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Morning Child and Other Stories

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1618249223
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Morning Child and Other Stories written by Gardner Dozois and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of award-winning science fiction written by two-time Nebula award winner, Gardner Dozois. Here youll find Dozois short stories "Morning Child" and _The Peacemaker,Ó both winners of the Nebula for best science fiction short story. Also includes Dozois classics "A Dream at Noonday," "Chains of the Sea," "The Hanging Curve," "The Bride" (with Jack Dann), and "Ancestral Voices" (with Michael Swanwick). From the introduction: The stories in this collection were published between 1970 and 2003, and thus represent a considerable chunk, perhaps a majority share, of not only my career but my life. . .when some critic asks me what was in my mind when I came up with a certain trope in one of those stories, or what some bit of symbolism really means, why I chose some word or image instead of another, or sometimes even just what the specific inspiration for a story was, often I just cant tell him¾Im not that kid anymore. . .So, perhaps its an odd way to review your career, by the places where youve lived. Probably not very satisfactory to the critics. The most disgruntled among them will just have to get that time-machine and go back and ask that bright-eyed young twenty-year-old kid about his work. If you see him, say hi for me. Gardner Dozois is known for his beautiful evocation of setting and emotional intensity within a truly alien and often austere vision of the future. He is a science fiction master of the first order¾a fact fully on display in this outstanding collection. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). _Lyric, haunting, heartbreaking¾this is science fiction at its best.Ó¾George R.R. Martin Science Fiction Hall of Fame Inductee Gardner Dozois is the winner of two Nebula awards for fiction. _My generation of writers has produced relatively few authentic masters of the short form. Gardner Dozois is one of them.Ó¾William Gibson

Orange World and Other Stories

Author : Karen Russell
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525656146
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Orange World and Other Stories written by Karen Russell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell’s extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination. Karen Russell’s comedic genius and mesmerizing talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner in lives is on full display in these eight exuberant, arrestingly vivid, unforgettable stories. In“Bog Girl”, a revelatory story about first love, a young man falls in love with a two thousand year old girl that he’s extracted from a mass of peat in a Northern European bog. In “The Prospectors,” two opportunistic young women fleeing the depression strike out for new territory, and find themselves fighting for their lives. In the brilliant, hilarious title story, a new mother desperate to ensure her infant’s safety strikes a diabolical deal, agreeing to breastfeed the devil in exchange for his protection. The landscape in which these stories unfold is a feral, slippery, purgatorial space, bracketed by the void—yet within it Russell captures the exquisite beauty and tenderness of ordinary life. Orange World is a miracle of storytelling from a true modern master.

Parable of the Sower

Author : Octavia E. Butler
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1538765497
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Parable of the Sower written by Octavia E. Butler and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times). When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.

Morning, Noon, and Night

Author : Arnold Weinstein
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679604472
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Morning, Noon, and Night written by Arnold Weinstein and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Homer and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Jonathan Safran Foer, major works of literature have a great deal to teach us about two of life’s most significant stages—growing up and growing old. Distinguised scholar Arnold Weinstein’s provocative and engaging new book, Morning, Noon, and Night, explores classic writing’s insights into coming-of-age and surrendering to time, and considers the impact of these revelations upon our lives. With wisdom, humor, and moving personal observations, Weinstein leads us to look deep inside ourselves and these great books, to see how we can use art as both mirror and guide. He offers incisive readings of seminal novels about childhood—Huck Finn’s empathy for the runaway slave Jim illuminates a child’s moral education; Catherine and Heathcliff’s struggle with obsessive passion in Wuthering Heights is hauntingly familiar to many young lovers; Dickens’s Pip, in Great Expectations, must grapple with a world that wishes him harm; and in Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical Persepolis, little Marjane faces a different kind of struggle—growing into adolescence as her country moves through the pain of the Iranian Revolution. In turn, great writers also ponder the lessons learned in life’s twilight years: both King Lear and Willy Loman suffer as their patriarchal authority collapses and death creeps up; Brecht’s Mother Courage displays the inspiring indomitability of an aging woman who has “borne every possible blow. . . but is still standing, still moving.” And older love can sometimes be funny (Rip Van Winkle conveniently sleeps right through his marriage) and sometimes tragic (as J. M. Coetzee’s David Lurie learns the hard way, in Disgrace). Tapping into the hearts and minds of memorable characters, from Sophocles’ Oedipus to Artie in Art Spiegelman’s Maus, Morning, Noon, and Night makes an eloquent and powerful case for the role of great literature as a knowing window into our lives and times. Its intelligence, passion, and genuine appreciation for the written word remind us just how crucial books are to the business of being human.

