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  The Sessions - A tale of...

  Myles Downey

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  On cold, damp Dublin day, Padraig enters Ryan’s of Parkgate Street in a dark and despairing mood – and meets the man. From this moment nothing is the same as he begins a journey in which he discovers his ability to truly lead and, in so doing, turns around a faltering business. This metaphorical journey is paralleled by a real one through various Dublin pubs, and the extraordinary people who can be met in these establishments. Pints of stout are consumed, profound conversations are had, and odd coincidences occur as the tale unfolds.  
  This is a novella, set in 1987 Dublin, with tales of Victorian pubs and of an emerging leader who is beset by doubt, by rejection, by deceit and downright foul play.

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  My Armenian Friend

  Andreï Makine

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  A heart-wrenching novel that is at once an indelible portrait of friendship, a coming-of-age tale, and a dive into the memory of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire. Siberia, early seventies. The narrator, a thirteen-year-old orphan, saves Vardan, a young Armenian boy, from discrimination and being attacked by fellow Soviet students in their schoolyard. A friendship is born. When Vardan brings him home, the narrator enters a world of Armenian families living in the periphery of a prison where their husbands, sons, and fathers are detained. It is there, in the warmth of their home, that the narrator meets courage, love, and dignity—all of which will mark him for the rest of his life. At first, only Vardan’s mysterious attacks of fever and pain, diagnosed simply as the “Armenian disease,” can separate the friends. But then an act of child’s play is suspected by the regime as aiding in an escape attempt from one of the nearby camps. My Armenian Friend powerfully conjures a double nostalgia: that of an isolated Armenian community for their native country, and that of a boy for his childhood friend.

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  Mansfield Park

  Jane Austen

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  Mansfield Park is a thoughtful and morally rich novel that examines love, responsibility, and social conscience in early 19th-century England. The story centers on Fanny Price, a quiet and modest young woman who is sent from her impoverished family to live with her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park. Raised among privilege yet never fully belonging, Fanny grows up keenly observant of the people and values that surround her.
  
  As the Bertram family and their fashionable friends become entangled in flirtation, ambition, and moral compromise, Fanny's steady principles and inner strength quietly set her apart. Though often overlooked and underestimated, she possesses a deep sense of integrity that contrasts sharply with the charm and recklessness of those around her. When temptation and scandal threaten the harmony of Mansfield Park, Fanny's character is put to the ultimate test.
  
  With subtle irony, emotional depth, and sharp social insight, Jane Austen explores themes of duty, morality, and true affection. Mansfield Park is a compelling and introspective novel that rewards readers with its nuanced portrayal of character and its enduring reflection on what it truly means to live with honor and conviction.

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  Ladies’ Tailor

  Priya Hajela

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  This is a story of Gurdev and his cohort, a group of refugees who travel east from Pakistan after Partition. It is a tale of falling apart and coming together as the world burns around them. 
   
   
   
  Will Gurdev be successful in his new business of making garments for women? Will he find love after his wife and children leave his side? There may be uncertainty here, but there is also relentless hope. 
   
   
   
  Journey back in time and experience the refugee spirit as Ladies' Tailor captures you with all its romance, adventure, and one man's iron will to not just survive, but to thrive with new beginnings.

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  The Gods of Mars

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  John Carter is back!  
  In this second book in Edgar Rice Burroughs Barsoom saga, John Carter returns to Mars after he was flung back to Earth at the end of the previous title.  
  Ten long years have passed, and when he returns, John Carter finds himself once more flung into danger and high adventure! 
  Can he survive the cruel deception of the Valley Dor, which promises peace and happiness for all martians, but delivers neither? Can he escape the tunnels of the Therns? Cruel white Martians that practice cannabalism and deception? See him fight the cruel Black Pirates of Barsoom! And when imprisoned by them, who is the identity of this strange boy in the cell next to him? Watch him defy the edicts of Issus, the so called goddess of life and death upon Barsoom!  
  Will he ever reunite with his lost love? The beautiful Red Martian Princess, Dejah Thoris?  
  Another tale of pulp adventure upon the surface of mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, narrated by Michael Ward.

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  Rain Corbyn's Body of Work -...

  Rain Corbyn

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  Sixteen stories. Sixteen body parts. One writer murdered to get them. 
  Rain Corbyn's Body of Work collects Corbyn's eight best stories already in print with eight never-before-read nasties, all organized by anatomy. 
  Brad will go insane unless his body is completely hair-free. Prince Alastair looks for his Cinderella, but he carries her foot skin instead of a slipper. Poppy will stop at nothing to become the number one pimple popping social media star. A weight loss cult holds darker secrets than its abusive leader. And it gets worse. 
  These tales are framed by a shocking meta-narrative about online identity, parasocial relationships, and remorseless deception. What Jaws did for beaches, Body of Work will do for your DMs. 
  For fans of gross-out body horror, bad queer representation, extreme horror, splatterpunk, and ecological Sci-fi. A collection in the transgressive, respectability-eschewing traditions of Clive Barker, William S. Burroughs, Eric LaRocca, Gretchen Felker-Martin, and Joe Koch.

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