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The Glitter and Other Stories

Author : Maury Curt Maury
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450210368
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The Glitter and Other Stories written by Maury Curt Maury and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glitter and Other Stories serves up an offering of ten stories showcasing life's broad palette—from friendships to frustrations, healings, loves, memories, sorrows, and sensitivities. From the interior of a bar to the majesty of a trip to India, author Curt Maury has created a fictional collection ripe with setting and sensory detail. The title story, "The Glitter," finds social services worker Emily Robinson in the lavish home of Trixie Trent, the leading lady of musicals. Here Emily discovers more than she wants to know about this celebrated star. In "The Great Hollow," Greg and Petra, husband and wife, meet in a bar and attempt to come to terms with their childlessness. In Tel Aviv, American David Glick tries to soothe the dying soul of Luigi Roselli, a fellow American injured in a bomb blast in the story "The Blessed." This purposeful collection, with poems included, provides a unique insight into the human condition and its powerful emotions.

Glitter and Sparkle

Author : Shari L. Tapscott
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781540773722
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book Glitter and Sparkle written by Shari L. Tapscott and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lauren's senior year is going exactly as planned. Her craft blog is getting more visitors every day, and she knows what she's going to do with her life after graduation: get her associate's degree, marry someone fabulous, and live happily ever after. Sure, she doesn't know what she's going to get that degree in...and there's no Prince Charming on the horizon yet. But, still, that's the plan. At least, it is until Harrison Neeley shows up at her kitchen table one evening and derails everything...

Glitter and Glue

Author : Kelly Corrigan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345532856
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Glitter and Glue written by Kelly Corrigan and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir from the author of The Middle Place about mothers and daughters—a bond that can be nourishing, exasperating, and occasionally divine. When Kelly Corrigan was in high school, her mother neatly summarized the family dynamic as “Your father’s the glitter but I’m the glue.” This meant nothing to Kelly, who left childhood sure that her mom—with her inviolable commandments and proud stoicism—would be nothing more than background chatter for the rest of Kelly’s life, which she was carefully orienting toward adventure. After college, armed with a backpack, her personal mission statement, and a wad of traveler’s checks, she took off for Australia to see things and do things and Become Interesting. But it didn’t turn out the way she pictured it. In a matter of months, her savings shot, she had a choice: get a job or go home. That’s how Kelly met John Tanner, a newly widowed father of two looking for a live-in nanny. They chatted for an hour, discussed timing and pay, and a week later, Kelly moved in. And there, in that house in a suburb north of Sydney, 10,000 miles from the house where she was raised, her mother’s voice was suddenly everywhere, nudging and advising, cautioning and directing, escorting her through a terrain as foreign as any she had ever trekked. Every day she spent with the Tanner kids was a day spent reconsidering her relationship with her mother, turning it over in her hands like a shell, straining to hear whatever messages might be trapped in its spiral. This is a book about the difference between travel and life experience, stepping out and stepping up, fathers and mothers. But mostly it’s about who you admire and why, and how that changes over time. Praise for Glitter and Glue “I loved this book, I was moved by this book, and now I will share this book with my own mother—along with my renewed appreciation for certain debts of love that can never be repaid.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love “Kelly Corrigan’s thoughtful and beautifully rendered meditation invites readers to reflect on their own launchings and homecomings. I accepted the invitation and learned things about myself. You will, too. Isn’t that why we read?”—Wally Lamb, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Water “Kelly Corrigan is no stranger to mining the depths of her heart. . . . Through her own experience of caring for children, she begins, for the first time, to appreciate the complex woman who raised her.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

The Kissing Booth Girl & Other Stories

Author : A. C. Wise
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781590216330
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book The Kissing Booth Girl & Other Stories written by A. C. Wise and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Perfect Stranger

Author : Roxana Robinson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 030743043X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A Perfect Stranger written by Roxana Robinson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Roxana Robinson’s lucid and elegant prose, her characters’ inner worlds open up to us, revealing private emotional cores that are familiar in their needs, their secrets, and their longings. These people tell us the truth–not only about themselves, their relationships, and their lives, but about ourselves as well. In “Family Christmas,” a young girl takes a holiday trip to her grandparents’, where the formal atmosphere is shattered by a mysterious and chaotic event that she knows she’s too young to understand but struggles to comprehend. In “Blind Man,” a college professor copes with the onslaught of grief after his daughter’s death. In “The Face Lift,” two college friends renew their bond across a great cultural divide. The sad and hilarious “Assistance” flawlessly details the tragicomic aspects of ageing–seen through the eyes of a daughter-turned-caretaker. The terrors of illness are explored in “The Treatment,” and in “Assez,” a trip to Provence reveals the true volatility of love–and reminds us that we often don’t realize that what we have is enough until it’s gone. A Perfect Stranger powerfully and affectingly examines the complex, intricate network of experiences that binds us to one another. These stories are tender, raw, lovely, and fine–and they reaffirm Roxana Robinson’s place at the forefront of modern literature.

