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Book SynopsisSunny Leone's "Sweet Dreams" shares steamy tales of passion and play, from small town romances to call center encounters. With a mix of characters and scenarios, the book promises to reignite the spark in your life.

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Book SynopsisWith rare insightfulness, Anukrti Upadhyay shines a light on the fractures and fears, the prejudices and wounds, the desires and memories that inhabit the deepest recesses of her characters' psyches. Original and gripping, these are stories that will worm their way deep into your heart and mind.

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Book SynopsisThis is Rashmi''s first foray into fiction, and with these stories, set during the COVID-19 lockdown, she explores a range of human emotions, vulnerabilities and truths. With each story, Rashmi brings you a twist that will take you by surprise, cheer you up and give you ample food for thought.

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Book SynopsisUrdu: The Best Stories of Our Times, edited and translated by Rakhshanda Jalil, presents a kaleidoscopic vision of the current literary landscape by bringing together some of the finest contemporary writers of fiction. In these pages, we find stories about the land and its people in wide-ranging tones: compassionate, sarcastic, whimsical, witty, tragic, but always thrilling and enchanting in equal measure. The stories highlight the numerous histories, identities and themes that have been celebrated or challenged in the last few decades.

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Book SynopsisHow is Kadis's destiny connected to that of a forgotten kingdom? Will Sara, Shijo, Myo, Tara and Mr Joi be able to protect their friend from danger? And will Kadis be able to find his courage when he truly needs it?

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Book SynopsisA fanatical collector of beetles finds out tooate where his passion hased him. A woman out on a shopping spree in a glitzy mall finds she can''t go home again. A servant girl experiences a crueloss of innocence when she eats something that wasn''t meant for her. In the sweltering heat of Bombay, a schoolgirl finds the ground slipping beneath her feet except when she''s watching Star Trek. Four friends meet for drinks one evening, only to find that their friendship is not what it seems. And, in the extraordinary title story, a student who has worshipped his teacher for decades comes to a terrible realization about him. Meanwhile, his old mentor is planning a cunningegacy of his own.

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Book SynopsisWhimsical in its telling and brutal in its probing of the human mind, Nisha Susan''s stories breathe unexpected life into the dark and joyful corners of a country learning to relish and resist globalisation. A classical musician finds a prince in a chat room. Three dancers in Kochi mastermind their sex lives over email. A young wife in Mumbai becomes obsessed with a dead woman''s online relics. Strange (and familiar) troll wars drag at a writer''s peace of mind. Her daughter''s cellphone conversations deeply worry a cook in Delhi. A young mother finds a job monitoring disturbing content for a social media company. The stories in this dazzling debut collection tap into the rich vein of love, violence and intimacy that technology, particularly the Internet, has brought to the lives of Indians over the last two decades. Two decades that transformed India''s digital landscape, where would-be lovers went from cooing into cordless phones to swiping right on cellphones.

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Book SynopsisThe stories in Eternal Search for Hope are simple yet subtle, with insightful details into the lives of people around us. The author''s empathy for her characters and her deep understanding of human nature have helped create these richly layered stories. There are deftly crafted strong female characters and realistic and down-to-earth male characters. The themes of the stories are rich and vast from across India, Australia, USA and Lebanon. A Mango Tree is the story of a young Bengali boy whose village is hit by a cyclone, throwing him into endless misery. Daughter of the Late Captain describes what it takes for an unmarried daughter to care for an old, stern widowed father.  Ration Card depicts the profound agony of old parents whose children live in foreign lands.  The remaining stories delve into themes of love and betrayal, the fragility of interpersonal relationships, generational gaps, and the fate of migrant labourers. The power of these stories lies in the invincible spirit of hope in the protagonists.

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Book SynopsisAnd between them, they explore humanity in all its myriad manifestations: love and desire, innocence and cunning, wisdom and folly, greed and deceit, righteousness, valour and the illusion of power.

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Book SynopsisThe Last of the Legions and other Tales of long ago is a volume collecting 13 short stories written by Artur Conan Doyle, first published in 1922 by John Murray. The stories covers various centuries from Antiquity to first millenary. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (1859-1930) was a Scottish author. He is most no-ted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.

