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14 Stories (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction)

Price: $4.64

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre : 10/1/1980 12:00:01 A

Seller ID: mon0000677931

ISBN-13: 9780801824456

Condition: Good

Stephen Dixon's stories and novels have an original, immediately recognizable sound and feel --a weird blend of Franz Kafka and Frank Capra. Readers of his previous work will find in 14 Stories that same wry, inventive, knife-edged humor that has come to characterize his distinctive style. With an adroit use of language and a keen eye for the quirky, offbeat side of human nature, Dixon creates a world as viewed through a fish-eye lens--slightly distorted and off-center, yet recognizable and often familiar.14 Stories is part comedy, part tragedy, part social comment and part spoof. But most of ...
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33 Moments of Happiness: St. Petersburg Stories

Price: $3.91

Publisher: Knopf : 2/3/1998 12:00:01 AM

Seller ID: mon0000676933

ISBN-13: 9780375400292

Condition: VeryGood

The fantastic ramblings of a German businessman who has visited Russia create a surreal view of relations between Germany and Russia, and the national characteristics of both countries.
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A Congress of Wonders

Price: $2.63

Publisher: Counterpoint : 1996T

Seller ID: mon0000677047

ISBN-13: 9781887178129

Condition: VeryGood

"What a treat it is to pick up a book, begin reading, then break out laughing deep from the gut not once, but repeatedly". Book Page

"Quaff of this literary elixir. You won't regret it". Newsweek

"The marvel is not just that he demonstrates such command of the language...but that coupled with all that remarkable prose is such superb storytelling". Lexington Herald-Leader

Set in the fictional world of Burdock County, Kentucky, around World War II, these ribald stories showcase the wicked, loving humor of McClanahan, author of the bestselling novel The Natural Man.
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A New Life: Stories and Photographs from the Suburban South (The Lyndhurst Series on the South)

Price: $2.45

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : 1996-10-17

Seller ID: mon0000539757

ISBN-13: 9780393040302

Condition: Good

These short stories and surprising images portray the South not as we might imagine or remember it, but as it is lived--in condos and malls, on golf courses and interstates, in family rooms and bedrooms, and in the hearts and minds of southern people.This volume brings together recent southern stories by Richard Barusch, Bobbie Ann Mason, Lee Smith, Robert Olen Butler, and Mary Ward Brown, among others, coupled with photographic essays. These revealing pictures and stories cover a broad geographical and emotional territory and give us a revealing portrait of the new look and feel of the contem...
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A View by the Sea (Modern Asian literature series)

Price: $4.07

Publisher: Columbia University Press : 1984T

Seller ID: mon0000681290

ISBN-13: 9780231058728

Condition: Good

Ex-library book with usual markings.
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A View by the Sea (Modern Asian Literature)

Price: $1.49

Publisher: Columbia University Press : 4/15/1992 12:00:01 A

Seller ID: mon0000677100

ISBN-13: 9780231058735

Condition: VeryGood

The stories selected for this collection include the author's novella A View by the Sea, which was awarded both the Mombusho and Noma literary prizes. Five other short stories represent the best of Yasuoka's writing from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Acid Plaid: New Scottish Writing

Price: $1.97

Publisher: Arcade Publishing : 9/1/1997 12:00:01 AM

Seller ID: mon0000677102

ISBN-13: 9781559703987

Condition: VeryGood

The phenomenal success of Trainspotting made Edinburgh the hottest literary spot on the map. A major feature in the New York Times Magazine announced, "From the margins of Scottish society comes a new, beer-soaked, drug-filled, profanity-laced, violently funny literature", and Kirkus writes, "The Scottish beats are already strong contenders for world-class literary status". They have infused their writing with a raw, youthful energy and daring that has attracted an audience in the hundreds of thousands. With what British Esquire calls "an impressive array of Scottish writers", Acid Plaid: New ...
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All Families Are Psychotic: A Novel

Price: $1.49

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA : 9/15/2001 12:00:01 A

Seller ID: mon0000677520

ISBN-13: 9781582341651

Condition: VeryGood

The most disastrous family reunion in the history of fiction.The Drummond family descends upon the state of Florida, cutting a swath through Disney World, Cape Canaveral, the swamps and the highways, gathering to watch the launch into space of their beloved daughter and sister, Sarah. What should be a cause for celebration becomes instead the impetus for a series of mishaps and coincidences that place them in constant peril. In a family where gunplay, black market negotiations and kidnapping are all part of an afternoon in the sun, you can only imagine what happens when things take a turn for ...
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Altered States

Price: $9.81

Publisher: Random House : 12/30/1996 12:00:01

Seller ID: mon0000677030

ISBN-13: 9780679449737

Condition: VeryGood

America Offline: PSI Order Orgotek & FSA Sourcebook) (A Sourcebook for Trinity)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: White Wolf Publishing : 1998-08-19

