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These early writings from award-winning playwright Ed Bullins explore the themes of loneliness and despair. The New York Times hailed the 'richness of language and observation' of these beautifully crafted stories - written, as they put it, by a 'black writer for black people'.

Alexandre Najjar was eight when Lebanon erupted into a bloody and brutal conflict; he was twenty-three when the guns at last fell silent. After seven years of voluntary exile, he is now back amongst his family and friends, and the past is quickly catching up with him. This work offers insights into the experience of childhood in war.

In this heartfelt collection of stories Druznhikov describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism as well as the plight of Russian émigrés in the USA in post - communist times.

At home in San Francisco, between research trips to Africa, renowned primatologist Suzanne Albrecht finds herself suffering from an unexplained fever. Dr. Tony Miller, one of the sharpest diagnosticians in San Francisco, is determined to uncover the cause. But Suzanne doesn't have time for hospitals ...

Kit and Alice are happy, in love and enjoying a luxurious weekend break abroad when the unthinkable happens. Their car spins off a mountain road and into an empty desert valley. Their lives are changed in an instant.

O what a ploughman I could be! How deep the furrows I would trace, If while I toiled, I might but see My mistress' smiling face!

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Charming inspirational tale of a young woman who is different from those around her and we follow her as she fumbles to find her own understanding in a world of sameness.Being Human is about difference and the boldness is takes to stand out from the sea of similarity.

On a cold winter morning in Paris in 1893, Marie, a farmer's daughter from the Midi is helped across a bustling street by a diffident young artist named Pierre Bonnard.

A satirical novel about the downfall of a narcissistic lothario. Jules Feiffer's first satirical novel follows the humorous, existential rise and fall of a narcissistic lothario, Harry, from influential high-society hanger-on to suicidal cipher. Harry is "blessed" by his family's endless bounty of love ...

A firebomb attack at a Plummer property thrusts Innes into the spotlight as he saves a child from the burning building. But when Plummer enlists his help to track down the arsonists, Innes finds himself dealing with more than the ENS and his rapidly overwhelming codeine addiction. Manchester needs a hero and Callum Innes is the closest it has.

The protagonists of Sana Krasikova's indelible stories are mostly women - some of them are new to America; some still live in the former Soviet Union, in Georgia or Russia; and some have returned to Russia to find a country they barely recognize and people they no longer understand. Mothers leave children ...

Twenty three year old Sophie Farrier has everything a girl would want, not to mention a family who are always on hand to lend her that extra bit of cash to secretly pay for the next pair of perfect stilettos.

Keely McCree needs to escape a painful memory, so she traces her family back to Ireland. Her idea of relaxation and going on lots of walks around the park with her dog Tina are unexpectedly shattered as she tumbles head first into a world unknown.

Presents the story of a young Greek girl, growing up in 1970's England, as she struggles to come to terms with the traditional Greek culture imposed on her by her father, whilst surrounded by the English way of life.

'... Emotionally and mentally i am still coated in dried blood, scars, bruises and cuts that will never, ever go away. They are my tux for all occasions, are you glad to hear i dressed smart for you?' Leo Casona has always been abused for other people's pleasure, now he is finally taking control... it's Playtime.