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Aaliya Saleh lives alone in her Beirut apartment, surrounded by stockpiles of books. Godless, fatherless, childless, and divorced, Aaliya is her family’s unnecessary appendage. Every year, she translates a new favorite book into Arabic, then stows it away. The thirty-seven books that Aaliya has translated over her lifetime have never been readby anyone.

In 1960, when the legendary icebreaker Magga Dan set sail for Antarctica, it contained a secret. Hiding on board was Nel Law, wife of expedition leader Phillip Law. She would make history by becoming the first Australian woman to set foot on the icy continent, but it was her art that would change everything. Though a talented artist, Nel has always been defined by her role as ‘the explorer's wife', but in the clear expanse of the Southern Ocean, her true self is finally allowed to emerge. Despite misogyny from the all-male crew and resentment from her husband, Nel's art begins to flourish.

So Much Can Change in Seven Short Years… President Trump and Vice President Facebook scramble in 2023 to hang onto power. Both the man and the corporation have different ideas on how to cling onto control. Meanwhile, in Chinese Detroit, Buckeye Jones, one of the last remaining human journalists, learns the deal President Trump made with China is not a good one. As the world reels from the chaos caused by seven years of lunacy, the survival of humankind depends on an unlikely cast of characters and corporations.

Grace's life is perfectly fine, thank you very much. A widow of seventy-two, she lives quietly, and although hearing a little more from her daughter and granddaughter would be nice, she has her health, her friends, her octogenarian yoga (however reluctantly attended) and most of all her weekly club where she creates exquisite miniature train sets. However, when her estranged daughter rings her in shock, about to lose her home, Grace invites Amelia and her daughter Charlotte to live with her.

Notes from Underground is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Notes is considered by many to be the first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man), who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The first part of the story is told in monologue form or the underground man's diary, and attacks emerging Western philosophy

Vom St. Petersburg der Zarenzeit über das Deutschland des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis in ein Norwegen der nahen Zukunft erzählt Maja Lunde von drei Familien, dem Schicksal einer seltenen Pferderasse und vom Kampf gegen das Aussterben der Arten. Wie verändert sich das Ganze, wenn ein Teil verschwindet? Ein bewegender, großer Roman über Freiheit und Verantwortung, die große Gemeinschaft der Lebewesen und die alles entscheidende Frage: Reicht ein Menschenleben, um die Welt für alle zu verändern?

In this electrifying fusion of African American fiction, fantasy, and poetry, a former public school educator reinvents himself as Kayode, a DIY rapper on a mission to make it big. With raw talent and determination, he embarks on a cross-country journey, collaborating with celebrity artists and battling his way through the underground hip-hop scene. But as his music catches fire, so does the mysterious app guiding his rise—a tool designed to shape his career but secretly bent on controlling his mind.

When floral designer Deli MacDonald’s heart is broken by unrequited love and her best friend’s abandonment, she flees to the Scottish Highlands and her estranged aunt Mo’s cliffside cottage by the sea. There, embraced by a village of eccentric locals and her aunt’s unconditional, unfamiliar love, she finds herself drawn to brooding pub owner Lachlan Scott—whose path once crossed hers twenty years ago on these same heather-strewn hills.

"Over the last few years I've started writing a number of stories that, for various reasons, I never finished writing..." So begins Special Problems, the comic tale of Christie Hodges, a writer who can't seem to finish a story. The problem isn't that Hodges has nothing to write about - there's her recent divorce, her paralyzed foot, trouble with her daughter and job - it's that once she starts writing, she can't stop. One problem leads to another, and another.

À trente et un ans, Elizabeth Gilbert possède tout ce dont une femme ambitieuse peut rêver : un mari dévoué, une belle maison, une carrière prometteuse. Elle devrait nager dans le bonheur, pourtant elle est rongée par l'angoisse, le doute, l'insatisfaction... S'ensuivent un divorce, une dépression et une liaison désastreuse qui la laissent exsangue et encore plus désemparée. Elle décide de tout plaquer pour partir seule à travers le monde. À elle de se construire la vie qu'elle s'est choisie !

