Tales of science fiction and adventure from the Hugo Award-winning author of Way Station and City. The long and prolific career of Clifford D. Simak cemented him as one of the formative voices of...
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Author: Simak, Clifford D.Summary:
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Author: Elmslie, SusanSummary:
Winner of the 2006 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and shortlisted for the McAuslan First Book Prize (Quebec Writers’ Federation).
Shortlisted for the 2007 Pat Lowther Award and the 2007 ReLit... -
Author: Kafka, FranzSummary:
Virtually unknown during his lifetime, Franz Kafka is now one of the world’s most widely read and discussed authors. His nightmarish novels and short stories have come to symbolize modern man’s...
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Author: Chekhov, Anton PavlovichSummary:
Elusive and subtle, spare and unadorned, the stories in this selection are among Chekhov's most poignant and lyrical. The book includes well-known pieces such as 'The Lady with the Little Dog,' as...
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Author: Vanderhaeghe, GuySummary:
Among these nine stories: A teenage boy breaks out of the strict confines of his family, his bid for independence leads him in over his head. He learns about life in short order and there is no...
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Author: Helprin, MarkSummary:
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and nominee for both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the American Book Award, these ten stories and the celebrated title novella are "beyond compare ... [...
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Author: Woolley, BryanSummary:
This third collection of true stories from award-winning journalist and novelist Bryan Woolley with an introduction by author John Nichols includes the deeply moving title story "Generations," as...
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Author: Betts, GregorySummary:
Psychic Geographies is a tour de force, an ambitious exploration of the age, its physical and emotional permutations, its tragic contradictions, its joyful transformations. Gregory Betts takes a...
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Author: PERRIAM, WendySummary:
SHORT STORIES. A girl with a crippling pea-phobia, a woman driven to murderous rage in an Anger Management Workshop, a wife torn between her dashing artist-lover and her uptight accountant-husband...
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Author: Fugard, AtholSummary:
These three Port Elizabeth plays, which established South African playwright Athol Fugard's international reputation more than twenty years ago, examine with passion and grace close family...
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Author: WATSON, IanSummary:
A collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories from a master of the genre.
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Author: Baldwin, Shauna SinghSummary:
The new reader's guide edition of Shauna Singh Baldwin's literary debut features the fifteen stories from the original collection, an interview with the author, an original afterword, and her...
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Author: Hadley, TessaSummary:
In the collection of short stories, Hadley examines the most intimate of family relationships in situations laced with humor, warmth, and emotion.
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Author: Bell, WadeSummary:
A classic short fiction writer, Wade Bell lets his characters do the talking for him, electing to stay in the background. His style is simple but he's not afraid to pry open the heart of a...
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Author: DU MAURIER, DaphneSummary:
A selection of stories written by Du Maurier, including "The Birds", a suspenseful story of horror popularised by Alfred Hitchcock's movie of the same name. The birds; Monte Verita; The apple tree...