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The Book of Reykjavik

A City in Short Fiction

by Andri Snær Magnason, Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson, Friðgeir Einarsson, Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Þórarinn Eldjárn, Björn Halldórsson, Fríða Ísberg, Auður Jónsdóttir, Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir, Einar Már Guðmundsson ...

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Reluctant to observe a new family tradition, a boy finds himself stranded outside a graveyard on the night before Christmas...Three farming brothers, forced to relocate to the city by poor harvests, discover an unexpected demand for their green-fingered talents...Residents of a new apartment block are woken in the early hours by the eerie sound of a table saw that once operated on the building’s ... Read more

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Reluctant to observe a new family tradition, a boy finds himself stranded outside a graveyard on the night before Christmas...Three farming brothers, forced to relocate to the city by poor harvests, discover an unexpected demand for their green-fingered talents...Residents of a new apartment block are woken in the early hours by the eerie sound of a table saw that once operated on the building’s
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Wintering

The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

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**THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Katherine May opens up exactly what I and so many need to hear but haven't known how to name.” —Krista Tippett, On Being“Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is truly a beautiful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert"Proves that there is grace in letting go, stepping back and giving yourself time to repair in the dark...May is a clear-eyed ... Read more

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**THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Katherine May opens up exactly what I and so many need to hear but haven't known how to name.” —Krista Tippett, On Being“Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself. . . . This is truly a beautiful book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert"Proves that there is grace in letting go, stepping back and giving yourself time to repair in the dark...May is a clear-eyed
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Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness

funny, personal and meditative essays about happiness from a national treasure

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WHAT MAKES US HAPPY? BILL BAILEY PLAYS CRAZY GOLF AND HUGS TREES TO FIND OUT.'A warm, funny read, full of personal anecdotes and love letters to things that bring Bill Bailey pleasure' Sunday Mirror**'Very thoughtful and written in a delightfully humorous and accessible way... Guaranteed to make [you] smile' Daily ExpressIs there a knack to being happy? From paddle-boarding down the Thames in a Sa ... Read more

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WHAT MAKES US HAPPY? BILL BAILEY PLAYS CRAZY GOLF AND HUGS TREES TO FIND OUT.'A warm, funny read, full of personal anecdotes and love letters to things that bring Bill Bailey pleasure' Sunday Mirror**'Very thoughtful and written in a delightfully humorous and accessible way... Guaranteed to make [you] smile' Daily ExpressIs there a knack to being happy? From paddle-boarding down the Thames in a Sa
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The Bodysurfers: Penguin Special

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Haunted by the brutal murder of a local couple, David heads to his weekend shack with his new lover, Lydia, and his children from his recently crumbled marriage. Together they find escape, if only briefly, in the ocean and the bush.The Bodysurfers, the title story of Robert Drewe's classic first collection, is a vivid evocation of love, passion, terror and the beauty of the beach. ... Read more

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Haunted by the brutal murder of a local couple, David heads to his weekend shack with his new lover, Lydia, and his children from his recently crumbled marriage. Together they find escape, if only briefly, in the ocean and the bush.The Bodysurfers, the title story of Robert Drewe's classic first collection, is a vivid evocation of love, passion, terror and the beauty of the beach.
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Turtle Diary

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Two lonely Londoners bond over a plan to free the sea turtles at the city zoo in this touching novel from a cult-favorite author who has drawn comparisons to J.D. Salinger and Kurt Vonnegut.A wise and touching classic that “crackles with witty detail, mordant intelligence and self-deprecating irony,” from the author of Riddley Walker (Time)Life in a city can be atomizing, isolating. And it ... Read more

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Two lonely Londoners bond over a plan to free the sea turtles at the city zoo in this touching novel from a cult-favorite author who has drawn comparisons to J.D. Salinger and Kurt Vonnegut.A wise and touching classic that “crackles with witty detail, mordant intelligence and self-deprecating irony,” from the author of Riddley Walker (Time)Life in a city can be atomizing, isolating. And it
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Hunters in the Dark

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by Lawrence Osborne ...

