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A story of falling out of love from the winner of the Comedy Women in Print Award, for fans of Monica Heisey and Dolly Alderton 'A thoughtful and tender take on the concept of "home"' Pandora Sykes MOVING IN. GROWING UP. FALLING OUT OF LOVE. Mara's first year in London...

O brave new world, that has such people in't. Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house. What does it mean? It’s a truism of our time that it’ll be the...

IT MOVED ME DEEPLY' LIV LITTLE 'DEEPLY POIGNANT' HARPERS BAZAAR 'GORGEOUS' RAVEN LEILANI THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN 'It will make you laugh, cry deeply, and want to call your siblings’ Cosmopolitan 'Even better than Cleopatra and Frankenstein' Grazia The Blue...

A rediscovered classic - a Japanese cosy crime novel in translation set at the foot of Mount Fuji, first published in 1982, and now reissued for a 21st century readership 'The Agatha Christie of Japan' MURDER & MAYHEM 'An undisputed classic . . . a must have for any crime...

Maya, a thirty-something Indonesian caught in the undercurrent of life's uncertainty, takes a leap of faith from the chaos of Jakarta to a job as a waitress aboard a European cruise ship. There, she meets sexy Kanompang, Oleksii with his European-sized totem, and Maroje, her first love and Croatian prince....

本书收录作者于报章发表的三十九篇专栏文章，并特别配以书法作品。作者延续一贯细腻真挚的写作风格，将古今人物、经典读物与日常生活巧妙融合，展现其对知识的深入思考与感性探索。在灵动跳跃的文字间，情感与智慧交汇流转，既富广度，又具深度。

本书收录作者在报章发表的四十二篇专栏文章，并为每篇文章配上书法作品。作者延续一贯细腻而真挚的文字风格，以唐代诗人作品及相关读物为引，与现代点滴交融，展现其对知识的思考与感性探索的心得。在贴近古人生活的过程中，情感与智慧悄然流转，深邃而隽永。

1,000 haiku by Soseki Natsume, collected into one volume for the first time! Soseki Natsume is Japan's most popular writer, well known in the West for his satirical novels like I Am a Cat, Botchan and Kokoro. However, he first made a name for himself in Japan as a poet,...

"This extraordinary novel combines the story of one young man's existential quest with the precision of the best historical novels and the thrilling imagination of sci-fi books." —Francesc Miralles, author of Love in Small Letters and co-author of The Ikigai Journey Would you travel back in time to find the...

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Two opposites decide to test their chemistry with one steamy night together. But will once be enough? Nova Porter isn’t looking for love, and she certainly has no explanation for her attraction to buttoned-up, three-piece-suit-wearing investment banker Charlie Milford. Maybe it’s his charm? Or maybe it’s his...

Sinopsis: Ketika berusia enam tahun, Sarah berubah menjadi genius selepas datang seorang lelaki asing yang masuk ke biliknya pada satu malam di St. Petersburg, Rusia. Dari seorang gadis kecil yang tidak pandai membaca, Sarah tiba-tiba mampu menulis kod-kod program komputer dan menghalang serangan hacker di syarikat tempat ibu bapanya bekerja....

  "Dazai's best novel […] focusing on a woman forced to deal with the consequences of heedless, Dazai-like behavior" —The New York Times   A completely new translation of one of Osamu Dazai's best-loved novels, by award-winning translator, Juliet Winters Carpenter.   The Setting Sun tells the story of Kazuko,...

  "Clear-eyed glimpses of human behavior in the extremities of poverty, stupidity, greed, vanity… Story-telling of an unconventional sort, with most of the substance beneath the shining, enameled surface." —The New York Times Book Review  Widely acknowledged as "the father of the Japanese short story," Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of...

  Fifty-five folktales offer a fascinating window into the Korean world.   Told with wit and pathos, this lively collection of Korean fables features the ever-iconic tiger, the humble woodcutter, clueless brides, clever talking rabbits, mischievous mice and other engaging characters in situations where folly, wisdom, greed, love, reward and...

Sinopsis: Seorang lelaki masuk ke sebuah bar... Banyak cerita bermula sebegini. Tapi untuk seorang lelaki muda yang dikenali sebagai Buddy – biarpun ia bukan nama sebenar – kunjungannya ke sebuah bar terpencil berakhir dengan satu jenayah yang jahat dan terkutuk. Buddy mengambil masa yang lama, malah puluhan tahun, untuk cuba...

“Lelaki tu memang pelik sikit aku tengok,” kata Syaz. “Bukan setakat dia, mangsa kes ini pun pelik sama. Kes ini pun lagi bapak segala pelik.” “Mana ada kes yang tak pelik. Lagi-lagi mati tergantung macam tu. Dan kau cakap semalam, perempuan tu mati sebijik macam mangsa-mangsa Sepuloh Nama tu dulu.”...

Mikail, seorang penulis muda merangkap pembunuh bersiri telah jatuh cinta dengan Imelda, seorang pelacur misterius di tengah Kota Saktijaya. Dia dihantui bayangan labah-labah setan yang berterusan mendesaknya agar terus membunuh. Hanya hubungannya dengan Imelda yang menjadikan Mikail kekal waras. Namun krisis politik Republik Trisakti yang kian meruncing tela mengubah segalanya,...

Is disaster inevitable? Defying Futility - The Fairhaven Stories offers sixteen stories by the authors of the award-winning climate fiction Fairhaven - A Novel of Climate Optimism that offer a definitive answer to this question, with a range of creative, heart-warming tales that showcase how real disasters in history might...

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world’s best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life. Now in paperback. At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at...

Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen. Known as Agent A, Alice is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at naming itself. From managing deceptive witches to...