From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that centers on the presence of a vivid and particular woman, whose loss becomes the occasion for a man's deeper examination of love, friendship, and biography.This beautiful, spare novel of platonic unrequited love springs into being around the singular character of the stoic, exacting Professor Elizabeth Finch. Neil, the narrator, takes her class "Culture and Civilisation," taught not for undergraduates but for adults of all ages; we are drawn into his intellectual crush on this private, withholding, yet commanding woman. While other personal relationships and even his family drift from Neil's grasp, Elizabeth's application of her material to the matter of daily living remains important to him, even after her death, in a way that nothing else does.
Knopf
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9780593535431
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Hardcover
Filthy Animals
By Taylor, Brandon
A powerhouse. Newsweek"An extraordinary cartographer." - Esquire"A striking new voice with a vital perspective." - Harper's Bazaar"A brilliant writer." - Garth GreenwellNamed a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Harper's Bazaar, Lit Hub, and The Millions. A group portrait of young adults enmeshed in desire and violence, a hotly charged, deeply satisfying new work of fiction from the author of Booker Prize finalist Real Life In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young creatives in the American Midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness.
Publisher: n/a
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9780525538912
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Hardcover
An Island Wedding
By Colgan, Jenny
New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan brings us a delightful summer novel that will sweep you away to the remote Scottish island of Mure, where two very different weddings are about to take place ... On the little Scottish island of Mure - halfway between Scotland and Norway - Flora MacKenzie and her fiancé Joel are planning the smallest of "sweetheart weddings," a high summer celebration surrounded only by those very dearest to them.Not everyone on the island is happy about being excluded, though. The temperature rises even further when beautiful Olivia MacDonald - who left Mure ten years ago for bigger and brighter things - returns with a wedding planner in tow. Her fiancé has oodles of family money, and Olivia is determined to throw the biggest, most extravagant, most Instagrammable wedding possible.
HarperLuxe; Large type / Large print edition
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9780063242340
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Paperback
Fake Money, Blue Smoke
By Haven, Josh
In the first caper from a "promising new talent" (Publishers Weekly) , a skilled counterfeiter hires a crew of career criminals to steal an artwork from a speeding trainWhen former platoon sergeant Matt Kubelsky is paroled from Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institute in upstate New York, he's surprised to find his ex-girlfriend waiting for him out in the parking lot. An ex-girlfriend he's spent years pining for after she dumped him and stopped answering his letters. An ex-girlfriend who wonders if her apparently criminally-hardened ex-boyfriend can help her out of some extra-legal difficulty of her own.During the years Matt was in prison, Kelly Haggerty discovered she couldn't earn a satisfactory living as an artist, so she turned her artistic talents to counterfeiting foreign currency -- and ended up embroiled in an international money laundering intrigue.
Mysterious Press
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9781613163634
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Hardcover
La commode aux tiroirs de couleurs
By Ruiz, Olivia
À la mort de sa grand-mère, une jeune femme hérite de l'intrigante commode qui a nourri tous ses fantasmes de petite fille. Le temps d'une nuit, elle va ouvrir ses dix tiroirs et dérouler le fil de la vie de Rita, son Abuela, dévoilant les secrets qui ont scellé le destin de quatre générations de femmes indomptables, entre Espagne et France, de la dictature franquiste à nos jours.. La commode aux tiroirs de couleurs signe l'entrée en littérature d'Olivia Ruiz, conteuse hors pair, qui entremêle tragédies familiales et tourments de l'Histoire pour nous offrir une fresque romanesque flamboyante sur l'exil.. « Un magnifique roman sur l'exil. Un petit bijou. » Le Parisien. « Une fresque familiale vibrante. » Version Femina. « Un texte délicat, poétique et poignant.
JC Lattès
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9782253079651
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Pocket Book
The Moroccan Girl
By Cumming, Charles
"Another Charles Cumming triumph." -- Jason Matthews, bestselling author of The Kremlin's CandidateIn this gripping contemporary thriller, a successful spy novelist is drawn into a real-life espionage plot when he's ordered to find a mysterious fugitive on the alluring but deadly streets of Morocco.Renowned author Kit Carradine is approached by an MI6 officer with a seemingly straightforward assignment: to track down a mysterious woman hiding somewhere in the exotic, perilous city of Marrakesh. But when Carradine learns the woman is a dangerous fugitive with ties to international terrorism, the glamour of being a spy is soon tainted by fear and betrayal.Lara Bartok is a leading figure in Resurrection, a violent revolutionary movement whose brutal attacks on prominent right-wing public figures have spread hatred and violence across the world. Her disappearance ignites a race between warring intelligence services desperate to find her -- at any cost. But as Carradine edges closer to the truth, he finds himself drawn to this brilliant, beautiful, and profoundly complex woman.Caught between increasingly dangerous forces who want Bartok dead, Carradine soon faces an awful choice: to abandon Lara to her fate, or to risk everything trying to save her. More praise for The Moroccan Girl:"Charlie Anson's narration is smooth, consummately professional, and fluent with accents while maintaining pace at high speeds around the plot's many hairpin turns." -- AudioFile Magazine"Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel." -- Ben Macintyre, bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends"Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming." -- Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of The Word is Murder
Macmillan Audio
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9781250314376
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Audiobook
Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 3
By Sakai, Stan
The third volume in Dark Horse's definitive Usagi Yojimbo compilations showcases Stan Sakai's epic series at its best! Usagi faces a terrifying new foe who wears a demon mask; the Eisner-winning "Grasscutter" storyline receives a sequel, "Return to Atsuta Shrine;" pickpocket Kitsune's history is revealed; fan-favorite character Sasuke the Demon Queller makes his debut; and a beloved ally long thought dead returns! Throughout, Sakai's storytelling constitutes a master class in the comics form! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #31-#52, along with stories from Dark Horse Presents and more!
