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Time is a Fine White Lie

Postmodern Musings

by William Steffey ...

Narrated by Greg Chun, Andrew Weiss, Aaron Goodson, Abby Trott, Karen Strassman, Kathleen France, P.J. Ochlan, Ritesh Rajan, Todd Haberkorn ...

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An Australian shamaness traveling in the body of a Chicago bartender leads to a surreal rendezvous with a presumed-dead rock star. An OkCupid encounter turns into blissful madness when souls connect over a national tragedy. A bloody accident at a city bus stop gives way to an absurdly rewarding feast.This collection of seven short stories poses the question: What phenomena are occurring under our ... Read more

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An Australian shamaness traveling in the body of a Chicago bartender leads to a surreal rendezvous with a presumed-dead rock star. An OkCupid encounter turns into blissful madness when souls connect over a national tragedy. A bloody accident at a city bus stop gives way to an absurdly rewarding feast.This collection of seven short stories poses the question: What phenomena are occurring under our
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Transforming Loss into Beauty

Essays on Arabic Literature and Culture in Honor of Magda al-Nowaihi

Edited by Marlé Hammond, Dana Sajdi ...

The contributors to this wide-ranging work of scholarship and analysis include mentors, colleagues, friends, and students of the late Magda al-Nowaihi, an outstanding scholar of Middle East studies whose diverse interests and energy inspired numerous colleagues. The book's first part is devoted to Arabic elegy, the subject of an unfinished work by al-Nowaihi from which this volume takes its title. ... Read more

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The contributors to this wide-ranging work of scholarship and analysis include mentors, colleagues, friends, and students of the late Magda al-Nowaihi, an outstanding scholar of Middle East studies whose diverse interests and energy inspired numerous colleagues. The book's first part is devoted to Arabic elegy, the subject of an unfinished work by al-Nowaihi from which this volume takes its title.
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Abigail

by Magda Szabo ...

Translated by Len Rix ...

From the author of The Door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in WWII-era Hungary.Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó’s books in her native Hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go ... Read more

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From the author of The Door, a beloved coming-of-age tale set in WWII-era Hungary.Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó’s books in her native Hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go
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The Door

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Translated by Len Rix ...

Series series NYRB Classics
One of The New York Times Book Review's "10 Best Books of 2015"An NYRB Classics OriginalThe Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. Magda is a writer, educated, married to an academic, public-spirited, with an on-again-off-again relationship to Hungary’s Communist authorities. Emerence is a peasant, illiterate, impassive, abrupt, seemingly ageless. ... Read more

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One of The New York Times Book Review's "10 Best Books of 2015"An NYRB Classics OriginalThe Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. Magda is a writer, educated, married to an academic, public-spirited, with an on-again-off-again relationship to Hungary’s Communist authorities. Emerence is a peasant, illiterate, impassive, abrupt, seemingly ageless.
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Magda's New Man

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Magda is creating a new life for herself, one that is dark, sexy, and fulfilling. Already surrounded by boy toys, now she wants to expand her collection. But Magda’s latest project is proving to be a challenge. He’s full of assumptions about masculinity and sexuality that need to be broken. Discover, in great detail, how she convinces him to leave his old ways of thinking behind and accept new ... Read more

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Magda is creating a new life for herself, one that is dark, sexy, and fulfilling. Already surrounded by boy toys, now she wants to expand her collection. But Magda’s latest project is proving to be a challenge. He’s full of assumptions about masculinity and sexuality that need to be broken. Discover, in great detail, how she convinces him to leave his old ways of thinking behind and accept new
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The Fawn

Translated by Len Rix ...

by Magda Szabó ...

From the author of The Door and Abigail and for fans of Elena Ferrante and Clarice Lispector, a newly translated novel about a theater star who is forced to reckon with her painful and tragic past.In The Door, in Iza’s Ballad, and in Abigail, Magda Szabó describes the complex relationships between women of different ages and backgrounds with an astute and unsparing eye. Eszter, the narrator and ... Read more

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From the author of The Door and Abigail and for fans of Elena Ferrante and Clarice Lispector, a newly translated novel about a theater star who is forced to reckon with her painful and tragic past.In The Door, in Iza’s Ballad, and in Abigail, Magda Szabó describes the complex relationships between women of different ages and backgrounds with an astute and unsparing eye. Eszter, the narrator and
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Katalin Street

by Magda Szabo ...

Translated by Len Rix ...