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Book SynopsisThis anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction.This is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: a collection of 18 splendid stories, each translated into English from a different language: Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Ladino, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Yiddish. These compelling, humorous, and moving stories, written by eminent authors that include Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Isaac Babel, and Lili Berger, reflect both the diversities and the commonalities within Jewish culture, and will make you laugh, cry, and think. This beautiful book is easily accessible and enjoyable not only for Jewish readers, but for story-lovers of all backgrounds.Authors (in the order they appear in the book) include: Elie Wiesel, Varda Fiszbein, S. Y. Agnon, Gábor T. Szántó, Jasminka Domaš, Augusto Segre, Lili Berger, Peter Sichrovsky, Maciej Płaza, Entela Kasi, Norman Manea, Luize Valente, Eliya Karmona, Birte Kont, Michel Fais, Irena Dousková, Mario Levi, and Isaac Babel. Trade Review“Gold... collects a remarkably diverse array of translated Jewish stories and novel excerpts... This broad and wide-ranging anthology is a fitting ode to the ‘nearly inexhaustible richness and strength’ of the Jewish multilingual tradition."— Publishers Weekly“The stories Gold has chosen are almost uniformly gripping. Not only do their plots compel and the skill of their respective translators astonish; they also move the reader to reflect on the multifarious moral dilemmas that have faced the Jewish people, both as Jews and simply as human beings, in all the lands of their dispersion and at all phases of their history. … There is variety and delight in these stories, whose provenance circles the globe. Deeper still is their reflection on the soul of an ancient people spinning dizzily in a modern world.”— Rabbi David Wolpe, Los Angeles Review of Books“Edit­ed by Nora Gold, the book deliv­ers on its promise to share beau­ti­ful­ly craft­ed fic­tion that trans­ports read­ers across the globe in fif­teen min­utes or few­er. … This book serves as a tes­ta­ment to the pow­er of trans­la­tion.”— Deb­o­rah Miller, Jewish Book Council“What a treasure!”— Alberto Manguel, Director of the National Library of the Argentine Republic“[F]iction, particularly when it reflects the diverse experience of Jewish life throughout the world, gives readers the power to know more and expand the perspectives of the Jewish world we thought we knew. … Buy this anthology particularly if you consider yourself a lover of Jewish literature. It’s an outstanding introduction to the rich diversity that exists in Jewish writing around the world these days.”— Aaron Howard, Jewish Herald-Voice“What the translations of these pieces show is that there is spiritual unity among the themes expressed in these stories that identify them with the bitter-sweet and tragic history of the Jewish people. … Five stars.”— Chicago Book Review“This is a landmark anthology. Nora Gold is a remarkable pioneer who has my heartfelt admiration.”— Cynthia Ozick“This book by Nora Gold is like a treasure chest of marvels, each story a gem from a different time and place. There are living marvels here from so many times and places and voices and experiences that every reader’s idea of Jewish literature will have to be fargresert un farbesert—enlarged and improved.”— Dara Horn, award-winning author of People Love Dead Jews and Eternal Life“Rich and varied, 18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages reminds us how diverse the Jewish experience is. For anyone interested in Jewish literature, it's a must-read book and an important addition to the Jewish literary canon.”— Joshua Henkin, Winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for American Jewish Fiction“With this remarkable book, Dr. Gold makes a signal contribution to the current state and study of contemporary Jewish literature. Her anthology offers readers a world tour of Jewish literatures in one volume: 18 works that are of consistently high quality and represent numerous linguistic traditions. I know of no other anthology like this. It deserves significant critical attention and certainly will be of interest to teachers, students, and readers of Jewish literature, comparative literature, and world literature.”— Adam Rovner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English & Jewish Literature, and Director, Center for Judaic Studies, University of Denver“One thing is for certain: whether winners of the Nobel Prize or secret scribblers in remote Eastern European shtetls (or both), these writers have clung to their Judaism as if to their very being. Yet, ironically, it is this clinging to identity which makes this collection so universal. They are saying that, in all of the best and worst circumstances, this is who we are and who we shall remain. Nothing can change that. What a treat it is to ‘hear’ the voices from far and wide affirming our humanity.”— Joseph Kertes, Winner of a Canadian National Jewish Book Award and the U.S. National Jewish Book Award for Fiction“18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages explores the modern Jewish identity through the lenses of brutally honest writers. This luminous collection brims with unsettling glimpses of relatable moments, with evocative characters struggling to make sense of a mutable world. A crucial addition to Jewish fiction and an ideal book club choice, with countless themes for discussion.” — Shelly Sanders, Bestselling author of Daughters Of The Occupation (Harper Collins, 2022)“With editorial aplomb and resourcefulness, Gold has selected a wide variety of stories culled from the Jewish Diaspora. To shift the Biblical paradigm, one could also imagine the multicoloured mosaic on the cover as a Joseph’s coat of many colours whose fabric is on display in each of these stories. That garment may be torn or mended – stitched together and stretched across the linguistic spectrum of the Diaspora. … From the Tower of Babel to Isaac Babel, Nora Gold’s 18 is a treasure-trove of translated stories.”— Michael Greenstein, The Miramichi Reader“Nora Gold’s 18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages is a multilingual journey through Jewish culture. … Gold’s curation allows readers to explore the vastness of Jewish culture through the eyes of renowned authors, offering a collection that is not only culturally enriching but also universally resonant. And it is not just for Jewish readers; it is a must-read for all lovers of stories illuminating the human experience in all its complexity. … Nora Gold’s meticulous curation and the anthology’s unique features make it a standout contribution to the world of literary collections, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of Jewish literature.”— Norm Goldman, BookPleasures“Readers interested in Jewish literature will find much to enjoy in 18. The anthology definitely shows the richness of Jewish fiction across the world.”— Rabbi Rachel Esserman, Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton’s The ReporterTable of ContentsForeword by Josh Lambert Introduction by Nora Gold Hostage Elie Wiesel Translated from French by Catherine Temerson The Guest Varda FiszbeinTranslated from Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger And The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight S. Y. AgnonTranslated from Hebrew by Michael P. Kramer The First Christmas Gábor T. SzántóTranslated from Hungarian by Walter Burgess and Marietta Morry Purimspiel Jasminka DomašTranslated from Croatian by Iskra Pavlović Purchase of Goods of Dubious Origin Augusto SegreTranslated from Italian by Steve Siporin The Rebbetzin's Sense of Justice Lili BergerTranslated from Yiddish by Ronnee Jaeger New York Peter SichrovskyTranslated from German by John Howard Golem Maciej PłazaTranslated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Frozen Spring—Jerusalem Returning Entela Kasi Translated from Albanian by the author with assistance from Sarah Lawson Place of Birth Norman ManeaTranslated from Romanian by Jean Harris Sonata in Auschwitz Luize ValenteTranslated from Portuguese by Claudio Bethencourt The Washerwoman’s Daughter Eliya KarmonaTranslated from Judeo-Spanish by Michael Alpert A Place Nowhere Birte KontTranslated from Danish by Nina Sokol The Researcher Michel Fais Translated from Greek by Mina Karavanta Luck Irena Dousková Translated from Czech by David Livingstone Where Were You When Darkness FellMario Levi Translated from Turkish by Leyla Tonguç Basmaci Red Cavalry Isaac Babel Translated from Russian by Boris Dralyuk Acknowledgments Contributors Notes

