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Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (590 min.) : digital sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Matt Ruff's novel, this series follows Korean war vet Atticus Freeman, his friend Letitia and his Uncle George on a journey across 1950s Jim Crow America where they face racist terrors and the terrifying monsters of an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.
Author
Publisher
A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1948
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
viii, 532 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is an omnibus collection of the best work of this outstanding modern master of the short story, selected by himself from such volumes as
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me
Clorinda Walks in Heaven
The Black Dog
The Field of Mustard
and many others.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of four novella-length tales, complementing the title piece with the stories, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, and Rat.
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Edna Pontellier has everything that a woman and mother should want - two wonderful sons, a husband, and good financial fortune. But still, she feels like something may be missing. While vacationing with her family, she meets a young man who shows affection and opens her mind to adventure and freedom.
Edna’s desire for freedom and independence begins to fester in her heart, and she finds that she is increasingly disenchanted with the responsibilities...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Nine stories set in the universe of the best-selling author's previous romance novels includes a visit with friends of Mallory Blessing three years after her death and Margot Carmichael encouraging her husband to reunite with his ex.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of interconnected short stories follows a family across multiple generations and explores machismo, mental health, and identity.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction--stories, verse, and a Doctor Who story written for the series' fiftieth anniversary (Nothing o'clock). There is also "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of his novel American Gods. The collection explores the masks we all wear and the people we are beneath them to reveal our vulnerabilities and our truest selves. Horror and ghosts stories,...
Author
Series
Outlander volume Story collection
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A magnificent collection of short fiction--including two never-before-published novellas--featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, all extending the story of Outlander in thrilling new directions "The Custom of the Army" begins with Lord John Grey being shocked by an electric eel and ends at the Battle of Quebec.Then comes "The Space Between," where it is revealed that the Comte St. Germain is not dead, Master Raymond...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
222 p.
Language
English
Description
In "The Flaming Rider," large groups of Blackfeet, Cheyennes, and Crows, ordinarily hostile to each other, are camped around the newly built Fort Meany, having come to trade with factor Henry Meany. The members of these tribes love most of all to gamble, and what better way than betting on a horse race? Then, one race incites open hostility toward the factor and threatens the very existence of the fort.
Barney Dwyer in "Outlaw Buster" is a gentle...