Because They Wanted to: Stories, Paperback - Mary Gaitskill

Reducere. Awards🏆Nominee (1998) - PEN/Faulkner Award - (Fiction)Contributor(s): Author: Mary GaitskillA New York Times Notable Book A man tells a story to a ...

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Reducere. The characters in this collection of 21 short fictions hum with restlessness. They pine for lost loves and pop music romances, Hollywood heartthrob...

Reducere. The book tells the stories of 16 Jewish women who fled Nazi Germany and their decisions to return to live in their original homeland years later.Th...

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Reducere. In essays on matters literary, social, cultural, and personal, Mary Gaitskill explores date rape and political adultery, the transcendentalism of t...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This captivating novel shimmers with dark intensity and wicked wit. In a stunning synthesis of eroticism, rage, pathos, and humor, Gaitskill's fine...

Reducere. Mary Gaitskill returns with a luminous new collection of stories--her first in more than ten years. In "College Town l980, " young people adrift in...

A collection of provocative, searching short stories by Mary Gaitskill, acclaimed author of Bad Behavior and This is Pleasure.Publisher: Profile Bo...

A profound, important novel about how love and family are shaped by place, race and class.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Mary GaitskillNumb...

A provocative, nuanced novella about power, consent and friendship - and a masterful fictional contribution to the #MeToo debate.Publisher: Profile...

Reducere. So what if nobody likes her and everyone wants her to fail? Detective Shakuntala Mahoney, the Last Honest Cop in the Most Corrupt Precinct is poise...

Reducere. A finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, here is an evocative novel about female friendship in the glittering...

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Publisher: ZE BooksAuthor(s): Mary GaitskillIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 237Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 314 x ...

DescriptionWhy we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired.To understand something, you need to kn...

Reducere. Fascinating fiction starts with characters who make readers care. This Live Wire Writer Guide presents a simple, effective technique to sharpen you...

A collection of provocative and searchingly analytical essays by the author of Bad Behavior, This is Pleasure, and Lost Cat.Publisher: Profile Book...

Reducere. This charming and heartwarming rhyming bedtime story tells the tale of Ellie, an elephant who forgets and remembers her own true and perfect nature...

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The Level 3 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories provide humorous storylines to engage and motivate children. The popular characters and familiar settings...

Reducere. What you do matters.You may not hear it often (or ever), but if you're an educator, you're making a difference in the lives of learners. And that i...

More than five hundred years ago there lived a diligent man called Sir Thomas Malory, who wrote in English words many of the beautiful Welsh tales ...

Reducere. Follow the adventure of our hero, The Elephant, as she falls in and out of love with herself. This story reminds children to be their true self and...

Reducere. We all know that networking is important, and that forming relationships with others is a vital part of success. But sometimes it seems like networ...

Reducere. Hilarious and heartwarming dog stories from nine renowned authors: - Ann M. Martin - Jon Muth - Mark Teague - Margarita Engle - Thacher Hurd - Vale...

A spectacular collection of four much-loved modern classics from the multi award-winning, internationally best-selling picture book creator, Oliver...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Barbara D. AllanThis book is newly revised and updated with important information that makes healing from arthritis even ea...

Contributor(s): Author: Joan O. AndersonA short but informative little book to inspire and encourage parents or would be parents to live the life t...

A celebration of dad-hood, including jokes, quotes, quips, hacks, facts, stats, and tons of other stuff dads will enjoy.Illustrations: 0

Reducere. "Because I'm Awesome! A Trail of Fun" is a heartwarming story about a precocious boy Joshua, who has High-functioning Autism. He is hyper-focused o...

Reducere. Two parents are doing everything they can to have a child. While they embark on a whimsical journey to build on their family, they dream about thei...

"Lively and delightful...zooms in on the faces in the crowd to help us understand both the depth and the diversity of the women's suffrage movement...

Reducere. Feeling the weight of isolation and battle that exists in the chasm between what you expected when you became a stepmom, and the impossible reality...

Reducere. To read these stories is to discover how unexpected ordinary life can be.This debut collection of short stories by author Mary Behan showcases her ...

Teenagers and young adults face unique challenges when searching for a job while still in school: balancing school-work-home commitments, overcomin...

Reducere. This timeless rhyming bedtime tale for kids ages 3 through 7 asks a simple but profound question: What makes a tree good? Children explore this con...

A collection of stories about love from the author of Every Day - newly published in the UK for the first time. They explore the many aspects of an...

Reducere. All We Ever Wanted offers a shot of optimism in a time when it's so desperately needed. Instead of wallowing in despair, these 24 stories provide a...

Mangrove Stories Come to beautiful Mangrove, Florida, a tropical paradise where the days are hot, the nights are sultry, and love is in the air, ca...

Tales and Stories (1891) is a collection of short fiction by Mary Shelley. Despite her reputation as one of the foremost English novelists of the n...

Publisher: University of Arizona PressAuthor(s): Philip GarrisonNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 20Cover type: Pap...

Reducere. This book was written to impress upon its readers many truths about Purgatory -- first, that it exists; second, that the souls detained there suffe...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is about abortion, but more specifically, about abortions sought due to a poor prenatal diagnosis or due to serious maternal h...

DescriptionA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. One of Vol. 1 Brooklyn and Tor.com's Books to Read in February. "Sharp, haunting . . . Mei...