A History of Glitter and Blood

Author : Hannah Moskowitz
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452140979
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book A History of Glitter and Blood written by Hannah Moskowitz and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage fairy contends with the consequences of war in this coming-of-age fantasy by the award-winning author of Teeth and Not Otherwise Specified. Sixteen-year-old Beckan and her friends are the only fairies brave enough to stay in Ferrum when war breaks out. Now there is tension between the immortal fairies, the subterranean gnomes, and the mysterious tightropers who arrived to liberate the fairies. But when Beckan’s clan is forced to venture into the gnome underworld to survive, they find themselves tentatively forming unlikely friendships and making sacrifices they couldn’t have imagined. As danger mounts, Beckan finds herself caught between her loyalty to her friends, her desire for peace, and a love she never expected. This stunning, lyrical fantasy is a powerful exploration of what makes a family, what justifies a war, and what it means to truly love. Praise for A History of Glitter and Blood “With Ferrum, Moskowitz has built a vividly gritty fairy realm and populated it with a richly diverse cast of characters. . . . This novel of friendship, love, and fighting for one’s beliefs should find a place among fans of the modern fairy story.” —Kirkus Reviews “Reminiscent of Holly Black and Laini Taylor, this gritty fantasy/war story is also an exploration of love in many forms . . . and creating a family of choice.” —The Horn Book Magazine “The author’s talent is evident as she ambitiously tackles complex themes of violence, sexual awakening, politics, and even infertility.” —School Library Journal “Thick, sultry, lyrical language builds a strong sense of atmosphere . . . [in] this rich, off-kilter snarl of a story.” —Booklist “Gritty, intense, sensational, and moving.” —Fresh Fiction

The Sentinels and Other Stories

Author : Wayne Kyle Spitzer
Publisher : Hobb's End Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sentinels and Other Stories written by Wayne Kyle Spitzer and published by Hobb's End Books. This book was released on 2022-07-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a land of wind and willows, two canoeists encounter some other-worldly wind turbines. From The Sentinels: Dunn: He said that he was taking the way of the wind and the sky, and that he was going in—to Them—by which I presume he meant going into the tower and scaling the ladder. And he said other things: That our thoughts made patterns in their world—left ‘prints,’ as it were—as did theirs in ours; and that that was how they’d found us, by listening to our thoughts, zeroing in on our patterns. And he said that Bobby was merely a bundle of sensory organs wrapped in a skin of decaying matter and so wasn’t important, wasn’t needed. That only they mattered—they, the beings attached to and inhabiting the turbines. And that … that … Detective Shaw: What, Mrs. Dunn? Say it. Dunn: But … don’t you see? It doesn’t matter what he said, because it wasn’t him speaking, not really. Bobby would never have described a human being as just a bundle of sensory organs; he truly believed, with every fiber of his being, that we were more than that—more than just the sum of our parts—it was what inspired him to become a doctor in the first place. And knowing what I knew, knowing what kind of man he was, I pressed him, telling him that Bobby did matter—that he mattered to his patients and that he mattered to me—more than I would ever be able to describe. And then I approached him and embraced him and told him I loved him—feeling, for the briefest of moments, the spirals beginning to close on his back—and he smiled, his eyes returning to normal, after which he said, or started to say, “I love …” (room tone) Detective Shaw: (inaudible) He—he told you he loved you? Dunn: No. He … his eyes rolled back … and then his face, it … it simply imploded. In a spiral. Like someone had flushed a toilet full of blood and brains.

Belladonna Nights and Other Stories

Author : Reynolds, Alastair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781645240136
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Belladonna Nights and Other Stories written by Reynolds, Alastair and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alastair Reynolds has continued to publish short fiction throughout the thirty-odd years of his professional career. This fourth collection gathers material mostly written by the former space scientist in the last decade, even as a number of stories--such as the title piece, set in the universe of House of Suns--revisit earlier environments. The scope of settings is wide, ranging from the contemporaneous Earth to the near future and out to the furthest realms of the galaxy, and taking in such diverse topics as the perils of immortality, cybernetic encounters in the Wild West, uncanny skateboard parks and the flocking behaviour of birds. There is horror here, but also hope--and not a little black humour. The collection includes "Open and Shut," "Night Passage," and "Plague Music," a long, previously unpublished story, all three set in the Revelation Space universe.

