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My favorite children's book author and illustrator! Beautifully illustrated, touching story about discovering the wonders of the great outdoors and ditching your device. Playful, magical, and serene!!
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Surreal and intense! Kang, who has won numerous awards including the Man Booker, has a direct, imaginiative way of writing that cuts straight to the bone and leaves you in awe. Full of desire, violence and introspection. Not for the faint of heart, this book is brilliant!
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Newberry Award-winner Cynthia Rylant and Caldecott honoree Brendan Wenzel team up to bring us this brilliant picture book. Life begins small but quickly GROWS! Animal friends, beautiful lyrical writing and amazing illustrations. This one is a keeper!!
Named A Best Book of 2016 by Wall Street Journal, Vulture, Refinery29, Financial Times, and The Guardian
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Amazing short stories. Lucia Berlin takes you to another place and time. California, Arizona, Laundrymats, clandestine Mexican abortian clinics, beaches and deserts. I can't say enough praise about her writing technique and ability to tell a story I sometimes wish would never end.
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I loved every second of this book...and I'm not a non-fiction reader. It is heartfelt, educational, and extremely well researched. Great from beginning to end, Eula Biss continues to amaze me with her skill as a writer! Pub date: September 30.
"We were peering into this darkness, criss-crossed with voices, when the change took place: the only real, great change I've ever happened to witness, and compared to it the rest is nothing." -- from The Complete Cosmicomics
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Newly translated post-modern work by rediscovered Russian author Gaito Gazdanov. Extremely pleasurable read. Short yet potent. Explores ideas of death, guilt, dreams, reality....you'll want to savor each bite.
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This sweet novella instantly carried me to a dream-like snowy icelandic landscape. The plot moves between a fox hunt and the lives of the 19th century characters, creating an experience that is delightful, magical, and almost mythical. You might turn into a fox! Sjon has written lyrics for Bjork and his work has only recently been translated into English. Defintely worth the read!
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Collection of short stories go from everyday to absurd. Great for animal lovers as each story embraces the unique relationships between humans and our animal friends (or foes)! I can't say how much I loved reading this! Nettel has such a unique voice.
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Realist Fables. Heartbreakingly beautiful short stories, each ending with a desire to read the next. Spend a rainy afternoon having your heartbroken by Ludmilla...its exquisite.
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Delightful alternative to overly saccharin children's books. Jon Klassen illustrates this beautiful example of Snicket's storytelling that will prove entertaining even after the 20th read. Afraid of the dark?...read this.
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Originally published in Quebec, now availble in US. Fantastic illustrations accompany thouthful story of Helene and her life as a tween....along with bullies, camp, and day dreams. A great mix of graphic novel and picture book. Perfect for 11years and up...and up.
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Terrible Title, hilarious book! I laughed so hard I cried, several times. Better than Tina Fey's "Bossy Pants." Moran touches on several controverial issues with a warm-hearted feminist point of view that any woman can appreciate. Great gift for yourself....or better yet...your sister!
The Passion According to G.H., Clarice Lispector's mystical novel of 1964, concerns a well-to-do Rio sculptress, G.H., who enters her maid's room, sees a cockroach crawling out of the wardrobe, and, panicking, slams the door --crushing the cockroach --and then watches it die.
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A collegue recommended this to me years ago, I only recently read it....and he was right!! I loved it! Fantastical Stories from the inside of a handbag, warrior rabbits, anything goes. Unnerving and bizarre yet strangely everyday and ordinary. You'll never look at a handbag the same. Kelly Link has a unique style that lingers and I can't wait to read her next!
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Every cookbook collection needs this book! It's perfect!
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Enjoyable. Educational. Insightful snipets of the lives of artists, writers, musicians, and philosophers. Inspiring. Great gift. Want to know about Patricia Highsmith's snails? or Simone de Beauvoir's lovers? Yes of course!! Perfect addition to any library or collection.
Award-winning author Toon Tellegen has whipped up an enchanting collection of short stories, all centered on a series of poetic letters written by his animal protagonists.