Classic Humor Megapack, The: 45 Short Stories and Poems
by O Henry, Ellis Parker Butler, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Everett Hale, Jr., Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Washington Irving, Deceased James Whitcomb Riley, May Isabel Fisk, and Bret Harte
The Exiles of Erin (The Irish in America)
"Of immense value to anyone interested in the Irish story in America." - The Boston Globe. This collection of three generations of Irish immigrant fiction excerpted from novels, magazines, and newspapers provides new insight into the nineteenth-century immigrant experience. It captures the spirit of those who were experiencing the traumas of adjustment and assimilation. The men and women authors of these pieces vividly render the details of immigrant life in a variety of settings, from Virgin...
Australian Gay and Lesbian Writing
An anthology of Australian gay and lesbian writing. Covering verse, fiction, non-fiction, diaries, and drama, the book ranges from the poetic to the polemical, the enigmatic to the erotic, and offers many surprises.
Works by Nicola Griffith, Elizabeth Hand, Jonathan Lethem, Jack Vance, and many others grace this volume of the closest thing SF has to a literary yearbook (Locus). "
Donde Es Aqui? 25 Cuentos Canadienses. Panorama de Las Letras Canadienses, Tomo I (Tierra Firme) (Literatura)
by Claudia Lucotti
She Ain't the One (A Man's World)
by Mr Carl Weber and Mary B. Morrison
100 of the best crime stories written by women, selected and introduced by Sophie Hannah. From Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier, to Val McDermid and Margaret Atwood, women writers have long been drawn to criminal acts. Here, award-winning author Sophie Hannah brings together 100 of her favourite examples. Deadlier includes prize-winners, bestsellers and rising stars, so whether you take your crime cosy or hard-boiled, this big, beautiful anthology will keep you reading long into the nig...
Short Stories from the Old North State (Enduring Editions)
This new collection of short stories centers exclusively on North Carolina and contains fifteen stories by fifteen authors. Along with the new generation of North Carolina writers, stories by such well-known writers as Thomas Wolfe, William Polk, and James Boyd are also included. Originally published in 1959. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of...
Werewolves, vampires, witches, voodoo, Elvis - and weddings. An 'ordinary' wedding can get crazy enough, so can you imagine what happens when otherworldly creatures are involved? Nine of the hottest authors of paranormal fiction answer that question in this delightful collection of supernatural wedding stories. What's the seating plan when rival clans of werewolves and vampires meet under the same roof? How can a couple in the throes of love overcome traps set by feuding relatives - who are expe...
Words Don't Come Forth
by Michael Andrews, S J Gibbs, and J M McKenzie
Yearning to Breathe Free
by Sam Schreiber, Michael Brueggeman, and Barbara G Tarn
An anthology of crime from a distinguished selection of British writers - A verger{u2019}s son, whose childhood playground was a graveyard, remembers a night best forgotten . . . Two drug addicts find that theft does not pay . . . A corrupt politician charges a curious vehicle to his expenses . . . The latest showcase of shorts from the CWA takes readers on a twisted route to the origin of evil: original sin. From a fish that can{u2019}t help but dispense his own kind of justice, to an assassin...