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Book SynopsisWith the addition of two stories, namely, ""The Masterpiece"", ""April 19th"" and ""Letters to God"", this collection makes available in English for the first time a complete selection of Chava Rosenfarb's short stories all in one place. All the stories in this collection deal with the afterlife of Holocaust survivors in North America. Since Chava Rosenfarb was herself a Holocaust survivor who settled in Montreal after the war, she speaks in these stories from personal experience at the same time as she allows her imagination to inhabit the minds of characters far different from herself.

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Book SynopsisA deadly virus has been stolen, and the thieves plan to use the hundred million pound ransom to fund terrorist armies. When the mission looks impossible, the world calls upon UNACO.Trade Review'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror ‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins ‘Alistar MacLean is one of the few people writing today who has a story to tell.’ Daily Express

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Book SynopsisThe first ever collection of Michael Marshall Smith’s award-winning short stories.Trade Review‘Astonishingly distinctive short stories’Independent ‘A story telling skill that can only be described as pure genius’Venue ‘Very funny and decidedly surreal’Empire ‘No one writes better than Smith about love: how it’s won, how it’s lost. No one writes better about being wasted – by drugs, by drink, by time. Nigh-on unique’i-D

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Book SynopsisBy turns, an unsparing and joyous account of life in a postwar London rooming house by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.

