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"When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading "Go to Paris." But Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a childhood trauma, and her mother's negligent parenting style, have kept her strictly confined to her comfort zone, even in adulthood. When her boss encourages her to time off, Stella resigns herself to honor her mother's wishes, even if a spontaneous trip to Paris is the...
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The author of City of Refuge returns with a startling and powerful novel of race, violence, and identity set on the eve of the Civil War.
The year is 1855. Blackface minstrelsy is the most popular form of entertainment in a nation about to be torn apart by the battle over slavery. Henry Sims, a fugitive slave and a brilliant musician, has escaped to Philadelphia, where he earns money living by his wits and performing on the street.
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2024
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PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present—loaded with assassins and mad poets, RPGs and slasher films, pop bands and the perils of social media
“Your view of twentieth-century history will be enlarged and altered. . . . A Gravity’s Rainbow for another war, an unfinished war.” —Jonathan Lethem, author...
“Your view of twentieth-century history will be enlarged and altered. . . . A Gravity’s Rainbow for another war, an unfinished war.” —Jonathan Lethem, author...
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Two Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, and their dreams as the Civil Rights Movement sweeps the nation in Promise, a “magical, magnificent novel” (Marlon James) from “a startlingly fresh voice” (Jacqueline Woodson).
A KIRKUS REVIEWS AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The people of Salt Point could indeed...
A KIRKUS REVIEWS AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The people of Salt Point could indeed...
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013
The ten miraculously accomplished stories in Alice Munro's Friend of My Youth not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience.
"[Friend of My Youth is] a wonderful collection of stories, beautifully written and deeply felt."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
The ten miraculously accomplished stories in Alice Munro's Friend of My Youth not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience.
"[Friend of My Youth is] a wonderful collection of stories, beautifully written and deeply felt."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
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After buying Mars Hal Bailey was plunged into suspended animation for a century and a half, and when he awoke he was told the planet was worthless. But why then did oligarchs wish to buy it?
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms...
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Convinced of his own power, scientific wizard Richard Carr takes Muriel Clegg into outer space, ready to create new universes beyond the horizons of civilization! John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre,...
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Spacemen gave tiny, far-flung Callisto a wide berth. For it was the domain of the shrunken, ice-skinned brain who called himself "Zero."--intro.
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross,...
10) Technology Sucks
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Jack was a brilliant programmer and hacker, but he didn't play well with others. He drifted from one dead-end job to the next. Theirs was a world under siege, or soon would be. Their only chance for survival required someone with Jack's skills. Unfortunately, they lived in a different timeline than Jack. So they did the next best thing they could; they stole his mind. Now, stuck in a body that wasn't his, Jack was at a loss how a 21st century geek...
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A young man caught in an ever widening circle of time with no hope of escape, tells of his desperate journey. Classic pulp science fiction from the author of the Golden Amazon series! John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms...
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This stirring canine Robinsonade-cum-utopia with a trace of Animal Farm will evoke tears, laughter, horror-and a sense that turnabout is fair play when dogs rebel against the cruelties of humans. The Paul Di Filippo Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of science fiction and fantasy selected by acclaimed author and critic Paul Di Filippo.
13) The Others
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Between the atoms of apparent solids there are spaces as comparably vast as those between this world and the nearest galaxy. Nature has ordained it that the atoms of countless worlds fit exactly into the spaces which are left between, in a great interlocking process. And Onia, a mysterious girl from another plane of matter has been projected to Earth…
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear...
14) Space Trap
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When his fellow space-travelers revert to apes and his lovely fiancee vanishes, Ken Richmond grimly buckles on his ray gun and goes forth to break up an alarming conspiracy!
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including...
15) Project: Dreamer
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Tasked with protecting Earth and the Solar System, members of The Program live a strict code during their ten year tour of duty, including no relationships - especially not with other agents. But as Ben Vincent falls into an intricate web of twisted reality, he must struggle to sort out truth from illusion, and determine if the love of his life is legitimate - or an elaborate trap. [NOTE: THIS IS A NOVELLA LENGTH WORK OF FICTION]
16) Taste Taste
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Explorers, they found a new Earth-like planet and made planetfall. But why couldn't Jack remember what happened to his wife there?
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A Complete Novelette of Ticking Doom. The Tortured Beat of a Palpitating Heart Tolls the Tocsin of Disaster!
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis...
18) The Arbiter
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The thing was of metal-but it walked and thought like a man, and was a grim object of deadly peril and menace!
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis...
19) After the Atom
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Dr. Oswald Salsback believes that he holds in his grasp the vital genetic secret of preventing war for all time. But when an unexpected atomic blast hurls him into the future, he learns the bitter consequences of his discovery…
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but...
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When he saw the school teacher in the window, he had to have her. Not only would the robot be a great help for his son's lessons, but she could also help with the housework. He never dreamed what trouble his impulse buy would unleash... Classic science fiction by Robert F. Young!
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