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  Bolsheviks at the Ballet

  Robert Wilton

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  That’s the trouble with anarchists: big ideas, shoddy staff work. 
  Harry Delamere doesn’t know much about opera, but he’s fairly sure people aren’t supposed to get murdered for real at the climax. In this excerpt from his memoirs - published as the Gentleman Adventurer series - he finds himself kidnapped, blown up, suspected of murder, forced to listen to Winston Churchill, kidnapped again - oh, and again - enjoying a terrifying encounter with modern technology and making a most ungentlemanly display of his legs while tackling the threat of world revolution. 
  A thrilling clash between the genteel arts and the new-fangled flying machines! Two of the most notorious incidents in the history of British radicalism! Shocks, scandals, anarchist outrages, sinister secret policemen, foreign beauties, pioneer pilots, domestic beauties, and a most distressing episode during the interval at the Alhambra. 
  ‘Ye Gods’, said Winston Churchill; ‘Harry Delamere… It must be worse than we feared.’

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  Sun Walks Down The: Book Summary...

  Margot Langley

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas.
   
  
  
   
  In the unforgiving landscape of South Australia, 1883, a young boy vanishes during a dust storm, and a whole town fractures under the weight of fear, guilt, and hope. The Sun Walks Down is a haunting, deeply human exploration of loss, resilience, and the invisible ties that bind a community together. Told through the eyes of grieving parents, searching strangers, an outsider artist, a conflicted reverend, and an Aboriginal tracker whose quiet wisdom cuts through chaos, this story unfolds as both a suspenseful search and an emotional reckoning.
   
  Each chapter draws you deeper into the heart of a town unraveling—and transforming. With lyrical intensity and cinematic atmosphere, this powerful novel invites listeners to confront what lies beneath the surface when life is interrupted, and what it truly means to find meaning in the aftermath.
   
  Perfect for listeners drawn to emotionally immersive fiction, historical drama, and the profound beauty found in human connection against all odds.

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  Isabela's Way - a novel

  Barbara Stark-Nemon

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  Isabela’s Way is a coming of age tale, set during a dangerous time in early 17th century Portugal, Spain, France and Germany. 14-year-old Isabela, an obedient Catholic girl with a talent for needle work, believes she has nothing to fear from the Inquisition. But when a mysterious woman arrives with a message from Isabela’s traveling father, the girl must leave her home and embroider her way along a clandestine network of sanctuaries created to conduct Conversos, or secret Jews, to safety.  
  A host of supporters, as well as one special young man, assist Isabela as she eludes the Inquisitors and makes her way across countries and cultures. She learns of the danger and importance of her secret work, with its coded symbols, and is shocked to discover her family’s true origins. Isabela’s Way explores the magic of a young adult overcoming peril and challenge, as one hidden circumstance after another is revealed.   
  Barbara Stark-Nemon weaves a beautiful tapestry of stories, as elegantly embroidered as the linens that Isabela weaves. Reminiscent of Rachel Kadish's The Weight of Ink, Isabela's Way is a meticulously researched and elegantly written novel of secret histories, fierce determination and ultimately love. – Mary Morris, author of Gateway to the Moon 
  Isabela's Way powerfully evokes the era of the Inquisition in Portugal and the courage of the conversos who lived between faiths as they risked their lives to make their way to freedom. Both informative and deeply moving, this is a book that makes a lasting contribution to Sephardic literature. 
  --Ruth Behar, author of Across So Many Seas

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  Miss Dollar

  Sampi Books, Machado de Assis

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  "Miss Dollar", a short story by Machado de Assis, tells the story of a lost dog and the events that unfold around it. The plot revolves around the search for the dog, revealing the complexities of human relationships and the irony of circumstances. The tale highlights themes of love, loss and chance, weaving a subtle critique of the social conventions of the time.

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  Colony Diaries - The C3 Move

  Anupam Parganiah

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  #1 AMAZON BESTSELLER , Top 3 in Indian Literature - US & India 
  "The Malgudi Days of our generation." 
  What if the most honest witness to a childhood wasn't a person - but the Colony dog who understood humans more than they understand each other?  
  For fans of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Travelling Cat Chronicles comes a luminous debut set in the sun-drenched afternoons of 1980s and 90s India - a novel about a boy growing up too fast, and the colony dog who watched everything. 
  Bhilai, 1989. India's steel township is a world unto itself - a cluster of identical quarters, shared courtyards, cricket in the dust, and Doordarshan on Friday nights. Ten-year-old Amit Verma has just arrived at C3 with his sister Guddi, ages 10 and 11, navigating middle school, new friendships, and a cast of neighbors who are legends in their own lane. 
  Watching over all of it is Jackie - the colony dog, philosopher, and Chief Human Observer - who has seen enough of people to understand them better than they understand themselves. 
  Together, they narrate a single unforgettable year. The friendships that form and fracture. Colony Diaries is the book for everyone who has ever tried to hold a place in memory before it slips away - and for every diaspora heart that knows exactly which mango season they are still trying to get back to. 
  Why readers are falling in love with Colony Diaries:Pure 80s & 90s Nostalgia: Cricket matches, summer holidays, neighborhood legends, the "Society" childhood, rendered in full.A Story with Heart Behind It: So moving it inspired the author's 12-year-old daughter to help bring it to the world.A Rare Family Audiobook: Narrated by the author's wife Sanjukta and Daughter, Aira - making it a listening experience unlike any other.Globally Recognized: #1 Bestseller across multiple Amazon categories, praised across 9 countries. 
  Perfect for readers who loved Remarkably Bright Creatures, he Travelling Cat Chronicles, Malgudi Days, The God of Small Things

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  The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster

  Scott Wilbanks

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  The physics-bending charm of The Time Traveler’s Wife meets the curious mischief of The Eyre Affair in this debut novel. 
  Annabelle Aster doesn’t bow to convention—not even that of space and time—which makes the 1890s Kansas wheat field that has appeared in her modern-day San Francisco garden easy to accept. Even more exciting is Elsbeth, the truculent schoolmarm who sends Annie letters through the mysterious brass mailbox perched on the picket fence that now divides their two worlds. In this unconventional and enchanting tale, Annie and her new neighbor must solve the mystery of what connects them before one of them is convicted of a murder that has yet to happen—and somehow already did.

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