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  Uncomfortable Bed An - From...

  Guy de Maupassant

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  Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5th, 1850 near Dieppe in France.  
  Maupassant’s early life was badly torn when at age 11 (his younger brother Hervé was then five) his mother, Laure, a headstrong and independent-minded woman, risked social disgrace in order to obtain a legal separation from her husband. 
  After the separation, Laure kept custody of her two boys. With the father now forcibly absent, Laure became the most influential and important figure in the young boy's life.   
  Maupassant’s education was such that he rebelled against religion and other societal norms but a developing friendship with Gustave Flaubert began to turn his mind towards creativity and writing. 
  After graduation he volunteered for the Franco-Prussian war. With its end he moved to Paris to work as a clerk in the Navy Department.  Gustave Flaubert now took him under his wing.  Acting as a literary guardian to him, he guided the eager Maupassant to debuts in journalism and literature.  For Maupassant these were exciting times and the awakening of his creative talents and ambitions. 
  In 1880 he published what is considered his first great work, ‘Boule de Suif’, (translated as ‘Dumpling’, ‘Butterball’, ‘Ball of Fat’, or ‘Ball of Lard’) which met with a success that was both instant and overwhelming.  Flaubert at once acknowledged that it was ‘a masterpiece that will endure.’ Maupassant had used his talents and experiences in the war to create something unique.  
  This decade from 1880 to 1891 was to be the most pivotal of his career.  With an audience now made available by the success of ‘Boule de Suif’ Maupassant organised himself to work methodically and relentlessly to produce between two and four volumes of work a year.  The melding of his talents and business sense and the continual hunger of sources for his works made him wealthy. 
  In his later years he developed a desire for solitude, an obsession for self-preservation, and a fear of death as well as a paranoia of persecution caused by the syphilis he had contracted in his youth.  
  On January 2nd, 1892, Maupassant tried to commit suicide by cutting his throat.  Unsuccessful he was committed to the private asylum of Esprit Blanche at Passy, in Paris.  It was here on July 6th, 1893 that Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant died at the age of only 42.

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  Glass Sword The: New World Magic...

  Kim Alexander

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  A unicorn walks into a bar…it's cheaper than therapy. 
  Therapy, you say? Sign up Marly, the angry ex-Unseelie-fae-queen. Or how about Sasha, the bitter exiled-Unseelie-fae-king? And definitely Ruby, the mortal bartender who lost her heart when she found her memories of March, the unicorn shifter she loved. 
  A good therapist would say learn to live with the consequences of choices, but Ruby isn't ready to accept that a choice she didn't even know she made landed March as the prisoner of the Seelie fae court. And Marly and Sasha have some feelings about reclaiming the throne of the Unseelie court. 
  But consequences beget consequences. Amid dying kingdoms and the dying embers of old loves and older hatreds, friends become betrayers, lovers keep secrets, and someone or something is out for blood red revenge.

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  Howl at the Fire - An Urban...

  Rebecca Torrellas

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  Sierra: 
  I can't believe he did this to me. 
  How could he keep a secret like that from me? I'm so angry with him! Now, his enemies are trying to take advantage of my rage. 
  I've loved him all my life. Can I turn all that love into hate? 
  To complicate everything, another pack is hunting us down. My true mate could protect us from them, but I don't want his protection. I don’t know if I can trust him. 
  Xayden: 
  I can't live without her. 
  Her rejection will kill me. 
  My allies are strong. But the situation is hopeless. Death hovers close. 
  As a future Alpha, I'm expected to have all the answers. But the answers don’t exist. I must forge a new path. I must find a solution to this impossible dilemma. 
  I love her and my pack. If I don't pick one soon, there's no way any of us will survive. 
  “Both fantastically fantastical and remarkably realistic.”

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  The Lunch That Killed a Critic

  Hughie Shepherd-Cross

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  "He’s given his father such relentless cause to turn in his grave they might well have buried him in a rotisserie grill."  
  When misanthropic London food critic Marcus Tuckwell swears to write the foulest review of all time in an attempt to resurrect his flatlining career, the last thing he expects is to be met with life-affirming kindness and humanity by its intended target.  
  From the overcooked mind of funnyman Hughie Shepherd-Cross comes a pitch-black satire skewering London's restaurant critics and serving them their own arses under a hot cloche. Arrive in a taxi, leave in a hearse. 
  "Unashamedly hilarious. Five stars." - Ed Fringe Review. 
  "Packed with startling metaphors and hilarious tirades." - Last Bus Magazine. 
  "Can't possibly be as bad as it sounds." - Giles Coren. (Yes, this is real.) 
  Voice cast:Tuckwell - Fabian Bevan (Ringer)Angie - Lucy Scott (BBC's Pride and Prejudice)Jezzer - Adam Flood (ITV's Stand Up Sketch Show)Coram, Raynaud - Yiannis Vassilakis (Dead Pixels) 
  Produced by Felix von Stumm. Sound design by Will Cox and Finn Heathfield, with additional writing by Nathan Brown. 
  "Finally the muse has smiled upon me. My god the girl’s been coy. But… food of this quality. A chef of this fragility. The stars have aligned, my friend. The stars are aligned. Look, I guess what I’m trying to say is, soon there’ll be a nice chef-sized hole in the graveyard across the road. Vacancy for a cook..."

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  Post - A Byron Tibor Novel

  Sean Black

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  In the shadow of the Afghan mountains, a covert operation hangs by a thread. Byron Tibor, a lone operative with a mysterious past, has embedded himself in a remote village. But his cover is about to be blown. 
  As three armed men close in under the cover of darkness, Byron realizes his time is up. With his mission in jeopardy and innocent lives at stake, he must outmaneuver his pursuers in a heart-stopping game of survival. 
  Caught between duty and conscience, Byron faces impossible odds in a land where trust is a luxury and death waits around every corner. 
  When the dust settles, who will be left standing? 
  Post was nominated for an International Thriller Writers Award, an honor previously bestowed upon authors such as S.A. Cosby, Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Gardner, Robert Harris, and Stephen King. 
  Sean Black is the bestselling author of the Ryan Lock and Byron Tibor thriller series. With over a million copies sold, his work has been nominated four times for the International Thriller Writers Award, winning in 2018 for Second Chance. His novels have been translated into multiple languages, reaching readers worldwide. In 2023, he made history as the first amputee to become both European Champion and Pan-American Champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, competing against able-bodied fighters.

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  The Dragon's Treasure

  s. e. smith

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  Choose your treasure carefully, thief… Drago, King of the Isle of Dragons, is the last of the magnificent dragons of the Seven Kingdoms. Bitter and alone, he abandons the emptiness of his realm and retreats to the caverns beneath the palace. In the form of his dragon, he remains hidden from the world, protecting the Dragon’s Heart, the last legacy of his people – until he is disturbed by a most unlikely thief. Carly Tate’s trip to Yachats State Park takes an unexpected turn when she is caught in a sudden storm. Seeking shelter, she stumbles through a magical doorway into a cavern filled with treasure! Yet, as incredible as the piles of glittering gold and jewels are, her gaze is transfixed by the slumbering form of a magnificent dragon. Carly’s appearance begins a series of events that will not only change Drago’s life, but will affect all of the Seven Kingdoms. Can a centuries old dragon protect his most valuable treasure, or will the evil that destroyed his race take Carly from him as well?

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