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Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have to sacrifice? What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice? Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharp writing and world building that has won Louise her legions of devoted fans.

Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale is reimagined through a searing feminist lens, with the stunning, scalpel-sharp writing and world building that has won Louise her legions of devoted fans in the UK. The days of my childhood kept turning over, dissolving like sea foam on the crest of the waves. I have been counting them, the days and the nights, the weeks, the months, the years. I have been waiting for this day. Deep beneath the cold, stormy sea, Gaia is a mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father....

People see what they want to see. They only view what’s on the surface, and they’re easy to fool. I let them see on the outside that I’m a successful businesswoman. My clothes are designer, my makeup flawless, and I live in a high-rise condo in Lennox Hills. They see perfection, not what lies beneath the surface.

Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a talented woman artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec. Setting out with her lover and another young couple, she soon finds herself captivated by the isolated setting, where a marriage begins to fall apart, violence and death lurk just beneath the surface, and sex becomes a catalyst for conflict and dangerous choices. Surfacing is a work permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings, and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose.

Prix Maison de la presse 2019. Ici, personne ne veut plus de cette capitaine de police. Là-bas, personne ne veut de son enquête. Avec "Surface", Olivier Norek nous entraîne dans une enquête aussi déroutante que dangereuse. Un retour aux sources du polar, brutal, terriblement humain, et un suspense à couper le souffle.

The war with Germany is over. All that is left to secure world peace is to crush the Japanese. HMS Seahound has crept through a minefield in Asian waters to land an armed force of soldiers in enemy territory. Now she lies silent, waiting, on the seabed only a few hundred yards from shore. Inside, the heat is unsufferable, the tension sickening....

Matthew Goodman is tired, and his one wish is for something he can't have. Instead he focuses on the demands of his work as pastor of Chicagoland's Calvary Community, including bringing a new administrative assistant onboard. New hire twenty-five-year-old Trish Card watches him with somber, lake-clear eyes. What he doesn't know about Trish and her real reason for appearing will dismantle his world.

A YouTubing cruiser couple sails the world living their best life—until one of them goes missing and their whole world capsizes, in this captivating psychological thriller perfect for fans of Something in the Water and Saint X.

¿Crees que conoces la historia de La sirenita? Tal vez deberías pensarlo mejor.... En el fondo del mar, a cierta distancia de la fría costa irlandesa, vive Gaia, una joven sirena que sueña con liberarse de un padre autoritario. La primera vez que sube a la superficie se siente atraída por un chico humano y anhela unirse a su mundo sin preocupaciones, pero ¿cuánto tendrá que sacrificar? ¿Qué deberá hacer la sirenita para encontrar su voz? Un audiolibro con trasfondos profundamente sombríos, lleno de rabia y gritos de arenga: una narración extraordinaria.

Host Eliza Myers, dives into a variety of different topics hoping to amuse listeners with her stories.

Dinah's whole world is upside down, dead things and angry men and cuts all over her head that are beginning to sting.... Seventeen-year-old Dinah needs to leave her home, the weird commune where she grew up. She needs a whole new identity, starting with how she looks, starting with shaving off her hair, her 'crowning glory'. She has to do it quickly, because she has to go now.

FTBS is a book club podcast that covers Kentaro Miura‘s manga Berserk. The show is hosted by three homies from Maryland.