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Road Stories: Short Stories from America's Highways

Road Stories: Short Stories from America's Highways

Stephen Shearer

These short stories are but the tip of the iceberg of the stories told on the road. All of these stories are planted with a seed of truth. Read ghost stories, police stories, vampire stories and mysteries.
Collected Stories

Collected Stories

Elizabeth Bowen

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A. N. WILSON Throughout these seventy-nine stories - love stories, ghost stories, stories of childhood, of English middle-class life in the twenties and thirties, of London during the Blitz - Elizabeth Bowen combines ...
The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories

The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories

John Barth

A collection of stories explores a wide variety of narrative approaches, including stories within stories, while also examining the playful power of language in everyday life.
Agnes de Mille: Telling Stories in Broadway Dance

Agnes de Mille: Telling Stories in Broadway Dance

Kara Anne Gardner

These stories added a layer of meaning that resulted in more complex productions. Sometimes, de Mille's stories were different from the stories her collaborators wanted to tell, which caused many conflicts.
Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories

Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories

Dianne de Las Casas

The tales presented here are divided into animal stories, how and why stories, tales of enchantment, trickster tales, and scary stories.
True Stories of Friendship: A tribute to love and loyalty

True Stories of Friendship: A tribute to love and loyalty

Colleen Sell

The three stories in True Stories of Friendship celebrate the special bonds that only friends share. Savor the warmth of these stories with the people who are nearest and dearest to you.
Stories of a Campus: A Collection of Short Stories

Stories of a Campus: A Collection of Short Stories

Mallikarjun Patil

Dr. Mallikarjun Patil S Stories Of A Campus Is A Book Of Ten Short Stories. Most Of These Stories Depict Certain Humorous And Awkward Persons And Situations Of Pampapati University Campus, Pampapattan.
The Teddy Bear Collection

The Teddy Bear Collection

Nicola Baxter

A collection of stories about teddy bears, including exciting stories, scary stories, and silly stories.
Teach Me to Fly, Skyfighter!: And Other Stories

Teach Me to Fly, Skyfighter!: And Other Stories

Paul Yee

Four stories about Sharon and her friends Samson, John and Christine, kids who live in the same neighbourhood and have interesting stories to tell.
Reference guide to short fiction

Reference guide to short fiction

Noelle Watson

Publications Collections Collected Stories. 1945. Selected Stories, edited by Dan Davin. 1953. The Stories, edited by Anthony Alpers. 1984. Works (Centenary Edition), edited by Cherry Hankin. 1988 — . Short Stories In a German Pension.
What Seems to be the Trouble?: Stories in Illness and Healthcare

What Seems to be the Trouble?: Stories in Illness and Healthcare

Trisha Greenhalgh

This book includes stories of patients and their families, with details of personal events, comedies and tragedies, and uses the skills of listening and interpreting to make sense of the stories.
Why She Loves Him: Stories

Why She Loves Him: Stories

Wendy James

The remaining stories cover a vast terrain, temporally and geographically, but are linked thematically - with the desire for escape or change a recurring refrain in many of the stories."--Provided by publisher.
Among the Shadows: 13 Stories of Darkness & Light

Among the Shadows: 13 Stories of Darkness & Light

Demitria Lunetta

The best short stories stick with you, and the stories in this book especially, are meant to cast long shadows.
If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding ...

If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding ...

J. Edward Chamberlin

Beautifully written, with insight and deep understanding, If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories? examines why it is now more important than ever to attend to what others are saying in their stories and myths -- and what we are saying ...
Classic Mystery Stories

Classic Mystery Stories

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Classic mystery stories / edited by Douglas G. Greene. . cm. ~(Dover thrift editions) ISBN 0-486-40881-7 ( pbk.) 1. Detective and mystery stories, American, 2. Detective and mystery stories , ...
Messages: Short Stories For The Thoughtful

Messages: Short Stories For The Thoughtful

Marshall Frank

The stories are packed with believable, three-dimensional characters, not plastic heroes. A great collection for those who love short stories.
The Gigantic Book of Pirate Stories

The Gigantic Book of Pirate Stories

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* First time in paperback * One of the most complete collections of pirate stories available, many from famous writers throughout history* Appeals to lovers of adventure stories
North American Lake Monsters: Stories

North American Lake Monsters: Stories

Nathan Ballingrud

And also monster stories. Sometimes these are mon-sters in their traditional guises, sometimes they wear the faces of parents, lovers, or ourselves. The often working-class people in these stories are driven to extremes by love.
Dancing Pink Flamingos and Other Stories

Dancing Pink Flamingos and Other Stories

Maria Testa

A collection of short stories about young people in a variety of urban situations and settings. These stories are about hope, and connecting with people, and getting out when that's what you have to do.
Just So Stories

Just So Stories

Nicole Petit

Opening the pages-why these stories were the most 'sclusively rich, glimmering, jubilationy Fairy Tales of all. The reader bought the book. And from that day to this, the reader has loved Just So Stories best of all.
RockStar Success Stories: Inspirational Stories of Success ...

RockStar Success Stories: Inspirational Stories of Success ...

Craig Duswalt

Bottom line---"RockStar Success Stories" rocks. Need some inspiration? RockStar Success Stories. Need to get motivated? RockStar Success Stories.
Joe Klein, Detective: From Brawn to Brains

Joe Klein, Detective: From Brawn to Brains

David Creighton

Most of the stories concentrate more on the solution to the crime than they do on the crime’s commission. Even though this is an anthology of short stories, you can see the characters develop as the stories progress.
Storytelling Songs of Zulu Women: Recording Archetypal Rites ...

Storytelling Songs of Zulu Women: Recording Archetypal Rites ...

Harold Scheub

These two African women, whose stories, in their similarities and variations, provide insights into the nature of stories and the evolving of stories from one generation to the next.
Waterfront Fists and Others: The Collected Fight Stories of ...

Waterfront Fists and Others: The Collected Fight Stories of ...

Robert E. Howard

In these stories we see Howard's craft pushed from mere construction to passionate involvement. He took all of his interests and peppered them through the various boxing stories. He wrote them faster than the magazine could print them.
Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative

Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative

Frank de Caro

Stories of Our Lives shows that our lives are interesting, and that the stories we tell—however particular to our own circumstances or trivial they may seem to others—reveal something about ourselves, our societies, our cultures, and ...
Almost Home: Stories of Hope and the Human Spirit in the ...

Almost Home: Stories of Hope and the Human Spirit in the ...

Christine Gleason

Some of the babies whose stories are recounted in ALMOST HOME make it all the way home, others do not, but the stories collected here simply must be told.
Short!: A Book of Very Short Stories

Short!: A Book of Very Short Stories

Kevin Crossley-Holland

In this collection of very short stories, none of the stories is more than two pages long, and some are much shorter.
The Magical Publishing Pen and Other Stories:

The Magical Publishing Pen and Other Stories:

M. Stefan Strozier

Magical Realism, framed stories, humor, satire, action, different points-of-view, and crisp dialog pervade the stories. This collection is a portrait of an artist as a young to mid-aged man.
I, Richard

I, Richard

Elizabeth George

Three of these stories were originally published under the title The Evidence Exposed. This volume contains two brand new stories, a revised version of The Evidence Exposed, and new introductions by the author to all five stories.
Up On The Roof and Other Stories

Up On The Roof and Other Stories

Judy Ann Davis

"Up on the Roof and Other Stories" is a unique collection of nineteen humorous and serious short stories that explores the lives and relationships of the young and old.

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