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Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
By Agatha Christie. 1999
At last, a single volume that gathers together all of the short stories featuring Agatha Christie's most famous creation: Hercule…
Poirot. The dapper, mustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head and curious mannerisms has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century--and, in his own humble opinion, is "probably the greatest detective in the world. "In this complete collection of stories, ranging from short tales to novellas, Poirot faces violent murders, poisonings, kidnappings, and thefts--all solved with his characteristic panache. Only Agatha Christie could have devised cases worthy of Hercule Poirot's skill and "little gray cells. "Arrested by Love
By Virna Depaul. 2013
In the steamy world of New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance author Virna DePaul, there are bad boys…
and good girls on both sides of the law. And when they mix, it's always an explosive combination. Now the three novellas of her contemporary Red-Hot Cops series are available together in this eBook anthology: COPPING TO IT Though Claire Fullerton, a respected journalist, isn't afraid to walk on the wild side, she's terrified that unleashing her inner vixen will expose her to getting hurt. But when Claire is captured by a notorious gang of bikers, she recognizes a friendly face from her darkest fantasies: undercover cop Ty Williamson, who has managed to infiltrate the gang to bring them down from the inside. Now Ty's determined to bind Claire to him and prove that he wants all of her: the good with the bad. In fact, the badder she is, the better they'll be--together. COP APPEAL People used to call her Sure-Thing-Sarah, but the only thing Sarah Larson's sure about these days is the torch she's carried for undercover cop Luke Anderson. Four years ago, Sarah made the biggest mistake of her life: leaving Luke to marry another cop. Now, a year after her divorce, Luke's back in her life--ready to convince Sarah that he's the one when it comes to love. But Sarah has a big fear--that her dangerously possessive ex-husband is out to make sure that her second chance at happiness is destroyed forever. COPPING ATTITUDE As a former centerfold, Jenna Mills is a pro at deflecting male attention, and with good reason. A painful past has made her mistrustful of all men--and hell-bent on getting revenge on one in particular. But first she needs help overcoming her fear of physical intimacy. And honorable cop Noah James might just be the perfect place to start. Noah's used to making a woman feel safe, in bed and out. But when Jenna makes him an indecent proposal, Noah's willing to give her everything she's asking for . . . and more.Arrested by Love is erotic romance intended for mature audiences.Praise for Virna DePaul and Arrested by Love "If you're looking for a hot, sexy, emotional read, Virna DePaul delivers!"--J. Kenner, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Release Me "Virna DePaul is amazing!"--New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster "Perfect for a quick read."--Tracy's Place Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Along Came Trouble, Hero of My Heart, and A Vampire's Salvation.The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories
By H. P. Lovecraft, Guillermo Del Toro, S. T. Joshi. 2013
Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro Filmmaker…
and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro's favorites, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ray Russell's short story "Sardonicus," considered by Stephen King to be "perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written," to Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories brings together a dozen of the master's tales--from his early short stories "Under the Pyramids" (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and "The Music of Erich Zann" (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through his more fully developed works, "The Dunwich Horror," "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," and "At the Mountains of Madness." The book presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story.El cerco de Bogotá
By Santiago Gamboa. 2003
Una serie de relatos de Santiago Gamboa que no dejará indiferente a nadie Publicado por primera vez en 2003, El…
cerco de Bogotá reúne la narrativa breve de Santiago Gamboa. El relato largo -o mejor, la novela corta- que abre y da título al libro transcurre en una Bogotá en guerra y sembrada de escombros, y sitiada desde todos los flancos por la guerrilla. Las demás piezas que conforman este volumen, melancólicas, intimistas, humorísticas en ocasiones, llenas de personajes solitarios y sin norte, y a los que se les vienen encima el amor, el desamor, la tristeza, la tragedia, la esperanza, se vinculan perfectamente con el universo narrativo con el que Santiago Gamboa ha sabido cautivar a los lectores. "El talento de Gamboa para cultivar la intriga y la extravagante energía de sus historias hacen que su lectura sea compulsiva". Times Literary SupplementThe Awakening and Selected Stories (First Avenue Classics (tm) Ser.)
By Kate Chopin. 2002
The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and suicide. In a departure from literary convention,…
Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class convention are themes of this now-classic novel. The book was influenced by French writers ranging from Flaubert to Maupassant, and can be seen as a precursor of the impressionistic, mood-driven novels of Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes. Variously called "vulgar," "unhealthily introspective," and "morbid," the book was neglected for several decades, not least because it was written by a "regional" woman writer. This edition also includes selected stories from Kate Chopin's Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie, and an introduction and notes by Nina Baym.Um gosto de medo
By Andrew Lennon, José. 2017
Uma s rie de contos de timo terror psicol gico com finais imprevis veis…
e surpreendentes Os apreciadores do g nero com certeza ir o apreciar a presente colet nea de short storiesThe Open Boat
By Stephen Crane. 2009
Though best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, in his tragically brief…
life and career Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories-among them "The Monster," "The Upturned Face," "The Open Boat," and the title story-that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This superb volume collects stories of unique power and variety in which impressionistic, hallucinatory, and realistic situations alike are brilliantly conveyed through the cold, sometimes brutal irony of Crane's narrative voice.Saints and Sinners: Stories
By Edna O'Brien. 2011
With her inimitable gift for describing the workings of the heart and mind, Edna O'Brien introduces us to a vivid…
new cast of restless, searching people who-whether in the Irish countryside or London or New York-remind us of our own humanity. In "Send My Roots Rain," Miss Gilhooley, a librarian, waits in the lobby of a posh Dublin hotel-expecting to meet a celebrated poet while reflecting on the great love who disappointed her. The Irish workers of "The Shovel Kings" have pipe dreams of becoming millionaires in London, but long for their quickly changing homeland-exiles in both places. "Green Georgette" is a searing anatomy of class, through the eyes of a little girl; "Old Wounds" illuminates the importance of family and memory in old age. In language that is always bold and vital, Edna O'Brien pays tribute to the universal forces that rule our lives.Hunting Kat
By Kelley Armstrong. 2011
A riveting stand-alone short story from bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Kat is a sixteen-year-old vampire, and she's not too happy…
about it. After an experiment-gone-wrong and a bullet to the heart, she now hungers for human blood, and the worst part about that is the guilt. But guilt isn't the only thing stressing her. Kat is being hunted by the Edison Group, a dangerous Cabal that is responsible for her undead state. Kat is running out of places to hide, and she has no one to turn to-until she meets Chad and Neil. They're on the run like she is, and they offer to help Kat against their common enemy. But the boys aren't all that they seem, and for Kat, deciding whether to trust them may be a matter of life or death. Set in the world of Kelley Armstrong's New York Times bestselling Darkest Powers and Darkness Rising series, "Hunting Kat" will leave you on the edge of your seat and thirsting for more.Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much
By Ilan Stavans, Julio Cortazar. 1967
These three groundbreaking works by Julio Cortázar--a major figure of world literature and one of the founders of the Latin…
American Boom--are published together in one volume for the first time, in honor of the centenary of his birth. With his influential "counternovel" HOPSCOTCH and his unforgettable short stories, Cortázar earned a place among the most innovative authors of the twentieth century. HOPSCOTCH is a nonlinear novel about an Argentinean writer living in Paris; it consists of 155 short chapters that the author advises the reader to read out of order. BLOW-UP and WE LOVE GLENDA SO MUCH bring together the most famous of Cortázar's short fiction, including "Axolotl," "End of the Game," "The Night Face Up," "Continuity of Parks," "Bestiary," and "Blow-Up". These are stories in which invisible beasts stalk children in their homes, the reader of a mystery finds out that he is the murderer's intended victim, an injured motorcyclist is pursued by Aztec warriors, and a man becomes a salamander in a Parisian zoo. In Cortázar's work, laws of nature, physics, and narrative fall away, leaving us with an astonishing new view of the world.(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)The Case of the Video Game Smugglers
By Bruce Lansky, M Masters. 2012
Twelve-year-old amateur sleuths, and best friends, Hawkeye Collins and Amy Adams love to solve cases. They invite readers to follow…
the clues and sketches to solve crimes in their hometown of Lakewood Hills. All of the books in the "Can You Solve the Mystery" series contain 9-10 short mysteries. Readers are given written clues as well as visual clues to help them solve the crime. The answers and a brief wrap-up are given in the back of the book.The Case of the Computer Camp Kidnap; The Secret of the Tomato Pincher; The Mystery of the Unknown Rescuer; The Case of the Video Game Smugglers; The Mystery at Mill Creek Bridge; The Secret of the Author's Autograph; The Mystery of the Rainy Night Robbery; The Mystery of Amy's Disappearance; The Case of the Sloppy Vandals; The Secret of the Ancient Treasure. Part 3: The Mysterious MessageEverything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club
