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  Lets Roll Out A Circle

  Shobha Viswanath

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  "Rosa, Gulla, their cousins, and uncles are going to make rotis with Amma. But can any of them get
  the correct shape? See if you can identify the shapes of their rotis. The Rosa Gulla series introduces
  early-learning concepts to children. With cheerful illustrations and relatable characters, this book
  introduces children to shapes."

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  Heartbroke

  Chelsea Bieker

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  From the acclaimed author of Godshot and "a pitch-perfect ventriloquist of extraordinary talent and ferocity" (T Kira Madden) comes a defining book of Californian stories where everyone is seeking or sabotaging love.United by the stark and sprawling landscapes of California's Central Valley, the characters of Heartbroke boil with reckless desire. A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to recoup her own lost motherhood. A phone-sex operator sees divine opportunity when a lavender-eyed cowboy walks into her life. A mother and a son selling dream catchers along a highway that leads to a toxic beach manifest two young documentary filmmakers into their realm. And two teenage girls play a dangerous online game with destiny. Heartbroke brims over with each character's attempt to salvage grace where they can find it. Told in bright, snapping prose that reveals a world of loss and love underneath, Chelsea Bieker brilliantly illuminates a golden yet gothic world of longing and abandonment under an unrelenting California sun.

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  Atlantic Narratives: Modern...

  Various Various

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  This book, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, is a collection of 23 "modern short stories", written by various authors as follows: Cornelia A. P. Comer, Amy Wentworth Stone, Elizabeth Ashe, Dallas Lore Sharp, H. G. Dwight, Mary Lerner, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Henry Seidel Canby, Zephine Humphrey, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Katharine Butler, Madeleine Z. Doty, F. J. Louriet, Ernest Starr, C. A. Mercer, Margaret Sherwood, E. Nesbit, E. V. Lucas, Margaret Lynn, Margaret Prescott Montague, and Arthur Russell Taylor. This audio compilation begins with the stories themselves, each Section followed by the editor's Biographical and Interpretative Notes, and at the end of the collection, the book's lengthy Introduction is included for the benefit of scholars who may be interested in editor Charles Swain Thomas' detailed opinions on what makes a short story compelling and why women excel in this genre. (Summary by Michele Fry)

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  Green Shadows White Whale - A...

  Ray Bradbury

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  From the recipient of the National Book Foundation's 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters comes "[Bradbury's] most entertaining book in a distinguished fifty-year career." (Time).  
  In 1953, a young Ray Bradbury is summoned to Ireland by the brilliant but terrifying titan of cinema, John Huston. His mission: capture on paper the fiercest of all literary beasts Moby Dick. But from the moment he sets foot on Irish soil, the author embarks on an unexpected odyssey.  
  As Bradbury works and wrangles with the renowned director to craft a workable screenplay so filming can begin he also develops a love affair with the beautiful, mysterious land of Ireland and its inhabitants. Here is the story of what happens when the visions of three creative geniuses--Bradbury, Huston, and Melville--collide, set against the beguilling backdrop of the Emerald Isle.

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  Sketches by Boz Volume 2

  Charles Dickens

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  The ‘sketches’ in this volume are more the substance and length of short stories illustrating the development of the tools of the Masters trade: farce, parody, irony, black humour and wonderful one liners which unerringly hit the mark. The ensuing narrative, however, brings the listener bumpily back to earth with a reminder of the mean and often tragic lives that were being endured in the busy, uncaring  metropolis. The stories are in the following order and entitled: The Dancing Academy, Shabby Genteel People,The Prisoners Van, The Boarding House, Mr Minns and his Cousin, Sentiment, The Tuggses’ at Ramsgate, Horatio Sparkins, The Black Veil, The Steam Excursion, The Great Winglebury Duel, Mrs Joseph Porter, A Passage in the life of Mr Watkins Tottle, The Bloomsbury Christening, The Drunkards Death. National Press Reviewers had this to say of the first volume of ‘Sketches by Boz’. ‘I couldn’t wish for a better reader. It’s been one of the highlights of my listening’. The Publishing News. ‘A brilliant reading in tune with Dickens’ own vibrancy and humanity’ The Observer. ‘This is social history with a soul’. The Guardian.

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  Death Benefits - A Novel of...

  Ed Teja

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  A Fast-Paced Caribbean Adventure! 
  Martin’s hunt for a missing businessman in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, escalates into a deadly competition. Corrupt cops, an assassin, and a former British spy all have strong motivations to locate him—and he seems to be the only one who cares about finding him alive. 
  The man's wife is the only one indifferent to where he is. 
  The rest think he’ll lead them to missing money. Mob money. 
  Martin has to find him first, and he best do it long before Ugly Bill gets tired of him playing detective. 
  An action-packed tale of those who walk in the dark.

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