie dévorée par l’attente, par l’absence qui questionne la vie du couple et redessine celle de toute la famille.Chaque jour, aux bords de la folie, aux limites de la douleur, Anne attend le bateau qui lui ramènera son fils... -
![The Escort by Lilliana Anderson]()
The Escort by Lilliana Anderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou thought I was shocked when I found out that my mother in law used to work in a brothel! Imagine my surprise when she told me that after she got out of there she decided to return to work in the sex industry. But this time - she wanted to go where the money was, she wanted to be an Escort... -
![¡Espérame en Siberia, vida mía! by Enrique Jardiel Poncela]()
¡Espérame en Siberia, vida mía! by Enrique Jardiel Poncela
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"¡Esperame en SIberia, vida mia!" es una "novela de aventuras" con viajes desesperados, de huida permanente, sembrados de sobresaltos. Tambien es una novela de amor, aunque con menor grado de erotismo que las anteriores... -
![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... -
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Fall Higher by Dean Young
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDean Young surmounts the failures of love and the body with his signature humor, verbal banter, and wild imaginative leaps. Embracing the elegiac, angry, and amorous with surrealistic wordplay and off-kilter music, Young coaxes us to "fall higher" into an intimate, vulnerable, expansive exchange. This is a major new book by one of America's most inventive poets... -
![Zgodovina mesta Glupova by Mikhail E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, Михаил Евграфович Салтыков-Щедрин]()
Zgodovina mesta Glupova by Mikhail E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, Михаил Евграфович Салтыков-Щедрин
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe town governors . . . all flogged the inhabitants, but the first flogged them pure and simple, the second explained their zeal by referring to the needs of civilization, and the third asked only that in all matters the inhabitants should trust in their valour... -
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![The Day of the Rope: Book One (The Days of the Rope 1) by Devon Stack]()
The Day of the Rope: Book One (The Days of the Rope 1) by Devon Stack
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The Day of the Rope" is a fictional tale about what can happen in a country that has rejected its heritage and descended into degeneracy and decadence. A handful of the inhabitants discover the true power behind the ruling class, and the methods they use to remain above the law... -
![Barney: A novel (about a guy called Barney) by Guy Sigley]()
Barney: A novel (about a guy called Barney) by Guy Sigley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou’re not supposed to get fired from the public service. Meet Barney. He’s an average guy in his mid-thirties with questionable social skills and progressive germophobia. He likes routine. He likes to keep his head down. Life’s pretty safe…until he’s spectacularly fired from a ten-year public service career... -
![Callisto by Torsten Krol]()
Callisto by Torsten Krol
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOdell Deefus, who's not the sharpest tool in the shed, has one goal: to "try my hardest to be a good soldier against the mad dog Islamites." But while driving to an army enlistment office in Callisto, Kansas, his '78 Chevy breaks down on the side of a country road, and it's only the beginning of his troubles... -
![Tales from the Crib by Risa Green]()
Tales from the Crib by Risa Green
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the sequel to Notes from the Underbelly, Lara Stone struggles to cope with the overwhelming challenges of new motherhood, while dealing with the arrival of her long-estranged father and his stripper girlfriend, her husband's flirting with a gorgeous young thing, and her nanny's voodoo spells. Original. 30,000 first printing...Categorized as:
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![Get Well Soon by Marie-Sabine Roger]()
Get Well Soon by Marie-Sabine Roger
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSaved from drowning in Paris's River Seine, a sixty-something misanthrope finds himself stuck in a hospital bed for six weeks while he recovers, but if he was hoping for a peaceful convalescence he's out of luck...Categorized as:
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![Factory 19 by Dennis Glover]()
Factory 19 by Dennis Glover