The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories

Author : Booth Tarkington
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528791630
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories written by Booth Tarkington and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1923, “The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories” is a fantastic collection of classic short stories by American dramatist and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Newton Booth Tarkington (1869–1946). Among only three other novelists to have won the Pulitzer Prize more than once, Tarkington was one of the greatest authors of the 1910s and 1920s who helped usher in Indiana's Golden Age of literature. His books saw numerous reprintings and were often prize-winning bestsellers, with many being for film and other media. The stories include: “The Fascinating Stranger”, “The Party”, “The One-Hundred-Dollar Bill”, “Jeannette”, “The Spring Concert”, “Willamilla”, “The Only Child”, “Ladies’ Ways”, “Maytime in Marlow”, “'You'”, “'Us'”, “The Tiger”, and “Mary Smith”. Highly recommended for short story lovers and fans of Tarkington's other works. Other notable works by this author include: “Monsieur Beaucaire” (1900), “The Turmoil” (1915), and “The Magnificent Ambersons” (1918). Read & Co. Classics are republishing this collection of short stories now in a new edition complete with a biography of the author from “Encyclopædia Britannica” (1922).

Heart of Darkness and Other Stories

Author : Joseph Conrad
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781853262401
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Heart of Darkness and Other Stories written by Joseph Conrad and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, 'Heart of Darkness' is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations.

The Emperor of Elam and other stories

Author : H. G. Dwight
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emperor of Elam and other stories written by H. G. Dwight and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-08-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the stories in this collection, three originally appeared in The Century Magazine (“Like Michael,” copyright, 1916; “The Emperor of Elam,” copyright, 1917; “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” copyright, 1918), two each in The Bookman (“Unto the Day,” copyright, 1904; “Studio Smoke,” copyright, 1905), in Scribner’s Magazine (“The Bathers,” copyright, 1903; “Henrietta Stackpole Rediviva,” copyright, 1904), and in The Smart Set (“Susannah and the Elder,” copyright, 1905; “The Undoing of Mrs. Derwall,” copyright, 1906), and one each in The Associated Sunday Magazines (“Martha Waring’s Elopement,” copyright, 1904), in The Outlook (“The Pagan,” copyright, 1905), in Short Stories (“Castello Montughi,” copyright, 1908), and in The Sunset Magazine (“The Bald Spot,” copyright, 1909). It may be added that the names of three of these stories are not the ones first copyrighted and that at least two of them have been completely recast, while not one of them has been left untouched in its earliest state. The writer nevertheless takes this occasion to express to the editors and publishers of the above periodicals, as well as to Mr. W. J. O’Brien and to Messrs. Small, Maynard and Company—who made use of “The Emperor of Elam” in The Best Short Stories of 1917—his thanks both for their former hospitality and for their present courtesy in permitting him to reassemble his work. Nor would this small payment of indebtedness be complete without mention of Colonel J. R. M. Taylor, who wrote the first draft of “The Emerald of Tamerlane,” and who generously allows it to be reprinted over the signature of his collaborator...FROM THE BOOKS.

E! True Hollywood Story

Author : Lanford Beard
Publisher : Chamberlain Brothers
ISBN 13 : 9781596090910
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book E! True Hollywood Story written by Lanford Beard and published by Chamberlain Brothers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features fifteen in-depth profiles of some of Hollywood's most celebrated and controversial men and women, including Eminem, Diana Ross, Ellen DeGeneres, Liza Minnelli, Anna Nicole Smith, Doris Day, John F. Kennedy Jr., and Paris and Nicky Hilton. Includes a DVD with highlights from the "E! True Hollywood Story" series.

