When in Rome
Ngaio Marsh
Murder, blackmail and drug-dealing on the Tiber combine in one of Ngaio Marsh’s liveliest and most evocative novels. When their guide disappears mysteriously in the depths of a Roman Basilica, the members of Mr Sebastian Mailer’s tour group seem strangely unperturbed. But when a body is discovered in an Etruscan sarcophagus, Superintendent Alleyn, in Rome incognito on the trail of an international drug racket, is very much concerned…
The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
Finest stories from around the world — most of them old favorites: "Sleeping Beauty," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Cinderella," "The Arabian Nights," 33 more. Includes original 138 black-and-white illustrations.
Olivia
Lori L. Otto
When devastating news brings an abrupt end to a romantic rendezvous, Livvy Holland struggles to accept the death of one of her closest mentors. Livvy’s artwork has always been an expression of her emotions, and avoiding the pain she feels from her recent loss makes painting seem impossible. Her inspiration gone, she devotes her attention to the future she’s planning with Jon Scott.
Dysfunctional Poetry 101 for Bedtime Reading
Phil Cross
The first volume of one hundred helter-skelter provocative short poems dealing with life and living at any age, any gender, any where, any time.A random arrangement of short poems touching on:charity and greed; crime and punishment; death and dying; earth and universe; fact and fiction; freedom and incarceration; gods and faith; good and evil; heaven and hell; human rights and tyranny; love and hate; parents and children; present and future; race and religion; sickness and health; sun and moon; truth and deceit; war and peace.
The Marionette's Chest and Other Stories
MG Leister
A collection of prose and poetry.Justin the farm boy has fulfilled the ancient prophecy and become the Golden Knight. Now, he faces his first test. All hope seems lost as the Golden Knight, Marsonee the archangel and Franco the thief struggle against the odds to defeat the dark forces of Flar. Princess Rainna Devon lies lifeless in the clutches of the evil sorcerer, Murlox. Flar and his army of fire soldiers have besieged the ancient city of Rone. A demon terrorizes the townspeople. The Book of Wisdom has disappeared.Can Justin master the powers of the Golden Knight in time to save his friends? Has the Keeper been destroyed? Who will be the new knights of the Holy Order?The epic conclusion unfolds as our heroes face the dark forces of Flar the fire lord in the ultimate battle between good and evil!The Golden Knight #3 is beautifully decorated with over 20 illustrations. Join the adventure today!
The Insufferable Gaucho
Roberto Bolaño
As Pankaj Mishra remarked in The Nation, one of the remarkable qualities of Bolano's short stories is that they can do the "work of a novel." The Insufferable Gaucho contains tales bent on returning to haunt you. Unpredictable and daring, highly controlled yet somehow haywire, a Bolano story might concern an elusive plagiarist or an elderly lawyer giving up city life for an improbable return to the family estate, now gone to wrack and ruin. Bolano's stories have been applauded as "bleakly luminous and perfectly calibrated" (Publishers Weekly) and"complex and provocative" (International Herald Tribune), and as Francine Prose said in The New York Times Book Review, "something extraordinarily beautiful and (at least to me) entirely new." Two fascinating essays are also included.
Eagle in the Snow: The Classic Bestseller
Wallace Breem
'Behind me I left my youth, my middle age, my wife and my happiness. I was a general now and I had only defeat or victory to look forward to. There was no middle way any longer, and I did not care.' In the year AD 406 Rome was on the defensive everywhere, and a single Roman legion stood desperate guard on the Empire's Rhine frontier. Maximus, the legion's commander, is urged to proclaim himself emperor, but he stands by his concept of duty and holds the frontier for longer than seems possible. Then chance plays a cruel trick...
The Incomparable Atuk
Mordecai Richler
Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight success. Eagerly adapting to a society steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk soon abandons the literary life in favour of more lucrative – and hazardous – schemes. Richler’s hilarious and devastating satire lampoons the self-deceptions of “the Canadian identity” and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream. From the Paperback edition.