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It is a little known fact that the North Pole elves all have at least one pet mouse. The mice originally were used to test the toys but now they seem to break more toys than help. The toy factory was barely able to produce enough toys for last Christmas. Santa has another problem. The "Naughty...

Henry Oliver has achieved stardom in the international dance world at a young age, only to learn through bitter experience that success is no substitute for love. When his lover dies and he learns that his estranged mother is dying, he must return to the mountain community where he grew up, to confront his own emotions and the mysteries of his family's past.

In this wry collection, Baroness Melody Von Smith explores our need for a place to call home, either literally or figuratively, and how this need is directly tied to our identity. In "The Ocean doesn't Want Me Today", it is a physical place–Downeast Maine–that provides solace...

• First edition won the Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction, but the press shut down the season the book was first released, killing any chance of substantial sales • Endorsements from famous short story writers T.C. Boyle, Aimee Bender, and Alissa Nutting • Literary and unique writing...

When Kyle Ross’ mother moves him and his brothers from a swanky Dallas suburb to a rural Tennessee town, he thinks his life is over. Not only does he find it difficult to fit in, Kyle isn’t sure he wants to. Grappling with his sexuality while trying to cope with the effects of his mother’s mid-life...

Joey Mills doesn’t know who he wants to be. He isn’t even sure who he doesn’t. All he knows is that he thinks about it less than other people who try to mold themselves into certain boxes they are convinced they need to fit into. He always fit in just by being himself. Or maybe that is what...

„Söhne und Liebhaber“ gilt als bester und bedeutendster Roman des kühnen englischen Literaten D.H. Lawrence – die hochangesehene Modern Library platzierte das Werk auf ihrer Liste der hundert wichtigsten englischsprachigen Romane auf Rang 9. In einem Brief an seinen Lektor Edward Garnett umschrieb...

Leidenschaftlich und mit hohem künstlerischem und moralischem Anspruch widmete sich D.H. Lawrence den großen Fragen seiner Zeit – der er oft weit voraus war. „Lady Chatterley`s Lover“, sein letzter großer, 1928 fertiggestellter, aber erst seit 1960 in ungekürzter Form öffentlich verfügbarer...

„Es gibt wohl kaum ein anderes Theaterstück, das wie dieses Spektakulum um den Diener zweier Herren nun schon über zwei Jahrhunderte lang in stets neuen Textbearbeitungen und Inszenierungsvarianten mit soviel dilettantischem Ballast schier bis zur Unkenntlichkeit erdrückt wird“ schreibt Heinz...

Carlo Goldonis "Der Lügner" ist eine rasante Komödie rund um den Schelm Lelio, der sich durchs Leben schwindelt. Mithilfe "geistreicher Erfindungen", wie er seine Lügen bezeichnet, verdreht er den Frauen reihenweise den Kopf – er selbst gerät in immer größere Schwierigkeiten … „Der Lügner“...

30-year-old Bronwyn Artair, feeling out of place in her doctoral program in Atmospheric Sciences at MIT, drops out and takes a job as a TV meteorologist, much to the dismay of her mentor, Diane Fenwick. After a year of living alone in Southern New Hampshire, enduring the indignities of her job, dumped...

Michael has no memory of his childhood. Deeply intellectual but emotionally choked he's forced to wrestle with his unresolved past when he loses yet another lover in a string of failed relationships. After initially resisting he tries to piece together his history with the help of his best friend...

A journey into the haunted world of the night Jesse Hawkins grew up in a small Midwestern town with creative visions all his own. But when his girlfriend died in an accident in which he was driving, his life became haunted by recurring nightmares of that night. Now, after a year on the road...

BIRDS OF A FEATHER? Tao Tandy can't wait to flee her sleepy life (safe fiancé, dead-end job) and migrate to the big city to find fame and fortune as a food photographer. First, however, she has to find somewhere to live…. Luck is on her side when she's offered rent-free accommodation...