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In Liliana Colanzi’s singular collection of short stories, set in a Latin America at once real and otherworldly, human vice contaminates every second. Amid eerie near-future landscapes, in communities both ordinary and uncanny, and during the very real fallout of a nuclear disaster, Colanzi’s characters must contend with a poisoned legacy.

Alma Alt, the sheltered youngest daughter of an interfaith, interracial Jewish-Mexican couple, rarely ventures far from her home on a wealthy tree-lined street in Ottawa, where nothing ever happens. The one time she did, striking out to visit her older sister, Marnie, in Montreal, things ended in disaster as she found out that beautiful, blonde Marnie had been lying about their family’s background, trying to pass herself off as white. The unintended fallout from that betrayal leads to a devastating accident, one that claims Alma’s arm and someone’s life.

The second and concluding volume of Noël Coward's legendary autobiography includes Future Indefinite and the unfinished Past Unconditional. With his trademark wit, Coward delivers anecdotes about his travels in South America, Hollywood encounters with an array of contemporary stars and directors, and his later theatrical successes, including the Broadway triumph of Design For Living.

A moonshining hermit. A reluctant pilot. A $5 million plunder. Owen discovers a murdered corpse at a college-run archaeological dig in the Utah outback but when he and a Park Service pilot try to reach the sheriff for help, their plane is shot from the sky. Owen must ditch the aircraft in the Colorado River, where he is saved by a gin-brewing recluse named Relic.

More than forty million Americans claim Irish ancestry. This lively illustrated book, divided into parts exploring myths, legends, and folktales, explains for the U.S. audience the importance of storytelling in Irish culture in particular. In ancient Ireland, a good storyteller was so valued that he would be a member of the aos dána, the bards, and would be welcomed into every village because he came bearing tales.

From one of Spain’s most widely read and acclaimed authors, My Clavicle: And Other Massive Misalignments is a provocative and vulnerable semi-autobiographical novel rendering a memorable portrait of pain, health anxiety, and menopause.

Max Kitson is a world-renowned pianist, and his twin sister, Natasha, is his manager and minder. But when, in 1957, at age 20, the former prodigy begins making uncharacteristic mistakes, he abruptly cancels his latest world tour. Without consulting Natasha, Max arranges to stay in the home of an enigmatic French patron, never realizing that Henri has been his sister’s lover.

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The indelible final novel in the acclaimed Spanish writer's detective trilogy. “There is no one writing in English like this. . . . Powerful stuff.” —The Sunday Times (London) A father's worst nightmare: Melchor Marín's teenage daughter has disappeared...

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The riveting second novel in the acclaimed Spanish writer's detective trilogy. “There is no one writing in English like this. . . . Powerful stuff.” —The Sunday Times (London) The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed with a sex tape from her student...

Gilmer Mesa es el gran descubrimiento de la literatura colombiana de los últimos años. Tiene un estilo propio, una prosa desgarradora y rebelde que logra darle encanto a la tristeza, el abandono y la injusticia que son los espantos trágicos de los colombianos. Esta novela narra el germen doloroso de la identidad de nuestro país: los desaparecidos, los olvidados y el amor iracundo que los impulsa a sobrevivir.

The Death Ship tells the story of an American sailor, stateless and penniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an "illegal" job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction.

Set in Seoul in 2008, Tailbone follows the story of an unnamed teenage girl who, after years of struggling with her alcoholic father’s abuse, and what she sees as her mother’s cowardice, decides to run away. At a boarding house for single women, the narrator is pulled into the orbit of one of the other girls living there: an older girl named Juju, whose beauty and hardscrabble determination greatly impress the narrator.

When Matthew Pillai is found dead, slumped over the wheel of his BMW, the women of Willow Road are roped into the investigation of their friend’s death. At the center of the case are the Sharmas--Anita, a widow whose husband introduced Matthew to the neighborhood, and her boundary-pushing daughter, Leila, who called him Uncle. To Anita, who has been in freefall since her arrival in America as a young woman, Matthew’s presence offered hope, including a promise of betterment for Leila. The truth, however, is far stranger.

Para comemorar seu aniversário de quarenta e três anos, Tati decide organizar uma festa em seu apartamento, na rua Maranhão, em Higienópolis, bairro nobre de São Paulo. Durante a celebração, ela recebe uma mensagem preocupada de uma amiga contando que errou o endereço e foi parar em "um lugar medonho": o Largo do Maranhão, no Tatuapé, bairro onde Tati cresceu. O pavor da amiga desencadeia em Tati uma crise de pânico, o que a obriga a deixar a sala, os convidados e a certeza momentânea de seu pertencimento de classe...

Three years ago, after an undercover police operation went disastrously wrong, CID officer Joe Clayton lost his career and his family. Forced to adopt a new identity, he lives under the radar, taking whatever jobs he can find. Always looking over his shoulder, always hunted. Now living on the tiny south coast island of Terror's Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko, Joe works as a bodyguard to Nasenko's wife, Cassie, and her two children. But when a burning summer's day explodes into violence, and a murderous gang targets the ultra-exclusive community...

Una impresionante novela sobre el amor, la resiliencia y el sacrificio, protagonizada por mujeres de tres generaciones unidas por una vieja máquina de escribir Olivetti, del autor español bestseller Mario Escobar. Ana, de casi treinta años, regresa a España con su familia tras años de...

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Every family has its ghosts. For Timothy, they rise up when he becomes executor of his Mom’s estate, the one she insisted would be “easy and kinda fun to manage.” Arriving in Atherton, North Carolina, he learns that the gifts from the grave will not inspire last-minute love. Instead, the Last Will and Testament might fracture the family he has left.

This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family.

From the bravery of Australia's sailors to the great age of rail, the resilience of the truckers crossing the Nullarbor to the daring aviation pioneers who turned the skies into a new frontier, Great Australian Odysseys is a rich tapestry of adventure and ingenuity, with a good dose of Aussie laughs. Journey through tales of hardy truckers braving isolation, mechanical mishaps and political battles. Navigate the high seas with our first submariners' record-breaking journeys and daring rescues...