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A family of twentieth-century nobles trying to survive in a medieval castle observed by the castle janitor. Just below the castle, an atomic plant changing the course of little Bergland forever. Schweinstein Castle is never what it seems to be. Schweinstein Castle is the third multimedia novel of journalist and author Claudia Grechi Steiner. Ms. Steiner was born and raised in Brazil, but has been ... Read more

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A family of twentieth-century nobles trying to survive in a medieval castle observed by the castle janitor. Just below the castle, an atomic plant changing the course of little Bergland forever. Schweinstein Castle is never what it seems to be. Schweinstein Castle is the third multimedia novel of journalist and author Claudia Grechi Steiner. Ms. Steiner was born and raised in Brazil, but has been
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Seize the Day

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Seize the day. Be in the present. Grasp the hour, the moment, the instant. This is the dubious advice given by outlandish Dr. Tamkin—part psychologist, part stockbroker—to poor Tommy Wilhelm. Unemployed, at the whim of his ex-wife and two children, and hurt by his proud and callous father, Wilhelm is disgusted with himself, yet forever hopeful that his suffering is purposeful. When he decides to ... Read more

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Seize the day. Be in the present. Grasp the hour, the moment, the instant. This is the dubious advice given by outlandish Dr. Tamkin—part psychologist, part stockbroker—to poor Tommy Wilhelm. Unemployed, at the whim of his ex-wife and two children, and hurt by his proud and callous father, Wilhelm is disgusted with himself, yet forever hopeful that his suffering is purposeful. When he decides to
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**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMISTBy turns philosophical and darkly comic, an ex-smoker’s meditation on the nature and consequences of his nearly lifelong addiction.**Written with the passion of an obsessive, Nicotine addresses a lifelong addiction, from the thrill of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette. Reflecting on his experiences as a smoker from a young age, ... Read more

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Tripticks

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First published in 1972, Ann Quin's fourth and final novel was a radical break from the introspective style she had developed in Three and Passages: a declaration of independence from all expectations.Brashly experimental, ribald, and hilarious, Tripticks maps new territories for the novel – aspiring to a form of pop art via the drawings of the artist Carol Annand and anticipating the genre ... Read more

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Tranquility

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