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I Hear Your Voice

A Novel

by Young-ha Kim ...

Translated by Krys Lee ...

From one of Korea's literary stars, a novel about two orphans from the streets of Seoul: one becomes the head of a powerful motorcycle gang, and the other follows him at all costsIn South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs attract society's castoffs. They form groups of hundreds and speed wildly through cities at night. For Jae and Dongyu, two orphans, their motorcycles are a way of survival.Jae ... Read more

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From one of Korea's literary stars, a novel about two orphans from the streets of Seoul: one becomes the head of a powerful motorcycle gang, and the other follows him at all costsIn South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs attract society's castoffs. They form groups of hundreds and speed wildly through cities at night. For Jae and Dongyu, two orphans, their motorcycles are a way of survival.Jae
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Drifting House

by Krys Lee ...

An unflinching portrayal of the Korean immigrant experience from an extraordinary new talent in fiction.Spanning Korea and the United States, from the postwar era to contemporary times, Krys Lee's stunning fiction debut, Drifting House, illuminates a people torn between the traumas of their collective past and the indignities and sorrows of their present.In the title story, children escaping ... Read more

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An unflinching portrayal of the Korean immigrant experience from an extraordinary new talent in fiction.Spanning Korea and the United States, from the postwar era to contemporary times, Krys Lee's stunning fiction debut, Drifting House, illuminates a people torn between the traumas of their collective past and the indignities and sorrows of their present.In the title story, children escaping
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How I Became a North Korean

A Novel

by Krys Lee ...

**"Lee takes us into urgent and emotional novelistic terrain: the desperate and tenuous realms defectors are forced to inhabit after escaping North Korea.” –Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master’s Son"The more confusing and horrible our world becomes, the more critical the role of fiction in communicating both the facts and the meaning of other people’s lives. Krys Lee joins writers like ... Read more

$4.99 USD

**"Lee takes us into urgent and emotional novelistic terrain: the desperate and tenuous realms defectors are forced to inhabit after escaping North Korea.” –Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master’s Son"The more confusing and horrible our world becomes, the more critical the role of fiction in communicating both the facts and the meaning of other people’s lives. Krys Lee joins writers like
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The BBC International Short Story Award 2012

by Miroslav Penkov, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Lucy Caldwell, Adam Ross, Julian Gough, Krys Lee, Deborah Levy, Carrie Tiffany, M. J. Hyland ...

Featuring: LUCY CALDWELL, JULIAN GOUGH, M.J. HYLAND, KRYS LEE, DEBORAH LEVY, MIROSLAV PENKOV (WINNER), HENRIETTA ROSE-INNES (RUNNER UP), ADAM ROSS, CARRIE TIFFANY, CHRIS WOMERSLEY"I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter," quipped Blaise Pascal famously, "I didn’t have time to write you a short one."Brevity may be the soul of wit, but as Clive Anderson argues in his introduction to this collection ... Read more

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Featuring: LUCY CALDWELL, JULIAN GOUGH, M.J. HYLAND, KRYS LEE, DEBORAH LEVY, MIROSLAV PENKOV (WINNER), HENRIETTA ROSE-INNES (RUNNER UP), ADAM ROSS, CARRIE TIFFANY, CHRIS WOMERSLEY"I’m sorry I wrote you such a long letter," quipped Blaise Pascal famously, "I didn’t have time to write you a short one."Brevity may be the soul of wit, but as Clive Anderson argues in his introduction to this collection
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Cooked Up

Food Fiction from Around the World

by Elaine Chiew, Chitra Banarjee Divakaruni, Ben Okri, Pippa Goldschmidt, Roy Kesey, Krys Lee, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Nikesh Shukla ...

