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Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends

By Basil Johnston. 1981

Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Canadian fiction, Folklore, fables and fairy tales, General fiction, Indigenous peoples in Canada fictionCanadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Literature
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These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…

spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.

Novels and essays: Vandover and the brute ; McTeague ; The octopus ; Essays

By Frank Norris. 1986

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Serious and literary fiction, General fiction, Suspense and thrillersLiterature, Anthologies
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Three novels and collected literary essays by naturalist writer Frank Norris (1870-1902). The twenty-two essays include book reviews, articles, literary columns, and--in "Perverted Tales"--parodies of popular authors. 1986

The lover ; Wartime notebooks ; Practicalities (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)

By Marguerite Duras. 2018

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Historical fiction, Serious and literary fiction, Classic fiction, General fiction, Historical romanceLiterature
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A collection of three works of fiction and nonfiction. The Lover, translated in 1985, explores a forbidden love affair of…

a teenage girl. Wartime Notebooks, translated in 2008, recounts Duras' experiences during World War II. Practicalities, translated in 1990, includes meditations on challenges and joys found in daily life. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 2018

Contemporary fiction: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By Robert Eaglestone. 2013

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General fictionLiterature, Criticism
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Literature professor explores form, genre, and how present-day novels display patterns that make us more intelligible to ourselves. Discusses blurring…

the line between reality and fiction, and analyzes emblematic examples of how novels engage with the past, present, and future. Expresses views on the role of literary criticism. 2013

2015 Pushcart prize XXXIX: best of the small presses (Pushcart Prize #39)

By Various, Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2015

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General fictionLiterature, Poetry, General non-fiction, Anthologies
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Sixty-five pieces of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, originally published by small presses. Includes works from Russell Banks, author of A…

Permanent Member of the Family (DB 77852), and Louise Glück, author of Poems 1962-2012 (DB 79850). Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2015

The opposite of loneliness: essays and stories

By Marina Keegan. 2014

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General fiction, Short storiesLiterature, Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Journals and memoirs, Anthologies
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Collection of essays and short stories by Keegan (1989-2012), who was killed in a car accident five days after her…

college graduation. In the title essay--which appeared in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News--she reflects on the bright future awaiting the graduates. Bestseller. 2014

The most of Nora Ephron

By Nora Ephron. 2013

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General fictionLiterature, Anthologies, Drama, Criticism
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Writings by the Oscar nominee Ephron (1941-2012) include essays, the screenplay for When Harry Met Sally, the novel Heartburn, and…

her last unpublished play Lucky Guy. Topics range from the personal to the political. Introduction by New Yorker editor Robert Gottlieb. Some strong language. 2013

Cartas a un joven novelista

By Mario Vargas Llosa. 2011

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General fictionLiterature, Criticism
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De forma epistolar, el autor ganador del Premio Nobel ofrece su visión sobre la génesis de las novelas. Al considerar…

las obras de Hugo, Cervantes, Hemingway, y Faulkner, entre otros, Vargas Llosa examina el arte de narrar y la vocación de la ficción

La casa verde (Punto de lectura #4/14)

By Mario Vargas Llosa. 2008

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La segunda novela por el autor ganador del Premio Nobel que tiene lugar en el desierto y las selvas de…

Perú. Don Anselmo construye un burdel en las afueras de Piura; la novicia Bonifacia sigue su conciencia en la misión de Santa María de Nieva, con resultados sorprendentes. Publicado originalmente en 1966. Algunas descripciones de violencia y de índole sexual

Superman: the high-flying history of America's most enduring hero

By Larry Tye. 2012

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General fictionLiterature, United States history, Lifestyle, History, Criticism
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An award-winning journalist and lifelong Superman fan looks beyond the legend of the man of steel and explores the awkward…

Ohio teenager whose Depression-era yearnings gave birth to America's mightiest mythical character, now more than 70 years old. Contains some strong language. For high school and adult readers

The invention of voice mail plus other memoirs and essay

By David P. Andersen. 2013

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General fictionComputers and internet, Literature
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David P. Andersen started writing some years ago after retiring from his life as a computer design engineer. Fascinated by…

a wide variety of topics, he writes on work, cats, his relatives, life in India, and much more

