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Paperback. Etat : Good. Ideas drive the narrative in all Terence Hawkins's work. His first novel, The Rage of Achilles, is a deeply researched account of the Iliad that describes a Trojan War as it really happened, informed by the theory of the bicameral mind--now the basis for HBO's Westworld. His second, American Neolithic, explores a dystopian near-future America from the point of view of the last surviving Neanderthals, who live in an abandoned warehouse on the Lower Easy Side. In naming it a Year's Best, Kirkus Reviews called it a towering work of speculative fiction. These stories test the boundaries of science and superstition, reason and faith. They are for readers who can't wait for the next season of Black Mirror and think the best thing about New Year's is the Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy. Explore the limits. ======.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. The stories in Animal Husbandry all deal in some way with mythology, from animal fables to imaginary friends to the myths people tell themselves. In some cases, the myths are fantastical:a farmer finds his cow has given birth to a surprising offspring;a guitarist tries to improve his skills with a visit to the crossroads; ora young girl meets with a visitor in the woods to plot against her neighbors. Others concern everyday mythology:a small-town ballplayer struggles to earn a nickname;a man' s clean bill of health arrives at the worst possible time; ora long-retired screen actress receives a letter that makes her confront her past.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. When a savage home invasion results in the death of a town's most glamorous couple, the surviving friends and relatives of the victims must navigate the emotional aftermath: Exasperated high school Vice-Principal Zachary Rivers makes a final effort to reach a troubled student. Town librarian, Shelby Blythe-- the eldest daughter of the murder victims-- begins a correspondence with Billy Lawson, her parents' murderer. Evelyn Kavanaugh, a retired marketing manager and beloved family friend of the Blythes, embarks on a luxurious cruise as a prelude to suicide. Noam Russell, Billy Lawson' s best friend, returns to Benfield to claim a share of his deceased father' s estate. Samantha Blythe' s maternal attempt to help an employee evokes a renewed desire to connect with her own family. The spaces between stories are haunted by echoes of the deceased couple's life-- from the ignorant bliss of first impressions and great expectations to the tumultuous troubles of middle age, and, finally, an undying hope for reconciliation.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. The shooting of a homicide detective is captured on film by a mysterious figure from a second-floor window, implicating Riley Keane, an anti-gun activist and a school shooting survivor. Riley flees Chicago for a frozen island in Lake Superior. A race to find her ensues between her secret lover-- Chicago politician Finn O' Farrell-- a corrupt police lieutenant, and the mysterious cameraman who extorts Riley' s family and Finn. Finn' s entanglement with Riley and the extortionist threatens his ambitious political career. On the island, Riley ingratiates herself into the close-knit community, but when she witnesses both an islander' s murder and another death in a suspicious boating accident, the local sheriff starts asking questions that begin to unravel her true identity. As the sheriff and the FBI are closing in on Riley, Finn faces media pressure to reveal his mysterious role in that long ago school shooting. If the facts come out, Finn may go to prison, but his biggest fear is that the truth will forever sever his relationship with Riley.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The follow up memoir to the bestselling FRONTAL MATTER: GLUE GONE WILD. The reader continues on the cancer treatment and recovery journey with Suzanne Samples. Her honesty, candidness and humor enables the reader to turn each page with empathy and hope.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Heather Finch has buried her husband after years of caretaking post stroke. She now embarks on a writers retreat to rediscover herself and at the same time rediscover her purpose in life.

