Fiction - Literary

France's favorite gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, returns in The Hollow Needle!Lupin is back to his trademark intricately plotted crimes, stealing from the wealthy with stealth and style. He easily evades the best efforts of Inspector Ganimard and the English detective Holmlock Shears, but when...

Fiction. Born in Melbourne, Austrailia, in 1939, Gerald Murnane recently retired as the senior lecturer in fiction writing at Deakin University with a reputation as one of the finest writers in his country. He is the author of seven highly praised books of fiction,...

The Other Side tells of a dream kingdom which becomes a nightmare, of a journey to Pearl, a mysterious city created deep in Asia, which is also a journey to the depths of the subconcious, or as Kubin himself called it, 'a sort of...

An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony.Author: Thomas SowellISBN-10: 8212088138ISBN-13: 9798212088138Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2021Format: CD

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND-WITH ONE EXCEPTIONIn Travis Jeppesen's Settlers Landing, a wholly fantastic yet nightmarishly real excavation of the Trumpian malaise, Mrdok is a self-made billionaire who has everything he wants and needs, and quite often, too much of it. What he does...

FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDOn a Woman's Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka flees her...

A farcical detective story and a profoundly refractive tale about a Russian émigré living in prewar Berlin who commits suicide after being humiliated by a jealous husband, only to suffer even greater indiginities in the afterlife. - A wonderfully layered exploration of the vicissitudes...

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND-WITH ONE EXCEPTIONIn Travis Jeppesen's Settlers Landing, a wholly fantastic yet nightmarishly real excavation of the Trumpian malaise, Mrdok is a self-made billionaire who has everything he wants and needs, and quite often, too much of it. What he does...

A modern tale of desire and deception set in the world of 1930s Parisian haute couture - perfect for fans of The Perfume Collector or The Paris Wife.Alix Gower has a dream: to join the ranks of Coco Chanel to become a designer in...

I UFF DA n Uff da Summer Solstice in Midnight Sun, we return to the Minnesotan Scandinavian enclave where modern-day life mingles with the old tradition. Taking inspiration from the Tollefson's new hardware store, Mayor Thorvald sets a new city project in the works...

"When people say they want to read a really good novel, the kind you just can't put down, this is the kind of book they mean. Exceptional." --STEPHEN KING"Berney's emotional, empathetic writing keeps . . . the pages turning." --ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, "Required Reading"NAMED A...

Good readers will find something that can be found only in great literature, the kind written by real poets, a literature that dares to venture into the dark with open eyes and that keeps its eyes open no matter what . . . ....

Unleash the Power of the Wilderness in Radio Free OlympiaDiscover the captivating allure of Washington's untamed Olympic Peninsula in Radio Free Olympia, an extraordinary literary masterpiece that immerses readers in a mesmerizing realm of visionaries, folklore legends, and historical icons. With an enchanting blend...

Satyr is Huidobro's last novel, published in Santiago in 1939, at a time when little of his work was in print in his native land. While that situation would be rectified two years later, with the release of two major poetry collections, this volume...

Dry Season is a record of an unusual love affair. Anna is a 62-year-old designer from Central Europe and Ismael is a 27-year-old African who was brought up on the street, where he was often the victim of abuse. What unites them is the...

From the Booker-shortlisted author acclaimed as having no literary precedent (Independent) comes a gently absurd examination of the systems that trap and frustrate us daily. Fans of dry humor will enjoy this tale of mishap and folly, told from the point of view of...

Jayne Marks is questioning the choices she has made in the years since college and is struggling to pay her bills in Manhattan when she is given the opportunity to move to Paris with her wealthy lover and benefactor, Laurent Moller, who owns and...

Siddhartha is a 1922 novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. It was...

Two Men Want to Save Her. One is an ImpostorNATIONAL BESTSELLER Tina Green's husband is presumed dead from a Maui surfing accident and now she's being haunted by otherwordly dreams. When former boyfriend, Jamey Dunn, turns up at her Lahaina dive shop and offers...

At the tail end of the 1960s, the thirteen-year-old Michelino spendshis summers at his grandparents' modest estate in Nasca, near Lake Maggiore, losing himself in the tales of horror, adventure, and mystery shelved in hisgrandfather's library. The greatest mystery he's ever encountered, however, doesn't...

A freaky tale of isolation and the porous membranes between us, Rebecca Gisler's slim novel renders a collapsing world with equal parts aversion, fascination, and tenderness--for readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Sayaka Murata.At an age when she'd rather be making her own way in...

From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, exploring the ties and fractures of a close-knit Indian-American family in the aftermath of a violent encounter with the police.Pacific Hills, California: Gated communities, ocean views,...