By Benjamin Alire Sáenz. 2012
Winner of the 2013 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction! Benjamin Alire Sáenz's stories reveal how all borders--real, imagined, sexual, human, the…
line between dark and light, addict and straight--entangle those who live on either side. Take, for instance, the Kentucky Club on Avenida Juárez two blocks south of the Rio Grande. It's a touchstone for each of Sáenz's stories. His characters walk by, they might go in for a drink or to score, or they might just stay there for a while and let their story be told. Sáenz knows that the Kentucky Club, like special watering holes in all cities, is the contrary to borders. It welcomes Spanish and English, Mexicans and gringos, poor and rich, gay and straight, drug addicts and drunks, laughter and sadness, and even despair. It's a place of rich history and good drinks and cold beer and a long polished mahogany bar. Some days it smells like piss. "I'm going home to the other side." That's a strange statement, but you hear it all the time at the Kentucky Club. Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a highly regarded writer of fiction, poetry, and children's literature. Like these stories, his writing crosses borders and lands in our collective psyche. Poets & Writers Magazine named him one of the fifty most inspiring writers in the world. He's been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN Center's prestigious award for young adult fiction. Sáenz is the chair of the creative writing department of University of Texas at El Paso.This Time Might Be Different: Stories of Maine
By Elaine Ford. 2017
This Time Might Be Different: Stories of Maine by award-winning writer Elaine Ford is a collection of fifteen stories in…
which deftly drawn characters contemplate difficult choices: a young girl might have coffee with a stranger; a guy might decide to rob the local laundromat; or a widow might get in the car and just keep driving. Underneath the commonplace—running into an old lover, a longstanding feud, an unspoken divorce—readers will find a trace of dark humor, a sinister underpinning, or a profound irony. Of Ford's rural-Maine-set novel Monkey Bay, The New York Times said: "Elaine Ford's book is reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth's stark paintings, which use the terrain of northern New England to explore a much larger emotional landscape."Spoiled Brats: Stories
By Simon Rich. 2014
Twenty years ago, Barney the Dinosaur told the nation's children they were special. We're still paying the price.From "one of…
the funniest writers in America"* comes a collection of stories culled from the front lines of the millennial culture wars. Rife with failing rock bands, student loans, and participation trophies, Spoiled Brats is about a generation of narcissists-and the well-meaning boomers who made them that way.A hardworking immigrant is preserved for a century in pickle brine. A helicopter mom strives to educate her demon son. And a family of hamsters struggles to survive in a private-school homeroom. Surreal, shrewd, and surprisingly warm, these stories are as resonant as they are hilarious. *Jimmy So, Daily BeastThe Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories
By Simon Rich. 2013
In "Center of the Universe," God struggles to balance the demands of his career with the needs of his long-term…
girlfriend. In "Magical Mr. Goat," a young girl's imaginary friend yearns to become "more than friends." In "Unprotected," an unused prophylactic recalls his years spent trapped inside a teen boy's wallet. The stories in Simon Rich's new book are bizarre, funny, and yet...relatable. Rich explores love's many complications-losing it, finding it, breaking it, and making it-and turns the ordinary into the absurd. With razor-sharp humor and illustrations, and just in time for Valentine's Day, Rich takes readers for an exhilarating, hilarious ride on the rollercoaster of love.Aurora
By Junot Diaz. 2015
A Vintage Shorts "Short Story Month" Selection No se han visto en una semana. Desde que le arañó el brazo.…
Casi han desaparecido las marcas, y ni se acuerdan de que discutían. Pero esta noche, Aurora ha regresado. Del ganador del premio Pulitzer por La breve y maravillosa vida de Óscar Wao, un relato sobre la vida en los territorios marginales de Nueva Jersey y una obsesión que nunca termina. "Aurora" es una selección de la obra triunfal que marcó el arranque literario de Junot Díaz y lo posicionó como una de las voces más provocativas de la ficción norte americana."In the Days of Serfdom" and Other Stories
By Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, Marilyn Atlas. 2002
"In the Days of Serfdom" and Other Stories, originally published in 1911, presents in miniature themes developed in Tolstoy's longer…
