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3761) Negocios: cuentos
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Segunda edición Vintage Español.
Physical Desc
184 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
La obra triunfal que marcó el arranque literario de Junot Díaz puede ahora disfrutarse en una edición en español que conserva en su integridad la fuerza desabrida y la delicadeza del texto original.Los niños y jóvenes que pueblan las páginas de Negocios gravitan sin sosiego por territorios marginales, a mitad de camino entre la inocencia y la experiencia, entre la curiosidad infantil y la crueldad más descarnada.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. Playful, frightening, even shocking - the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion and reality. This is a writer at the height of his power, making the reader think, making them laugh, and sometimes making them want to look away while holding their gaze. Stories here are set in London,...
3764) The reservoir tapes
Author
Series
Reservoir novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
167 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A teenage girl has gone missing. The whole community has been called upon to join the search. And now an interviewer arrives, intent on capturing the community's unstable stories about life in the weeks and months before Becky Shaw vanished"--
3765) Bloody Scotland
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of crime stories set in iconic Scottish structures.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiv, 414 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of speculative works, including short stories, poems, plays, and graphic short stories that address the breadth of Latinx experiences and identities, including those of DREAMers"--
"In a tantalizing array of new works from some of the most exciting Latinx creators working in the speculative vein today, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers extends the project begun with a previous anthology, Latinx Rising (The Ohio State University Press,...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The twenty brand new crime stories in this book have been specially commissioned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as "one of the 50 best festivals in the world." Contributors come from around the world and include the legendary Maj Sjöwall who, together with partner Per Wahlöö, was the originator of Nordic noir. The editors are Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller. Martin Edwards is responsible for many award-winning...
3768) Wake, siren: Ovid resung
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 342 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In fierce, textured voices, the women of Ovid's Metamorphoses claim their stories and challenge the power of myth. Drawing on the rhythms of epic poetry and alt rock, of everyday speech and folk song, of fireside whisperings and therapy sessions, Nina MacLaughlin, the acclaimed author of Hammer Head, recovers what is lost when the stories of women are told and translated by men. She breathes new life into these fraught and well-loved myths.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In ten interconnected stories, the people of Glass, a picturesque village on the rugged English coast, are haunted by longings and deeply held secrets, captive to pasts that remain as alive as the present"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Fantagraphics Books edition.
Physical Desc
160 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a series of interconnected vignettes, Stewart focuses on the ordinary, slice-of-life moments-- teenagers climbing up and lounging on a rooftop, friends catching up over pints at the pub, a woman riding the night bus home-- and charges these scenes with a quiet intensity. Through keen observation and an ear for naturalistic dialogue, she reveals the complex natures of her characters, from their confidence to their insecurities, as they experience...
3771) The 12 brides of Christmas collection: 12 heartwarming historical romances for the season of love
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
543 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Enter the heartland of historical America at Christmastime through twelve inspiring romance novellas from acclaimed Christian authors. Meet Alma, Lucy, Esther, Marilee, Polly, Deborah, Annabelle, Sophie, Maddie, Karen, Arabella, and Kate who are surprised by how God brings them the desires of their hearts. Watch as faith, romance, and heartfelt gifts open each of their hearts to love."--Publisher annotation.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining. When We Cease to Understand the World is a book about the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger: these are some of luminaries into whose troubled lives Labatut's book thrusts the...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When an international warning siren accidentally goes off, convincing everyone that a meteor shower may just be the end of life as they know it, six couples--friends, exes, crushes and rivals--must take shelter. Inhibitions are abandoned, confessions are made and love blossoms, but what happens when the world doesn't end? Filled with humor, heat and hope, this riveting collection of interconnected multicultural stories by acclaimed authors Lane Clarke,...
Series
Marvel super stories volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
153 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"This first volume in a middle-grade anthology series with Marvel Comics, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator John Jennings, features all of your favorite Marvel super heroes in original six-page stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in comics for young readers. These mighty team-ups include: Black Panther: Jerry Craft (New Kid), Wiccan: Mike Curato (Flamer), Miles Morales Spider-Man: C. G. Esperanza (Soul Food...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 302
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xiii, 1,021 pages : map, genealogical table ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For more than fifty years, in eight novels and fortytwo short stories, Wendell Berry (b. 1934) has created an indelible portrait of rural America through the lens of Port William, Kentucky, one of the most fully imagined places in American literature. Taken together, these novels and stories form a masterwork of American prose: straightforward, spare, and lyrical. Now, for the first time, in an edition prepared in consultation with the author, Library...
3776) The wrong train
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A treasury of scary stories envisions the experiences of a train passenger who becomes subject to the nightmarish elements in stories told by a mysterious stranger, who demands a terrible price to make the stories end.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 170
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
990 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A final installment of a four-part collection of the classic American writer's works features his later novels, including "The Wayward Bus," "Burning Bright," "Sweet Thursday," and "The Winter of Our Discontent," in a volume that is complemented by his final published account, "Travels with Charley."
Author
Series
Library of America volume 149
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
x, 789 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of fifty-four short stories, including "Gimpel the Fool," "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," and "The Mirror."
Author
Series
Library of America volume 150
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
x, 856 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of sixty-five short stories.
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