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  August Heat - From their pens to...

  W F Harvey

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  William Fryer Harvey AM was born on 14th April 1885 into a wealthy Quaker family in Leeds, West Yorkshire. 
  He was educated at the Quaker Bootham School in Yorkshire and Leighton Park School in Reading before university at Balliol College, Oxford.  
  His health was fragile and he poured his energies into writing short stories and in 1910 published his first collection ‘Midnight House’. 
  In the Great War he was with the Friends' Ambulance Unit and then served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy.  There he received the Albert Medal for Lifesaving but lung damage received at that time troubled him for the rest of his life. 
  He continued to write short stories, and even a memoir, but by 1925 ill health had forced his retirement to any outside work.  Three years later he published his second collection which contained his macabre classic ‘The Beast with Five fingers’, only one more collection would come from his pen in his lifetime. 
  For many years of his life he now lived in Switzerland with his wife but a yearning to be home saw them come back to England in 1935. 
  W F Harvey died in Letchworth on the 4th June 1937. He was 52.

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  Stars Are Silver - humorous and...

  Stefania Hartley

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  Is it too late for Melina to learn to drive? Is Don Pericle’s vow never to fall in love again still valid after fifty years? Will a falling piano squash Filomena or just shake up her heart? Why does the mother of the bride ask Don Pericle to cancel the wedding? 
  Ten humorous and heart-warming short stories, glowing with Sicilian sunshine, fragrant with home-made tomato sauce, and thrumming with mandolins’ serenades. Ideal for your coffee break or as a bedtime read. 
  Written and narrated by Stefania Hartley, The Sicilian Mama. 
  Praise for Stars Are Silver and other short stories: 
  Hartley’s stories are a tonic: full of delightful, down-to-earth characters and recognisable life dilemmas, as well as unexpected twists. Above all, each story reminds us that simple human goodness can still be found and shared. —Sandy Salisbury, author of Prairie Gold 
  Super, observant writing. [Tanino and Melina] really should have their own sit-com.— Alan Spink, Editor of The People’s Friend Magazine, on the Tanino and Melina stories 
  Hartley doesn’t just give us stories, she gives us a slice of Italian life served with lashings of charm and wit. Highly recommended! — Ella Hayes, author of Italian Summer with the Single Dad

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  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  Mark Twain

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  Set along the mighty Mississippi River, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain's timeless tale of freedom, friendship, and the search for identity. Huck Finn, a spirited boy escaping the confines of his small-town life, joins forces with Jim, an enslaved man fleeing for his freedom. Together, they embark on a daring journey aboard a raft, navigating treacherous waters and encountering a vivid cast of characters, from crafty conmen to feuding families.Through Huck's eyes, Twain explores themes of race, morality, and the bonds that transcend societal divisions. Huck wrestles with his conscience and challenges the prejudices of his world, making this story as relevant today as it was in its time. A thrilling adventure and a profound exploration of human nature, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a cornerstone of American literature that will captivate readers of all ages.

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  Puppy Love Christmas Kiss

  C. Coal

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  Each Wednesday morning they take the bus--the lonely graduate student, the Marine trying to start a new life in the corporate world, the elderly woman on her way to the senior center, and the exhausted single mother and her daughter--but they never interact. Not until the day tragedy strikes and brings these five strangers together.

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  The Garden Party

  Katherine Mansfield

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  A seemingly idyllic garden party for the wealthy Sheridan family takes a dark turn when they learn of a death in their working-class neighborhood. The story explores themes of social class, privilege, and the juxtaposition of life and death.

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  En Cowboy's Resa

  Alfred C. Martino

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  Handlingen utspelar sig i den mytomspunna amerikanska vilda västern, där en åldrande cowboy hanterar tidens gång, samtidigt som han minns ett livsavgörande ögonblick med en äldre kvinna från sin ungdom. 
   
  
   
  Alfred C. Martino är författare till tre mycket hyllade ungdomsromaner, "Perfected By Girls", "Over The End Line" och Jr. Library Guild Selection och "Best Books For Young Adults" nominerade, "Pinned". Amatörbrottning och fotboll har varit en del av Alfreds liv i över trettiofem år. I brottning har han tävlat på dvärg-, högstadie-, gymnasie- och collegenivå, samt coachat Millburns ungdomsprogram i nästan ett decennium. Martino är född och uppvuxen i Short Hills, NJ, och tog examen från Millburn High School, där han var kapten för skolans brottningslag 1982.  Han har en examen från Duke University och The Marshall School of Business vid University of Southern California.  Han bor för närvarande i Jersey City.

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