works War and Peace and Anna Karenina. The compelling stories in this collection have largely been ignored by contemporary scholars and teachers because of their general unavailability. Available once again, the stories reveal new thematic and stylisitic dimensions to Tolstoy's oeuvre.While not all of the stories deal with actual serfdom, they all address the legacy of serfdom, of choicelessness, in Tolstoy's Russia. These stories are also thoroughly modern, concerned as they are with the market economy, changing values, and women's roles in society. Artistically and historically significant, they constitute ethical and spiritual questionings that deal with lives out of control, with characters making sense of the experience of living.Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories
By Brad Watson. 1996
"His people and dogs--those wonderful dogs!--come alive with honest, thrumming energy." --The New York Times Book Review Winner of the…
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the Academy of Arts and Letters and the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award. In each of these "weird and wonderful stories" (Boston Globe), Brad Watson writes about people and dogs: dogs as companions, as accomplices, and as unwitting victims of human passions; and people responding to dogs as missing parts of themselves. "Elegant and elegiac, beautifully pitched to the human ear, yet resoundingly felt in our animal hearts" (New York Newsday), Watson's vibrant prose captures the animal crannies of the human personality--yearning for freedom, mourning the loss of something wild, drawn to human connection but also to thoughtless abandon and savagery without judgment. Pinckney Benedict praises Watson's writing as "crisp as a morning in deer season, rife with spirited good humor and high intelligence," and Fred Chappell calls his stories "strong and true to the place they come from." This powerful debut collection marks Brad Watson's introduction into "a distinguished [Southern] literary heritage, from Faulkner to Larry Brown to Barry Hannah to Richard Ford" (The State, Columbia, South Carolina).Bitter Bronx: Thirteen Stories
By Jerome Charyn. 2015
Brooklyn is dead. Long live the Bronx! In Bitter Bronx, Jerome Charyn returns to his roots and leads the literary…
renaissance of an oft-overlooked borough in this surprising new collection. In Bitter Bronx, one of our most gifted and original novelists depicts a world before and after modern urban renewal destroyed the gritty sanctity of a land made famous by Ruth, Gehrig, and Joltin' Joe. Bitter Bronx is suffused with the texture and nostalgia of a lost time and place, combining a keen eye for detail with Jerome Charyn's lived experience. These stories are informed by a childhood growing up near that middle-class mecca, the Grand Concourse; falling in love with three voluptuous librarians at a public library in the Lower Depths of the South Bronx; and eating at Mafia-owned restaurants along Arthur Avenue's restaurant row, amid a "land of deprivation...where fathers trundled home...with a monumental sadness on their shoulders." In "Lorelei," a lonely hearts grifter returns home and finds his childhood sweetheart still living in the same apartment house on the Concourse; in "Archy and Mehitabel" a high school romance blossoms around a newspaper comic strip; in "Major Leaguer" a former New York Yankee confronts both a gang of drug dealers and the wreckage that Robert Moses wrought in his old neighborhood; and in three interconnected stories--"Silk & Silk," "Little Sister," and "Marla"--Marla Silk, a successful Manhattan attorney, discovers her father's past in the Bronx and a mysterious younger sister who was hidden from her, kept in a fancy rest home near the Botanical Garden. In these stories and others, the past and present tumble together in Charyn's singular and distinctly "New York prose, street-smart, sly, and full of lurches" (John Leonard, New York Times). Throughout it all looms the "master builder" Robert Moses, a man who believed he could "save" the Bronx by building a highway through it, dynamiting whole neighborhoods in the process. Bitter Bronx stands as both a fictional eulogy for the people and places paved over by Moses' expressway and an affirmation of Charyn's "brilliant imagination" (Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago Tribune).The Holocaust Kid
By Sonia Pilcer. 2001
A major work of autobiographical fiction by a second generation Holocaust writer--funny, erotic, irreverent, and deeply moving. Zosha Palovsky was…
born in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, but she has grown up in Brooklyn and in Washington Heights, joined a Latina gang, and refused to attend a yeshiva. She's a rebel, outspoken, sexually liberated, and determined to live her own life, free of her parents' past. Yet, as daring and defiant as she is, Zosha cannot escape. Her entire life is touched by the war. She has dreams of Auschwitz, falls in love with "her own private Nazi," and has an affair with a kinky Holocaust scholar. Obsessed with events that took place before her birth, she becomes a writer. By day she summons a "shlock muse in rhinestone harlequin glasses, cabana pants, and spiked heels" to write Elizabeth Taylor stories for the readers of Movie Screen magazine and, by night, writes "blood-eyed poems" about the Holocaust. Her parents wonder: Why can't she get married like a normal person? How are they to understand their American daughter? With unflinching honesty and wild humor, Sonia Pilcer follows the Holocaust legacy as it courses through lust and desire, guilt and fear, and unexpected joy, revealing the emotional depths beneath the quest to free oneself from an ever-present past.