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  • Punch Drunk Kisses
    Alan Cowsill
    Sex, football, beer and kebabs – Billy Cade is happy, or so he believes. But when single mum Becky Swan arrives on the scene Billy is forced to ask the ultimate question – is it true love or just another hangover?“They say it’s grim up north but it’s not  – especially if you drink enough.” Billy Cade. This Northern lovestory from award winning writer and editor Alan Cowsill, fo...
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    8,34 €

  • Concierto para Delinquir
    Armando Caicedo
    Concierto para delinquir es una divertida aventura de exiliados. La historia se inicia en París y concluye en Puerto Galeón, un pintoresco puerto del Caribe, al que van a parar, un anarquista uruguayo -de profesión grabador y pintor- y un trotamundos español -que sobrevive del oficio de cuentero- para incendiar de amor, irreverencia y poesía a los habitantes del lugar. Integrad...
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    22,67 €

  • The Ghastling
    This issue is full of women. Women lost, disappeared, heroic, misguided, spurned, haunted, wicked, put-upon, neglected, misunderstood, bedraggled, ghostly and preoccupied. In Bryan Marshall’s ‘the Grin Thief’, grief plants a black seed into the mind of a woman who loses her family to a terrible accident and so begins a ‘frightful scheme’… Callum McAllister’s story ‘the Smog Gei...
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    20,94 €

  • The Warlord’s Concubine
    J.E. Keep / J.EKeep / M. Keep / MKeep
    A dark warlord. A middle aged handmaiden. A stubborn princess.The warlord has plans for the dainty young future-queen. As an indentured servant to the princess for much of her life, Mirella sees the conquest of the land as an opportunity to elevate herself. A life of callous disregard has made her hard, but as she battles the princess' will for the first time and finds new ...
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    11,88 €

  • The Big Sugarbush
    Ana B Good
    The Big Sugarbush is a lesbian romantic comedy, set in a drug rehab center in Vermont. The book was awarded a 2017 Goldie Award for Best Dramatic Literary Novel. Ten wealthy lesbians have thirty days to get their lives back on track. Sugarbush, a private rehab center seems just the place, quiet and therapeutic, until the dykes arrive, and the drama begins. The Big Sugarbush is ...
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    15,75 €

  • All My Love Old Pal,
    Carol Kern
    Is life just a matter of happenstance and coincidence...or is there something more at play in peoples' lives? That is what you are asked to decide as you follow the life of a charismatic young man born to immigrant parents in 1908 that sees him through a strict upbringing, with unusual interests that lead him to an unwanted marriage ending in divorce. He subsequently falls...
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    22,66 €

  • The Pismo Calamity
    T. J. Rafferty
    When Dugan Byrnes saw the fishing boat moving slowly into the Pacific sunset, backwards, his natural curiosity was stoked. Recounted the incident to other patrons of Harry's Beach Bar and Night Club, he came to learn of other curious events in the local waters. Gradually the Pismo Eight is formed, a variegated group of young and old seekers committed to the health of the oc...
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    10,63 €

  • Buried Secrets Can Be Murder
    Connie Shelton
    It’s Christmas in Albuquerque; Charlie and her family are ready for a quiet holiday at home. But right away, her hopes for that scenario fade when Charlie’s brother and PI business partner, Ron, brings in two new cases, one of which made national headlines. Five years earlier, in a tide of media attention and despite public sentiment against her, Tali Donovan was acquitted of k...
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    13,75 €

  • Oratorio in Ursa Major
    David Dalton
    A global catastrophe has returned earth to the Iron Age and killed six billion people. Even the billionaires were tricked and eliminated. An Oxford intelligentsia have taken over the planet. Can such smart people rebuild the world in a better way? With help from the galactic federation, perhaps there is hope. But first, earth's new elite must retrieve from the past some thi...
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    19,72 €

  • Chain-Smoking Vegetarians and Other Annoyances in L.A.
    Sandra Ann Miller
    The only thing more annoying than being stuck in traffic, the blinding blitzkrieg of paps, or a chain-smoking vegetarian’s health rant, is having everything you ever wanted in the palm of your hand, and the rug swiftly pulled out from under you. El Patterson’s dreams were on the verge of coming true when a tragic twist of fate took it all away. Facing the official end of her ea...
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    9,12 €

