Henry, O.
Summary: "Texas troubadour, convicted embezzler, and adopted New Yorker William Sidney Porter--better known as O. Henry--was one of the world's great storytellers. A master of cunning plots and a gifted humorist, he is best known today for his beloved tale "The Gift of the Magi." But O. Henry's palette of moods and methods was as expansive as his exuberant imagination. This Library of America volume...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2021
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Summary: "William Faulkner called the short story "the most demanding form after poetry." The fifty-four stories gathered here show him not only mastering the form but revolutionizing its possibilities, distilling an epic breadth of vision into narratives that conjure an intimate sense of place and the abiding presence of history and legend. Library of America caps its Faulkner edition with this volume...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2023
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Contents: Will you please be quiet, please? -- Fat -- Neighbors -- The idea -- They're not your husband -- Are you a doctor? -- The father -- Nobody said anything -- Sixty acres -- What's in Alaska? -- Night school -- Collectors -- What do you do in San Francisco? -- The student's wife -- Put yourself in my shoes -- Jerry and Molly and Sam -- Why, Honey? -- The ducks -- How about this? -- Bicycles,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2009
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARSummary: "Christmas took on its modern cast in America, and over the last 150 years the most magical time of the year has inspired scores of astonishingly diverse and ingenious stories. Library of America joins with acclaimed author Connie Willis to present a unparalleled collection of American stories about Christmas, literary gems that showcase how the holiday became one of the signature aspects of...
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AMEBreathed, Berke.
Summary: The second volume in a series that will publish the entire run of the acclaimed 1980s Bloom County comic strip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRESummary: "In the 1970s, feminist authors created a new mode of science fiction in defiance of the "baboon patriarchy"--Ursula K. Le Guin's words--that had long dominated the genre, imagining futures that are still visionary. In this sequel to her groundbreaking 2018 anthology The Future is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin, SF-expert Lisa Yaszek...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FUTBreathed, Berke.
Summary: Breathed's "Bloom County" was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed newspaper strips during its run from 1980 to 1989. This title will collect for the first time the entire run of the immensely popular "Bloom County" strip.
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Publisher / Publication Date: IDW 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BREShusterman, Neal
Summary: A collection of stories that span the time when humans live in a world without hunger, disease, or death and Scythes act as the living instruments of population control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022