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Dead man's hand: an anthology of the weird west
By Orson Scott Card, Kelley Armstrong, John Joseph Adams. 2014
Twenty-three weird wild-west tales, featuring an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time-travelers, and a steampunk bordello.…
Includes works by Orson Scott Card, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Beth Revis, Walter Jon Williams, and more. Some violence and some strong language. 2014Rogues
By Gardner Dozois, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Gillian Flynn. 2014
Twenty-one rogue-themed short stories that span several genres, highlighting work by Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Cherie Priest,…
Carrie Vaughn, and others. Includes a new Game of Thrones tale by George R.R. Martin. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2014The Golden Fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles (Looking Glass library)
By Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany. 2010
Recounts the adventures in ancient Greece of Jason and his brave Argonauts, who sought the famous Golden Fleece. Includes mythical…
tales of Orpheus, Atalanta, Theseus, and Pandora and her secret box. Introduction by Rick Riordan. Originally published in 1921. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Newbery Honor. 2010Las aventuras de Pinocho (Clásicos de la literatura Series)
By Carlo Collodi. 2004
Geppetto carves a wooden puppet and names him Pinocchio. The rascally marionette walks and talks like a real boy and…
gets into plenty of trouble. Classic Italian tale originally published in 1883. Critical edition includes introduction, author biography, and historical timeline. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004One thousand and one Arabian nights (Oxford Story Collections)
By Geraldine McCaughrean, Rosamund Fowler. 1999
In a desert kingdom King Shahryar, accustomed to killing a new bride every day, marries the storyteller Shahrazad. Each night…
she tells the king about Sinbad the Sailor or Ali Baba, and he postpones her execution to hear another tale the next evening. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 1982McSweeney's mammoth treasury of thrilling tales (Vintage Contemporaries)
By Michael Chabon. 2003
Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (DB 50950), presents a compilation of twenty previously unpublished short…
detective and science tales by such authors as Elmore Leonard, Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Stephen King, Michael Moorcock, and Harlan Ellison. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2002In our nature: stories of wildness
By Diane Ackerman, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff, Donna Seaman. 2000
Fourteen tales exploring inner human conflict between natural instincts and the veneer of civilization by such writers as Rick Bass,…
Linda Hogan, Margaret Atwood, E.L. Doctorow, Lorrie Moore, and Rick DeMarinis. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000Let the dog drive: a novel
By David Bowman. 1992
At eighteen Bud Salem heads east to escape his obese television- evangelist mother. He hitches a ride with fortyish Sylvia…
Cushman, who regularly does a cross-country jaunt to escape her own home. Bud, now obsessed with Sylvia and her idol Emily Dickinson, meets Sylvia's cruel husband. The title comes from the horrific role dogs play in Mr. Cushman's work on automobile safety. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexWorlds of Honor: Books 4-6 (Worlds of Honor #04, 05, 06)
By David Weber. 2003
Books four through six in the series of multi-author anthologies, published between 2003 and 2013. In The Service of the…
Sword, the volume contributors further explore the world of Honor Harrington. Also includes In Fire Forged and Beginnings. Some violence. 2013Le jeu du rêve et de l’action explore un genre méconnu de l’histoire de la littérature française : le roman…
d’aventures littéraire de l’entre-deux-guerres. Un genre qui, faisant de pont surprenant entre symbolisme et existentialisme, a exploré la logique érotique de l’aventurier privé du divin et de l’amour.Seize the story: a handbook for teens who like to write
By Victoria Hanley. 2008
Presents creative-writing tips and exercises, from freewriting to understanding the elements of fiction. Provides examples for character development, motivation, and…
perspective. Assesses difficult aspects of writing fiction, such as creating the setting and mood, and infusing your style and voice into the story. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Up in Honey's room: A Novel
By Elmore Leonard. 2007
Federal marshal Carl Webster, from Hot Kid (DB 60336, BR 16125), travels to Detroit in 1944 to search for escaped…
German POWs. Webster interviews beautiful Honey Deal, the divorced wife of Nazi meatcutter Walter Schoen, and investigates Ukrainian spy Vera Mezwa. Strong language and some violence. 2007Mad about Madeline: the complete tales (Madeline)
By Ludwig Bemelmans. 1993
A collection of all six rhymed stories about Madeline. The first--published in 1939--introduces Madeline, the smallest of twelve girls who…
live together in Paris with Miss Clavel. She has various adventures involving animals, gypsies, travel, a boy called Pepito, and a magical Christmas. For grades K-3. 1961London Tides
By Carla Laureano. 2015
Irish photojournalist Grace Brennan travels the world's war zones documenting the helpless and forgotten. After the death of her friend…
and colleague, Grace is shaken. She returns to London hoping to rekindle the spark with the only man she ever loved--Scottish businessman Ian MacDonald. But he gave up his championship rowing career and dreams of Olympic gold years ago for Grace ... only for her to choose career over him. Will life's tides bring them back together ... or tear them apart for good this time?Hot Gay Erotica
By Richard Labonté. 2006
Lambda Award-winning editor Richard Labonté leaves no fetish unfulfilled in this new collection of gay erotica. This steamy collection contains…
