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For the first time in English, Osamu Dazai's hilariously comic and deeply moving prequel to No Longer Human
The Flowers of Buffoonery opens in a seaside sanitarium where Yozo Oba—the narrator of No Longer Human at a younger age—is being kept after a failed suicide attempt. While he is convalescing, his friends and family visit him, and other patients and nurses drift in and out of his room. Against this dispiriting
..."The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America."—The Nation
O. E. Rolvaag's classic novel of a family of Norwegian settlers in the Great Plains—a vivid and intimate portrait of the nineteenth-century immigrant experience and the exploration of America
Based in part on Ole Edvart Rølvaag's own recollections as well of those of his wife's
...3) Ragged Dick
"20.000 leguas de viaje submarino", la conocida novela de anticipación de Julio Verne (1828 – 1905) nos plantea, en la personalidad del Capitán Nemo, el tema de la violencia como respuesta a la injusticia y la crueldad de los hombres. Así Nemo, al mando del Nautilus (inimaginable submarino en 1868...) atormentado y desengañado de la raza humana, decide apartarse
...Lottie Wilkins and Rose Arbuthnot, two dissatisfied Englishwomen, discover an advertisement for a month-long rental of an Italian castle. Eager for...
It's 1923 and in a decade that promises excitement and liberation, Pearl Glenham and her father are invited to a mysterious country house party on the Dorset coast, by a total stranger.
Her father claims not to have any prior association with Highcliffe House, but upon arrival, it is apparent that he has a shared history with several of the guests, although he won't admit it. Belatedly discovering
...At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives...
They were a perfect and beautiful family—until a heartbreaking tragedy...
Experience the magic of Valentine Davies' 70-year-old classic Christmas story in picture book format for the first time—the perfect Christmas gift for kids this season!
For a little girl named Susan Walker, Christmas could be any other day. She doesn't believe in Santa Claus or magic or miracles of any kind. But when she meets Kris Kringle and tells him what Christmas gifts she most wishes for, Susan finds herself hoping
...Battered, but determined, Whitson Mariner leads his displaced rabbits into new dangers on a journey to their undiscovered home. Whitson the king, Lillie the queen, Prince Lander, and loyal Massie Burnson must rise from the wreckage of betrayal to rescue the cause once more. Treason broods. Monsters menace. Battle beckons. A community rises. My place beside you. My blood for yours. Till the Green Ember rises... Or the end of the world!
13) Medea: a novel
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