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As the Lonely Fly

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‘It was Clara. My name is Chava now.’‘Forgive me, Chava,’ said Gesia. ‘But you know, I would never have taken you for a Zionist. Such a staunch one, in any case, to want to give up your name.’Three Russian-Jewish women are flung from their homes in the Ukraine and Bessarabia - the ‘wild west’ of the tsarist empire - by pogrom and revolution.In 1922 Clara goes to Palestine where she joins the ... Read more

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‘It was Clara. My name is Chava now.’‘Forgive me, Chava,’ said Gesia. ‘But you know, I would never have taken you for a Zionist. Such a staunch one, in any case, to want to give up your name.’Three Russian-Jewish women are flung from their homes in the Ukraine and Bessarabia - the ‘wild west’ of the tsarist empire - by pogrom and revolution.In 1922 Clara goes to Palestine where she joins the
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Sapphires

by Sara Dowse ...

Series Book 106 - Untapped
Drawing on the Yiddish tradition of story-telling, the award-winning Sapphires is constructed of thirteen interlinked stories that tell of journeys in the lives of the descendants of Ruchel Kozminsky who left Russia in the 1890s—Miriam, Bernice, Janet, Alice and most centrally Evelyn, a Sydney-based television comedy writer. A haunting, evocative and often funny account of love, family and ... Read more

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Drawing on the Yiddish tradition of story-telling, the award-winning Sapphires is constructed of thirteen interlinked stories that tell of journeys in the lives of the descendants of Ruchel Kozminsky who left Russia in the 1890s—Miriam, Bernice, Janet, Alice and most centrally Evelyn, a Sydney-based television comedy writer. A haunting, evocative and often funny account of love, family and
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Canberra Tales

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by Margaret Barbalet, Marion Halligan, Sara Dowse, Dorothy Horsfield, Dorothy Johnston, Suzanne Edgar, Marian Eldridge ...

Series Book 61 - Untapped
‘This book is a collective effort. In 1980 some of the writers met for the first time to form a writers’ group. The group, “Seven Writers”, now flourishes and gives each member the necessary support and critical encouragement to develop her own and the others’ work. When the group formed no one had published more than a few short stories or poems.’ — From the Introduction to Canberra Tales, first ... Read more

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‘This book is a collective effort. In 1980 some of the writers met for the first time to form a writers’ group. The group, “Seven Writers”, now flourishes and gives each member the necessary support and critical encouragement to develop her own and the others’ work. When the group formed no one had published more than a few short stories or poems.’ — From the Introduction to Canberra Tales, first
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The Tobacconist

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From The Man Booker International Prize finalist Robert Seethaler comes a tender, heartbreaking story of one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna.Seventeen-year-old Franz Huchel journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship. ... Read more

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From The Man Booker International Prize finalist Robert Seethaler comes a tender, heartbreaking story of one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna.Seventeen-year-old Franz Huchel journeys to Vienna to apprentice at a tobacco shop. There he meets Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, and over time the two very different men form a singular friendship.
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OxCrimes

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For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further £200,000 for Oxfam's work.OxCrimes is introduced by Ian Rankin and has been curated by Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, where it will be launched in May. The stellar cast of contributors will include Mark Billingham, Alexander McCall Smith, Anthony Horowitz, Val McDermid, Peter James, Adrian McKinty, Denise Mina, ... Read more

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For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further £200,000 for Oxfam's work.OxCrimes is introduced by Ian Rankin and has been curated by Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, where it will be launched in May. The stellar cast of contributors will include Mark Billingham, Alexander McCall Smith, Anthony Horowitz, Val McDermid, Peter James, Adrian McKinty, Denise Mina,
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The Woman Upstairs

by Claire Messud ...

Series series Vintage Contemporaries
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Told with urgency, intimacy, and piercing emotion, this New York Times bestselling novel is the riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and abandoned by a desire for a world beyond her own.**A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • A Washington Post Top Ten Book of the Year • A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book • A Huffington Post Best Book • A Boston Globe ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Told with urgency, intimacy, and piercing emotion, this New York Times bestselling novel is the riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and abandoned by a desire for a world beyond her own.**A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • A Washington Post Top Ten Book of the Year • A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book • A Huffington Post Best Book • A Boston Globe
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Moment on the Edge, A

100 Years of Crime Stories by Women

by Elizabeth George ...

