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  Grimm's Gruesome Tales - The...

  Brothers Grimm

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  Forget everything you thought you knew about "happily ever after."
  This edition strips away centuries of censorship to reveal the raw gothic darkness of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's original tales. These were never bedtime stories for children — they were warnings for adults, forged in a world of famine, superstition, and unforgiving forests.
  What makes this edition unique:
  130+ Original Color Illustrations. Each page comes alive with vivid artwork that plunges you into the shadowy heart of pre-industrial Europe — a world where magic was bloody and survival was never guaranteed.
  Modern Translation. The archaic German narratives have been rendered into crisp, contemporary English. The language feels immediate and sharp while preserving the dark spirit of the originals.
  Uncompromising Authenticity. No softened endings. No moral polish. Justice here is served with red-hot iron, and the forest shows no mercy to the weak.
  This is not simply a book — it is a collector's artifact and an excavation of primal human fears. Created for readers who dare to look into the merciless mirror of the past and recognize the nightmares still embedded in our culture.
  WARNING: This edition is intended for mature audiences. Contains graphic violence and disturbing imagery faithful to the original folklore.

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  A New Home at the Wartime Hotel...

  Maisie Thomas

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  The first in a nostalgic and heart-warming WWII saga series by bestselling author Maisie Thomas. Perfect for fans of Ellie Dean and Lesley Eames will love. ❤️ 
  Manchester, 1941 
  Kitty learned early on in her marriage that her husband, Bill Dunbar, isn’t reliable with money. So when they inherit the Dunbar family hotel at the start of the war, she's hopeful that their financial worries are over… until the bailiffs turn up! With Bill now in the army, it’s up to Kitty to turn things around for her family, or risk ruin. 
  Lily worked as a chambermaid at Dunbar’s before the war. She met Daniel there, but their relationship was complicated by class differences and the disapproval of Daniel’s mother. Now Lily is pregnant – and with Daniel away at sea, she is all alone. When tragedy strikes, will Kitty and Dunbar’s come to her rescue? 
  Beatrice is in her forties, unmarried, and working in a job that exposes her to the harsh realities of poverty and sacrifice. She wonders whether the war might give her the opportunity to change lives for the better - including her own. But when she's accused of a crime she didn't commit, the future looks bleak... until Kitty makes a surprising suggestion. 
  Can the community around Dunbar’s hotel pull together and provide a beacon of hope and resilience, in the dark days of war? 
  'An irresistible wartime saga brimming with warmth, courage and charm. The fabulous Maisie Thomas has woven a rich, emotional story of friendship and fresh starts and I can't wait for the next installment.' Kirsty Dougal, author of The Poppy Girls 
  'A wonderful and uplifting tale of female friendship' Eva Glyn, author of The Dubrovnik Book Club 
  'In this heartwarming saga, Maisie Thomas depicts the strength and resourcefulness of ordinary women in wartime, and evokes the world of early 1940s Manchester with affection and skill.' Rose Warner, author of The Teacher Evacuees 
  Praise for Maisie Thomas: 
  'Make yourself a cuppa and find a comfy spot on the sofa because you are not going to be able to put this down' Reader Review 
  'Gives a vivid picture of women's lives in wartime Manchester' Reader Review 
  'Dramatic, intriguing and sprinkled with plenty of wit and heart' Reader Review

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  The Murder on the Links

  Agatha Christie

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  The Murder on the Links is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead & Co in March 1923, and in the UK by The Bodley Head in May of the same year. It is the second novel featuring Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $1.75.The story takes place in northern France, giving Poirot a hostile competitor from the Paris Sûreté. Poirot's long memory for past or similar crimes proves useful in resolving the crimes. The book is notable for a subplot in which Hastings falls in love, a development "greatly desired on Agatha's part... parcelling off Hastings to wedded bliss in the Argentine."Reviews when it was published compared Mrs Christie favourably to Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Remarking on Poirot, still a new character, one reviewer said he was "a pleasant contrast to most of his lurid competitors; and one even suspects a touch of satire in him."

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  Delivered

  James Mondesir

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  Jean Valeur had his life mapped out—until his best friend destroyed it all. 
  Framed in a drug sting by the person he trusted most, promising graduate student Jean emerges from seven months at Rikers Island into a pandemic-ravaged New York City with nothing left but rage. His parents won't speak to him. His girlfriend has moved on. And Marcus, the friend who betrayed him, has vanished. 
  Working as a food delivery cyclist through the empty streets of 2020, Jean pedals between his shattered past and an uncertain future. But as the city erupts in protests over George Floyd's murder, he's forced to confront not just personal betrayal, but the larger injustices that have shaped his life as a young Black man in America. 
  Torn between family expectations and his thirst for revenge, Jean must choose: Will he be consumed by what was done to him, or find the strength to rebuild from the wreckage? 
  Set during the most turbulent year in recent memory, Delivered is a powerful debut about friendship, family, and the courage required to forgive—both others and yourself. 
  PRAISE FOR DELIVERED 
  Publishers Weekly: 
  "Mondesir charts Jean's return to the world with keen emotional and psychological precision… Delivered places its value in grace and the disarming power of compassion." 
  Kirkus Reviews: 
  "A captivating tale about betrayal that presents impressively complex characters… This is a powerful work that dramatically captures the fragility of life as well as the perseverance of the human spirit." 
  NewInBooks.com: 
  "Delivered is a piercing, deeply humane novel that confronts injustice, guilt, and the long road to redemption with quiet, unflinching grace." 
  Jose Moreno: 
  "Mondesir writes with the precision of a poet and the heart of a truth-teller."

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  Poguemahone

  Patrick McCabe

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  A swirling, psychedelic, bleakly funny fugue by the Booker-shortlisted author of The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto 
  Una Fogarty, suffering from dementia in a seaside nursing home, would be all alone without her brother Dan, whose epic free-verse monologue tells their family story. Exile from Ireland and immigrant life in England. Their mother’s trials as a call girl. Young Una’s search for love in a seemingly haunted hippie squat, and the two-timing Scottish stoner poet she’ll never get over. Now she sits outside in the sun as her memories unspool from Dan’s mouth and his own role in the tale grows ever stranger— and more sinister. 
  A swirling, psychedelic, bleakly funny fugue, Patrick McCabe’s epic reinvention of the verse novel combines Modernist fragmentation and Beat spontaneity with Irish folklore, then douses it in whiskey and sets it on fire. Drinking song and punk libretto, ancient as myth and wholly original, Poguemahone is the devastating telling of one family’s history—and the forces, seen and unseen, that make their fate.

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  Doctor's Forbidden Milk - Hucow

  Kinky Press

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  I need a doctor. 
    
  I’m told the growing in my chest isn’t because of any physical ailments. I don’t need any kind of doctor; I need a psychiatrist. 
    
  Dr. Kane knows how to put me under, and soon I’m loose and telling him my fantasies. 
    
  He knows what I need. He knows how to give me relief. 
    
  Will the doctor put his patient’s well-being first and nurse me to health?

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