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Rumpole and the golden thread (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1991
Horace Rumpole, whom the nation has taken to its collective bosom, who continues to untie the knots in the English…
law and the contradictions of the human heart in his death-defying performances on behalf of justice, is back on form in another collection of short stories. 1991. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole (Rumpole mysteries ;)
By John Mortimer. 1980
Rumpole is the oldest Junior in Chambers, a barrister who never prosecutes, is apt to quote poetry, and has a…
wife known as "She Who Must Be Obeyed". The stories in this collection were previously published as "Rumpole of the Bailey" and "The Trials of Rumpole". 1980. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole and the angel of death (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1996
Six mysteries featuring Horace Rumpole. In one case, Rumpole defends an animal-rights activist who clashes with fox hunters. In another…
a doctor is accused of hastening the end of an Alzheimer's patient. And "She Who Must Be Obeyed," i.e., Hilda Rumpole, recounts his defence of a young boy charged with using a golf club to beat his father to death. 1996. (Rumpole mysteries)Rumpole a la carte (Rumpole mysteries)
By John Mortimer. 1990
Rien que du bonheur: nouvelles (Littératures)
By Laurie Colwin, Laurent Bury. 2006
Un père de famille obsédé par les ragondins peuplant le détroit où se baignent ses enfants, un mari esseulé découvrant…
en l'absence de sa femme la magie de la télévision, des gâteaux surgelés et des petites secrétaires, ou un petit ami anxieux donnant à tous les objets le nom de celui qu'il prend pour l'amant de celle qu'il aime : les personnages de Laurie Colwin ne sont jamais plus émouvants, sous sa plume ironique, qu'à travers leurs défauts et leurs contradictions, leurs petites faiblesses qui viennent enrayer doucement la petite musique de leur vie. 2006. Titre uniforme: Passion and affect.Retour au pays bleu: nouvelles (France de toujours et d'aujourd'hui)
By Françoise Bourdon. 2013
Nouvelles de Provence et d’ailleurs. Françoise Bourdon nous conte plusieurs histoires émouvantes autour de personnages en quête de bonheur à…
travers les joies et les drames qui scandent la vie. Des nouvelles magnifiques, pétries d'humanité, portées par une écriture limpide qui vise toujours juste : le cœur du lecteur.Road rage: two novellas : "Duel" & "Throttle"
By Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Joe Hill. 2009
Road Rage unites Richard Matheson's classic Duel and the contemporary work it inspired. Duel, a tale about a driver menaced…
by a semi truck. Throttle, by Stephen King and Joe Hill, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws, in the simmering Nevada desert. c2009. Duel / Throttle /River of stone: fictions and memories
By Rudy Wiebe. 1995
These twenty-two pieces by the Governor General's Award winning author Rudy Wiebe include fictional short stories often set in the…
West or the Arctic, as well as memories of his Mennonite childhood and his conflict with the community. c1995.Rhymes with useless: stories
By Terence Young. 2000
A collection of thirteen short stories, examining the modern family. In the title story, a hippie meets a then-unknown Joni…
Mitchell; in others, a single father obsesses over an imminent bee invasion, a teacher testifies against alleged paedophilic colleagues, and a German boy seeks revenge on his wheelchair bound father. The stories examine human weakness, remorse, forgiveness, stifled desires, unbridled passions, displacement and homecoming. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. 2000.Rhoda: a life in stories
By Ellen Gilchrist. 1995
Twenty-three fictionalized autobiographical stories, arranged in chronological order, recount highlights in this feisty redhead's life. From age ten through midlife,…
Rhoda finds unique ways of handling sibling rivalry, first love, early marriage, abortion, and physical attraction. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1995.Rendez-vous d'amour dans un pays en guerre et autres histoires: récits
By Luis Sepúlveda. 1997
Returning: tales
By Edna O'Brien. 1982
A new collection of stories, several of which first appeared in the New Yorker. These are evocative of the smells…
and tastes, fears and joys of growing up in Ireland. 1982.Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe
By Stuart McLean. 2012
The world can be a perilous place. And the seemingly friendly world of Canada’s favourite fictional family is no different.…
Everyone is afraid of something: Dave, for example, is afraid of dolls, germs, and Mary Turlington. Sam, on the other hand, is afraid of bees, UFOs, and “mewpilated” cows. Morley’s fears—public nudity and drop-in visits—are slightly less peculiar. It’s hard to be brave in the face of sewer monsters, deformed fish heads, abandoned car wrecks, and ravenous bears, but in this collection of Vinyl Cafe stories, Dave and the gang pluck up the courage to deal with all kinds of danger, both real and imagined. Bestseller. 2012.Refund: stories
By Karen E Bender. 2016
A collection of stories that deeply explore the ways in which money and the estimation of value affect the lives…
of the characters, reflect our contemporary world-swindlers, reality show creators, desperate artists, siblings, parents - who try to answer the question: What is the real definition of worth? In "Theft," an eighty-year-old swindler, accustomed to tricking people for their money, boards a cruise ship to see if she can find something of true value - a human connection. In "Anything for Money," the creator of a reality show is thrown into the real world when his estranged granddaughter re-enters his life in need of a new heart; and in the title story, young artist parents in downtown Manhattan escape the attack on 9/11 only to face a battle over their subletted apartment with a stranger who might have lost more than only her deposit. 2016.Rembrandt's hat
By Bernard Malamud. 1973
A Pulitzer Prize winner and master story teller presents eight stories. "Man in the drawer" pits a free-lance writer against…
the will of a Russian, and an art historian and sculptor disagree in "Rembrandt's hat." Some descriptions of sex. 1973.Recensement: nouvelles (Livre de Poche)
By Béatrix Beck. 1993
Dans ce recueil de nouvelles - où l'on verra Dieu lui-même dialoguer avec Adam - c'est tout l'univers de Béatrix…
Beck qui s'impose. Les êtres qu'elle y {recense}, les circonstances ou les époques qu'elle y réinvente, s'offrent, à chaque page, comme autant de prétextes poétiques dont les lecteurs de {l'Enfant chat} et de {la Prunelle des yeux} retrouveront les grâces si singulières. Univers fantastique ? Fables troublantes ? Tout, ici, provoque l'enchantement, et souligne que, dans le regard de Béatrix Beck, la réalité n'est souvent qu'un tissu de songes.Reasons for and advantages of breathing
By Lydia Peelle. 2011
This debut collection brings together eight superbly crafted stories that peer deeply into the human heart, exploring lives derailed by…
the loss of a vital connection to the land and to the natural world of which they are a part. 2011.Real mothers: short stories
By Audrey Callahan Thomas. 1981
Reave the just and other tales: And Other Tales
By Stephen R Donaldson. 1999
Real life: short stories
By Sharon Butala. 2002
In these short stories, Butala introduces the reader to a number of women who are experiencing bitter difficulties - cancer,…
rape, beatings from husbands. Throughout the collection, as these women feel trapped by fate or circumstance, the question returns again and again: what is free will and what is unavoidable destiny? Is fate, as she asks in the title story, "met" or "made"? Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. 2002.