Shiloh and Other Stories

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Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0307806324
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Shiloh and Other Stories by : Bobbie Ann Mason

Download or read book Shiloh and Other Stories written by Bobbie Ann Mason and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning fiction debut and winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award has become a modern American classic. In Shiloh, Bobbie Ann Mason introduces us to her western Kentucky people and the lives they forge for themselves amid the ups and downs of contemporary American life, and she poignantly captures the growing pains of the New South in the lives of her characters as they come to terms with feminism, R-rated movies, and video games. "Bobbie Ann Mason is one of those rare writers who, by concentrating their attention on a few square miles of native turf, are able to open up new and surprisingly wide worlds for the delighted reader," said Robert Towers in The New York Review of Books.

The Aliens

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Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 1473227356
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (732 download)

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Book Synopsis The Aliens by : Murray Leinster

Download or read book The Aliens written by Murray Leinster and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human race was expanding through the galaxy . . . and so, they knew, were the Aliens. When two expanding empires meet . . . war is inevitable. Or is it . . .?

Patchwork

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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813175496
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis Patchwork by : Bobbie Ann Mason

Download or read book Patchwork written by Bobbie Ann Mason and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobbie Ann Mason burst onto the American literary scene during a renaissance of short fiction that Raymond Carver called a "literary phenomenon." Anne Tyler hailed Mason as "a full-fledged master of the short story." Mason's work, charged with a spirit of exploration, garnered both popular and critical acclaim. This reader collects outstanding examples of Mason's award-winning work from throughout her writing career and provides a unique look at the development of one of the country's finest writers. Patchwork contains short stories first published in the New Yorker and other leading periodicals; chapters from Mason's acclaimed novels, including In Country, An Atomic Romance, and The Girl in the Blue Beret; and riveting excerpts from Mason's eclectic nonfiction. Some examples of Mason's recent explorations in flash fiction appear here in print for the first time. Mason's writing glows with a nuanced understanding of the struggles and pathos of American life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. George Saunders writes in his introduction, "Bobbie Ann Mason is a strange and beautiful writer.... Her stories exist to gently touch on, and praise, even mourn, what it feels like to be alive in this moment." Patchwork conveys Mason's extraordinary talent and range as a writer.

American Tensions

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Publisher : New Village Press
ISBN 13 : 1613320671
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (133 download)

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Book Synopsis American Tensions by : William Reichard

Download or read book American Tensions written by William Reichard and published by New Village Press. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of contemporary American poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction, explores issues of identity, oppression, injustice, and social change. Living American writers produced each piece between 1980 and the present; works were selected based on literary merit and the manner in which they address one or more pressing social issues. William Reichard has assembled some of the most respected literary artists of our time, asking whose voices are ascendant, whose silenced, and why. The work as a whole reveals shifting perspectives and the changing role of writing in the social justice arena over the last few decades.

Hello. This is Jane.

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Publisher : Left Fork
ISBN 13 : 1945824352
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (458 download)

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Book Synopsis Hello. This is Jane. by : Judith Arcana

Download or read book Hello. This is Jane. written by Judith Arcana and published by Left Fork. This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Judith Arcana's remarkable feat in Hello. This is Jane. is to paint, tile by tile, a complex mosaic of compelling linked stories— children’s playgrounds and adult tattoo parlors, ill-advised lovers and underground abortion activists. In the mainstream and on the edges, you'll feel the urgency of the struggle for reproductive justice as you turn these pages." —Cindy Cooper, Founding Director of Words of Choice and The Reproductive Freedom Festival, Judith Arcana has taught and written about motherhood and reproductive justice for decades. The prose and poetry of Our Mothers’ Daughters, Every Mother’s Son, and What if your mother are feminist classics. The stories in this new collection, rooted in her experience as a Jane in Chicago’s pre-Roe v. Wade underground abortion service, were written as the United States has moved relentlessly into constraining motherhood and denying reproductive justice. By necessity, these stories reach from the past into the future, offering history and hope. "I’m profoundly grateful to Judith Arcana for writing these vital, electrifying stories. With abortion rights in America being stripped away—state by state, clinic by clinic—we need to hear from those who’ve fought this battle before. Arcana is a Jane; her work in the pre-Roe abortion underground has provide the seeds for her fiction, stories rooted in essential history to spark action in our terrifying present." —Leni Zumas, Author of Red Clocks

The Last Madam

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497658500
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Madam by : Chris Wiltz

