Title search results
Showing 121 - 140 of 874 items
A cat, a man, and two women: stories
By Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki, Paul McCarthy, Junʾichirō Tanizaki. 1990
Three stories first published in Japanese between 1918 and 1936. In the title story, Shozo strives to assert himself in…
a world dominated by females--his ex-wife, his new wife, his mother, and his cat--the subject of a custody battle. In "The Little Kingdom," another power struggle takes place, between a schoolteacher and a bossy pupil. And in "Professor Rado," a journalist finds a noted academic has an unknown sideFirst published in 1930, this collection includes "The Picture of Dorian Gray," a novel about a beautiful youth whose portrait…
has supernatural qualities; "The Importance of Being Earnest," a comic, satirical play about a rakish nobleman; "Lady Windermere's Fan," a comedy of manners; "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," an autobiographical account of Wilde's imprisonment; and other short works of drama, prose, and poetryThe Dick Francis treasury of great racing stories
By Dick Francis, John Welcome. 1990
Many people, from peers and prime ministers to rich entrepreneurs and the average person on the street, have sought out…
the delights of the racecourse. For those who love the sport, this collection of fourteen stories includes selections by such American and British authors as Dick Francis, A. Conan Doyle, John Galsworthy, Molly Keane, Edgar Wallace, and Beryl MarkhamThe suitcase
By Antonina W. Bouis, Sergei Dovlatov, Sergeĭ Dovlatov. 1990
It is an old suitcase made of plywood, covered with fabric that is torn in several places, and its lock…
doesn't work. But it contains everything he brought with him when he emigrated from Russia to the United States. Now, four years later, he opens the suitcase for the first time and reflects on each of the items he brought with him--a suit, socks, boots, belt, shirt, jacket, hat, and gloves. Some strong languageThe portable Emerson: New Edition (The Viking portable library)
By Ralph Waldo Emerson, Malcolm Cowley, Carl Bode. 1981
Selections from the works of essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Includes his first published work, "Nature," which contains…
the essence of his transcendentalist philosophy; his address to the Phi Beta Kappa society at Harvard, "The American Scholar;" and his controversial address to the graduating class of the Cambridge Divinity School in 1839. Also includes other essays and twenty-two poemsNot under forty
By Willa Cather. 1988
The portable Chekhov (The Viking Portable library #No. 35)
By Anton Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Avrahm Yarmolinsky. 1978
A collection of twenty-eight short stories including "The Man in a Shell," "Gooseberries," and "The Darling;" two plays, "The Boor,"…
and "The Cherry Orchard;" and selected letters of Chekhov. Includes a chronology of his life and a selected bibliography of his worksCivil to strangers and other writings: And Other Writings
By Barbara Pym. 1988
Collection of early novels, stories, and an autobiographical essay, written from the late 1930s to the 1970s. As she has…
always done in her work, Pym pokes gentle fun at English village life, spinsters, and handsome, artistic men with feet of pleasantly middle-class clayIke the soldier: as they knew him
By Merle Miller. 1987
A voluminous record of Dwight D. Eisenhower's military career. The author describes Ike from his Kansas boyhood to his position…
as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II. Relying on scores of interviews with persons who knew Eisenhower in a variety of ways, unpublished diaries, memoirs, letters, and a wealth of published sources, the author presents a fresh portrait of Ike the soldierThe portable Faulkner (The viking Portable Library)
By William Faulkner, Malcolm Cowley. 1978
The Langston Hughes reader: The Selected Writings of Langston Hughes
By Langston Hughes, Langston Huges. 1958
Tiny nightmares: very short tales of horror
By Lincoln Michel, Nadxieli Nieto. 2020
This collection features forty-two short stories of 1,500 words or less by a mix of literary and horror writers, including…
Brian Evenson, Samantha Hunt, Stephen Graham Jones, Hilary Leichter, Kevin Brockmeier, and more. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2020The Best of the West 4: new stories from the wide side of the Missouri
By James Thomas, Denise Thomas. 1991
Sixteen short stories that take place in the Western United States and have a Western "attitude". The imaginary West, the…
Real West, the New West, and the Old West converge in this celebration of that fascinating landscape. The stories are modern with present day themes and are for the most part serious in nature. Descriptions of sex, violence and strong languageTexas bound: 22 Texas stories / Book III (Southwest life and letters)
By Kay Cattarulla. 2001
This anthology of short fiction by Texas writers originated from the "Texas Bound" readings that are offered each spring as…
part of the Dallas Museum of Art's literary series Arts & Letters Live. Writers include Larry L. King, Sarah Bird, Annette Sanford, and Sam Shepard as well as many other writers. Contains strong languageNews from the volcano: stories
By Gladys Swan. 2000
Bendiner, a navigator aboard a World War II B-17, describes some of the daring and deadly American air battles in…
which he participated and the strategy behind them. Two of the missions were attempts to obliterate the ball-bearing plants in Schweinfurt, which were indispensable to the German war machine. Flying unescorted most of the way, the B-17s encountered fierce resistance from the Luftwaffe and flak batteries. Some strong language. , , and some strong language. 1980Irrelevance of Space and Other Stories, The
By Ashis Gupta, Swapna Gupta. 2017
The Irrelevance of Space, 'Trains', 'Remembrance', 'Fal-e-Hafez', 'Guantanamoo', and 'The Cyberdeath Files' - stories thatrange in settings from Scandinavia to…
Canada, Eastern Europe, Iran, Cuba, and USA. And a story bridging Poland and India through a strange historical coincidence.Great short stories by American women (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)
By Candace Ward. 1996
A Collection of 13 short stories including "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat",…
plus superb fiction by great American authors including Kate Chopin, WIlla Cather, Edith Wharton, and others. AdultA day for rememberin': inspired by the true events of the first Memorial Day
By Leah Henderson, Floyd Cooper. 2021
Today is a special day. Eli knows it's important if he's allowed to miss one second of school, his "hard-earned…
right." Inspired by true events and told through the eyes of a young boy, this is the deeply moving story about what is regarded as the first Memorial Day on May 1, 1865. Eli dresses up in his best clothes, Mama gathers the mayflowers, Papa straightens his hat, and together they join the crowds filling the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, with bouquets, crosses, and wreaths. Abolitionists, missionaries, teachers, military officers, and a sea of faces Black, Brown, and White, they march as one and sing for all those who gave their lives fighting for freedom during the Civil War. With poignant prose and celebratory, powerful illustrations, A Day for Rememberin' shines light on the little-known history of this important holiday and reminds us never to forget the people who put their lives on the line for their country. For grades K-3Brown water, black berets: coastal and riverine warfare in Vietnam
By Thomas J Cutler, Thomas J. Cutler. 1989
The men of the U.S. Navy's brown-water force played a vital but often overlooked role in the Vietnam War. Known…
for their black berets and limitless courage, they maneuvered their aging, makeshift craft along shallow coastal waters and twisting inland waterways to search out the enemy. In this moving tribute to their contributions and sacrifices, Tom Cutler records their dramatic story as only a participant could. His own Vietnam experience enables him to add a striking human dimension to the account., Cutler is credited with having written the definitive history of the brown-water sailors, an effort that has helped readers better understand the nature of U.S. involvement in the war. Adult. Unrated