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The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)
- UPC: 046442843676
- ASIN: 0395843677
- ISBN: 0395843677
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the b... [Read More]
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Best Short Stories of the Modern Age
- ASIN: 0449300587
- ISBN: 0449300587
- Manufacturer: Fawcett
The short-stroy form continues to be a rich and fertile vein of literary expression. Collected in this remarkable volume are twenty renowned writers of the modern age who brilliantly mastered the distinctive power and beauty of the form--each bringing his or her own unique vision to the page. This powerful collection includes the work of: Sherwood ... [Read More]
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The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain (Modern Library Classics)
- ASIN: 0812971183
- ISBN: 0812971183
- Brand: Modern Library
- Manufacturer: Modern Library
This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation a... [Read More]
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Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever.
- ASIN: 0147517834
- ISBN: 0147517834
- Manufacturer: Puffin Books
Funny Girl is a collection of uproarious stories, rollicking comics, rib-tickling wit, and more, from 25 of today’s funniest female writers for kids. What could be funnier than family? Read stories about Ursula Brown's grandmother driving her on a road trip to disaster, Lisa Brown's little brother getting a Tic-Tac stuck up his nose, and Car... [Read More]
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Best-Loved Short Stories: Flaubert, Chekhov, Kipling, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Poe and Others (Dover Large Print Classics)
- UPC: 800759433629
- ASIN: 0486433625
- ISBN: 0486433625
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Here, in large-print format, is a selection of great tales by American and European authors. Eleven stories include F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," Chekhov's "The Lady with the Toy Dog," and O. Henry's "The Furnished Room," in addition to works by Gustave Flaubert... [Read More]
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Best American Mystery Stories 2017 (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: 0544949080
- ISBN: 0544949080
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Best American Paper
"Fans of such notables as C.J. Box, Peter Straub, and Joyce Carol Oates chiefly known for their novels will be pleased to see how well they write at shorter length."--Publishers Weekly “Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situ... [Read More]
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Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published
- UPC: 035313670787
- ASIN: 1440354375
- ISBN: 9781440354373
- Brand: Writer's Digest Books
- Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books
THE BEST RESOURCE FOR GETTING YOUR FICTION PUBLISHEDNovel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019 is the only resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 38th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes co... [Read More]
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100 Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
- UPC: 800759790210
- ASIN: 0486790215
- ISBN: 0486790215
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
"This is a wonderful collection of authors from America and around the world. Centuries are covered, making this a great resource for English teachers and any lover of literature." — Life Community ChurchThis treasury of one hundred tales offers students and other readers of short fiction a splendid selection of stories by masters of the form. Co... [Read More]
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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Edition
- ASIN: 0684843323
- ISBN: 9780684843322
- Brand: Scribner
- Manufacturer: Scribner
THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR In this definitive collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, readers will delight in the author's most beloved classics such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "Hills Like White Elephants," and "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and will discover seven new tales published for the first t... [Read More]
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (The Best American Series ®)
- ASIN: 0544526759
- ISBN: 9780544526754
- Brand: Mariner Books
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, “I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that’s the case, I’ve got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later.” Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Holly... [Read More]
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Edith Wharton Anniversary Collection: Her Best Novels and Short Stories
- ASIN: 1453779027
- ISBN: 1453779027
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Edith Wharton Anniversary Collection contains her best novels, including "The Age of Innocence" and "Ethan Frome". This collection also contains her best short stories, including The Duchess at Prayer and The Moving Finger. This special collection is printed in a reader-friendly font size.
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The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Modern Library)
- ASIN: 0375756884
- ISBN: 0375756884
- Brand: Modern Library
- Manufacturer: Modern Library
This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and... [Read More]
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Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
- ASIN: 0060726466
- ISBN: 0060726466
- Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
The shorter works of one of the world's greatest writers, including The Gambler and Notes from UndergroundThe short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literature's most revered works. The Gambler chronicles Dostoevsky's own addiction, which he eventually overcame. Many have ar... [Read More]
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NieR:Automata: Long Story Short
- ASIN: 197470162X
- ISBN: 197470162X
- Manufacturer: VIZ Media LLC
Experience the world and characters of the hit video game franchise!When alien forces invade with an army of Machines, the remnants of humanity must depend on Androids of their own design—the placid 2B and the excitable 9S—to survive. From: Pod 042 To: Fans of NieR:Automata Recommendation: The action to finish reading this novel. [ref & NieR:... [Read More]
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Great Short Stories by African-American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)
- UPC: 800759471393
- ASIN: 048647139X
- ISBN: 9780486471396
- Brand: Blaisdell, Bob (EDT)
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," C... [Read More]
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Baseball's Best Short Stories (Sporting's Best Short Stories series)
- ASIN: 1613743769
- ISBN: 1613743769
- Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press
This expanded edition features the best-loved short stories from the 20th century as well as new tales from some of the 21st century’s most iconic names in fiction. No other sport has inspired as many great writers as baseball has, and this exceptional anthology brings together 34 short stories about the nation’s favorite pastime. The stories ... [Read More]
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Fifty Great Short Stories (Bantam Classics)
- ASIN: 0553277456
- ISBN: 0553277456
- Brand: Bantam Classics
- Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world’s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O’Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous,... [Read More]
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The Granta Book Of The Irish Short Story
- ASIN: 1847082556
- ISBN: 1847082556
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Granta Books
Lyrical, dark, comic or iconoclastic, the Irish short story has always punched well above its weight. Anne Enright has brought together a dazzling collection of Irish stories by authors born in the twentieth century - from Mary Lavin and Frank O'Connor to Claire Keegan and Kevin Barry. With a pithy and passionate introduction by Enright, The Granta... [Read More]
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Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (Bantam Classics)
- ASIN: 0553211951
- ISBN: 9780553211955
- Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years.Eve... [Read More]
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The Art of the Short Story
- ASIN: 0321363639
- ISBN: 0321363639
- Brand: Longman Publishing Group
- Manufacturer: Pearson
This affordably-priced collection presents masterpieces of short fiction from 52 of the greatest story writers of all time. From Sherwood Anderson to Virginia Woolf, this anthology encompasses a rich global and historical mix of the very best works of short fiction and presents them in a way students will find accessible, engaging, and relevant. Th... [Read More]
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