Peekaboo Bedtime

Author : Rachel Isadora
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524737976
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Peekaboo Bedtime written by Rachel Isadora and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion to the beloved Peekaboo Morning takes children through the evening of the same adorable toddler, who plays peekaboo with everyone from his grandparents to his puppy, until it’s finally time to snuggle into bed with his blankie. Visual clues leading into each page turn, the repetition of the phrase, “Peekaboo, I see . . . “ and Rachel Isadora’s gorgeous illustrations combine to make a wonderful read aloud for young children.

Bad Dreams and Other Stories

Author : Tessa Hadley
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062476688
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Bad Dreams and Other Stories written by Tessa Hadley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year An NPR Best Book of the Year The award-winning author of The Past once again "crystallizes the atmosphere of ordinary life in prose somehow miraculous and natural" (Washington Post), in a collection of stories that elevate the mundane into the exceptional. The author of six critically acclaimed novels, Tessa Hadley has proven herself to be the champion of revealing the hidden depths in the deceptively simple. In these short stories it’s the ordinary things that turn out to be most extraordinary: the history of a length of fabric or a forgotten jacket. Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby; a child awake in the night explores the familiar rooms of her home, made strange by the darkness; a housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. The first steps into a turning point and a new life are made so easily and carelessly: each of these stories illuminate crucial moments of transition, often imperceptible to the protagonists. A girl accepts a lift in a car with some older boys; a young woman reads the diaries she discovers while housesitting. Small acts have large consequences, some that can reverberate across decades; private fantasies can affect other people, for better and worse. The real things that happen to people, the accidents that befall them, are every bit as mysterious as their longings and their dreams. Bad Dreams and Other Stories demonstrates yet again that Tessa Hadley "puts on paper a consciousness so visceral, so fully realized, it heightens and expands your own. She is a true master" (Lily King, author of Euphoria).

Peekaboo Morning

Author : Rachel Isadora
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399251537
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Peekaboo Morning written by Rachel Isadora and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join a sweet toddler for some morning fun perfect for sharing with babies, in this playful book by Caldecott Honor winning author Rachel Isadora, author of I Just Want to Say Good Night and I Hear a Pickle. A toddler plays a game of peekaboo, and you're invited to play too! First there's Mommy to find, with Daddy not far behind. Then Puppy comes peeking around the corner, and a favorite toy train brings the toddler to Grandma and Grandpa. Rachel Isadora's brilliant, joyful pastel illustrations capture familiar and cozy people, toys, and animals that will delight babies, who will love finding out what the toddler sees next.

Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride

Author : Sergio Ruzzier
Publisher : Chronicle Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 1452153612
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book Fox & Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride written by Sergio Ruzzier and published by Chronicle Books LLC. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second book of this lauded series, Fox and Chick are off on three new adventures involving a boat ride, a mysterious box, and an early morning trip to see the sunrise. Despite the antics ensuing from their opposite personalities, the contradictory duo always manages to find a happy center. This early chapter book in comic-book form is perfect for emerging readers, while the sweet and funny characters and captivating art hold appeal for picturebook audiences as well.

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Author : Octavia E. Butler
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1583228039
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Bloodchild and Other Stories written by Octavia E. Butler and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and co-dependent relationship between humans and a species of invaders. Also new to this collection is "The Book of Martha" which asks: What would you do if God granted you the ability—and responsibility—to save humanity from itself? Like all of Octavia Butler’s best writing, these works of the imagination are parables of the contemporary world. She proves constant in her vigil, an unblinking pessimist hoping to be proven wrong, and one of contemporary literature’s strongest voices.

Grow Happy

Author : Jon Lasser
Publisher : American Psychological Association
ISBN 13 : 143383538X
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Grow Happy written by Jon Lasser and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kiko is a gardener. She takes care of her garden with seeds, soil, water, and sunshine. In Grow Happy, Kiko also demonstrates how she cultivates happiness, just like she does in her garden. Using positive psychology and choice theory, this book shows children that they have the tools to nurture their own happiness and live resiliently. Includes a “Note to Parents and Caregivers” with information on how our choices and paying attention to our bodies and feelings affects happiness.

