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The big book of western action stories
By Jon Tuska. 1995
With selections by the premier short story writers of the genre, the reader will travel down the "Trail of the…
lonely gun", with Les Savage Jr., will witness "The strange ride of Perry Woodstock", by Max Brand, and will be introduced to Frank Bonham's "Border man". Also included are stories by Luke Short, Ernest Haycox, Ryerson Johnson, and many others. 1995.Sous le jasmin la nuit: nouvelles
By Maïssa Bey. 2004
Les nouvelles de ce recueil de Maïssa Bey ont toutes pour héroïne une femme qui se bat pour son identité,…
sa vie, sa liberté - même si celle-ci ne se rencontre parfois que dans la mort. Telle Salomé, chacune d'entre elles se dévoile dans son portrait tracé avec amour et tendresse par Maïssa Bey, pour devenir "Femme" - chacune d'entre nous? - dans tout son éclat. 2004.Suite italienne: [nouvelles]
By Juliette Benzoni. 2006
Maintes fois prise en modèle, la Renaissance italienne est, depuis des siècles, synonyme de rayonnement culturel. Sublime époque vouée au…
développement des arts et des sciences, ces années fastes furent également soumises aux frasques de ses tout-puissants souverains. Dans la Rome des papes jouisseurs, le redoutable César Borgia donne libre cours à sa folie meurtrière. À Florence, le charismatique Laurent de Médicis assoit sa domination faite de raffinement, de séduction et de cruauté feutrée. Au coeur de la moderne Ferrare bruissent les secrets de sensuelles duchesses tandis que Venise, Naples et Milan deviennent le théâtre de complots et de passions tragiques. 2006.The ascent of Eli Israel, and other stories
By Jon Papernick. 2002
In a land where sudden death is an everyday fact of life, a boy dodges bullets and searches through rubble…
for news of his soldier father. An aging rabbi's faith is tested by a crippling, seemingly supernatural affliction. A middle-aged man comforts his Holocaust-survivor mother as she faces senility, convinced that Nazis are conspiring against her. And the mysterious biblical red heifer makes a startling appearance in the midst of a decidedly contemporary struggle. 2002.The beggar's garden: stories
By Michael Christie. 2011
A collection of nine linked stories following a diverse group of curiously interrelated characters, from bank manager, crackhead, and retired…
Samaritan to mental patient, web designer and car thief, as they drift through each other's lives like ghosts in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. Stories about people searching in the jagged margins of life, for homes, drugs, love, and forgiveness. Explicit descriptions of sex and explicit strong language. c2011.The best Western stories of Frank Bonham (The Western writers series)
By Bill Pronzini, Frank Bonham, Martin Harry Greenberg. 1989
The Best of modern humour
By Mordecai Richler. 1983
The best of sisters in crime
By Ed Wallace Marilyn, Marilyn Wallace. 1997
Anthology of mysteries written by award-winning women authors such as Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Mary Higgins Clark, and Elizabeth George.…
In "One Hit Wonder" by Gabrielle Kraft, a washed-up musician gets another chance; in "Extenuating Circumstances" by Joyce Carol Oates, a mother justifies her horrific crime. Gives brief introductions about each author. Some violence and some strong language. 1997.The Best American short stories, 1984
By John Updike, Shannon Ravenel. 1984
These 20 American and Canadian stories include "Rosa", in which an elderly Jewish woman's life in Miami reflects aspects of…
her people's history, and "Artificial moonlight", about friendship and the passage of time. 1984.The best fiction of Rudyard Kipling
By Rudyard Kipling. 1989
The best of Isaac Asimov (Doubleday science fiction)
By Isaac Asimov. 1974
Twelve science fiction short stories, starting with a 1939 saga of an engineered escape from a wrecked spaceship running out…
of air in the asteroid belt, and ending with a 1972 detective story on robot psychology. 1974.The ancient minstrel: novellas
By Jim Harrison. 2016
A collection of three novellas from New York Times bestselling writer Jim Harrison, in which an aging Montana-based writer copes…
with an unplanned litter of piglets, a woman attempts to have a child late in life, and Detective Sunderson investigates a cult involved in mysterious activity at the zoo. 2016. Ancient minstrel -- Eggs -- The case of the howling buddhas. Uniform title: Short stories.The angel on the roof: the stories of Russell Banks
By Russell Banks. 2000
A collection of thirty-one short stories; nine are new and the remaining twenty-two are selected and revised by the author…
from previously published collections. From working-class New England to Florida and the Caribbean and Africa, many of these tales tell of the anguish of parents and children moving apart, of husbands and wives and lovers facing the grim reality that their relationships are not going to improve. 2000.Tempête: deux novellas
By J.-M. G Le Clézio. 2014
Ces deux longues nouvelles explorent les thèmes de la bâtardise et de la renaissance à travers le destin de deux…
jeunes femmes confrontées à des situations familiales difficiles : June, l'héroïne de 'Tempête', fait une tentative de suicide sur l'île d'Udo, tandis qu''Une femme sans identité' montre la dérive de Rachel, maltraitée par sa mère d'adoption et probablement née d'un viol. 2014.Ten monkeys, ten minutes
By Peter Watts. 2000
Having trouble seeing God's image in the Rwandan genocide, or finding the Third Reich and the Sistine Chapel compatible? No…
matter how we excuse our own brutality - covering it up in religion, motherhood, or politics - we're all just monkeys under the skin. These short science fiction stories will help the reader discover their genes, meet their brainstorm, and embrace their inner brute. Strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2000.Tell him you're married: short stories
By Stanley Wm Rogal. 2002
A collection of linked short stories in which an un-named narrator witnesses the day-to-day events that make up relationships. In…
"Hardline," a father and his children don't get along. In "Friends," a group of people play a dangerous drinking game. Some strong language. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.Tell me a good lie: tales from the Chilcotin country
By Paul H St. Pierre. 2001
One of Canada's master storytellers tells tales about the high country and the characters who stole his heart. In these…
fifty stories, Paul St. Pierre writes of the Chilcotin in a time that has passed from the land, a time that has gone beyond history into myth. 2001.That tiny life
By Erin Frances Fisher. 2018
In settings that range from the old American West to pre-revolutionary France, from a present-day dig site in the high…
tablelands of South America to deep space, this is a wide-ranging and utterly original collection of short fiction and a novella that examines the idea of progress - humanity’s never-ending cycle of creation and destruction. In the award-winning story, “Valley Floor,” a surgeon performs an amputation in the open desert in the American West. In “Da Capo al Fine,” set in eighteenth-century France, the creator of the fortepiano designs another, more brutal instrument. And in the title story, the reader gets a glimpse into a future in which human resource extraction goes far beyond Earth. An amazing interplay of minute detail against the backdrop of huge themes, such as human expression and impact, our need for connection, the innate violence in nature, and the god-complex present in all acts of human creation. 2018. Uniform title: Short stories.Ten stories by Katherine Mansfield
By Katherine Mansfield. 1998
The alligator report: stories
By W. P Kinsella. 1985
These humorous short stories convey the essence of places and people -- realistic stories interspersed with tales which feature contortions…
of fancy, such as the personification of an airport, and a conspiracy by phantom book-buyers. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1985.