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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Richard Russo, this year's collection boasts a satisfying "chorus of twenty stories that are by turns playful, ironic, somber, and meditative" (Wall Street Journal). With the masterful Russo picking the best of the best, America's oldest and best-selling story anthology is sure to be of "enduring quality" (Chicago Tribune) this year.
Author
Series
Publisher
John Murray Learning
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Short Stories in English for Intermediate Learners has been written especially for students from a low-intermediate to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to B1-B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you and give you a feeling of progress when reading." --
Author
Publisher
City Lights
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), one of the most outrageous figures of twentieth-century American literature, was so prolific that many significant pieces never found their way into his books. Absence of the Hero contains much of his earliest fiction, unseen in decades, as well as a number of previously unpublished stories and essays. The classic Bukowskian obsessions are here: sex, booze, and gambling, along with trenchant analysis of what he calls...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation. Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at The New Yorker. Tragically, five days after...
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Series
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Stories from Latin America/Historias de Latinoamérica explores the rich folk legacy of Spanish-speaking cultures of the Western Hemisphere. The sixteen captivating legends in this collection span 2,000 years, and include tales from indigenous peoples from the time before Columbus, stories from the Spanish colonial period, and tales from the nineteenth century. The stories have been gathered from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras,...
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of short stories by African writers from a dozen countries. The subjects range from war and politics to problems with domestics and African humor. Some stories were written in English, others are translations from Arabic, French and Portuguese. All were written in the latter part of this century.
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
A collection of eight semi-autobiographical stories about the authors' experiences with sports while growing up. They range from the game "Bombardment" over the lunch hour, sports from gym class, karate, ballet, wrestling, to baseball, basketball and football.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"An essential book for all Grace Paley fans. Grace Paley is best known for her inimitable short stories, but she was also an enormously talented essayist and poet. A Grace Paley Reader collects the best of Paley's writing, showcasing her breadth of work and her extraordinary insight and empathy. With an introduction by George Saunders and an afterword by the writer's daughter, Nora Paley, A Grace Paley Reader is sure to become an instant classic."--...
