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  Departure - And Other Stories

  Howard Fast

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  Stories of courage against oppression by one of twentieth-century America’s most fearless writersThese nineteen stories follow the paths of men and women, immigrants, minorities, and the poor, suffering from injustice and inequality. Written in the 1940s, Fast’s clear-eyed and lively tales examine a world reeling from war and plagued by social unrest. With stories set in New York City, Europe, and India, this collection shares a remarkable global vision. Written during the rising Communist scare, Departure is a defiantly leftist portrait of a complex and ever-changing world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author’s estate.

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  Nyfikenhet Räddade Katten

  Martin Lundqvist

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  En väldigt kort historia om en smart katt som hämtar hjälp när hans matte dör av hög ålder. Till slut så når han sitt mål och hittar en ny mänsklig rumskamrat.

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  The Umbrella

  Arnold Bennett

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  Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English author, born in one of the "Five Towns" which form the background of so many of his witty stories.When Professor Malpetant pays an unannounced visit to his sister, Muriel, he finds nobody at home. Both Muriel and her maid, Annie, have gone out, though he finds the door unlocked and takes the opportunity to take a look around the house.In Muriel's bedroom he uses the telephone to call the station and arrange his onward journey to Bristol before setting off for the station. It is only when he is steaming on his way to Bristol that he realises he has left his umbrella in Muriel's bedroom.The unexplained presence of a man's umbrella in Muriel's room plunges the entire household and neighbourhood into crisis. Rumours fly, suspicions and accusations are at first whispered...and later hurled.No umbrella ever caused so much trouble to so many people.

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  The Mystery of Edwin Drood

  Charles Dickens

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  Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break off the engagement. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his jealous uncle John Jasper, madly in love with Rosa, is the killer. And beyond this presumed crime there are further intrigues: the dark opium dens of the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Dickens died before completing The Mystery of Edwin Drood, leaving its tantalising mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective.

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  Sticky Fingers - 12 Deliciously...

  JT Lawrence

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  Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized, this compelling collection of 12 short stories by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence include: 
  ESCAPE 
  A suicidal baby knows he was born into the wrong life. He has to get creative to correct the mistake, much to his mother's horror. 
  THE ITCH 
  An intense, uncontrollable, unexplainable itch lands the protagonist in a mental institution. 
  BRIDGE GATE 
  In this poignant and charming short story, a daughter yearns to connect with her absent father through the letters they exchange. She's not put off by his pedantic corrections of her writing, despite the slow reveal that he is less than perfect himself. 
  THE UNSUSPECTING GOLD-DIGGER 
  A woman gradually poisons her husband so that she doesn't have to break his heart. 
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  ★★★★★ "Lawrence makes every word count, telling each story with elegance and emotional punch.” — Patsy Hennessey 
  ★★★★★ "JT Lawrence is the queen of short stories." — Dora Bona 
  ★★★★★ "Each story is masterfully constructed ... Humorous, touching, creepy, but most of all entertaining, this collection is superb." — Tracy Michelle Anderson 
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  If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale.  
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  "Sticky Fingers" has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.

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  Richard Middleton - A Short...

  Richard Middleton

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  Richard Barham Middleton was born on the 28th October 1882 in Staines, Middlesex. 
   
  His education was primarily at Cranbrook School in Kent before he began work as a clerk, in 1901, at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in London.  There he struggled with constraints and boundaries and by night he took to a bohemian lifestyle.   
   
  Middleton moved into rooms in Blackfriars and joined the New Bohemians club where his literary contacts grew. 
   
  He became an editor at Vanity Fair where he told a fellow editor, the notorious Frank Harris, that he wanted to pursue a career as a poet.  Shortly afterwards Harris published Middleton’s poem ‘The Bathing Boy’. 
   
  As an author he is most remembered for his short ghost stories. 
   
  Richard Middleton died on 1st December 1911.  He was 29.

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