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  To Avenge a Dead Glacier

  Shane Tivenan

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  Winner of the RTÉ Francis MacManus Short Story Prize and the John McGahern Award, Shane Tivenan is a remarkable new talent. This debut collection simmers with style, verve, tension and humour. Throughout the stories in To Avenge a Dead Glacier, Tivenan explores the lives of rural Irish outsiders. His characters are artists, sean-nós singers, members of the queer community, the gifted, the neurodivergent, the environmentally concerned, people with memory problems, the spiritual people, the non-human.
  In the title story, a man attends the funeral of a glacier in Iceland without fully knowing why he is there. In another, a midlands graffiti artist warns his townspeople through his throw-ups about the dangers of the way they are living, but neglects his own mind in the process. In 'Honey Brown', a ninety-two-year-old woman who suffers from Charles Bonnet syndrome tries to celebrate her birthday in a nursing home in Roscommon while fighting back the hallucinations brought on by her condition. In 'Resurrection of a Corncrake', a semi-retired plasterer is haunted by the silencing of the birds in his townland, a silencing which he knows he took part in.
  These are stories rich in the essential detail of human life, in the fraught exchanges that make up our every relationship, and very often of life lived beyond the confines of safety or simplicity.

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  The Song of the Lark

  Willa Cather

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  Embark on an inspiring journey with "The Song of the Lark" by Willa Cather, where art and self-discovery intertwine. Follow Thea Kronborg, a talented young singer from a small Colorado town, as she rises to success. Her passion for music leads her from humble beginnings to the bustling world of Chicago and beyond. Through struggles and triumphs, Cather paints a vivid portrait of artistic dedication and the pursuit of dreams, celebrating the transformative power of art and resilience.

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  The Unfortunate Son

  Malou von Sivers

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  It's the Roaring Twenties in Malou von Sivers' intimate family saga. The world buzzes with fresh optimism, but the villa in Äppelviken is steeped in sorrow. Axel Silversjö's beloved wife has died giving birth to Edwin-a child forever marked as the one who destroyed their perfect world.Hope returns when Axel meets Hedvig, a young woman brimming with life. Love might be his salvation, but can he let go of his shattered dreams?We witness Edwin's childhood through the turbulent thirties and forties as the world lurches toward another war. Edwin bears his father's anguish and swears he'll never become like him. Yet he fears he's inherited something darker-a wound that feels like a family curse.

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  Royalty and Ruin

  Charlotte E. English

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  Somebody thought it would be a great idea to send us to the Troll Court. 
  Because somebody imagined I might be the perfect person to help with a certain wild and crazy plan of Their Majesties' concoction. 
  They want to restore the lost city of Farringale. 
  I can only say that I heartily approve. 
  There is the tiny problem of how, of course; but who better to dig up the truth than the Society’s most colourful agents? 
  Off questing we go, armed with a long list of questions, two winning smiles (well, three, if you count the Baron’s — and who wouldn’t?) and a certain Dappledok pup. 
  Only, history has a way of being... slippery. 
  The only way to find out what really happened at Farringale is to go back there, poke it with a stick, and see what falls out. And try not to die in the process. 
  It'll be fine. With my enchanted pipes in tow, a unicorn at my side and three trusty allies at my back, what could possibly go wrong?

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  Dead Centre - Not Every Suicide...

  Owen Jones

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  A vicious bomb explodes in a posh department store in Baghdad, killing and maiming dozens of innocent shoppers and staff. Within a short time, a new, ruthless breed of suicide bombers has seven of the world`s police forces stumped, as a reign of terror, seemingly unrelated to religion or politics, breaks out. 
  Chinese government computer experts and the British SAS are called in to help, but will they uncover the reason for the apparently random bombings before the public becomes spooked?

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  The Food of the Gods - And How...

  H. G. Wells

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  The groundbreaking science fiction classic by H.G. Wells      Imagine a food…that could change the course of human history.    In The Food of The Gods and How it Came to Earth, legendary science fiction author H.G. Wells provocatively chronicles this very idea: a food so powerful it transforms society as we know it.   Two young scientists, Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood, begin their study of “growth” on a whim, then proceed to develop Herakleophorbia IV, a growth serum quickly named “The Food of the Gods.” The serum is tested on chickens, who quickly grow to six times their size. It’s deemed a success, but after the serum makes its way into the local food chain, the gigantism spreads—giant plants, earwigs, wasps, and even rats. English villages are terrorized and ransacked.    But the scientists have yet to learn their lesson, administering the serum to numerous young children. “Boomfood” has now taken the entire country by storm, forcing all of England to reckon with the recklessness of the scientists. Will the giants find peace among the common citizens, or will they be forced to shed blood to ensure their own survival?   “If any writer could overcome the hurdles inherent in humanizing giants, that writer would be H. G. Wells, the fellow who practically pioneered all the major tropes of science fiction.”—Paul Di Filippo, Hugo-nominated author of The Steampunk Trilogy

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