  • The Flower Seller
    Ellie Holmes
    Jessie Martin believes that when it comes to love there are three types of people: the skimmers, the bottom dwellers and the ones who dive for pearls.  Jessie is a pearl diver. She had thought her husband William was a pearl diver too. But when William leaves her for a much younger woman, it’s not just Jessie’s heart that is broken, her ability to trust is shattered too. All Je...
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    11,88 €

  • House of Transformation
    Astrea Taylor
    Ananda is a bigger-than-life pop star, but the paparazzi won't leave her alone and she's tired of being smeared on the Enquirer every month for her drug addiction. After a mental breakdown, she goes home to her old friend Mag, and asks for her help.  Knowing how many pop stars die young, Mag will do anything to help Ananda, including losing her dignity, facing her grea...
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    11,70 €

  • Little Dystopias
    Kyle Aisteach
    Kyle Aisteach is one of the most promising new speculative fiction writers to emerge this decade. We present here 17 of his stories – 8 never before published – along with captivating essays that take a look behind the magic (and the science). This collection includes: 'Another Generation's Problems,' 'Clockman,' 'Eternal Love,' 'Eternity Undone,' 'A Fairy Tale,' 'Final Voi...
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    10,73 €

  • Fangs for Nothing
    Shannon Ryan
    Not everyone who gets turned into a vampire becomes a sexy rock star.At twenty-seven, Vincent Lester still looks seventeen, acne and all. He lives in his parents' basement, playing PlayStation and barely surviving by licking the blood off raw hamburger trays. His parents nag him to find a day job, but he's afraid the sun will make him burst into flame.One night at the b...
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    9,18 €

  • Machrihanish
    Dan Miller
    John McAlonan is an American of Irish descent. Yet Scotland, specifically Machrihanish Golf Club hard against the remote and rugged Argyll coast, is the closest he's ever come to feeling truly at home. Meanwhile, his only daughter Kate seemingly has it all: She drives a Porsche, lives in a Los Angeles beachside condo and is on the fast track to partner at a global advertising f...
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    11,22 €

  • Losing Found Things
    Brett Garcia Rose
    'We're all broken, and the scars we trade are all that remain of our fragile, once complex lives.' Losing Found Things is the raw, unforgettable debut collection of fifteen short stories from award-winning writer and novelist Brett Garcia Rose, who takes readers past what lies on the surface and into the darkest corners of human experience. A young man boards a cruise ship pl...
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    7,09 €

  • Inga’s Zigzags
    Vica Miller
    "A sexy tale with plenty of Russian atmosphere." -- Kirkus ReviewsInga's Zigzags is the story of a 28-year-old Russian woman who, after a decade in New York, returns to post-perestroika Moscow to start her own business. When her prospects fall through and she finds herself far from the heart of the action, she meets Emma and Alexandra, a pair of wealthy and well-connected m...
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    18,26 €

  • In the Midst of the Storm
    Felecia Poolé
    LOVE....SEX.... BETRAYAL.... This is a riveting story of a young girl’s journey through love, sex, and betrayal, her fight to keep her sanity and the consequences of trying to become an adult too fast. Take the journey with her as she struggles through this thing we call life. On the day she was born a mighty storm raged. Her father nicknamed her Stormi. She was born at the spe...
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    16,21 €

  • Apron Strings
    Mary Morony
    At seven years old, Sallee Mackey is wary of the grown-ups that populate her Southern world-especially her mother, Ginny-and with good reason. Ginny is flat out dangerous and not the kind of dangerous that threatens mortal harm, though at times death might be preferred. It's far worse than that, especially if you cross her in one of her moods. Sallee learns early on to rely o...
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    14,66 €

  • Writing From the Outskirts of Hope
    Malcolm MacDonald
    Isolated and depressed following the death of his wife, Robbie McDermott is living an aimless existence in rural Michigan - until the chance discovery of a British Library audio collection inspires him to write a novel as a means of bringing a sense of purpose to his days. Set in England between 1944 and 1975, McDermott's plot is centered upon his unlikely relationship with th...
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    13,99 €

