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Cover of The Vision Of The Hohokam
by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

When Alexis and her son, Jamie, are interviewed about a play based on their lives, Alexis recalls meaningful moments throughout their relationship and learns that she and Jamie do not share the same opinions about the events defining their lives. Throughout the interview, Alexis struggles to discover...
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by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

After her marriage deteriorates, Joan’s life also seems to be falling apart. Irked by living in the suburbs—far from downtown and alone in a neighbourhood of families—Joan moves into a room in a shared house where the other occupants are all young and single. There, her health—already affected...
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Babette

Short Story

by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

Ginny spends her days caring for her mother, Emmaline, and her mother-in-law, Babette, both of whom are elderly and ailing. Though she feels guilty about it, Ginny often finds herself slipping into thoughts of her lover—of the way he kisses and touches her—as a momentary escape from the reality...
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Broadway Shoes

Short Story

by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

A woman examines a box of her mother’s personal photos that has been sitting unopened in her basement since her mother’s death. Now, as she discovers images once meaningful to her mother, she begins to piece together stories of the girl her mother once was and to reveal questions to which she...
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Domestici

Short Story

by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

Though Jeanne hasn’t seen or spoken to her ex-husband in years, learning of his death brings up memories of their past. Jeanne remembers the happiness of their early days together and how alive they had been, the memories contrasting with the life she is now leading—she is single, out of touch...
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What The Voices Say

Short Story

by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

As a child, Charlotte spent her summers with her cousins in a house that was the polar opposite of her own. Where her household was organized and ran according to schedule, her cousins lived in a state of constant chaos. For Charlotte, this was both exciting and frightening, especially when her aunt’s...
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The Prize

Short Story

by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

After winning a literary prize, George Barrett is pulled from obscurity and into the spotlight. When the attention impedes his ability to write, George buys an old house that once belonged to a writer he admires, intending to shut himself away and write in peace. Instead, he finds himself part of...
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Justice

Short Story

by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

Though happy in her current marriage, a woman remains unable to truly move past her first marriage—feeling constantly like she is living a double life: one internal and one external. Her struggles with the breakup stem not from the loss of love, but from the one-sidedness of the split, which leaves...
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Discord

Short Story

by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

A woman recounts her childhood growing up with four sisters, little money, and parents who fought constantly until her father finally left. Even as adults, the sisters do not know how to cope with harmony, and not one of them is able to fully escape the impact of a childhood lived in discord. Fever...
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Fever

Short Story

by Sharon Butala
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013

While on a business trip in Calgary, Cecilia’s husband, Colin, falls suddenly and seriously ill. With Colin in the hospital in a fevered sleep, Cecilia feels stunned and disconnected, and she finds herself striking up a sexual relationship with another guest at the hotel that leaves her questioning...
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by Suvam Pal
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015

Which charismatic Kiwi batsman is also the cousin of Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Russell Crowe? Which South Africa-born motivational speaker played a key role in India's 2011 World Cup win and Germany's 2014 FIFA World Cup victory? Which former cricketer, besides being a successful coach of several...

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24

The House Special Subcommittee's Findings at CTU

by Marc Cerasini
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2010

Last season, CIA agent Jack Bauer, played by Golden Globe award-winning actor Keifer Sutherland, had us glued to our TVs and cursing the time clock as he uncovered a plot to assassinate presidential nominee, David Palmer. With just 24 hours to identify the killer, Bauer also had to deal with the kidnapping...
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Beethoven

The Universal Composer

by Edmund Morris
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

“Brilliant....This book is a perfect marriage—or should one say, duet—of subject and author, every word as masterly as the notes of the artist it illuminates.” — Christopher Buckley, Forbes “This is not just criticism but poetry in itself, with the additional—and inestimable—merit...
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Caravaggio

Painter of Miracles

by Francine Prose
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

“Matching gorgeous prose to gorgeous artworks, Prose responds to each image as a moment of theatrical revelation, sensual or spiritual, and frequently both.” — Boston Sunday Globe In Caravaggio, New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose (Goldengrove, Reading like a Writer) offers...
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