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An unflinching story of a troubled friendship — and one girl’s struggle to come to terms with secrets and shame and find her own power to heal. Leah Greene is dead. For Laine, knowing what really happened and the awful feeling that she is, in some way, responsible set her on a journey of painful self-discovery. Yes, she wished for this. She hated Leah that much. Hated her for all the times in the closet, when... (more)

Arta conversatieiIleana Vulpescu

Arta conversatiei

by Ileana Vulpescu

Text: Romanian

I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

by Glen Duncan

Glen Duncan has been hailed by the Times Literary Supplement (London) as one of Britain's twenty best young novelists, alongside such writers as Hari Kunzru and Zadie Smith. His new novel, I, Lucifer -- shortlisted for the Geoffrey Faber Award -- is a satirical tour de force fueled by a scorching, hyper-intelligent wit that burns up the pages. The End is nigh, and the Prince of Darkness has been given one last... (more)

House of Night: Book 1

Marked

by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

After she is Marked, 16-year-old Zoey Redbird enters the House of Night and learns that she is no average fledgling. She has been Marked as special by the vampyre Goddess Nyx. But she is not the only fledgling at the House of Night with special powers. When she discovers that the leader of the Dark Daughters, the school's most elite club, is mis-using her Goddess-given gifts, Zoey must look deep within herself for... (more)

After

by Amy Efaw

An infant left in the trash to die. A teenage mother who never knew she was pregnant . . . Before That Morning, these were the words most often used to describe straight-A student and star soccer player Devon Davenport: responsible, hardworking, mature. But all that changes when the police find Devon home sick from school as they investigate the case of an abandoned baby. Soon the connection is made—Devon has... (more)

The Economic Naturalist: Why Economics Explains Almost Everything

The Economic Naturalist: Why Economics Explains Almost Everything

by Robert H. Frank

Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Umbrella Academy: Dallas

by Gerard Way

The team is despondent following the near apocalypse created by one of their own and the death of their beloved mentor Pogo. So it's a great time for another catastrophic event to rouse the team into action. Trouble is, each member of the team is distracted by some very real problems of their own. The White Violin is bedridden due to an unfortunate blow to the head. Rumor has lost her voice - the source of her... (more)

Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

by James Finn Garner

A whimsical adaptation of classic fairy tales and bedtime stories removes all kinds of bias and objective language from such traditional tales as ""Chicken Little,"" ""Rapunzel,"" ""The Three Little Pigs,"" ""Cinderella,"" and many others.

Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood

by Marjane Satrapi

A New York Times Notable Book A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year” A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow... (more)

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

Based on historical people and real events, Arthur Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism. Introduction by Christopher Bigsby

No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel

No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel

by Janice Dickinson

The Real Sex Kitten's Handbook (Hardcover)Val Sampson

The Real Sex Kitten's Handbook (Hardcover)

by Val Sampson

False Roads to Manhood: What Women Need to Know, What Men Need to Understand

False Roads to Manhood: What Women Need to Know, What Men Need to Understand

by Frank Chase

The new release from F C Publishing, LLC, False Roads to Manhood, subtitled, What Women Need To Know, What Men Need to Understand is the author's seven journey of adventure, suspense and intrigue into the heart and soul of the secret life of manhood. This profound book invites those seeking wisdom, knowledge and understanding about the hidden truths of a lifetime to embark on a journey that answers questions about... (more)

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (Bantam Classics)

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (Bantam Classics)

by Edgar Allan Poe

Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for these tales by the master prose writer.

Postcards From No Man's Land

by Aidan Chambers

Seventeen-year-old Jacob Todd is about to discover himself. Jacob's plan is to go to Amsterdam to honor his grandfather who died during World War II. He expects to go, set flowers on his grandfather's tombstone, and explore the city. But nothing goes as planned. Jacob isn't prepared for love&150or to face questions about his sexuality. Most of all, he isn't prepared to hear what Geertrui, the woman who... (more)

The Top of Her Game

by Emma Holly

It's not only Julia's professional acumen that has men quaking in their shoes - she also has a taste for keeping men in line after office hours. With an impressive collection of whips and high heels to her name, she sure has some kinky ways of showing affection. But Julia's been searching all her life for a man who won't be tamed too quickly - and when she meets rugged dude rancher Zach on a business get-together... (more)

The End Of Alice

by A. M. Homes

A provocative account of sexual addiction and murder is set inside the mind of a violent sex offender now in his twenty-third year of confinement, as told in erotically charged correspondence with a nineteen-year-old college girl, presently preying on a young boy herself. Reprint. NYT.

Either Side of Winter

by Benjamin Markovits

In Fall we see the tentative beginnings of an unlikely romance - between a schoolteacher and a wealthy, drifting former graduate. In Winter we hear the story of her colleague, whose brief fling produced, as he now learns, seventeen years too late, a daughter. Then the daughter's best friend, her love affair with a teacher and the story of her dying father take us through Spring and Summer. This is a moving and... (more)

Story of O Part Two

by Pauline Reage

"The Return to the Chateau: Story of O" is widely acknowledged to be one of the most famous erotic novels of all time. Graham Greene described it as 'A rare thing, a pornographic book well written and without a trace of obscenity'. Harold Pinter called it 'A remarkable piece of work', while Brian Aldiss proclaimed 'I do believe that Pauline Reage has confounded all her critics and made pornography (if that is what... (more)

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