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey tell us that human happiness lies only in the future. But what if it really lies in the past? Hobart, 2022: a city with declining population, in the grip of a dark recession. A rusty ship sails into the harbour and begins to unload its cargo on the site of the once famous but now abandoned Gallery of Future Art, known to the world as GoFA... -
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Theft by Luke Brown
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat I did to them was terrible, but you have to understand the context. This was London, 2016 . . . Bohemia is history. Paul has awoken to the fact that he will always be better known for reviewing haircuts than for his literary journalism... -
![The Late Hector Kipling by David Thewlis]()
The Late Hector Kipling by David Thewlis
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHector Kipling is a famous artist. But Hector is not as famous as his best friend, Lenny Snook. And as they are standing in the Tate Gallery one afternoon, Hector's life begins to unravel. For a painter, this existential crisis is the place from which great art is born. If the painter happens to be a forty-three-year-old man with a girlfriend away from home, it is the recipe for disaster... -
![38 Mini Westerns by Mathias Malzieu]()
38 Mini Westerns by Mathias Malzieu
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Mathias Malzieu est... Mathias Malzieu est un Petit Prince en anorak. Mathias Malzieu est un homme de goût (il aime les livres de Richard Brautigan et les disques de Johnny Cash). Mathias Malzieu est un poète. Mathias Malzieu est le chanteur de Dionysos, un groupe de rock qui n'arrête pas de faire des bonds pour avoir la tête dans les nuages et décrocher les étoiles...Categorized as:
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![The Suffrage of Elvira by V.S. Naipaul]()
The Suffrage of Elvira by V.S. Naipaul
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this book, an old, comically timid and absent-minded man, Surujpat Harbans, runs for office, aided by superstition, bribes, and an aggressive compaign... -
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![Secret Santa by Manon Borgen]()
Secret Santa by Manon Borgen
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWat is er nog leuker dan kerst? Secret Santa! Bij warenhuis De Den in het centrum van Delft zijn de feestdagen het hoogtepunt van het jaar. Kerstfanaat Jenn is het daar helemaal mee eens. Zij doet niks liever dan de hele dag tussen de vele lampjes en glitters staan op de seizoensafdeling... -
![Gazely by Patrik Hartl]()
Gazely by Patrik Hartl
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsŠárka v pondělí oslaví narozeniny, večer ztratí mobil a v úterý se jí kvůli tomu otřese život v základech. Karolína ve středu přivítá doma svého manžela, se kterým rok nežila, a musí se to znovu začít učit. A Helena během pátku konečně uvěří, že by mohla zapomenout na rozvod a znovu se zamilovat... -
![November by David Mamet]()
November by David Mamet
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief.It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent... -
![Nothing Bad Ever Happens in Tiffany's by Marian Keyes]()
Nothing Bad Ever Happens in Tiffany's by Marian Keyes
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarian Keyes spearheaded a new wave of contemporary women's fiction providing wickedly funny tales of twenty- and thirty-somethings living and loving on the edge. No stranger to the roadless commonly travelled herself, Marian has also written two collections of tales and observations from her own life. Nothing Bad Ever Happens in Tiffany's is a small but perfectly formed selection of these... -
![The Zygote Chronicles by Suzanne Finnamore]()
The Zygote Chronicles by Suzanne Finnamore
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSuzanne Finnamore's universally applauded Otherwise Engaged followed one woman's whirlwind ride from diamond ring to altar. The Zygote Chronicles is her singular take on the next leg of the journey -- a riotous and poignant novel in journal form that takes us from conception to delivery room...Categorized as:
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![Paradise, Nevada by Dario Diofebi]()
Paradise, Nevada by Dario Diofebi
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom an exhilarating new literary voice--the story of four transplants braving the explosive political tensions behind the deceptive, spectacular, endlessly self-reinventing city of Las Vegas.On Friday, May 1st, 2015 a bomb detonates in the infamous Positano Luxury Resort and Casino, a mammoth hotel (and exact replica of the Amalfi coast) on the Las Vegas Strip...Categorized as:
literary-fiction humor politics fiction contemporary mystery technothriller dark-humor
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