“An absolutely first-rate anthology. . . a thoughtful and intelligent paean to crime fiction.” — New York Sun#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George serves up a century's worth of superb crime fiction penned by women. This veritable all-star team delivers tales of dark deeds that will keep you reading long into the night. Some of the works included are:"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan ... Read more

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“An absolutely first-rate anthology. . . a thoughtful and intelligent paean to crime fiction.” — New York Sun#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George serves up a century's worth of superb crime fiction penned by women. This veritable all-star team delivers tales of dark deeds that will keep you reading long into the night. Some of the works included are:"A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan
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TEN BITE-SIZE TALES - BOOK 1

by David Reich ...

Series Book 1 - Bite-Size Tales
In each of these ten short stories my readers meet people caught up in unanticipated circumstances. How did they behave? And how would you react?COFFEE BREAK A REAL LIFE BEGINNER’S LUCK THE TIME OF MY LIFE ‘THE RIGHT STUFF THE EGG …YOU’RE AS SANE AS I AM… HELLO AND GOODBY IS THERE LIFE BETWEEN FLOORS? THE HOUSE PLANT ... Read more

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In each of these ten short stories my readers meet people caught up in unanticipated circumstances. How did they behave? And how would you react?COFFEE BREAK A REAL LIFE BEGINNER’S LUCK THE TIME OF MY LIFE ‘THE RIGHT STUFF THE EGG …YOU’RE AS SANE AS I AM… HELLO AND GOODBY IS THERE LIFE BETWEEN FLOORS? THE HOUSE PLANT
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What Alice Knew

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by TA Cotterell ...

'Intriguing ... an impressive debut'Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door'It made me look at marriage in a different light'Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife'T. A. Cotterell masterfully conjures up the suffocating atmosphere that envelopes the couple as they navigate the mental trauma of maintaining a complex web of lies ... An intriguing, well-constructed... ... Read more

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'Intriguing ... an impressive debut'Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door'It made me look at marriage in a different light'Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife'T. A. Cotterell masterfully conjures up the suffocating atmosphere that envelopes the couple as they navigate the mental trauma of maintaining a complex web of lies ... An intriguing, well-constructed...
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Light Perpetual

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by Francis Spufford ...

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, NPR, Slate, LitHub, Fresh Air, and moreFrom the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Golden Hill, an “extraordinary…symphonic…casually stunning” (The Wall Street Journal) historical novel tracing the infinite possibilities of five lives in the bustling neighborhoods of 20th-century London, from World War II through the postwar ... Read more

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**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, NPR, Slate, LitHub, Fresh Air, and moreFrom the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Golden Hill, an “extraordinary…symphonic…casually stunning” (The Wall Street Journal) historical novel tracing the infinite possibilities of five lives in the bustling neighborhoods of 20th-century London, from World War II through the postwar
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The Early Stories

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by John Updike ...

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionA harvest and not a winnowing, this volume collects 103 stories, almost all of the short fiction that John Updike wrote between 1953 and 1975. “How rarely it can be said of any of our great American writers that they have been equally gifted in both long and short forms,” reads the citation composed for John Updike upon his winning the 2006 Rea Award for ... Read more

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Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionA harvest and not a winnowing, this volume collects 103 stories, almost all of the short fiction that John Updike wrote between 1953 and 1975. “How rarely it can be said of any of our great American writers that they have been equally gifted in both long and short forms,” reads the citation composed for John Updike upon his winning the 2006 Rea Award for
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High Lonesome

New and Selected Stories 1966-2006

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"This rich volume...succeeds in reminding us how far this indefatigable chronicler of all our lives has traveled, and how important it is that we keep on reading her." -Boston GlobeNo other writer can match the impressive oeuvre of Joyce Carol Oates. High Lonesome: New and Selected Stories 1966-2006 gathers short fiction from the acclaimed author's seminal collections and includes eleven new tales ... Read more

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"This rich volume...succeeds in reminding us how far this indefatigable chronicler of all our lives has traveled, and how important it is that we keep on reading her." -Boston GlobeNo other writer can match the impressive oeuvre of Joyce Carol Oates. High Lonesome: New and Selected Stories 1966-2006 gathers short fiction from the acclaimed author's seminal collections and includes eleven new tales
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