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Try before you buy! Read an extract from one of hundreds of our new and existing Fiction and Non-fiction titles.

Nee Naw will take you on a whirlwind tour of life in the emergency lane, In Praise of Older Women is the dazzling masterpiece about sex and relationships, Brooklyn is the tender story of departure and return, of great love and loss.

 

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In Praise of Older Women» In Praise of Older Women

Stephen Vizinczey

This book is addressed to young men and dedicated to older women – and the connection between the two is my proposition. I am not an expert on sex, but I was a good student of the women I loved, and I’ll try to recall those happy and unhappy experiences which, I believe, made a man out of me.

Brooklyn» Brooklyn

Colm Toibin

Ellis Lacey, sitting at the window of the upstairs living room in the house on Friary Street, noticed her sister walking briskly from work.

TThe Temple Goers» The Temple Goers

Aatish Taseer

It was just after dinner and on one of the news channels the murder was re-enacted. There was a clap of studio thunder on one side of he split screen, a flash of strobe lightning, the glint of a knife.

The Unnamed» The Unnamed

Joshua Ferris

It was the cruellest winter. The winds were rabid off the rivers. Ice came down like poisoned darts.

Nee Naw » Nee Naw

Suzi Brent

'Hello, ambulance. Fire brigade here. We've had reports of an explosion at Liverpool Street underground station. No further details at present. Could we have an ambulance on standby, please?'

 

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