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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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A "wildly funny" novel of a monumentally unsuccessful newspaper strike in 1960s upstate New York from a Pulitzer Prize--winning author (People). The newspaper strike has stretched on for more than a year. When it began, the Guild boasted over 250 members. Now, they're down to eighteen, with only three truly serious about the cause. Their leader, Bailey, is a columnist with an outsize sense of his own importance and a hatred of scabs that borders on...
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Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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In Fowl Play, author Steven Leigh Morris weaves his two great passions in life: the theater and barnyard poultry. As print media crumbles around him, veteran Los Angeles theater critic Seth Jacobson hatches a flock of chickens and negotiates a fragile pact with his neighbors (and his sanity) to house them in the garden of his Hollywood condominium. In the throes of personal and professional erosion (Seth's Russian wife has left California for her...
3) The Willows
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The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror and is connected within the literary tradition of weird...
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"Es lunes, aunque no importa –podría ser cualquier otro día laborable–. El abogado y propietario de la oficina, por el bien de todos, designa a cada uno de sus subalternos las tareas que hay que resolver. Tres sencillas palabras, pronunciadas por el último empleado contratado, harán que, desde esos despachos, el mundo comience a tambalearse.
Con su «preferiría no hacerlo», Bartleby deja perplejo a todo aquel incapaz de ver más allá de...
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Español
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Los monólogos de Ludovico es la segunda novela con que nos sorprende William Castaño-Bedoya. En esta obra, el autor de la también conmovedora Flores para María Sucel, reafirma sus dotes de recreador de la profundidad humana.
Poco a poco, Castaño-Bedoya nos va llevando por el mundo de Ludovico. En un comienzo el lector podrá pensar que se trata de un personaje que se propone mostrarnos su limitado y aburrido mundo, pero en la medida en que el...
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Welcome to Luna City, Karnes County, Texas ... Population 2,456 ... with the impending birth of a baby to Joe and Jess Abernathy-Vaughn. Things are nearly back to normal for fugitive former celebrity chef Richard Astor-Hall. The Luna City Café & Coffee is doing well, he has moved up from tending a single potted plant to a pet, and a flirtatious relationship with Kate Heisel, star reporter for the local newspaper. But his past may be about to catch...
8) Fiends
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Was my troubled head to be the frequent theater of horrors for a malicious being?The absurdity of it all went clean through me like a draft emanating from the beating wings of Lucifer.In response I laughed out aloud. An insane chuckle that burrowed into the night with demonic urgency.My lament was purely comical. I was shaking my fist at the skies, imploring a deaf deity to dance to my song. "How so you fool?" I queried myself laughing some more.By...
9) Mortuis Luna
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…it seemed like a good idea…the end Is near(er)Things go from bad to worse quickly at the University of Centrum Kath.Will Physics Professor Klept and his dog be found before he crashes the Andromeda and Milky Way Galaxies into one another? Residents of both galaxies are in a panic. Welcome to Aphroditto, the largest virtual reality pleasure center in existence.It's wildly popular and discrete. Once you leave Aphroditto, it's like you were never...
10) The Elaraeon
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Dive into a universe of infinite possibilities with The Elaraeon by Garth Toxo. This captivating novel takes you on a journey through the Hyperverse, a realm where science fiction meets fantasy in a breathtakingly unique way. Follow the adventures of Zephyr, Elara, and Rhys as they navigate a world filled with crystalline structures, fungal networks, and advanced cybercultures. The Elaraeon explores the delicate balance between technology and biology,...
11) MultiWave
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Short stories that will, ultimately grow long in the telling. For example the longest short story in the history of the Universe is one Helluva BigBang. Question is, was any species actually there to hear it, and more cogently; as this creation / extinction event occurred in the almost total vacuum of space did you hear anything? Or see colours / fireworks? Feel a thrill of frisson? Me, I just slept through it all, but then I was a babygod.
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David Alexander sets strong and resourceful characters into settings that are simultaneously familiar and bizarre. His stories are everyone's, at least everyone that is paying attention to the continual apocalypse of life and relationship on the cusp of the 21st century. In Haywire Car Alarm Deep In September Night Alexander carries the vision of modern life to hallucinogenic heights and answers the dilemma of dream and reality: Each are so vitally...
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The Hunting of the Boojum is a 'poetic' sequel to Lewis Carroll's, The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in Eight Fits). In The Hunting of the Snark, a crew of ten unlikely characters, under the direction of the Bellman, pursue their quarry the 'Snark'. They discover, however, that the Snark is actually a 'Boojum' when met by one of their number, the Baker. The Baker is apparently lost in the encounter and there The Hunting of the Snark ends.
The Hunting...
15) The Stony Stage
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Peter travels the world with his guitar and harmonica, searching for a sense of belonging in a remote and mysterious place called Belonging Sun. Along the way, he encounters obstacles that test his determination and resourcefulness. But he remains determined to fulfil his principle: that progress comes from taking action and not just waiting. Join Peter on his journey to find belonging in this inspiring tale of self-discovery.
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Attention all poetry lovers! Get ready to embark on a journey of self-discovery and contemplation with our latest collection of poems. This book brings together pieces that delve into the complexities of the human experience and explore the abstract depths of existence.From the philosophical musings of existential absurdism to the raw emotions of everyday life, this book has something for everyone. Each poem is crafted with care and attention to detail,...
17) Why God Why
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Why God Why is a collection of bizarre, hilarious, occasionally touching and occasionally creepy flash fiction pieces."Matt Rowan writes as if he'd spent the past several years living inside a Russell Edson poem. Hands come from the sky to offer uninterpretable signs, superheroes with terrible powers make peace with themselves, public speakers demonstrate their insect-enlarging guns (necessary for world peace!) or declare that we must defeat the menace...
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I'm under constant pressure from working with incompetent people, avoiding repeated calls from America, I'm too scared to take. My life is a multitude of buried emotions, forced by a life shattering event. In my head, under the radar of others, I engage in a glut of unspoken conversations, too abrasive for the real world. If these were to creep out, just slip nonchalantly from my warped mind to my tongue, people around me would recoil in horror and...
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There is a great war coming. The Duck has been waiting, watching and preparing to once again rise and crush humanity. Those enlightened few of us who are capable of seeing this threat in time must learn, study and arm ourselves against the coming storm. Use this book to educate yourself and prepare for what may be our species' most perilous days.
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The Nathan Cross Series: Episode 1 - Delusional DisorderDive into the mind of Nathan Cross, a sociopathic psychologist with a penchant for manipulation and a newly awakened taste for violence. In this gripping psychological thriller, Nathan navigates his dual life, masking his true nature behind a veneer of professionalism while secretly manipulating his patients towards their darkest impulses.Join Nathan as he descends deeper into his own delusions...
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