WINNER OF THE NAGUIB MAHFOUZ MEDAL FOR LITERATURE ~ WINNER OF THE KATARA PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTIONA stunning and luminous novel of modern Lebanon, a deeply human portrayal of men and women longing for change“This novel transcends the limits of its own setting in space and time to unveil a general human reality for those of us in contemporary society who live in cities that stifle souls and kill dreams.”—Sarah Enany, ...

In the 23rd century you can jack into the web, shop at a mall floating half a mile above the street, kill yourself with the drug of the week, and wake up in a new body.The rich can have what they want -- and they want immortality. What they get is gHost, generic Host Somnambulant Transfer. The dead become re-animated hosts for the living. The trade is controlled by megacorps and is highly regulated. Getting on the list is the perk for any corporate ladder-climber. But the ...

If a Lycan loves you he will take you and ravage you with intense passion, make you come all night, and leave you exhausted and satisfied. In return for your love and your unquestioning obedience he will protect you, cherish you, and love you forever. He will fight to the death to keep you.A vampire will seduce you with detached casualness and make you come until you scream. He will not stay with you, but will depart smiling, uncaring, having satisfied his own selfish desires and l...

Halloween nightmares & flying broomsticks… It’s All Hallows Eve and you can’t stop the party for long!Cat Out of Hell by Isabella Jordan -- Joey makes Katrina feel things she’s never felt before. But will either of them escape this Halloween nightmare alive?Headless Horseman by Marteeka Karland -- One too many Flying Broomsticks and a phobia about Halloween aren’t the only things chasing Isabelle Crane into the darkness…Voodoo Queen by Lia Connor -- When Paul comes ...

Punk rock culture in a preeminently average townSynonymous with American mediocrity, Peoria was fertile ground for the boredom- and anger-fueled fury of punk rock. Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett explore the do-it-yourself scene built by Peoria punks, performers, and scenesters in the 1980s and 1990s. From fanzines to indie record shops to renting the VFW hall for an all-ages show, Peoria's punk culture reflected the movement elsewhere, but the city's conservati...

'Perhaps the best writer of Arabic fiction alive...' – The Guardian.From hostage-video makers in Baghdad, to human trafficking in the forests of Serbia, institutionalised paranoia in the Saddam years, to the nightmares of an exile trying to embrace a new life in Amsterdam... Blasim’s stories present an uncompromising view of the West's relationship with Iraq, spanning over twenty years and taking in everything from the Iran-Iraq War through to the Occupation, as well as of...

** WINNER OF THE ENGLISH PEN WRITERS IN TRANSLATION AWARD ****LONG-LISTED FOR THE 2013 FRANK O'CONNOR INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD****BOOK OF THE MONTH IN THE SKINNY**'Perhaps the best writer of Arabic fiction alive...'– The Guardian.A soldier with the ability to predict the future finds himself blackmailed by an insurgent into the ultimate act of terror…A deviser of crosswords survives a car-bomb attack, only to discover he is now h...

** WINNER OF THE ENGLISH PEN WRITERS IN TRANSLATION AWARD ** **LONG-LISTED FOR THE 2013 FRANK O'CONNOR INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD** **BOOK OF THE MONTH IN THE SKINNY** Perhaps the best writer of Arabic fiction alive... The Guardian. 'Bolao-esque in its visceral exuberance, and also Borgesian in its gnomic complexity... a master of metaphor.' The Guardian. A soldier with the ability to predict the future finds himself blackmailed by an insurgent into the ultimate act of terror. A devis...

Hi my name is Jonathan Wright. I decided to write this book for a few reasons. Over the last 25 years I have had a lot of people ask me questions about bodybuilding, nutrition and especially steroids which is the main reason for me writing this. I am not a big guy by any means but I have always found it easy to change my body very quickly. I started out as a personal training through NFPT before I even started to really work on my own body. I'm glad I did though because it gave me much mor...

Warning: This is a Razor’s Edge Erotica short story. Expect limited plot and character development, and lots of heat. If you’re looking for a lengthy plot driven erotic romance, this is not it!Life -- and love -- with a man who fights nightmares is bound to be… different.Smart, capable, and lethal, Sarah Fenton never needed rescuing -- until she met Joe Horn and his horrifying nemesis, the muck-drippy-thing. Together they defeated that nightmare, and for th...

Dr. Victor Equerry is an experienced virologist, contracted to the CDC. He's been tasked to create a serum which will render all humanity immune to viral infection and disease. It's a lofty goal and one he is making headway on. That is, until the mornng the FBI raids the facility and accuses him of manufacturing bioweapons. Interrupted in the process of performing animal trials, Victor believes the unannounced raiders are foreign agents and injects himself with the serum rather than have i...

Gustav Stresemann was the exceptional political figure of his time. His early death in 1929 has long been viewed as the beginning of the end for the Weimar Republic and the opening through which Hitler was able to come to power. His career was marked by many contradictions but also a pervading loyalty to the values of liberalism and nationalism. This enabled him in time both to adjust to defeat and revolution and to recognize in the Republic the only basis on which Germans could unite, and...