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World-renowned pianist Gloria Banderas is at the height of her career when a curious ailment forces her to cancel a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall. The same day, she befriends one of the many free-spirited artists inhabiting the warren of apartments above the theater. With her career and marriage at a standstill, Gloria moves into an empty studio and convalesces among the poets, photographers, and dancers who eke out a living with total dedication to their art. As a return to her old routine beckons, Gloria must decide which parts of her life are worth fighting for.

At once fiercely immediate and complex in their implications, “The Shawl” and “Rosa” succeed in imagining the unimaginable: the horror of the Holocaust and the emptiness of its aftermath. They were written in 1977 but were first published in the early 1980s in The New Yorker. Both “The Shawl” and “Rosa” won first prize in the O. Henry Prize Stories and were chosen for Best American Short Stories.

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford return in Agatha Christie’s classic Postern of Fate, to investigate a deadly poisoning sixty years after the fact. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited...

In Agatha Christie’s classic, Three Act Tragedy, the normally unflappable Hercule Poirot faces his most baffling investigation: the seemingly motiveless murder of the thirteenth guest at dinner party, who choked to death on a cocktail containing not a trace of poison. Sir Charles Cartwright...

In the Agatha Christie classic Peril at End House, a young woman who has recently survived a series of very close calls appears to be the target of a dedicated killer—and it’s up to Hercule Poirot to save her life. On holiday on the Cornish Riviera, Hercule Poirot is alarmed to hear pretty...

Set during the dark days of World War II, Agatha Christie’s N or M? puts two most unlikely espionage agents, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, on the trail of a pair of Nazi spies who have murdered Britain’s top agent. World War II is raging, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at...

Rider without walls and bound by the trail inspired by the rich legacy of the black cowboy historical contribution.

Dans la splendeur enneigée de l’Angleterre de la Régence, un lord désabusé au passé scandaleux et une lady au cœur brisé, bien décidée à fuir l’amour, se retrouvent irrésistiblement attirés l’un par l’autre lors d’une rencontre fortuite. Lady Eleanor Winthrop a juré de ne jamais se marier après une rupture humiliante. Son indépendance farouche et son esprit acéré sont les boucliers qu’elle oppose à un monde qui l’a trahie. Lord Alexander Harrington, marquis de Rockingham, est un séducteur notoire, au charme aussi ravageur que sa réputation.

Heartbroken and alone, Lucy Patterson retreats to a crumbling Victorian house in Otley for Christmas. Behind the dusty shelves of its library she finds the impossible, a hidden passage that leads not to another room, but to December 1885.

Miss Kitty Bennet has a terrible, embarrassing secret...she is afraid of the dark. When the sister she shares a room with marries, Kitty must finally confront her fear, a confrontation she's losing. At least, until she gets a little help from some unlikely sources: her older sister Mary and the Christmas Unicorn.

Sins, Tragedies, and Other Things That Make Us Human is a collection of five thought-provoking short stories that blend historical fiction, dark humor, and contemporary drama.

The first and ultimate Steampulp novel, Khan Dynasty features an epic adventure spanning two centuries in time and linking the incredible lives of history's most popular Victorian Age adventurers of the 1800s with the greatest action heroes of the Pulp Era and an assortment of well-known, real-life figures.

When Unity returns to port early with a bountiful harvest of whale oil, Captain Septimus Brooks and his men think they’ve earned an extended time off of the raging waves. But Pittman Whaling and Shipping sees an opportunity for a double harvest. Before the men can even take to the sea again, though, Brooks becomes injured and is forced to put his son, Seth Brooks, in charge of the ship. He imparts the wisdom earned from decades on the water, then waves his son and crew off from shore. All seems well until Unity is hailed by the Rachel, its captain calling for help.

The first ever collection of short stories by Jaime Cortez, Gordo is set in a migrant workers camp near Watsonville, California in the 1970s. A young, probably gay, boy named Gordo puts on a wrestler’s mask and throws fists with a boy in the neighborhood, fighting his own tears as he tries...

My conversations with a cactus, a good old fashioned American West tale told through a first-person POV. It deals with the grim subjects of death, pain, and betrayal with a generous amount of humor.

This epic historical adventure, rich with Norse mythology and vivid seafaring detail, captures the unyielding spirit of exploration in a time when the world’s edge was just a sail away. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Vikings, The Viking Voyage is a saga of blood, bonds, and the birth of a legend.

In the blood-soaked chaos of the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648), Klaus Vogel, a Franconian pikeman, fights not for glory or faith, but for the survival of his wife, Anna, and son, Lukas. Thrust into the brutal world of mercenary life, Klaus wields his pike through ravaged villages, musket volleys, and the horrors of sieges like Magdeburg’s infamous sack. Each battle scars his body and soul, from the fog-shrouded fields of Lützen to the desperate defense of a refugee camp, as he grapples with the cost of survival and the vow to protect his family.

From the creator of Dalziel and Pascoe comes a fantastic collection of crime stories complete with a foreword by Mick Herron.

Fan favorites find their happy endings in this collection of Elven Alliance short stories and novellas!

These five compelling short stories from North of Nelson, Volume 2 will captivate even the most jaded listener with frankness and audacity. Moore holds nothing back, no subject is out of bounds, and no apologies are given as he exposes stories of incest, lust, love, and hate.