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The philosopher's joke Author's Name: Jerome Klapka Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859–1927) was born in Caledmore, Walsall, England, and grew up poor in London. He tried to enter the acting profession but could not afford actors' clothes. However, he found the door open in...

A place in the garden Author's name: Julia Ochoa One afternoon, as I sat in my office contemplating these new circumstances fate had placed in my path, I looked absentmindedly at the book titles crowded on the shelves. They looked like characters waiting for...

Family scene with a ghost Author's name: Julia Ochoa A Family Scene with a Ghost is a collection of 50 short and very short stories, brimming with diverse themes, including language—means of communication or non-communication—the political corruption rampant in our time, national obsession, widespread...

The last reader Author's name: David Toscana (I always keep a direct life experience in mind when I write) - David Toscana As the main character in this novel, Toscana attempts to interpret a part of the world through books, and in doing so,...

The Snow Leopard's Grief Author's name: Jukka Reiniers Tyrone It is a wonderful, intelligent, and profound novel, combining in its style the detail of Proust, the complexity of Joyce, and the melancholy of Kafka. (Mohsen Al-Ramli). Tyrone displays great literary power, just like César...

Mario and the Wizard Author's name: Thomas Mann It's 1929; Stalin comes to power in Russia, Mussolini calls on Italians to restore the glories of the Roman emperors, and the Nazi Party fuels Hitler's cauldron to quickly leapfrog Germany. While Europe opted for fascism,...

Croken Sands Author's name: Bram Stoker Before my husband's tragic death—I might even say that even before the shadow of death loomed over him—he had planned to publish three volumes of short stories, this series being one of them. I have added to the...

The last pomegranate in the world Author's name: Bakhtiar Ali A novel with a fast pace. You'll immediately understand why the author enjoys a divine status in the Middle East. How did such an author disappear from the world of fiction for so long?...

daughter Author's name: Anna Maria Shaw With meticulous precision and remarkable realism, Ana María Chua portrays three generations of women against the backdrop of life in exile in a country plagued by political unrest, internal terrorism, and dictatorial rule. The events take place in...

Gustavo Vazza of Africa Author's name: Olada Equiano This amazing, eventful biography is more than just a biography; it conveys the author's maturation from his youth to the time of writing. It chronicles the terrifying scenes and dangerous adventures he experienced, between the whip...

Souls Bazaar Author's name: Arora Mardiganian The Mardiganian family's joy on Easter morning was marred only by the prophecy of the shepherd Vartabed, who warned of a pervasive evil that would soon descend upon them. Before the middle of the day, disasters suddenly overtook...

A Gentleman from San Francisco Author's name: Ivan Bunin A wealthy San Francisco man travels to Europe on a royal steamer with his wife and daughter for an extended vacation. It's time to enjoy wealth, relax, and renounce the hardships of work. During the...

Sandman Author's name: Ernst Hoffmann The Sandman is a popular mythical character featured in many children's stories and reference books. He is said to sprinkle sand or magic dust on children's eyes at night to lull them to sleep, carrying them into wondrous dreams....

Kalbian War Part Two of the Expansive Series 2 Author Name: James S. A. Corey We are not alone in this universe. On Ganymede, the station that represents the main food source for the exoplanets, a Martian marine sergeant watches her entire platoon slaughtered...

Leviathan Awakens Part 1 The Expanse Series 1 Author Name: James S. A. Corey Welcome to the future. Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the asteroid belt, and beyond—but the stars remain beyond our reach. Jim Holden is an officer on an...

The Fall of Leviathan, Part 9, The Expanse Series 9 Author Name: James S. A. Corey The ninth novel in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, adapted into a Syfy television series. The empire of Laconia has fallen, leaving thirteen hundred solar systems...

Shadow of the Queen Author Name: A.K. Johnston When Padmé Amidala steps down as Queen of Naboo, the newly elected queen asks her to become a member of the Galactic Senate and continue serving their people from there. Padmé is apprehensive about the amount...

The Silent Storm Author Name: Troy Dineen "It's the year 2526. It's been a year since humanity first made devastating contact with a theocratic military alliance of alien races known as the Pact. Now, hostilities have ignited open warfare, with the United Nations Space...

turmoil in the depths 1 Author's name: Vernor Vinge A Flood of the Deep is Finge's most significant and consequential novel to date. It is a dazzling tale of galactic war told on a vast cosmic scale. Various races have inhabited the universe for...

Depth in the sky 2 Author's name: Vernor Vinge After thousands of years of searching, humans are about to make their first contact with an alien race. The two human groups are the Quing-Ho, a free-trading culture, and the Inuit, a cruel cult based...

Children of Heaven 3 Author's name: Vernor Vinge Ten years have passed since the world of the Tains, where Ravna Bjørnsdøt and several children ended up after a catastrophe wiped out humanity across the galaxy. Ravna and the animal troop that bears the planet's...

Rich's Fall Author's name: Eric Nylund In the 26th century, humanity expanded beyond the Earth system to hundreds of planets that the colonizers now call home. But the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command struggle to control this vast empire. Having...

Darth Vader Author Name: Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larroca, Edgar Delgado, Joe Caramagna Darth Vader has become one of the most iconic villains in pop culture since his first appearance on screens. Now, we follow Vader's journey from the end of "A New Hope" (as...

Star Wars Philosophically Author Name: Kevin Decker "Have you been feeling a disturbance in your Force energy field lately? That's what's causing the midi-chlorians to tingle in your cells. Seventeen Jedi have gathered to explore the deeper reaches of the Star Wars saga. It's...

The philosophically finished Author Name: Kevin Decker - Richard Brown Are cyborgs our friends or enemies? Is it morally right for Skynet to eliminate us? Does John Connor have the freedom to choose whether to defend humanity or not? Is the Day of Judgment...

Destroyed by Love: Psychological Readings on Betrayal Author's name: Dr. Manal Al-Daghar ‎ Ever since we got married, he's always been suspicious of me, always accusing me of cheating. There's nothing I can say or do to convince him otherwise, to convince him that...

Lord of Morgana Author's name: Badin Muhammad Yahya I spent my life standing firm, unshakable in the face of fear, but I fell, submissive and kneeling before the pain of loss. My determination, with which I had faced fear throughout my life, collapsed, helpless...

Sigmund Freud Biography Author's name: Sigmund Freud In this exceptional work, the reader is transported into the depths of the mind of Sigmund Freud, the man who unveiled the secrets of the unconscious and changed the face of psychology forever. The book takes readers...

The night of the second of August Author's name: Falah Rahim Before the earthquake of the invasion of Kuwait struck at dawn, the threads of the night of August 2, 1990 were gathering randomly and spontaneously, inconspicuously, without any hint of a major event....

The lily in the field and the bird under the sky Author's name: Søren Kierkegaard In his book "The Lily in the Field and the Bird Under the Sky," Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard addresses, through profound reflections and prose that rises to the level...