The characters in these thirteen masterful and engaging stories exist on the edge of danger, where landscapes melt into dreamscapes and every house is haunted. A drug dealer’s girlfriend signs up...
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Author: Willis, DeborahSummary:
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Author: Challenger, Robert JamesSummary:
This collection of short stories is based on traditional values important to us all—respect, cooperation and kindness. Robert James Challenger's illustrations and tales reveal a world of magical...
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Author: Okai, AtukweiSummary:
The strength of Mandela the Spear and Other Poems lies in Okai's burning desire to celebrate the black experience and culture, through the iconic figures who symbolize those struggles and...
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Author: BOON, KevinSummary:
Introduces the European explorers who first discovered and explored New Zealand, including Abel Tasman, James Cook, Jean de Surville, Marion du Fresne and Durmont d'Urville. The author...
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Author: Christie, AgathaSummary:
In this inviting collection, Agatha Christie enlists the services of her finest--Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Parker Pyne--and puts them each to the test in the most challenging cases of their...
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Author: Baum, GregorySummary:
In the forthright style that has earned him a reputation for controversy, theologian Gregory Baum presents the Faith and Justice movement in the churches -- especially the Roman Catholic Church...
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Author: MacLaine, ShirleySummary:
In a collection of personal essays, the actress shares her views and insights on aging, Hollywood, being polite, sex, and anger.
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Author: Simak, Clifford D.Summary:
Nine tales of imagination and wonder from one of the formative voices of science fiction and fantasy, the author of Way Station and City. Named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of...
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Author: Machado, Carmen MariaSummary:
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her...
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Author: Fisher, M. F. K.Summary:
Whether the suB.J.ect of her fancy is the lowly, unassuming potato or the love life of that aphrodisiac mollusk the oyster, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher writes with a simplicity that belies the...
Genre: Essays, Food and drink -
Author: Walter, JessSummary:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions comes a stunning collection about those moments when everything changes--for the better, for the worse, for...
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Author: Christie, AgathaSummary:
Indomitable detective Hercule Poirot is pitted against nine cunning adversaries in nine tales of murder, deception, terror, disappearance, and suspense.
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Author: Chekhov, Anton PavlovichSummary:
Presents five of the author's most acclaimed short stories.
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Author: Greenwood, CatherineSummary:
Notable Book in the 2005 Kiriyama Prize and longlisted for the 2005 ReLit Awards
Catherine Greenwood draws on the stories and legends which surround the development of cultured pearls by...
Genre: Canadian poetry, Poetry -
Author: Rosen, SuriSummary:
What if your imaginary friend from childhood suddenly reappeared . . . except this time he's no figment of your imagination, but an actual living person. For thirteen-year-old Charlotte "Charlie"...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Juvenile fiction