Download or read book The Last Madam written by Chris Wiltz and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “raunchy, hilarious, and thrilling” true story of the incomparable Norma Wallace, proprietor of a notorious 1920s New Orleans brothel (NPR). Norma Wallace grew up fast. In 1916, at fifteen years old, she went to work as a streetwalker in New Orleans’ French Quarter. By the 1920s, she was a “landlady”—or, more precisely, the madam of what became one of the city’s most lavish brothels. It was frequented by politicians, movie stars, gangsters, and even the notoriously corrupt police force. But Wallace acquired more than just repeat customers. There were friends, lovers . . . and also enemies. Wallace’s romantic interests ran the gamut from a bootlegger who shot her during a fight to a famed bandleader to the boy next door, thirty-nine years her junior, who became her fifth husband. She knew all of the Crescent City’s dirty little secrets, and used them to protect her own interests—she never got so much as a traffic ticket, until the early 1960s, when District Attorney Jim Garrison decided to clean up vice and corruption. After a jail stay, Wallace went legitimate as successfully as she had gone criminal, with a lucrative restaurant business—but it was love that would undo her in the end. The Last Madam combines original research with Wallace’s personal memoirs, bringing to life an era in New Orleans history rife with charm and decadence, resurrecting “a secret world, like those uncovered by Luc Sante and James Ellroy” (Publishers Weekly). It reveals the colorful, unforgettable woman who reigned as an underworld queen and “capture[s] perfectly the essential, earthy complexity of the most fascinating city on this continent” (Robert Olen Butler).

Country Gentleman

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Best of Times, Worst of Times

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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814796273
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Book Synopsis Best of Times, Worst of Times by : Wendy Martin

Download or read book Best of Times, Worst of Times written by Wendy Martin and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories depicting and analyzing key issues in America's "New Gilded Age", a phrase that embodies the glitz and glamour of one of the wealthiest countries in the world but also suggests the greed, corruption, and inequalities teeming just below the surface.

Introduction to Critical Reading

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Publisher : Holt McDougal
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis Introduction to Critical Reading by : Thomas Barnwell

Download or read book Introduction to Critical Reading written by Thomas Barnwell and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1990 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

No Child Left Behind

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450076343
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis No Child Left Behind by : Andrew Sheehy

Download or read book No Child Left Behind written by Andrew Sheehy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Home and Beyond

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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813143934
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis Home and Beyond by : Morris Allen Grubbs

Download or read book Home and Beyond written by Morris Allen Grubbs and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-04-06 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A bountiful smorgasbord of classic and lesser known stories by accomplished Kentucky writers who provide a feast for readers of modern short fiction.” —Ann Charters, author of The Story and Its Writer With an introduction by Wade Hall Morris Grubbs has sifted through vintage classics, little-known gems, and stunning debuts to assemble this collection of forty stories by popular and critically acclaimed writers. In subtle and profound ways, they challenge and overturn accepted stereotypes about the land their authors call home, whether by birth or by choice. Kentucky writers have produced some of the finest short stories published in the last fifty years, much of which focuses on the tension between the comforts of community and the siren-like lure of the outside world. Arranged chronologically, from Robert Penn Warren’s “Blackberry Winter” to Crystal E. Wilkinson’s “Humming Back Yesterday,” these stories are linked by their juxtaposition of departures and returns, the familiar and the unknown, home and beyond. “The story of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is told and retold by a mixed but balanced chorus of voices that sings like the wind down the ridges and along the creekbeds.” —Appalachian Journal “Readers needn’t be from Kentucky to appreciate these stories . . . Prepare to be wowed by these superior examples of the form.” —The Bloomsbury Review “From Robert Penn Warren to Bobbie Ann Mason, Kentucky hatches writers like other states create tourist traps.” —The Nashville Tennessean “If you love Kentucky authors, this anthology of short stories is a must for your Kentucky collection.” —Bourbon Times

The Family Jewels

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595330258
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis The Family Jewels by : Iory Allison

Download or read book The Family Jewels written by Iory Allison and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The young antiquarian from an old Boston family and his sister had just inherited their aunt's Back Bay town house. As they walked through the home they felt the sorrow and excitement of new heirs and they reminisced about their childhood days in this antiquated residence where nothing had changed for years. Upstairs in a shuttered bedroom, an ornately enameled chest lured them by its barbaric splendor, and they were compelled to open it. Inside they found a key. The Family Jewels is a comedic mystery and the first book of the trilogy, Glamour Galore. Our industrious author is madly scribbling away with frantic haste the next two novels. Naughty Astronautess, the middle novel, recounts the adventures of the first drag queen astronaut. The concluding novel, The Mermaid and the Sailor, is a romantic romp set in Provincetown. These three Gay novels are escapist froth intended to make you laugh while you ponder the human condition.

¡§Coming Out¡ ̈ and Discovering the Rainbow

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469145022
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book ¡§Coming Out¡ ̈ and Discovering the Rainbow written by Daniel A. DuBour and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, “Leading With A Compassionate Heart: At work and in life” is an offering to you, the reader, and my labor of love. This book can serve as a resource; it is a collection of professional articles and poems on a myriad of health care administration, leadership, and life topics that are relevant to the workplace and to life in general. It is my hope that this work will shed clarity and a deeper understanding of some of the fundamental issues facing health care administrators and leaders today. As health care administrators and leaders, I invite you to lead with and to meaning, as a guiding influence and to build new thinking categories from which to process experience. I encourage you to use your appreciative lens to create small waves of positive possibilities for others. May you lead with a compassionate heart!"

A Town, a Disappearance, and a Cat

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Publisher : JMS Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 1685506356
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book A Town, a Disappearance, and a Cat written by Edward Kendrick and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Shaun Marlow and I write mysteries. When I inherited my grandfather's house, a couple of miles from the town of Winterdale, I packed up and moved into it. I wanted the serenity of small town life and chance to fully involve myself in my writing without the distractions of city living. Little did I know that wasn't going to happen. Within a few days of the move I met three men, all gay but then so am I, and we became friends. I had no expectations of more because I find relationships almost impossible to maintain -- my fault, I know, but it is what it is. I also met a stray cat. I named him Laird after he decided I was going to be his person. If it wasn't for him things might have turned out quite differently in my new life. Then there was the disappearance, and ultimate murder, of Norma Willows, the town gossip and flirt. I became involved because she came on to me more than once. Lucky me? One of my new friends was the sheriff, Alan Quinn, who didn't really object when I stuck my nose into the case, once he decided I hadn't killed her. Last but not least, I managed to obtain a stalker, much to my and Alan's dismay. Yes, my new life was definitely turning out to be much more interesting than I'd expected.

Aliens Among Us

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Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1625791062
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (257 download)

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Book Synopsis Aliens Among Us by : Gardner Dozois

Download or read book Aliens Among Us written by Gardner Dozois and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look closely. Theyre here. In this thought-provoking collection of short stories, some of the most ingenious talents in science fiction explore the secret lives of the aliens who walk among us... "The Other Celia" by Theodore Sturgeon "Residuals" by Paul J. McAuley & Kim Newman "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson "Expendable" by Philip K. Dick "The Reality Trip" by Robert Silverberg "Decency" by Robert Reed "The Mindworm" by C. M. Kornbluth "Popeye and Pops Watch the Evening World Report" by Eliot Fintushel "The Autopsy" by Michael Shea "Or All the Seas with Oysters" by Avram Davidson "Angel" by Pat Cadigan _Among the Hairy Earthmen" by R. A. Lafferty "I'm Too Big But I Love To Play" by James Tiptree Jr. "The Hero as Werwolf" by Gene Wolfe "Motherhood, Etc." by L. Timmel Duchamp At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Calen Harper: Purgatory

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Publisher : DARicci
ISBN 13 : 1482627906
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (826 download)

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Book Synopsis Calen Harper: Purgatory by : D. Ricci

Download or read book Calen Harper: Purgatory written by D. Ricci and published by DARicci. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calen Harper thinks he's just an ordinary boy until he accidentally levitates his cousin, starts speaking to the dead and learns how to use a Bajik to manipulate time. Twelve years ago a baby was found in a park in New York, adopted and taken to England by his new family. Now Calen and his family have been found and told the shocking truth. Calen is an Asarian, an ascended being from an alternate universe that has taken human form and amnesia has robbed him of his memory. He may not remember who or what he is, but the Culpinites do and they're coming to rip the life force from his body to grant them insurmountable powers. Now he's on the run, looking for the only place he may be safe-the sanctuary of Na Etra. And the only guides he has are two strangers who may themselves be Culpinites. Yesterday twelve-year-old Calen Harper spoke to the dead. Now he must learn who he really is-and survive the answer.

Literature

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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 : 9780072349450
Total Pages : 2080 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Literature written by Robert DiYanni and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1998 with total page 2080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: