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Publisher
Ooligan Press, Portland State University
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"This unique collection of newly translated short stories offers a taste of classic and contemporary French science fiction to English-language readers. These stories cover a range of fascinating topics including simulated reality, speciesism, ecology, and transhumanism-all while exploring universal themes of belonging, death, and identity. Some of the authors featured in this anthology, like Julia Verlanger, Sylvie Denis, or Jean-Claude Dunyach,...
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as the bestselling novelist now turns to shorter fiction, in a collection of six stories and a novella featuring all the storytelling magic that has delighted his fans. In stories all set in New York City, an elderly, widowed man secretly tapes concerts in Carnegie Hall, until the investment banker sitting next to him turns him in; a lawyers unadulterated joy in roller-skating in Central Park...
4) Cocktail
Author
Publisher
Biblioasis
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A girl receives a bedtime visit from a drunken party guest, who will haunt her fantasies for years. A young mother discovers underneath the wallpaper a striking portrait that awakens inconvenient desires. A divorced man distracts himself from the mess he?s made by flirting with a stranger. These intimate, immersive stories explore life?s watershed moments, in which seemingly insignificant details - a pot of hyacinths, a freshly painted yellow wall...
Author
Publisher
John Murray Learning
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young adult and adult intermediate learners of Russian. Short Stories in Russian 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 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages, these eight captivating...
Author
Publisher
[Chris Munoz]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Get ready for an exhilirating rollercoaster ride through strange history! Are you searching for a gift that will light up your child's eyes, spark their imagination, and provide endless hours of fun? Well, Look no further. "Captivating Stories for Curious Kids: Unbelievable Tales From History, Science and the Strange World We Live In" is the book you've been searching for. This book is chock-full of enthralling nonfiction short stories that will not...
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shape-shift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store! But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists "owning" a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their...
10) The first pour
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Series
Publisher
Sweet Lemon Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Raise a glass and settle in for a triple batch of short mysteries with everyone's favorite brewer and amateur sleuth, Sloan Krause. For the first time in print, Hold on for Beer Life, A Brew to a Kill, and Ale I Want for Christmas is a Clue are fermenting together in one intoxicating collection. These three short mysteries were previously only available in ebook format. Now they're bound together in one frothy print compilation! In Hold on for Beer...