Paperback. Etat : Good. A raw, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of facing the unimaginable: terminal brain cancer.Suzanne Samples, a university English professor and roller derby enthusiast, finds her life upended by a glioblastoma diagnosis at age 36. Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild chronicles her journey through brain surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation with unflinching honesty and surprising humor. This is more than a cancer story; it's a testament to resilience, friendship, and finding light in the darkest corners. Readers will: Laugh at her sarcastic wit in the face of adversity. Cry with her as she navigates loss and uncertainty. Be inspired by her determination to live fully, even while dying. For anyone touched by illness, seeking inspiration, or simply craving an authentic voice, Frontal Matter is a powerful and unforgettable read.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Stunned by her brother's apparent suicide, LUNA AUBER, discovers that he has not only left her the key's to his apartment but also trip to Sweden. Per his instructions, LUNA is to explore their unexpected heritage of the Birke, an iconic female Viking warrior. Following her beloved brother's lead, LUNA will soon discover that the terrible shakes he suffered from were misdiagnosed. The shaking was in fact the early stages of his transformation. Her brother was a shapeshifter. A lycanthrope. And her own shaking has just begun. LUNA will be forced to make a choice that could either transform or destroy the world as she knows it. CURE by Kali Metis is a howling romp that seamlessly blends various voices, genres, and time periods without losing its effortless style. An amalgam of myth, historical fiction, romance, folklore, and horror, Metis cooks delicious conflict into every page as her main character, Luna Auber, bakes cupcakes by day but shifts into something slightly more sinister by night. Fans will surely hope this is the initial book of a series because CURE is worth reading by moonlight and sinking one's teeth into. -Suzanne Samples, author of Frontal Matter and Stargazing in Solitude.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. EDGE On parent-teacher conference day, in an urban context of regular kidnappings and violence, a boy learns that his estranged, but kind-hearted father has returned and would like to meet him secretly after school. The anxious boy has been warned about this possibility. When his teacher hears about the father's plan, it prompts her to hide the boy in her classroom. The boy's father searches for his son at dismissal and then goes to the principal. Together they head to the teacher's classroom.THE KITE FLYER AT CHIMERA ISLAND is a magical realism tale of two brothers who have been banished to a prison island to collect a mysterious substance called the Light. Memory, myth, and the powerful binding force of family come together in this dark yet touching story. THE NECROMANCER It's Valentine's Day and Silver Nightbrace's parents are coming to dinner, expecting to meet the suitor Silver has dutifully told them of in her letters home. Unfortunately, Silver doesn't actually have a suitor. On her break at the apothecary, where she works as a barista, she decides to raise a boyfriend from the dead. Necromancy can't be that hard, right? TESTIMONIES AFTER THE FIRE In a town governed by customs and not spoken laws that go back centuries, numerous testimonies narrate a vile act taken place against one of the residents and the terribly violent and tragic response that, more than teaching a lesson, destroys the residents' lives forever. Crossing the limits of reality and fiction, this choral narration is born as a scathing metaphor of freedom and coexistence, where nothing or nobody is what it seems and where the truth has as many faces as voices claim to possess it. THE SPIDER AND THE BIRDHOUSE The author wrote The Spider and the Birdhouse sleepily not knowing what I was dreaming. I found it years later and understood it, having realized the dream. THINGS UNRECKONED When an ice-mining transport in the outer reaches of the known universe stumbles across another ship of its same kind, they detect abnormal patterns in the temperature and humidity measurements that might indicate a living organism on the abandoned vessel. Strange: this other transport had been lost decades ago, and all crew were presumed deceased. When strange patterns begin to manifest on their own ship, affecting the very fabric of all things great and small, a living nightmare about forces not understood by humankind unfolds. &nbsp.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Two women never meet, but their lives collide. Ulrike is an East German immigrant and Stasi survivor who still struggles with the effects of the totalitarian regime on her psyche. Her husband Peter is one of the people who must pay the price. Ruth is a California chemist with secrets in her family who just lost her father under mysterious circumstances and is witnessing her mother' s descent into alcoholism. When Ulrike is gone, a hesitant friendship starts between Peter and Ruth. Or is it more than a friendship? Follow these strong, opinionated women on their paths before and after a pivotal moment that bonds their lives forever, even beyond death.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First generation Lebanese-American George Lahoud is a young man with dreams of a career in medicine, far from the immigrant life of his family. However, he must put aside his studies in Washington DC and return home to Danbury, Connecticut to run the family's market when his father becomes terminally ill. As George settles reluctantly into the life he longed to leave, he faces the weight of family and community expectations. He marries Eleanor Rizkallah, the daughter of a wealthy and respected local Lebanese businessman. On the surface, this is a picture-perfect coupling, but on their honeymoon trip to Beirut, disaster manifests in the unlikely personage of Andros Seleukos, a young war veteran and painter. George's heart opens up, and he experiences a love that he's never allowed himself to imagine.