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Prize stories, 2002: the O. Henry Awards (The O. Henry Prize Collection)
By Larry Dark. 2002
Twenty stories with themes of travel, marriage, and writing from American and Canadian magazines selected by a panel of writers.…
In first prize winner, "The Ceiling," by Kevin Brockmeier, a husband perceives catastrophe threatening his hometown as he becomes aware of his wife's infidelity. Some strong language. 2002Prize stories, 2001: the O. Henry Awards (The O. Henry Prize Collection)
By Larry Dark. 2001
Annual anthology of the best short fiction published in North American magazines includes seventeen pieces. First-prize winner "The Deep," by…
Mary Swan, concerns twinship and being female during World War I. Other authors include Dan Chaon, Alice Munro, Pinckney Benedict, and Louise Erdrich. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001The mammoth book of best new horror: v. 12 (Mammoth Books)
By Stephen B. Jones. 2001
Selection of twenty-two short stories and novellas from the year 2000, with an introductory overview of the year in horror…
fiction writing and publishing. Also includes "Necrology: 2000," which lists writers, artists, and performers contributing to the horror genre, who died in 2000. 2001Speaking with the angel: original stories
By Nick Hornby. 2000
Twelve first-person narratives by British and American writers. New short stories by Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, Helen Fielding, Roddy Doyle,…
and Irvine Welsh. In Nick Hornby's "NippleJesus," a museum security guard recounts what happened to a controversial artwork. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2000Down and out in Paris and London
By George Orwell. 1933
Autobiographical account of time spent living in the slums and working-class neighborhoods of London and Paris, in sympathy with the…
poor. Orwell describes dressing like a beggar and having menial jobs; portrays the characters and conditions he encountered on the streets and in a charity hospital. 1933The complete tales of Washington Irving
By Washington Irving, Charles Neider. 1998
Sixty-one short stories by the prolific New Yorker Washington Irving (1783-1859), best known for "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend…
of Sleepy Hollow." The volume contains satires, ghost stories, and fables, many of them set in New York City and the Hudson Valley in the early days of Dutch settlement. Introduction by Charles Neider. 1975The space between our footsteps: poems and paintings from the Middle East
By Naomi Shihab Nye. 1998
Anthology of more than one hundred twentieth-century poems from twenty countries, some written in English and many translated into free…
verse. Subjects include affection for children and family, patriotic feelings, and grief over exile. Contains brief biographical notes on the contributors. For junior and senior high readers. 1998Cabbage and bones: an anthology of Irish American women's fiction
By Caledonia Kearns. 1997
A collection of twenty-four short stories and excerpts from novels by twentieth-century writers of Irish American heritage. Includes several new…
authors and some already well-known such as Mary McCarthy, Maureen Howard, Tess Gallagher, Alice McDermott, Anna Quindlen, and Mary Gordon. 1997Shaking a leg: collected writings
By Angela Carter. 1998
A substantial selection of Carter's journalism--articles, criticism, personal essays, and reviews--from the 1960s until her death in 1992. These cultural…
and social commentaries are grouped under broad categories: body languages, food fetishes, home and away, travelling, Japan, Amerika, screen and dream, stories and tellers, writers and readers. Some strong language. 1997The complete short stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a selection of the best short novels: With A Selection Of The Best Short Novels
By Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Neider. 1998
Short stories and other fiction that encompass the brief life of the author. Includes his well-known "Strange Case of Dr.…
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." The ghost story "Trawn Janet" is set in Scotland. A romantic tale of chivalry, "The Sire de Malétroit's Door," takes place in medieval EnglandLas historias prohibidas de Marta Veneranda: Cuentos
By Sonia Rivera-Valdés, Sonia Rivera-Valdes. 2001
One by one the friends and neighbors of Marta Veneranda confide in her their deepest secrets, divulging their broken taboos…
and twisted desires. A woman confesses how she liberated herself from an abusive husband through an unusual interpretation of a self-help program. Descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2000The 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 complete humorous sketches and tales of Mark Twain
By Mark Twain. 1996
Compiles 136 comic pieces written between 1862 and 1904, making up a complete collection of Twain's humorous works. Includes thirty…
selections from his five books about travel. Arranged chronologically by year of first publication, with an introduction by the editor, Charles NeiderOn the road with the archangel: a novel
By Frederick Buechner. 1997
Nineveh, circa 650 B.C. Archangel Raphael carries two prayers for death to the Most High and fulfills the command to…
set everything right. Tobit, a blind man, and Sarah, a reluctant bride accused of murdering seven grooms, find unexpected answers to their mutual prayerCrime novels: American noir of the 1930s and 40s (Library of America Noir Collection #1)
By Robert Polito. 1997
Six crime novels that follow the actions and thoughts of the bad guy. Includes "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and…
"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" Includes brief biographical sketches of the authors. Companion to Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s (DB 46412). Strong language and some violenceEverlasting love
By Linda Howard, Kasey Michaels, Carla Neggers, Jayne Ann Krentz, Linda Lael Miller. 1995
Collection of short stories about love from five romance authors. In Krentz's story, a young woman in Washington state pretends…
to be the fiancee of a private investigator she has hired. In Linda Miller's tale, set in Montana territory in 1888, a woman's husband returns after seven years--just as she is planning to marry again. Explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerCollected short stories
By Aldous Huxley. 1992
Twenty-one short stories originally published in 1957 reflect Huxley's penchant for mysticism and interest in social commentary. Includes "Happily Ever…
After," "The Death of Lully," "Sir Hercules," "Little Mexican," "Young Archimedes," "Chawdron," "Fairy Godmother," and "The Claxtons."Traveling on into the light: and other stories
By Martha Brooks. 1994
Eleven stories by the author of Paradise Cafe (DB 33408). In the title story, a girl visits her father and…
the man for whom he left her mother. In "The Kindness of Strangers," an old man befriends a runaway youth who has been betrayed by his mother. The final stories form a trilogy about Sidonie and Kieran, teenagers who have each lost a parent. For high school and older readers. Some strong language. 1994Let the dog drive: a novel
By David Bowman. 1992
At eighteen Bud Salem heads east to escape his obese television- evangelist mother. He hitches a ride with fortyish Sylvia…
Cushman, who regularly does a cross-country jaunt to escape her own home. Bud, now obsessed with Sylvia and her idol Emily Dickinson, meets Sylvia's cruel husband. The title comes from the horrific role dogs play in Mr. Cushman's work on automobile safety. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexThe collected stories
By Reynolds Price. 1993
Fifty stories, set mainly in Price's native South, including two collections published in 1963 and 1970, as well as some…
new work. Price writes about people, as in "Bess Waters," born into slavery but as wise as anyone in the world. He writes about love and how it can bring both joy and pain, as in "A Dog's Death." And he writes about the mysteries that accompany a child into adulthood, as in "The Enormous Door." Some strong language