  • Tokyo Verb Studio
    Whether you are looking to study real Japanese straight from Tokyo or you want to learn more about Japan’s contemporary art and culture scenes, this beautifully designed anthology will acquaint you with a rising generation of award-winning and influential creative minds. The art, essays, interviews, and fiction collected here examine a wide array of subjects -- from cyborg femi...
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    45,33 €

  • The Ultimate Sacrifice
    Anthony Fields
    Betrayal is worse than slaughter. That's the motto Antonio Ameen Felder always instills in his friends. When a murder at the prison threatens to incarcerate them all for life, one man decides to sacrifice himself to free the others. All he asks for in return is that his family is taken care of. Luther ""Khadafi"" Fuller is the leader of the recently freed trio. He takes his...
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    29,42 €

  • Japón España: la Vía Dual
    Pedro Gallo / Pedro Gallo Tenaguillo
    El libro de Pedro Gallo está escrito con prosa rica, culta, ágil y fluida. Y aborda un tema que conoce realmente bien, y que justamente por ello lo explica con profundidad y con claridad. Es un libro que se lee con todo interés y con todo gusto. La relación entre España y Japón es básicamente buena pero tiene un potencial de desarrollo y crecimiento espectacular prácticamente e...
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    18,99 €

  • Logos
    Nicholas Nikita
    Nikita’s haunting debut is an extraordinary story of creativity and perseverance, the tragic consequences of unresolved grief, and the power of legacy.After witnessing the brutal death of his parents, a young caveboy is roaming through a barren, parched land with nothing but his newborn brother strapped to his chest. Unwilling to accept his loss, the boy sets out on a dangero...
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    13,27 €

  • The Dark Side
    M.C. Rivera
    After being caught in a shootout between two Mafia families, kindergarten teacher Jolie gains the attention of Adrik, the heir to the Morozov throne. In such a deadly spotlight, Jolie is confronted by a desperate FBI Agent more than willing to put her in a dangerous position to finally destroy the Morozov Empire.  Now hired as a tutor for Adrik’s five-year-old daughter, Jolie i...
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    18,64 €

  • Five Tries to Get It Right
    Kathryn Dodson
    When her best friend hits rock bottom, a lonely widow convinces her to join a worldwide voyage retracing their wild youth in a last-ditch effort to heal heartache through travel, friendship, and second chances.Lydia is a retired teacher who can’t imagine life alone after her husband’s death. Kate built a successful business but now faces emptiness after divorce and professional...
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    11,77 €

  • One Tuesday, Early
    Annalisa Crawford
    'A world both familiar and nightmarish. Eerie, atmospheric and immediately gripping.' Charlie Carroll, author of The LipYou’re on your own and you shouldn’t be. Your partner is missing. The streets are empty. Even the birds have disappeared. What do you do?It’s 6:05am one Tuesday morning, and Lexi Peters is alone. Her partner, her friends, her neighbours have all vanished witho...
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    19,86 €

  • Stalked By A Demon
    Tess Rutjens
    STALKED BY A DEMON: My Real-Life Encounters with an Incubus is the story of one woman’s battle with an evil entity, and how turning to her religion renewed her faith and helped her combat her menace.This is a true story of a mother’s experiences with paranormal activity. It tells of her unique struggles and the powerful miracles she experienced throughout her life. Shortly afte...
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    10,23 €

  • The Boy Who Painted The Moon Pink
    Paul S Coward
    The story centres around the relationship between Troy and his ageing grandma, as well as a few new and unusual friends along the way. It is a children’s book about love, adventure and grief, with a reminder that not all older people are as docile as you may think. ...
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    15,02 €

  • By Still Waters (Esprios Classics)
    George William Russell
    George William Russell (1867-1935) who wrote under the pseudonym AE was an Anglo-Irish supporter of the Nationalist movement in Ireland, a critic, poet, and painter. He was also a mystical writer, and centre of a group of followers of theosophy in Dublin, for many years. He worked many years for the Irish Agricultural Organization Society (IAOS), an agricultural co-operative mo...
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    17,60 €


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