Lydia: 600 books

A woman embarks on a dazzling new phase in her life after inheriting a sprawling mansion and its vast collection of taxidermy. Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet is "one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation" (Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times). Salon praised her for...

Animals and celebrities share unusual relationships in these hilarious satirical stories by an award-winning contemporary writer.   Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants—all have shared spotlights and tabloid headlines with celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Thomas Edison, and David...

**New York Times Book Review Editors’ Pick A Library Journal Best Book of 2018 “Full of joys on every scale.” —NPR** This wonderfully original collection proves once again that Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet is “the American writer with the funniest, wisest grasp on how...

Cara's mother is still missing. When her brother Jax texts her from "smart kid's boot camp" in Boston, Cara and her two best friends go to the rescue. But the camp is a front for Cara's mother's organization who are fighting against a force who wants to make the planet over in its own image, which...

The identity and role of writing has evolved in the age of digital media. But how did writing itself make digital media possible in the first place? Lydia H. Liu offers here the first rigorous study of the political history of digital writing and its fateful entanglement with the Freudian unconscious. Liu’s...

Book Description: DO YOU WEAR SUSPENDERS? THE WORDY TALES OF EH POH NIM is a collection of anecdotes about the everyday life of Eh Poh Nim, a loquacious woman who launches into explanations of words and phrases at the drop of a hat. Anyone with even a passing interest in the English...

nerd: /nərd/ (n.) : A single-minded, sophisticated individual who is often unsatisfied with anything less than mastery when pertaining to a subject of interest. (e.g. The girl that broke his heart.)  Scarlet Farrow is disappointed—and a little drunk—after another disastrous blind date....

The 900-day siege of Leningrad (1941-44) was one of the turning points of the Second World War. It slowed down the German advance into Russia and became a national symbol of survival and resistance. An estimated one million civilians died, most of them from cold and starvation. Lydia Ginzburg, a respected...

In Lydia Cooper's wry and absorbing debut novel, we are introduced to Mickey Brandis, a brilliant twenty-eight-year-old doctoral candidate in medieval literature who is part Lisbeth Salander and part Dexter. She lives in her parents' garage and swears too often, but she never complains about the rain...

Wizards are born, witches are made, and they mix about as well as oil and water. So when an introverted wizard and a troublemaking witch cross paths, what could possibly go wrong?Lily Singer is a conscientious librarian who just wants to practice her wizardry and be left alone. Sebastian Blackwell...

Wild and untamed, these men like the hunt--but it's the capture they love even more. For that is when they can indulge in their most primal sexual instincts. . . "Chanku Honor" by Kate Douglas By invitation of Mik, Tala and AJ, a new group of six young people are discovering...

Actuele en indrukwekkende jeugdroman over pesten, geschreven naar een idee van Jason (10 jaar), door Lydia Rood. Schelden, in de sloot duwen… Justin wordt gepest. Als hij ontdekt dat pestkop Danilo het zwaar heeft thuis, besluit Justin hem te helpen. Maar hoe ver ga je voor een van de grootste pestkoppen...

'Is de truck weg?' vroeg ik. 'Hebben ze die ook gestolen?' Miguel draaide zich woedend om. 'Als dat alles was! Ze hebben mijn zus!' Ik hapte naar adem. Liseth, onze Liseth, bij die moordenaars? 'Maar...' bracht ik uit. 'Hou je kop,' zei Miguel. Ik zocht iets wat ik kon zeggen. Iets wat we konden dóén....

Morgen ben ik rijk, denkt Mateo. Hij zet al zijn stiekem gespaarde geld in op een vechthaan, dan kan hij een honkbalhandschoen kopen. Want overdag rommelt zijn maag, maar in zijn dromen is Mateo de honkbalheld van Jinotega. Mateo verliest – meer dan zijn geld en zijn droom. Denis, die wel op honkbal...