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The Friend (National Book Award Winner)

A Novel

by Sigrid Nunez ...

**WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NAOMI WATTS“A beautiful book . . . a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love.” —Wall Street Journal“A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memory . . . Nunez has a wry, withering wit.” —NPR“Dry, allusive and charming . . . the comedy ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING NAOMI WATTS“A beautiful book . . . a world of insight into death, grief, art, and love.” —Wall Street Journal“A penetrating, moving meditation on loss, comfort, memory . . . Nunez has a wry, withering wit.” —NPR“Dry, allusive and charming . . . the comedy
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Discovering Leigh

A Dark Romance

by Gerry Pelser ...

Narrated by Sigrid Shaw ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Lovers of Leigh
Unabridged

17 hours 59 min

When safe and familiar leaves Leigh feeling empty, she finds true satisfaction is in discovering darker desires.Desperate to escape her ordinary existence, if only for a night, Leigh McCabe dances her woes away in an underground nightclub where she is introduced to Mikey Marais—in his Saturday-night guise as ‘Sir Michael’: a master of Shibari and a connoisseur of Dominance and submission.Eager to ... Read more

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When safe and familiar leaves Leigh feeling empty, she finds true satisfaction is in discovering darker desires.Desperate to escape her ordinary existence, if only for a night, Leigh McCabe dances her woes away in an underground nightclub where she is introduced to Mikey Marais—in his Saturday-night guise as ‘Sir Michael’: a master of Shibari and a connoisseur of Dominance and submission.Eager to
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What Are You Going Through

by Sigrid Nunez ...

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, PEOPLE, AND O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINEA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS’ TOP BOOK OF THE YEARNATIONAL BESTSELLER“As good as The Friend, if not better.” —The New York Times“Impossible to put down . . . leavened with wit and tenderness.” —People“I was dazed by the novel’s grace.”** —**The New YorkerThe New York Times–bestselling, National Book Award... ... Read more

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**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, PEOPLE, AND O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINEA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS’ TOP BOOK OF THE YEARNATIONAL BESTSELLER“As good as The Friend, if not better.” —The New York Times“Impossible to put down . . . leavened with wit and tenderness.” —People“I was dazed by the novel’s grace.”** —**The New YorkerThe New York Times–bestselling, National Book Award...
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It Will Come Back to You

Collected Stories

by Sigrid Nunez ...

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY PEOPLE, LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE BOSTON GLOBE, TIME, HARPER'S BAZAAR, THE MILLIONS, BOOK RIOT, AND TOWN & COUNTRY“Stories that remind you why Sigrid Nunez is one of our best writers. Her first collection of short fiction, It Will Come Back to You, is threaded with erudition but never pretentious.” —The New York Times"It Will Come Back To You should ma... ... Read more

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**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY PEOPLE, LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE BOSTON GLOBE, TIME, HARPER'S BAZAAR, THE MILLIONS, BOOK RIOT, AND TOWN & COUNTRY“Stories that remind you why Sigrid Nunez is one of our best writers. Her first collection of short fiction, It Will Come Back to You, is threaded with erudition but never pretentious.” —The New York Times"It Will Come Back To You should ma...
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Catherine of Siena

by Sigrid Undset ...

Sigrid Undsetಙs Catherine of Siena is critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this well known, and amazing fourteenth-century saint. Known for her historical fiction, which won her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1928, Undset based this factual work on primary sources, her own experiences living in Italy, and her profound understanding of the human heart.One of the greatest ... Read more

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Sigrid Undsetಙs Catherine of Siena is critically acclaimed as one of the best biographies of this well known, and amazing fourteenth-century saint. Known for her historical fiction, which won her the Nobel Prize for literature in 1928, Undset based this factual work on primary sources, her own experiences living in Italy, and her profound understanding of the human heart.One of the greatest
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The Valkyrie's Daughter

by Tiana Warner ...

Narrated by Suzy Jackson ...

