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Paviaanien kaupunki

Helsinki on autio, kun paviaanit saapuvat. Syksy on tulossa, ja lauma päättää asettua kaupunkiin. Johtajauros Mooses kiipeää kansallisrunoilija Runebergin patsaan päälle tarkkailem ...


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The Pusher-in-the-Face

Charles Stuart just wanted to sit quietly in the audience and watch the play, but Mrs Robinson and her two friends in the row behind had other ideas...As the curtain falls on the f ...


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The Camel's back

It’s December 29th, 1919, and Perry Parkhurst has a plan.Tired of his lengthy engagement to Betty Medill, he's armed with a marriage license and a proposal. However, when things do ...


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The People of the River

The second book in the ‘Sanders of the River’ series, ‘The People of the River’ gives us a little more insight into the working of the eponymous Commissioner’s mind. Wonderfully wi ...


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The Price a Woman Pays

While Wallace could never be accused of being a run-of-the-mill author, ‘The Price a Woman Pays’ is one of his more unusual tales. A gripping and fun short story, it follows the co ...


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The Baby Party

A salutary tale, ‘The Baby Party’ focuses on John and Edith Andros. John is at odds with himself over his attitude towards his daughter, Ede. On one hand, he’s glad that life will ...


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Lieutenant Bones

If you can imagine Rowan Atkinson’s ‘Mr Bean’ as a lieutenant serving in Africa during the days of the British Empire, then you’ve got a good idea of ‘Lieutenant Bones.’When Commis ...


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My Adventures, A German Spy in Britain

Set during the First World War, ‘My Adventures, A German Spy in Britain’ is a collection of short stories narrated by secret agent, Heine.While he might have been sent to London by ...


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Deserted

‘Deserted’ (1898), a humorous, sentimental tale of young love amidst the Nevada desert, is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and u ...


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Kloster, mord och dolce vita - En gåtfull gäst & Ett välbeställt lik

Benvenuto a Santa Caterina! I denna idylliska by i hjärtat av Toscana bor ordenssystern Isabella. Och när hon inte arbetar eller ber, jo men då löser hon mord. En gåtfull gäst:Den ...


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The Tinker's Wedding

Sarah Casey, determined to be made an honest woman, convinces reluctant local Tinker, Michael Byrne, to marry her. After harassing the local priest into officiating their wedding f ...


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The Well of the Saints

J.M. Synge’s ‘The Well of the Saints’ is a three-act darkly comedic play that explores themes of myth, vision and journeys. Two blind beggars, Martin and Mary Doul, are cured of th ...


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Army Reform

Edgar Wallace’s ‘Army Reform’ unravels the opinions, thoughts, and experiences of Private Smith during World War One. Packed with witty humour and peppered with sarcasm, this autob ...


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Christina Alberta's Father

‘Christina Alberta’s Father’ is a multi-layered read. Part comedy, part tragedy, and part satire of 1920s society, it tells the story of Albert Edward Preemby. Following his wife’s ...


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Prometheus Illbound

The wealthy Zeus drops a handkerchief in the street, and whoever picks it up must give him the name and address of one other person. That person is then rewarded with untold riches ...


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Christopher and Columbus

Set just before the first world war as the onset of conflict looms, ‘Christopher and Columbus’ tells the story of seventeen-year-old twin orphans, Anna-Rose and Anna-Felicitas as t ...


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The Pastor's Wife

In Elizabeth von Arnim’s humourous novel, "The Pastor's Wife", the main character Ingeborg Bullivant goes on a spontaneous trip to Lucerne and returns engaged to a Prussian pastor. ...


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Vera

Based on her second marriage to Frank Russell and a pre-cursor to Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’, this darkly comic, historical romance is the tale of a naïve young woman named Lucy ...


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Gaudissart II

It is sometimes difficult to know who most deserves our judgement.Do we look down more upon a shop owner for inventing a royal backstory for one of his items - or is the customer w ...


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Wine, Water, and Song

A light-hearted collection of poems featuring G. K. Chesterton’s classic wit and cheer, ‘Wine, Water, and Song’ celebrates drink in all its forms, lampooning ideas of prohibition t ...


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Tremendous Trifles

From satires of Sherlock Holmes to lectures in defence of fairy tales, this collection of essays brings to life the smallest of trifles and turns them into debates on the meaning o ...


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Åh, så det kan gå

Att beskriva boken är inte så lätt. Kanske som ett lapptäcke sytt av allt från siden till lump.Medverkar gör bland andra: En förvirrad orienterare, en mobbad tusenfoting, kvinnan o ...


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Tikapuut huipulle

"Ensi syksynä on taas kunnallisvaalit. Valitaan kaksikymmentäyhdeksän pölvästiä istumaan ja nostamaan palkkaa tuolla talossa."Pienen kunnan paikallispolitiikassa sattuu ja tapahtuu ...


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Tule Eedeniin

"Jos olisi kysymyksessä joku itseoppinut puoskari, olisi laki ja oikeus heti sen niskavilloissa kiinni, mutta tämähän parantaakin sanan voimalla ja se tuntuu olevan luvallista."Kun ...


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Kolme kunniaa

"Tuohon kaikkeen oli alistuttava, mutta se teki miehen katkeraksi ja laittoi muutenkin villin veren kiehumaan." Elämän maaseudulla ja pienessä kylässä luulisi olevan leppoisaa, mut ...