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  On Christmas Day in the Morning

  Grace S. Richmond

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  The Fernalds are an elderly couple, alone now that their children are grown and, mostly, married. But one of their sons realizes how lonely they must be and decides to bring his family together for the holidays to surprise his parents. First published in 1908, this short novel was followed by a sequel, On Christmas Day in the Evening, in 1910.

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  The Refugees

  Viet Thanh Nguyen

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  “Beautiful and heartrending” fiction set in Vietnam and America from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer (Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker) In these powerful stories, written over a period of twenty years and set in both Vietnam and America, Viet Thanh Nguyen paints a vivid portrait of the experiences of people leading lives between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. This incisive collection by the National Book Award finalist and celebrated author of The Committed gives voice to the hopes and expectations of people making life-changing decisions to leave one country for another, and the rifts in identity, loyalties, romantic relationships, and family that accompany relocation. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her with a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of migration. “Terrific.” —Chicago Tribune “An important and incisive book.” —The Washington Post “An urgent, wonderful collection.” —NPR

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  Exotic Sandwich An

  Martin Lundqvist

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  The self-proclaimed womanizer Marko Dodgyvich finds out the hard way that his charms are failing when a wager about an exotic sandwhich lands him in the hospital. What did he just eat?

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  Wandering Spirits - Modern Fables

  Salman Ansari

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  Wandering Spirits is a collection of whimsical tales that feed the soul, tug the heart, and spark the mind. 
  Inspired by classic books like The Little Prince, these delightfully illustrated fables follow a variety of charming animal characters as they embark on fantastical yet profoundly relatable quests. In this book, you'll meeta fox who wakes up to find he has many talking tailsa wolf who tries to fit in with a pack of dogsa frog who searches for the secret to a better lifea turtle captain who leads his ship through tumultuous seasand many more! 
  Great for children and adults alike, these stories will both entertain and offer helpful perspectives on how to view the world and navigate its many winding paths.

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  Dark Tales - Uncanny and...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Maxim...

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  A collection of strange and often grisly tales by some of the world's greatest writers, ranging from mildly unsettling to hair-raising.    1."The Mystery of Sasassa Valley", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle    2. "The Severed Hand", by Wilhelm Hauff    3. "The Black Ferry", by John Galt    4. "The Tête Noire", by Charles Allston Collins    5. "The Bundle of Letters", by Maurus Jokai    6. "The Judgement of Paris", by Leonard Merrick    7. "A Witch in the Peak" ,by R. Murray Gilchrist    8."The Door of the Trap", by Sherwood Anderson    9. "The Drover’s Wife", by Henry Lawson    10. "The Encased Man", by Anton Chekhov    11. "The Pistol-Shot", by Alexander Pushkin    12. "A Pastoral Horror", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle    13. "The Other Side", by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock    14. "The Inn of the Two Witches", by Joseph Conrad    15. "The Hair", by A. J. Alan    16. "A Child’s Revenge", by Paul Bourget    17. "Gabriel-Ernest", by Saki    18. "The Haunted Doll’s House", by M. R. James    19. "An Egyptian Cigarette", by Kate Chopin    20. "Nyarlathotep", by H. P. Lovecraft    21. "Old Fags", by Stacy Aumonier    22. "The Idiot", by Arnold Bennett    23. "Mademoiselle Fifi", by Guy de Maupassant    24. "Odour of Chrysanthemums", by D. H. Lawrence

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  The Man Who Could Work Miracles

  H G Wells

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  Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 in Bromley in Kent. He was the youngest of four siblings and his family affectionately knew him as ‘Bertie’. 
   
  The first few years of his childhood were spent fairly quietly, and Wells didn’t display much literary interest until, in 1874, he accidentally broke his leg and was left to recover in bed, largely entertained by the library of books his father regularly brought him. Through these Wells found he could escape the boredom and misery of his bed and convalescence by exploring the new worlds he encountered in these books. 
   
  From these humble beginnings began a career that was, after several delays, to be seen as one of the most brilliant of modern English writers. 
   
  Able to write comfortably in a number of genres he was especially applauded for his science fiction works such as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds but his forays into the social conditions of the times, with classics such as Kipps, were almost as commercially successful.  His short stories are miniature masterpieces many of which bring new and incredible ideas of science fiction to the edge of present day science fact.  Wells also received four nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature. 
   
  Despite a strong and lasting second marriage his affairs with other women also brought the complications of fathering other children.  His writings and work against fascism, as well as the promotion of socialism, brought him into increasing doubts with, and opposition to, religion.  His writings on what the world could be in works, such as A Modern Utopia, are thought-provoking as well as being plausible, especially when viewed from the distressing times they were written in. 
   
  His diabetic condition pushed him to create what is now the largest Diabetes charity in the United Kingdom.  Wells even found the time to run twice for Parliament. It was a long, distinguished and powerfully successful career by the time he died, aged 79, on August 13th, 1946.

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