Series series Sigrid and The Valkyries
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11 hours 35 min

Paste Magazine Pick for Best New Fantasy Books of July 2022From the time she was born, Sigrid has only ever been ordinary. Being paired at birth with a plain horse—instead of the powerful winged mare of a valkyrie—meant there would be no warrior path for her. No riding the skies, no glory among the nine worlds. Just the simple, unremarkable life of a stable hand.Everything changes when a terrible ... Read more

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Paste Magazine Pick for Best New Fantasy Books of July 2022From the time she was born, Sigrid has only ever been ordinary. Being paired at birth with a plain horse—instead of the powerful winged mare of a valkyrie—meant there would be no warrior path for her. No riding the skies, no glory among the nine worlds. Just the simple, unremarkable life of a stable hand.Everything changes when a terrible
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Olav Audunssøn

I. Vows

by Sigrid Undset ...

Translated by Tiina Nunnally ...

The initial volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway—the first new English translation in nearly a centuryAs a child, Olav Audunssøn is given by his dying father to an old friend, Steinfinn Toressøn, who rashly promises to raise the boy as his foster son and eventually marry him to his own daughter, Ingunn. The two children, very different in temperament ... Read more

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The initial volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway—the first new English translation in nearly a centuryAs a child, Olav Audunssøn is given by his dying father to an old friend, Steinfinn Toressøn, who rashly promises to raise the boy as his foster son and eventually marry him to his own daughter, Ingunn. The two children, very different in temperament
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Kristin Lavransdatter

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally ...

Translated by Tiina Nunnally ...

Series series The Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy
“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —SlateThe turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway’s literary masterIn her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social ... Read more

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“[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —SlateThe turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway’s literary masterIn her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social
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W Emme

by Sigrid Undset ...

Jenny Winge, a young Norwegian painter, seeks inspiration by joining a community of artists in Rome. But her world begins to unravel with the arrival of Helge Gram, a younger Norwegian whose romantic attention she accepts despite growing evidence of a mismatch. This precipitates a series of romantic crises that explore whether artistic ambition and moral idealism can coexist with romantic love. ... Read more

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Jenny Winge, a young Norwegian painter, seeks inspiration by joining a community of artists in Rome. But her world begins to unravel with the arrival of Helge Gram, a younger Norwegian whose romantic attention she accepts despite growing evidence of a mismatch. This precipitates a series of romantic crises that explore whether artistic ambition and moral idealism can coexist with romantic love.
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Stages on the Road

A forgotten classic on saints, women, and the Church in the modern world from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter

by Sigrid Undset ...

Sigrid Undset is among the great modern writers of the twentieth century and was an adult convert to Catholicism. This forgotten treasure from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter is a fascinating collection of saints’ lives, a prophetic critique of modernity, and a surprisingly contemporary take on being Catholic—in particular a Catholic woman—in a sometimes-hostile secular ... Read more

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Sigrid Undset is among the great modern writers of the twentieth century and was an adult convert to Catholicism. This forgotten treasure from the Nobel Prize–winning author of Kristin Lavransdatter is a fascinating collection of saints’ lives, a prophetic critique of modernity, and a surprisingly contemporary take on being Catholic—in particular a Catholic woman—in a sometimes-hostile secular
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Olav Audunssøn

II. Providence

by Sigrid Undset ...

Translated by Tiina Nunnally ...

The second volume in the Nobel Prize–winning writer’s epic of medieval Norway, finely capturing Undset’s fluid, natural style in a new English translation, the first in nearly a centuryAs Norway moves into the fourteenth century, the kingdom continues to be racked by political turmoil and bloody family vendettas that serve as the backdrop for Sigrid Undset’s masterful story about Olav Audunssøn ... Read more

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The second volume in the Nobel Prize–winning writer’s epic of medieval Norway, finely capturing Undset’s fluid, natural style in a new English translation, the first in nearly a centuryAs Norway moves into the fourteenth century, the kingdom continues to be racked by political turmoil and bloody family vendettas that serve as the backdrop for Sigrid Undset’s masterful story about Olav Audunssøn
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The Vulnerables

A Novel

by Sigrid Nunez ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, THE IRISH TIMES, NEW REPUBLIC AND KIRKUS REVIEWS“I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez’s novels. I find them ideal. They are short, wise, provocative, funny — good and strong company.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times“With the intimacy and humor of a great conversation, this ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICE, THE IRISH TIMES, NEW REPUBLIC AND KIRKUS REVIEWS“I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez’s novels. I find them ideal. They are short, wise, provocative, funny — good and strong company.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times“With the intimacy and humor of a great conversation, this
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