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Home Schooling: Stories
Par Carol Windley. 2006
From the acclaimed author of Visible Light comes a collection of seven outstanding stories, each set against the rural landscape…
of Vancouver Island and the cities of the Pacific Northwest. In these stories the memories and dreams of characters are examined, revealing them to be both cages and keys to the cages. The life lessons learned by the characters are often as complicated and painful as they are illuminating. In the title story, two sisters fall in love with their math tutor on one of the Gulf Islands, inhabited equally by the ghosts of the misfits and Hollywood stars who came to live there, and the children of an alternative school, run by the girls’ criminally optimistic father. In “Sand and Frost,” a young girl drops out of UBC, returns home, and discovers that her domineering grandmother is the sole survivor of a shocking act of family violence. In “What Saffi Knows,” a child, unable to explain to her self-involved parents, struggles with the knowledge of the whereabouts of another missing child. In these remarkable seven stories, Carol Windley creates a sense of place and of people that breathe the cool wet air of a spring morning on Gabriola Island.Life Without Death
Par Peter Unwin. 2013
In Life Without Death, the latest short story collection from Peter Unwin, ordinary men and women search for meaning in…
lives subject to change, chance, coincidence, and catastrophe. A man recalls a lifetime of love and loss while copying contacts out of his old little black book. A woman is left her dying father's secret stash of pornography, and is entrusted with the unenviable task of disposing of it. A new father unexpectedly discovers a way of connecting to his autistic son. For one day, guests to a wedding set aside their various past misdeeds in order to celebrate a young couple's union. A teenager newly introduced to a life of petty crime suddenly finds himself in way over his head. A man's former acquaintance resurfaces decades later as the subject of a haunting art film. Unwin's characters live full, complex lives within each story. Though they may not find the simple answers they seek, if such answers even exist, they-and readers-gain something farmore valuable on their journeys: perspective.The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society: Stories
Par Christine Estima. 2023
Minicuentos: 365 buenas noches en forma de cuento
Par Varios Autores. 2023
Ha llegado la hora de dormir, ¡elige un minicuento! Ciervos que hablan, dragones que asan patatas en vez de humanos…
e ¡incluso extraterrestres que van a fiestas de disfraces! Entre las páginas de este libro encontrarás estas y muchas otras historias ideales para leer antes de ir a dormir. Historias cortas y sencillas perfectos para pasar un rato en familia todos los días. ¡Tienes una para cada día del año!Un recopilatorio de 365 cuentos cortos, perfectos para leer en voz alta, que será el regalo ideal para niños y mayoresNueva York. La novela: La apasionante historia de Nueva York desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad
Par Edward Rutherfurd. 2009
Los 400 años de Historia de la ciudad de Nueva York se conforma de miles de historias, escenarios y personajes…
extraordinarios. «Partiendo de la vida de los indios que habitaban sus tierras vírgenes y los primeros colonos holandeses hasta llegar a la dramática construcción del Empire State Building o la creación del edificio Dakota en el que vivía John Lennon. Durante la Guerra de la Independencia de los Estados Unidos, Nueva York fue territorio británico; tiempo más tarde, los neoyorquinos crearon canales y vías ferroviarias que abrieron las puertas a la America del Oeste. »La ciudad ha estado en el centro del huracán en buenos y malos momentos, como lo fueron el crash del 29 o el ataque del 11 de septiembre. Grandes personajes han poblado su historia: Stuyvesant, el holandés que defendió Nuevo Ámsterdam; Washington, cuya presidencia arrancó en Nueva York; Ben Franklin, que abogó por la América británica; Lincoln, que dio uno de sus mejores discursos en la ciudad...»Pero, ante todo, para mí, se trata de la historia de gente ordinaria: indios locales, pobladores holandeses, comerciantes ingleses, esclavos africanos, tenderos alemanes, trabajadores irlandeses, judíos e italianos llegados vía Ellis Island, puertorriqueños, guatemaltecos y chinos, gente de bien y gángsters, mujeres de la calle y damas de alta alcurnia.»Edward RutherfurdChina. La novela
Par Edward Rutherfurd. 2021
Por el autor best seller internacional de París, Nueva York y Londres. Edward Rutherfurd nos lleva a un estimulante nuevo…
