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Collected Stories

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:15:26 +0000

This substantial volume gathers the complete short stories of O. Henry, one of America’s most beloved masters of the form. Writing at the turn of the twentieth century, he became famous for his vivid portrayals of everyday life in New York City and the American South, as well as for his trademark twist endings. Within these pages, readers will find tales of shopgirls and swindlers, lovers and loners, clerks, cowboys, and dreamers—ordinary people caught in moments of irony, sacrifice, humor, and grace. Blending wit, sentiment, and sharp social observation, these stories explore themes of generosity, coincidence, fate, and the small surprises that shape human lives. A rewarding collection for admirers of classic American fiction and anyone who appreciates concise storytelling with heart and ingenuity.

Teen Angst? Naaah . . .

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:47:50 +0000

In Teen Angst! Naaah . . . Ned Vizzini offers an authentic and raw portrayal of the crushing anxiety many teens experience, and which often is dismissed as simple ‘angst’. In this classic testament to high school, Ned invites you into his world of school, parents, cool (and almost cool), music (the good and bad), friends, fame, camp, sex (sort of), Cancún (almost), prom, beer, video games, and more. With wit, irony, and honesty, Vizzini presents the weird, funny, and sometimes mortifying moments that made up his teen years. From the author of Broadway musical sensation Be More Chill and It’s Kind of a Funny Story, this is a quasi-autobiographical examination of one high schooler’s battle with social anxiety, written when the author was just nineteen.

Faceless Killers

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:30:28 +0000

The first in Henning Mankell’s acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, this novel introduces the brooding Swedish inspector as he investigates the brutal murder of an elderly farming couple in rural Skåne. When a dying word uttered by one of the victims points toward foreign involvement, the crime ignites simmering racial tensions and exposes deep anxieties within Swedish society. Mankell, one of Scandinavia’s most influential crime writers, combines a gripping police procedural with a thoughtful exploration of xenophobia, social change, and moral uncertainty. Stark, atmospheric, and psychologically astute, this is a compelling start to a series that helped define modern Nordic noir and will appeal to readers who appreciate character-driven mysteries with a strong sense of place.

I Am the Messenger

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:28:16 +0000

From the author of The Book Thief comes this darkly funny and ultimately uplifting thriller which proves that anyone can be extraordinary. Ed Kennedy is just your less-than-average Joe who is hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. But after he single-handedly manages to catch a bank robber, he receives a playing card in the mail: the Ace of Diamonds. This is the first message. Four more will follow. But before this particular card game can end, Ed will be changed forever . . . Will Audrey love the man he has become?

The Sun is Also a Star

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:51:57 +0000

The dazzling new novel from Nicola Yoon, the New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story. Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store-for both of us. The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?

Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:20:31 +0000

The Testament

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:48:46 +0000

The Testament by John Grisham follows Troy Phelan, an eccentric billionaire who, moments before leaping to his death from his office window, reveals a secret handwritten will leaving his $11 billion fortune to his unknown illegitimate daughter, Rachel Lane, a missionary living in isolation among an indigenous tribe in Brazil’s remote Pantanal wetlands. Tasked with finding her is Nate O’Riley, a troubled lawyer fresh from rehab, facing perilous jungle travel, his own personal demons, and Rachel’s firm rejection of worldly wealth in favor of her spiritual calling. As Phelan’s greedy family launches legal challenges to contest the will, the story weaves courtroom drama, adventure, and themes of redemption, greed, and faith, culminating in unexpected tragedy and resolution.

Chief Joseph Of The Nez Perce

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:16:49 +0000

Hearts grown brutal

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:47:03 +0000

“I have tried to treat the story of Yugoslavia, which lived for seventy-three years, as a human one,” Cohen writes in this masterly book, which, like Thomas L. Friedman’s From Beirut to Jerusalem and David Remnick’s Lenin’s Tomb, makes us eyewitnesses at the center of historic events. In the aftermath of the Cold War, the Bosnian conflict shattered the West’s confidence, reviving Europe’s darkest ghosts and exposing an America reluctant to confront or acknowledge an act of genocide on European soil. Through Cohen’s compelling reconstruction of the twentieth-century history that led up to the war, and his account of the war’s effect on everyday lives, we at last find the key to understanding Europe’s most explosive region and its peoples. “This was a war of intimate betrayals,” Cohen goes on to say, and in Hearts Grown Brutal, the betrayals begin in the family of a man named Sead. Through his search for his lost father, we relive the history of Yugoslavia, founded at the end of World War I with the encouragement of President Woodrow Wilson. Sead’s desperate quest is punctuated by the lies, half truths, and pain that mark other sagas of Yugoslavia. Through three more families—one Muslim-Serb, one Muslim, and one Serb-Croat—we experience the war in Bosnia as it breaks up marriages and sets relative against relative. The reality of the Balkans is illuminated, even as the hypocrisy of the international response to the war is exposed. Hearts Grown Brutal is a remarkable book, a testament to the loss of a multi-ethnic European state and a warning that the violence could return. It is a magnificent achievement that blends history and journalism into a profoundly moving human story.

Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s Learned

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:05:42 +0000

There is nothing gutsier to me than a person announcing that their story is one that deserves to be told, writes Lena Dunham, and it certainly takes guts to share the stories that make up her first book, Not That Kind of Girl. These are stories about getting your butt touched by your boss, about friendship and dieting (kind of) and having two existential crises before the age of 20. Stories about travel, both successful and less so, and about having the kind of sex where you feel like keeping your sneakers on in case you have to run away during the act. Stories about proving yourself to a room of 50-year-old men in Hollywood and showing up to an outlandishly high-fashion event with the crustiest red nose you ever saw. Fearless, smart, and as heartbreakingly honest as ever, Not That Kind of Girl establishes Lena Dunham as more than a hugely talented director, actress and producer-it announces her as a fresh and vibrant new literary voice.