Fiction

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With and Without You by Lowry Pei With and Without You - Lowry Pei -

WITH AND WITHOUT YOU is about a young woman attaining that elusive thing in contemporary America called adulthood.
Within a story of loves, secrets and discoveries that go beyond her own horizon, we learn how her family came to be what it is.
Three main voices tell the story, woven...

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Scratch Monkey by Charles Stross Scratch Monkey - Charles Stross -

The novel is set in the distant future, when humans have spread through the galaxy, physically and virtually. We are not alone; we have created a race of AIs, the Superbrights, to administer and expand the virtual side of our presence in the Milky Way. Oshi Adjani works for a Superbright,...

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Bogamus the Troll by Nathan Jones Bogamus the Troll - Nathan Jones -

Bogamus the Troll is a charming story about a likeable troll for children aged 7 to 11.
Bogamus was having a bad day. The billy goats Gruff had buffeted him off his bridge. But a prang from a billy goat's horn was not the end for Bogamus, who found himself floating along the...

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A Time for Evron by Bryan Smillie A Time for Evron - Bryan Smillie -

'A Time for Evron' has won awards from the Canadian Children's Book Centre and the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario and has been included in the...

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When Women Were Warriors - Book I: The Warrior's Path by Catherine Wilson When Women Were Warriors - Book I: The Warrior's Path - Catherine Wilson -

In book I of the ‘When Women Were Warriors’ trilogy Tamras arrives in Lady Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior. Her small stature makes her an unlikely swordswoman and to make matters worse Lady Merin assigns her as the servant of a cantankerous...

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The Hero by Kenneth Crowe The Hero - Kenneth Crowe -

"He's making a hero out of a goddamn coward. The man’s a fraud. You’re not a hero when you’re operating on artificial courage.
Ryan Garrity, winner of two Silver Stars, lost an eye and his dream of an Army career on a battlefield in Korea while leading a selected band of...

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Magestic - Part 2 by Geoff Wolak Magestic - Part 2 - Geoff Wolak -

"With Big Paul driving, we headed north towards a seldom-used airfield. Little did I know at the time about how important this place would be in the years to come."
'Magestic' is the story of a time traveler sent back to London in 1984 to avert a global calamity due in 2025. To do so he...

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Zen Guys Go Euro by Joe Gotham Zen Guys Go Euro - Joe Gotham -

Zen Guys Go Euro is a picaresque adventure about an Irish Sikh and a South African air guitarist on an Interrail trip to stop a madman from killing rap star Mabus on his European Tour. Professor Zumiez believes the rapper is Nostradamus' 'Third Antichrist', after Napoleon and Hitler...

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Toast by Charles Stross Toast - Charles Stross -

The sheer speed with which change swept over the twentieth century, bearing us all towards some unseen crescendo, was unprecedented. But the pace of change isn't slackening. If anything, it's accelerating; the coming century is going to destroy futures even faster than the last one created them...

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Boo Hag by Brian Rickman Boo Hag - Brian Rickman -

October carries with it a chill that Benny Watt can't seem to shake. Ever since the Titanic sank, he's been burdened with thoughts of his own mortality. Money and women are plentiful for Mr. Watt but, at 34, he can't help but feel that his life is missing something important: a family. So, when...

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