mundo con su ya más que reconocido estilo épico en ésta, su nueva novela: China. Edward Rutherfurd ha cautivado a millones de lectores con su grandeza narrativa, sagas históricas profundas que nos cuentan la historia de alguna ciudad famosa a lo largo de múltiples generaciones. Ahora, en China, el autor lleva a sus lectores a la riqueza del entorno fascinante del Reino Medio. La historia comienza en 1839, en el alba de la Primera Guerra del Opio, y continúa con la historia de China a través de la Revolución Cultural de Mao hasta nuestros días. Rutherfurd relata el ascenso y la caída de las fortunas de distintos miembros de familias chinas, británicas y americanas, mientras negocian el devenir de la historia. Por el camino, fiel a su estilo, Rutherfurd nos regala un minucioso y profundo retrato de la historia y de la sociedad china, de sus tradiciones ancestrales, de sus grandes reveses y de la aparición de China como una gran potencia global en ascenso. Y al igual que en sus novelas anteriores, encontraremos romance, aventuras, heroínas y sinvergüenzas, luchas abrumadoras y fortunas increíbles. China da vida al rico terreno de este vasto país que ha vivido bajo una constante evolución. De Shangai a Nankín y a través de la Gran Muralla, Rutherfurd relata el turbulento ascenso y la caída de imperios, mientras el colonial Oeste colisiona con el opulento y complejo Este en una batalla épica entre sus culturas y su gente. Profundamente documentada y majestuosamente narrada, Edward Rutherfurd pinta un apasionante retrato de uno de los países más singulares y extraordinarios del mundo entero. La crítica ha dicho...«Un contundente y adictivo volumen de 850 páginas donde recorre la historia del gigante asiático desde la Primera Guerra del Opio hasta los albores del siglo XX.»ABC Cultura «Se devora sin freno en cuanto comienza a leerse.»Llámamelista «El país, como en sus otras obras, es el primero de los personajes y en los que mezcla historia y ficción.»Carmen Naranjo, eldiario.es«En China varias familias ficticias viven y recorren la historia el convulso siglo XIX del gigante asiático.»Entrevista a Edward Rutherfurd por David Yagüe «Su maravilloso estilo narrativo ha hecho que se convierta en uno de mis favoritos de este año.»Mi terapia alternativa«Su nueva novela abarca 60 años de la Historia de un país que le fascina contada desde diversos ángulos, de comerciantes británicos a un eunuco.»El Correo «Ofrece todo ese placer clásico de la lectura larga e inmersiva.»Lo que yo te diga «Consigue engancharte desde el principio y, a pesar de su extensión, la novela se hace corta.»MagicEverywhere_books«El libro es una auténtica lección de Historia, sobre todo lo que pasó en aquella época, pero, también, sobre la forma de vida de los chinos.»LAKY librosMarya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party (Marya Khan)
Par Saadia Faruqi. 2022
Perfect for fans of Ivy & Bean and Dory Fantasmagory, Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party is the start…
of a charming chapter book series from acclaimed author Saadia Faruqi about a Pakistani American third-grader whose plans may backfire but whose persistence and heart are inspiring. Marya’s eighth birthday is coming up in a week, and all she wants is an over-the-top birthday party just like the ones Alexa, her rich neighbor, always throws. When Alexa parades into school with fancy invitations, Marya can’t help herself—she claims that she’s having the most epic henna party ever. Now she has to convince her family to make it happen. Enter Operation Help the Khans! Marya’s siblings clearly need help with their projects. Maybe she could cook dinner for her parents, or clean her grandmother’s room? Except everything Marya does seems to end in disaster. Will Marya and her family be able pull it together and throw the best party ever?! Featuring black-and-white illustrations by Ani Bushry and a selection of henna designs to trace and color.A Gift to Last: An Anthology
Par Debbie Macomber. 2023
Two Christmas favorites from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber!Can This Be Christmas?On December 24, a crowded train…
is taking holiday travelers home for Christmas. But because of a snowstorm, this group of strangers ends up spending Christmas Eve together, stranded in a small New Hampshire station. Despite the cold and discomfort, they create an impromptu celebration that reminds them all what Christmas really means. Shirley, Goodness and MercyGreg Bennett hates Christmas. Divorced, virtually friendless and about to lose his business, he has no time for what he considers sentimental nonsense. It takes three angels to show him the truth. Shirley, Goodness and Mercy shall follow him…until he learns what Christmas is all about! Previously published.Night-Gaunts: and Other Tales of Suspense
