England and Other Stories, Paperback

A collection of stories from the Booker-prize winning author of }Last Orders{ and }Waterland{ captures moments of English life across the centuries...

The story of an endearing, unlikely friendship set against the backdrop of a remote and beautiful Maine coastal town, The Country of the Pointed Fi...

Reducere. In It's Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and other stories, Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty take you inside the inves...

This is a new edition of Birthday Deathday & Other Stories by Padma Perera, first published by The Women's Press, England, 1985, with international...

A collection of folk tales from the Algonquin people, gathered by Charles Leland and Reverend Silas T. Rand, among others, and relating episodic ta...

A collection of four love stories from the bestselling author of Fallen, with an augmented reality cover that comes to life with the free Fallen Bo...

Reducere. New Englanders are always cursing. But a colorful profanity uttered by some stero-typically taciturn old Yankee is usually more humorous than menac...

Reducere. Living in New England is normally considered an idyllic experience, but it is not immune to the wrath of Mother Nature. With the exception of volca...

Reducere. A young interfaith chaplain is joined on her hospital rounds one night by an unusual companion: a rough-and-ready dog who may or may not be a ghost...

Lottery-winner turned amateur detective, Alvirah Meehan returns from a trip to England to find the body of a Broadway starlet in their wardrobe... ...

Reducere. More than three hundred years ago there lived in England a poet named Edmund Spenser. He was brave and true and gentle, and he loved all that was b...

Reducere. Before she wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx was already producing some of the finest short fiction in...

Poltergeists and banshees, spirit-filled houses, and deathbed scenes pervaded by specters fill this enchanting treasury of tales based on supernatu...

Contributor(s): Author: Joseph ConradEditor: J. H. StapeIntroduction by: J. H. StapeA Penguin Classics edition of "Typhoon, " "Amy Foster, " "Falk,...

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded re...

Reducere. DescriptionAt the turn of the century, before the advent of movies and radio, the most widely read family magazine in America was The Youth's Compa...

Reducere. A collection of 12 grotesqueries inspired by the natural and psychological landscapes of New England and by the ghosts that walk the places in-betw...

Reducere. In sixteen apparently simple stories, John Young's memorable characters ask (or refuse to ask) what shapes us. Education? Talent? Impulse? Family? ...

Reducere. CATHARINE SAVAGE BROSMAN, Emerita Professor of French of at Tulane University, has published nearly forty books of poetry, fiction, and literary sc...

Reducere. This New England community has made national headlines for the notorious Sacco and Vanzetti trial; it has hosted Presidents Washington, Jackson and...

Reducere. Witches and Warlocks of Massachusetts is a collection of legends and historical accounts about witches and warlocks from the Bay State. Organized b...

Reducere. DescriptionTwenty-five frightening tales about Gettysburg ghosts, the haunted Chesapeake, and much more, in an all-new addition to the bestselling ...

DescriptionThis book focuses on a stream in New Hampshire and how it and other bodies of water have been affected by changes in technology, economi...

Reducere. A compilation of Sarah Orne Jewett's essential works including Deephaven, a novel about two young women who spend a summer visiting a small coastal...

A moving story of a brother, a sister and a swallow, and how all are in some way victims of the horrors of landmines.Ollys brother Matt wants to go...

Reducere. The masterpiece that established Sarah Orne Jewett among the consummate stylists of nineteenth-century American fictionComposed in a series of beau...

Reducere. How does an English, Christian girl grow up to be an acclaimed Tibetan Buddhist Lama? It was a search for Truth and a deep wish to understand the m...

Publisher: Outland EntertainmentAuthor(s): Brynneth Nimue BrownNumber of pages: 300Collection: Hopeless, MainePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 140...

Reducere. Introduction by Colm ToibinIn fifteen funny, colorful, poignant and mysterious stories, the irreverent modernist Katherine Mansfield, a friend and ...

Reducere. Throughout his richly varied literary career, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) wrote compelling short stories of enduring appeal. His first importan...

DescriptionThis collection of stand-alone short stories is a treat for new readers and dedicated fans alike. In each of these 17 stories, an ordina...

