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The ebony tower
Par John Fowles. 1974
Four novellas, varied in style and subject, together with a translation of an early French romance to which the author…
can trace much of his own need to write. The title story concerns a journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter. He is intrigued by the complicated erotic relationship between the elderly painter and the beautiful young women who share their lives with him. Some descriptions of sex. 1974.The disinformer: two novellas
Par Peter Ustinov. 1989
In "The disinformer," a retired spy, embittered by the changing face of espionage, sets a trap for a group of…
Arab terrorists, only to find himself caught up in his own web of deceit. In "A nose by any other name," Thamar had received everything from her wonderful parents, including her enormous nose. But, even when she rebels against her heritage she finds that no surgeon's knife can cut deep enough to remove her parents' influence. 1989.The djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
Par A. S Byatt. 1994
A djinn is trapped in a bottle made of glass known as "nightingale's eye", until the day an English woman…
frees him, unleashing his strength and discovering her own. This story forms the centrepiece to a collection of fairytales. 1994.The disciples: A Novel
Par Joseph J Andrew. 1993
T.C. Steele is called out of retirement by the National Security Agency when one of its recruiters, beautiful Rebecca Townsend,…
seems to have gone over to the other side. He finds that she is working not for another government but for a mysterious group called the Disciples. Loyal to no nation, the Disciples buy and sell secrets to influence the balance of power, which leads to the end of the cold war. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1993.The dogs of war
Par Frederick Forsyth. 1974
A minute-by-minute account of a coup involving the takeover of Zangaro, an emergent African state. Cat Shannon, a tough, cool…
mercenary leader is up against Sir James Manson, a shrewd London money-manipulator. 1974.The doll's house
Par Evelyn Anthony. 1992
With the Cold War over Harry Oakham, experienced spy, is out of a job, bitter at what the service has…
done to him after a lifetime of danger, and at the erosion of his personal life. Contacting colleagues, enemies, killers and moles, he builds up a syndicate of ruthless professionals for hire to anyone who can pay, but he hasn't reckoned with Rosa, a bright new Foreign Office talent, reeling from a broken marriage and seconded to check on an old spy. Neither wants their future changed, or emotional complications, but after they meet things begin to go wrong for Harry, the syndicate, and most of all for Rosa. Strong language, violence and descriptions of sex. 1992.The Dodd, Mead gallery of horror
Par Charles L Grant. 1983
The dossier
Par Leonard Gross, Pierre Salinger. 1984
An American journalist learns of a dossier, kept in Moscow, that could topple a former French Resistance hero who now…
is running for the presidency of France. Some strong language. 1984.The disaster area
Par J. G Ballard. 1967
These nine stories are science fiction at its most thought provoking. They project current trends into the future and explore…
the psychological traumas of adjusting to their logical conclusions. The agricultural sprays that produce seagulls with 20 foot wing spans; cars which fall to pieces after six months owing to effective road design; a science student trying to invent a flying machine in a city where space is at its premium. 1967.The distracted preacher and other tales (Penguin classics)
Par Thomas Hardy, Susan Hill. 1979
The diamond as big as the Ritz, and other stories: Bernice Bobs Her Hair; The Ice Palace; May Day; The Bowl
Par F. Scott Francis Scott Fitzgerald. 1974
John T Unger goes to St Midas' School (for the rich in Boston). Quiet Percy Washington invites John to spend…
the holidays. Imagine John's surprise when Percy quietly tells him that not only is his Father the Richest man in the world by that he owns a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel! This is an exciting collection of the author's work. 1974.The Dorothy Parker audio collection
Par Dorothy Parker. 2004
Author, poet, screenwriter and member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was known for her quick wit, keen…
observations, and remarkable insight into the human condition. Regarded as brilliant, but known to be an alcoholic and often depressed, Parker's work pushes all buttons at once: humour, anger, love, pity and everything in between. Includes "Such a Pretty Little Picture", her O. Henry Award winner "Big Blonde," several other short stories, and some of her review work. c1962, 2004. Big Blonde / When Ed left in the morning -- After two days. Mrs. Post enlarges on etiquette / Dusk before fireworks / When she returned eventually -- Vanity Fair, Leo Tolstoy: Redemption / But the one on the right / Horsie / One evening -- From the diary of the New York lady-during days of horror, despair, and world change / game / Sherm, happy and confident -- Just a little one / bolt behind the blue / Mrs. Hazelton's view -- Bearing her glass -- Valedictory / Such a pretty little picture / Mrs. Wheelock looked up -- Lady with a lamp / waltz / Cousin Larry / telephone call /The Devil in Texas and other cowboy tales
Par John R Erickson. 1982
Humorous yarns about cowboys, roping cattle and other facets of modern ranch life as told by a cowboy, a cowboy's…
wife, a couple of cow horses and a cow dog. 1982.The demon lover
Par David Arnason. 2002
From a chilly Canadian city to an ancient Icelandic village, these short stories span worlds both mythological and real. In…
one tale, a serpentine demon lover tempts women with his own style of forbidden fruit, while throughout, giants and other strange characters are pitted against a mischievous higher power. 2002.The deportees and other stories
Par Roddy Doyle. 2007
Short stories, each taking a new slant on the immigrant experience in Ireland. In "Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner",…
a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness is forced to confront his feelings when one of his daughters brings home a black fella. In "57 per cent Irish" Ray Brady tries to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, Riverdance and "Danny Boy". In "Deportees", Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides it's time to find a new band, and this time no White Irish need apply. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and strong language. 2007.The delta star
Par Joseph Wambaugh. 1983
When a soviet submarine runs aground in Swedish waters, detective Villalobos links the sub to a homicide in Los Angeles.…
Strong language, violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1983.The destiny of Nathalie X and other stories: And Other Stories
Par William Boyd. 1995
This collection of nine stories ranges widely across the time and space of the twentieth century, including amongst others a…
modern fable of Hollywood; a bizarre love affair between an Englishwoman and a Portuguese poet; and Vienna during the First World War. 1995.The devil out there: a novella and stories
Par Julie Houghton Keith. 2000
"The devil out there" comprises a novella, one long story and five short stories. Spanning three decades, these interconnected tales…
take the reader from pleasure to murder, from love to evil, from destruction to rescue and redemption, all of it lived, understood and misunderstood by a wide variety of characters in intensely described milieus. 2000.The dead husband project
Par Sarah Meehan Sirk. 2017
Meehan Sirk shines a distinctive light on love and death in their many incarnations, pushing against the limits of the…
absurd while exposing piercing emotional truths about what it means to be gloriously, maddeningly alive. In 'The Dead Husband Project', an artist who has planned to make an installation out of her terminally ill husband’s dead body has to recalibrate when his diagnosis changes. In 'The Date', an online dating match takes an unusual turn when the man who shows up to the restaurant has no face. In 'Ozk', a young girl longs to connect with her socially isolated mother, a professor of mathematics who makes a radical discovery. 2017.The dead are more visible
Par Steven Heighton. 2012
These 11 stories encapsulate divergent themes of love and loss, containment and exclusion. In the title story, a parks &…
recreation worker faces an assailant who does not leave the altercation intact. A medical researcher and his claustrophobic fiancée are locked in the trunk of their car after a failed carjacking (the thief can't drive standard). A young woman enters a pharmaceutical trial in the outer reaches of suburbia and slips between sleeping and waking with alarming ease. 2012.