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When her gifted children are kidnapped Lilly Millbank, the new Mother Nature, turns her attention to who she can trust. A new member of staff is the unlikely catalyst in her decision to trust the King of the Autumn Elves, burying her misgivings about him and her mother's death, but time is running out and King Summer is scheming with King Winter.

Poetry exploring the complexity of grief and the author's struggle to process loss through consumption, of food, drugs, alcohol, pop culture, sex, and fashion.

A political testimony that breaks down the impact of Brexit and explores how the United Kingdom can build a stronger foundation without the presence and alliance of the European Union.

Lana Del Rey seemed to appear fully-formed with her melancholy viral hit 'Video Games' - but the story started long before. In this anatomy, F.A. Mannan considers everything that has gone into the equation: the music, poetry and films but also the places and experiences that allow the songs to communicate despite the media circus around them.

This short collection of poems considers that necessity and the obstacles in its way: exile, distance, haunting, identity, despair, killing... the list goes on.

Christmas 2021, Todd Swift was in ICU, close to death. His heart had failed. A selection of new and older poems, published as a fundraiser for Todd, who cannot currently work, or indeed, face anything much more stressful than an episode of Gardener's Question Time...

Ten chapters, chronicling Cliff's journey in music from getting kicked off "American Idol" to finding success with his hit song "Confident". It tells people how to start doing more passion projects while continuing to work their day job.

An Israeli student of archaeology takes charge of her first dig, to find the lives she digs up impinging on her own. Hammama Madmoni, a new Yemeni Jewish immigrant to Israel, gives birth to a daughter. The child disappears, and she is told the child died.

Stories and essays whose diverse characters struggle with loss, class disparities, and time.

An epic story straddling Russia and Alaska.

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Ghost Hunt is a poetry book of powerful truths in the aftermath of a sudden death. Laced with expressions of loss and an exploration of the spectrum of human emotions, this collection takes you on a jolting journey with a firm hand of keen insight and humour.

The four novellas find their inspiration in the sands and streets of Abu Dhabi, where author Raymond Beauchemin lived for four years, a time that overlapped with the building of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums and the opening of Sorbonne and NYU campuses, the convulsions of the Arab Spring and the eruption of civil war in Syria.

The story of a Glasgow detective investigating the death of his daughter in Washington D.C.

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Poetry. Fiction. California Interest. Translated from the Spanish by David Shook. This mystery novel in verse won Mexico's highest literary honor in 2009, the Xavier Villaurutia Prize. Here, it is translated by Bolaño's translator, Dylan Thomas Prize shortlisted poet David Shook. The novel centers around Mr. Gordon, who, after being let go from his job due to his unstable behaviour, experiences the unfolding of his spirit in an artificial Cali...

Ecotones, in the ecological sense, are places in which distinct natural environments and habitats meet and converge. Ecotones the book contains bits and fragments of a life and its death, of perception and blindness, durability and ephemera, poetry and prose, fiction, search engine text and samples from Internet cites-confetti-briefness drifting, zeros and ones in time's test-tube. The fragments converge and converse on the habitat of the page...

Literary Nonfiction. A frenzy of misbehavior and misjudgment currently threatens the American polity. Donald Trump is the center of the storm. His words, deeds and basic instincts are fundamentally at odds with America's long-held essential ideals. But Trump isn't the only problem. Many of his friends, and plenty of his foes, also consistently violate important norms and traditions while seeking short-term political victories. This bipartisan ...

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In Thoughts From The Oak, Audrey reflects on the challenges and unexpected joys in raising two children with serious health challenges. Although her story is unique in its details, Audrey's poems are universal in their voice to trauma and gut-twisting desire to emerge from the muck. You will read this book in one sitting and close the last page with tears in your eyes, both from concord to Audrey's stunning journey and optimism for the future ...