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The disaster area
By J. G Ballard. 1967
These nine stories are science fiction at its most thought provoking. They project current trends into the future and explore…
the psychological traumas of adjusting to their logical conclusions. The agricultural sprays that produce seagulls with 20 foot wing spans; cars which fall to pieces after six months owing to effective road design; a science student trying to invent a flying machine in a city where space is at its premium. 1967.The distracted preacher and other tales (Penguin classics)
By Thomas Hardy, Susan Hill. 1979
The diamond as big as the Ritz, and other stories: Bernice Bobs Her Hair; The Ice Palace; May Day; The Bowl
By F. Scott Francis Scott Fitzgerald. 1974
John T Unger goes to St Midas' School (for the rich in Boston). Quiet Percy Washington invites John to spend…
the holidays. Imagine John's surprise when Percy quietly tells him that not only is his Father the Richest man in the world by that he owns a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel! This is an exciting collection of the author's work. 1974.The Dorothy Parker audio collection
By Dorothy Parker. 2004
Author, poet, screenwriter and member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was known for her quick wit, keen…
observations, and remarkable insight into the human condition. Regarded as brilliant, but known to be an alcoholic and often depressed, Parker's work pushes all buttons at once: humour, anger, love, pity and everything in between. Includes "Such a Pretty Little Picture", her O. Henry Award winner "Big Blonde," several other short stories, and some of her review work. c1962, 2004. Big Blonde / When Ed left in the morning -- After two days. Mrs. Post enlarges on etiquette / Dusk before fireworks / When she returned eventually -- Vanity Fair, Leo Tolstoy: Redemption / But the one on the right / Horsie / One evening -- From the diary of the New York lady-during days of horror, despair, and world change / game / Sherm, happy and confident -- Just a little one / bolt behind the blue / Mrs. Hazelton's view -- Bearing her glass -- Valedictory / Such a pretty little picture / Mrs. Wheelock looked up -- Lady with a lamp / waltz / Cousin Larry / telephone call /The devil's badland: Devil's Badland (Loner. #2.)
By J. A Johnstone. 2011
After his wife is murdered, Conrad "Kid Morgan" Browning hunts down the men responsible - then visits his wife's grave…
in New Mexico. There, he is shocked to discover his ex-fiancée waiting for him - along with armed backup. 2011.The cowboy with the Tiffany gun (Lone Star audio)
By Aaron Latham. 2008
Continues the Arthurian-themed western begun in "Code of the West". Jimmy Goodnight's son Percy, or Pyg as he is known,…
comes of age. Returning to their ranch land in Texas, Pyg and his mother discover their family heirloom ax is missing. Now Pyg's leading a posse aiming to get it back. 2008.The contractor
By James C Work. 2016
Based on an actual event, an 1868 murder in a railroad camp during the building of the Union Pacific. The…
killer, a construction contractor, flees the territory only to find himself being pursued by N.K. Boswell of the Rocky Mountain Detective Agency. When Boswell takes the murderer into custody, however, the detective finds that his problems have only just begun. Now he has to transport him back to Laramie. Forty miles of empty Iowa prairie, then the flooded Missouri River, then four hundred more miles of prairie. And all the while the murderer's brother and his gang of thugs are determined to stop Boswell at any cost. 2016.The Devil in Texas and other cowboy tales
By John R Erickson. 1982
Humorous yarns about cowboys, roping cattle and other facets of modern ranch life as told by a cowboy, a cowboy's…
wife, a couple of cow horses and a cow dog. 1982.The demon lover
By David Arnason. 2002
From a chilly Canadian city to an ancient Icelandic village, these short stories span worlds both mythological and real. In…
one tale, a serpentine demon lover tempts women with his own style of forbidden fruit, while throughout, giants and other strange characters are pitted against a mischievous higher power. 2002.The day the cowboys quit
By Elmer Kelton. 1999
Texas Panhandle, 1883. Cowboys refuse to be stigmatized as drinkers and exploited by the wealthy cattle owners who don't pay…
