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The End of Mr. Y

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A cursed book sends a young woman on a philosophical journey through an alternate dimension in this "stylish and dizzying" novel by the author of PopCo ( The New York Times).Graduate student Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists—especially Thomas Lumas, the mysterious author of The End of Mr. Y, a book no one alive has read. When she uncovers a copy at a used bookstore, ... Read more

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A cursed book sends a young woman on a philosophical journey through an alternate dimension in this "stylish and dizzying" novel by the author of PopCo ( The New York Times).Graduate student Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists—especially Thomas Lumas, the mysterious author of The End of Mr. Y, a book no one alive has read. When she uncovers a copy at a used bookstore,
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Our Tragic Universe

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This "delightfully whimsical novel riffs on the premise that ordinary lives stubbornly resist the tidy order that a fiction narrative might impose on them" ( Publishers Weekly).Can a story save your life?Meg Carpenter is broke. Her novel is years overdue. Her cell phone is out of minutes. And her moody boyfriend's only contribution to the household is his sour attitude. So she jumps at the chance ... Read more

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This "delightfully whimsical novel riffs on the premise that ordinary lives stubbornly resist the tidy order that a fiction narrative might impose on them" ( Publishers Weekly).Can a story save your life?Meg Carpenter is broke. Her novel is years overdue. Her cell phone is out of minutes. And her moody boyfriend's only contribution to the household is his sour attitude. So she jumps at the chance
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The Runner

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From the acclaimed author of The End of Mr. Y comes a blend of dark humor, international crime, and romance in this literary thriller about a man fleeing a decades-old contract on his life—and the woman who may change everything.He’s running for his life. And he’s running out of time.Jay has been hunted since he was twenty years old. A contract on his life has been traded like a commodity, rising ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of The End of Mr. Y comes a blend of dark humor, international crime, and romance in this literary thriller about a man fleeing a decades-old contract on his life—and the woman who may change everything.He’s running for his life. And he’s running out of time.Jay has been hunted since he was twenty years old. A contract on his life has been traded like a commodity, rising
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The Sleepwalkers

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Patricia Highsmith meets The******White Lotus in this surprising and suspenseful literary thriller and modern gothic story following a couple running from both secretive pasts and very present dangers while honeymooning on a Greek island.“Fantastically gripping…this is fiction roaring on all cylinders.” —The Guardian**“A work of peculiar gonzo genius…Thomas takes a glamorous late-capitalis... ... Read more

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Patricia Highsmith meets The******White Lotus in this surprising and suspenseful literary thriller and modern gothic story following a couple running from both secretive pasts and very present dangers while honeymooning on a Greek island.“Fantastically gripping…this is fiction roaring on all cylinders.” —The Guardian**“A work of peculiar gonzo genius…Thomas takes a glamorous late-capitalis...
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Bright Young Things

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'Bright Young Things wanted for Big Project.'They're in the prime of their lives but our bright young things are all burnt out. Six sparky twenty-somethings just out of university and working dead-end jobs, they are all bored to tears with their lives and looking for a way out. When a mysterious job is advertised in the newspaper, they all apply.What they least expect is to find themselves ... Read more

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'Bright Young Things wanted for Big Project.'They're in the prime of their lives but our bright young things are all burnt out. Six sparky twenty-somethings just out of university and working dead-end jobs, they are all bored to tears with their lives and looking for a way out. When a mysterious job is advertised in the newspaper, they all apply.What they least expect is to find themselves
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41-Love

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A darkly funny sports memoir about a mid-life crisis, exercise addiction, tennis, and how to grow up when you really, really don't want toAt forty-one, Scarlett Thomas was a successful novelist and a senior academic. She’d quit smoking, gotten healthier, settled down in a lovely house with a wonderful partner. She’d had all the therapy. Then her beloved dog died. Her parents started to get sick ... Read more

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A darkly funny sports memoir about a mid-life crisis, exercise addiction, tennis, and how to grow up when you really, really don't want toAt forty-one, Scarlett Thomas was a successful novelist and a senior academic. She’d quit smoking, gotten healthier, settled down in a lovely house with a wonderful partner. She’d had all the therapy. Then her beloved dog died. Her parents started to get sick
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Dragon's Green