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. On October 7th, 2007, his senior year of high school, Will Carter leaves work and heads home to get sleep before re-taking the SAT the following morning. Three weeks later, he wakes up in a hospital bed, a trach in his throat, covered in IV' s and scars, confused, and with a terrible pain in his head. He learns that he has suffered a brain injury and stroke and that he is waking up from a medically induced coma. Will takes what scraps and bits he has of his memory to reclaim his story, as he takes the reader on a harrowing 7-month journey from his car accident and coma to his recovery and return to high school. Will fights the internal battle of wanting to be the person he was before and accepting who he is now. He must fight to graduate high school, re-learn how to walk, and re-discover how to live his life again. He must strive to figure out what getting better really looks like. Will must come to terms with God and fight to hold onto his faith. He must finally come to see getting better as not something physical but something emotional, personal, and spiritual.…

Paperback. Etat : Like New. A coming of age story set in Provincetown, Truro, and Dennis Cape Cod during the summer of 1979. Sixteen-year-old Danny Halligan is seeking to define his sexual identity, struggling to navigate his feeling toward 18-year old childhood friend Liam Preston. Their lives spiral out of control when they meet 21-year-old Gracie Rose, a charismatic photographer and Yale dropout with a vision of a flesh festival on film. Danny finds his mind unraveling as he is caught up in a torrent of drugs, sex and photography. Entire days are lost in drug fueled grappling and flesh wars in a massive tree fort known as the Palace of the Palpable Pines. Gracie's vision includes masking her subjects to maintain their anonymity. Liam becomes Lone Ranger while Danny's fur covered mask transforms him into Wolf-Boy. Danny is left mentally and physically ravaged as Gracie gains ever more fame for her ground-breaking photographs, known as Transfiguration Photos.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. What happens when a love story turns into a political nightmare? From the moment Amalia enters his shop, the immigrant shoemaker Erasmo imagines she will fulfill his dream of America. And their story begins in promise. The lovers are passionate for life and each other, but they both come to see the truth beneath the surface. Amalia has opened Erasmo' s eyes to inequality and the exploitation of the poor. Against the backdrop of the WWI Red Scare, while the Spanish Flu rages, Erasmo becomes embroiled in the battle between Italian anarchists and the federal government. The dream goes tragically wrong when Erasmo and his brother Giuseppe are framed for murder. The full story is revealed decades later when a great niece visits with the now elderly Amalia and begins piecing together the mystery her family wanted buried with the dead. Through three points of view, those of Amalia, the young Erasmo, and the great niece, the truth emerges: Only when the past is confronted will our ancestors stop whispering to us and finally be at peace.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Ideas drive the narrative in all Terence Hawkins's work. His first novel, The Rage of Achilles, is a deeply researched account of the Iliad that describes a Trojan War as it really happened, informed by the theory of the bicameral mind--now the basis for HBO's Westworld. His second, American Neolithic, explores a dystopian near-future America from the point of view of the last surviving Neanderthals, who live in an abandoned warehouse on the Lower Easy Side. In naming it a Year's Best, Kirkus Reviews called it a towering work of speculative fiction. These stories test the boundaries of science and superstition, reason and faith. They are for readers who can't wait for the next season of Black Mirror and think the best thing about New Year's is the Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy. Explore the limits. ======.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. The shooting of a homicide detective is captured on film by a mysterious figure from a second-floor window, implicating Riley Keane, an anti-gun activist and a school shooting survivor. Riley flees Chicago for a frozen island in Lake Superior. A race to find her ensues between her secret lover-- Chicago politician Finn O' Farrell-- a corrupt police lieutenant, and the mysterious cameraman who extorts Riley' s family and Finn. Finn' s entanglement with Riley and the extortionist threatens his ambitious political career. On the island, Riley ingratiates herself into the close-knit community, but when she witnesses both an islander' s murder and another death in a suspicious boating accident, the local sheriff starts asking questions that begin to unravel her true identity. As the sheriff and the FBI are closing in on Riley, Finn faces media pressure to reveal his mysterious role in that long ago school shooting. If the facts come out, Finn may go to prison, but his biggest fear is that the truth will forever sever his relationship with Riley.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. When a savage home invasion results in the death of a town's most glamorous couple, the surviving friends and relatives of the victims must navigate the emotional aftermath: Exasperated high school Vice-Principal Zachary Rivers makes a final effort to reach a troubled student. Town librarian, Shelby Blythe-- the eldest daughter of the murder victims-- begins a correspondence with Billy Lawson, her parents' murderer. Evelyn Kavanaugh, a retired marketing manager and beloved family friend of the Blythes, embarks on a luxurious cruise as a prelude to suicide. Noam Russell, Billy Lawson' s best friend, returns to Benfield to claim a share of his deceased father' s estate. Samantha Blythe' s maternal attempt to help an employee evokes a renewed desire to connect with her own family. The spaces between stories are haunted by echoes of the deceased couple's life-- from the ignorant bliss of first impressions and great expectations to the tumultuous troubles of middle age, and, finally, an undying hope for reconciliation.