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The fragile lights of earth: articles and memories, 1942-1970
By Alan Brown, Gabrielle Roy. 1982
Petits agacements en tout genre
By Constance Chaillet. 1998
Moneyball: the art of winning an unfair game
By Michael Lewis. 2003
Author of "The New New Thing" describes how Billy Beane, general manager of baseball's Oakland Athletics, came in first place…
in the American League West in 2002. Examines Beane's use of computers, statistics, and scouting to achieve success despite a minor league budget. Strong language. Bestseller. 2003.Friday night lights: a town, a team, and a dream
By H. G Bissinger. 1990
The depressed oil town of Odessa, Texas takes its high school football seriously, with 20,000 fans at every Friday night…
game. Students suffer debilitating injuries as well as psychological traumas as they literally fight for the honour of their town. 1990.The year of the cornflake (Down to earth. book 1)
By Faith Addis. 2000
This series follows Faith and Brian Addis as they work to keep open their holiday home "Phyllishayes" - a roomy…
farmhouse in Devon offering memorable holidays for children who may never have experienced the countryside in their lives. It ties in with the TV series starring Pauline Quirke. 2000.Four novels from African American writers during Harlem's cultural and artistic movement of the 1930s. Includes Not Without Laughter by…
Langston Hughes, Black No More by George S. Schuyler, The Conjure-Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher, and Black Thunder by Arna Bontemps. Some violence and some strong language. 2011Collection of five novels from African American writers during the black cultural mecca in 1920s Harlem, New York. Includes Cane…
by Jean Toomer, Home to Harlem by Claude McKay, Quicksand by Nella Larsen, Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset, and The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman. Some strong language. 2011Novels and essays: Vandover and the brute ; McTeague ; The octopus ; Essays
By Frank Norris. 1986
Sisters of tomorrow: the first women of science fiction (Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)
By Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp. 2016
Selection of short fiction, essays, and poems by women working in the genre in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Includes…
fiction by C. L Moore, poems by Julia Boynton Green, and journalism by L. Taylor Hansen. Also provides commentary documenting women's contributions to the pulp-magazine community. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Anecdotes of destiny: and, Ehrengard (Vintage International)
By Isak Dinesen. 1993
Six short works of fiction from Danish author of Out of Africa (DB 23011). Includes "Babette's Feast," in which a…
woman prepares a decadent meal for a community of religious ascetics, and the novella Ehrengard, about a rakish nobleman. 1963The death of Ivan Ilyich and other stories
By Leo Tolstoy, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear. 2009
Eleven stories by the acclaimed Russian writer (1828-1910). The title piece examines death and the possibilities of redemption. Includes "The…
Prisoner of the Caucasus," inspired by Tolstoy's experiences in the Chechen War, and "Hadji Murat," featuring a Chechen rebel who defects. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. 2009The PEN/O. Henry Prize stories: 2010 (The O. Henry Prize Collection)
By Laura Furman. 2010
Twenty short stories selected from literary magazines. In "Them Old Cowboy Songs" teenagers Archie and Rose, married homesteaders living downstream…
from the Sierra Madre in 1885, face disaster. "Clothed, Female Figure" features a Russian nanny in Manhattan. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010True facts, tall tales & pure fiction (Southwestern Writers Collection)
By Larry L. King. 1997
This volume brings together five essays that King considers "true fact," ten that constitute "tall tales," and four short stories…
that he classifies as "pure fiction." All of these pieces represent an ongoing attempt to define and understand his native place and his mind's country. They cover subjects ranging from a rape trial to dubious recipes and points between: writing, politics, Little League baseball, Texas basketball, racial integration in the military, dogs, sinning, and stories of troubled lives. Explicit descriptions of sexThe complete short novels: Introduction by Richard Pevear (Everyman's Library Classics Series)
By Anton Chekhov, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. 2004
Anton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be…
called short novels, here brought together in one one volume for the first time, in a new translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa VolokhonskyThe O. Henry prize stories: 2007 (The O. Henry Prize Collection)
By Laura Furman. 2007
Twenty short stories selected from diverse periodicals. In Brian Evenson's "Mudder Tongue" a teacher gradually loses his language ability. Includes…
"The View from Castle Rock" by Alice Munro and "El Ojo de Agua" by Susan Straight. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2007Stories (Modern Library Classics)
By Anton Chekhov, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. 2000
Thirty tales by Russian playwright and author Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). Includes brief early pieces such as "The Huntsman" and later…
works marked by symbolism, irony, and social commentary. In "Ward No. 6" a doctor at a mental hospital becomes a patient. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. 2000Growth of the soil (Penguin classics)
By Knut Hamsun, Sverre Lyngstad. 2007
Deep in Norway's unspoiled backcountry, Isak perseveres in building a homestead, nurturing his crops, and raising a family. But the…
demands of civilization eventually intrude upon--and destroy--his simple way of life. A 2007 translation by Sverre Lyngstad. 1917Prose and poetry: Maggie: a girl of the streets ; The red badge of courage ; Stories, sketches, and journalism ; Poetry
By Stephen Crane, J. C. Levenson. 1996
More than one hundred works of the nineteenth-century author and reporter Stephen Crane (1871-1900). Includes five novellas; dispatches from Asbury…
Park, New Jersey, and New York state; war reports from Greece during the Greco-Turkish wars and from Cuba during the Spanish-American War; and poetry. 1984Lone Star literature: from the Red River to the Rio Grande
By Don Graham. 2003
Anthology of short pieces representing the diversity, scope, and complexity of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Texas. Includes over sixty essays, stories,…
excerpts, and memoirs by writers such as Elmer Kelton, Molly Ivins, and O. Henry. Foreword by Lonesome Dove (DB 22959) author Larry McMurtry. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003Hollywood Hulk Hogan: The Story of Terry Bollea (World Wrestling Entertainment Ser.)
By Michael Jan Friedman, Hulk Hogan, Wwf Staff. 2002
The autobiography of Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler and seven-time world-title holder, from his boyhood as Terry Bollea, an overweight kid…
from Tampa, Florida. Hogan looks at the many phases of his career, his metamorphosis from wrestler to entertainer, steroid use, and the price of fame and success. Strong language. 2002