Birds Of Fortune And Other Stories
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Birds Of Fortune And Other Stories
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Author : Wando Wande
language : en
Publisher: Crazyfish Olefish Press
Release Date : 2014-01-06
Birds Of Fortune And Other Stories written by Wando Wande and has been published by Crazyfish Olefish Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-06 with Fiction categories.
A collection of fantastical short stories for your perusal: Vignettes on love, pigeons, and death, especially death. A lady divided on an existential quandary; there's a gun somewhere. A little boy and his ghost bird friend try to find a way home and intact. A physicist and her serial killer boyfriend. Two grannies outdoing each other over a magical purse.
The Shoes Of Fortune And Other Stories
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Author : Hans Christian Andersen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
The Shoes Of Fortune And Other Stories written by Hans Christian Andersen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Children categories.
Golden Wings And Other Stories About Birders And Birding
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Author : Pete Dunne
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2003-04-01
Golden Wings And Other Stories About Birders And Birding written by Pete Dunne and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-01 with Nature categories.
Dubbed the "Bard of America's Bird-Watchers" by the Wall Street Journal, Pete Dunne knows birders and birding—instinctively and completely. He understands the compulsion that drives other birders to go out at first light, whatever the weather, for a chance to maybe, just maybe, glimpse that rare migrant that someone might have spotted in a patch of woods the day before yesterday. And yet, he also knows how . . . well . . . strange the birding obsession becomes when viewed through the eyes of a nonbirder. His dual perspective—totally engrossed in birding, yet still aware of the "odd birdness" of some birders—makes reading his essays a pure pleasure whether you pursue "the feather quest" or not. This book collects forty-one of Dunne's recent essays, drawn from his columns in Living Bird, Wild Bird News, the New Jersey Sunday section of the New York Times, Birder's World, and other publications. Written with his signature wit and insight, they cover everything from a moment of awed communion with a Wandering Albatross ("the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen") to Dunne's imagined "perfect bird" ("The Perfect Bird is the size of a turkey, has the wingspan of an eagle, the legs of a crane, the feet of a moorhen, and the talons of a great horned owl. It eats kudzu, surplus zucchini, feral cats, and has been known to predate upon homeowners who fire up their lawn mowers before 7:00 A.M. on the weekend."). The title essay pays whimsical, yet heartfelt tribute to Dunne's mentor, the late birding legend Roger Tory Peterson.
Artists In San Miguel And Other Stories
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Author : Francisco Javier Morales
language : en
Publisher: Palibrio
Release Date : 2014-06-20
Artists In San Miguel And Other Stories written by Francisco Javier Morales and has been published by Palibrio this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-20 with Fiction categories.
Luciano realized that Bono had fallen in love with Lady Beautiful. He did not say one word, not even opened his mouth. He feigned not noticing and kept silent. The next time that Lady Beautiful appeared at La Buena Vida everything happened real quickly, as if she had arrived fl ying at great speed. She once again remained at the high part of the place. Now, it was Luciano who felt an uncontrollable impulse. He did not clear his throat and breathed deeply. In a wink, he began to hum the Bolero by Ravel. He started softly but with a powerful and sure voice which went high, to the sky. As he increased the energy of the musical piece, he did the same with the melodious sound and the profound emotion that came out of his powerful throat. His voice was that of the lover who is showing his irrepressible joy and is about to go mad because the loved one is near. He doesn't know it but his legs are moving without his knowledge and taking him where...
The Bird Of Fate And Other Stories
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Author : Alexandre Dumas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1922
The Bird Of Fate And Other Stories written by Alexandre Dumas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1922 with Big game hunting categories.
The Pearl Jacket And Other Stories
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Author : Shouhua Qi
language : en
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Release Date : 2008-03-01
The Pearl Jacket And Other Stories written by Shouhua Qi and has been published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-01 with Fiction categories.
"Modern Chinese fiction . . . looks to have made a great leap towards the bookshelves of [Western] readers."—Guardian Hugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting new development in contemporary Chinese literature in a decade. Integrating both vernacular and contemporary styles while embracing new technologies such as text messaging (SMS) and blogging, contemporary Chinese flash fiction represents the voice of a civilization at the brink of a startling and unprecedented transformation. This collection features 120 short-short stories (from 100 to 300 words each), written by some of China's most dynamic and versatile authors. Dong Rui's The Pearl Jacket offers a glimpse of the real and surreal in human evolution, Chen Qiyou's Butterfly Forever brings an ancient Chinese literary motif into a startling modern context, while Liu Jianchao's Concerned Departments mocks the staggering complexity of life in the new urban China. Traditional, experimental, and avant-garde, The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories will reinvigorate the position of young Chinese writers as a major presence in contemporary literature. Their voices breathe new energy into modern Chinese literature, leaving the literary and societal stagnation of the Cultural Revolution behind as a distant memory. Shouhua Qi is an associate professor of English at Western Connecticut State University. He is the author of Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories and When the Purple Mountain Burns. He is one of the foremost experts (and translators) of the novels of Thomas Hardy.
