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PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler: the essential stories across three decades that showcase his indomitable imagination. • "A book of astonishin……続きを見る

The story of a friendship between two children, one whose parents employ the other's parents, who are of different religious faiths, different cultures, and different races,set in a time during Amer……続きを見る

Sometimes the people closest to you are complete strangers. Diane ‘Dee’ Young thought she knew all there was to know about her fiancé Stewart Donaldson. When Stu dies suddenly, and in mysterious cir……続きを見る

Ex-Navy SEAL Brandon Kennedy thought opening up a high-tech-extreme training center in Los Angeles would be a new beginning. He and his buddies pooled their finances and built a workout facility whi……続きを見る

Dr. Jason Phillips had always resented living in the isolated town of Carlisle, England with its cold rainy long winters and small town mentality. Working as an orthopedic surgeon in Carlisle Genera……続きを見る

Seventeen year old Ryan Davis had a dream. Hitchhiking from Alliance, Nebraska to Los Angeles, California, Ryan dreamed of being a star. His high school drama teacher had told Ryan he had what it to……続きを見る

When twenty-two year old Jeremy West decided to take a few art classes in addition to his computer engineering degree, he had no idea that one of his professors would knock him off his feet. Profess……続きを見る

All Wade Reed wanted to do was make it to his brother, Cole’s parole hearing at Corcoran State Prison. But the forty year old environmental planner from LA, never made it. With a bad navigation syst……続きを見る

From one of our most universally admired poets: a generous selection from his five acclaimed books of poetry, and an outstanding group of new poems. From the outset, Brad Leithauser has displayed a ……続きを見る

In Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511. The essay was inspired by De Triumpho Stultitiae, written by the Italian humanis……続きを見る

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler delivers an inventive collection of three novellas that are a magical companion to his acclaimed longer fictions. • "Millhauser makes our world t……続きを見る

Meet Darius Creed, a Gypsy Prince kept alive for over 1,000 years by Gypsy witches to protect mankind from vampires, werewolves, and other undead creatures.  Armed with charmed knives and silv……続きを見る

The Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus was a hugely influential author of the Renaissance. His prolific and diverse writings made him a contentious figure, often inciting controversy for his criticis……続きを見る

“Get whitey!” they chanted marching toward their Redwoods campsite in the dimming light of dusk, wielding clubs and rocks. They were Troop 1135, mostly African-American inner city Boy Scouts. Whitey……続きを見る

Thirty-one year old Ted Mack, the high-school 'geek', was on the cusp of developing the next mega social-network-for-one. His group of techno-philes worked day and night to create a unique computer ……続きを見る

After the longe despayred fruitfulnes of thy wyfe, I hearsay thou art made a father, and that wyth a man chylde, whyche sheweth in it selfe a meruelous towardnes, and euen to be lyke the parentes: a……続きを見る

“Forget the laundry, forget the dishes, escape into the world of Super Mom for a few hours . . . You’ll be glad you did.”ーMeg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries and Queen of Babble Astro Park’s ……続きを見る

Wachtmeister Studer von der Berner Kantonspolizei muß für einen neuen Fall zu einem marokkanischen Garnisonsposten der Fremdenlegion. Verschiedene Kulturen prallen in der Wüste aufeinander. Viele ve……続きを見る

Der Kriminalroman der Extraklasse - ein Meisterwerk von Friedrich Glauser: Pfründisberg, Armenanstalt, Gartenbauschule, Dorfwirtschaft und zwei Tote. Die Taschentücher der einen Toten, Anna Hungerlo……続きを見る

Ein Mord im Gerzensteiner Wald. Der Tote: der Handelsreisende Witschi. Er wurde erschossen. Der Verdächtige, der Vorbestrafte Schlumpf, stand im Liebesverhältnis mit der Tochter des Ermordeten. Der ……続きを見る

By Amanda Winters ‘Reality is a living dream. Dreams are the key to our secret world.’ While on vacation in Gran Canaria, lying on the beach under the stars, thirty-year-old elementary school teache……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: sehr gut, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Institut für deutsche Philologie), Veranst……続きを見る

Many of the letters in this volume, which covers the period August 1530 to March 1531, reflect Erasmus' anxieties over events at the Diet of Augsburg (June-November 1530), at which the first of many……続きを見る

For fans of the series- The undeniable attraction between Chief of Police William P Sharpe, and top model Mark Antonious Richfield is a force more powerful than nature. Mark’s superstar son, Alexand……続きを見る

Bryce Hayes thought when he left the military and joined the Seattle Police Department, there would be nothing he couldn’t handle. He’d seen it all; the worst of what mankind could do to each other.……続きを見る

Thirty-four year old Greg McCormick thought taking his on again, off again, twenty-five year old girlfriend Carmen to Las Vegas for a weekend of fun, might rekindle a spark between them. But Greg qu……続きを見る

Working as a medic for the army special forces, Dan G. Wilson and his team came upon a troop of their own men, well behind enemy lines in a ‘safe zone’ all with symptoms of being exposed to poison g……続きを見る

They say that people go there when they're ready to die. They say Death himself is a patron. That's where the tavern gets its name. Azrael's Stop. Watering hole for the Angel of Death. Since Ceph st……続きを見る

Noel Rome thought he had a cushy number, working at a casino as a security guard. The pay was great, the perks exceptional, and at thirty-five he was content. His boss, a multimillionaire big shot h……続きを見る

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