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Book SynopsisThe best book yet from this witty writerTrade Review‘Dunn is a surgeon of the heart, and her observations are sparky.’Time Out ‘Compelling power… Dunn shows again her gift for making the ordinary seem extraordinary.’The Times

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Book SynopsisFrom Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the sequel to one of her most celebrated novels, ‘The Fifth Child’.Trade Review‘A wonderful novel, flawless as a black pearl.’ Daily Mail ‘Outstanding…A tour de force that poses stark questions about modern-day Britain and what it is to be human.’ Sunday Times ‘“Ben, In the World” is huge in scope, humanity and pathos. Lessing created a monster; her triumph is that he not only personifies the human yearning to belong, but that we also come to love him.’ Shena Mackay, Daily Telegraph

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Book SynopsisNobel Prize for Literature winner Doris Lessing tackles the 1960s and their legacy head-on in one of her most involving, personal, political novels.It's the morning of the 1960s and it's suppertime at Freedom Hall, the most welcoming household in north London. Frances Lennox stands at her stove, preparing another feast before ladling it out to the youthful crew assembled around her hospitable table here are her two sons, smarting at their upbringing but beginning to absorb their mother's lessons. Around them are ranged their schoolfriends and girlfriends and ex-friends and new friends fresh off the street. The feast begins. Wine and talk flow. Everything is being changed and being challenged.But what is being tolerated? And where will it end? Over there in the corner is Frances's ex-husband, Comrade Johnny, who delivers his rousing tirades, then laps up the adolescent adulation before disappearing into the night to evade the clutches of his responsibilities. Upstairs sits Johnny's exiTrade Review‘Her portraits of sympathetic human relationships are of quite staggering beauty…It would be hard to exaggerate the splendour of this book.’ The Times ‘The haunting brilliance of her characters…the passion of her ideas and vision, remain undiminished. She’s up there in the pantheon with Honore [Balzac] and George [Eliot].’ Independent

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Book SynopsisWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HERMIONE LEE The previously uncollected occasional prose of a great English writer – full of wit, feeling and illumination.Trade Review‘Of all the novelists in English of the last quarter-century, Penelope Fitzgerald has the most unarguable claim on greatness.’ Philip Hensher ‘This generous selection of essays, reviews, introductions and other occasional writings proves yet again that stylistically, intellectually and morally Fitzgerald couldn’t put a foot wrong if she’d tried. Hers is an impeccable and unique voice not just from another century but another world.’ Michael Dibdin, Books of the Year, Daily Telegraph ‘Remarkable. It is the range of her scholarship that impresses.’ Doris Lessing, Books of the Year, Daily Telegraph ‘An intelligent writer, superbly and unfailingly so. Wise and funny, with a dry wit allied to a great emotional sympathy.’ Sunday Times

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Book SynopsisDoris Lessing's first book after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature revisits her childhood in Southern Africa and the lives, both fictional and factual, that her parents led.I think my father'''s rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents'' emotions? Yes, we do, and it is a legacy I could have done without. What is the use of it? It is as if that old war is in my own memory, my own consciousness.'In this extraordinary book, Doris Lessing explores the lives of her parents, both of them irrevocably damaged by the Great War. Her father wanted the simple life of an English farmer, but shrapnel almost killed him in the trenches, and thereafter he had to wear a wooden leg. Her mother Emily''s great love was a doctor who drowned in the Channel, and she spent the war nursing the wounded in the Royal Free Hospital.In the first half of this book, Lessing imagines the lives her parents might have made for themselves had therTrade Review'Writers approaching 90 aren't supposed to write with vigour or experiment with form. But Lessing has never done the expected thing and "Alfred and Emily" is one more exception in an exceptional career.' Blake Morrison, Guardian ‘This tale has a quality at once dreamy and wooden, like beautifully carved wooden dolls. Vividly and urgently written, [it] makes us think about the moral and emotional power of different ways of telling a story.' Financial Times 'Vivid, turbulent, raw with emotion.' Sunday Telegraph 'Quietly extraordinary…this perfectly crafted book is, as Lessing knows, the latest instalment of a remarkable payback.' Observer 'Powerful…it is fascinating to see [Lessing] focus so sharply in her new book on what must be for us all, the most intimate of personal narratives: our parents' lives, what they were, or might have been.' The Times ‘Lessing excels in the portrait of unsatisfactory lives, and together the parts form a poignant experiment.’ Daily Telegraph 'It has the freshness, clarity and emotional acuity that made her first novel "The Grass is Singing" so outstanding. A tribute to a remarkable childhood, and a poignant memoir of the mother whose greatest legacy to her daughter was an invaluable gift for storytelling.’ Literary Review