The Jimmyjohn Boss And Other Stories
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Author : Owen Wister
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-08-08
The Jimmyjohn Boss And Other Stories written by Owen Wister and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-08 with Fiction categories.
A collection of Western short stories by Owen Wister. THE JIMMYJOHN BOSS (excerpt) One day at Nampa, which is in Idaho, a ruddy old massive jovial man stood by the Silver City stage, patting his beard with his left hand, and with his right the shoulder of a boy who stood beside him. He had come with the boy on the branch train from Boise, because he was a careful German and liked to say everything twice-twice at least when it was a matter of business. This was a matter of very particular business, and the German had repeated himself for nineteen miles. Presently the east-bound on the main line would arrive from Portland; then the Silver City stage would take the boy south on his new mission, and the man would journey by the branch train back to Boise. From Boise no one could say where he might not go, west or east. He was a great and pervasive cattle man in Oregon, California, and other places. Vogel and Lex-even to-day you may hear the two ranch partners spoken of...
Coco Quantum And Other Stories
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Author : Mason Chung
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2008-05
Coco Quantum And Other Stories written by Mason Chung and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05 with Fiction categories.
Each story in this book can also be described as fable, urban legend, fairy tale, or all of the above. This book is a collection of stories that are part fable, part urban legend, part fairy tale. They will make you laugh. They will make you think. They will make you read them again. The stories included in this book are: Blue Jack Down Swank and Toxy Space Garbage Man Cross My Heart Heurist Blues Charlatan's Green Blueberry Moon over POW The Joker's Smile Ruffian's Gold Unnecessary Beauty The Incredible Sunshine Lady The Girl in Orange Dress A Cup of Tea for My Coyote Five Takes the Island Divide by True Stranger in Blue Coco Quantum Chariots of Rainbow Breakable Hearts at Five and Dime Mabelline Freedom Truth Does Not Entertain
The Source Of Life And Other Stories
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Author : Beth Bosworth
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2012-09-24
The Source Of Life And Other Stories written by Beth Bosworth and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-24 with Fiction categories.
Post-divorce dating is one more cause for celebration (or a quick call in to the police) in Beth Bosworth's revelatory new book, The Source of Life and Other Stories. The spine of this collection is a series of linked stories about Ruth Stein, a Brooklyn author whose first book has exposed her father's abuses; while the voice here, speaking across a lifetime, ranges from bittersweet to humorous to lethal. In other stories Bosworth's narrators—a mother left to care for her son's suicidal dog, an editor haunted by a dog-eared manuscript—seem to grab hold of the reins and run off with their fates. Meanwhile Bosworth explores the extended family, the bonds of friendship, an apocalyptic Vermont, the rank yet redeemable Gowanus Canal; also rites of passage, race relations, divorce, middle-aged romance, dementia, funerals, alcoholism, and the Jewish religion. Reality is just another stumbling block for Bosworth's characters, who might help themselves but don't always choose to. There are leaps of faith here, nonetheless, as the collection dispenses a kind of narrative psychotropic for survival and redemption, with a chaser of humor mixed in.
The Diamond Lens And Other Stories
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Author : Fitz-James O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Release Date : 2023-12-01
The Diamond Lens And Other Stories written by Fitz-James O'Brien and has been published by Hesperus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-01 with Fiction categories.
An absorbing and haunting collection of early science fiction tales by an Irish-American author Fitz-James O'Brien capitalized on the success of his predecessors Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley in writing disturbing stories with demented protagonists, and this collection of three tales shows his mastery of the macabre. "The Diamond Lens" tells of a lone scientist's discovery of a microcosmic world within a drop of water, and his growing obsession with the beautiful Animula, a fair maiden within this world which he can see but never enter. His uncompromising pursuit of knowledge at any cost foreshadows the mad scientist familiar to readers in a multitude of works. In "What Was It?" an invisible man is discovered by residents of a boarding house. The residents' capture and investigation of the creature blends the fantastic with the scientific as they seek rational explanations for this extraordinary phenomenon. "The Wondersmith" is a macabre tale of an embittered toymaker who seeks revenge upon the society that has persecuted him by creating demonic mannequins and imbuing them with life in order to slaughter the masses— a fantastic melodrama in which the cunning Wondersmith is offset by the unassuming and unlikely hero Solon the hunchback, in love with the villain's daughter.