Sophie Stark begins her filmmaking career by creating a documentary about her obsession, Daniel - a college basketball star. But when she becomes too invasive, she finds herself the victim of a cruel retribution. The humiliation doesn't stop her. Visionary and unapologetic, Sophie begins to use stories from the lives of those around her to create movies. And as she gains critical recognition and acclaim, she risks betraying the one she loves most.

the Writing On The Wall Global Magazine- Issue 1 by Author Reneé Drummond-Brown and tried, tested and true poets from across the sphere is an influential elixir. The magazine is loaded from A to Z with: abstracts, alliteration, assonance, attitudes, BIO’S, citations, confessions, drama, end-stops, excerpts, extracts, fables, forewords, hyperbole, imagery, justification, knowledge, lyres, lyrics, memories, metaphors, narratives, novels, onomatopoeia, passages, personification, précises, publications, reflections, repetitions, résumés, reviews, rhythm, rhymes, similes, stanzas, stories,...

Akemi’s desire for independence and aversion to marriage are unusual in her small village. A gift for drawing allows her to move to a rooming house in Tokyo where she studies medical illustration, finding satisfaction in the precision and purpose of her work. Sayako is the first roommate to pay Akemi attention, and they quickly become inseparable—Sayako drawn to Akemi’s humble origins, so distinct from her own insufferable, wealthy family; Akemi attracted to Sayako’s rebelliousness and her aspiration to be a painter.

Cammie is a healthy little girl who lives with her mother, father, little sister Prissy, and her grandmother. Cammie thinks there is something wrong with her because she hates her mother and yet loves her too. She feels lonely and scared many times. Her daddy works nights and she doesn’t feel safe with her mother. When Daddy has an accident and has to stay home to recuperate, things take an unusual turn. He becomes involved in his little girls’ lives and realizes that his wife isn’t the person he thought she was.

Vom St. Petersburg der Zarenzeit über das Deutschland des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis in ein Norwegen der nahen Zukunft erzählt Maja Lunde von drei Familien, dem Schicksal einer seltenen Pferderasse und vom Kampf gegen das Aussterben der Arten. Wie verändert sich das Ganze, wenn ein Teil verschwindet? Ein bewegender, großer Roman über Freiheit und Verantwortung, die große Gemeinschaft der Lebewesen und die alles entscheidende Frage: Reicht ein Menschenleben, um die Welt für alle zu verändern?

Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important. It is also the great leveler. Because no matter whether you are a playful kitten or a sedentary senior, a scrawny alley Tom or a sleek-coated uptown girl, whatever your circumstances, you just want to be happy. Not the kind of happy that comes and goes like a can of flaked tuna but an enduring happiness. The deep-down happiness that makes you purr from the heart.

Jeff has always loved Georgianne, ever since they were kids—with a love so strong, so obsessive, it sometimes drives him to do crazy things. Scary things. Like stalking Georgianne and everyone she loves, including her caring husband and her innocent teenage daughter.

The winter doldrums are just settling over Acorn Hill when a movie crew comes to scout out locations for an upcoming film. The director wants Grace Chapel to be the setting for a pivotal scene, and the town itself is a perfect backdrop for the film. While some residents are thrilled about the income the shoot will bring, and some want to star in the picture, others are less certain that the disruption will be welcome, and a director with a nefarious reputation doesn't help.

Who was the real George Eliot? In Love with George Eliot is a glorious debut novel which tells the compelling story of England’s greatest woman novelist as you’ve never heard it before.

Featuring a preface by C. S. Lewis biographer and editor Walter Hooper, Richard Platt’s As One Devil to Another takes up where the legendary Narnia author’s Screwtape Letters left off. In this gripping work, senior devil Slashreap corresponds with his protégé Scardagger. As Satan’s underlings exchange dark musings, light is shed on human failings, the nature of evil, and God’s divine intent.