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'I wish you a Merry Xmas but no compliments of the season' – Jane AustenChristmas comes up time and time again in Jane Austen's books, from childish chaos in Persuasion to fraught festivities in Northanger Abbey. Join Christmas historian Maria Hubert on a delightful meander through Georgian Christmases both fact and fiction.Eavesdrop on Austen family letters, immerse yourself in prose, drama and poetry from Jane a...

He has nothing left to lose.Billionaire Conor O'Brien doesn't think his wealth is worth much after the loss of his wife and child. He's bleeding and broken, but no one can tell. He keeps his grief well hidden. Even after two years, he is still not ready to feel again...until Leah Gillespie returns and smiles at him. Suddenly, his heart is beating again, and he finds himself on a wild ride that ends up in her bed. He is blown away. She has nothing left to give. Leah Gillespie is run...

The Appleman and the Poet, the fifth volume of Hubert Butler's essays, completes a thirty-year odyssey embarked upon by The Lilliput Press in 1984. Our flagship author has finally come home, welcomed by Fintan O'Toole in his foreword: 'One of the great joys of these essays is the discovery of sentences as sharp and lithe as a Toledo rapier.' Beginning with 'Russian Dispatches 1932–1946,' Butler gives an evocative description – from the viewpoint of a bourgeois teacher – of a society in dis...

“An extraordinary achievement . . . a vision of hell so stern it cannot be chuckled or raged aside.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA classic of postwar American literature, Last Exit to Brooklyn created shockwaves upon its release in 1964 with its raw, vibrant language and startling revelations of New York City's underbelly.The prostitutes, drunks, addicts, and johns of Selby’s Brooklyn are fierce and lonely creatures, desperately searchin...

This updated second edition offers crocheters at all skill levels even more to love about granny squares with twenty-five brand new squares and twenty-five all-new projects.Since it was first published in 2011, The Granny Square Book has instructed and inspired thousands of crocheters to make and create beautiful, stylish projects with these classic motifs.Now updated with twenty-five additional squares (for a total of 100!) and all new projects, thi...

A womanizer's struggle for self-control spirals into crime, madness, and murderHarry White grew up in blue-collar Brooklyn, but the young man's charm, smarts, and good looks have helped him earn a place as an uptown junior executive. White's gifts have also made his love life easy, and he takes special pleasure in seducing married women. But when "Harry the Lover" is ready to grow up and leave his womanizing behind, White finds that suppressing his libido has danger...

A collection of intimate confessions from Quebec, each uniquely translated.I Never Talk About It brings together 37 short stories by Véronique Côté and Steve Gagnon, offering a diverse and intimate glimpse into the human experience. What sets this collection apart is its unique approach to translation: each story is translated by a different translator, resulting in a fascinating array of voices and interpretations.Explore themes of love, loss, ide...

The New York Times–bestselling guide with recipes incorporating fourteen nutritional-powerhouse ingredients!By eating the fourteen SuperFoods highlighted in Dr. Steven Pratt's instant bestseller, you can actually stop the incremental deteriorations that lead to common ailments and diseases:Beans — reduce obesityBlueberries — lower risk for cardiovascular diseaseBroccoli — lowers the incidence of cataracts and fights birth d...

Our planet's elliptical orbit around the Sun and its billions-of-years existence are facts we take for granted, matters every literate high school student is expected to grasp. But humanity's struggle towards these scientific truths lasted millennia. Few of us have more than the faintest notion of the path we have travelled.Hubert Krivine tells the story of the thinkers and scientists whose work allowed our species to put an age to the planet and pinpoint our place in the solar sys...

Adrian isn't very happy these days. He lives in a small town and goes to a Catholic high school. He wears glasses, secretly reads philosophy books, and wishes he had more muscles. He's dogged by a strict mother, bullied by fellow players on the soccer field, and chastised by the school principal, who considers gay rumors about Adrian as a sign that he is "ill." But Jeremy, the coolest kid at school, thinks otherwise; he takes Adrian on scooter trips, where they end up in Jeremy's secret tr...

A tale of four people trapped by their addictions, the basis for the acclaimed Darren Aronofsky film, by the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn.Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant—and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend t...

The last place Makayla Price ever expected to actually get accepted to is Columbia. Upon the arrival of her letter, however, she's ecstatic - at least until she comes to terms with her own financial shortcomings. She's prepared to accept disappointment, when a drunken night with her roommate lands her on one of the most eligible sugar baby sites in the country. Makayla is horrified to find that, not only does she have an account, but someone's willing to pony up every and anything she need...