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A Geoffry Chadwick Misadventure, Book 1 - Lawyer Geoffry Chadwick is 50, Canadian, single, gay and, after a brief struggle with a hustler who tries to shake him down, a murderer. Herein lies the device for this macabre, funny, fir
The blazed trail is written by Stewart Edward White and the story begins when the American Pioneer is described as resourceful, self-reliant, and bold, adapting himself with fluidity to diverse circumstances and conditions. He satisfies his needs
Known for her bestselling detective novels, Dorothy L. Sayers lived a fascinating, groundbreaking life as a novelist, feminist, Oxford scholar, and important influence on the spiritual life of C.S. Lewis. This pioneering woman not only forged a li
The corrupt, though democratically elected avian government of the Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur is forcibly taken over by a monstrous white crow from Bombay and hiscrack force of commando 'crownies', by means of treachery, deceit
Philo Vance is a crime novel superstar. A New Yorker with panache, he solved 12 crimes with his colleague Van Dine (the author/character). Published in the 20s and 30s the Philo Vance Stories were incredibly popular. Many of the books have been made
With the novella The Unseating of Dr. Smoot, William Morris returns to writing literary fiction, specifically what the Mormon literary critic, essayist, and teacher Eugene England called faithful realism, which he defined as work “that is
The small town of Fallmoore, Ontario has hardly changed since Iris Carver left her mark in 1977. Even her son believes she rests in the urn by the fire. But forty years later, Iris reappears in the town diner for a meeting with a writer. What does
***2022 BMO WINTERSET AWARD – LONGLIST******2023 NL READS – FINALIST***The Wards are a working-class Newfoundland family on the cusp of upheaval. The children are
The narrator—a Mesmer—entrances a sickly patient who claims to be privy to a wealth of divine and esoteric knowledge, wanting to document his knowledge before he dies. The Mesmer proposes a series of questions relating to the workings of the unive
The story of the Brontë family is one of incredible romance, immense genius and haunting sadness. From humble beginnings in Ireland the Rev. Patrick Brontë rose to the very heart of the reforming evangelical movement of the 19th century; he was sp
Hot on the heels of More Imaginative Than Ordinary Speech: The Poetry of Cat Ellington comes a riveting and remarkably uplifting compilation of free verse that was erected to witness the uncommon life of its distinctive authorship in the
In Our Time has a curious history in that Earnest Hemingway released it in at least three different versions. The first edition (the 1924 Paris edition) was commissioned by Ezra Pound for Three Mountains Press and contains six prose vignettes. The
Cross García Márquez and Simenon and set the piece on the Sea of Japan, and you'll have a feel for Ono's latest… Fans of Kenzaburo Oe's Death by Water and Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 will enjoy Ono's enigmatic story.” —Ki|Cross García Márquez and Simenon and set the piece on the Sea of Japan, and you'll...
Mozart, Wisconsin's most renowned raconteur and local eccentric, Ben Ladysmith, vanished two years ago following a tragic boating accident. Obsessed with the disappearance of his friend and former professor, unemployed sportswriter Robert Cigar mo
Try as we might to deny it, we are in part what our families have made us.Set under the shadows of the Great Depression and World War II, About Us follows Benny Kahn, youngest of a Jewish family living in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, f
Young Mary Louise is very honest and intelligent beyond her years. This occasionally caused her to disagree with her schoolmates, but she is mature enough to not be concerned by their views most of the time. Mary Louise shared a home with her moth
Told with the emotional impact of Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, this powerful debut is at once beguiling and heartbreaking. Rosie Coloured Glasses is a novel about the important things in life, about a young person's
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882,
The former director of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm makes his literary debut with this dramatic and riveting novel of book publishing, émigrés, spies, and diplomats in World War II Sweden based on his grandfather's life
A pilgrimage. An England in delirium. Walk the wounded land.