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  The Bath Chair

  E. F. Benson

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  Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost stories.The Bath Chair is a sinister tale of Alice Farraday who harbours an obsessive hatred of her selfish brother Edmund. Alice is a believer in occult powers, and she well knows that a hatred, nurtured and fed, will take on a life of its own and bring about disaster for its object.She herself will not have to lift a finger to harm her brother. She must merely be patient and continue to hate. And indeed, before long Edmund begins to see a stranger with a limp wherever he goes. At first he is unable to get a clear view of the strange man... but when finally he sees him close up, the man's face fills him with terror, as he realizes the ghastly significance of the apparition.

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  The White Mouse - The Chronicles...

  JT Lawrence

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  In this dystopian tragedy, life has a way of surprising Jana with gifts as much as it does taking them away. 
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  This is the second standalone story in the dystopian series "The Chronicles of Akeratu".  
  No matter how bleak and violent the future looks, humanity still has a way of shining through. 
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  Elderberry Croft: March Whispers...

  Becky Doughty

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  Joe Sanderson believes that living simply is simply better living. 
  He gardens. 
  He cooks. 
  He entertains Vivian. 
  Everything is going just fine... then along comes Ms. Willow Goodhope, with her whispering shadows and her elderberry pie, reminding him of what it means to be a man. 
  Because sometimes life is simply complicated, and when a man loves a woman, he might need to step out of his comfort zone to prove it. 
  To her, to himself, to the whole world. Or at least the whole Coach House Trailer Park. 
  Pick up Elderberry Croft: March Whispers to find out if the lovely Ms. Willow can help Joe Sanderson rethink his perspective.

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  Tales of the Unexpected

  Kate Chopin, O. Henry, Katherine...

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  Short Stories with a Twist. A Classic Collection by O Henry, Katherine Mansfield, Kate Chopin and Guy de Maupassant which engage and surprise

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  China Star

  Maurice Medland

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  An ex-navy officer performs a daring sea rescue in this international thriller from “one of the best adventure writers today. A master storyteller.” (Clive Cussler, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Dirk Pitt adventure series)   When Elizabeth Grayson stumbles upon confidential intel while doing medical research in China, her quiet life turns to terror. Imprisoned in a labor camp on an isolated island, the senator’s daughter struggles with her horrifying new knowledge that China is planning an attack against the United States. Worse, scientific advances in her own work may have helped make China’s powerful new weapon against America possible.   Matt Connor’s location on a salvage boat in the Pacific Ocean may have landed him the lucrative job of rescuing a politician’s daughter from prison, but once the ex-navy officer has Elizabeth Grayson on his ship, he’s bound with her in a deadly game of survival.  With the Chinese government determined to launch a weapon of mass destruction before their secret offensive is revealed, both Matt and Elizabeth’s lives are on the line—along with the fate of the American people.   “. . . a thrilling novel of international intrigue . . . A tense and riveting adventure from cover to cover.” —Midwest Book Review

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  Shylock Must Die

  Clive Sinclair

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  Since his first public appearance in the late 1590s, Shylock has been synonymous with antisemitism. Many of his bon mots remain common currency among Jew-haters; among them "3000 ducats" and the immortal "pound of flesh". But Shakespeare, being Shakespeare, was incapable of inventing anyone so uninteresting; instead he affords Shylock such ambiguity that some of his other lines have become keynotes for believers in shared humanity and tolerance. Following Shakespeare's example these stories – all inspired by The Merchant of Venice – range from the comic to the melancholic. Many pivot on significant productions of the play: Stockholm in 1944, London in 2012, and Venice in 2016. Some are concerned with domestic matters, others with the political, including one – more outrageous than the others – that links Shylock via Israel with the American presidency; most combine both. Running through these linked stories – of which there are seven, like the ages of man – is the cycle of family life, with all its comedy and tragedy.

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