Food can bring together families, communities, and cultures. It is the essence of life and yet our relationships with one another can be most fraught at the dinner table. This perpetually fascinating subject has inspired a unique collection of fiction—including flash fiction, essay, short stories, and even a "stoku" (amalgam of short story and haiku)—from a wonderfully diverse and international ... Read more

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Food can bring together families, communities, and cultures. It is the essence of life and yet our relationships with one another can be most fraught at the dinner table. This perpetually fascinating subject has inspired a unique collection of fiction—including flash fiction, essay, short stories, and even a "stoku" (amalgam of short story and haiku)—from a wonderfully diverse and international
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How I Became a North Korean

by Krys Lee ...

Narrated by Janet Song, Ewan Chung, Raymond J. Lee ...

Unabridged

6 hours 30 min

Yongju is an accomplished student from one of North Korea's most prominent families. Jangmi has had to fend for herself since childhood, most recently by smuggling goods across the border. Danny is a Chinese-American teenager of North Korean descent whose quirks and precocious intelligence have long marked him as an outcast in his California high school. These three disparate lives converge when ... Read more

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Yongju is an accomplished student from one of North Korea's most prominent families. Jangmi has had to fend for herself since childhood, most recently by smuggling goods across the border. Danny is a Chinese-American teenager of North Korean descent whose quirks and precocious intelligence have long marked him as an outcast in his California high school. These three disparate lives converge when
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Diary of a Murderer

And Other Stories

by Young-ha Kim ...

Narrated by David Shih ...

Unabridged

6 hours

It's been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?Diary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge—between life and death, good and evil. In the titular novella, a former serial killer suffering from memory loss sets his sights on one final target: his daughter's boyfriend, who he suspects is also a serial ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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It's been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?Diary of a Murderer captivates and provokes in equal measure, exploring what it means to be on the edge—between life and death, good and evil. In the titular novella, a former serial killer suffering from memory loss sets his sights on one final target: his daughter's boyfriend, who he suspects is also a serial
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I Hear Your Voice

by Young-ha Kim ...

Narrated by David Shih ...

Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

In South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs attract society's castoffs. They form groups of hundreds and speed wildly through cities at night. For Jae and Dongyu, two orphans, their motorcycles are a way of survival.Jae is born in a bathroom stall at the Seoul Express Bus Terminal. And Dongyu is born mute—unable to communicate with anyone except Jae. Both boys grow up on the streets of Seoul ... Read more

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In South Korea, underground motorcycle gangs attract society's castoffs. They form groups of hundreds and speed wildly through cities at night. For Jae and Dongyu, two orphans, their motorcycles are a way of survival.Jae is born in a bathroom stall at the Seoul Express Bus Terminal. And Dongyu is born mute—unable to communicate with anyone except Jae. Both boys grow up on the streets of Seoul
... Read more

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North Korea Confidential

Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors

by Daniel Tudor, James Pearson ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

4 hours 45 min

**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist**Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms, which periodically incites risky military clashes with the ... Read more

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**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist**Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms, which periodically incites risky military clashes with the
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The Changeling

A Novel

by Victor LaValle ...

Narrated by Victor LaValle ...

Series series The LaValle Quartet
Unabridged

14 hours 2 min

**“Mesmerizing . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”—Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogyNOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME**Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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**“Mesmerizing . . . a dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness.”—Marlon James, author of the Dark Star trilogyNOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING LAKEITH STANFIELD • ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME**Winner of an American Book Award, a Locus Award for Best Horror Novel, a British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, a World Fantasy Award
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They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera ...

Narrated by Michael Crouch, Robbie Daymond, Bahni Turpin ...

Series Audiobook 1 - They Both Die at the End Series
Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.#1 New York Times bestseller * four starred reviews * A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * A Kirkus Best Book of the Year * A Booklist Editors' Choice * A Bustle Best YA Novel * A Paste ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.#1 New York Times bestseller * four starred reviews * A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * A Kirkus Best Book of the Year * A Booklist Editors' Choice * A Bustle Best YA Novel * A Paste
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Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates ...

Narrated by Ta-Nehisi Coates ...

Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENTHailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENTHailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the
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