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Paloma, a teenager gifted with a sixth sense about the sea creatures she loves and who spends her days exploring with her animal companions, has her happiness threatened when her brother discovers her
The only novella by this literary giant: A thrilling sea adventure that turns increasingly bizarre Entranced by the sea and eager for adventure, sixteen-year-old Arthur Gordon Pym stows away on the Gr
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An early short story collection by the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea explores the depths of family dysfunction, insanity and death and includes the stories of a couple being torn apart by
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In Kingsley Amis’s virtuoso foray into alternate history, it is 1976 but the modern world is a medieval relic, frozen in intellectual and spiritual time ever since Martin Luther was promoted to pope b
When Indian Princess Alexandrina—nickname “Mink”—is left penniless by the sudden death of her father, Queen Victoria grants her a grace-and-favor home in Hampton Court Palace. Though it’s rumored to b
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Chief Inspector Jensen is a policeman in an unnamed European country where the government has criminalized being drunk, where newspapers are designed for reassurance, and where the city centers have b
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When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a me
Georgia lies between Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. This small Caucasian country is used to playing a significant role in global geopoli
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“The gaudy, blabbing and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.” —Henry VI ? Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of the three-part c
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Now in paperback, the final, posthumous collection of poems by Deborah Digges: rich stories of family life, nature's bounty, love, and loss--the overflowing of a heart burdened by grief and moved by b
A provocative blend of personal memoir, new science, and philosophical treatise, this book presents a fresh model for healing by rethinking our relationships with one another, the natural world, our b
Dior is one of the most revered names in fashion, the archetype of the Parisian couture house. Famous for launching the “New Look,” Christian Dior’s landmark first collection that marked a sea change
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Unscrupulous bankers, abandoned homes, and a cold-blooded killer on the loose: Mags Rogers and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, digg up the dirt in the second scintillating novel in New York Times b
A gripping, beautifully told story of a young man’s coming-of-age at sea?When John Moynihan decided to ship out in the Merchant Marine during the summer of his junior year at Wesleyan University, his
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By New Yorker and Atlantic writer Carl Elliott, a readable and even funny account of the serious business of medicine.A tongue-in-cheek account of the changes that have transformed medicine into big b
An astonishing, ambitious and masterful new novel, with echoes of Birdsong, that reads at the pace of a thriller.On its way to the Galapagos Islands, a light aircraft crashes into the sea. Zoologist D
TRUST YOUR HEARTShiki, Ailee and Sakya are on a journey seeking a legendary weapon craftsman, but in order to reach him, they need a boat. When the only solution involves hunting down a terrifying sea
Alison Thompson, a filmmaker living in New York City, was enjoying Christmas with her boyfriend in 2004 when she saw the news reports online: a 9.3 magnitude earthquake had struck the sea near Indones
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A mysterious sea monster has been creating havoc in the ocean. Ships of all shapes and sizes, as well as humans, have been destroyed by this enigma! No corner of the Earth has been spared from its ter
