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The Penguin Book of Russian Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Russian Short Stories

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"Twenty major [male] Russian writers are represented in this collection beginning with Pushkin,...

The Terracotta Dog

The Terracotta Dog

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In his second case, Montalbano discovers a secret grotto in a mountain cave where two young...

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

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From the writer of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. Yambo, a rare book dealer, has...

Temple Alley Summer

Temple Alley Summer

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New from Restless Books, this is a sweet and spooky tale from renowned Japanese children's author...

Charlie Chaplin’s Last Dance

Charlie Chaplin’s Last Dance

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After hearing this 2012 novel highly praised by a Sicilian YouTuber who describes it as one of the...

The Story of a New Name

The Story of a New Name

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The second novel in the acclaimed Neapolitan Novels series. The first installment is also...

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

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Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's magnificent family saga is populated by a memorable,...

The Prisoner of Heaven

The Prisoner of Heaven

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The third in Ruiz Zafon's Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, the first two installments being The...

The Midnight Palace

The Midnight Palace

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It's 1932, Ben and his friends are due to leave the orphanage which has been their home for...

The Angel’s Game

The Angel’s Game

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"The Angels's Game draws with relish on all the conventions beloved of Wilkie Collins and...

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Tokyo Express

Author: Seichō Matsumoto

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Sta

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Author: Pascal Mercier

Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that t

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I'm Not Scared

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One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny

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