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. A raw, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of facing the unimaginable: terminal brain cancer.Suzanne Samples, a university English professor and roller derby enthusiast, finds her life upended by a glioblastoma diagnosis at age 36. Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild chronicles her journey through brain surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation with unflinching honesty and surprising humor. This is more than a cancer story; it's a testament to resilience, friendship, and finding light in the darkest corners. Readers will: Laugh at her sarcastic wit in the face of adversity. Cry with her as she navigates loss and uncertainty. Be inspired by her determination to live fully, even while dying. For anyone touched by illness, seeking inspiration, or simply craving an authentic voice, Frontal Matter is a powerful and unforgettable read.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The follow up memoir to the bestselling FRONTAL MATTER: GLUE GONE WILD. The reader continues on the cancer treatment and recovery journey with Suzanne Samples. Her honesty, candidness and humor enables the reader to turn each page with empathy and hope.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Heather Finch has buried her husband after years of caretaking post stroke. She now embarks on a writers retreat to rediscover herself and at the same time rediscover her purpose in life.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Stunned by her brother's apparent suicide, LUNA AUBER, discovers that he has not only left her the key's to his apartment but also trip to Sweden. Per his instructions, LUNA is to explore their unexpected heritage of the Birke, an iconic female Viking warrior. Following her beloved brother's lead, LUNA will soon discover that the terrible shakes he suffered from were misdiagnosed. The shaking was in fact the early stages of his transformation. Her brother was a shapeshifter. A lycanthrope. And her own shaking has just begun. LUNA will be forced to make a choice that could either transform or destroy the world as she knows it. CURE by Kali Metis is a howling romp that seamlessly blends various voices, genres, and time periods without losing its effortless style. An amalgam of myth, historical fiction, romance, folklore, and horror, Metis cooks delicious conflict into every page as her main character, Luna Auber, bakes cupcakes by day but shifts into something slightly more sinister by night. Fans will surely hope this is the initial book of a series because CURE is worth reading by moonlight and sinking one's teeth into. -Suzanne Samples, author of Frontal Matter and Stargazing in Solitude.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. A teenager navigates love, loss, and identity amidst the Vietnam War. In late 1960s New York City, Zach, a first-generation son of Holocaust survivors and a die-hard Mets fan, becomes consumed by the Vietnam War. Haunted by the past and fearful of the future, he obsessively seeks an escape route for his family, convinced the US will repeat history. When Zach meets Samm, a seventh-generation Manhattanite grappling with her brother's PTSD after his return from Vietnam, their lives intertwine. Together, they explore the complexities of protest, friendship, music, faith, and love during a time of global upheaval, discovering that even in the face of uncertainty, hope and connection can light the way. Perfect for readers interested in historical fiction, coming-of-age stories, and social issues.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. The stories in Animal Husbandry all deal in some way with mythology, from animal fables to imaginary friends to the myths people tell themselves. In some cases, the myths are fantastical:a farmer finds his cow has given birth to a surprising offspring;a guitarist tries to improve his skills with a visit to the crossroads; ora young girl meets with a visitor in the woods to plot against her neighbors. Others concern everyday mythology:a small-town ballplayer struggles to earn a nickname;a man' s clean bill of health arrives at the worst possible time; ora long-retired screen actress receives a letter that makes her confront her past.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. Though unexceptional in every way, Klaus Barbie, a mid-level Gestapo chief, ruled Lyon, France, like a medieval tyrant from 1942-44. Crowds parted to let him pass; a table was permanently reserved for him at Le Lapin Blanc, Lyon' s raciest nightclub; and pretty young women slipped him notes inscribed with their phone numbers. But his glory days represented only a thin slice of his life. What prepared him for his role as the so-called Butcher of Lyon, and what became of him after the war ended? In an attempt to answer these and other questions, this collection of nine wide-ranging and skillfully written stories presents Barbie in a variety of guises, from that of a vulnerable young boy, to a preening young man on the make, to an enfeebled old man forced to confront his crimes forty years after the fact.Though wars and their excesses flare up and die down, evil is always with us, promising a god-like dominion over others that seduces those who are weakest. This book is a reminder of that.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The novel is a story of love, loyalty, friendship and the intersection of law and personal morality-- when the right thing to do may not be the legal thing to do. You might sum the story up as: A wealthy widower risks his freedom to fulfill a promise made to his dying wife.