Presents 16 short stories including: Esmé, Tobermory, Mrs. Packeltide's tiger, Sredni Vashtar, The Easter egg, The Byzantine omelette, and The open window.
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Author:SakiSummary: -
Author:McInerney, MonicaSummary:When Eva and Joseph meet while on vacation in Australia, they each keep secrets from the other, unaware that they will discover something about each other and themselves during a supposed holiday fling.
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Author:Moorcock, MichaelSummary:There is a sword, forged by the master swordsmith Goffanon the Dwarf, imbued with powerfully magical properties. But this magic can only be wielded by one man. And there is a stallion—a fierce animal that allows only those pure of heart...
- Author:Beverley, JoSummary:
Simon St. Bride has been in Canada fighting the War of 1812--but the war is over now, and Simon is ready to come home. Before he leaves, however, Simon must defend a young woman's honor. What does her past hide?
- Author:Moorcock, MichaelSummary:
Prince Corum has defeated the Chaos Lord Arioch. But any peace for him and his faithful Rhalina is brief. His actions have evoked the murderous anger of Arioch's sister, the dreaded Xiombarg. The Prince in the Scarlet Robe must...
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Author:Burgess, TonySummary:Three celebrated books — all of which harbour a twisted ambition to physically alter your imagination — together for the first time.
The Hellmouths of Bewdley is a series of 16 stories hiding in a novel about a small...
- Author:Little, J.I.Summary:
The personal journals examined in Reading the Diaries of Henry Trentare not the witty, erudite, and gracefully written exercises that have drawn the attention of most biographers and literary scholars. Prosaic, ungrammatical, and poorly...
- Author:RHODES, ElviSummary:
From a very early age Chloe always got what she wanted. At the age of eighteen the northern town of her birth was definitely not what she wanted. So she moved south to Brighton where life was more to her liking but not always as she...
- Author:Van Vugt, William E.Summary:
Portrait of an English Migrationrecounts the history of those who left North Yorkshire for North America between the eighteenth century and the early twentieth century. Focusing on individual stories of migrants and their families, this...
- Author:GOWER, IrisSummary:
Rhiannon, proud and spirited, is alone in the world after Bill Beynon, her one time lover, marries someone else. She gains a respectable post as a housekeeper to an elderly man, but when he dies his sister throws her out on the streets...
- Author:Ladoo, Harold SonnySummary:
Set in the Eastern Caribbean at the beginning of the 20th century, No Pain Like This Body describes the perilous existence of a poor rice-growing family during the August rainy season. Their struggles to cope with illness, a drunken and...
- Author:Eberlen, KateSummary:
A chance meeting brings two people together for a brief moment--the first of many times their paths will cross. Separated by distance and circumstance, the possibility of these two connecting seems slight. But while fate can separate...
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Author:Jacobs, AnnaSummary:When a skilled accountant like Meriel falls for a financially impractical landscape artist, things don't always run smoothly. After her grandpop dies, Meriel emigrates to Australia where fate brings her into contact with Ben....
- Author:Brookner, AnitaSummary:
Emma Roberts goes to France to carry out research into seventeenth-century garden design. As she meets new people, and life in France becomes more significant in every respect, London recedes into the background. A horrifying episode...
- Author:Gaborieau, AntoineSummary:
Voici une référence incontournable pour ceux et celles qui s’intéressent à la langue française en usage dans la francophonie canadienne. L’ouvrage est le résultat de plusieurs années d’effort et d’observation du professeur à la...
- Author:Barber, Marilyn, Watson, MurraySummary:
Despite being one of the largest immigrant groups contributing to the development of modern Canada, the story of the English has been all but untold. In Invisible Immigrants, Barber and Watson document the experiences of English-born...
- Author:Pearce, JeffSummary:
Jeff Pearce's irreverent romp through the annals of the history of the English in Canada: * This was the territory that England used as the staging ground for many battles and wars with the French and the Americans * It was an...
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Author:Kendris, ChristopherSummary:"Language students will find this concise summary of French grammar to be a handy supplement to their standard textbooks...Topics include parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, idioms, and pronunciation advice..."--...
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Author:Jacobs, AnnaSummary:The final part of the Blake sisters saga set in Lancashire and Western Australia in the 1860s
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Author:Jarvis, Ana C.Summary:One of the top-selling programs of Spanish, with solid four-skills methodology. It includes grammar explanations with flexibility and ease of use, maintaining an adaptable approach accommodating a range of tacking and learning styles....
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