Woolgathering

By Patti Smith. 2011

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General fictionLiterature, Poetry, Fine arts biography, Music biography
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Patti Smith's memoir of her childhood and her twenties in New York City

The rings of Saturn

By Michael Hulse, W. G. Sebald, Winfried Georg Sebald. 1999

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General fictionLiterature, Literature biography, Travel and geography, European travel and geography, Criticism, Biography
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A walking tour of England's southeast coast frames a wide-ranging series of meditations on literature and stories from Britain's imperial…

past. A stay in a Norwich hospital prompts the protagonist to search for naturalist Thomas Browne's skull; a railroad bridge over the river Blyth recalls England's silk trade with China. 1998

Papeles inesperados

By Julio Cortázar, Julio Cortazar. 2009

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General fictionLiterature
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A miscellany of unpublished, unedited, and alternate versions of works by Julio Cortázar (1914-1984). Spanning more than four decades, this…

anthology includes unpublished portions of Historias de Cronopios y de Famas (RC 24770), stories, essays, letters, self-interviews, and poetry by the Argentine author. Spanish language. 2009

Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 2008 / edited by Bill Henderson with the Pushcart Prize editors. XXXII (Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses #32)

By Bill Henderson. 2008

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Short stories, General fictionLiterature, Poetry, Anthologies
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Sixty-three stories, essays, and poems from literary magazines, online and print journals, and small presses. In "Cartagena," Nam Le portrays…

a young Colombian assassin who is in over his head. Also features Rick Bass, Joyce Carol Oates, and Edward Hirsch. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2008

The W. Somerset Maugham reader: novels, stories, travel writing

By W. Somerset Maugham. 2004

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General fictionLiterature, Anthologies
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Contains the novel The Hero (1901); large excerpts from Liza of Lambeth, Mrs. Craddock, The Magician, Of Human Bondage, and…

The Moon and Sixpence; and selections from The Trembling of a Leaf: Stories of the South Sea Islands, The Land of the Blessed Virgin..., and On a Chinese Screen. 2004

The Thurber album: a collection of pieces about people

By James Thurber. 1952

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General fictionLiterature, Humour
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Sixteen articles by American humorist James Thurber (1894-1961), all but one of which originally appeared in the New Yorker. Thurber…

offers comic portraits of relatives and friends as well as recollections of his boyhood in Columbus, favorite professors at Ohio State, and cub reporting at the Columbus Dispatch. 1942

The Aeneid

By Virgil, Robert Fagles. 2006

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General fiction, Classic fiction, Folklore, fables and fairy talesLiterature, Poetry, Criticism, General non-fiction
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Epic Latin poem composed by Virgil during the last ten years of his life, 29 to 19 B.C.E. Beginning with…

the legend of Aeneas, a Trojan hero who founded a settlement in Italy, celebrates the Roman Empire's expansion and the achievements of Emperor Augustus. Verse translation by Robert Fagles. 2006

The uncommercial traveller

By Charles Dickens. 2004

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Thirty-seven essays by Charles Dickens published in the weekly journal All the Year Round between 1860 and 1869. Dickens records…

his observations of people and places in "Travelling Abroad," "Arcadian London," "The Italian Prisoner," "Bound for the Great Salt Lake," "In the French-Flemish Country," "Aboard Ship," and others. 1869

Historia de la eternidad: Ensayo (El Libro de bolsillo, 338. Sección Literatura #Vol. 5)

By Jorge Luis Borges. 2015

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General fictionLiterature, Philosophy
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El famoso autor argentino presenta sus ensayos sobre los conceptos culturales y literarios de la eternidad como se reflejan en…

la literatura y los escritos de los antiguos griegos, de los tempranos teólogos cristianos, y de los poetas medievales de Islandia. Incluye discusión de la doctrina de Nietzsche sobre el concepto de la historia recurrente, y ilustra los condicionamientos culturales que se reflejan en las traducciones clásicas de Las 1001 Noches

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