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  A Dream of Wild Bees - From...

  Olive Schreiner

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  The bookshelves of World literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From their countries and continents their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Olive Schreiner.

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  Worst Date Ever

  Dan Kopcow

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  This book is about romantic dates gone horribly wrong. We’ve all experienced dates brimming with horror, comedy, drama, tension, and lunacy. Sometimes in the same evening. This fiction short story collection captures the vulnerability, desperation, and bravery of putting yourself out there. The characters in these stories are undergoing the worst date of their lives. And wouldn’t you rather experience that thrill vicariously? It certainly seems a sound investment to plunk down a nominal fee for this book rather than go through the worst date ever yourself. And who knows, maybe you’ll learn some meaningful life lessons along the way. Or at the very least, you can shimmy this book under the table leg and finally fix that annoying wobble. You have to admit, this book is an ideal thickness for such repairs. Wait, where were we… Whether on a first date, a weekend getaway with a significant other, or the target of an intricate revenge scheme, these characters reflect the spectrum of emotions and reactions when we decide to lower our guard and let somebody in. And then it all goes spectacularly Hindenburg. Reading these stories should make you a more cautious dater. Or an expert wobbly-table-fixer. Either way: Best. Purchase. Ever.

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  Arch Rascal An - From their pens...

  Knut Hamsun

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  Knud Pedersen was born in Lom in the Gudbrandsdal valley of Norway on the 4th of August, 1859 in what was then the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway.  He was the fourth son of seven children born to poor parents who, when he was three, were invited to an uncle’s farm to work his land. 
  When he was nine he moved away from his family to help another uncle who ran a post office.  Whilst with him he was beaten and starved which manifested in a series of chronic nervous difficulties.  The treatment endured for six years until he managed to escape back to Lom. 
  For some time he now took any job that was available to him, including store clerk, peddler, shoemaker's apprentice, sheriff's assistant, elementary-school teacher and ropemaker's apprentice.  At about the same time, with the wealth of these gained experiences, he began to explore his literary talents. 
  In 1877 he published his first book ‘The Enigmatic Man: A Love Story from Northern Norway’, others soon followed but real success only came in 1890 with ‘Hunger’, an influential work for later novelists with its internal monologue and bizarre logic.  His work is often associated with Pantheism; where nature and mankind are unified in a strong and often mystical bond.   
  His work was so influential that in 1920 he was awarded the Novel Prize for Literature. 
  Shortly after this point his works became fewer and his interests darker.  During World War II he became a fervent admirer of the Nazi’s, even meeting Hitler, even though German armies had overrun Norway.  With the war’s end he was detained on charges of treason.  His old age was apparently the primary reason given for Hamsun receiving only a fine.  Other reasons also sought to excuse his abhorrent behaviour but it was clear that whilst he was loved for his literature he was detested for his politics and morals. 
  His literary canon includes more than 20 novels, a poetry collection, short stories, plays, a travelogue, other works of non-fiction and essays. 
  Knut Hamsun died on the 19th February 1952 in Grimstad. He was 92.

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  Dewdrops - Tales from the...

  Dan Flanigan

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  Tales from the Razor's Edge 
  "Some Cold War Blues" — A neighborhood snowball fight erupts into a thing as close to war as an 11-year-old American boy is likely to face. 
  "Dude" — A wanna-be cowboy confronts his last sunset on the ranch. 
  "On the Last Frontier" — Old and broke in Juneau with winter coming on. 
  "Dewdrops" —The life and death struggles of a charismatic but tormented drug rehab counselor and his patients.

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  The Partition

  Don Lee

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  Twenty-one years after the publication of his landmark debut collection Yellow, Don Lee returns to the short story form for his sixth book, The Partition.  
   
  The Partition is an updated exploration of Asian American identity, this time with characters who are presumptive model minorities in the arts, academia, and media. Spanning decades, these nine novelistic stories traverse an array of cities, from Tokyo to Boston, Honolulu to El Paso, touching  
  upon transient encounters in local bars, restaurants, and hotels.  
   
  Culminating in a three-story cycle about a Hollywood actor, The Partition incisively examines heartbreak, identity, family, and relationships—the characters searching for answers to universal questions: Where do I belong? How can I find love? What defines an authentic self?

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  Back Burning Redux

  Syvlia Petter

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  In Back Burning Redux, by Austrian/Australian author Sylvia Petter, her short stories take you for an eclectic tour around Europe in ‘Viennese Blood’, ‘the Ferris Wheel’, ‘Apple of Paradise’; to and from Australia with ‘Back Burning’, ‘Heatwave’, ‘The Colour of Haze’; crossing cultures in ‘The Boy from Bul’, ‘Matroshki’; and shifting between generations with ‘Eyes to See’ and ‘Wester Rerun’. Also includes evocative flash fictions and intimate essays by the author. 
   
  Narrated by acclaimed reader Bronwyn Grannall, the stereo recording features transitional sound tracks linking the works.

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