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“matthias politycki”

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  • Next World Novella

    by Matthias Politycki ...
    Germany's master of wit and irony now for the first time in English.Hinrich takes his existence at face value. His wife, on the other hand, has always been more interested in the after-life. Or so it seemed. When she dies of a stroke, Hinrich goes through her papers, only to discover a totally different perspective on their marriage. Thus commences a dazzling intellectual game of shifting ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Contract with Consequences

    by Miranda Lee ...
    A woman finds the solution to her baby fever with help from a sexy former next-door neighbor in this romance by a USA Today –bestselling author.Last year, Scarlet King was a blushing bride-to-be, but now she's alone and more than anything she longs for a baby. This time, she's determined to prove she doesn't need a man!Successful, spine-tinglingly gorgeous John Mitchell has desired Scarlet for ... Read more

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  • Defying the Prince

    A Contemporary Royal Romance

    by Sarah Morgan ...
    Series series The Santina Crown
    It was a night filled with scandal, but pop princess Izzy Jackson really took the crown! Royal and VIP guests were reportedly horrified at the singer and reality-TV star's impromptu performance at her sister's royal engagement party.It was left to Prince Matteo, second in line to the throne, to whisk tipsy starlet Izzy offstage, into his limo and straight to his luxury palazzo…from which the pair ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Plan for Chaos

    Classic Science Fiction

    by John Wyndham ...
    In a city that could well be New York, a series of identical women are found dead in suspicious circumstances. Magazine photographer Johnny Farthing, who is reporting on the suspected murders, is chilled to discover that his fiancée looks identical to the victims too - and then she disappears. As his investigations spiral beyond his control, he finds himself at the heart of a sinister plot that ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination

    by Edogawa Rampo ...
    Translated by James B. Harris ...
    This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe.Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Nagasaki

    by Eric Faye ...
    Translated by Emily Boyce ...
    In a house on a suburban street in Nagasaki, meteorologist Shimura Kobo lives quietly on his own. Or so he believes.Food begins to go missing. Perturbed by this threat to his orderly life, Shimura sets up a webcam to monitor his home.But though eager to identify his intruder, is Shimura really prepared for what the camera will reveal?Based on real-life events, this prize-winning novel is a moving ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Writing Class

    by Stephanie Johnson ...
    This unique novel is both a compelling love story and an insightful writing manual. 'Writers take what we learn of human nature and, fuelled by our longings for other existences and other times, forge new identities that can be as real as she is, sitting with her dog on the weathered step of the old house, stories that move us to tears or laughter.' Merle Carbury, an author in her own right, also ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Chess Story

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    Translated by Alexander Starritt ...
    Series series Pushkin Press Classics
    **In Zweig's classic novella, an epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of Nazi persecution, madness, and obsession.“Perhaps the best chess story ever written.” —Economist**A Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the final work completed by the bestselling author of his day. Sent off to his publisher just days before his suicide in 1942, A Chess Story is also the only ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • The Hunting Gun

    by Yasushi Inoue ...
    Translated by Michael Emmerich ...
    Series series Pushkin Collection
    A tragedy in three letters: THE masterpiece of one of Japan's greatest writersThe Hunting Gun follows the consequences of a tragic love affair. Told from the viewpoints of three different women, this is a story of the psychological impact of illicit love. First viewed through the eyes of Shoko, who learns of the affair through reading her mother's diary, then through the eyes of Midori, who had ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Lily Hand

    And Other Stories

    by Ellis Peters ...
    Sixteen unforgettable stories from a "beguiling writer" and the Edgar Award–winning author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael ( The Daily Telegraph ).CWA Diamond Dagger Award–Winning AuthorExpanding her horizons far beyond the boundaries of crime fiction, Ellis Peters offers a broad range of short stories in this collection. Two friends, cruelly torn apart when their country is violently ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Letter from an Unknown Woman

    by Stefan Zweig ...
    A rich and well-known writer, returning home to Vienna from one of many holidays, finds a long letter from an unknown woman. As a teenager she had lived with her poor widowed mother in the same building and had fallen totally in love with both the opulent cultured lifestyle of her neighbour and the handsome charming man himself. This passion was not lessened by the flow of attractive women ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Storyteller and his Three Daughters

    by Lian Hearn ...
    From the author of the international best-selling Tales of the Otori comes a new story about the seduction and peril of stories themselves: the power they hold over their tellers and listeners, and the way they can shape both the past and the future. Japan in the late 19th century is redefining itself as it opens itself up to the world. The yose theatres are filling with foreign stories, from ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD