From A Pilgrim's Progress to The Shack, books with a religious or spiritual theme. Uplifting and enlightening.
Religious & Spiritual Fiction Books
Gaia Ediciones Luna roja emplea los dones creativos sexuales y
Book SynopsisEncuadernación: Rústica con solapaColección: El taller de la hechiceraEl ciclo menstrual era para nuestras antepasadas una fuente de maravillosas energías creativas, espirituales, sexuales, emocionales, mentales y físicas. Se trataba de un don que impulsaba a la mujer a renovarse cada mes, a manifestar y crear el mundo que la rodeaba, a conectar profundamente con la tierra y su familia, así como a expresar su sabiduría e inspiración.Miranda Gray nos explica que cada mujer dispone de una naturaleza cíclica única, y nos guía para vivir de forma apasionada y creativa basándonos en nuestro ciclos personales, a la vez que explora la conciencia femenina encerrada en la sabiduría ancestral, la mitología y los cuentos tradicionales occidentales, sugiriendo ejercicios y métodos prácticos (incluido el Diagrama Lunar) que facilitan la exploración del profundo significado de ser una Mujer Cíclica.LUNA ROJA transformará tus ideas sobre ti misma, tu ciclo y tu vida.Luna Roja te ayuda
£12.00
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Dios vuelve en una Harley / God on a Harley
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Ediciones Noufront reo
Book SynopsisText in Spanish. Chronicling an imprisoned man's spiritual journey, this historical novel centres on theologian and Protestant pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was arrested by the German Reich for his involvement in an assassination attempt on Hitler. A story about death, love, isolation, and faith, this account is based on Bonhoeffer's letters from prison and his writings and documents his life behind bars, the interrogations, and his complicated spiritual conflicts.
£19.99
Edc Corona Borealis SL Cuentos de Magia y Misterio
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Obelisco Chaman, Sanador, Sabio
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Ediciones Obelisco S.L. Cuentos de Nasrudin Stories of Nasrudin
Book SynopsisNasrudín, el arquetípico personaje del idiota-sabio, nos seduce con su ingenio y aparente locura. Sus cuentos son admirados por varias tradiciones y su humor sutil y perspicaz cautiva a los lectores de todas las edades. Nasrudín es, sin duda, el héroe popular más internacional. En Italia se le conoce como Bertoldo, en la tradición árabe es Joha; en China, Afanti. En todo caso, es un personaje atemporal y cosmopolita. Su enorme adaptabilidad hace que en todos sus papeles, ya sea cortesano o mendigo, o médico, o tal vez juez, resulte muy cercano. Una cercanía que deja huella.
£11.41
Obelisco Lazos de Amor Eterno: La Fuerza del Vinculo Entre
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B de Bolsillo (Ediciones B) El jardinero fiel
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£12.67
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La catedral del mar / The Cathedral of the Sea
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£14.93
HarperCollins Publishers The Brothers of Auschwitz The USA Today
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘I am sitting here, stunned, after finishing this book. It was so incredibly harrowing, heartfelt and heartbreaking … I could never hope to give it the justice it truly deserves’ Netgalley reviewer ‘This book is so moving. It is harrowing and stunning, really well written and heartbreakingly raw. The author writes this book with such compassion’ Netgalley reviewer ‘I sat down and read this within a few hours, my wife is now reading it and it is bringing tears to her eyes’ Amazon reviewer ‘The story is so incredible and the author writes so beautifully that it is impossible to stay indifferent. I gave the book to my mom and she called me after she finished crying and telling me how much she loved it’ Amazon reviewer ‘It is a book we all must read, read in order to know … It is harsh, enthralling, earth-shattering, rattling – but we must. And nothing less’ Aliza Ziegler, Editor-in-Chief at Proza Books, Yedioth Ahronoth Publishing House ‘Great courage is needed to write as Adler does – without softening, without beautifying, without leaving any room to imagination’ Yehudith Rotem, Haaretz newspaper ‘This is a book we are not allowed not to read’ Leah Roditi, At Magazine
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Great Divorce
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Christmas for Katie
Book SynopsisWill a little Amish girl make a Christmas miracle?It isn''t easy to be Katie Weaver. Her sister-in-law Ella is about to have a baby, making Katie an aunt for the second time . . . and she''s only six and a half! Plus, her favorite librarian, Miss Donovan, seems sad. She won''t even fix up the rundown nativity in front of the library in time for Christmas. Then, an old woman is attacked outside the library, and, one by one, the nativity figures start to disappear!Luckily, there''s a new deputy in town, Connor Fields.He takes a real liking to Miss Donovan . . . and he promises to find the missing nativity pieces for Katie.Now, all Katie has to do is pray that Ella''s delivery goes well and that some kind of nativity is in place for Christmas Eve. Oh, and that Miss D. falls in love with Connor. Katie knows from watching her three brothers that it makes people real happy. And that would be a Christmas miracle indeed!
£7.47
HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Prayer for Owen Meany
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Reunion of Ghosts
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Reunion of Ghosts
Book SynopsisA NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST“The Alter sisters are mordant, wry, and crystalline in wit and vision; it is a tremendous pleasure to rocket through generations of their family histories with them.” —Lauren Groff, New York Timesbestselling author of Fates and Furies, The Monsters of Templeton, and ArcadiaIn the waning days of 1999, the last of the Alters—three damaged but wisecracking sisters who share an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side—decide it’s time to close the circle of the family curse by taking their own lives. But first, Lady, Vee, and Delph must explain the origins of that curse and how it has manifested throughout the preceding generations. Unspooling threads of history, personal memory, and family lore, they weave a mesmerizing account that stretches back a century to their great-grandfather, a brilliant scientist whose professional triumph be
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Remarkable Kindness
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Mystics of Mile End A Novel
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Rarely does one encounter a novel as full of charm and heart as Sigal Samuel's riveting The Mystics of Mile End...A novel that takes up enormous questions - about the very nature of existence - with both profound intelligence and galloping humor. Before you crack open this book, be forewarned: You will fall in love." -- -- Joanna Rakoff, My Salinger Year "A remarkable debut where varying perspectives on faith, family, and the search for meaning are explored by characters brought to life with a profound sense of empathy for what it means to be human." -- -- Simon Van Booy, author of Everything Beautiful Began After "An absorbing tale of one family's search for meaning, The Mystics of Mile End is a beautiful and at times heartbreaking read." -- - Anya Ulinich, author of Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel "This skillfully spun story forces us to look at life's toughest questions, while we marvel at its everyday beauty and heartbreak." -- - Lee Woodruff, author of In an Instant and Those We Love Most "The 'Mystics' in Sigal Samuel's charming and generous book may be found near the intersection of Nicole Krauss's The History of Love, Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake, and Mordecai Richler's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. This wonderfully self-assured debut explores the perils of faith and doubt." -- -- Adam Langer, Crossing California "Every character in this outstanding first novel is searching for a reason to exist...The need for human relationships and mysticism's relationship to life impel them forward...This heart-stopping narrative will keep readers glued until the very end." -- -- Library Journal Starred Review "A family is pulled to Jewish mysticism...in this expansive saga about faith, love, and loss...The minor characters, ever present in the background, shine as their stories conclude powerfully...A tale about the stories we let ourselves believe." -- -- Kirkus Review "An inventive debut novel, "The Mystics of Mile End" by Sigal Samuel (Morrow) is set in the Montreal Jewish neighborhood of Mile End, with questions of faith, religion and identity swirling about, as each member of a family dabbles in the Kabbalah." -- -- The Jewish Week "With a refreshing new voice that has a dash of Anne Tyler and a sprinkling of Sholem Aleichem, Samuel explores the search for enlightenment in her standout debut...the author shows with heart and insight that what we seek is often right in front of us." -- Publishers Weekly "Using a geometry of her own...Samuel draws a nigh-perfect circle in The Mystics of Mile End...that nourishes both the heart and mind. Samuel's frugality in introducing characters and motifs results in a tightly focused and elegantly served novel that is something of a feast to read." -- -- Los Angeles Review of Books "What's most striking is [Samuel's] ability to confidently imbue a story about a family struggling with contemporary issues with insight and humanity gleaned from age-old mystical texts." -- - Jewish Book World "Samuel crafts an unforgettable narrative in which her characters fight to save each other from themselves and the unknown. THE MYSTICS OF MILE END will leave readers felling nourished with insight, emotion, and a healthy dose of Yiddish." -- -- Bust "Absolutely brilliant! An engaging story about sorrow, secrets and mystic knowledge!" -- -- Fresh Fiction
£12.42
HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Wish on Gardenia Street
Book SynopsisBestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray continues her Amish Brides of Pinecraft series with a special addition—a tale of wishing and wanting...and what the heart really needsGood things may come to those who wait, but Mattie Miller is confident that great things come to those who go after what they want…and Mattie wants Danny Brenneman. Danny is the reason she's returned to the sunny Amish community of Pinecraft, Florida—well, that and to see her best friend Leona get married.Mattie's met Danny only once before but she knows the spark between them is sure to lead to something special. Despite a missing cat, wedding day chaos, and Danny himself, she's confident this vacation can only end one way: in an engagement of her very own!
£7.45
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Between You and Me
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs delivers a riveting story that challenges our deepest-held beliefs...Caught between two worlds, Caleb Stoltz is bound by a deathbed promise to raise his orphaned niece and nephew in Middle Grove, where life revolves around family, farm, faith—and long-held suspicions about outsiders. When disaster strikes, Caleb is thrust into an urban environment of high-tech medicine and the relentless rush of modern life.Dr. Reese Powell is poised to join the medical dynasty of her wealthy, successful parents. Bold, assertive, and quick-thinking, she lives for the addictive rush of saving lives. When a shocking accident brings Caleb Stoltz into her life, Reese is forced to deal with a situation that challenges everything she thinks she knows—and ultimately emboldens her to question her most powerful beliefs.Then one impulsive act brings about a clash of cultures in
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Between You and Me
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs delivers a riveting story that challenges our deepest-held beliefs...Caught between two worlds, Caleb Stoltz is bound by a deathbed promise to raise his orphaned niece and nephew in Middle Grove, where life revolves around family, farm, faith—and long-held suspicions about outsiders. When disaster strikes, Caleb is thrust into an urban environment of high-tech medicine and the relentless rush of modern life.Dr. Reese Powell is poised to join the medical dynasty of her wealthy, successful parents. Bold, assertive, and quick-thinking, she lives for the addictive rush of saving lives. When a shocking accident brings Caleb Stoltz into her life, Reese is forced to deal with a situation that challenges everything she thinks she knows—and ultimately emboldens her to question her most powerful beliefs.Then one impulsive act brings about a clash of cultures in
£14.44
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Bloodprint
Book SynopsisThe Bloodprint is extraordinary. The book is wonderfully written; its poetic prose and mix of history, faith, and adventure reminiscent of a post-apocalyptic Odyssey...this time with a pair of women warriors at the helm.'''' —S.A. Chakraborty, author of The City of BrassThe author of the acclaimed mystery The Unquiet Dead delivers her first fantasy novel—the opening installment in a thrilling quartet—a tale of religion, oppression, and political intrigue that radiates with heroism, wonder, and hope.A dark power called the Talisman, born of ignorance and persecution, has risen in the land. Led by a man known only as the One-Eyed Preacher, it is a cruel and terrifying movement bent on world domination—a superstitious patriarchy that suppresses knowledge and subjugates women. And it is growing. But there are those who fight the Talisman’s spread, including the Companions of H
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Bladebone
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Tenth Muse
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc His Guilt
Book SynopsisNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray delivers the next novel in her Amish of Hart County series—a suspenseful tale of an Amish man who will risk all to protect the woman he loves.Mark Fisher has returned home to Hart County, determined to put the past behind him. Two years ago, after being wrongly accused of assault, he left the Amish community, though never forgot his home. When the one person who had helped him through his rough times asks for help, Mark returns. But it is pretty Waneta Cain who makes him want to stay...Neeta is one of the few people in Hart County who doesn’t believe Mark is guilty of hurting anyone. However, his worldliness and tough exterior do make her uneasy. As she begins to see the real man behind all the gossip and prejudice, she wonders if he is the man for her. Just when Mark starts to believe a new life is possible, a close friend of Neeta’s is attacked.
£20.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc His Risk Amish of Hart County The Amish of Hart
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Tattooist of Auschwitz
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Forest Dark
Book SynopsisNational Bestseller • A New York Times Notable BookNamed Best Book of the Year by Esquire, Times Literary Supplement, Elle Magazine, LitHub, Publishers Weekly, Financial Times, Guardian, Refinery29, PopSugar, and Globe and MailA brilliant novel. I am full of admiration. —Philip RothOne of America’s most important novelists (New York Times), the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The History of Love, conjures an achingly beautiful and breathtakingly original novel about personal transformation that interweaves the stories of two disparate individuals—an older lawyer and a young novelist—whose transcendental search leads them to the same Israeli desert.Jules Epstein, a man whose drive, avidity, and outsized personality have, for sixty-eight years, been a force to be reckoned with, is undergoing a metamorphosis. In the wake of his parents’ deaths, his divorce from his wife of more than thirty years, and his retirement from the New York legal firm where he was a partner, he’s felt an irresistible need to give away his possessions, alarming his children and perplexing the executor of his estate. With the last of his wealth, he travels to Israel, with a nebulous plan to do something to honor his parents. In Tel Aviv, he is sidetracked by a charismatic American rabbi planning a reunion for the descendants of King David who insists that Epstein is part of that storied dynastic line. He also meets the rabbi’s beautiful daughter who convinces Epstein to become involved in her own project—a film about the life of David being shot in the desert—with life-changing consequences.But Epstein isn’t the only seeker embarking on a metaphysical journey that dissolves his sense of self, place, and history. Leaving her family in Brooklyn, a young, well-known novelist arrives at the Tel Aviv Hilton where she has stayed every year since birth. Troubled by writer’s block and a failing marriage, she hopes that the hotel can unlock a dimension of reality—and her own perception of life—that has been closed off to her. But when she meets a retired literature professor who proposes a project she can’t turn down, she’s drawn into a mystery that alters her life in ways she could never have imagined.Bursting with life and humor, Forest Dark is a profound, mesmerizing novel of metamorphosis and self-realization—of looking beyond all that is visible towards the infinite.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc In Another Time
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Nesting Dolls
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The Nesting Dolls is a vividly rendered, sweeping historical novel. Alina Adams deftly portrays three generations of women, beautifully weaving their coming of age stories about love, sacrifice, family, and ultimately survival. I absolutely devoured this compulsively readable gem of a novel.” — Jillan Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of The Lost Letter and In Another Time “A moving saga of three generations of women determined to triumph over the forces of history no matter the cost. The Nesting Dolls is memorable story of courage that is both inspiring and bittersweet.” — David R. Gillham, New York Times bestselling author of City of Women and Annelies “Adams’s finely detailed historical romance . . . follows five generations of headstrong, passionate Jewish women. . . . The author’s wry Soviet-Jewish humor enlivens the well-developed characters, who make fatal mistakes as well as selfless sacrifices. This is a satisfying, life-affirming saga.” — Publishers Weekly "Mesmerizing . . . Adams’ sweeping tale offers captivating explorations of her characters and their complexities, particularly when it comes to their struggles between the pull of the heart and the realities in which they live." — Booklist “A fascinating multigeneration tale . . . Adams combines rich historical detail with an engrossing narrative.” — World Magazine “Utterly rich and satisfying. The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams takes us on the complicated path through the fascinating history of Communist Russia and Russian immigration to the United States in that rarest of literary treats: a multi-generational saga in which each character feels true, each turn of circumstances rings both surprising and inevitable, and the final page leaves you wanting to turn back to the first and read it again.” — Meg Waite Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Train to London
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Song of the Jade Lily
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Wolf and the Woodsman
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Wolf and the Woodsman
Book SynopsisIn the vein of Naomi Novik?s New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden?s national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut? inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology?follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant.In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline?her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king?s blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered. But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he?s no ordinary Woodsman?he?s the disgraced prince, Gáspár Bárány, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gáspár fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gáspár understands what it?s like to be an outcast, and he and Évike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother. As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as Évike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gáspár need to decide whose side they?re on, and what they?re willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Book SynopsisIn this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie’s heavenly reunion with Annie—the little girl he saved on earth—in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect.Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom’s beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie’s journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie’s story.The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie’s life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness. As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey—and an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she could not have fathomed.Poignant and beautiful, filled with unexpected twists, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven reminds us that not only does every life matter, but that every ending is also a beginning—we only need to open our eyes to see it.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc City of a Thousand Gates
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE JANET HEIGINGER KAFKA PRIZE FOR FICTION“The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank. . . . The characters’ interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book''s denouement.” —Entertainment Weekly“Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the sentence and tension level rise to meet her ambition. She keeps us constantly on edge. . . . City of a Thousand Gates makes a convincing case for a literature of multiplicity, polyphonic and clamorous, abuzz with challenges and contradictions, with no clear answers but a promise to stay alert to the world, in all its peril and vitality.” —Washington PostBrave and bold, this gorgeously written novel introduces a large cast of characters from various backgrounds in a setting where violence is routine and where survival is defined by boundaries, walls, and checkpoints that force people to live and love within and across them.Hamid, a college student, has entered Israeli territory illegally for work. Rushing past soldiers, he bumps into Vera, a German journalist headed to Jerusalem to cover the story of Salem, a Palestinian boy beaten into a coma by a group of revenge-seeking Israeli teenagers. On her way to the hospital, Vera runs in front of a car that barely avoids hitting her. The driver is Ido, a new father traveling with his American wife and their baby. Ido is distracted by thoughts of a young Jewish girl murdered by a terrorist who infiltrated her settlement. Ori, a nineteen-year-old soldier from a nearby settlement, is guarding the checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem through which Samar—Hamid’s professor—must pass. These multiple strands open this magnificent and haunting novel of present-day Israel and Palestine, following each of these diverse characters as they try to protect what they love. Their interwoven stories reveal complicated, painful truths about life in this conflicted land steeped in hope, love, hatred, terror, and blood on both sides.City of a Thousand Gates brilliantly evokes the universal drives that motivate these individuals to think and act as they do—desires for security, for freedom, for dignity, for the future of one’s children, for land that each of us, no matter who or where we are, recognize and share.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Vixen A Novel
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A rollicking trickster of a novel, wondrously funny and wickedly addictive.” — Maria Semple, New York Times bestselling author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette “Can a novel be wildly intelligent, deeply compassionate, politically astute and utterly absorbing? In her dazzling new novel Francine Prose accomplishes all of this, and more, as she explores the fate of the Rosenbergs and the travails of an editorial assistant new to both publishing and love. The Vixen is irresistible.” — Margot Livesey, author of The Boy in the Field “In an enthralling new novel, Francine Prose, a maestro storyteller, interrogates the murky symbiotic relationship between history and individuals: Is it the senselessness of history that undermines and rewrites each person's life story, or, is it a collection of cruelties from individuals that change the course of history? Equally suspenseful and philosophical, The Vixen is both a page tuner set in an era of espionage, conspiracy and mistrust, and an exploration of one of the sustaining factors of civilization that also has to sustain perennial attack from politics and history: human decency.” — Yiyun Li, author of Must I Go “Prose is a powerhouse. The Vixen will fascinate and complicate the histories that haunt our present moments. Like Coney Island’s Cyclone, this story tumbles and tangles a reader’s grip of reality. It’s told with the heart, humor and daring of a true artist. Prose’s Vixen is a triumph and a trip through the solid magic that books make real.” — Samantha Hunt, author of Mr. Splitfoot “Only a writer as deft and ingenious as Francine Prose could tell us the story of the American present, slantwise, through the McCarthy past. A bright Coney Island Jew tries to rise in the gin-soaked world of WASP publishing, where his job is to mash the tragedy of the Rosenberg executions into pulp. I relished every page of this hilarious, cunning and utterly engrossing novel, and came away with a startling recognition of the place we now call home.” — Danzy Senna, author of Caucasia and New People "Combining elements of mystery and romance, Prose’s novel is a sly indictment of Cold War paranoia." — The New Yorker “No one states problems more correctly, more astutely, more amusingly and more uncomfortably than Francine Prose . . . Her insights, the subtle ones and the two-by-fours, make me shake my head in despair, in surprise, in heartfelt agreement. The gift of her work to a reader is to create for us what she creates for her protagonist: the subtle unfolding, the moment-by-moment process of discovery as we read and change, from not knowing and even not wanting to know or care, to seeing what we had not seen and finding our way to the light of the ending.” — New York Times Book Review “A pleasingly intricate plot that hinges, inevitably, on lies and betrayal, both personal and political. There are spies here, and traitors. But in the richly textured place and time that Ms. Prose portrays with her usual skill, there are few clear distinctions.” — Wall Street Journal "Prose holds up a mirror to a fractured culture in this dazzling take on America's tendency to persecute, then lionize, its most subversive figures. . . . This is Prose at the top of her game." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Depending on the light, it’s either a very funny serious story or a very serious funny story. But no matter how you turn it, The Vixen offers an illuminating reflection on the slippery nature of truth in America, then and now." — Washington Post “Prose is a master of language, and her captivating words are all the more striking in contrast to the novel’s intentional profanity. Good fiction entertains and asks questions, gesturing to truths beyond the novel itself. The Vixen does just that, with an extra note of fun.” — BookPage (starred review) “Like a fable, the story is animated by the tug-of-war between principle and personal ambition. Prose has crafted an inspired work of fiction that, while staying within a realistic framework, does for an invented New York publishing house what Ira Levin did for a certain Manhattan apartment building in Rosemary's Baby.” — Shelf Awareness "I know book people are wont to throw around the phrase “compulsively readable,” but in the case of Francine Prose’s The Vixen, I can’t help myself. I read it with compulsion . . . Come for the propulsive mystery and sentence-level tautness, stay for the 1950s publishing mise-en-scène." — Literary Hub (38 Novels You Need to Read This Summer) “Prose ingeniously takes on publishing, the fallout of WWII, and McCarthyism in a gloriously astute, skewering, and hilarious bildungsroman . . . Mordant, incisive, and tenderhearted, Prose presents an intricately realized tale of a treacherous, democracy-threatening time of lies, demagoguery, and prejudice that is as wildly exhilarating as the Cyclone, Simon’s beloved Coney Island roller coaster.” — Booklist (starred review) "The Vixen is a deeply and unexpectedly funny book. Prose, with her signature brand of humor, is arguably the only person who could have written this book well." — Shondaland.com “Prose’s exuberant, lighthearted novel immerses the reader in 1950s ambience, yet it’s full of winks and nods to the current political climate. Simon, our overheated narrator, pulls us along as he stumbles into Cold War intrigue, and we’re never sure which way the plot will turn until literally the last sentence. What a delightful read!” — Library Journal "Smart, assured fiction from a master storyteller and thoughtful social commentator." — Kirkus Reviews "Francine Prose has brilliantly used the Rosenbergs’ story as the foundation for a captivating coming-of-age tale about ambition, love, family loyalty, truth and lies, and the publishing business. . . . There are many moments when one can imagine Philip Roth or Joseph Heller smiling at Prose’s ingenuity and verve. She long ago secured her literary reputation, and The Vixen will only serve to burnish it." — Bookreporter.com "The Vixen is deeply chilling but also laugh-out-loud funny." — Financial Times (Best Books of 2021: Fiction)
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Vixen
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A rollicking trickster of a novel, wondrously funny and wickedly addictive.” — Maria Semple, New York Times bestselling author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette “Can a novel be wildly intelligent, deeply compassionate, politically astute and utterly absorbing? In her dazzling new novel Francine Prose accomplishes all of this, and more, as she explores the fate of the Rosenbergs and the travails of an editorial assistant new to both publishing and love. The Vixen is irresistible.” — Margot Livesey, author of The Boy in the Field “In an enthralling new novel, Francine Prose, a maestro storyteller, interrogates the murky symbiotic relationship between history and individuals: Is it the senselessness of history that undermines and rewrites each person's life story, or, is it a collection of cruelties from individuals that change the course of history? Equally suspenseful and philosophical, The Vixen is both a page tuner set in an era of espionage, conspiracy and mistrust, and an exploration of one of the sustaining factors of civilization that also has to sustain perennial attack from politics and history: human decency.” — Yiyun Li, author of Must I Go “Prose is a powerhouse. The Vixen will fascinate and complicate the histories that haunt our present moments. Like Coney Island’s Cyclone, this story tumbles and tangles a reader’s grip of reality. It’s told with the heart, humor and daring of a true artist. Prose’s Vixen is a triumph and a trip through the solid magic that books make real.” — Samantha Hunt, author of Mr. Splitfoot “Only a writer as deft and ingenious as Francine Prose could tell us the story of the American present, slantwise, through the McCarthy past. A bright Coney Island Jew tries to rise in the gin-soaked world of WASP publishing, where his job is to mash the tragedy of the Rosenberg executions into pulp. I relished every page of this hilarious, cunning and utterly engrossing novel, and came away with a startling recognition of the place we now call home.” — Danzy Senna, author of Caucasia and New People "Combining elements of mystery and romance, Prose’s novel is a sly indictment of Cold War paranoia." — The New Yorker “No one states problems more correctly, more astutely, more amusingly and more uncomfortably than Francine Prose . . . Her insights, the subtle ones and the two-by-fours, make me shake my head in despair, in surprise, in heartfelt agreement. The gift of her work to a reader is to create for us what she creates for her protagonist: the subtle unfolding, the moment-by-moment process of discovery as we read and change, from not knowing and even not wanting to know or care, to seeing what we had not seen and finding our way to the light of the ending.” — New York Times Book Review “A pleasingly intricate plot that hinges, inevitably, on lies and betrayal, both personal and political. There are spies here, and traitors. But in the richly textured place and time that Ms. Prose portrays with her usual skill, there are few clear distinctions.” — Wall Street Journal "Prose holds up a mirror to a fractured culture in this dazzling take on America's tendency to persecute, then lionize, its most subversive figures. . . . This is Prose at the top of her game." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Depending on the light, it’s either a very funny serious story or a very serious funny story. But no matter how you turn it, The Vixen offers an illuminating reflection on the slippery nature of truth in America, then and now." — Washington Post “Prose is a master of language, and her captivating words are all the more striking in contrast to the novel’s intentional profanity. Good fiction entertains and asks questions, gesturing to truths beyond the novel itself. The Vixen does just that, with an extra note of fun.” — BookPage (starred review) “Like a fable, the story is animated by the tug-of-war between principle and personal ambition. Prose has crafted an inspired work of fiction that, while staying within a realistic framework, does for an invented New York publishing house what Ira Levin did for a certain Manhattan apartment building in Rosemary's Baby.” — Shelf Awareness "I know book people are wont to throw around the phrase “compulsively readable,” but in the case of Francine Prose’s The Vixen, I can’t help myself. I read it with compulsion . . . Come for the propulsive mystery and sentence-level tautness, stay for the 1950s publishing mise-en-scène." — Literary Hub (38 Novels You Need to Read This Summer) “Prose ingeniously takes on publishing, the fallout of WWII, and McCarthyism in a gloriously astute, skewering, and hilarious bildungsroman . . . Mordant, incisive, and tenderhearted, Prose presents an intricately realized tale of a treacherous, democracy-threatening time of lies, demagoguery, and prejudice that is as wildly exhilarating as the Cyclone, Simon’s beloved Coney Island roller coaster.” — Booklist (starred review) "The Vixen is a deeply and unexpectedly funny book. Prose, with her signature brand of humor, is arguably the only person who could have written this book well." — Shondaland.com “Prose’s exuberant, lighthearted novel immerses the reader in 1950s ambience, yet it’s full of winks and nods to the current political climate. Simon, our overheated narrator, pulls us along as he stumbles into Cold War intrigue, and we’re never sure which way the plot will turn until literally the last sentence. What a delightful read!” — Library Journal "Smart, assured fiction from a master storyteller and thoughtful social commentator." — Kirkus Reviews "Francine Prose has brilliantly used the Rosenbergs’ story as the foundation for a captivating coming-of-age tale about ambition, love, family loyalty, truth and lies, and the publishing business. . . . There are many moments when one can imagine Philip Roth or Joseph Heller smiling at Prose’s ingenuity and verve. She long ago secured her literary reputation, and The Vixen will only serve to burnish it." — Bookreporter.com "The Vixen is deeply chilling but also laugh-out-loud funny." — Financial Times (Best Books of 2021: Fiction)
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Jameela Green Ruins Everything
Book SynopsisHer quest soon lands her at the center of an international plan targeting the leader of the terrorist organization—a scheme that puts Jameela and count-less others, including her hapless husband and clever but disapproving daughter, at risk.Trade ReviewA Shondaland's "Best Books for May 2022" * A Pop Sugar "New Book That Is A Must Reads in 2022" — "Jameela Green Ruins Everything" by Zarqa Nawaz is a deliciously dark comedy that takes on America's foreign policy in the Middle East, the lengths people are willing to go to for success, and one woman's search for meaning." — Popsugar “A satire about ISIS is a big swing to take—but Zarqa Nawaz knows a thing or two about taking chances. Jameela Green Ruins Everything may be her first foray into the world of fiction, but Nawaz has made a career of being a trailblazer. . . . The book manages to weave American foreign policy and thwarting a terrorist organization with one woman’s search for faith, meaning and redemption.” — Chatelaine “Nawaz’s understated humour shines in this lovely comedy of errors—and faith.” — Maclean’s “International politics is personal in this brilliant satire from the always provocative—and deeply funny—mind of Zarqa Nawaz.” — Rick Mercer “A breezy dark comedy about serious contemporary issues." — Quill and Quire “Zarqa Nawaz is a comic genius who has done the impossible in this brilliant fiction debut: Jameela Green Ruins Everything is, all at once, an incisive examination of recent Middle East history, a biting indictment of Western imperialism, and a darkly comic satire on terrorism. Follow Jameela Green, the comic she-ro for our modern times, as she bumbles through the unimaginable on this hilarious whirlwind adventure. I guarantee you will never think about the phrase ‘East meets West’ in quite the same way again. Three cheers for Jameela Green!” — Uzma Jalaluddin, author of Ayesha at Last and Hana Khan Carries On “Zarqa Nawaz is one of the few writers around who can deftly navigate that minefield between high-stakes, war-torn, geopolitical upheaval, and one woman’s hilarious but meaningful journey to find her place in her family and community. Is it a searing satire on America’s war on terror, or a side-splitting family adventure? Well . . . yes, it is, and a crazy ride, too. Funny, moving, brilliant.” — Terry Fallis, two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour “Finally, an action plot featuring a middle-class Muslim mom from North Dakota! Zarqa Nawaz makes ample room for her protagonist, Jameela Green, to be a multidimensional woman of color who flexes between a flawed insecure instigator to a championing hero in one humor-filled international ride.” — Pooja Reddy, comedian and cohost of Kutti Gang “Jameela Green Ruins Everything is zany, daring, and hilarious, and exactly the type of novel we’d expect from Zarqa Nawaz, creator of CBC’s award-winning sitcom, Little Mosque on the Prairie. . . . the story is a wild and humorous one—Zarqa’s use of comedy is gutsy as hell. . . . The result is a satirical masterpiece that few on earth would dare to do.” — shedoesthecity.com “A comedy of errors about an ordinary Muslim woman thrust into a high-stakes international crisis. It’s also a tale of internal struggle, interspersed with characters’ private prayers to God. . . . provocative and cheeky.” — Maclean’s “What I love about this biting satire is the initially unlikeable main character Jameela, who is messy and selfish and unapologetic—rare for a Muslim, South Asian female character, who are most often portrayed as submissive victims or perfect model minorities. But then, Nawaz has always been ahead of her time (full disclosure, she is a friend).” — Uzma Jalaluddin, Toronto Star “This black comedy explores the price of success and one woman’s search for meaning — Chatelaine “[A] biting yet warm-hearted satire from the Regina-based creator of the groundbreaking CBC sitcom Little Mosque On The Prairie [that] somehow . . . manages to interrogate everything from prejudice to foreign policy to what it means to be a ‘good person.’” — TheKit.ca “Canadians are funny people—that’s a given—and when our special brand of humour is coupled with the skill of a writer like Zarqa Nawaz, creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie, brilliant things happen.” — Canadian Living “Jameela Green Ruins Everything will keep you laughing all the way to the end. A heartwarming story of faith, family, and friendship that is only amplified by Zarqa Nawaz’s sharp and brilliant wit. All the sacred cows are skewered—what you are left with at the end is the power, beauty, and humour of one woman’s journey back to faith.” — Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of A Deadly Divide “Nawaz writes about religion and faith in an easily digestible way.” — The Canadian Press
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Heart of the Matter Penguin Classics Deluxe
Book Synopsis“Wilson sat on the balcony of the Bedford Hotel with his bald pink knees thrust against the ironwork... Graham Greene's masterpiece, The Heart of the Matter, tells the story of a good man enmeshed in love, intrigue, and evil in a West African coastal town. Scobie is bound by strict integrity to his role as assistant police commissioner and by severe responsibility to his wife, Louise, for whom he cares with a fatal pity. When Scobie falls in love with the young widow Helen, he finds vital passion again yielding to pity, integrity giving way to deceit and dishonor—a vortex leading directly to murder. As Scobie's world crumbles, his personal crisis develops the foundation of a story by turns suspenseful, fascinating, and, finally, tragic. Originally published in 1948, The Heart of the Matter is the unforgettable portrait of one man—flawed yet heroic, destroyed and redeemed by a terrible con
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Girl Who Slept with God
Book Synopsis“Fine, carefully wrought . . . reading this novel [is] a heartening experience.” —The New York Times Book Review“Brelinski’s page-turning debut is full of humor, insight, and imaginative sympathy. Think of it as the annunciation of a new talent.” —The Wall Street Journal“A revelation.” —Vanity Fair“[Brelinski] had readers hooked from page 1.” —ElleFor Fans of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You and Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings, an entrancing literary debut about religion, science, secrets, and the power and burden of family from recent Wallace Stegner Fellow Val BrelinskiSet in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski’s powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances,
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