**FINALIST FOR THE 2017 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZEFrom the author of The Door, selected as one of the New York Times "10 Best Books of 2015," this is a heartwrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II.**In prewar Budapest three families live side by side on gracious Katalin Street, their lives closely intertwined. A game is ... Read more

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**FINALIST FOR THE 2017 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZEFrom the author of The Door, selected as one of the New York Times "10 Best Books of 2015," this is a heartwrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II.**In prewar Budapest three families live side by side on gracious Katalin Street, their lives closely intertwined. A game is
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Understanding WordPress

by Tim Trott ...

WordPress powers more than 40 percent of the websites on the internet, and for good reason. It is free, flexible, and built to grow with you -- whether you are creating a personal blog, a business site, or a full online store. WordPress 7.x: A Practical Guide explains how to get a WordPress site built, launched, and running well, using plain language that assumes no technical background and no ... Read more

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WordPress powers more than 40 percent of the websites on the internet, and for good reason. It is free, flexible, and built to grow with you -- whether you are creating a personal blog, a business site, or a full online store. WordPress 7.x: A Practical Guide explains how to get a WordPress site built, launched, and running well, using plain language that assumes no technical background and no
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Iza's Ballad

by Magda Szabo ...

Translated by George Szirtes ...

From the author of The Door, selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2015An NYRB Classics OriginalLike Magda Szabó’s internationally acclaimed novel The Door, Iza’s Ballad is a striking story of the relationship between two women, in this case a mother and a daughter. Ettie, the mother, is old and from an older world than the rapidly modernizing Communist Hungary ... Read more

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From the author of The Door, selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2015An NYRB Classics OriginalLike Magda Szabó’s internationally acclaimed novel The Door, Iza’s Ballad is a striking story of the relationship between two women, in this case a mother and a daughter. Ettie, the mother, is old and from an older world than the rapidly modernizing Communist Hungary
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One Plus One Equals Three

A Masterclass in Creative Thinking

by Dave Trott ...

How do you make something out of nothing?Up your game with this masterclass in creative thinking. Combining Dave Trott's distinctive, almost Zen-like storytelling, humour and practical advice, One Plus One Equals Three is a collection of provocative anecdotes and thought experiments designed to light a fire under your own creative ambitions.From the First World War sailor who survived being sunk ... Read more

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How do you make something out of nothing?Up your game with this masterclass in creative thinking. Combining Dave Trott's distinctive, almost Zen-like storytelling, humour and practical advice, One Plus One Equals Three is a collection of provocative anecdotes and thought experiments designed to light a fire under your own creative ambitions.From the First World War sailor who survived being sunk
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Breachers: Trott and Mendlaw

by Linda Mooney ...

Series Book 5 - Breachers
Male Breachers are being murdered. More specifically, something’s exploding from the inside out. What on earth is happening? Is it murder? Or a birth, of sorts? And if it’s a type of grisly birth, who or what is being born? Furthermore, where are the babies?Olmsly Morrow calls in Clay Trott and Davida Mendlaw. Both are Breachers of the purest bloodlines, and he feels there’s no one better to solve ... Read more

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Male Breachers are being murdered. More specifically, something’s exploding from the inside out. What on earth is happening? Is it murder? Or a birth, of sorts? And if it’s a type of grisly birth, who or what is being born? Furthermore, where are the babies?Olmsly Morrow calls in Clay Trott and Davida Mendlaw. Both are Breachers of the purest bloodlines, and he feels there’s no one better to solve
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A Chef's Journey

Book 2

by Nicolas Wouters ...

Illustrated by Mathilde Van Gheluwe ...

Series Book 2 - Magda, Intergalactic Chef
Against all odds, Magda has reached the second stage of the Intergalactic Cooking Tournament.But her joy is short-lived: if she wants to win, she'll have to eliminate her friend and former teammate, Hector. Nevertheless, Magda is determined to go all the way—not for the glory, but to ensure that the all-powerful Nectar doesn't fall into the wrong hands. It won’t be easy: between the Imperium’s ... Read more

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Against all odds, Magda has reached the second stage of the Intergalactic Cooking Tournament.But her joy is short-lived: if she wants to win, she'll have to eliminate her friend and former teammate, Hector. Nevertheless, Magda is determined to go all the way—not for the glory, but to ensure that the all-powerful Nectar doesn't fall into the wrong hands. It won’t be easy: between the Imperium’s
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