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The magical and mesmerising story of how tomorrow can change what happens today. Tamara’s childhood. With her mother shut away with grief, and her aunt busy tending to her, Tamara is lonely and bored and longs to return to Dublin. When a travelling library passes through Kilsaney Demesne...

From the acclaimed, award-winning author: Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we’ve read over our lives—our own personal libraries—make of us? What does the unraveling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? The stories in Ali...

“Wentworth spins hilarious tales of parenting, relationships and, yes, getting older.” — People The actress, comedian, media darling, and New York Times bestselling author picks up where she left off in Ali in Wonderland, dissecting modern life—and this time, on a mission of...

From the beginning of time, God has called His children to share the Good News. One group of individuals He especially loves to call is artists. Looking at the sweeping majesty of a fiery sunset, or the delicate perfection of a single flower, I know that God is an artist. He uses beauty to share His love, and He calls artists to create beauty through their many mediums to spread His Word.

Poems of environmental advocacy, human observation and life contemplation written for the climate of today's world. The intention is to utilize the amazing form of expression that is poetry in order to spread environmental awareness, encourage love and human connection, promote community, and inspire introspective assessment of ourselves in relation to each other and the natural world. May the words spark gratitude for this unified experience we all share on this incredible planet.

The Last Courtesan was his mother's story. Nautch Boy tells his own. 'A one-of-a-kind book. It takes a ferocious spirit to survive the saddest alleys of the world - and an extraordinary man to narrate it. I consider this book sacred. It is consecrated with my bleeding heart.' - K.R. Meera...

In this moving audiobook, inspired by the author’s experience as a Syrian refugee, a child's profound love for his family's apple tree gives him courage when he must flee his homeland. When a young boy asks his parents why he doesn’t have a brother or sister, his mother replies that on the...

Tenth grade isn't going according to plan for Lainey. Her twin brother moved across the country to live with their dad and stepmom, leaving Lainey—and her anxiety—behind. And Lainey's starting to realize that maybe most of her friends were really her brother's friends. Thank god for Bliss.

Romanlarıyla, dünyada başka türlü hayatların da mevcut olduğunu gösteren Sabahattin Ali, şiirleri ile de bizi sisli ve yalpalı hayat denizinde farklı kıyılara uğraya uğraya dolaştırıyor. Sabahattin Ali'nin Bütün Şiirleri şimdi Atilla Şendil'in sesinden Ran Kitap yapımıyla tüm sesli kitap uygulamalarında.

Are you stressed, depressed, or having other general health issues—including anxiety or low energy? This book attempts to explain how anyone can naturally relieve these symptoms. This "Mind Cure"—essentially New Thought or Christian Science without mystical or religious entanglements—is not too far off from what is now known as mind-body medicine.

ليست مجرّد رواية عادية بل هي نافذة مفتوحة على عوالم ألف ليلة وليلة ونفحة ممّا سكتت عنه شهرزاد... تنطلق أحداثها من محلّة الكرخ ببغداد وبساتين البصرة أيّام بني...

Mohanaswamy has just lost his long-time partner, Karthik, to a woman. Even as he scrutinizes himself, the choices he's made, the friends and lovers he's gained and lost, Mohanaswamy dreams of living a simple, dignified life. A life that would allow him to leave, even forget, the humiliation and fears of adolescence, the slurs his mind still carries around–gandu sule, hennu huli–and the despair that made him crave to conform.

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Dream State, an extraordinary debut collection of nine unforgettable stories—strikingly original, fiercely funny, and quietly heartbreaking—portraying a group of misfits attempting to navigate mainstream America. Writing from an impressive range of...

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Pick Dream State, a riveting and profoundly moving story collection by a writer “uncannily in tune with the heartbreak and absurdity of domestic life” (Los Angeles Times). A boy on the edge of adolescence fears his mother might be a robot; a...

An engineer, Victor Hatherley, attends Dr Watson's surgery after his thumb is chopped off, and recounts his tale to Watson and Holmes. Hatherley had been hired for 50 guineas to repair a machine he was told compressed Fuller's earth into bricks. Hatherley was told to keep the job confidential...

A 'Blue Carbuncle' is stolen from a hotel suite, and a former felon is soon arrested. However, an acquaintance of Holmes discovers the carbuncle in the throat of a Christmas goose. Holmes traces the owner of the goose, but soon determines that he was not the thief by offering him a replacement...

Ed is a little dog without a home but a heart full of hope. Alia is a little girl with a heart full of love and a secret superpower. When Ed meets Alia, she becomes his safe place. In turn, he inspires her to be the best version of herself.Ed Finds a Home celebrates ordinary kindnesses and the...

An 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley. The narrator describes him...

'The Signal-Man' is a story by Charles Dickens. The story begins with the narrator calling 'Halloa! Below there!' into a railway cutting. The signalman standing on the railway below does not look up, as the narrator expects, but rather turns about and stares into the railway tunnel that is his...

A short story by Leo Tolstoy first published in 1885 as part of the collection What Men Live By, and Other Tales. The story takes the form of a parable, and it concerns a king who wants to find the answers to what he considers the three most important questions in life...