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Book SynopsisA wonderful collection of prize-winning short stories from one of Canada’s brightest authors. The cult film success KISSED is based on the title story.Trade Review‘Gowdy is a writer now emerging as one of Canada’s most accomplished and outrageous… We So Seldom Look on Love will only deepen her reputation for fine technique and alarming content. These are unsettling and profoundly moving short stories to be read, and reread, and then to be dreamt upon… this is a remarkable and uplifting book.’Toronto Globe and Mail ‘Barbara Gowdy’s stunning collection plants her firmly in the constellation of Canada’s bright literary lights… in this new set of stories she truly shines. Her insatiable curiousity, her candour and her cool wit emerge like chrysalids from the assembled deformity of this lively and memorable book.’Montreal Gazette

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Book Synopsis‘Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy’ SpectatorTrade ReviewPraise for Fay Weldon’s short stories: ‘Weldon’s stories pull no punches. There is always humour.’Independent on Sunday ‘Bang up-to-date.’Financial Times ‘Immaculately written, simple, stylish and swallowable whole. Her stories are so smart and sassy and multiply ironic.’Scotsman

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Book SynopsisBrilliant stories from the hyper-real world of Weldonia.Trade Review‘Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy.’Spectator ‘Weldon’s writing is seductively readable, her magic realism is never pretentious; it is understated and convincing.’Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisFor readers of Melissa Bank or Jhumpa Lahiri: witty, seductive stories of expatriate women, their loves and losses.Trade Review‘Andrea Lee is the real thing. There is nothing more to say.’ Philip Roth ‘Andrea Lee’s stories are sly and sexy, sophisticated retellings of standoffs between traditional opposites. Her writing is beautifully controlled.’ Sunday Times ‘The heroines of Andrea Lee’s ‘Interesting Women’ live up to their billing. They cuckold their Puritan ancestry by sleeping – casually, bemusedly – with European princes twice their age. They offer hookers as birthday gifts to their Italian husbands. On vacation in Madagascar, they slap native girls who mess with their men…It’s this voice – a once-cherished concubine writing bitchy postcards from a fabulous self-exile – that makes this book a decadent holiday well worth taking.’ Elle ‘…each of these finely tuned, exquisitely written tales has the interest and substance of a novel…Lee is ironic, profound and a wonderful find.’ Daily Mail ‘…sophisticated and intelligent, fascinating and amusing. An entertaining and undemanding read.’ Time Out ‘Exceptional.’ Metro ‘A stylish, sensual, summer read.’ Sunday Express ‘Told elegantly, with an enjoyable arch tone, this is an intelligent look at the games we play with others and ourselves.’ The Times ‘Like the author’s formula for the perfect cappuccino (which should always include the “slight taste of mysery”), these shrewd stories of ephemeral liaisons and global friendships leave a bitter aftertaste in their deceptively frothy wake.’ Independent

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Book Synopsis‘Hill is an instinctive and complete novelist who is blessed with a spontaneous storytelling gift’ Frances Fyfield, Mail on SundayTrade Review‘Few writers in the genre today have Hill’s gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace’ Donna Leon, Sunday Times ‘The fertility of Hill’s imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never cease to delight’ Val McDermid, Sunday Express ‘He is probably the best living male crime writer in the English-speaking world’ Andrew Taylor, Independent ‘Reginald Hill’s novels are really dances to the music of time, his heroes and villains interconnecting, their stories entwining’ Ian Rankin, Scotland on Sunday

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Book SynopsisAn English Girl in New YorkTrade Review‘Heart-warming, hilarious and simply irresistible, The Kiss Before Christmas continues to affirm Sophie Pembroke’s standing as one of romantic fiction’s fastest rising stars!’ – Bookish Jottings

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