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  A Little Aural - An Erotic Short...

  Zak Jane Keir

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  She calls in to talk dirty every time he does his show on pirate radio, and their on-air flirtations are growing hotter by the night. Every single listener seems to be getting off on the chemistry between the two of them, but is there something she hasn’t told him about herself? And will they ever meet up in real life?This erotic short story from Zak Jane Keir contains explicit language of a highly sexual nature and is only suitable for a mature, open-minded adult audience.

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  The Pegnitz Junction - A Novella...

  Mavis Gallant

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  A devastating collection exploring the wake of mankind’s greatest conflict World War II exerted a psychic toll on Europe that is still evident today. The Pegnitz Junction is Mavis Gallant’s look at how Europe handles that collective pain. In the title novella of this sharply written collection, a girl rides the train with her boyfriend and his son in postwar Europe. Onboard, she encounters all manner of personalities, each person burdened by the weight of what he or she has just experienced, openly bleeding from the emotional wounds of a terrifying global conflict. A wife must come to terms with her husband’s mistakes and find reconciliation in herself as she meets the refugee he had an affair with. A soldier must reintegrate himself into civilian life, no matter how difficult it is. An unlikely friendship between an actress and a police commissioner begins to form. No matter where or when Gallant’s stories are set, each one is a small enchantment, anchored by the insights of a master of her craft.

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  May Contain Nuts

  Gill Oliver

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  An aspiring writer finds herself in search of a plot. Friends and family all have something to say about that! So can she make the deadline and cook dinner? A nutty story, British humour at its most off-the-wall. 
  Story 3 in the series My Eye

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  The Enchanted Knife - A Fairy...

  Andrew Lang

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  The Enchanted Knife' is the story of a young man who seeks to marry the princess. Her father sets him an impossible task to perform before he will grant the suit - but with the aid of the cunning princess and a magic knife, the youth is able to win his bride.

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  A Possible Life - A Novel in...

  Sebastian Faulks

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  In Second World War Poland, a prisoner closes his eyes and pictures a sunlit cricket ground. Across the yard of a Victorian poorhouse, a man is too ashamed to acknowledge the son he gave away. In a 19th-century French village, an old servant understands the meaning of the Bible story her master is reading. In the Catskills, 1971, a girl steps out of a Chevy with a song that will send shivers through her listeners' skulls. A few years from now, in Italy, a scientist discovers links between time and the human brain, and her lover's novel and his life. Throughout five masterpieces of fiction, exquisitely drawn and unforgettable characters risk their bodies, hearts and minds in pursuit of the manna of human connection.

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  Greybeards at Play

  G. K. Chesterton

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  G.K. Chesterton's first publication, "Greybeards at Play" is a collection of poetry and accompanying illustrations. The work is marked by the irreverent whimsy and ancient delight that would eventually be recognized as Chesterton's signature style. Short (only four poems long and a dedication), playful, and with a touch of awe, Chesterton's first piece (written at 26) is appropriately titled: it is the work of an amateur, mature in his spirit, young in his play

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