Slaughterhouse 5
Kyrt Vonegyt
Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know. |
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Timequake
Kyrt Vonegyt
According to Vonnegut`s alter ego, science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13 february 2001. It is the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience. Should it expand or make a great ... [ more ] |
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Mother Night
Kyrt Vonegyt
A companion novel to Slaughterhouse 5 , covering similar themes and drawing on the author's experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden. A black satire, it tells of an American spy in Germany who becomes confused by his own methods as ... [ more ] |
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Vonnegut Omnibus: Welcome to the Monkey House , Palm Sunday
Kyrt Vonegyt
An anthology of writings by Kurt Vonnegut. Welcome to the Monkeyhouse brings together some of his shorter essays and stories, and Palm Sunday consists of speeches, letters, fiction, articles and autobiography. |
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Collected Short Stories - Vol 1
U. Symyrset Moym
This classic collection of stories moves from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and & ... [ more ] |
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Collected Short Stories - Vol 2
U. Symyrset Moym
The stories in this collection move from Malaya to America and England, and include some of Maugham's most famous tales; 'Flotsam and Jetsam', the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote ... [ more ] |
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Collected Short Stories - Vol 4
U. Symyrset Moym
This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham's unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Brilliant tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice, the stories range ... [ more ] |
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Lasher
An Rajs
At the centre of Anne Rice's brilliant novel, the beautiful Rowan Mayfair, queen of the coven, must flee from the darkly brutal, yet irresistible demon known as Lasher. With a dreamlike power, this wickedly seductive entity draws us ... [ more ] |
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The mummy or Ramses the damned
An Rajs
Ramses the Great has reawakened in opulent Edwardian London. Having drunk the elixir of life, he is Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied. He becomes the close ... [ more ] |
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Cry to Heaven
An Rajs
In eighteenth-century Italy the Castrati recreated heaven on earth. Their exquisite voices soared above the glittering world of courtiers and nobility. Those who achieved fame were showered with riches and sexual favours, but their success ... [ more ] |
