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The Double

Author : Maria Takolander
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1921961945
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book The Double written by Maria Takolander and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist, Best Writing Award, Melbourne Prize for Literature, 2015 A brilliant collection of short stories by a new voice in Australian fiction. A student travels to Estonia to investigate his violent father's upbringing. A woman is possessed by visions of her brother's brutal death at a lake in Finland. A bride plumbs the depths of her loathing for her husband on a journey across Africa. A lonely boy is haunted by nightmares of a new classmate who has an affair with their teacher. Each of the stories in The Double is unnerving, and unforgettable. Ranging from rural Australia to Northern Europe and beyond, from the dark past of the Soviet era to a terrifying vision of the near future, this collection marks the arrival of a unique and bewitching talent. Maria Takolander is a senior lecturer in literature at Deakin University in Geelong. She is the author of a work of literary criticism and two poetry collections. Her poems have featured in annual best-of anthologies for the past seven years. This is her first book of fiction. 'Maria Takolander's stories are written in a bewitching minor key. Haunting and mysterious, this is a collection that you will want to savour, then read all over again.' Danielle Wood 'A captivating and slightly uncomfortable series of tales that are in turns frightening, amusing, haunting and reassuring...The settings alternate between the familiar scenes of rural Australia and the more unknown background of Northern Europe, but it is the characters that really shine in this collection...Takolander's stories are...undeniably powerful.' Australian Bookseller and Publisher 'Fiercely intelligent and idiosyncratic, sometimes shot through with black humour, sometimes pressing down on the reader with the full weight of human horror...Individually, Takolander's stories can be bleak. But collectively they are thrilling. Slender as this collection may be, it announces the arrival of a considerable talent.' Australian 'An intriguing collection of short stories, The Double comprises an unsettling journey into the lives of Takolander's peculiarly distant and troubled protagonists as they explore the dark recesses of the human condition.' Melbourne Review 'Incisive, economic, imbued with simple depth and glittering with hard truth, The Double is a literary force. Poetic in its brevity, the stories are none the less substantial, speaking of the nature of courage, the damage done by ignoring the past, and human beings' ability to torture themselves.' West Australian '[Maria Takolander's] stories seem like wordscapes that offer panoramic views without shunning fine, sometimes devastating, details. They reverberate with the passage of time, especially those stories that link Australia to northern Europe, to Stalinism...Takolander's prose has a quite gorgeous directness, a desert-like sparseness, even when - no, especially when - the topic is melancholy or fearsome.' Australian Book Review 'This debut short-story collection...is eerily beautiful and not for the faint of heart...It's the kind of book that will unnerve you and keep you up at night.' Readings 'An intriguing collection of short stories...The esoteric tales explore themes of passion, death, desire and redemption.' Sunday Life/Sun Herald 'shot through...brilliantly with humour and satire.' Otago Daily Times

A Prescription for Death

Author : Celina Grace
Publisher : Celina Grace
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Prescription for Death written by Celina Grace and published by Celina Grace. This book was released on with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Please note - this is a novella-length piece of fiction (about 20 thousand words)** “I had a surge of kinship the first time I saw the manor, perhaps because we’d both seen better days.” It is 1947. Asharton Manor, once one of the most beautiful stately homes in the West Country, is now a convalescent home for former soldiers. Escaping the devastation of post-war London is Vivian Holt, who moves to the nearby village and begins to volunteer as a nurse’s aide at the manor. Mourning the death of her soldier husband, Vivian finds solace in her new friendship with one of the older patients, Norman Winter, someone who has served his country in both world wars. Slowly, Vivian’s heart begins to heal, only to be torn apart when she arrives for work one day to be told that Norman is dead. It seems a straightforward death, but is it? Why did a particular photograph disappear from Norman’s possessions after his death? Who is the sinister figure who keeps following Vivian? Suspicion and doubts begin to grow and when another death occurs, Vivian begins to realise that the war may be over but the real battle is just beginning… A Prescription for Death is the second in the Asharton Manor Mysteries series: a four part series of novellas spanning the twentieth century. Each standalone story uses Asharton Manor as the backdrop to a devious and twisting crime mystery, from bestselling crime writer Celina Grace, author of The Kate Redman Mysteries.

