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The Elegance of the Hedgehog

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog is a novel by the French novelist and philosophy teacher Muriel...

The Sickness

The Sickness

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The nature of sickness as experienced by two individuals -- one a doctor who is no stranger to...

How Do You Live

How Do You Live

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Imprisoned for 'socialist thinking' in 1931, Tokyo-born Genzaburo Yoshino was later commissioned,...

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...

How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone

How The Soldier Repairs The Gramophone

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Saša Stanišić was born in 1978 in the Bosnian town of Višegrad, and has been living in Germany...

The Square of Revenge

The Square of Revenge

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Pieter Aspe, who died earlier this year at the age of 68, began writing the popular Inspector Van...

Hunger House

Hunger House

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Prepare to be thoroughly spooked as you enter the world of Elsa and Fredrike. To escape yet...

The Secret Supper

The Secret Supper

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Mystery, intrigue, and dark surprises combine in this Renaissance thriller depicting a deadly game...

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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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