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Gabriella has many siblings and more animals. Her father is an impoverished poet, her mother a classicist. This is the story of Gabriella and her brothers, and their unorthodox childhood in this wayward family.

(Hardback)

A famous, disillusioned novelist living in self-imposed exile on Corsica is commissioned by a wealthy English family to write a book about its dead son. Reluctantly, he is drawn into an adventure that sends him jetting to England, Provence, and Singapore to interview principals in the case.

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Set in a Black Sea resort in Georgia in the dying days of the Soviet Empire, this is the story of Bronsky, a medical researcher haunted by the fate of his father who spent years in a labour camp under Stalin over a chance remark. The author, Igor Gelbak, was born in Samarkand, but now lives in Melbourne.

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One of Canada's funniest and nastiest writers takes on the urban glitterati in this testosterone-injected new collection.

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Food can bring together families, communities, and cultures. This fascinating subject has brought together a unique collection of fiction - including flash fiction, essay, short stories, and "stoku" (amalgam of short story and haiku) from an international line-up of authors.

(Paperback, 25th Edition)

"Copper Nickel is the national literary journal housed at the University of Colorado Denver. Published in March and September, it features poetry, fiction, essays, and work in translation by established and emerging writers."

(Paperback, 38th New edition)

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Catalyst unearths the trashy truth in his characters' unconventional lives.

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Three guys try to carry a couch across the country.

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Following the death of her daughter, a bereaved pianist immerses herself in "Bach's Goldberg Variations". As the woman perfects the complex musical architecture of Bach's own study in grief, memories of her past unfold.

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John Watt's Crooked Vows is not only a compulsive read, it is an evocative, almost poetic survival story conjuring up the beauty, power and destructiveness of the West Australian bush, coast and the ocean. The narrative grapples with issues of sexual abuse in the Catholic church, and is also a story of self-discovery.

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Previous edition: New York, New York: Lyons & Burford, 1990.

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Robert Arellano, author of the Edgar-nominated crime novel Havana Lunar, returns with another spine-tingling noir from Akashic Books.

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A remarkable first fiction collection featuring quirky stories of urban angst and redemption

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Collected stories from the noted wordsmith Keath Fraser, author of the memoir The Voice Gallery: Travels With A Glass Throat.

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(Paperback, New edition)

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An ambitious and groundbreaking story of African colonization in which humanity is celebrated in all its complexity.

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Planted deeply in the dark, musical fantastic heart of American storytelling, Cotman's half dozen tales are ripe for the picking.

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Originally published in the 1970, readers follow the lives of four teenagers in a near-future society, as they rebel against the military draft and 'the system'. Brutal future fiction without the fantasy.

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"Haiti, 1965. The impoverished island nation's brutal dictator rules with an iron fist. As the regime threatens to crush them, two brothers fight to survive"--Page 4 of cover.

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Beth Maller returns to her job as a high school guidance counselor shortly after her teenage son, Danny, is killed in a car accident. Beth didn't want Danny to drive that snowy night, but her husband insisted the roads were safe. Beth blames him for Danny's death, and she blames herself for allowing fear of confrontation to paralyze her.