All the Year Round

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book All the Year Round written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women Authors of Our Day in Their Homes

Author : Francis Whiting Halsey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Authors of Our Day in Their Homes written by Francis Whiting Halsey and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

And I'd Do It Again

Author : Aimée Crocker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784979848
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book And I'd Do It Again written by Aimée Crocker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the world at her feet and Californian railroad fortunes in her purse, Aimée had a tale or two to tell. Here, she boldly delivers her hilarious memoirs of escaping headhunters in Borneo, avoiding poisoning in Hong Kong and outwitting murder in Shanghai. Not remotely cowered by her skirmishes with sin, shame or vice, Aimée celebrates her quintet of unfortunate husbands including a Russian prince almost forty years her junior and King Kalakaua of Hawaii, emboldened by her forcefulness to hold sway over the faint of heart. Aimée was a woman of means, not always a lady and never what you might call 'proper'. In this laugh-out-loud story of her life, she recounts her adventures with flair, invincibility and unapologetic gusto.

Dark Road to Darjeeling

Author : Deanna Raybourn
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1460393953
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Dark Road to Darjeeling written by Deanna Raybourn and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the Victorian mystery and magic of Lady Julia Grey with New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn's fan-favorite historical series After eight idyllic months in the Mediterranean, Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband are ready to put their investigative talents to work once more. At the urging of Julia's eccentric family, they hurry to India to aid an old friend, the newly widowed Jane Cavendish. Living on the Cavendish tea plantation with the remnants of her husband's family, Jane is consumed with the impending birth of her child—and with discovering the truth about her husband's death. Was he murdered for his estate? And if he was, could Jane and her unborn child be next? Amid the lush foothills of the Himalayas, dark deeds are buried and malicious thoughts flourish. The Brisbanes uncover secrets and scandal, illicit affairs and twisted legacies. In this remote and exotic place, exploration is perilous and discovery, deadly. The danger is palpable and, if they are not careful, Julia and Nicholas will not live to celebrate their first anniversary. Previously published. Don’t miss the complete Lady Julia Grey mystery series by Deanna Raybourn! Book # 1: Silent in the Grave Book # 2: Silent in the Sanctuary Book # 3: Silent on the Moor Book # 3.5: Midsummer Night (novella) Book # 4: Dark Road to Darjeeling Book # 5: The Dark Enquiry Book # 5.5: Silent Night (novella) Book # 5.6: Twelfth Night (novella) Book # 5.7: Bonfire Night (novella)

The Woman in Cabin 10

Author : Ruth Ware
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501132946
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Woman in Cabin 10 written by Ruth Ware and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER * FROM THE AUTHOR OF IN A DARK, DARK WOOD Featured in TheSkimm * An Entertainment Weekly “Summer Must List” Pick * A New York Post “Summer Must-Read” Pick A gripping psychological thriller set at sea from an essential mystery writer in the tradition of Agatha Christie. In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for—and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong… With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10—one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.

The Case of The Endangered Witch

Author : H.B. Chapman
Publisher : H.B. Chapman Books
ISBN 13 : 0645386405
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book The Case of The Endangered Witch written by H.B. Chapman and published by H.B. Chapman Books. This book was released on 2021-12-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Friday night in the city of Melbourne, aspiring concert pianist Ella Wentworth mesmerizes an audience of eight hundred people. Yet she's distraught; she missed a note, and her perfectionism consumes her. Moments later, her hair turns arctic white, and her world descends into Disneyesque hallucinations where everyday objects appear to sparkle, levitate, and...flash mob. Ella is referred to Dr Kendra Hamilton, who specializes in treatment for “post-traumatic stress in cases of trauma-induced spontaneous hair depigmentation.” But with Dr Hamilton's tennis player grip and capacity to draw bolts of energy from the sky, Ella believes there's more to this psychiatrist's credentials than MD. What does this mental health professional mean by “you're a witch?” Unfortunately, everyone but Ella is frothing about her rare magic skills, and soon she becomes the target of nefarious beings. And all this magical hoo-ha unfolds behind the backs of her husband and daughter. Max is Ella's sweetheart whom she would never (normally) lie to. But any day now, she'll confess she's a witch. Right? Right? The Magic Investigations Society Archive is a genre-bending cozy mystery series filled with paranormal fantasy adventure.

