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Alexie, Sherman Binchy, Maeve Cline, Emma Munro, Alice Munro, Alice. Stine, R. L. Tursten, HeleneAlexie, Sherman
Summary: A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is slowly dying.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ALETursten, Helene
Summary: Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home. Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Tursten 2018Tursten, Helene
Summary: "Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep, ruining a perfectly good afternoon. Though Maud deftly dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Tursten 2021Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M TURSummary: Offers science fiction and fantasy stories from American authors, including Alix E. Harrow, Stephen Graham Jones, chosen by editor R. F. Kuang.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Summary: "An absentee father collects his son from boarding school after a shocking act of violence. A nanny to a celebrity family hides out in Laurel Canyon in the aftermath of a tabloid scandal. A young woman sells her underwear to strangers. A notorious guest arrives at a placid, not-quite rehab in the Southwest. In ten remarkable stories, Emma Cline portrays moments when the ordinary is disturbed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Summary: A compilation of short fiction journeys from the Scotland of the author's own family heritage and a ship en route to the New World, to a family odyssey from Illinois to Canada and in and around Lake Huron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006
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Summary: Alice Munro illuminates the moment a life is shaped, the moment a dream, or sex, or perhaps a simple twist of fate turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real paint a vivid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD Fiction Munro 2012Summary: Featuring original illustrations created by diverse artists from around the world, this collection of empowering short stories highlights inspiring acts of courage and kindness shown by Disney princesses and "Frozen" queens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TALStine, R. L.
Summary: Ten more scary stories from the master of horror, each one introduced by the author himself. From R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to send a shiver down your spine. Two kids embark on a field trip to the zoo ... and stumble upon a creature they never expected to meet. A boy makes a machine that puts kids in charge ... but at what cost? A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC STISummary: This collection features twenty pieces of short fiction that reflect a world full of fractured relationships, but also wondrous hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: MP3CD FIC LEESummary: Collects nine stories featuring the cat in the hat in a variety of adventures, including a trip to Bing-Bungle-Ba-Boo to search for creatures with unique feet and a visit to Boris the bear, for his tips on falling asleep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CATContents: Reginald on house parties / Saki -- The Sphinx without a secret / Oscar Wilde -- Tobermory / Saki -- On being idle / Jerome K. Jerome -- For better or worse / W.W. Jacobs -- The model millionaire / Oscar Wilde -- The garden of truth / E. Nesbit -- The cat that walked by himself / Rudyard Kipling -- The girl from Arles / Alphonse Daudet -- Mr. & Mrs. Dove / Katherine Mansfield -- Georgie Porgie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has selected an exciting and engaging variety of stories by an international array of both celebrated and emerging writers. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Groff, fascinating observations from the winning writers on what inspired...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESSummary: Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC THIBinchy, Maeve
Summary: A selection of short stories includes pieces spanning the author's career and features characters whose relationships with each other endure in the face of changing times, lost hopes, and new loves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BINSummary: "Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for her next book--Reunion Beach--these close friends and colleagues channeled their creativity, admiration, and grief into stories and poems that celebrate this ... woman and her abiding love for the Lowcountry of her native South Carolina--a land of beauty, history, charm, and Gullah magic she ... brought to life in her acclaimed novels"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021