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The Precarious Real
What is real? The works in The Precarious Real begin in the ordinary world—drawing rooms, country lanes, railway platforms. Nothing appears extraordinary. And yet, in each, something shifts. What seemed stable becomes uncertain. What seemed certain gives way.
Part of the Brown Paper Library: A series of themed anthologies drawn entirely from the public domain. Each volume gathers a variety of narrative forms around a single unexpected idea. Curated for readers who love to be surprised by what they find.
The One and the Many
One and many. Self within society. Autonomy within belonging. This volume gathers voices drawn to an enduring tension: the claims of the individual and the claims of the collective. Some speak in defense of independence. Others in warning. Some imagine worlds where the individual disappears into the crowd — or stands apart from it. Together, they trace a conflict that has shaped how we understand freedom, responsibility, and what it means to live among others.
Part of the Brown Paper Library.
Under the Spell
of the Northern Lights
Alaska. Always on the brink of myth.
Under the Spell of the Northern Lights brings together voices from Alaska’s vast and unforgiving landscape — Indigenous myths passed down across millennia, frontier poems forged in the Arctic cold, and firsthand accounts of those who ventured north in search of gold and were forever changed.
Part of the Brown Paper Library.
Biography of Deception
“This is brilliant writing… sharp and taut and a pleasure to read. If literary fiction can ever be described as a page-turner, this is it.” — The Madrid Review
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Nine people. One conference room. Too many lies. On a snow-covered Monday morning, nine colleagues file out of a meeting and someone walks away with something that isn't theirs. A notebook. It belongs to Sloane — their boss — and inside it are her unfiltered thoughts about every one of them.
Hope, Time, and Other Things
That Are Hard to Measure
"Must read. This book is a delightful gem that blends meaningful life lessons with an utterly charming story. I fell in love with Caleb & I know you will too." — A reader
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Caleb isn’t lost — he just hasn’t figured out where he’s going. He knows he’ll end up exactly where he needs to be, but where is that, and who will he meet along the way? Join Caleb on a wandering quest filled with unexpected twists, wise encounters, and the discovery that sometimes, not having a destination is the best way to find your path.
Barn Quilt: Poems
This poetry collection honors a dear friend with my tender expressions of friendship, grief, and loss. Set in the North Carolina farmland, these poems juxtapose the beauty and wonder of the natural world with the cycles of time and life. To be read as individual poems and as a collective narrative.
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The In Search of Series of Literature-Inspired Puzzle Books
Think literary remix. Word searches, cryptograms, quotes, poetry, and other content surprises to inspire a renewal of the classics. And also to entertain. The game's afoot...
Christmas & Winter Anthologies
A collection of curated Christmas and winter anthologies of classic works uniquely paired to explore a different facet of the season.
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