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3) Days of awe
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288 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"With her signature humor and compassion, A.M. Homes exposes the heart of an uneasy America in her new collection - exploring our attachments to each other through characters who aren't quite who they hoped to become, though there is no one else they can be. In "A Prize for Every Player," a man is nominated to run for president by the customers of a big box store, while he and his family do their weekly shopping. At a conference on genocide(s) in...
10) Ghosts
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xi, 274 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"No history of the American uncanny tale would be complete without mention of Edith Wharton, yet many of Wharton's most dedicated admirers are unaware that she was a master of the form. In fact, one of Wharton's final literary acts was assembling Ghosts, a personal selection of her own most chilling stories, written between 1902 and 1937. In 'The Lady's Maid's Bell,' the earliest tale included here, a servant's dedication to her mistress continues...
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xxxvii, 336 pages : illustrations, portrait, facsimilies, photographs ; 24 cm.
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English
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Twenty stories by William Sydney Porter (alias O. Henry), the beloved master of the short story known for his wordplay, wit and the delightful twists at the conclusion of so many of his stories. each story herein is selected to represent a particular holiday, from New Year's Day at the start of January all the way through to Christmas in late December. Included in the collection are some of O. Henry's best known stories ("The Gift of the Magi" & "The...
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Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits, it is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature. --From publisher description.
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