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Russia - a vast and complex place that hides its secrets well. Two masters of the short story shed light upon its people and their emotional hinterland. Great stories, simply told with fresh voices.

In 2010, Jo Shapcott published "Of Mutability", her first collection for 12 years. The 45 poems explore the nature of change, in the body, within the natural world and inside relationships. "Of Mutability" was awarded the Costa Book of the Year for 2010, beating contenders in Fiction, Non-Fiction and other categories. The print edition of "Of Mutability" is published by Faber & Faber.

Mein Name ist Larry Brent, ich bin Agent der PSA, der psychoanalytischen Spezial-Abteilung. Mein neuster Auftrag führte mich nach Spanien...

Larry Brent hechtete hinter dem flüchtenden Santo her, während Iwan auch Zito außer Gefecht setzt... Die Jagd auf Dr. Satanas hatte begonnen...

Als Pfalzgraf Siegfried, treuer Gefolgsmann des Königs, in den Krieg zog, wurde Genofeva, seine Ehefrau und Tochter des Herzogs von Brabant, durch Siegfrieds Statthalter Golo begehrt. Er wurde aber von der treuen Genofeva verschmäht.Daraufhin beschuldigte dieser Genofeva fälschlicherweise der Untreue und verurteilte sie zum Tode...

In seiner Not behauptete ein armer Müller, seine Tochter könne Stroh zu Gold spinnen. Der König ließ das Mädchen daraufhin in eine Kammer voller Stroh einsperren, das sie über Nacht in Gold verwandeln sollte. Das Mädchen weinte verzweifelt - bis ihr ein Männchen erschien, das seine Hilfe anbot.

Es war einmal ein Schneider, der hatte seine drei Söhne aus dem Haus gejagt. Die zogen in die Welt hinaus und lernten alle ein Handwerk. Am Ende der Ausbildung erhielt jeder der drei ein ganz besonderes Geschenk. Ein Gastwirt jedoch stahl den beiden ältesten Jungen ihren kostbaren Lohn, rechnete jedoch nicht mit dem jüngsten Bruder der unerwartet zu Hilfe eilte...

Es war einmal eine Prinzessin, die immer mit einer goldenen Kugel spielte. Eines Tages aber fiel ihr das Lieblingsspielzeug in einen Brunnen, woraufhin ihr ein Frosch seine Hilfe anbot. Als Gegenleistung musste die Königstochter ihm versprechen, ihn mit im Schloss leben zu lassen. Sie hätte nie damit gerechnet, dass der Frosch wirklich darauf bestehen würde...

If you believe in the feline mystique, this anthology will have you purring. Intrigue, murder, and a not-so-cuddly kitty are at the center of these 9 stories by some of the finest, best selling mystery writers of all time. Curl up with Larry Segriff's No Hard Feelings read by Jamie Farr, Sharyn McCrumb's Nine Lives to Live read by Mary Jo Catlett, Joan Hess's The Maggody Files: Hillbilly Cat read by Jean Smart, Clark Howard's Animals read by David Birney, Edward D. Hoch's The Theft of the Mafia Cat read by Richard Gilliland, J.A. Jance's The Duel read by Eleanor Mondale, Ellery Queen's The Adventures of the Seven Black Cats read by Mike Walker, Janwillem van de Wetering's A Great Sight read by Mason Adams, and Carole Nelson Douglas's Coyote Peyote read by David Ackroyd.

Perhaps England's greatest literary family. To find one brilliant novelist in a family is extremely rare. But two? Three?

The Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily Jane and Anne, together with their brother Patrick, are famed throughout the world. And amongst their many talents was poetry. Of course, being Brontë's, they were rather good at that too.

The nightmare of generations has finally come true: A huge comet is on collision course with Earth, a holocaust is imminent. But from the Comet come a million copper tentacles that snatch up gorgeous, feral news reporter Kate Spencer and intergalactic bank robbers Jimmy and Henry. Escaping from the most improbable prison-cell in the universe, these three must destroy the brain of the Comet before the day is out, or Earth and several thousand alien species will die.

In My Daughter, Myself, acclaimed journalist Linda Wolfe chronicles her 38-year-old daughter's near-fatal stroke, the arduous course of physical and mental rehabilitation that led to the young woman's remarkable recovery, and the profound ways in which that journey from morbidity to health tested and changed every member of their blended family.

From the author of The Rope Walk, the story of a woman's life in its twilight, as she looks back on both a harrowing childhood and the unaccountable love and happiness that emerged from it. As the novel opens we see the Derry School in all its glorious New England fall colors and witness the loosening of the aging Peter's grasp - he will soon have to retire, and Ruth is wondering what they will do in their old age, separated from the school into which they have poured everything, including their savings.

Throughout World War II, when Saturday nights came around, servicemen and hostesses happily forgot the war for a little while as they danced together in USO clubs, which served as havens of stability in a time of social, moral, and geographic upheaval. Meghan Winchell demonstrates that in addition to boosting soldier morale, the USO acted as an architect of the gender roles and sexual codes that shaped the "greatest generation".

The idea is a guaranteed ratings winner: a reality TV show where six contestants audition for a part in a horror movie, a chance to be a "scream queen." Whoever lasts the night in a haunted house, rigged with shriek-inducing special effects, will walk away rich and famous...if they make it out alive.

Manda is a 38-year-old, tough, sarcastic woman who has yet to make peace with the town she was brought to as a teenager after her parents' messy divorce. Her mother is estranged, her father is ill, her brother and stepbrother are emotionally distant and growing restless, and all the while, her tight-lipped and depressed husband is pressing her to have a baby. Full of barbed dialogue and macabre, deadpan descriptions of family dynamics and the awkward social dances performed daily, this novel depicts those who feel permanently out of place.

Do not go gentle into that good night, wrote Dylan Thomas, and Canadas notorious Ladies Killing Circle has taken his advice to heart. In Going Out with a Bang, the dangerous dames have brought together an explosive mix of authors from across the country. Whether its the boom of drums, the cacophony of a train wreck, or the thud of a body crashing down the stairs, no one goes out without a fight. Twenty authors, along with poet Joy Hewitt Mann, will chill you, entertain you or plain blow you away in this eclectic fictional brew.

Broken Conditions highlights the author’s college years and chronicles key relationships, which lead to drama, adventure, hurt, and poor choices into her 30s. See how growing up affects and influences almost every decision, relationship, and behavior. When what she learned wasn’t working, she did something about it...sometimes! The Clean Colored Girl Chronicles are stories from one woman’s life as she shares how relationships made her and broke her.

The information collated and compiled herein sprang from a series of Bible studies on Daniel. Empire of Gold is a series of historical novels set in the time of a pantheon of biblical and historical greats. Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Josiah, and Nebuchadnezzar live again as Empire expounds their deeds and the chaos of their world. Empire of Gold: Foundations tells the story that leads up to the world war that changed everything.

In the jungle cities of the Amazon, thousands of tribal descendants suddenly drop dead at the exact same moment for no apparent reason. Strange truths start to emerge that lead respected ecologist, Antonio Medina, into the deepest reaches of the rain forest, to a tribe that has seen virtually zero contact with the outside world. On the other side of the planet, in the Indian Ocean, anthropologist Stel Foster is on a similar quest.