From the Ukrainian Stieg Larsson, a perplexing mystery from a world-renowned literary master that introduces a rookie detective, Samson Kolechko, in Kyiv tackling his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early twentieth century.Kyiv, 1919. World War I has ended in...

A "wholly unique" and "uncompromising" literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since...

A luminous new recording of Jules Verne's modern classic read by Aria Mia Loberti, star of Netflix's limited series adaptation of All the Light We Cannot See"The year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident...Vessels had been met by 'an enormous thing, ' a...

At thirty-two, a man's life is brought to a close by a concoction of fentanyl-laced Percocet.As his life ends, an extraordinary spiritual voyage begins - sparked by a burning quest to unravel the circumstances of his untimely end.Samuel's spirit is welcomed into the ethereal...

Published here for the first time is Bruce Nugent's short novel, Half High, a story about a mysterious young artist named Aeon, whose mixed racial heritage alienates him from both the Black and white worlds of 1920s New York and beyond. A stand-alone novella...

The #1 bestselling international phenomenon that asks, If you won the lottery, would you trade your life for the life of your dreams? Jocelyne lives in a small town in France where she runs a fabric shop, has been married to the same man...

From the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany. A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument...

The quintessential story collection from "the most important black South African writer of the present age" (George Moore). Originally published in 1967, In Corner B contains the core stories of the original editions, together with more recent pieces, and is the first new edition...

Not a biography and not told in chronological order, author Stanley Howard Mazin takes you on a journey of the reminisces of his life. Not a show business missive per-say, this is the story of a man of extraordinary positive energy lucky enough to...

FATHER'S TROUBLES - CARTER TAYLOR SEATON LAWRENCE BURGHER suffers deprivation and ridicule as a child, marking him for life. Determined to make the world respect him, he sees wealth and power as the means to that end. Under the tutelage of EDWARD KEELEY, his...

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864. The Religious Books of the Parsees.Author: Arthur Henry BleeckISBN-10: 3752581883ISBN-13: 9783752581881Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2022Pages: 538Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.20d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.Author: D. Van MonckhovenISBN-10: 3752573406ISBN-13: 9783752573404Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2022Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1654.Author: Edward JohnsonISBN-10: 3752529865ISBN-13: 9783752529869Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2021Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.61d

The Job is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, and her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing...

Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) was an American novelist. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio, the only surviving child of a well-to-do Jewish family. She spent the first twenty years of her life in St. Louis, Missouri, where she attended Washington University in St. Louis and...

Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English writer of tales of the supernatural. In his late thirties, Blackwood started to write horror stories. He was very successful, writing ten books of short stories and appearing on both radio and television to tell them. He...

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and romantic misunderstandings. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls and Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of...

Frank Gee Patchin (1861-1925) was an American author of children's books. He was born in Wayland, New York. He is known for his Battleship Boys series and his Pony Rider Boys series. Patchin has written over 200 adventure books. Many were published under various...

Alfred Burton's entire life and demeanor changes when he eats fruit from a plant that suddenly compels him to speak and see the truth. Regardless of intent, his change of heart has a devastating effect on his personal and professional relationships. Alfred is a...

Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 - 23 December 1952), who used the pseudonym Marjorie Bowen, was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Her total output numbers over 150 volumes with the bulk...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 - 10 February 1932) was an English writer. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South...

Author: Sara GruenISBN-10: 1665153725ISBN-13: 9781665153720Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/22/2006Format: MP3 CD

This lush and haunting novel tells of a city steeped in decadent pleasures and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal.It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher,...

Drawing on the European Romantics, the wit of writers like Will Rogers and O. Henry, and the philosophy of Isaiah Berlin and Albert Murray, among others, Dreamers Ascending is destined to be controversial precisely because it is, as one reviewer put it, "contrarian," but...

Lovers separated by the Iron CurtainTwo women whose paths should never have crossedA remarkable journey that changes all of their lives Maria's history is a lie. Washed up on the shores of Sweden in 1944 with no memory, she was forced to create her...

Reproduction of the original: Veranilda by George GissingAuthor: George GissingISBN-10: 3752354968ISBN-13: 9783752354966Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2020Pages: 268Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.75d

Reproduction of the original: Osage Traditions by J. Owen DorseyAuthor: J. Owen DorseyISBN-10: 3752312254ISBN-13: 9783752312256Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2020Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.09d

The year is 1883.China is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. In the countryside, antagonismagainst foreigners and missionaries is growing and the warlords are at large.Li Ling, a youngpeasant girl in China, flees to Malaya to escape being made a concubine to awarlord, only...