Consumed with grief after the loss of her mother, Esme begins to see and hear things that others can’t.Diagnosed with depression and anxiety, she hides her experiences, afraid she’s losing her mind. But everything changes after a session with her psychiatrist leads her to Perkin, a Canadian expat, and his mother, Toni, a reality researcher with unorthodox ideas.As Esme and Perkin grow closer, she starts to believe her visions might be more than just symptoms – they could be...

Ra Eun Seo and her two friends, Min and Nari, reside in a destitute North Korean town. During a foraging expedition for food, they stumble upon a radio broadcasting music and news from South Korea, leaving them in awe. Seo, a talented singer, seizes the opportunity to perform at the Festival of the Sun, a celebration honouring the Great Commander's birthday, and takes the radio with her. But possession of any material from the South is strictly prohibited, and the consequences plunge them ...

When Charlie goes on a disastrous rich kids' bender, he and his friends are given one last chance to redeem themselves. In desperation, Charlie opts to work at a refuge for orphans, the sick and the homeless who pass through its gates. But this is Africa, where poverty and corruption run deep and the trafficking is human - and Charlie is in it right up to his neck.This gripping debut novel follows a privileged teenagers in to the heart of African life, a journey that changes him fo...

**These captivating, all-new anonymous accounts, compiled by Alyssa Shelasky, in the style of her New York magazine column, pull back the curtain on non-monogamy, answering questions like: How does it really work? Who’s taking care of the kids? And who’s making breakfast?Featuring an introduction by Esther Perel, renowned psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Mating in CaptivityA HARPER’S BAZAAR MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER ...

A World Fantasy Award–winning anthology of erotic horror stories, including dark tales of desire by Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen Dedman, Harry Crews, and others.The title of this acclaimed anthology comes from the French term "la petite mort," a seventeenth-century euphemism for orgasm. It was thought that part of a man's life-force was drained from him each time he climaxed. In Little Deaths, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow collects twenty-two stories th...

Vintage Sci-Fi 8 - 29 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Jack Williamson and moreBeside Still Waters by Robert SheckleyHero From Yesterday by Robert SilverbergVoodoo by Fredric BrownHome is the Spaceman by George O. SmithThe Other Tiger by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Man From Time by Frank Belknap LongWelcome Martians by Evan HunterBlood by Fredric Brown

HARRY TRIGUBOFF: The High-Rise King of Australia tells the remarkable story of one man who reshaped the skyline and the housing landscape of modern Australia.From fleeing war-torn China as a child to becoming one of the country's richest and most influential developers, Harry Triguboff built more than an empire, he built a new way of living. As the founder of Meriton, he defied tradition, challenged red tape, and delivered tens of thousands of apartments at a pace few could match.

In the history of Soviet espionage in America, few people figure more crucially than Harry Gold. A Russian Jewish immigrant who spied for the Soviets from 1935 until 1950, Gold was an accomplished industrial and military espionage agent. He was assigned to be physicist Klaus Fuchs's "handler" and ultimately conveyed sheaves of stolen information about the Manhattan Project from Los Alamos to Russian agents. He is literally the man who gave the USSR the plans for the atom bomb. The subject ...

The fascinating (and sometimes hilarious) story of the first women elected to federal parliament and the rather pressing issue they discovered on their first day on the job: there were no women's loos in Parliament House!In 1943, the first two women were elected to the Australian parliament. Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney had very different political views, but they soon discovered they had at least one problem in common: none of the loos for elected officials in P...

Edgar Allan Poe is de uitvinder van de detective, en dat is zijn reputatie niet ten goede gekomen. De detective hoort immers niet bij de hoge literatuur. Maar in zijn eigen tijd bestond de detective als genre in de ontspanningslectuur nog niet; Poe werd in de elitairste kringen van het verre Europa volkomen serieus genomen als de grote schrijver die hij is. De dichters Baudelaire en Mallarmé vonden zijn werk zo bijzonder dat ze het in het Frans hebben vertaald. Alle verhalen van Poe zijn o...

Who's laughing now? It's you! Why? Because you're settling back with a rib-tickling collection of Great Radio Comedy! All of your favorites are here: Jack and Fred, Phil and Alice, Fibber and Molly, Edgar and Charlie, George and Gracie, Lum and Abner, Snooks and Daddy, and many more!Crack a smile as the kings and queens of comedy crack wise. Here are twenty digitally restored and remastered episodes of radio revelry from shows that have kept Americans in stitches for more than 50 years.Epi...

28 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950sStep into one of the most imaginative decades in science fiction history with 1950s Science Fiction 6, a collection of 28 classic stories from some of the greatest writers ever to explore the future.This remarkable anthology brings together legendary authors including Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown, Ha...