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1) Nine inches
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A stunning short story collection from the New York Times bestselling author of The Leftovers and Little Children, featuring stories focusing on Tom Perrotta's familiar suburban nuclear families
Nine Inches, Perrotta's first true collection, features ten stories-some sharp and funny, some mordant and surprising, and a few intense and disturbing.
Whether he's dropping into the lives of two teachers-and their love lost and found-in "Nine Inches",...
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The final book by one of America's most treasured writers. Upon his passing in January 2017, Howard Frank Mosher was recognized as one of America's most acclaimed writers. His fiction set in the world of Vermont's fabled Northeast Kingdom chronicles the intertwining family histories of the natives, wanderers, outcasts, and others who settled in this ethereal place. In its obituary, The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Mosher's fictional Kingdom County,...
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Introducing Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny! She is the BEST bunjitsu artist in her school, and she can throw farther, kick higher, and hit harder than anyone else! But she never hurts another creature . . . unless she has to. This series of brief stories about Isabel's adventures are a beguiling combination of child-friendly scenarios and Eastern wisdom perfect for the youngest readers.
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Women's lives are at the center of this stunning collection of short stories by the writer The New Yorker says "provides unexpected delights....Questions and answers alike shine with intelligence and an almost ninteenth-century concern for ideals."
Though Sara Maitland's interests are as varied as the people who inhabit her stories, there is a common theme to this work that extols risk taking over safety. Acrobats, women warriors, a girl who wants...
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About the Book Short Stories for Busy Boomers is not going to solve the world's problems. It may, however make you forget them for a minute or two while reading. Maybe even make you laugh. The stories are about Boomers for Boomers and are only a couple of pages each. The author has planned it that way, so you can go back to being busy. About the Author Brian Dickens Barrabee is the author of Confessions of a Real Estate Man, Confessions of an American...
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About the Book Brenda's mother grew up extremely poor but blessed with a loving father and nurturing home environment. Even though the relationship between Brenda's mother and her mother was rather strained, Brenda's mother describes the first eleven years of her life as that of a content child until the sudden passing of her father, which left this twelve-year-old devastated and quite traumatized. Two years after her father's death, this same little...
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All Over the Road is a fun collection of short stories-some with a dark twist. In "James J. Burton's Wizard of Oz," Horace Richardson is enjoying his retirement when out of the blue a ghost from his past comes to confront him-and he wants answers. Things online are easy until you meet the human behind the pain. The "Human" will show you the darkest parts of humanity. And, in "A Most Unusual Stickup," what kind of man is able to convince would-be robbers...
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El perro de aguas español, considerada la más inteligente de las razas caninas, ha hecho acto de presencia como protagonista o compañero de andaduras en relatos literarios.
Reconocidos escritores de finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX han incorporado a su obra personajes caninos de esta estupenda y actualmente poco conocida raza de origen español; entre ellos, Félix Lope de Vega Carpio, José Estremera y Cuenca, Manuel Moré, Santiago...
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The short fiction of Colum McCann documents a dizzying cast of characters in exile, loss, love, and displacement.
There is the worn boxing champion who steals clothes from a New Orleans laundromat, the rumored survivor of Hiroshima who emigrates to the tranquil coast of Western Ireland, the Irishwoman who journeys through America in search of silence and solitude. But what is found in these stories, and discovered by these characters, is the astonishing...
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For the first time ever, get all of horror author Dan Padavona's fiendish tales in one collection.From serial killers and vampires to deadly spiders on a deserted island, this terrifying collection will leave you afraid of the dark!"Spider Horror that leaves fang marks!"_________________________________Collection Includes:The IslandTreman MillsOne Autumn Kane GrovePlus a free preview of Dark Vanishings!"One of the most exciting writers to burst upon...
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These seven spine-tingling short stories will have you quivering in your jammies. Witches, black-eyed kids, dogman, death, aliens, fairies, and genies will do their best to frighten the bejeebers out of you. If you're short on time and want some quick blood-curdling reads, this creepy short story collection is perfectly putrid for you. Enjoy! You will find Apple Pie, Black-Eyed Kids, Creature, Dungeon, Electric, Fairy, and Genie bound up tightly in...
14) Leyendas
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Incluimos las diecisiete leyendas publicadas entre 1858 y 1865. Estas narraciones tienen un carácter íntimo que evoca el pasado histórico y se caracterizan por una acción verosímil con una introducción de elementos fantásticos o insólitos. La temática y localización es muy diversa; Maese Pérez, el organista narra los misteriosos sonidos que emite el órgano de la Catedral en Sevilla, tras la muerte del organista, El Cristo de la calavera,...
15) Pebble Island
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Eccentrics, questing spirits and oddball friends are among the offbeat, funny and intriguing characters in this collection of short stories by Robert David Duncan.
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Los matrimonios pasan por buenos y malos momentos. Fernanda vive una mala situación, donde no hay felicidad, ni amor, ni romanticismo. Ella se pregunta: "¿Es esta la boda de mis sueños?" Una vieja señora vive una vida simple, con pocos recursos y muchas dificultades. Mismo frente a los muchos problemas, ella mantiene "Una fe inquebrantable". La elección de la pareja para una relación es algo muy serio y exige mucha sabiduría. Nicolás delegó...
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The book might be closed on The Opera Ghost, but the POTO quartet's adventures are just beginning! Christine returns to her childhood home, Erik has high hopes for his 30th birthday and Raoul takes part in a sleepover full of snowflakes and spooks. A musical plan is in store for Erik and Christine, who tries to figure out the inner workings of love, and pranks galore ensue when Meg and Cécile team up with The Opera Ghost!
18) Comportamientos
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¿Cuál es la vida de tus sueños? ¿Qué haría si la conseguiste?¿Qué pasaría si la humanidad fuera juzgada por su comportamiento?¿Qué pasa cuando dos mujeres descubren que están embarazadas?Una de ellas quiere el bebé, pero la otra no.¿Qué lleva a una persona a actos irresponsables y sin límites?¿Qué pasa con una adolescente increíble que no tiene apoyo de sus padres? Estas preguntas son respondidas en cinco cuentos: La vida de mis...
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Jordon lives with his grandparents, Eddy and Elizabeth, on a farm in Stouffville, Ontario. One day coming home from school, Jordon hears a strange noise in the kitchen and finds a mouse caught in a trap. To his surprise, after he repairs its broken leg, they become inseparable. When tragedy seemingly separates them, Jordon runs away with a broken heart and must go on a journey to find his way back to happiness.
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These wickedly authentic introductions to twenty-first-century books preface tomes on teaching English to bacteria, using animated X-rays to create "pornograms," and analyzing computer-generated literature through the science of "bitistics." "Lem, a science fiction Bach, plays in this book a googleplex of variations on his basic themes" (New York Times Book Review). Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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