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Armistead Maupin's uproarious and moving Tales of the City novels—the first three of which are collected in this omnibus volume—have earned a unique niche in American literature and are considered indelible...

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityThe seventh novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.Nearly two decades after ending...

New York Times Bestseller“Wonderful. . . . As compulsively readable and endearing as all the previous novels have been.” — Booklist (starred review)Suspenseful, comic, and profoundly moving, The Days...

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityThe eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.Following the success of his New...

'A breeze' The Times‘Delightful comedy of manners' iPaper‘A welcome tenth instalment of his iconic Tales Of The City saga’ Mail on Sunday‘A witty novel about identity and finding a family in 1980s England’...

Set in the early 1990s, the long-awaited tenth novel in Armistead Maupin’s beloved and enduring Tales of the City series follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey, now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor...

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickThe first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series, Tales...

"A quietly understated masterpiece." —USA TodayThe sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga.A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she...

Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and...

"Maupin's San Francisco saga careens beautifully on." —New York Times Book ReviewThe fourth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.When an ordinary...

“With rare authority, humor and stunning grace, Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) explores the risks and consolations of intimacy while illuminating the mysteries of the storytelling impulse. Noone’s...

"I fell in love with Maupin’s effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling. Logical Family is a must read."—Mary KarrIn this long-awaited memoir, the...

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityThe fifth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.Tranquillity reigns in the ancient...

The second novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.‘Entertains, illuminates… A cultural touchstone that has enlarged our understanding of the...

Gabriel Noone is a writer whose late night radio stories have brought him into the homes of millions. Noone is in the midst of a painful separation from his lover of ten years when a publisher sends him...

" Écrits en grande partie sous forme de saynètes dialoguées, ces six romans décrivent mieux que n'importe quel traité de sociologie l'Amérique marginale des années 70 et 80, quand San Francisco était...

" Au fil des années 80 et de six volumes, les Chroniques ont connu, aux États-Unis, un succès croissant, critique autant que public : bien au-delà de San Francisco et d'un lectorat gay, Maupin a peu à...

Après vingt ans d'exil à New York, Mary Ann Singleton revient sur les lieux de sa jeunesse à San Francisco. Trompée par son mari, atteinte d'un cancer, elle a décidé de se battre pour changer de vie....

Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Bernard Cohen. Anna Madrigal, la légende du 28, Barbary Lane, sait qu'elle n'est pas éternelle. À 93 ans, pour " s'en aller comme une dame ", elle part affronter...

" Tôt ou tard, où que nous vivions, il nous faut partir en diaspora, nous aventurer loin de nos parents biologiques pour découvrir notre famille logique, celle qui pour nous fera véritablement sens. Il...

"Remarkable. . . delectable, addictive." —New York Times Book ReviewThe second novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga.The tenants of 28 Barbary...

The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.'Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced’ Salon____________________A...

The ninth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.'Wonderful. . . . As compulsively readable and endearing as all the previous novels have been’...

The sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.‘Maupin's adeptness at fluid dialogue, his flair for shaping characters who thread the needle...

The fifth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.‘Some of the sharpest and most speakable dialogue you are ever likely to read’ Guardian____________________Tranquillity...

The seventh novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.'Tender-hearted and frolicsome… A tale of long-lost friends and unrealised dreams, of fear...

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the CityThe third novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.The calamity-prone residents of...

By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novels—the fourth, fifth and sixth of which are collected in this second omnibus volume—stand as an incomparable...

“These final days of his San Francisco friends and lovers, gay and straight, are seriously moving. . . . Maupin deftly illustrates how far America and the pioneering Anna have come, and nearly forty years...

Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and...

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...

A dark and disturbing ebook original from the master of the crime genre.A famous writer asks a boxman to open an old safe that comes with the mansion he's just bought. It's not as easy a job as he's used...

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three...

**Pre-order DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie now!** From the Women's Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun come twelve...

From the Book of Atmospheres by Robert Scotellaro is a collection of micro and flash stories that explore life at a slant.  Often surreal/fabulistic, there is a universality that threads their fabric...

Geoff King was excited to be coming home from prison soon, until his long-time girlfriend dropped a bombshell. This VERY SHORT STORY was first published in Words Worth Reading Issue 2.

From USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn comes the Blue Collar Daddies series, where the men are older, the women younger, and everyone gets their very own Daddy. Fake.It's just a name.It's what she's...

I have my first-ever crush…on my boss. ​​​​​​​Sienna:I've spent my entire life thinking that there's something wrong with me because I was never like the other girls my age.I never had crushes or dated...

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK.OKAY, BE AFRAID AND GRAB A DARK BREW…This short story collection has horror to chill you to the bone and humor to tickle your funny bone."Michael McCarty is given full rein,...

A haunted investigator. A trail of bodies. And a countdown no one else can hear.When a young man falls from the roof of a downtown office building, a strange smell clings to his body and a witness reports...

Can a young woman exercise her inner demon, escaping her dangerous alter ego, in time to save Sam and Lillie, two of the most important people in her life?Angie sleeps on into the night as her alter ego,...

Calling All Angels...Short Story to Angels Among Us Series…It's inferred that once an Angel touches you, you must be forever changed in some way.Faith is one such lady, as she runs an errand hours before...

The tie-in book to "17 Tales of Tragedy and Triumph," exploring femininity. From a college bookstore to an AI girlfriend, from Old West Montana to summer camp with a supernatural twist. We travel from...

In a world ravaged by war and environmental collapse, humanity clings to survival amidst the ruins of a fallen civilization. When a brutal marauder army threatens the fragile peace, two unlikely heroes,...

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

Paws with a Purpose is a deeply moving story about the extraordinary bond between a boy fighting for his life and a dog destined to heal more than just physical wounds.When young Liam's world crumbles...

What would you do if you discovered your neighbours thought you were utterly boring? When meticulous editor Robert Smith overhears a devastating conversation about his "dull" personality at the local...

Shane Grey's biographical fiction Micro Novel about a time he and his best friend took a beer & drug fueled road trip to Las Vegas for Southern California. From the book, Literary Madness. 

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

How far would you go to help an enemy?Anna and Lev are enjoying a rustic fall hike when a rainstorm forces them into proximity with a testy teenager. When River's disdain for technology in general and...

Holiday chaos is universal. So is falling head over tentacles.When a case of mistaken mistletoe etiquette leads to a very public, very unexpected kiss, there are three things Xyl keeps reminding herself.One:...

9 Short Stories:Tonight is Christmas, This is What You Get, Stumbrick Witches, Night Mirror, Alone on Saturday Night, The Cabin, BLUE, Burn Yourself at the Stake, Wolf & Sheep: Vendetta1 Micro Novel:...

What if the story was reading you?Mara Penn never meant to bring the book home. One brush of the cover, and it was already too late. Bound in blood-red leather and etched with a shifting sigil, the ancient...

One day, Ram and his family went on a holiday when they were suddenly attacked. Similar incidents had been reported in the same area, prompting Ram and his team to investigate the mysterious enemy. To...

Beyond the realm of rock and roll, George Harrison and John Lennon seek a deeper understanding of existence. Their path, paved by the unexpected sounds of a Mexican Beatles cover band, leads them to María...

Kayla has one job—help her best friend Belinda find love. So when Belinda reluctantly agrees to dive into the world of online dating, Kayla is all in. She's the perfect matchmaker, setting up the profile,...

Escape to the enchanting, snow-covered wilderness of Deepwood Mountain's highest peak—Frozen Heights—a remote paradise where icy serenity awaits those craving solitude.Our big, gruff heroes think they're...

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is a haunting exploration of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, the novel follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman, as she...