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“brendan mathews”

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  • The World of Tomorrow

    by Brendan Mathews ...
    One whirlwind week of love, blackmail, and betrayal follows three brothers through teeming prewar New York in this "entertaining . . . outsized . . . big, expressive debut" (Wall Street Journal).June 1939. Francis Dempsey and his shell-shocked brother, Michael, are on an ocean liner from Ireland bound for their brother Martin's home in New York City, having stolen a small fortune from the IRA. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • You, Me, and the Lion Tamer

    by Brendan Mathews ...
    A lovesick clown tries to explain his part in an unlikely love triangle, but is the tightrope walker of his dreams even listening? In a world where death-defying feats happen every night, the biggest dangers may be those caused by a broken heart. Equal parts slapstick and unrequited love, this story was selected by Richard Russo for inclusion in Best American Short Stories 2010. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This Is Not a Love Song

    by Brendan Mathews ...
    A debut collection of moving and darkly witty stories from an "admirably fearless" (New York Times Book Review) writer whom critics have compared to Michael Chabon, E.L. Doctorow, and Dennis LehaneA Massachusetts Book Award "Must Read" SelectionWhen marriages, friendships, and families come undone, to what lengths do we go to keep it all together? That question lies at the heart of Brendan Mathews ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The World of Tomorrow

    by Brendan Mathews ...
    Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 12 min

    One whirlwind week of love, blackmail, and betrayal follows three brothers through teeming prewar New York in this "entertaining . . . outsized . . . big, expressive debut" (Wall Street Journal).June 1939. Francis Dempsey and his shell-shocked brother, Michael, are on an ocean liner from Ireland bound for their brother Martin's home in New York City, having stolen a small fortune from the IRA. ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    This Is Not a Love Song

    by Brendan Mathews ...
    Narrated by Emily Cauldwell, Kevin Stillwell, Nicholas Tecosky, Tiffany Morgan ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 6 min

    A debut collection of moving and darkly witty stories from an "admirably fearless" (New York Times Book Review) writer whom critics have compared to Michael Chabon, E.L. Doctorow, and Dennis LehaneA Massachusetts Book Award "Must Read" SelectionWhen marriages, friendships, and families come undone, to what lengths do we go to keep it all together? That question lies at the heart of Brendan Mathews ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Secret Wisdom of the Earth

    by Christopher Scotton ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 32 min

    "A marvelous debut...has everything a big, thick novel should have, and I hated to put it down." -- John Grisham"A page-turner." -- New York Times Book ReviewFor readers of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, this is a dramatic and deeply moving novel about an act of violence in a small Appalachian town and the repercussions that will forever change a young man's view of human cruelty and compassion ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Sting-Ray Afternoons

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    by Steve Rushin ...
    Narrated by Greg Baglia ...

    Unabridged

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    This is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons. Of growing up in a magical era populated by Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. And of a ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    Make It Scream, Make It Burn

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    by Leslie Jamison ...
    Narrated by Leslie Jamison ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 3 min

    From the "astounding" (Entertainment Weekly), "spectacularly evocative" (The Atlantic), and "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes a return to the essay form in this expansive book.With the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which Leslie Jamison has been so widely acclaimed, the fourteen essays ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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    The Smack

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    by Richard Lange ...
    Narrated by Justin Price ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours

    Rowan Petty is a conman down on his luck. He's flat broke, living out of cheap hotels, and wondering how it all went wrong. His car quits on him in Reno, and he takes a job there on the bottom rung of a lousy phone scam. When he's not swindling lonely widows, he tries to turn nickels into dimes at the poker table.One snowy night, he crosses paths with a sweet-talking hooker who's tired of the ... Read more

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    The Resurrection of Joan Ashby

    A Novel

    by Cherise Wolas ...
    Narrated by Gabra Zackman, Michael Dickes ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 40 min

    **"That I got so worked up about a person who doesn't exist is a testament to Cherise Wolas's success in creating a complex and distinct fictional character." — The New York Times Book ReviewI viewed the consumptive nature of love as a threat to serious women. But the wonderful man I just married believes as I do—work is paramount, absolutely no children—and now love seems to me quite marvelous.* ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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    An Unrestored Woman

    by Shobha Rao ...
    Narrated by Neela Vaswani ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 59 min

    In her mesmerizing debut, Shobha Rao recounts the untold human costs of one of the largest migrations in history.1947: the Indian subcontinent is partitioned into two separate countries, India and Pakistan. And with one decree, countless lives are changed forever.An Unrestored Woman explores the fault lines in this mass displacement of humanity: a new mother is trapped on the wrong side of the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    Broken Trust

    by Sandra Nikolai ...
    Narrated by Kelli Tager ...
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    Unabridged

    7 hours 31 min

    "Hotel rooms often come with perks. A corpse isn’t one of them."Ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott discover the body of a young woman in their Ottawa hotel room. Not what they expected on a business trip to Canada’s capital. She’s wearing a black lace teddy. A carafe of red wine and two glasses sit on a table. A closer look inside her purse reveals thousands of ... Read more

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