In plainspoken prose, these stories paint an unforgettable portrait of small-town American life in the era before the First World War. Centered around George Willard and his neighbors, we watch children grow, adults struggle with lost...
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Auteur:Jackson, ShirleySommaire:Six years after four family members died of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods live together in pleasant isolation, which they ensure through an idiosyncratic system of rules and protective magic. But one day, a stranger...
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Auteur:Klune, T. J.Sommaire:Tre anni fa, la madre di Bear McKenna se ne è andata per una destinazione sconosciuta con il suo nuovo ragazzo, lasciando Bear a crescere il fratellino Tyson di sette anni, detto anche Kid. In qualche modo ce l’hanno fatto, ma visto che...
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Auteur:Sims, MichaelSommaire:For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock HolmesA Penguin ClassicFor The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries, writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not...
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The Maltese Falcon is the definitive masterpiece of the hard-boiled detective genre. It introduces legendary PI Sam Spade, a loner who follows his own code and the rules of the street as he zeros in on his partner's killer and the...
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Bernie's passion for Humphrey Bogart movies leads him to a beautiful damsel in distress, a dangerous international conspiracy, and more than a few incriminating bodies.
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A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Min Jin Lee, author of the highly acclaimed National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, selects twenty...
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A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Andrew Sean Greer, "an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp...
- Auteur:Bump, Gabriel, Chang-Eppig, Rita, Cuti, Vanessa, Duque, Jenzo, Hobson, Brandon, Kochai, Jamil Jan, Krauss, Nicole, Means, David, Murray, Yxta Maya, Osunde, Eloghosa, Pek, Jane, Peyton, Tracey Rose, Romanosky, Christa, Saunders, George, Sigers, Shanteka, Soileau, Stephanie, Vijay, Madhuri, Washington, Bryan, Wilson, Kevin, Zhang, C PamSommaire:
In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair." The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing...
- Auteur:Erdrich, LouiseSommaire:
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich comes this vibrant tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy, and unstinting love. On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in...
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Auteur:Ashling, Mickie B.Sommaire:Horizons Series: Book 2 What should have been a brief interlude turns into something deeper when Lil Lampert meets Grier Dilorio at the Taste of Chicago. Lil is in town visiting good friends Jody Williams and Clark Stevens, and he didn’...
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In this dark and gritty collection--featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman--nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil... Unfortunately, that's...
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Auteur:Davis, Mike LeeSommaire:Through a careful examination of the work of the canonical nineteenth-century novelists, Mike Davis traces conspiracies and conspiratorial fantasy from one narrative site to another.
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In 1926 the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and found Station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) in order to rescue their failing restaurant. A comic yet poignant novel from one of America's most well-loved humorists...
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Auteur:Bennett, Kelsey L.Sommaire:Scholars have for many years now relied upon the largely unexamined assumption that the nineteenth-century Bildungsroman in the Goethean tradition is somehow an intrinsically secular genre exclusive to Europe, incompatible with the...
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This installment exhibits a fresh batch of immensely talented writers, all of whom exemplify the level of accomplishment that has kept this acclaimed series running strong since 1985. Comprising 20 stories, this rich and varied...
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The 19th publication of this annual anthology exhibits a collection of short fiction from award-winning Southern writers and rising stars.
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Auteur:Mystery Writers of AmericaSommaire:Selected by Jeffrey Deaver and Raymond Benson, this is a collection of mystery/thriller short stories from some of today's top writers.Nuclear brinksmanship, psychological warfare, spies, double agents, femmes fatales, and dead drops'...
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A darkly luminous new anthology collecting the most terrifying horror stories by renowned female authors, presenting anew these forgotten classics to the modern reader.
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