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. EDGE On parent-teacher conference day, in an urban context of regular kidnappings and violence, a boy learns that his estranged, but kind-hearted father has returned and would like to meet him secretly after school. The anxious boy has been warned about this possibility. When his teacher hears about the father's plan, it prompts her to hide the boy in her classroom. The boy's father searches for his son at dismissal and then goes to the principal. Together they head to the teacher's classroom.THE KITE FLYER AT CHIMERA ISLAND is a magical realism tale of two brothers who have been banished to a prison island to collect a mysterious substance called the Light. Memory, myth, and the powerful binding force of family come together in this dark yet touching story. THE NECROMANCER It's Valentine's Day and Silver Nightbrace's parents are coming to dinner, expecting to meet the suitor Silver has dutifully told them of in her letters home. Unfortunately, Silver doesn't actually have a suitor. On her break at the apothecary, where she works as a barista, she decides to raise a boyfriend from the dead. Necromancy can't be that hard, right? TESTIMONIES AFTER THE FIRE In a town governed by customs and not spoken laws that go back centuries, numerous testimonies narrate a vile act taken place against one of the residents and the terribly violent and tragic response that, more than teaching a lesson, destroys the residents' lives forever. Crossing the limits of reality and fiction, this choral narration is born as a scathing metaphor of freedom and coexistence, where nothing or nobody is what it seems and where the truth has as many faces as voices claim to possess it. THE SPIDER AND THE BIRDHOUSE The author wrote The Spider and the Birdhouse sleepily not knowing what I was dreaming. I found it years later and understood it, having realized the dream. THINGS UNRECKONED When an ice-mining transport in the outer reaches of the known universe stumbles across another ship of its same kind, they detect abnormal patterns in the temperature and humidity measurements that might indicate a living organism on the abandoned vessel. Strange: this other transport had been lost decades ago, and all crew were presumed deceased. When strange patterns begin to manifest on their own ship, affecting the very fabric of all things great and small, a living nightmare about forces not understood by humankind unfolds. &nbsp.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First generation Lebanese-American George Lahoud is a young man with dreams of a career in medicine, far from the immigrant life of his family. However, he must put aside his studies in Washington DC and return home to Danbury, Connecticut to run the family's market when his father becomes terminally ill. As George settles reluctantly into the life he longed to leave, he faces the weight of family and community expectations. He marries Eleanor Rizkallah, the daughter of a wealthy and respected local Lebanese businessman. On the surface, this is a picture-perfect coupling, but on their honeymoon trip to Beirut, disaster manifests in the unlikely personage of Andros Seleukos, a young war veteran and painter. George's heart opens up, and he experiences a love that he's never allowed himself to imagine.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. On October 7th, 2007, his senior year of high school, Will Carter leaves work and heads home to get sleep before re-taking the SAT the following morning. Three weeks later, he wakes up in a hospital bed, a trach in his throat, covered in IV' s and scars, confused, and with a terrible pain in his head. He learns that he has suffered a brain injury and stroke and that he is waking up from a medically induced coma. Will takes what scraps and bits he has of his memory to reclaim his story, as he takes the reader on a harrowing 7-month journey from his car accident and coma to his recovery and return to high school. Will fights the internal battle of wanting to be the person he was before and accepting who he is now. He must fight to graduate high school, re-learn how to walk, and re-discover how to live his life again. He must strive to figure out what getting better really looks like. Will must come to terms with God and fight to hold onto his faith. He must finally come to see getting better as not something physical but something emotional, personal, and spiritual.…

Paperback. Etat : Like New. A coming of age story set in Provincetown, Truro, and Dennis Cape Cod during the summer of 1979. Sixteen-year-old Danny Halligan is seeking to define his sexual identity, struggling to navigate his feeling toward 18-year old childhood friend Liam Preston. Their lives spiral out of control when they meet 21-year-old Gracie Rose, a charismatic photographer and Yale dropout with a vision of a flesh festival on film. Danny finds his mind unraveling as he is caught up in a torrent of drugs, sex and photography. Entire days are lost in drug fueled grappling and flesh wars in a massive tree fort known as the Palace of the Palpable Pines. Gracie's vision includes masking her subjects to maintain their anonymity. Liam becomes Lone Ranger while Danny's fur covered mask transforms him into Wolf-Boy. Danny is left mentally and physically ravaged as Gracie gains ever more fame for her ground-breaking photographs, known as Transfiguration Photos.…

Paperback. Etat : Good. What happens when a love story turns into a political nightmare? From the moment Amalia enters his shop, the immigrant shoemaker Erasmo imagines she will fulfill his dream of America. And their story begins in promise. The lovers are passionate for life and each other, but they both come to see the truth beneath the surface. Amalia has opened Erasmo' s eyes to inequality and the exploitation of the poor. Against the backdrop of the WWI Red Scare, while the Spanish Flu rages, Erasmo becomes embroiled in the battle between Italian anarchists and the federal government. The dream goes tragically wrong when Erasmo and his brother Giuseppe are framed for murder. The full story is revealed decades later when a great niece visits with the now elderly Amalia and begins piecing together the mystery her family wanted buried with the dead. Through three points of view, those of Amalia, the young Erasmo, and the great niece, the truth emerges: Only when the past is confronted will our ancestors stop whispering to us and finally be at peace.…