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  The Faithful Look Away

  Melissa Lee-Houghton

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  In The Faithful Look Away, the acclaimed poet Melissa Lee-Houghton brings her full imaginative force to bear on a short fiction with all the hallmarks of her singular talent. Exploring domestic pressures, mental health, addiction and issues surrounding body image with a caustic wit, an almost physical delight in description and a wellspring of empathy, this story is yet another marker laid down by one of the most exciting authors currently writing in English.

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  The Golden Gate

  Steven Becker

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  It’s 1852 and San Francisco is still in the thrall of the Gold Rush. 
  Boomtowns can be dangerous places especially when there is gold to be had. Nick and the crew of the Panther aren’t interested in the riches. They want to get out alive. 
  The city becomes a tinderbox ready to burn when an old nemesis kidnaps Nick’s son. Nick and the crew must navigate the gangs trying to take control of the lawless city—and its riches—in order to save him. 
  Their new adventure is fraught with danger, excitement, and the ultimate risk above all, the greed instilled in men. To survive, Nick and company have to use all their experience and cunning to outwit the raucous’49ers.

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  The Man Who Loved Islands

  D H Lawrence

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  'The Man Who Loved Islands' is a haunting story of a man who tries to control his life by making his world ever smaller by moving to increasingly smaller islands. Each one proves to be beyond his ability to control either other people or his sexual desire and finally the last island conquers him. The story can even be seen as a metaphor of man's inexorable march to death when we are all finally alone.

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  Bald-Face

  Jack London

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  Jack London (1876-1916) - American writer and journalist. He was born and grew up in California. London entered the University of California, but had to leave because of problems with money. During the gold rush period he went to Alaska, but didn't succeed. London realized that a man can make a living only if doing intellectual work, so he decided to start his career as a writer. Jack London created such novels as The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, The Iron Heel, Martin Eden, etcetera. He also wrote a lot of stories. By the end of the life London had a writer's block and problems with health. He died from the morphine overdose on his ranch. Jack London usually puts his characters in tough conditions and shows how they overcome all difficulties. The story "Bald-face" was inspired by the writer's 'gold rush' period, when he went searching for gold. The main character tells a breathtaking story happened to him, when he was attacked by a bear in a forest and escaped. This story will certainly thrill everyone who read it.A SmartTouch Media production.

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  Shattered

  Sally Cook

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  Shattered is one of four short stories in this compilation. Between them they explore paranormal and ghostly activities, a paddlesteamer wreck and its implications, near drowning and a mystery stranger, The stories explore relationships and reactions between the characters and are infused with atmospheric sound effects..

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  Festival of Miracles

  Alice Tawhai

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  This is a fabulous collection of stories from a young and new Maori writer. She finds cosmopolitan material for her stories from the length and breadth of New Zealand. Her words are gem-like observations of lives on the edge, and her characters are rich and varied: bikies, UFO enthusiasts, circus workers, tattoo artists, mail-order brides. To read Alice Tawhai's works is to see the occasional despair and the often-uplifting poetry of many lives, and many readers will be wiser for the experience.

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