Maria, Maria: & Other Stories

Author : Marytza K. Rubio
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1324090553
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Maria, Maria: & Other Stories written by Marytza K. Rubio and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conjuring entrancing tales of Mexican American mystics and misfits, Marytza K. Rubio shatters the boundaries of reality with this fiercely imaginative debut. “The first witch of the waters was born in Destruction. The moon named her Maria.” Set against the tropics and megacities of the Americas, Maria, Maria takes inspiration from wild creatures, tarot, and the porous borders between life and death. Motivated by love and its inverse, grief, the characters who inhabit these stories negotiate boldly with nature to cast their desired ends. As the enigmatic community college professor in “Brujería for Beginners” reminds us: “There’s always a price for conjuring in darkness. You won’t always know what it is until payment is due.” This commitment drives the disturbingly faithful widow in “Tijuca,” who promises to bury her husband’s head in the rich dirt of the jungle, and the sisters in “Moksha,” who are tempted by a sleek obsidian dagger once held by a vampiric idol. But magic isn’t limited to the women who wield it. As Rubio so brilliantly elucidates, animals are powerful magicians too. Subversive pigeons and hungry jaguars are called upon in “Tunnels,” and a lonely little girl runs free with a resurrected saber-toothed tiger in “Burial.” A colorful catalog of gallery exhibits from animals in therapy is featured in “Art Show,” including the Almost Philandering Fox, who longs after the red pelt of another, and the recently rehabilitated Paranoid Peacocks. Brimming with sharp wit and ferocious female intuition, these stories bubble over into the titular novella, “Maria, Maria”—a tropigoth family drama set in a reimagined California rainforest that explores the legacies of three Marias, and possibly all Marias. Writing in prose so lush it threatens to creep off the page, Rubio emerges as an ineffable new voice in contemporary short fiction.

THE DARLING AND OTHER STORIES

Author : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9360464740
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book THE DARLING AND OTHER STORIES written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Darling and Other Stories" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a captivating collection that showcases the masterful storytelling and eager observations of certainly one of Russia's best literary figures. Originally published between the past due nineteenth and early 20th centuries, those short tales delve into the complexities of human relationships, societal norms, and the nuances of regular life. At the coronary heart of the collection is the titular story, "The Darling," which follows the life of Olga Semyonovna, a lady whose identity turns into deeply entwined with those around her. The narrative unfolds with Chekhov's signature mixture of humor and pathos, providing a poignant remark on the character of love and dependence. The other tales within the collection provide a rich tapestry of characters and eventualities, a microcosm of the human enjoy. Chekhov's sharp wit and profound insights into the human psyche are evident in memories consisting of "The Kiss," "The Grasshopper," and "The Man in a Case." Through his exploration of diverse characters and situations, Chekhov captures the essence of the human condition, revealing the comedy and tragedy inherent in our normal lives. "The Darling and Other Stories" stays a timeless series, reflecting Chekhov's enduring legacy as a master storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of the human soul.

The Umbrella and Other Stories

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Umbrella and Other Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Liar and Other Stories

Author : Dr. Waseem Ahmad Siddiqi
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8128822160
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (288 download)

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Download or read book The Liar and Other Stories written by Dr. Waseem Ahmad Siddiqi and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of heart-tugging stories written by Dr. Waseem Siddiqi and translated into English by Dr. Navniit Gandhi stir some chords deep within us… The stories set us thinking, while also making a gripping reading. Suitable for all age-groups, the stories are really crisp and short. Why was the small boy running after the rickshaw? Did Manglu finally buy a bicycle for himself? Why did the buyer of the idol lie about its price? Would Barkat Baba whom everyone feared, allow Holi to be played in his compound? Will Mehmood ever be able to read and write? Should a teacher repent using the cane on his students? The stories seem to be familiar; seem to be drawn from our every day lives and from our own surroundings. The characters – be they Gaffaar or Manglu or Tara live and breathe amidst us and their stories will simply leave us refreshed and asking for more…

After a shadow, and other stories

Author : Arthur T. S.
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9359953229
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book After a shadow, and other stories written by Arthur T. S. and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After a Shadow, and Other Stories" by T. S. Arthur is a set of sad and notion-upsetting stories that discover the complicated nature of people and society. Arthur paints a photograph of moral dilemmas, emotional struggles, and the consequences of selections on people's lives via a number of gripping testimonies. "After a Shadow," the pick out tale, is a cautionary tale that indicates what occurs while you deliver in to choice. It brings out the ethical complexity of 1's acts and how they will have an effect on others for a long time. Arthur successfully weaves together issues of love, morality, and the complex nature of human relationships at some stage in the collection. Each tale shows a small part of society and deals with problems of morality, private responsibility, and the results of alternatives. The tales in this series make you reflect onconsideration on life in popular, and frequently serve as ethical tales that make you consider the moral issues in society. The deep stories that T. S. Arthur writes take readers into the complicated international of human beings, making them suppose and give them useful statistics about how our choices affect our lives and relationships inside the long term.