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The girl behind the curtain (Hidden women. #3)
Par Stella Knightley. 2013
Sarah Thomson and Marco Donato's complicated love affair continues - their passion is a deep one but both have been…
badly hurt before and are wary of exposing their vulnerabilities to the other. Meanwhile, Sarah begins to research a new subject: In Nineteen-Thirties Germany, Katherine Hazleton escapes her stuffy finishing school and runs away to Berlin in pursuit of an unsuitable man. Alone and penniless when her boyfriend deserts her, she is forced to become a hostess at a cabaret bar. There she reinvents herself as Kitty Katkin. Writing her own songs to accompany her risque dance routines, Kitty is soon a sensation. She is in love with Berlin and her handsome musician lover, Otto. But Germany is about to change. Will Kitty and Sarah find the love they truly deserve? Sequel to "The girl behind the fan". 2013.The girl behind the fan (Hidden women. #2.)
Par Stella Knightley. 2013
Hurt and confused by the sudden end of her strange love affair with Venetian millionaire Marco Donato, Sarah Thomson takes…
her bruised heart to Paris, where she tries to forget her yearning for Marco by throwing herself into a new project: a study of the life of notorious nineteenth-century courtesan, Augustine Levert. It is while she is in France that Sarah meets her ex-boyfriend Steven, who is hoping for reconciliation. Sequel to "The girl behind the mask”. Followed by "The girl behind the curtain". Includes sex. c2013.The girl behind the mask (Hidden women. #1.)
Par Stella Knightley. 2013
Leaving the heartache of sexual betrayal behind her in London, historian Sarah Thomson intends to make the most of her…
research trip to Venice. But she soon finds her attention consumed by mysterious millionaire Marco Donato. Followed by "The girl behind the fan". Includes sex. c2013.The gauntlet: a western trio (Five Star standard print western series)
Par Max Brand. 1998
Three short westerns originally written for magazines, including The Blackness of MacTee, The King of Rats: A Reata Story, and…
The Gauntlet. In all three, rugged frontiersmen are frustrated by their encounters with women, some of whom lead them astray or dodge their offerings of love. Some violence. 1998.A selection of short stories chosen as an introduction for teenagers to the adult writing of Roald Dahl. Subtle and…
bizarre, ironic and amusing, macabre and often grotesque, these tales provide a first step into the unexpected world of Roald Dahl. For junior high and older readers. 1997.Ten short stories of Asia, past and present. They include tales of American servicemen in China during World War II…
and Korea during the Korean War, as well as stories set in Manila, India and New York's Chinatown in the 1950's and 60's. 1970.The golden pot, and other tales: A New Translation By Ritchie Robertson (Oxford World's Classics)
Par Ritchie Robertson, E. T. A Hoffmann. 1992
Five stories written between 1814 and 1822 when the German Romantic author died. Each tale explores different relations between reality…
and fantasy. Ritchie Robertson provides the literary context of these tales in his introductory essay. 1992.The golden thread: stories
Par Ann Copeland. 1989
These eleven stories portray life behind convent walls as the life of Claire Delaney unfolds. Her development from an earnest…
novice to a nun and teacher explores the themes of friendship, loneliness, ambition, and personal faith. Followed by "Strange bodies on a stranger shore" (DC12944). 1989.The girl without anyone
Par Kelli Deeth. 2001
Eleven stories following a girl called Leah growing up in a dysfunctional family in the suburbs. They bear witness to…
a girl standing on the edge, between girl and woman, between self and self-loathing, in search of love and acceptance. Despite all their failings, Leah and her family continue to have hope that love will triumph. 2001.The Garden of Eden and other criminal delights
Par Faye Kellerman. 2006
Seventeen short stories include mysteries and family tales. In the previously unpublished title piece, Rina Decker discovers the body of…
her elderly gardening buddy. In "The Stalker", Dana's boyfriend changes after they marry. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2006.The gift of shame (Black Lace Ser.)
Par Sarah Hope-Walker. 2008
Jeffrey is little more than a stranger to Helen when he tells her to do things no other man has…
hinted at. A cultured, wealthy stranger who likes to play games of master and servant. In the secrecy of a London apartment, in the debauched opulence of a Parisian retreat, they become partners of perversity and shame. Emerging from the shadows of guilt, a resolutely virtuous young widow is transformed into a voracious wanton. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2008.The General danced at dawn
Par George MacDonald Fraser. 1986
The further adventures of Slugger McBatt: baseball stories
Par W. P Kinsella. 1988
The freedom in American songs: stories
Par Kathleen Winter. 2014
The fragile lights of earth: articles and memories, 1942-1970
Par Alan Brown, Gabrielle Roy. 1982
The flying goat
Par H. E Bates. 1994
This selection of stories contains some of the author's shorter works. In the title story the lighthearted comedy of his…
Uncle Silas' sketches is given full play. "The ox" is the tragedy of a stoical, inexperienced woman. His longest contribution, "I am not myself," is the study of a man who falls in love with a girl who is not quite mad, but who believes in the existence of things which do not exist, providing a restrained atmosphere of tenderness and half-madness setting this story apart from the rest. 1994.The falling woman: stories (Vintage Tales Ser.)
Par Shaena Lambert. 2002
Ten short stories that loosely circle the motif of the falling woman. Never quite fallen - always in transition -…
she insists on plunging into the forbidden: marching down Main Street topless or seducing married men. These stories examine the universal themes of love, loss, and healing. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002.The female of the species: tales of mystery and suspense
Par Joyce Carol Oates. 2005
From adulterers to murderers, the women portrayed here possess a killer combination of venom and vice. In "The Haunting," a…
mother reinvents herself after her husband's suspicious death. Mysterious late-night phone calls prompt an unhappy young wife to seek vengeance on her volatile mate in "So Help Me God." Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. Contains strong language. 2005.The Fencepost chronicles
Par W. P Kinsella. 1986
Frank Fencepost, Silas Ermineskin and their assorted friends of the Hobbema Reserve in Alberta cause a riot on a nude…
beach in Vancouver, chat with the Queen in her bedroom and have other zany adventures. Followed by "Miss Hobbema pageant" (DC11676). Some strong language. 1986.The dancing girl of Izu and other stories
Par Yasunari Kawabata, J. Martin Holman. 1998
Twenty-three pieces by Japan's first Nobel laureate, all but one written before 1930. "The Dancing Girl of Izu," first published…
in 1925, appears here in an unabridged translation that conveys a youth's attraction to a young female entertainer. Eighteen selections are brief "palm-of-the-hand" stories. 1998.