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**“This middle grade series starter is tailor-made for Harry Potter’s fans.” —Kirkus ReviewsFor fans of the Land of Stories and the Wings of Fire Series, this first enchanting adventure from acclaimed novelist Scarlett Thomas is set in a wondrous realm where magic most decidedly exists, a growing evil lurks, and a group of children is destined to save the world.**Effie Truelove believes in magic, ... Read more

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**“This middle grade series starter is tailor-made for Harry Potter’s fans.” —Kirkus ReviewsFor fans of the Land of Stories and the Wings of Fire Series, this first enchanting adventure from acclaimed novelist Scarlett Thomas is set in a wondrous realm where magic most decidedly exists, a growing evil lurks, and a group of children is destined to save the world.**Effie Truelove believes in magic,
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Galloglass

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Effie, Lexy, Wolf, Raven, and Max are faced with their most challenging adventure yet in the third installment of the magical Worldquake series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “tailor-made for Harry Potter’s fans.”Effie Truelove and her school friends Lexy, Wolf, Maximilian, and Raven must put their magical skills to the test. The Diberi, a corrupt organization intent on destroying the world, has ... Read more

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Effie, Lexy, Wolf, Raven, and Max are faced with their most challenging adventure yet in the third installment of the magical Worldquake series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “tailor-made for Harry Potter’s fans.”Effie Truelove and her school friends Lexy, Wolf, Maximilian, and Raven must put their magical skills to the test. The Diberi, a corrupt organization intent on destroying the world, has
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The Chosen Ones

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Series series Worldquake
Effie and her gifted friends—Raven, Maximillian, Lexy, and Wolf—embark on another adventure to save the world from the evil Diberi. The second book in the magical Worldquake series, that’s “tailor-made for Harry Potter’s fans” (Kirkus Reviews), will leave you utterly entranced.Effie Truelove has just been expelled from magic class and now she can’t even get back to the Otherworld—the place she ... Read more

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Effie and her gifted friends—Raven, Maximillian, Lexy, and Wolf—embark on another adventure to save the world from the evil Diberi. The second book in the magical Worldquake series, that’s “tailor-made for Harry Potter’s fans” (Kirkus Reviews), will leave you utterly entranced.Effie Truelove has just been expelled from magic class and now she can’t even get back to the Otherworld—the place she
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Writers on Walks: A BBC Radio 3 Collection

30 Reflections from Exploring on Foot

by Robert Macfarlane, Deborah Levy, Jenn Ashworth, Kamila Shamsie, Michael Donkor, Michèle Roberts, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Ross Raisin, Owen Sheers, Nicholas Shakespeare, Nat Segnit, Sophie Coulombeau, Christopher Hope, Scarlett Thomas, Erica Wagner, Nicola Barker, Ian Samson, Kirsty Gunn, Philip Hoare ...

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22 writers talk about their memorable excursions and the act of walking, and share their creative observationsIn these six series, taken from BBC Radio 3's The Essay, an array of novelists, poets, journalists and biographers chart the varied and inspiring walks they have taken around Britain and elsewhere. Here are treks taken at daybreak and after dark; in winter and in spring; in the footsteps ... Read more

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22 writers talk about their memorable excursions and the act of walking, and share their creative observationsIn these six series, taken from BBC Radio 3's The Essay, an array of novelists, poets, journalists and biographers chart the varied and inspiring walks they have taken around Britain and elsewhere. Here are treks taken at daybreak and after dark; in winter and in spring; in the footsteps
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The End Of Mr. Y

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Narrated by Kristin Atherton ...

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If you knew a book was cursed, would you read it?When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed.With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love, sex, ... Read more

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If you knew a book was cursed, would you read it?When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed.With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love, sex,
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The Runner

by Scarlett Thomas ...

Narrated by Maxim Reston ...

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8 hours 30 min

From the acclaimed author of The End of Mr. Y comes a blend of dark humor, international crime, and romance in this literary thriller about a man fleeing a decades-old contract on his life—and the woman who may change everything.He’s running for his life. And he’s running out of time.Jay has been hunted since he was twenty years old. A contract on his life has been traded like a commodity, rising ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author of The End of Mr. Y comes a blend of dark humor, international crime, and romance in this literary thriller about a man fleeing a decades-old contract on his life—and the woman who may change everything.He’s running for his life. And he’s running out of time.Jay has been hunted since he was twenty years old. A contract on his life has been traded like a commodity, rising
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