Forever, Erma

Author : Erma Bombeck
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453290095
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Forever, Erma written by Erma Bombeck and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck’s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America’s sharpest wits. When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between. With grace, good humor, and razor-sharp prose, she gently skewered every aspect of the American family. This collection holds the best of her columns—not just her famous quips, but also the heartbreaking observations that gave her writing such weight. In 1969, Erma wrote: “screaming kids, unpaid bills, green leftovers, husbands behind newspapers, basketballs in the bathroom. They’re real . . . they’re warm . . . they’re the only bit of normalcy left in this cockeyed world, and I’m going to cling to it like life itself.” With what Publishers Weekly calls her “infectious sense of human absurdity,” Erma Bombeck’s writing remains a timeless examination of the still-cockeyed world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

Good Morning, Monster

Author : Catherine Gildiner
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735236976
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Good Morning, Monster written by Catherine Gildiner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A therapist creates moving portraits of five of her most memorable patients, men and women she considers psychological heroes. Catherine Gildiner is a bestselling memoirist, a novelist, and a psychologist in private practice for twenty-five years. In Good Morning, Monster, she focuses on five patients who overcame enormous trauma--people she considers heroes. With a novelist's storytelling gift, Gildiner recounts the details of their struggles, their paths to recovery, and her own tale of growth as a therapist. The five cases include a successful but lonely musician suffering sexual dysfunction; a young woman whose father abandoned her and her siblings in a rural cottage; an Indigenous man who'd endured great trauma at a residential school; a young woman whose abuse at the hands of her father led to a severe personality disorder; and a glamorous workaholic whose negligent mother had greeted her each morning with "Good morning, Monster." Each patient presents a mystery, one that will only be unpacked over years. They seek Gildiner's help to overcome an immediate challenge in their lives, but discover that the source of their suffering has been long buried. It will take courage to face those realities, and creativity and resourcefulness from their therapist. Each patient embodies self-reflection, stoicism, perseverance, and forgiveness as they work unflinchingly to face the truth. Gildiner's account of her journeys with them is moving, insightful, and sometimes humorous. It offers a behind-the-scenes look into the therapist's office and explains how the process can heal even the most unimaginable wounds.

Ed's Great Escape

Author : Trevor Hodsdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838750862
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Ed's Great Escape written by Trevor Hodsdon and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed is no ordinary giraffe, in fact his keeper at the zoo calls him "The Special One". As well as having an extraordinarily long neck, which is inclined to become tangled, and a photo friendly smile he is extremely intelligent. In this book, Ed breaks out from the zoo and journeys through the great city of London where he meets some surprising people and has many fun packed adventures, before realising that fun is not always enough! In this first book find out what happens when he meets the royal family, saves a sporting event, discovers his voice and then secures the future of the zoo, all before bedtime. Ed's adventures are supported by beautiful and funny illustrations providing opportunities for engagement and learning. Fascinating facts about giraffes and London emerge as Ed gambols from place to place.

Early Sunday Morning

Author : Denene Millner
Publisher : Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1534476539
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Early Sunday Morning written by Denene Millner and published by Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this heartwarming story of love and family, a community comes together to help a young girl find the courage to lift her mighty voice. Sundays are June’s favorite days because she gets to spend it with Mommy, Daddy, and her brother, Troy. Next Sunday is more special than most, because she will be leading the youth choir in front of her entire church. June loves to sing. She sings loud, silly songs with Daddy, she sings to herself in front of the bedroom mirror, but performing in front of the entire congregation is another thing altogether. As her special moment approaches, June leans on the support of her whole community to conquer her fear of singing in front of the congregation.

One Morning in Maine

Author : Robert McCloskey
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140501746
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book One Morning in Maine written by Robert McCloskey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1976-09-30 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Caldecott Honor Book! Today is a specidal day for Sal because she gets to go to Buck's Harbour with her dad. But when she wakes up to brush her teeth with her baby sister, she discovers something shocking.... Her tooth is loose! And that's just the start of a huge day!

Good Morning, Sweetie Pie

Author : Cynthia Rylant
Publisher : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN 13 : 9780689870606
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Good Morning, Sweetie Pie written by Cynthia Rylant and published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight verse vignettes follow the course of a day and explore a number of common daily activities experienced by very young children, from breakfast time to play time to bed time. Full color.

Morning-Glories, And Other Stories

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849658937
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book Morning-Glories, And Other Stories written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Morning-Glories, And Other Stories' is another collection of short stories, all of them written by the author of 'Little Women', Louisa May Alcott. The stories are mainly intended for young readers, but are also very charming for adults. Among the included tales are works like 'A Song for a Christmas Tree', 'Morning-Glories', 'The Rose Family', 'Poppy's Pranks' and many more.