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The Dancing sun: a celebration of Canadian children
By Jan Andrews. 1981
Galway Bay
By Mary Pat Kelly. 2011
1839. Soon after Honora Keeley is accepted to the convent, she meets Michael Kelly and they fall in love. As…
the Great Starvation sweeps across Ireland, they struggle to feed their growing family. Then, an opportunity to immigrate to America is offered to them. Conflict follows the family. Some violence. 2009Have you seen Luis Velez?: a novel
By Catherine Ryan Hyde. 2019
Teenager Raymond leads a lonely life, shuttling between the homes of his divorced parents. Millie, an elderly blind woman who…
lives in his mother's building, asks him if he has seen the man who was her caretaker. He starts helping Millie, and looking for the missing Luis Velez. 2019African stories
By Doris Lessing. 2014
Nobel Prize winner Lessing spent twenty-five years in Africa, writing about the land and people she loved. This collection, originally…
published in 1964 and long out of print, gathers all of her short stories set on the continent and includes four stories never before anthologized. 1964Secret Santa
By Fern Michaels, Laura Levine, Marie Bostwick, Cindy Myers. 2013
Four short Christmas tales. In Fern Michaels's "Mister Christmas," attorney Claire O'Brien must postpone her holiday trip home when her…
wealthiest client summons her to Ireland. Also includes Marie Bostwick's "The Yellow Rose of Christmas," Laura Levine's "Nightmare on Elf Street," and Cindy Myers's "Room at the Inn." Bestseller. 2013Amor (Vintage Espanol Ser.)
By Isabel Allende. 2013
Chilean author compiles selections from her novels that deal with the various facets of love, including first love, passion, jealousy,…
magic, and maturity. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2012A winter wonderland
By Fern Michaels, Leslie Meier, Holly Chamberlin, Kristina Mcmorris, Kristina McMorris, Holly Chamberlain. 2012
Four Christmas love stories. In Fern Michaels's title piece an actress/bartender and a trauma surgeon vacationing at a ski resort…
question their career choices. Also includes Leslie Meier's "The Christmas Thief," Holly Chamberlin's "The Joy of Christmas," and Kristina McMorris's "The Christmas Collector." Bestseller. 2012Making spirits bright
By Fern Michaels, Nan Parson Rossiter, Rosalind Noonan, Elizabeth Bass, Nan Rossiter. 2011
Four Christmas novellas filled with romance. In the title story, single Melanie McLaughlin applies to an adoption agency to fulfill…
her wish for children. Meanwhile, her friend's brother, professor Bryce Landry, falls in love with Melanie--and comes through for her when two orphaned siblings need a home. Bestseller. 2011Wyoming tough (Wyoming Men #1)
By Diana Palmer. 2011
Morie Brannt, denied the opportunity to work on her wealthy father's Texas ranch, takes a job incognito on Mallory Kirk's…
Wyoming spread to learn the business. The two manage to hide their attraction--until a crisis leaves Mallory in danger. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011The Anchor book of modern Arabic fiction
By Denys Johnson-Davies. 2006
English translation of Arabic short stories and excerpts from novels by seventy-nine writers from fourteen countries--from Morocco in the west…
to Iraq in the east. Brief author profiles precede entries. Features "A Man of Letters" by Egyptian Taha Hussein, who has been blind since early childhood. 2006Holiday magic
By Fern Michaels, Mary Carter, Cathy Lamb, Terri DuLong. 2010
Four Christmas romances. In the title piece by Fern Michaels, single mother Stephanie works at a Colorado ski lodge and…
briefly dates her boss Patrick. Patrick fears commitment but after a crisis decides to give love a chance. The other tales are set in Cedar Key, Maui, and Montana. Bestseller. 2010Great house: A Novel
By Nicole Krauss. 2010
Tale of a grand desk of nineteen drawers and its symbolism to owners present and past: a New York writer,…
a Chilean poet, an Israeli reacquiring family furniture that was stolen by the Nazis, and a woman who escaped the Holocaust. Some strong language. Nat'l Book Award Finalist. Bestseller. 2010Lighthead: Poems (Penguin poets)
By Terrance Hayes. 2010
The fourth collection by the author portrays the light-headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. Hayes…
navigates melancholy, irreverence, and the sublime, and cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear with meditations on desire and history. Award winner. Strong language, some violence, some descriptions of sex. 2010The partition
By Don Lee. 2022
A thrilling new story collection from acclaimed writer Don Lee exploring Asian American identity, spanning decades and continents. "The Partition…
is flat-out brilliant: a witty, kaleidoscopic tear through questions of race and identity in America today by a writer who has wrought luminous fiction from these issues for years. Don Lee's collection offers vivid, entertaining proof that ethnicity is never straightforward or easy—no matter who we are, or where we stand." —Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad "I'm a huge Don Lee fan. He's smart, wry, funny. There's also his humane view of humans, and the startling fairness with which he provides everyone's point of view. I admire the graceful way his stories unfold, as if their pleats are intrinsic, once we stop to notice desire's contradictions, and life's wrinkles." —Ann Beattie, author of A Wonderful Stroke of Luck Twenty-one years after the publication of his landmark debut collection Yellow, Don Lee returns to the short story form for his sixth book, The Partition. The Partition is an updated exploration of Asian American identity, this time with characters who are presumptive model minorities in the arts, academia, and media. Spanning decades, these nine novelistic stories traverse an array of cities, from Tokyo to Boston, Honolulu to El Paso, touching upon transient encounters in local bars, restaurants, and hotels. Culminating in a three-story cycle about a Hollywood actor, The Partition incisively examines heartbreak, identity, family, and relationships, the characters searching for answers to universal questions: Where do I belong? How can I find love? What defines an authentic self?Silver bells
By Fern Michaels, Joann Ross, Judy Duarte, Mary Burton, JoAnn Ross. 2008
Four romantic Christmas stories. In the title piece, Amy Lee returns home to Pennsylvania for the holidays and rekindles a…
relationship with her high school sweetheart Hank Anders, who has no idea that Amy is a movie star. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008Comfort and joy
By Fern Michaels, Marie Bostwick, Cathy Lamb, Deborah J. Wolf. 2007
Four Christmas novellas. In the title story, romance blossoms when former rivals unite to save a department store owned by…
a New Jersey family. In A High-Kicking Christmas, a Rockette retreats to Vermont with a broken ankle and finds unexpected love. Also includes Suzanna's Stockings and Family Blessings. Bestseller. 2007Hanukkah lights: stories of the season : from NPR's annual holiday special
By Media Melcher, Sandra Dionisi. 2005
Twelve stories celebrating Hanukkah by contemporary authors Myra Goldberg, Daniel Pinkwater, Harlan Ellison, Dani Shapiro, Elie Wiesel, Mark Helprin, and…
others. In Anne Roiphe's "The Demon Foiled," a new Jewish mayor attempts to light the family Hanukkah candles while he is being filmed for local TV. 2005McSweeney'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. 2002The Vintage book of Latin American stories
By Carlos Fuentes, Julio Ortega. 2000
Anthology of thirty-nine short stories from various Latin American countries. Includes old masters of the form such as Jorge Luis…
Borges, Julio Cortázar, and Gabriel García Márquez and recent authors Fernando Ampuero, Juan Villoro, and Rodrigo Fresán. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1998The Best American short stories of the century (Best American (TM))
By John Updike, Katrina Kenison. 1999
The editors announce two principles for selecting these fifty-five stories: to reflect the century, giving each decade equal weight, and…
to "take place on this continent or deal with characters from the United States." Includes representative works by distinguished authors. Bestseller