The First Time I Saw You

Author : Emma Cooper
Publisher : Review
ISBN 13 : 1472265017
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book The First Time I Saw You written by Emma Cooper and published by Review. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully observed, tender and genuinely funny' Josie Silver 'Funny, original storytelling, an emotional rollercoaster packed with twists and turns that tugged at all my heartstrings' Holly Miller 'A profoundly affecting, beautifully written story packed with heart and hope' Miranda Dickinson Lost: Six-foot-two Irish man who answers to the name Samuel McLaughlin. Has weak shins and enjoys show tunes. If found, please return to Sophie Williams. Sophie Williams has the perfect career and it's all she needs to shut herself off from the rest of the world, and more importantly, the secrets of her past. Samuel McLaughlin is an open book. He lives for the present and life for him is his big Irish family and his friends. Against all expectation, Samuel breaks down the walls of Sophie's ordered world and they spend the perfect week together, but when Sophie discovers the terrible truth, she is forced to leave. But as Samuel begins searching for Sophie, a life-changing event alters how he sees life forever. And with each passing week, Sophie seems further and further from his reach. From the author of The Songs of Us (shortlisted for the RNA Contemporary Novel Award) comes a love story that will 'break your heart, but put it back together again' (Katie Fforde). Fans of Jojo Moyes and Lucy Dillon will love The First Time I Saw You by Emma Cooper. 'An evocative, warm and character-driven read that is truly memorable' Woman & Home 'A heartwarming, charming novel which had me falling in love and desperate to be part of their happy ending' Olivia Beirne 'A gorgeous heart-breaking rollercoaster of a love story that made me laugh and cry in equal measures' Fiona Harper 'Cooper creates characters that come alive with pathos and heart and humour' Magic Radio

The House Martin

Author : William Parker
Publisher : Eirini Press
ISBN 13 : 9780979998928
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (989 download)

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Download or read book The House Martin written by William Parker and published by Eirini Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben is learning to keep secrets. No one must know about his mother and her addiction to sherry. No one must know about the bedwetting that so bewilders him. And no one must ever know about the blue folder that he¿d stumbled across in Stuart England¿s car at the end of the previous term. Stuart England is the charismatic young master¿not long down from Oxford¿who makes life possible for Ben in the emotionally sterile environment of his prep school in Gloucestershire. This is the story of Ben¿s long struggle to be free of the demons that have chased him since childhood. Will he ever find the courage, like the house martins that fly high above the school, to accept life on life¿s terms?

The Devil's Queen

Author : Jeanne Kalogridis
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429984317
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Queen written by Jeanne Kalogridis and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisa and The Borgia Bride, comes a new novel that tells the passionate story of a queen who loved not wisely . . . but all too well. Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici is one of the most maligned monarchs in history. In her latest historical fiction, Jeanne Kalogridis tells Catherine's story—that of a tender young girl, destined to be a pawn in Machiavellian games. Born into one of Florence's most powerful families, Catherine was soon left a fabulously rich heiress by the early deaths of her parents. Violent conflict rent the city state and she found herself imprisoned and threatened by her family's enemies before finally being released and married off to the handsome Prince Henry of France. Overshadowed by her husband's mistress, the gorgeous, conniving Diane de Poitiers, and unable to bear children, Catherine resorted to the dark arts of sorcery to win Henry's love and enhance her fertility—for which she would pay a price. Against the lavish and decadent backdrop of the French court, and Catherine's blood-soaked visions of the future, Kalogridis reveals the great love and desire Catherine bore for her husband, Henry, and her stark determination to keep her sons on the throne.

Success Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Success Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Adultery Club

Author : Tess Stimson
Publisher : Bantam Discovery
ISBN 13 : 0307432599
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Adultery Club written by Tess Stimson and published by Bantam Discovery. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Lyon is the perfect husband—a handsome divorce attorney who dotes on his wife and family. Sara Kaplan is the perfect seductress—a vivacious young lawyer tired of being single. And Malinche Lyon is the perfect wife—a still-beautiful cookbook writer and mother to three darling daughters. Now, in this smart, wickedly sexy novel, Nick, Sara, and Malinche are all about to join…The Adultery Club Suddenly Nicholas—a man totally in love with his wife—is fantasizing about Sara. Sara is toying with Nick. And Malinche is facing temptations of her own. While appetites are whetted and sated from London to the English countryside, what began as instant animal attraction is spinning wildly out of control, turning lives upside down—and hearts inside out. And now one heretofore happily married man and two very different women are about to discover the difference between fulfilling your wildest desires—and getting your just deserts.

