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Ever craved a book that captures the essence of womanhood? A heartwarming story that wraps you in a warm embrace, like a loved one's hug or a leisurely stroll through nature? This collection of 11 short tales, Jack and Kitty's Feel-Good Stories, is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face and have you shouting "You go, girl!" from the rooftops. These empowering tales will make you smile, laugh, and maybe even shed a tear:A 63-year-old great-grandmother...
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A collection of ten short stories portraying immigrant life in 1920s New York City by the acclaimed Jewish American author of Bread Givers.
Anzia Yezierska, known as the "Cinderella of the Tenements," calls upon her own background as a child of immigrants who worked in sweatshops on Manhattan's Lower East Side to bring to life stories of women struggling to survive in similar circumstances. From a hardworking woman who becomes the target of...
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Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short.
Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.
In this Thriller Short, bestselling author Tim Maleeny provides a classic tale laced with moments of dark comedy. Relationships between an author and his editor can sometimes turn contentious, but none more so than that between blockbuster novelist Jim Masterson and his editor Carl...
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"Mesmerizing . . . compelling . . . This collection, fresh, odd, and frightening, makes Davis a writer to watch." - Chicago Tribune
"A well-guided tour of scarred souls who've witnessed terrible things, and surprisingly, found odd bits of beauty in them." - New York Times Book Review
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"Reddi's understated prose and her choice of detail give her revelations a quiet power." - The New Yorker
"[A]mong such time-tested topics of immigrant fiction, Reddi suddenly soars." - San Francisco Chronicle
"While many of the stories seem simple, characters and plots linger long after you turn the page." - Washington Post
"…reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri... The immigrant experience...is rendered with the starkest honesty… substance and depth."...
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Short stories filled with empathy, laughter, and a love of the game, from the award-winning author of Shoeless Joe.
W.P. Kinsella weaves his characters into the thrill of the game, be it in Japan, Central America, Canada, or the United States, with a variety of comic, tragic, and mystical results. This collection captures the dazzling wit, compelling insight, and obsession with baseball that have made Kinsella more popular than a ballpark frank.
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A collection of humorous short stories from the award-winning author of The Plover and Mink River.
Welcome to the peculiar, headlong world of Brian Doyle's fiction, where the odd is happening all the time, reported upon by characters of every sort and stripe. Swirling voices and skeins of story, laughter and rage, ferocious attention to detail and sweeping nuttiness, tears and chortling-these stories will remind readers of the late giant David Foster...
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A parade of people in need of solace find a mysterious sympathizer, in this uniquely moving classic by a New York Times–bestselling author.
They come day and night to confess their troubles to an anonymous listener positioned behind a curtain. Could it be a priest, a psychiatrist, a friend, or a judge? Each person draws a different conclusion. From a businessman who feels betrayed by someone he trusted, to a society woman with contempt for her...
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A short story by Nadifa Mohamed from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'Party Girl', ahead of settling down, a woman looks back on her rebellious youth. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing novel and its beloved...
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Winner of the 1997 Whiting Writers' Award: Taut, persistent, and brilliantly cadenced, First, Body is a testament to the breathtaking virtuosity of Granta-acclaimed author Melanie Rae Thon Through nine searing works of fiction, Melanie Rae Thon looks to the people who live in the borderlands, turning a keen and compassionate eye to those marginalized by circumstance and transgression. Taking us from the cobblestone streets of Boston to a deserted...
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6 Bedtime Stories to Inspire Sweet DreamsA Bucket of Treasures is full of stories that connect children with their feelings, teach them to express emotions and find happiness in a natural way. In Autumn Tree a curious girl asks a tree how it feels about losing its bird friends for the winter. In Raindrops another girl discovers a world of wonder in a bucket of raindrops. A Day at the Beach turns into a great adventure for three boys when they find...
74) Justicia sin Ley
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¿Cuándo santifica el propósito los medios?Asesinato y robo - sí, por supuesto...Pero en aquellos días las circunstancias eran completamente diferentes a los actuales. ¿O no lo eran? En Cornualles, en 1072, la joven Caitlin salva su herencia de los conquistadores normandos.En 1754, en Suabia, Hildegard, una de los "errantes" sin derechos, se encarga de la cena de Navidad de su familia.En París, en 1795, el gendarme Michel castiga personalmente...
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Life After Death is a deep dive into the subcultures of Los Angeles and London in the 1980s as glam turned to punk and goth. Susan Compo captures the lives of aspiring musicians, scenesters, and obsessive fans-lives in which reality is a constant threat to cherished illusions, and death, while never far away, is sometimes not the end of the story. "A dazzling time capsule that, once re-opened, brings back in vivid and lurid detail a counter-cultural...
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From Harold Brodkey come three remarkable stories about the brief lives of two women and the troubling appearance of an angel above Harvard University Considered by many to be among the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, Harold Brodkey created fiction that startled, provoked, and often confounded. These three novellas, told through the recollections of fictional alter ego, Wiley Silenowicz, serve as sterling examples of Brodkey's...
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From the award-winning author of The Face in the Frost comes the story of three brothers who rescue a talking gargoyle from their neighborhood junkyard Michael, David, and Alphonsus Jr. (aka Fonsy) are spending the summer trying to blow up the town dock and playing marathon Monopoly games. On the brink of death-by-boredom, they head to the local dump in search of treasures-such as oil cans that Michael can use to build a submarine. But what they...
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A masterful, multifaceted story collection from one of American literature's most influential writers and teachers As a creative writing teacher whose students included Raymond Carver, Joy Williams, and Andre Dubus, and as longtime editor of The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, R. V. Cassill profoundly impacted the development of the short story in America. The ten stunning tales in The Father and Other Stories exhibit his mastery of the form and...
79) Finding Forever
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A jaded woman looking for a good time. A man who crushed on her as a kid and hasn't forgotten their first kiss. An unexpected run-in that promises heartache ... or forever. Samantha likes to bang a guy's headboard and take off long before he bangs up her heart. Temptation returns in the form of a Zeus-like, tattooed hunk, the man whose first kiss roused her teenage hormones. His arrival carries the promise for more, but Sam's determination to enjoy...
80) Linger
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I know better than to dream-especially about the super sexy bearded hottie who sits with me on my break every Sunday night. Since Christmas, Tom has been increasingly flirty, and with Valentine's Day coming up, I hope...No, I can't afford to hope, either. What I can afford to do is keep working two jobs so I can eventually finish my nursing degree-and forget the way his intense, direct gaze makes me feel all lit up inside.What happens when all a girl's...
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