Par Joyce Carol Oates. 2018
Dark, brilliant fiction from the New York Times-bestselling author: &“Oates&’ spookiness is visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.&”―Booklist In the…
title story of her taut new fiction collection, Joyce Carol Oates writes: Life was not of the surface like the glossy skin of an apple, but deep inside the fruit where seeds are harbored. There is no writer more capable of picking out those seeds and exposing all their secret tastes and poisons than Oates herself—as demonstrated in these six stories. One tale opens with a woman, naked except for her high-heeled shoes, seated in front of the window in an apartment she cannot, on her own, afford. In this exquisitely tense narrative reimagining of Edward Hopper&’s Eleven A.M., 1926, the reader enters the minds of both the woman and her married lover, each consumed by alternating thoughts of disgust and arousal, as he rushes, amorously, murderously, to her door. In &“The Long-Legged Girl,&” an aging, jealous wife crafts an unusual game of Russian roulette involving a pair of Wedgwood teacups, a strong Bengal brew, and a lethal concoction of medicine. Who will drink from the wrong cup, the wife or the dance student she believes to be her husband&’s latest conquest? In &“The Sign of the Beast,&” when a former Sunday school teacher&’s corpse turns up, the blighted adolescent she had by turns petted and ridiculed confesses to her murder—but is he really responsible? And another young outsider, Horace Phineas Love, Jr., is haunted by apparitions at the very edge of the spectrum of visibility after the death of his tortured father in &“Night-Gaunts,&” a fantastic ode to H.P. Lovecraft. &“Consummately well-written, stylistically dashing...forthrightly nightmarish.&”―Kirkus ReviewsVeterans Crisis Hotline (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction)
Par Jon Chopan. 2018
The twelve stories of Veterans Crisis Hotline offer a meditation on the relationship between war and righteousness and consider the…
impossible distance between who men are and who they want to be. A veteran working at the hotline listens to the stories men tell when they need someone to hear their voices, when they need to access a language for their pain. Two men search for the head of a decapitated Iraqi civilian so that they might absolve themselves of the atrocities of war, a Marine hunts for the man who raped his girlfriend, and a teenage son replaces his dead father on the battlefield. With a quick wit and offbeat humor, Jon Chopan takes us from the banks of the Euphrates to the bars and VFW halls of the Rust Belt, providing insight into the Iraq War and its enduring impact on those who volunteered to fight in it.One Haunted House (Xist Children's Books)
Par Calee M. Lee, Maria Bullon. 2017
Preschool Halloween Counting Book One Haunted House is joined by Two Perfect Pumpkins, Three Winsome Witches, Four Baffled Bats and…
even more Halloween friends Perfect for toddlers through Kindergarteners, One Haunted House is a gentle introduction to the spooky side of Halloween, with lots of candy and good fun of course!Relatos de la noche
Par Uriel Reyes. 2023
¿TE ATREVES A LEERLAS A SOLAS? ¿Es más punzante el sonido que el silencio? En estas páginas, Uriel Reyes ha…
vertido relatos escalofriantes en los que la noche se presenta afilada y solitaria. Esa noche cae como un pesado cuchillo sobre la realidad que abre una grieta hacia lo paranormal. El rechinar de una puerta, un cristal roto, una voz distorsionada… con la puesta del sol, estas cosas sufren una metamorfosis literal y metafórica que nos empujan hacia un miedo sofocante. Estos son sucesos que uno quisiera contar a susurros, como para no invocaralgo terrible. Las historias de estas páginas carecen de explicaciones y, sin duda alguna, desearás que nunca te ocurran a ti. “PREPÁRATE PARA EMBARCAR EN UN VIAJE A TRAVÉS DE LAS SOMBRAS, DONDE CADA HISTORIA SE CONVIERTE EN UN ESPEJO QUE REFLEJA NUESTROS MIEDOS Y ANHELOS MÁS PROFUNDOS.”-ANDRÉS VARGAS “RUZO”The Eternal Moment and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)
Par E. M. Forster. 2023
“Something that cuts across them like a bar of light . . . patiently illumines all their problems, and at…