To Live Again

Author : Cam O’Keefe
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1649572646
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book To Live Again written by Cam O’Keefe and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Live Again: Arelia’s Story By: Cam O’Keefe In 1348, when 12- year old Arelia is suddenly left orphaned from the plague, she wanders alone and homeless toward the unknown place where she belongs. Carrying her father’s amulet and Psalter, Arelia holds on to her faith in God as she is forced to frequently endure savage attacks on her physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. Arelia encounters strangers, both friend and foe, and has a fleeting, yet forgotten, visit from an angel. When she reaches the land of her father’s birth, Arelia believes she finally found the place for her. But has she?

Jessica Bannister and the Family Secrets

Author : Janet Farell
Publisher : J-Novel Club
ISBN 13 : 1718323565
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Jessica Bannister and the Family Secrets written by Janet Farell and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There aren't many things more important to Jessica Bannister than chasing down her next scoop to splash across the front page of the newspaper she works for, but family is definitely one of them. After the death of her parents at the age of twelve, she has been extremely protective of her only living relative, Aunt Bell, who is as much her best friend and confidante as she is the woman who raised her, so when a run-in with a malevolent shadow being leaves her great-aunt feeling very weak, the ambitious young journalist is at pains to do everything she can for her. Luckily, this aligns with her editor-in-chief's plans, though she soon finds out that not all families are as open and honest with each other as her own, and dark secrets from the past can end up shredding the bonds between ancestors and descendants, fathers and sons, and partners and future in-laws. But when old friends and new acquaintances bring danger to her door, can her supernatural gifts keep her and her family safe?

Girl 43

Author : Maree Giles
Publisher : Hachette Australia
ISBN 13 : 0733633226
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Girl 43 written by Maree Giles and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful and shocking novel inspired by the author's time at the infamous Parramatta Girls' Home. The graffiti on the holding room wall says it all: 'Gunyah is hell on earth'. And Ellen's about to find out why. Ellen was never the daughter her mother wanted. Patent leather shoes and frilly dresses just weren't her thing and, at age fourteen, she's ready to leave school and find her own way. No one is going to stop her from going where she wants, doing what she wants, and hanging out with Robbie. Or so she thinks. But when the police turn up, Ellen is deemed to be in 'moral danger' and is sentenced to the Gunyah Training School for Girls. Suddenly, she's no longer Ellen, she's Girl 43, and she has to follow the rules, work hard and - most importantly - stay quiet. When it's discovered that she's pregnant, there's no respite from the staff. Told she isn't capable of bringing up a child, they twist the truth to make her cooperate. But however hard they try, they can't destroy the connection between a mother and her child . . . or can they? Drawn from experiences in Parramatta Girls' Home in the seventies, Girl 43 is a story that could have come straight from today's headlines about the shocking treatment of innocent children and teens by people in the very institutions that were supposed to protect them.

Tiananmen Square

Author : Lai Wen
Publisher : Swift Press
ISBN 13 : 1800753470
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Tiananmen Square written by Lai Wen and published by Swift Press. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An extraordinary book. Truly important' - William Boyd A stunning, deeply moving novel about growing up in Beijing in the 1970s and 80s and taking part in Tiananmen Square protests It is Beijing in the 1970s, and Lai lives with her parents, grandmother and younger brother in a small flat in a working-class area. Her grandmother is a formidable figure – no-nonsense and uncompromising, but loving towards her granddaughter – while her ageing beauty of a mother snipes at her father, a sunken figure who has taken refuge in his work. As she grows up, Lai comes to discern the realities of the country she lives is: an early encounter with the police haunts her for years; her father makes her see that his quietness is a reaction to experiences he has lived through; and an old bookseller subtly introduces her to ideas and novels that open her mind to different perspectives. But she also goes through what anyone goes through when young – the ebbs and flows of friendships; troubles and rewards at home and at school; and the first steps and missteps in love. A gifted student, she is eventually given a scholarship to study at the prestigious Peking University; while there she meets new friends, and starts to get involved in the student protests that have been gathering speed. It is the late 1980s, and change is in the air... A truly remarkable novel about coming to see the world as it is, Tiananmen Square is the story of one girl's life growing up in the China of the 1970s and 80s, as well as the story of the events in 1989 that give the novel its name: the hope and idealism of a generation of young students, their heroism and courage, and the price that some of them paid.