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  • The Well of the Dead

    by Maurizio Monte ...
    In Taiwan, people have plenty to say about the old well, until someone asks what really happened there.For Tianming, the village's warnings seem far less convincing than the mysterious woman he is coming to love. His family's fear only draws him closer to her. Yet there are moments he cannot explain, questions she leaves unanswered and a familiarity that troubles him more than he cares to admit ... Read more

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  • Dark Lights of Kuala Lumpur

    The Price of a Better Life

    by Maurizio Monte ...
    A promising job abroad. A salary too good to refuse. A chance to escape an ordinary life. But some dreams come at a terrible price.At twenty-seven, Lin Mei feels trapped in a life that seems destined never to change. Raised in a farming village in China's Yunnan province, she has watched her parents sacrifice everything for a future that never quite arrives. When her father suffers a serious ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Steam Over Singapore

    by Maurizio Monte ...
    What would you risk for a dream that might change your family's life forever?Singapore, 1986. A nation is transforming, fortunes are being made, and opportunity seems to favour those bold enough to seize it.Gabriel Lim has everything a sensible man should want: a secure job, a loving family and a comfortable future. Yet something has been troubling him for years. The feeling that life has more to ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tsuitate

    by Maurizio Monte ...
    Osaka, 1982. Some encounters are never meant to happen. Others are impossible to escape.In the bustling district of Kyobashi, life moves to the familiar rhythm of crowded trains, narrow shopping streets and late evenings beneath glowing lanterns.For Takefumi Hayakawa, it is the world he has always known. A world of ordinary people, familiar faces and everyday struggles. Until something begins to ... Read more

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  • Karma in the Back Seat

    by Maurizio Monte ...
    EVERY PASSENGER HAS A DESTINATION. SOME HAVE SECRETS THEY SHOULD HAVE LEFT BEHIND.You think you've met some strange people? Try driving a taxi.Welcome to the back seat of a taxi in Croatia, where ordinary journeys can turn into extraordinary nightmares, and the person climbing into your car might be the last person you want sitting behind you. After years in the world of finance, Leon finds ... Read more

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  • Sampan - The Last Crossing

    by Maurizio Monte ...
    Among the islands of Indonesia, Budi and his family have built a life around a small wooden fishing boat. The sea provides their livelihood, their children's playground and a thousand reasons to worry. Money is scarce, laughter comes easily, and even the fiercest arguments usually end around the same dinner table.But the children are growing up. Beyond their island lies a world their father barely ... Read more

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    Karl Ove Knausgaard writes with exhilarating honesty about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, and his bewilderment and grief on his father's death. When Karl Ove becomes a father himself, he must balance the demands of caring for a young family with his ... Read more

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  • The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon

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    by Liu Zhenyun ...
    Translated by Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Howard Goldblatt ...
    The Cook, the Crook, and the Real Estate Tycoon, by prize-winning Chinese novelist Liu Zhenyun is a novel of Beijing that paints a microcosm of contemporary China, dealing with classes at the two extremes: the super rich and the migrant workers who make them rich through deceit and corruption.The protagonist, Liu Yuejin, is a work site cook and small-time thief whose bag is stolen. In searching ... Read more

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  • The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾

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    The one-and-only original teenage diary!At thirteen years old, Adrian Mole has more than his fair share of problems - spots, ill-health, parents threatening to divorce, rejection of his poetry and much more - all recorded with brilliant humour in his diary. ... Read more

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  • Around the World in 80 Trains

    A 45,000-Mile Adventure

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  • The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

    Adrian Mole Book 1

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