From the novelist the New York Times compares to Paul Bowles, Evelyn Waugh and Ian McEwan, an evocative new work of literary suspenseAdrift in Cambodia and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher, 28-year-old Englishman Robert Grieve decides to go missing. As he crosses the border from Thailand, he tests the threshold of a new future.And on that first night, a small ... Read more

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From the novelist the New York Times compares to Paul Bowles, Evelyn Waugh and Ian McEwan, an evocative new work of literary suspenseAdrift in Cambodia and eager to side-step a life of quiet desperation as a small-town teacher, 28-year-old Englishman Robert Grieve decides to go missing. As he crosses the border from Thailand, he tests the threshold of a new future.And on that first night, a small
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At the Pond

Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies' Pond

by Jessica J. Lee, Amy Key, So Mayer, Sophie Mackintosh, Ava Wong Davies, Nina Mingya Powles, Deborah Moggach, Sharlene Teo, Leanne Shapton, Esther Freud, Margaret Drabble, Eli Goldstone, Nell Frizzell ...

Tucked away along a shady path towards the north-east edge of Hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only. This is the Kenwood Ladies' Bathing Pond.Floating in the Pond's silky waters, hidden by a canopy of trees, it's easy to forget that you are in the middle of London. On a hot day, thousands of swimmers from eight to eighty-plus can be found waiting to take a dip before sunbathing in the adjoining ... Read more

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Tucked away along a shady path towards the north-east edge of Hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only. This is the Kenwood Ladies' Bathing Pond.Floating in the Pond's silky waters, hidden by a canopy of trees, it's easy to forget that you are in the middle of London. On a hot day, thousands of swimmers from eight to eighty-plus can be found waiting to take a dip before sunbathing in the adjoining
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Spring

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“Spring features Knausgaard unbound, writing for the first time without a gimmick or the crutch of extravagant experimentation. . . . Fall in love with the world, he enjoins, stay sensitive to it, stay in it.” —The New York TimesThe third installment of Knausgaard’s quartet, Spring, is addressed directly to his newly born daughter. But in order to keep her safe, he must also tell his daughter the ... Read more

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“Spring features Knausgaard unbound, writing for the first time without a gimmick or the crutch of extravagant experimentation. . . . Fall in love with the world, he enjoins, stay sensitive to it, stay in it.” —The New York TimesThe third installment of Knausgaard’s quartet, Spring, is addressed directly to his newly born daughter. But in order to keep her safe, he must also tell his daughter the
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The Dark Blue Winter Overcoat and Other Stories from the North

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Discover 18 short stories from across Stockholm, the Faroe Islands, Denmark, and more in this epic Nordic short story anthology curated by one of Iceland’s most internationally renowned writers.This exquisite anthology collects the very best fiction from across the Nordic region. Travelling from cosmopolitan Stockholm to the remote Faroe Islands, and from Denmark to Greenland, this unique and ... Read more

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Discover 18 short stories from across Stockholm, the Faroe Islands, Denmark, and more in this epic Nordic short story anthology curated by one of Iceland’s most internationally renowned writers.This exquisite anthology collects the very best fiction from across the Nordic region. Travelling from cosmopolitan Stockholm to the remote Faroe Islands, and from Denmark to Greenland, this unique and
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Attrib. and Other Stories

by Eley Williams ...

"It's just the real inexplicable gorgeous brilliant thing this book. I love it in a way I usually reserve for people."--Max PorterA dazzling, prizewinning short story collection that showcases a bold new talentEley Williams has been a literary sensation ever since this collection of experimental short fiction was published in the UK. Lauded as "elegant" (The Guardian) and "exhilarating" (Vanity ... Read more

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DIY Dentistry

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Bunny suicider Andy Riley returns with his own (only mildly) sadistic take on the world of inventions. ... Read more

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** WINNER OF THE 2011 NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE**Gyrðir Elíasson’s stories take us out of ourselves. Situated on the lonely western shores of Iceland, or out in the vast mountain ranges or barren lava fields of this spectacular country, each one is a study in self-exile. We follow a Boston ornithologist, speeding through the landscape in a fourby-four, chasing Arctic Terns; a schoolboy ... Read more

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** WINNER OF THE 2011 NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE**Gyrðir Elíasson’s stories take us out of ourselves. Situated on the lonely western shores of Iceland, or out in the vast mountain ranges or barren lava fields of this spectacular country, each one is a study in self-exile. We follow a Boston ornithologist, speeding through the landscape in a fourby-four, chasing Arctic Terns; a schoolboy
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