Armistead Maupin: Mona of the Manor

Tales of the City, Vol. 10. UK 2024, 256 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Transworld - Tales of the City 10
When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa - allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfil his wildest dreams - she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, a romantic country manor in the UK. Now, with her adopted son, Wilfred, Mona has opened Easley's doors to paying ... Weiterlesen

Andrew Holleran: The Kingdom of Sand

UK 2023, 272 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Vintage
Out in the drought-struck backwaters of rural Florida, the novel's nameless narrator lives a life of semi-solitude, enjoying the odd, fleeting sexual encounter and the friendship of a few. His world is ageing, and the memories of another time flash, then fade - visions of parties filled with handsome young men, the parents whom he chose to spend his life ... Weiterlesen

Lola Keeley: A Roll in the Hay

D 2020, 250 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Ylva Verlag
The whole »big city, successful career, loyal, hot girlfriend« experiment has been a miserable failure for veterinarian Tess Robinson, so she's moved back home to a small town in the Scottish countryside. She doesn't count on a run-in with the stuck-up, maddening, local landowner Lady Susannah Karlson, who tries to boss Tess around as if she owns the whole town ... Weiterlesen

Philippe Besson: Lie with Me

Transl. by Molly Ringwald. USA 2019, 148 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Penguin USA
The bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France. Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back at the relationship he's never forgotten, a hidden affair with a gorgeous boy named Thomas during ... Weiterlesen

Cheyenne Blue: A Heart This Big

D 2019, 253 pp., brochure, € 17.40
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Ylva Verlag
Australian country girl Nina Pellegrini runs a program for city kids to experience a taste of rural life at Banksia Farm. But when a child is hurt and a lawsuit threatens, Nina is determined to find the best legal assistance to help her save the farm. Enter high-flying lawyer Leigh Willoughby, whose city world is far from the farm's chaotic ... Weiterlesen

Sheryn Munir: Falling into Place

D 2018, 228 pp., brochure, € 16.95
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Ylva Verlag
Romance is not for Tara. Embittered after a college fling, she vows to never fall in love again - especially since she believes there's no future for same-sex love in her home in urban India. Then, one rain-drenched evening, an insane decision brings the bubbly Sameen into her life and everything changes. Sameen is beautiful, a breath of fresh air ... Weiterlesen

Brontez Purnell: Since I Laid My Burden Down

USA 2017, 208 pp., brochure, € 18.95
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Feminist Press
DeShawn lives a high, creative, and promiscuous life in San Francisco. But when he's called back to his cramped Alabama hometown for his uncle's funeral, he's hit by flashbacks of handsome, doomed neighbors and sweltering Sunday services. Amidst prickly reminders of his childhood, DeShawn ponders family, church, and the men in his life, prompting the question: Who deserves love? - ... Weiterlesen

Paul Freeman: Larrikin

AUS 2016, 184 pp., b/w + colour, hardback, € 89.95
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Paul Freeman Publishing
Zwei Jahre, nachdem Paul Freemans letzter Männerbildband »Outback Dusk« erschienen ist, kommt der beliebte und unverwechselbare australische Männerfotograf nun mit einem neuen Fotobuch auf den Markt: »Larrikin«. Selbstverständlich hat Freeman in der Publikationspause fleißig weiter fotografiert, weiter ist er auf großen Reisen zu großartigen neuen Locations gewesen - und neue Models hat er dabei auch entdeckt. Ein Larrikin bezeichnet im ... Weiterlesen
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Matthew Griffin: Hide

USA 2016, 272 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Bloomsbury
Wendell and Frank meet at the end of World War II, when Frank returns home to their North Carolina town. Soon he's loitering around Wendell's shop, and the two come to understand their connection as love - a love that, in this time and place, can hold real danger. Cutting nearly all ties with the rest of the world, they ... Weiterlesen

Wendy Hudson: Four Steps

The Key to Survival Is Facing the Past. D 2016, 343 pp., brochure, € 16.99
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Ylva Verlag
Alex Ryan lives a simple life. She has her farm in the Scottish countryside, and the self-imposed seclusion suits her, until a crime that has haunted her for years, tears through the calm and shatters the fragile peace she'd finally managed to find. Lori Hunter's greatest love is the mountains. They're her escape from the constant hustle of everyday life. ... Weiterlesen

