The Twelve Terrors of Christmas
Edward Gorey's off-kilter depictions of Yuletide mayhem and John Updike's wryly jaundiced text examine a dozen Christmas traditions with a decidedly wheezy ho-ho-ho. This long out-of-print classic is …
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The Haunted Tea-Cosy
Edmund Gravel, known as the Recluse of Lower Spigot, is preparing to take tea by himself on Christmas Eve. Just as he is waiting for the week's teabag to steep, the tea-cosy twitches and from beneath …
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The Curious Sofa
The Curious Sofa is a classic 1961 book by Edward Gorey, published under the pen name Ogdred Weary (an anagram). The book is a “pornographic illustrated story about furniture” (according to the cover)…
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The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone
Un apasionante thriller cultural. Un fascinante retrato de imperios antiguos y modernos, una mirada sin parangón a la historia, la cultura y la humanidad.
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Thoughtful Alphabets: The Just Dessert and the Deadly Blotter
This book combines two of Gorey's Thoughtful Alphabets (long out of print) in one volume never before published in hardcover. In each, Gorey's twenty-six-word stories (wherein the first word begins wi…
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The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale
A beautiful gift edition of the heartwarming story that became the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, now available in audio for the first time!
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On Drinking
The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire alcohol
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Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King (The Guardians, #1)
Before SANTA was SANTA, he was North, Nicholas St. North—a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary. Like any swashbuckling young warrior, North seeks treasure and adventu…
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Tokyo These Days, Volume 1
The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a manga editor, manga creators, art, and the rhythm of life these days.
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Untold Tales of I Hate Fairyland
Collects the entire five-issue anthology series featuring Untold Tales based on Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG’s best-selling comic, I HATE FAIRYLAND, written and drawn by a stellar line-up…
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Two-Step Devil
From a New York Times Notable "writer of great originality" comes a bold novel about love, faith and two societal outsiders whose lives converge in the contemporary American South.
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Finally, back in print! Edward Gorey's CATEGORY was first published by Gotham Book Mart in 1974. The English language edition has been out of print for decades. One of Gorey's most beloved books, CATE…
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The Visitor
On Christmas, during one of the worst snowstorms Indiana has ever seen, five strangers are forced to take shelter inside of a roadside diner. As the night progresses, the snowfall shows no signs of re…
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When I Arrived at the Castle
"A castle, a killer, and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood."
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A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recovers from addiction in this striking debut novel.
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Christmas in Noisy Village
Let the beloved author of Pippi Longstocking take you on an adventure to Noisy Village!
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"There is a sound that only the dying can hear. Can you hear it yet, Russell?"
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After witnessing the aftermath of his wife's untimely death, Russell Clark finds himself hundreds of miles away from home … -