Seller ID: mon0000604748

ISBN-13: 9781565047624

Condition: VeryGood

Hope-- Sacrifice-- UnityA century-and-a-half in the future, humanity has ventured into space, encountering strange alien races and diverse new worlds. Yet in the dawn of this new age, Earth is assaulted by a menace from its past -- twisted, once-human creatures called Aberrants.Humanity's greatest defenders -- men and women gifted with formidable psychic powers -- -- stand against this horrific threat. Armed with psionic abilities and biotechnological enhancements, and aided by mysterious aliens, these guardians hope to fend off the invasion and protect humanity from its own twisted reflection...
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American Jewish Fiction: A Century of Stories

Price: $1.49

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press : 1998-10-01

Seller ID: mon0000613750

ISBN-13: 9780803292529

Condition: Good

This anthology presents an ambitious cross-section of Jewish American short fiction. It covers a full century of extraordinary writings, from turn-of-the-century immigrant fiction to stories by some of the finest young contemporary American writers. To read through its pages is to encounter a remarkable--and remarkably diverse--literary tradition.The volume opens with stories by two important immigrant writers from the early twentieth century, Abraham Cahan and Anzia Yezierska. There follows a generous selection of modern Jewish American stories by such celebrated authors as Isaac Bashevis Sin...
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Anthropology

Price: $1.49

Publisher: Villard : 9/5/2000 12:00:01 AM

Seller ID: mon0000677002

ISBN-13: 9780375504211

Condition: VeryGood

Arabian Night's Entertainments (Oxford World's Classics)

Price: $1.98

Publisher: Oxford University Press : 2006-03-06

Seller ID: mon0000285086

ISBN-13: 9780192834799

Condition: Good

Light edge wear. Tanned pages.
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Autumn & Winter Sonatas: The Memoirs of Marquis of Bradomin (Empire of the Senses S)

Price: $2.86

Publisher: Dedalus Limited : 6/9/1998 12:00:01 AM

Seller ID: mon0000677059

ISBN-13: 9781873982839

Condition: VeryGood

The Sonatas are the memoirs of the Marquis o f Bradomin, a Galician Don Juan. Where the Spring and Summer Sonatas showed Bradomin at the height of his powers, we now find him in the autumn and winter of his life '
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Besame Mucho: New Gay Latino Fiction

Price: $2.34

Publisher: Painted Leaf Pr : 1999T

Seller ID: mon0000706017

ISBN-13: 9781891305061

Condition: VeryGood

Besame Mucho is an anthology of gay Latino writers who live or have lived in this country. This is an important book, much needed by both the gay and Latino communities, showcasing their emerging creativity. The authors include Ernesto Mestre, Emmanuel Xavier, Dionisio Canas, Guillermo Reyes, Roberto Eschavarren, and many others. Jaime Manrique, who also has a story in the collection, gives us an entertainingly good read, and an invaluable resource for teaching.
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Best Black Women's Erotica 2

Price: $2.34

Publisher: Cleis Press : 2/6/2003 12:00:01 AM

Seller ID: mon0000705081

ISBN-13: 9781573441636

Condition: Good

Best Black Women's Erotica 2 showcases the hottest, most arousing, and surprising erotic literature by African American women writers. Representing a wide range of styles and voices, these 20 stories offer a steamy assortment of fiction from popular authors, including C. C. Carter, T'Ashia Asante, Dorothy Randal Gray, Carol Smith Passariello, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Shawn F. Rhea, Opal Palmer Adisa, R. Erica Doyle, Tara Betts, and Tracy Price-Thompson among others.
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Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth

Price: $1.49

Publisher: Persea : 2002-12-01

Seller ID: mon0000583119

ISBN-13: 9780892552788

Condition: VeryGood

These stories of young people of all backgrounds--from the privileged to the poor, from immigrant to native-born--beat with the pulse of city life. They neither extol nor condemn but frankly reflect the city's real excitements and perils. For urban teens, these are pages out of daily life. For those who live elsewhere, here is a glimpse into a world so often imagined. Among the authors are Judith Ortiz Cofer, Eugenia Collier, Ann Hood, Cherylene Lee, Paul Many, Walter Dean Myers, Michael Rosovsky, Neal Shusterman, Amy Tan, Elennora Tate, and Kurt Vonnegut.
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Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction

Price: $2.34

Publisher: Penguin Books : 1990-10-01

Seller ID: mon0000692376

ISBN-13: 9780140116977

Condition: Good

Edited by the critically acclaimed Terry McMillan, the award-winning author of five previous novels and recipient of the Essence Award for Excellence in Literature, this is a striking collection of works from contemporary African-American authors, both established and emerging. This is the first original anthology of African-American writing in over a decade. Featuring works by over fifty African-American writers and a preface by John Edgar Wideman, this amazing anthology showcases some of our best contemporary writers, including: Terry McMillan, Clarence Major, Wanda Coleman, Ntozake Shange, ...
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