Gill McKnight: Welcome to the Wallops

D 2016, 243 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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Ylva Verlag - The Wallops 1
The villages of High Wallop and Lesser Wallop have graced either end of the Wallop valley since medieval times. And competition between the two has never ceased since, especially over the famous Cheese and Beer festival. As head Judge of Show, Jane Swallow has always struggled to keep peace, friendship, and equanimity within the community she loves, but this year ... Weiterlesen

Blythe Rippon: Stowe Away

D 2016, 279 pp., brochure, € 16.95
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Ylva Verlag
Samantha Latham is a little socially awkward and a lot brilliant. When she arrives at Yale, thrilled to finally escape her rural Vermont hometown called Stowe, the focused and driven Sam knows exactly what she wants: an illustrious career as a medical researcher and a relationship with her new best friend Natalie, a talented yet capricious girl who keeps Sam ... Weiterlesen

Josef Winkler: Graveyard of Bitter Oranges

Transl. by Adrian Nathan West. USA/UK/AUS 2015, 465 pp., brochure, € 29.95
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Contra Mundum Press
In 1979, Carinthian author Josef Winkler appeared on the literary horizon as if from nowhere, collecting numerous honors and the praise of the most prominent critical voices in Germany and Austria. Throughout the 1980s, he chronicled the malevolence, dissipation, and unregenerate Nazism endemic to Austrian village life in an increasingly trenchant and hallucinatory series of novels. At the decade's end, ... Weiterlesen

Allan Gurganus: Decoy

USA 2015, 171 pp., brochure, € 12.95
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W. W. Norton
»Decoy«, the concluding novella of Allan Gurganus's »Local Souls«, was hailed as the standout of that work. Critics called it »humane, profound, hilarious, nostalgic, the literary equivalent of a bare-knuckled knockout punch«. It is a haunting lyrical portrayal of a life half-led. Set in mythical Falls, North Carolina, this mysterious and compelling tale maps the lifelong eroticized friendship between two ... Weiterlesen

Ana Matics: The Return

D 2014, 239 pp., brochure, € 14.99
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Ylva Verlag
Near Haven is like any other small, dying fishing village dotting the Maine coastline - a crusty remnant of an industry long gone, a place that is mired in sadness and longing for what was and can never be again. People move away, yet they always seem to come back. It's a vicious cycle of small-town America. Liza Hawke thought ... Weiterlesen

Martin F. Manalansan, Chantal Nadeau, Richard T. R: Queering the Middle

Race, Religion, and a Queer Midwest. A Special Issue of GLQ. USA 2014, 228 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 15.99
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Duke University Press
When imagined in relation to other regions of the United States, the Midwest is often positioned as the norm, the uncontested site of white American middle-class heteronormativity. This characterization has often prevailed in scholarship on sexual identity, practice, and culture, but a growing body of recent queer work on rural sexualities, transnational migration, regional identities, and working-class culture suggests the ... Weiterlesen

Xavier Dolan (R): Tom at the Farm

F 2013, frz.OF, engl.UT, 103 min., € 21.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
The new film by director Xavier Dolan is a gay-themed psychological thriller. The film follows manager Tom as he travels to the country from his home in Montreal to attend the funeral of Guillaume, his recently deceased boyfriend. When he arrives at the family home, he soon realises that their relationship has been kept a secret from his lover's family. ... Weiterlesen
Dieser Film ist auch als deutsche DVD unter dem Titel »Sag nicht, wer du bist« erhältlich.

Robin Reardon: The Revelations of Jude Connor

USA 2013, 357 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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Kensington
Jude Connor's rural Idaho hometown is a place of strong values and high expectations. For those who fit into the local church's narrow confines, there's support and fellowship. For those who don't, there's ostracism in this life and certain damnation in the next. Jude wants desperately to be saved. Yet it hasn't been easy. He thinks he's gay and needs ... Weiterlesen