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Anton Chekhov's Short Stories
By Anton Chekhov, Ralph E. Matlaw. 1979
A selection that gives the general picture of Chekhov's work that reflects his major concerns, techniques, and attitudes, and includes…
most of his best and most popular stories, selections from Chekhov's Letters and criticism.Live wire: Long-winded short stories
By Kelly Ripa. 2022
A sharp, funny, and honest collection of real-life stories from Kelly Ripa, showing the many dimensions and crackling wit of…
the beloved daytime talk show host. In Live Wire, her first book, Kelly shows what really makes her tick. As a professional, as a wife, as a daughter and as a mother, she brings a hard-earned wisdom and an eye for the absurdity of life to every minute of every day. It is her relatability in all of these roles that has earned her fans worldwide and millions of followers on social media. Whether recounting how she and Mark really met, the level of chauvinism she experienced on set, how Jersey Pride follows her wherever she goes, and many, many moments of utter mortification (whence she proves that you cannot, in fact, die of embarrassment) Kelly always tells it like it is. Ms. Ripa takes no prisoners. Surprising, at times savage, a little shameless and always with humor... Live Wire shows Kelly as she really is offscreen—a very wise woman who has something to sayLive Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
By Kelly Ripa. 2022
A sharp, funny, and honest collection of real-life stories from Kelly Ripa, showing the many dimensions and crackling wit of…
the beloved daytime talk show host. In Live Wire, her first book, Kelly shows what really makes her tick. As a professional, as a wife, as a daughter and as a mother, she brings a hard-earned wisdom and an eye for the absurdity of life to every minute of every day. It is her relatability in all of these roles that has earned her fans worldwide and millions of followers on social media. Whether recounting how she and Mark really met, the level of chauvinism she experienced on set, how Jersey Pride follows her wherever she goes, and many, many moments of utter mortification (whence she proves that you cannot, in fact, die of embarrassment) Kelly always tells it like it is. Ms. Ripa takes no prisoners. Surprising, at times savage, a little shameless and always with humor… Live Wire shows Kelly as she really is offscreen—a very wise woman who has something to say. New York Times BestsellerFlora and Tiger: 19 very short stories from my life
By Eric Carle. 1997
The author/illustrator of such books as The Very Hungry Caterpillar (DB 24609) tells about animals and insects, friends and relatives,…
and himself in Germany during his childhood and World War II; also brief sketches of life after his arrival in the United States. For grades 4-7Saki, a life of Hector Hugh Munro: with six short stories never before collected
By Saki, A. J Langguth. 1981
Born in Burma and brought up by two unlovable but genteel maiden aunts, Munro became a newspaper correspondent, amateur historian,…
satirist, and finally, master of the humorous horror story. This biography is based on his letters and an examination of his writings. c1981.Saki, a life of Hector Hugh Munro: with six short stories never before collected
By A. J Langguth. 1981
Born in Burma (where he later served as a police officer) and brought up by two unlovable but genteel maiden…
aunts, Munro (1870-1916) became a newspaper correspondent, an amateur historian, a satirist, and finally, a master of the humorous horror story. This literary biography is based on his surviving letters and an examination of his writingsMy Own Story: Inspiration for the major motion picture Suffragette (Vintage Feminism Short Editions Ser.)
By Emmeline Pankhurst. 2015
The great leader of the women’s suffrage movement tells the story of her struggles in her own words.Emmeline Pankhurst grew…
up all too aware of the prevailing attitude of her day: that men were considered superior to women. When she was just fourteen she attended her first suffrage meeting, and returned home a confirmed suffragist. Throughout the course of her career she endured humiliation, prison, hunger strikes and the repeated frustration of her aims by men in power, but she rose to become a guiding light of the Suffragette movement. This is the story, in Pankhurst’s own words, of her struggle for equality.