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  Play It As It Lays - A Novel

  Joan Didion

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  A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. Set in a place beyond good and evil—literally in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the barren wastes of the Mojave Desert, but figuratively in the landscape of an arid soul—it remains more than three decades after its original publication a profoundly disturbing novel, riveting in its exploration of a woman and a society in crisis and stunning in the still-startling intensity of its prose.A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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  Arcadian Adventures with the...

  Stephen Leacock

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  Plutoria Avenue: a university that sells its soul for an endowment, two churches that merge for financial reasons, a mystic who fleeces the ladies' lunch club, and a clean-government campaign run by the men it is meant to expose. Leacock ran the economics department at McGill by day and claimed the humour paid better; this 1914 companion to Sunshine Sketches turns the same eye on the rich, and the knife goes in much deeper. Fifty-seven plates by painters from Hogarth to Bellows, all clubs and supper tables and family gatherings, give Leacock's idle rich a visual ancestry stretching back two centuries.

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  The Shunned House - A cursed...

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  👻 Are you fascinated by tales of haunted houses and supernatural mysteries? 
  🏚️ Do you crave stories that explore the darkest corners of human fear? 
  🌙 Are you ready to uncover a chilling narrative that will keep you awake at night? 
  If you answered YES to at least one of these questions, you MUST KEEP READING... 
  🗝️ Unlock the Terrifying Secrets of a House That Death Itself Calls Home 
  In a quiet corner of an ancient New England town stands a dwelling with a dark and blood-curdling history. For over two centuries, this seemingly ordinary house has been the center of inexplicable deaths, mysterious illnesses, and terrifying phenomena that defy rational explanation. Those who dare to spend time within its walls find themselves facing an unspeakable horror that has claimed countless lives. 
  Here's What Awaits You Inside: 🏛️ Deep historical research spanning centuries of mysterious deaths 👥 Rich character development that brings the investigation to life 🔍 Scientific methodology merged with supernatural horror 🌑 Atmospheric descriptions that will transport you to the cursed location 💀 Psychological terror that builds to a heart-stopping climax And much more...! 
  Don't wait to uncover the truth. Scroll up and click the BUY NOW button to begin your descent into terror! 🔮

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  New Grub Street - The Literary...

  George Gissing

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  Two writers, one who can produce what sells and one who cannot, and the woman who married the second on the strength of his reviews. Gissing lost a brilliant academic career at eighteen for stealing to keep a prostitute he later married, and knew the reading room, the pawnshop and the three-volume deadline from the inside. The literary life has not had a more truthful account. Fifty-four plates spanning 1837 to 1914, from Carl Spitzweg's The Poor Poet to George Cole's landscapes, picture the wider world of nineteenth-century art that Gissing's struggling writers could only dream of entering.

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  Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge An

  Ambrose Bierce

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  Ambrose Bierce’s haunting short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a gripping tale of suspense and psychological depth. Set during the American Civil War, it follows the fate of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer who is condemned to hang at Owl Creek Bridge. As the noose tightens, Farquhar experiences a vivid dream of escape, leading to a startling and unforgettable conclusion. 
  Narrated by Ken Kowalik, this audiobook captures the tension and emotional intensity of Bierce’s iconic work, immersing listeners in a harrowing journey through time, perception, and the harsh realities of war. 
  Perfect for fans of classic American literature, psychological thrillers, and historical fiction, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge remains a powerful and thought-provoking story that lingers long after the final sentence.

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  Horse in the Moon - From their...

  Luigi Pirandello

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  Luigi Pirandello was born on 28th June 1867 into an upper-class family in Agrigento, in Sicily. 
  In 1880, the family moved to Palermo and there he completed high school and thence to the University of Palermo, at that time the centre of what became the Fasci Siciliani movement.  Although not an active member he had close friendships with many of its leading ideologists.  Pirandello then completed his university studies in Rome and Bonn, receiving his Doctorate in March, 1891. 
  His time in Rome had provided him with the opportunity to visit its many theatres. "Oh the dramatic theatre! I will conquer it. I cannot enter into one without experiencing a strange sensation, an excitement of the blood through all my veins..." 
  1894 brought marriage, at his father's suggestion, to a shy, withdrawn girl: Mara Antonietta Portulano.  The marriage encouraged his studies and writings and, the following year, the first part of the ‘Dialoghi tra Il Gran Me e Il Piccolo Me’ was published. 
  In 1903 the flooding of the sulphur mines in which his father had invested the family capital and Antonietta's dowry, brought financial catastrophe.  She, on hearing the news, was mentally broken.  Pirandello would now work a full day and then watch over his troubled wife at night. Somehow he found time to write ‘The Late Mattia Pascal’.  It was an immediate and resounding success.  
  In 1909, Pirandello began his collaboration with the prestigious Corriere della Sera.  Whilst his fame as a writer was increasing his private life was poisoned by the suspicion and jealousy of Antonietta who now turned physically violent.  His plays were now being regularly performed but, within a decade, Antonietta had to be placed into an asylum from which she never left. 
  In 1921, in Rome his play, ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ debuted.  It was a failure.  However, when presented in Milan it was a great success, as it also was in London and New York. 
  In 1925, Pirandello, with Mussolini’s help, assumed the artistic direction and ownership of the Teatro d'Arte di Roma.  He now described himself both as ‘a Fascist because I am Italian’ and ‘I'm apolitical, I'm only a man in the world...’  However his later conflicts with fascist leaders meant he fell under close surveillance by the OVRA, the secret police. 
  In 1934 he won the Nobel Prize but asked that the medal be melted down for Italy’s occupation of Abyssinia Campaign to which he had given his support.  
  Pirandello's canon stretches across novels, short stories, poetry, essays and some 40 plays.  His tragic farces are often cited as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd. 
  Luigi Pirandello died on the 10th December 1936 at his home at Via Bosio, Rome, Italy.  He was 69.

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