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  • The Kaminsky Cure

    by Christopher New ...
    “Well, here I am at five and three quarters. It’s Christmas 1939 in a little Austrian village in Hitler’s Third Reich and I’m just beginning to notice things. Like what my brothers and sisters are about and why my parents are often crying and my father usually shouting when he isn’t crying. I think it has something to do with the war we’re fighting, which according to the wireless is due to The ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shanghai

    by Christopher New ...
    Almost the first thing callow young Englishman John Denton sees when he steps ashore in Shanghai in 1903 is the public beheading of some pirates. Shocked and sickened though he is, he must adapt himself to the brutal but fascinating city of extremes, and he spends the rest of his life there, through all the vicissitudes of revolution, riot, lawlessness and war. He makes, loses, and regains a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Philosophy of Literature

    An Introduction

    by Christopher New ...
    Literature, like the visual arts, poses its own philosophical problems. While literary theorists have discussed the nature of literature intensively, analytic philosophers have usually dealt with literary problems either within the general framework of aesthetics or else in a way that is accessible only to a philosophical audience. The present book is unique in that it introduces the philosophy of ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Gage Street Courtesan

    by Christopher New ...
    Hong Kong's demi-monde at the height of the British Empire... Franziska Goldmann, an opera singer fallen on hard times, has become the star courtesan in 19th century Hong Kong. A chance encounter with Queen Victoria's musical second son seems to offer Franziska an opportunity to resume her career as a singer. But it is the other unpredictable characters in her life, including her German anarchist ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Traitor

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  • The Mysterious World of Sherlock Holmes

    by Bruce Wexler ...
    The Illustrated Guide to the Famous Cases, Infamous Adversaries, and Ingenious Methods of the Great Detective.Over a century since his first appearance in print, Sherlock Holmes remains an iconic figure today. This unique companion is a collector's dream, allowing fans to delve into the criminal environment of foggy, gas-lit Victorian London-the world of the all-time greatest detective. The book ... Read more

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  • The Bobcat

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    by Katherine Forbes Riley ...
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  • This Is How It Begins

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  • An Address in Amsterdam

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