A Lebanese housewife, a former horror-film maker, and a cantankerous Russian librarian are among the inhabitants of the offbeat world found in this impressive debut collection.
There are some things only a woman can handle The darkly funny new crime novel about an unlikely friendship between an older female assassin and her prot g as they take justice into their own hands - the gripping page-turner from the author of The Best Way to Bury Your Husband.
Outings at Odd Times (1890) is a classic collection of nature essays and outdoor observations by American naturalist and archaeologist Charles Conrad Abbott.
A grumpy former hockey player and a bisexual coffee-shop owner refuse to commit-to themselves or each other-in this fun, flirty age gap sports romance.
Outings at Odd Times (1890) is a classic collection of nature essays and outdoor observations by American naturalist and archaeologist Charles Conrad Abbott.
Hannibal, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River, was host to riverboat travelers from around the world, providing a vigorous and variable atmosphere for the young Samuel Clemens to absorb.
Rae Malgregor went into the profession of nursing with the best of intentions, but she soon finds that her expectations were vastly different than the reality of her new job.
Dive into the delightful world of Jacob Abbott's Cousin Lucy at Study, a charming narrative that brings the innocence and curiosity of childhood to life.
Rae Malgregor went into the profession of nursing with the best of intentions, but she soon finds that her expectations were vastly different than the reality of her new job.
Hannibal, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River, was host to riverboat travelers from around the world, providing a vigorous and variable atmosphere for the young Samuel Clemens to absorb.
In this unique book first published in 1916, Romanian Jew ALEXANDER AARONSOHN documents for the world the struggle that went on in Palestine during the early years of the Zionist movement, when his parents helped found the village of Zicron-Jacob and worked to transform the desert into a fertile garden.
By the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of THE FRIEND'A story that abounds in vivid moments and moods' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Among the most interesting writers of our generation' INDEPENDENTThe night had passed, and though they had not undressed and they had not slept and there had been only kisses between them, the intimacy had been accomplished and the sin committed, and Nona knew there would be no escaping that.
WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MARK RYLANCE'As disturbing as it is empathetic, as beautiful as it is riveting' Eimear McBride, New Statesman'A literary triumph' Adam Thorpe, Guardian1066.
A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING READER FAVOURITE'Funny, poignant, smart and wonderfully, achingly real' SARAH WATERS'Rambunctiously funny' THE TIMES, Book of the Year'I can't think of another author who can make me ricochet so quickly from painful empathy to helpless laughter' ERIN KELLYWho do you choose when the cracks begin to show?
A quiet revolution runs through this book, revealing how the Anglican establishment shaped lives, loyalties, and dissent in eighteenth-century England.