Dark Horse Books
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9781616556112
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Paperback
A Dark So Deadly
By Macbride, Stuart
Sometimes the worst thing you can imagine is just the start... Gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Welcome to the Misfit Mob... It's where Police Scotland dumps the officers it can't get rid of, but wants to: the outcasts, the troublemakers, the compromised. Officers like DC Callum MacGregor, lumbered with all the boring go-nowhere cases. So when an ancient mummy turns up at the Oldcastle tip, it's his job to find out which museum it's been stolen from. But then Callum uncovers links between his ancient corpse and three missing young men, and life starts to get a lot more interesting. O Division's Major Investigation Teams already have more cases than they can cope with, so, against everyone's better judgement, the Misfit Mob are just going to have to manage this one on their own. No one expects them to succeed, but right now they're the only thing standing between the killer's victims and a slow, lingering death. The question is, can they prove everyone wrong before he strikes again?
HarperCollins
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9780007494682
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Audiobook
The Awkward Age
By Segal, Francesca
"A very smart, soulful, compelling, elegantly written domestic novel about a wedged-together family, and what can go wrong when teenage children decide they have minds (and hormones) of their own." - Nick Hornby "A spry and accomplished comedy of manners." - The New York Times Book Review"They've chosen the one thing that will make our family life impossible. It's genius really, when you think about it. It's the perfect sabotage." Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness.This is a moving and powerful novel about the modern family: about starting over; about love, guilt, and generosity; about building something beautiful amid the mess and complexity of what came before. It is a story about standing by the ones we love, even while they make mistakes. We would give anything to make our children happy. But how much should they ask?
Murder in a Teacup
By Delany, Vicki
Elizabeth Finch
By Barnes, Julian
From the award-winning novelist, a compact narrative that centers on the presence of a vivid and particular woman, whose loss becomes the occasion for a man's deeper examination of love, friendship, and biography.This beautiful, spare novel of platonic unrequited love springs into being around the singular character of the stoic, exacting Professor Elizabeth Finch. Neil, the narrator, takes her class "Culture and Civilisation," taught not for undergraduates but for adults of all ages; we are drawn into his intellectual crush on this private, withholding, yet commanding woman. While other personal relationships and even his family drift from Neil's grasp, Elizabeth's application of her material to the matter of daily living remains important to him, even after her death, in a way that nothing else does.
Filthy Animals
By Taylor, Brandon
A powerhouse. Newsweek"An extraordinary cartographer." - Esquire"A striking new voice with a vital perspective." - Harper's Bazaar"A brilliant writer." - Garth GreenwellNamed a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Harper's Bazaar, Lit Hub, and The Millions. A group portrait of young adults enmeshed in desire and violence, a hotly charged, deeply satisfying new work of fiction from the author of Booker Prize finalist Real Life In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young creatives in the American Midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness.
An Island Wedding
By Colgan, Jenny
New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan brings us a delightful summer novel that will sweep you away to the remote Scottish island of Mure, where two very different weddings are about to take place ... On the little Scottish island of Mure - halfway between Scotland and Norway - Flora MacKenzie and her fiancé Joel are planning the smallest of "sweetheart weddings," a high summer celebration surrounded only by those very dearest to them.Not everyone on the island is happy about being excluded, though. The temperature rises even further when beautiful Olivia MacDonald - who left Mure ten years ago for bigger and brighter things - returns with a wedding planner in tow. Her fiancé has oodles of family money, and Olivia is determined to throw the biggest, most extravagant, most Instagrammable wedding possible.
Fake Money, Blue Smoke
By Haven, Josh
In the first caper from a "promising new talent" (Publishers Weekly) , a skilled counterfeiter hires a crew of career criminals to steal an artwork from a speeding trainWhen former platoon sergeant Matt Kubelsky is paroled from Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institute in upstate New York, he's surprised to find his ex-girlfriend waiting for him out in the parking lot. An ex-girlfriend he's spent years pining for after she dumped him and stopped answering his letters. An ex-girlfriend who wonders if her apparently criminally-hardened ex-boyfriend can help her out of some extra-legal difficulty of her own.During the years Matt was in prison, Kelly Haggerty discovered she couldn't earn a satisfactory living as an artist, so she turned her artistic talents to counterfeiting foreign currency -- and ended up embroiled in an international money laundering intrigue.
