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  Dead-End Memories - Stories

  Banana Yoshimoto

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  Japan's internationally celebrated master storyteller returns with five stories of women on their way to healing that vividly portrays the blissful moments and the sorrows that surround us in everyday life 
   
   
   
  First published in Japan in 2003, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery. 
   
   
    
  Among the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is one betrayed by her fiancé who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment above her uncle's bar while seeking the real meaning of happiness. In "House of Ghosts," the daughter of a yoshoku restaurant owner encounters the ghosts of a sweet elderly couple who haven't yet realized that they've been dead for years. In "Tomo-chan's Happiness," an office worker who is a victim of sexual assault finally catches sight of the hope of romance. 
   
   
    
  Yoshimoto's gentle, effortless prose reminds us that one true miracle can be as simple as having someone to share a meal with, and that happiness is always within us if only we take a moment to pause and reflect. Discover this collection of what Yoshimoto herself calls the "most precious work of my writing career."

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  Cohen of Trinity - From their...

  Amy Levy

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  Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life. 
  Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four terms. 
  Amy’s writing career began early; her poem ‘Ida Grey’ appeared when she was only fourteen. Her acclaimed short stories ‘Cohen of Trinity’ and ‘Wise in Their Generation,’ were published by Oscar Wilde in his magazine ‘Women's World’. 
  Her poetic writings reveal feminist concerns; ‘Xantippe and Other Verses’, from 1881 includes a poem in the voice of Socrates's wife. ‘A Minor Poet and Other Verse’ from 1884 comprises of dramatic monologues and lyric poems. 
  In 1886, Amy began a series of essays on Jewish culture and literature for the Jewish Chronicle, including ‘The Ghetto at Florence’, ‘The Jew in Fiction’, ‘Jewish Humour’ and ‘Jewish Children’. 
  That same year while travelling in Florence she met the writer Vernon Lee. It is generally assumed they fell in love and this inspired the poem ‘To Vernon Lee’. 
  Her first novel ‘Romance of a Shop’, written in 1888 is based on four sisters who experience the pleasures and hardships of running a London business during the 1880s. This was followed by Reuben Sachs (also 1888) and concerned with Jewish identity and mores in the England of her time and was somewhat controversial. 
  Her final book of poems, ‘A London Plane-Tree’ from 1889, shows the beginnings of the influence of French symbolism. 
  Despite many friendships and an active life, Amy suffered for many years with serious depressions and this, together with her growing deafness, led her to commit suicide by inhaling carbon monoxide on September 10th, 1889. She was 27.

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  Bliss and Other Stories

  Katherine Mansfield

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  This collection of short stories, by celebrated New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, was first published in 1920. Many of Mansfield’s short stories explore New Zealand landscapes and identity, and her work has been a shaping force in the short story genre.CONTENTS:Prelude - Je ne Parle pas Français - Bliss - The Wind Blows - Psychology - Pictures - The Man without a Temperament - Mr. Reginald Peacock’s Day - Sun and Moon - Feuille d’Album - A Dill Pickle - The Little Governess - Revelations - The Escape

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  The Real Thing and Other Tales

  Henry James

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  A gentleman and his wife, ruined and genuinely aristocratic, offer themselves to a magazine artist as models for aristocrats — and are useless, because they are the real thing and cannot be drawn. Four tales about art and its fakes, including the servant girl who poses better than any duchess. James wrote them in the years his plays were failing and he had gone back to fiction in a fury.

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  The Story of a Nodding Donkey

  Laura Lee Hope

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  Meet a charming little donkey whose adventures bring imagination and childhood wonder to life.
  
  In The Story of a Nodding Donkey, Laura Lee Hope invites young readers into a delightful world where toys and animals become part of exciting childhood adventures. With its playful premise and gentle storytelling, the book captures the imagination and curiosity that make childhood so memorable.
  
  The story centers around a lovable nodding donkey and the children who encounter him, creating a warm narrative filled with imagination, friendship, curiosity, play, and adventure. Ordinary objects become extraordinary through the eyes of young characters, encouraging readers to see the world with a sense of wonder.
  
  Laura Lee Hope's accessible storytelling and child-friendly characters make the book an appealing example of classic children's literature. Its gentle themes and imaginative setting are well suited to readers who enjoy stories about toys, animals, friendship, and childhood experiences.
  
  For families and young readers who appreciate vintage children's books, animal stories, imaginative adventures, and wholesome classic fiction, The Story of a Nodding Donkey offers a charming journey into the world of childhood imagination.
  
  Open the pages and discover the adventures of a very unusual little donkey. Download The Story of a Nodding Donkey today and share a charming children's classic filled with imagination, friendship, curiosity, and fun.

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  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under...

  Jules Verne

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  A luminous new recording of Jules Verne’s modern classic read by Aria Mia Loberti, star of Netflix’s limited series adaptation of All the Light We Cannot See 
  “The year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident…Vessels had been met by ‘an enormous thing,’ a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements than a whale.” 
  When French scientist Professor Aronnax agrees to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster, he begins an incredible underwater journey, taking along his loyal assistant Conseil and master harpooner Ned. They eventually join Captain Nemo and traverse a distance of thousands of leagues throughout many seas, finding exotic settings, surprise encounters, and unforeseen dangers in their epic adventure, a tour-de-force of imagination. 
  Jules Verne was remarkably successful in foretelling the wonders science held for the future. This, his most famous novel, earned him the title of “Father of Science Fiction.”

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