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Sololand

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A mysterious black crate arrives at an ISIS command centre in the heart of occupied Mosul, leaving the soldiers and their captives guessing at its contents...A refugee travels to a remote ‘Northern’ town to study race relations, only to discover one of its bridge-building initiatives is, in fact, a trap...Drifting from job to job in a corrupt, militia-run Baghdad, a young daydreamer is asked to ... Read more

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A mysterious black crate arrives at an ISIS command centre in the heart of occupied Mosul, leaving the soldiers and their captives guessing at its contents...A refugee travels to a remote ‘Northern’ town to study race relations, only to discover one of its bridge-building initiatives is, in fact, a trap...Drifting from job to job in a corrupt, militia-run Baghdad, a young daydreamer is asked to
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The Corpse Exhibition

And Other Stories of Iraq

by Hassan Blasim ...

Translated by Jonathan Wright ...

**A blistering debut that does for the Iraqi perspective on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan what Phil Klay’s Redeployment does for the American perspective“[A] wonderful collection.” —George Saunders, The New York Times Book Review**The first major literary work about the Iraq War from an Iraqi perspective—by an explosive new voice hailed as “perhaps the best writer of Arabic fiction alive” (The ... Read more

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**A blistering debut that does for the Iraqi perspective on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan what Phil Klay’s Redeployment does for the American perspective“[A] wonderful collection.” —George Saunders, The New York Times Book Review**The first major literary work about the Iraq War from an Iraqi perspective—by an explosive new voice hailed as “perhaps the best writer of Arabic fiction alive” (The
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God 99

by Hassan Blasim ...

Chess-playing people-traffickers, suicidal photographers, absurdist sound sculptors, cat-loving rebel sympathisers, murderous storytellers... The characters in Hassan Blasim’s debut novel are not the inventions of a wild imagination, but real-life refugees and people whose lives have been devastated by war. Interviewed by Hassan Owl, an aspiring Iraq-born writer, they become the subjects of an ... Read more

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Chess-playing people-traffickers, suicidal photographers, absurdist sound sculptors, cat-loving rebel sympathisers, murderous storytellers... The characters in Hassan Blasim’s debut novel are not the inventions of a wild imagination, but real-life refugees and people whose lives have been devastated by war. Interviewed by Hassan Owl, an aspiring Iraq-born writer, they become the subjects of an
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The American Way

Stories of Invasion

by Hassan Blasim, Jacob Ross, Lina Meruane, Tala Abu Shawish, Kim Thuy, Gianfranco Bettin, Najwa Bin Shatwan, Paige Cooper, Huseyin Karabey, Payam Nasser, Fariba Nawa, Bina Shah, Carol Zardetto, Gabriel Angel, Gioconda Belli, Ahmel Echevarria Pere, Ahmet Haluk Unal, Wilfredo Marmol Amaya, Lidudumalingani, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Chris Hedges ...

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After four years of Trump, America seems set to return to political normality. But for much of the rest of the world, that normality is a horror story: 75 years of US-led invasions, CIA-sponsored coups, election interference, stay-behind networks, rendition, and weapons testing... all in the name of Pax America, the world’s police. If you are not an ally of the US, in this ‘normality’, your ... Read more

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After four years of Trump, America seems set to return to political normality. But for much of the rest of the world, that normality is a horror story: 75 years of US-led invasions, CIA-sponsored coups, election interference, stay-behind networks, rendition, and weapons testing... all in the name of Pax America, the world’s police. If you are not an ally of the US, in this ‘normality’, your
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The First Anthology of Science Fiction to Have Emerged from Iraq

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One of NPR's Best Books of 2017!A groundbreaking anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be "The Other""History is a hostage, but it will bite through the gag you tie around its mouth, bite through and still be heard."— Operation DanielIn a calm and serene world, one has the luxury of imagining what the future might look like.Now try to ... Read more

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One of NPR's Best Books of 2017!A groundbreaking anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be "The Other""History is a hostage, but it will bite through the gag you tie around its mouth, bite through and still be heard."— Operation DanielIn a calm and serene world, one has the luxury of imagining what the future might look like.Now try to
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Madinah

City Stories from the Middle East

by Joumana Haddad, Hassan Blasim, Yousef Al-Mohaimeed ...

Featuring:Nedim Gursel (Istanbul), Gamal Al-Ghitani (Alexandria), Fadwa Al-Qasem (Dubai), Ala Hlehel (Akka), Hassan Blasim (Baghdad), Yousef Al-Mohaimeed (Riyadh), Elias Farkouh (Amman), Nabil Sulayman (Latakia), Joumana Haddad (Beirut), and Yitzhak Laor (Tel Aviv).About the Book‘Madinah’ – the Arabic word for ‘city’ – may conjure labyrinthine streets and the hustle and bustle of the souq in ... Read more

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Featuring:Nedim Gursel (Istanbul), Gamal Al-Ghitani (Alexandria), Fadwa Al-Qasem (Dubai), Ala Hlehel (Akka), Hassan Blasim (Baghdad), Yousef Al-Mohaimeed (Riyadh), Elias Farkouh (Amman), Nabil Sulayman (Latakia), Joumana Haddad (Beirut), and Yitzhak Laor (Tel Aviv).About the Book‘Madinah’ – the Arabic word for ‘city’ – may conjure labyrinthine streets and the hustle and bustle of the souq in
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The First Anthology of Science Fiction to Have Emerged from Iraq

by Hassan Blasim ...

Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

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**"Peter Ganim was just the right choice to narrate this audiobook" — AudioFile MagazineA groundbreaking audiobook anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be “The Other.”**This collection of short stories is masterfully edited by Hassan Blasim and features the following authors:Hassan Blasim (translated by Jonathan Wright)Ali Bader (translated ... Read more

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**"Peter Ganim was just the right choice to narrate this audiobook" — AudioFile MagazineA groundbreaking audiobook anthology of science fiction from Iraq that will challenge your perception of what it means to be “The Other.”**This collection of short stories is masterfully edited by Hassan Blasim and features the following authors:Hassan Blasim (translated by Jonathan Wright)Ali Bader (translated
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The Light at the Bottom of the World

by London Shah ...

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11 hours 25 min

At the end of the twenty-first century, the world has changed dramatically, but life continues one thousand feet below the ocean's surface. In Great Britain, sea creatures swim among the ruins of Big Ben and the Tower of London, and citizens waver between fear and hope: fear of what lurks in the abyss and hope that humanity will soon discover a way to reclaim the planet. Meanwhile, sixteen-year ... Read more

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At the end of the twenty-first century, the world has changed dramatically, but life continues one thousand feet below the ocean's surface. In Great Britain, sea creatures swim among the ruins of Big Ben and the Tower of London, and citizens waver between fear and hope: fear of what lurks in the abyss and hope that humanity will soon discover a way to reclaim the planet. Meanwhile, sixteen-year
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Neon Girls

A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power

by Jennifer Worley ...

Narrated by Eileen Stevens ...

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A riveting true story of a young woman’s days stripping in grunge-era San Francisco where a radical group of dancers banded together to unionize and run the club on their own terms.When graduate student Jenny Worley needed a fast way to earn more money, she found herself at the door of the Lusty Lady Theater in San Francisco, auditioning on a stage surrounded by mirrors, in platform heels, and not ... Read more

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A riveting true story of a young woman’s days stripping in grunge-era San Francisco where a radical group of dancers banded together to unionize and run the club on their own terms.When graduate student Jenny Worley needed a fast way to earn more money, she found herself at the door of the Lusty Lady Theater in San Francisco, auditioning on a stage surrounded by mirrors, in platform heels, and not
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I'm Waiting for You

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by Kim Bo-young ...

Narrated by Greg Chun, Jackie Chung, Vico Ortiz ...

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“Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of a cinematic art itself. Reminiscent of the world we experienced in Matrix, Inception, and Dark City, still it leads us to this entirely original structure, which is a ground-breaking, mystic literary and cinematic experience. Indeed, powerful and graceful.”—Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of ParasiteIn this mind-expanding work of speculative fiction, ... Read more

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“Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of a cinematic art itself. Reminiscent of the world we experienced in Matrix, Inception, and Dark City, still it leads us to this entirely original structure, which is a ground-breaking, mystic literary and cinematic experience. Indeed, powerful and graceful.”—Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of ParasiteIn this mind-expanding work of speculative fiction,
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A History of What Comes Next

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by Sylvain Neuvel ...

Narrated by Sylvain Neuvel, Andrew Byron, Dugald Bruce Lockhart, Imogen Wilde, Jilly Bond, Kevin Shen, Laila Pyne, Richard Trinder, Thomas Judd ...

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9 hours 22 min

This program includes additional material read by Sylvain Neuvel, and a bonus conversation with narrators Jilly Bond and Imogen Wilde.Showing that truth is stranger than fiction, Sylvain Neuvel weaves a sci-fi thriller reminiscent of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir, blending a fast moving, darkly satirical look at 1940s rocketry with an exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of ... Read more

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This program includes additional material read by Sylvain Neuvel, and a bonus conversation with narrators Jilly Bond and Imogen Wilde.Showing that truth is stranger than fiction, Sylvain Neuvel weaves a sci-fi thriller reminiscent of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir, blending a fast moving, darkly satirical look at 1940s rocketry with an exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of
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I'm Waiting for You

And Other Stories

by Kim Bo-young ...

Translated by Sophie Bowman, Sung Ryu ...

The acclaimed South Korean author explores two worlds, four stories, and infinite possibilities in this "breath-taking" speculative fiction collection (Bong Joon-ho, Oscar–winning director of Parasite).Available in English for the first time, this volume presents two pairs of thematically interconnected stories by celebrated writer Kim Bo-Young. In "I'm Waiting for You" and "On My Way," an engaged ... Read more

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The acclaimed South Korean author explores two worlds, four stories, and infinite possibilities in this "breath-taking" speculative fiction collection (Bong Joon-ho, Oscar–winning director of Parasite).Available in English for the first time, this volume presents two pairs of thematically interconnected stories by celebrated writer Kim Bo-Young. In "I'm Waiting for You" and "On My Way," an engaged
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