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  “Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape” (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Thousand Acres).   The twelve “meticulously observed” stories of Women and Children First showcase New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Francine Prose at her finest—offering a glimpse into the lives of men and women searching for connection and meaning in a world that often seems pre-programmed for absurdity (The New York Times).   An adult daughter struggling to understand her father’s newfound Hasidic faith, an alcoholic trying to improve himself by fasting, a housewife enrolled in the New Consciousness Academy, a French literature professor who’s begun to fear Madame Bovary, and a young woman seeking direction from a Tibetan master in the company of neurotic, overeager followers—these are the achingly, hilariously real people who inhabit these “wise and witty” stories (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).  

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  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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  The quiet Dutch community of Sleepy Hollow lay in the Adirondack mountains on the western shore of the mighty Hudson River in America’s colonial period. The solitude of the woods was breathtaking, and not even a schoolmaster was immune from the eerie miasma which everyone knew permeated the dense forest. 
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  Of Men and Women

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  Of Men And Women is an anthology of short stories by the great Russian writer Alexander Kuprin focusing on various types of relationships between the two genders. Traditional marriages, friendships, obsessions, submissions, and much more - brought to life through the exquisite writing of a true literary master. 
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  Theatre Royal. The very name summons up something of grandeur and eloquence. And it was. Hosted by Laurence Olivier, these big-name productions also included the creme de la creme of acting talents from John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Orson Welles to Trevor Howard, Michael Redgrave and Olivier himself. They were based on works by the worlds’ leading authors, among them Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Anton Chekhov.  These are but a few of whose company we shall be keeping as we raise the curtain on our first instalment of theatrical history.

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  Night Terrors Vol 18 - Short...

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  All aboard the night train to terror… 
  Trick-or-treating takes a sinister turn when a restless spirit seeks revenge on friends who abandoned him. A man’s worst memories are turned against him in a cruel dystopian nightmare. And a specialist in deadly wildlife encounters an unusual predator with an appetite for human flesh… 
    
  The Scare Street train is leaving the station with a new collection of skin-crawling horror. Thirteen tales of nightmares and dark fantasy lurk within its decaying pages. Plenty of reading to occupy your mind, as your train ride to terror begins. 
    
  A skeletal hand takes your ticket. The conductor’s rotting lips curl into an sinister grin. Ghostly passengers drift through the car as the engine’s whistle blows. 
    
  Through the window, you see a dark tunnel ahead. Giant fangs glisten in the moonlight, surrounding the dark, gaping passageway. As the train plunges deeper into the monstrous maw, the other passengers wail in fright. The giant mouth is closing, and a horrifying realization dawns on you... 
    
  Looks like you bought a one-way ticket. 
    
  And this train ride is about to become your last… 
    
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  4. Apex Predator by Richard Beauchamp 
  5. Misery Loop by Caleb Jones 
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  7. The Dog Walkers by Edward Ahern 
  8. Coming Back by Charles Welch 
  9. Metamorphosis by Shea E. Butler 
  10. Lock the Doors by Matt Micheli 
  11. Berg by Tom Prentice 
  12. Mousetrap by Al Hagan 
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