Short stories

Domestic disturbance calls to the residence of Booth and Stacey Keiser aren't uncommon.

Bankers prowl Brooklyn bars on the eve of the stock market crash.

For almost seven decades, ten ladies have met for lunch on May 8, to celebrate their friendship and shared history.

Stories, poems etc.

An incredibly humorous book with the power to thrill, shock and inspire the reader whilst they tear with laughter.

This classic short story collection offers an unblinking portrait of the American Midwest during a time of intense change.

In this age of reality TV, where the shallow pursuit of celebrity seems to be at the expense of talent and sincerity, this book comes as a breath of fresh air.

The old inn sits by a lake in an ancient forest, shrouded in mystery.

En un lenguaje sencillo, Jos Javier Garca Cardoso nos presenta senderos de luz como una relacin de pequeas historias en las que el personaje central, Juanito, joven estudiante de secundaria, curioso y preguntn, hace que de manera amena e interesante, se vayan revelando los conocimientos tanto cientficos como msticos en los que estamos inmersos.

Exile is a collection of short stories with the taste of a novel.

The Cafe with Five Faces, hardly surprisingly, is a cafe with five distinct areas, each named after a city or town with which the author has a special affinity.

Nathaniel P.

Police Officer Patti Johnson is torn between duty and lost love.

Loa Ho (also Lai He, 1894-1943) was a pioneering writer from Taiwan often called the 'father of New Taiwanese Literature'.

The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter "e;transform[s] her pain into poetry"e; in this intimate collection (People).

';Bold and ingenious' stories about the dark heart of America by the acclaimed Whiting Awardwinning author (The New York Times Book Review).

With perhaps one exception, these short stories are about the human mind and its interaction with whatever environment it happens to encounter during life, and span a period from ancient to modern times.

Fragmented brings together short stories and sketches, charting a personal journey from squatter and hippy in Seventies London to creative and stable middle age as husband, father, teacher and writer.

Jessie is tired of dealing with her drunk mother and life in a rough part of town, and when a creepy woman approaches her one morning and advises her to pay attention to Shakespeare's As You Like It in her English class she shrugs off the recommendation.

To a future girl, Mishell, who flies with the aid of anti-gravity wings, the death in a freak accident of a beloved older brother, Mykel, is hard to accept.

In the last column of a job application, there's that tricky question: reason for leaving?

'I tender these tales of the Jazz Age into the hands of those who read as they run and run as they read.

This book is written in simple language to facilitate understanding.

Uma história especialmente destinada a crianças com mais de 10 anos, mas também apropriada para gente adulta, baseada na vida social das formigas que, em termos de organização, tem muitas semelhanças com a estrutura social dos seres humanos.

PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist: A "e;superb story collection"e; about America and Cuba, escape and return, and history and hope (Los Angeles Times).

Tragicomedy of the highest order, this stellar collection is Croatian writer Novakovich's best ever.

Second generation Elvis impersonator, Elliot, is content with his small-town circuit and regular gigs at the Holiday Inn, until he attracts a fan who has never heard of the King.

Haitov's tales are set in the small villages of the Rhodope Mountains in south-east Bulgaria, one of the most remote corners of Europe.

Ouvia gritos de desespero há minha volta, relinchos de agonia.

Far in the cold north of Russia, a man carries a vital charge over the mountains.

This is the first fulllength collection of short stories by travel writer and master of mountain literature Jim Perrin.