decent wages. The ranchers also want to take away the cowboys' rights to own cattle because they believe it would lead to thieving. When rumours of such anti-ownership legislation travel to the cowboys, they decide to fight back by holding a strike. Descriptions of violence and strong language. 1971.The deportees and other stories
By Roddy Doyle. 2007
Short stories, each taking a new slant on the immigrant experience in Ireland. In "Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner",…
a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness is forced to confront his feelings when one of his daughters brings home a black fella. In "57 per cent Irish" Ray Brady tries to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, Riverdance and "Danny Boy". In "Deportees", Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides it's time to find a new band, and this time no White Irish need apply. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and strong language. 2007.The devil's anvil (A black horse western)
By Steve Hayes. 2014
The news wasn't good: the kill-crazy McClory brothers had busted out of Yuma Pen and were headed for Indian Territory.…
Somebody would have to bring them in. The job falls to Liberty Mercer, a US deputy marshal who also happens to be a woman, one who was getting mighty tired of having her abilities questioned time and again. 2014.The destiny of Nathalie X and other stories: And Other Stories
By William Boyd. 1995
This collection of nine stories ranges widely across the time and space of the twentieth century, including amongst others a…
modern fable of Hollywood; a bizarre love affair between an Englishwoman and a Portuguese poet; and Vienna during the First World War. 1995.The devil out there: a novella and stories
By Julie Houghton Keith. 2000
"The devil out there" comprises a novella, one long story and five short stories. Spanning three decades, these interconnected tales…
take the reader from pleasure to murder, from love to evil, from destruction to rescue and redemption, all of it lived, understood and misunderstood by a wide variety of characters in intensely described milieus. 2000.The dead husband project
By Sarah Meehan Sirk. 2017
Meehan Sirk shines a distinctive light on love and death in their many incarnations, pushing against the limits of the…
absurd while exposing piercing emotional truths about what it means to be gloriously, maddeningly alive. In 'The Dead Husband Project', an artist who has planned to make an installation out of her terminally ill husband’s dead body has to recalibrate when his diagnosis changes. In 'The Date', an online dating match takes an unusual turn when the man who shows up to the restaurant has no face. In 'Ozk', a young girl longs to connect with her socially isolated mother, a professor of mathematics who makes a radical discovery. 2017.The Deadwood trail: The Trail Drive, Book 12 (Trail drive series. #12.)
By Ralph Compton. 1999
Veteran ranchers Nelson Story of Montana and Benton McCaleb of Wyoming were bringing herds to the gold camps of the…
Black Hills, where miners were hungry for beef. But the drives would pass through Crow and Sioux territory, and within the two outfits were Indians, gunmen, Texans, lovesick cowboys, and high-spirited women. Each was tangled by violent grudges, stampeding herds, and dangerous deception, and each had a deadly surprise awaiting it at the end of the trail. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c1999. (Trail drive series ; 12)The dead are more visible
By Steven Heighton. 2012
These 11 stories encapsulate divergent themes of love and loss, containment and exclusion. In the title story, a parks &…
recreation worker faces an assailant who does not leave the altercation intact. A medical researcher and his claustrophobic fiancée are locked in the trunk of their car after a failed carjacking (the thief can't drive standard). A young woman enters a pharmaceutical trial in the outer reaches of suburbia and slips between sleeping and waking with alarming ease. 2012.The day nothing happened
By Terence Clarke. 1988
This collection of 12 short stories is set in Sarawak, Malaysia during the 1960s with the central character of Dan…
Collins, an engineer on loan from the American government. All stories provide sensitive portrayals of human experiences that transcend cultural differences. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1988.The Dancing sun: a celebration of Canadian children
By Jan Andrews. 1981
The dark side of Guy de Maupassant: a selection and translation
By Guy De Maupassant, Arnold Kellett. 1989