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Tails of love
By Lori Foster, Stella Cameron, Dianne Castell, Sarah McCarty, Donna MacMeans. 2009
Ten stories in which animals bring love into the lives of their human companions. In Lori Foster's "Man's Best Friend,"…
a broken-down car and a lost puppy unite longtime crushes. In Kate Angell's "Norah's Arc," a wayward pygmy goat plays matchmaker. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2009El vencedor está solo: novela
By Paulo Coelho. 2009
Amid the celebrity culture at the Cannes Film Festival, wealthy Russian businessman Igor Malev transforms himself into a killer to…
get his ex-wife Ewa's attention. Igor believes their relationship to be preordained and is prepared to destroy whole worlds for Ewa's love. Violence. Spanish language. 2009The Pen/O. Henry Prize stories: 2009 (The O. Henry Prize Collection)
By Laura Furman. 2009
Twenty stories. In Caitlin Horrocks's "This Is Not Your City," an immigrant mother enters an arranged marriage to improve the…
life of her child. Includes a Korean War tale by Paul Yoon and a love story by Ha Jin. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2009The 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. 2000The O. Henry Prize stories: 2008 (The O. Henry Prize Collection)
By Laura Furman. 2008
Twenty prizewinning stories. In Anthony Doerr's "Village 113" an Asian woman resists leaving a hamlet doomed by dam construction. Includes…
Edward P. Jones's "Bad Neighbors," Yiyun Li's "Prison," and tales by Michel Faber, Alice Munro, and William Trevor. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2008Armageddon in retrospect: and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace
By Kurt Vonnegut. 2008
Twelve fiction and nonfiction pieces representing Vonnegut's views on violence and war and his desire for world peace. Contains both…
a 1945 letter to his family summarizing his prisoner-of-war experience in Germany and his last speech, written in 2007. Introduction by his son Mark Vonnegut. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008My mistress's sparrow is dead: great love stories from Chekhov to Munro
By Jeffrey Eugenides. 2008
Twenty-seven short romantic pieces. Includes classic works by William Faulkner ("A Rose for Emily") and Anton Chekhov ("The Lady with…
the Little Dog") and stories by William Trevor, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, Denis Johnson, Raymond Carver, and Alice Munro. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008Silver 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. 2008Growth 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. 1917Jungfrau: a selection of works from the Caine Prize for African writing
By Mary Watson. 2007
Seventh annual short story collection includes the Caine Prize winner and works shortlisted for 2006 and tales by 2007 Caine…
Prize workshop writers. In South African Mary Watson's title piece, a girl becomes jealous of her mother's impoverished students and discovers a family a secret. Some strong language. 2007Prose 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. 1984Sixty-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. 2008She ain't the one
By Carl Weber, Mary B. Morrison. 2006
Mentally unstable Ashlee Anderson from Dallas meets Jay Crawford at a Washington, D.C., nightclub and begins an affair. Jay is…
smitten with Ashlee, but her behavior begins to unravel when she discovers Jay has a child with his ex-girlfriend. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language, and some violence. 2006Comfort 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. 2007Borrow trouble
By Mary Monroe, Victor McGlothin. 2006
Two short novels featuring African Americans. In Monroe's Nightmare in Paradise wife Renee Webb lets loose on a Caribbean vacation…
and ends up jailed for prostitution. In McGlothin's Bad Luck Shadow Baltimore Floyd plots to rob a high-stakes Kansas City card game. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2006The W. Somerset Maugham reader: novels, stories, travel writing
By W. Somerset Maugham. 2004
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. 2004The waters of Kronos: Internet Prophets, Private Profits, and the Costs to Community
By Conrad Richter, Nathan Newman. 2002
Semiautobiographical novel in which John Donner journeys to the town of his youth, Unionville, a Pennsylvania Dutch mining town now…
submerged by the waters of the dammed Kronos River. John's compulsion to reconnect with his past evokes reflections on the power of memory and familial bonds. National Book Award. 1960Pushcart prize: best of the small presses, 2007 / XXXI (Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses Ser.)
By Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2007
Sixty-three short stories, essays, and poems from literary magazines, online and print journals, and small presses. Includes Wendell Berry's "The…
Way of Ignorance," Kate Braverman's "Cocktail Hour," Louise Glück's "Persephone the Wanderer," and Stephen Dunn's "Salvation." Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2007Have a little faith
By Sandra Kitt, Jacquelin Thomas, J. D. Mason, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, J. D. Mason. 2006
Four inspirational stories. In "Signs of Light," Brittany's young son is diagnosed with leukemia, but she finds help from an…
unexpected source. A woman puts her trust in God in "Faith Will Overcome." In "Maybelline," Olivia has cancer but finds friendship. In "Survival Instincts," Lynn forgives her attacker. 2006