La commode aux tiroirs de couleurs
By Ruiz, Olivia
À la mort de sa grand-mère, une jeune femme hérite de l'intrigante commode qui a nourri tous ses fantasmes de petite fille. Le temps d'une nuit, elle va ouvrir ses dix tiroirs et dérouler le fil de la vie de Rita, son Abuela, dévoilant les secrets qui ont scellé le destin de quatre générations de femmes indomptables, entre Espagne et France, de la dictature franquiste à nos jours.. La commode aux tiroirs de couleurs signe l'entrée en littérature d'Olivia Ruiz, conteuse hors pair, qui entremêle tragédies familiales et tourments de l'Histoire pour nous offrir une fresque romanesque flamboyante sur l'exil.. « Un magnifique roman sur l'exil. Un petit bijou. » Le Parisien. « Une fresque familiale vibrante. » Version Femina. « Un texte délicat, poétique et poignant.
The Moroccan Girl
By Cumming, Charles
"Another Charles Cumming triumph." -- Jason Matthews, bestselling author of The Kremlin's CandidateIn this gripping contemporary thriller, a successful spy novelist is drawn into a real-life espionage plot when he's ordered to find a mysterious fugitive on the alluring but deadly streets of Morocco.Renowned author Kit Carradine is approached by an MI6 officer with a seemingly straightforward assignment: to track down a mysterious woman hiding somewhere in the exotic, perilous city of Marrakesh. But when Carradine learns the woman is a dangerous fugitive with ties to international terrorism, the glamour of being a spy is soon tainted by fear and betrayal.Lara Bartok is a leading figure in Resurrection, a violent revolutionary movement whose brutal attacks on prominent right-wing public figures have spread hatred and violence across the world. Her disappearance ignites a race between warring intelligence services desperate to find her -- at any cost. But as Carradine edges closer to the truth, he finds himself drawn to this brilliant, beautiful, and profoundly complex woman.Caught between increasingly dangerous forces who want Bartok dead, Carradine soon faces an awful choice: to abandon Lara to her fate, or to risk everything trying to save her. More praise for The Moroccan Girl:"Charlie Anson's narration is smooth, consummately professional, and fluent with accents while maintaining pace at high speeds around the plot's many hairpin turns." -- AudioFile Magazine"Charles Cumming has breathed new life into the spy novel." -- Ben Macintyre, bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends"Nobody writes more enjoyable spy thrillers than Charles Cumming." -- Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of The Word is Murder
Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 3
By Sakai, Stan
The third volume in Dark Horse's definitive Usagi Yojimbo compilations showcases Stan Sakai's epic series at its best! Usagi faces a terrifying new foe who wears a demon mask; the Eisner-winning "Grasscutter" storyline receives a sequel, "Return to Atsuta Shrine;" pickpocket Kitsune's history is revealed; fan-favorite character Sasuke the Demon Queller makes his debut; and a beloved ally long thought dead returns! Throughout, Sakai's storytelling constitutes a master class in the comics form! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #31-#52, along with stories from Dark Horse Presents and more!
A Dark So Deadly
By Macbride, Stuart
Sometimes the worst thing you can imagine is just the start... Gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Welcome to the Misfit Mob... It's where Police Scotland dumps the officers it can't get rid of, but wants to: the outcasts, the troublemakers, the compromised. Officers like DC Callum MacGregor, lumbered with all the boring go-nowhere cases. So when an ancient mummy turns up at the Oldcastle tip, it's his job to find out which museum it's been stolen from. But then Callum uncovers links between his ancient corpse and three missing young men, and life starts to get a lot more interesting. O Division's Major Investigation Teams already have more cases than they can cope with, so, against everyone's better judgement, the Misfit Mob are just going to have to manage this one on their own. No one expects them to succeed, but right now they're the only thing standing between the killer's victims and a slow, lingering death. The question is, can they prove everyone wrong before he strikes again?
The Awkward Age
By Segal, Francesca
"A very smart, soulful, compelling, elegantly written domestic novel about a wedged-together family, and what can go wrong when teenage children decide they have minds (and hormones) of their own." - Nick Hornby "A spry and accomplished comedy of manners." - The New York Times Book Review"They've chosen the one thing that will make our family life impossible. It's genius really, when you think about it. It's the perfect sabotage." Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness.This is a moving and powerful novel about the modern family: about starting over; about love, guilt, and generosity; about building something beautiful amid the mess and complexity of what came before. It is a story about standing by the ones we love, even while they make mistakes. We would give anything to make our children happy. But how much should they ask?