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Series
Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiv, 408 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring guest-editor contributions by the Edgar Alan Poe Award-winning author of the Joe Pickett series, a latest annual anthology features top-selected short mystery and crime fiction stories from the past year"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xv, 302 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eighteenth-century Britain forms the backdrop to a trio of adventures featuring Lord John Grey as he sets out to avenge a murder victim, becomes caught between an enemy army and a mysterious night-hag, and confronts a traitor and a ghost.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Formats
Description
Short stories that are "achingly true to life when it comes to the many ways mothers and daughters grow together and apart, over and over again" (O, The Oprah Magazine).
"Mothers and daughters go at it in the way only mothers and daughters can, with full hearts and claws out, in Natalie Serber's funny, bittersweet collection" of short fiction named a New York Times Notable Book (Vanity Fair).
In...
"Mothers and daughters go at it in the way only mothers and daughters can, with full hearts and claws out, in Natalie Serber's funny, bittersweet collection" of short fiction named a New York Times Notable Book (Vanity Fair).
In...
71) American spirits
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Three interlocking stories focusing on the residents of a town called Sam Dent, the undercurrent of the Trump movement in America, and a series of local tragedies"--
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
351 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of twenty-two original short crime and mystery stories includes the tales of a gambler who must win at the roulette table to stay alive and a courier who accepts a package with unexpected consequences.
74) Goya's Glass
Author
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Richly imagined portraits celebrating three historical women—including Goya's muse—by an "outstanding writer" (Vaclav Havel).
In "a unique voice that owes as much to Kundera as to Flaubert, to Hasek as to Tolstoy," Czech writer Monika Zgustova brings to life the stories of three remarkable women in different countries and eras who defied the social restrictions of their day to find freedom of creative and personal expression...
In "a unique voice that owes as much to Kundera as to Flaubert, to Hasek as to Tolstoy," Czech writer Monika Zgustova brings to life the stories of three remarkable women in different countries and eras who defied the social restrictions of their day to find freedom of creative and personal expression...
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Ace hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of original Sookie Stackhouse stories, written by contributors handpicked by Charlaine Harris, includes pieces by Rachel Caine, Seanan McGuire, MaryJanice Davidson, Jeff Mariotte, and Jonathan Maberry.
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
127 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of twelve original stories about horses and the relationship between a horse and its rider, from a New York City police horse and his partner to a cowgirl's hard-working Appaloosa.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
98 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Collects four stories recounting the adventures of Horrid Henry as he torments his younger brother, ruins Moody Margaret's sleepover, irritates his teacher, and tries to trick his family into seeing his favorite band.
80) When I found you
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sometimes the biggest emotional risk can reap the best romantic reward... After everything she worked for is destroyed, pediatrician Natasha Gray is determined to build a new life. Divorced, bankrupt and suddenly a single mom, she's ready to start over in Silver Springs--on her own. She certainly doesn't need help from Mack Amos, the man who's already broken her heart twice. Although Mack has had feelings for Tash since they first met, too many things...