another place shoots over or through them as if they did not exist. We shall give that bar of light two names, fantasy and prophecy.” —E. M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel Six compelling tales intertwined with fantasy spotlight the profound humanism that E. M. Forster developed in his later novels. These early writings provide readers with a thought-provoking exploration of the human spirit, allowing for the possibility of a life-altering epiphany that frequently conflicts with conventional wisdom. From the prescient science fiction dystopia “The Machine Stops” to the title story, “The Eternal Moment,” each character is engulfed by a separation of reality from illusion and every experience prompts a transformation within. With opposing perspectives at play, they can never be the same. This extraordinary short story collection includes “Co-Ordination,” “The Eternal Moment,” “Mr. Andrews,” “The Machine Stops,” “The Point of It,” and “The Story of the Siren.”Betty & Veronica Double Digest #319 (Betty & Veronica Double Digest #319)
Par Archie Superstars. 2023
TWO BRAND NEW STORIES! First, The Shield is looking for the perfect holiday gift. Lucky for her Betty and Veronica…
are there to help her shop–and stop some shoplifters! Then, on the eve of her interview for membership in the Mighty Crusaders, a battle with a new super-villain ruins Pow-Girl’s costume so she must turn to Betty & Veronica to save the day.World of Archie Super 3-Pack (Archie Graphic Novels)
Par Archie Superstars. 2023
Archie Comics is getting into the holiday spirit by giving back to the fans! This year, the whole town of…
Riverdale is proud to present a specialty 3-pack of their popular comics digests for one low price. At over 550 pages of content, ’tis the season for the antics and adventures only the lovable Archie Andrews can provide! The World of Archie Super 3-Pack (Winter 2024) collects World of Archie Jumbo Digest #134, Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #344, and Betty & Veronica Jumbo Digest #318.Ellie's Spooky Surprise (The Critter Club #26)
Par Callie Barkley. 2023
In the twenty-sixth book of the Critter Club series, Ellie and the girls plan a costume party for pets. Let…
the cute parade begin!Ellie&’s favorite holiday is coming up: Halloween! She and friends plan to decorate the Critter Club barn and throw a costume party for neighborhood pets! But they soon realize they&’re not alone in the barn. A bat friend has somehow gotten trapped inside. Ellie isn&’t sure how to care for a wild animal. With the help of a special vet, can she return the bat to its home in time for the Halloween bash? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Critter Club chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.Reindeer Games: A QUIX Book (Elf Academy #2)
Par Alan Katz. 2022
The Elf Academy elves go on a field trip in this second book in a series about a young elf&’s…
merry misadventures, part of the Aladdin QUIX line of fun-to-read, short chapter books that&’s perfect for emerging readers!Andy Snowden and the other Elf Academy elves go on a winter wonderland field trip. When one of the younger reindeer is having trouble learning to fly, it&’s up to Andy to use his imagination to help save the day!Happy Santa Day!: A QUIX Book (Elf Academy #3)
Par Alan Katz. 2022
The Elf Academy elves throw a surprise party for Santa in this third book in a series about a young…
elf&’s merry misadventures, part of the Aladdin QUIX line of fun-to-read, short chapter books that&’s perfect for emerging readers!The elves decide to throw a super-duper surprise party for Santa, complete with gifts, treats, and decorations! Andy Snowden has a million and one ideas to make the party the best one ever. What could possibly go wrong?Costume Parade: A QUIX Book (The Adventures of Allie and Amy #4)
Par Stephanie Calmenson, Joanna Cole. 1999
From authors Stephanie Calmenson and Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole comes the fourth adventure of Allie and Amy, two…
friends who help a new friend in this silly, fun-to-read Aladdin QUIX chapter book that&’s perfect for emerging readers!Best, best friends Amy and Allie do absolutely everything together. It&’s almost Halloween and this dynamic duo are sure they will win the costume party prize, but when they see a little friend in need, they must decide whether to help him or get to their party on time.The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society: Stories
Par Christine Estima. 2023
With imaginative aplomb and abiding passion, The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society masterfully traces the deep roots of the Arab immigrant…
experience. These unforgettable interlocking stories follow an Arab family as they flee the Middle East in the nineteenth century, settle in Montreal in the twentieth, and face the collision between tradition and modernity in the twenty-first. This family includes trailblazing Lebanese freedom fighters, undercover operatives in World War II, and brave Syrian refugees trying to find their place in Canadian society. The line of daring women culminates in Azurée, a young Arab woman living in the echoes of her ancestors' voices.