Dos Passos, John
Summary: "John Dos Passos traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, and the United States, witnessing many of the tumultuous political, social, and cultural events of the early 20th century and recording his changing response to them. This volume collects the vibrant and insightful travel books and essays he wrote at the same time he was publishing his fictional masterpieces Three Soldiers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5208 DOSRoth, Veronica
Summary: A collection of six short stories imagines future lands with new technologies and beings, where in spite of advanced capabilities, people still must confront deeply human problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ROTBoyle, T. Coraghessan
Summary: "From the title story, which features a so-called relive box that allows users to experience anew almost any moment from their past, to 'The Five-Pound Burrito,' the tale of a man aiming to build the biggest burrito in town, the twelve stories in this collection represent a whole new way of looking at the world"--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYBrallier, Max
Summary: The kids at school dare John to visit the old house on the hill at night, and when he and his sister go in they find dusty dishes set on the table, a book open like it is waiting for a reader, and something hiding under the bed in the attic--and that is only one of the five scary stories with unexpected twists that are included in this collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BRAUpdike, John.
Summary: Twenty-two stories on life in the sunset lane, illustrating the saying that every age has its charm, including old age. By the author of Brazil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC UPDRuzzier, Sergio
Summary: Fox and Chick are unlikely friends, but somehow they seem to get along together, even though Fox is calm and thoughtful, and Chick has is hyperactive and flighty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUZLively, Penelope
Summary: "A glimmering collection of new short fiction from the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author of How It All Began In such acclaimed novels as The Photograph, Family Album, and How It All Began, Penelope Lively has captivated readers with her singular blend of wisdom, elegance, and humor. Now, in her first story collection in decades, Lively takes up themes of history, family, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIVScieszka, Jon
Summary: Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SciPratchett, Terry
Summary: An anthology of fourteen unpublished short stories, written when Pratchett was in his teens, shares insights into his writing process and the early ideas that inspired his later career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION PRAChristie, Agatha
Summary: A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of her storytelling genius.In The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, Hercule Poirot unravels the psychological conundrums that motivate a killer. . . . In The Actress, a great star's shady past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1997
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Contents: The Little Mermaid -- The nightingale -- The ugly duckling -- The swineherd -- The tinder box -- The princess and the pea -- The emperor's new clothes -- The red shoes -- Thumbelina -- The steadfast tin soldier -- The little match girl -- The Snow Queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Sets Anderson 2018Irving, Washington
Summary: Collection of four stories of strange and unexplainable circumstances. A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow. At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION IRVAtwood, Margaret
Summary: A collection of short fiction presents eleven stories that capture important moments in the course of a life and in the lives intertwined with it, in a volume that ranges from the 1930s to the 1980s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ATWRuzzier, Sergio
Summary: Fox enjoys quiet boat rides and watching the sunrise, but Chick is noisy and hyperactive and frequently disrupts their adventures--nevertheless they remain friends and enjoy their time together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUZHeller, Joseph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HELDahl, Michael
Summary: In Ravenville's library there is a special, hidden room for biographies of local people, but when Darren enters the room looking for a book to use for a homework assignment he discovers that there is something hungry living among the shelves, and people who enter rarely come out--and that is only one of the scary stories in this collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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Summary: Simone has always liked the room she sleeps in when she visits her great-aunt Glory, but this time the curtains remind her of an octopus reaching for her, and when she wakes her kitten has disappeared--and that is only one of the stories in this collection of chilling tales.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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Summary: When Bradley takes a shortcut through the graveyard one evening, he encounters a mysterious girl who keeps jumping out from behind the gravestones; she is wearing clothes that resemble a doll that Bradley took from his sister and accidentally ruined, and now that doll with the melted face is back for revenge--and the reader will find five more equally chilling stories in this collection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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Summary: Six-year-old Brandon hates to go up the stairs to bed because there is always a man sitting there, a man only he can see, but tonight he closes his eyes and makes the climb with his mother watching, and then he hears his mother scream--and that is only one of the stories in this collection about all-too-real fears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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Summary: A volume of six stories and novellas by the National Book Award-winning author of We Were the Mulvaneys includes the title story, in which the disappearance of a sweet blonde-haired child is linked to her mother's indiscretions, a too-obvious schoolteacher and an older student with a fascination for a Native American legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction SC Oates 2011Durrell, Gerald Malcolm
Contents: Esmeralda.--Fred - or a touch of the warm south.--Retirement.--Marrying off mother.--Ludwig.--The jury.--Miss Booth-Wycherly's clothes.--A parrot for the parson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DURJames, Henry
Contents: The real thing -- The figure in the carpet -- The turn of the screw -- The tree of knowledge -- Maud-Evelyn -- The beast in the jungle -- The jolly corner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Konemann 1969
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JamesContents: Abelard sanction / David Morell (Bill Weideman) -- Assassins / Christopher Reich (Dick Hill) -- Falling / Chris Mooney (Laural Merlington) -- The double dealer / David Liss (Michael Page) -- Surviving Toronto / M. Diane Vogt (Joyce Bean).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2006