a wide range of erotic short stories for readers with a taste for sizzling storylines and uninhibited, unrepentant mansex. Scott Promfret, coauthor of the Romentics series of gay romance novels, contributes "The Competitor," in which a hunky athlete unexpectedly meets his match at the gym. Cat Tailor's rollicking "Delta Boys" finds four randy soldier boys, back from the frontlines, living out their fantasies in a sleazy motel room.The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
By Joseph Conrad. 1999
When a black sailor with tuberculosis boards the Narcissus, the shadow of death falls across the ship and the lingering…
gloom brings out both the best and the worst in the crew. The harsh endurance test of survival at sea, magnified by the dying sailor's condition, sends the crewmen through an emotional gamut, ranging from pity and selfless compassion to fear, resentment, and a profound hatred that boils perilously close to mutiny.In this 1897 novel, a compelling examination of human character under conditions of extreme danger and stress, Joseph Conrad considers some of his customary preoccupations. His masterful narrative technique captures every nuance of atmospheric tension as it explores issues related to moral dilemmas, isolation, and the psychology of inner compulsions. Conrad drew upon his two decades of experience in the British merchant marine for the vital, memorable characterizations and realistic depictions of seafaring life in this and many of his other works.Aventures d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles: Large Print
By Lewis Carroll. 1972
The first French translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (there have been no less than seventeen others) was supervised by…
Lewis Carroll himself. In the opinion of many experts, and countless older and younger French readers, it is still the best. It has a remarkable freshness and originality, and admirably renders the English puns and parodies with French equivalents. "How Doth the Little Crocodile?" for instance, is turned into a parody of La Fontaine, the staple of French lesson books.Carroll picked Henri Bué as translator on the recommendation of Bué's father, who was an Oxford colleague. The younger Bué was just at the beginning of his career, and Carroll could not have known that he would go on to distinguish himself both as a translator and as an author and editor. Bué worked rapidly, and had the translation done in a couple of months. Carroll, on the other hand, spent another two years making certain of it. He solicited the opinions of many friends to test the puns and verses. The prose he seems to have been able to judge for himself, and he wrote to his publisher that he was highly pleased with it. This reprinting of the first edition is complete with the forty-two Tenniel illustrations that were originally included. Of course it is not just for French readers. As one London reviewer, who called it "a delicious translation," remarked: "We could almost (almost, but not quite) wish we had never read it in English, in order to have the pleasure of reading it in French." He went on to say: "It is an exquisite book in appearance, the same size, type, and illustrations as the original volume; and the fun is wonderfully preserved." He also pointed out that it would be a great help to the "young folks in their studies." That is as true today as it was a hundred years ago, for the charm of the French Alice, like that of the original, has only grown with time.Dead Man's Hand (anthology)
By John Joseph Adams. 2014
HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD! From a kill-or-be-killed gunfight with a vampire to an encounter in a steampunk bordello, the…
weird western is a dark, gritty tale where the protagonist might be playing poker with a sorcerous deck of cards, or facing an alien on the streets of a dusty frontier town.Here are twenty-three original tales--stories of the Old West infused with elements of the fantastic--produced specifically for this volume by many of today's finest writers. Included are Orson Scott Card's first "Alvin Maker" story in a decade, and an original adventure by Fred Van Lente, writer of Cowboys & Aliens.Other contributors include:Tobias S. Buckell * David Farland * Alan Dean Foster * Jeffrey Ford * Laura Anne Gilman * Rajan Khanna * Mike Resnick * Beth Revis * Fred Van Lente * Walter Jon Williams * Ben H. Winters * Christie Yant * Charles Yu *Truckers
By Johnny Hansen. 2006
Hard-driving truckers climb out of their big rigs and get down to business in this raw, lusty collection.Truckers have long…
been ingrained in the American popular imagination, celebrated in movies like Smokey and the Bandit and many a country-western ballad. They're also a favorite queer sexual icon, joining such types as sailors, cops, firemen, and other guys who "service society." For some gay men, life on the road conjures up images of hairy, sweaty, blue-collar joes traveling from town to town in their big 18-wheelers, pulling into all-night diners, gas stations, cheap motels, and highway rest stops for food, rest, companionship - and sex. These erotic encounters are the subject of this collection of trucker tales. Editor Johnny Hansen has assembled 19 true stories of men who deliver much more than what's back in the trailer. In one story, a four-way pileup in a highway men's room gives new meaning to the word "convoy." In another, a 19-year-old experiences first love - and lust - on a cross-country tour with a strapping Mack driver. In this one-of-a-kind collection, "good buddies" from across the U.S. reveal their hottest experiences on - and on the side of - the road.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
By Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel. 2015
"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak…
good English.) "Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!" Alice and all her many friends will never be forgotten so long as books for children are published. The fascinating adventures of this timeless little girl as she plunges down the rabbit-hole, shrinks and grows, meets the pack of cards and the chess pieces -- should be read regularly by all ages for their totally original fantasy, their humor, and their charm.