DescriptionThis compendium of Edgar Mittelholzer's uncollected writings, compiled and edited by Juanita Cox, brings together his early collection o...

Reducere. Horses came to America from Spain, England, the Low Countries, and Arabia. Here they interbred and flourished as never before. "Out of the melting ...

Reducere. In the twentieth-century literature of the supernatural, the single most important book, in the opinion of most scholars and enthusiasts, is Ghost ...

Reducere. In England and America Dylan Thomas made his art and personality widely known through public readings, radio broadcasts and recordings. Many of the...

This classic early reading book for Waldorf schools is now available again in a newly edited edition. The stories and poems range in style and cont...

A revolutionary guide to the world of wild camping and foraging, showing how anyone can camp, sleep and wake in the UK's most secluded and beautifu...

DescriptionDuring the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the whaling industry in New England sent hundreds of ships and thousands of men to dista...

Reducere. This volume presents the weird fiction of the American writer Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930). Better known for her mainstream writings focusin...

Reducere. "Postcards from Here" is a capturing of a community, a harsh and beautiful place, a family, and the internal experience of its author in the form o...

Reducere. How do the grand stories of Israel and her heroes, as well as the many seemingly mundane incidents found in these narrative stories, help guide tod...

Reducere. Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bul...

DescriptionDrawing upon his experiences as the captain of a steamer on the Congo River, Joseph Conrad wrote "An Outpost of Progress, " a sharp crit...

Reducere. H. P. Lovecraft was one of the most well-read authors of his time, and his personal library constitutes an intimate glimpse into his mind and imagi...

DescriptionFour hilarious stories, two inventive brothers, one irresistible beginning chapter book--now in paperback In this heartwarming follow-up...

Reducere. One might not expect a woman of Edith Wharton's literary stature to be a believer of ghost stories, much less be frightened by them, but as she adm...

Reducere. Cemetery spooks, haunted historic homes and Native American legends figure prominently in this collection of eerie in tales from the Bay State. Fro...

Reducere. "Slop shops, " "scissorizing, " "agony aunts, " and "foolscap"These and other Victorian references appear throughout the original Sherlock Holmes t...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the story of how Frances Peabody came to live in New York City. Frances was a brave little dachshund who was born in a small New...

Reducere. DescriptionDO YOU WONDER WHAT YOUR LOVED ONES ARE DOING ON THE OTHER SIDE? DO YOU WANT TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO REC...

Reducere. In this marvelous book, the reader is introduced to the bizarre concepts of modern physics as the only way to solve a casebook of otherwise impossi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Reenactments, Hai-Dang Phan grapples with the history, memory, and legacy of the Vietnam War from his vantage point as the son of Vie...

Reducere. A charming collection of quotes and anecdotes celebrating the incomparable Queen of England When we think of the queen, we probably picture a serio...

Jobremus Bojeffries is like any other father trying to maintain order in his oversized family. Never mind that family contains a werewolf, a vampir...

DescriptionPerhaps more than all the campaigns of the Union armies, the Union naval blockade--covering all major Southern ports along 3, 500 miles ...

Reducere. The Indigenous peoples who once inhabited New England as long as 10, 000 years ago left behind many artifacts that are of particular interest to th...

It is Pakistan in the year 2000 and three young men need to make decisions about their future after school. When Kashif's father is murdered by rel...

Reducere. Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30, 000 individuals "disappeared"--these were the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War. A New Yo...

DescriptionA page-turning story of the Pilgrims, the courageous band of freedom-seekers who set out for a new life for themselves and forever chang...

Myles Falworth was only eight years old the day a knight in black armor rode into the courtyard of his father's castle with murderous intent. Unexp...

Reducere. The harrowing story of the ill-fated Endurance, now in paperback. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and 27 men sailed from England in an attempt to...

Reducere. Massachusetts--a New England state with a proud history and a vibrant culture. But there is more to this place than white church steeples and town ...

Reducere. DescriptionJolly smashing Could the Moodys really have royal blood? Judy brings her new look to a comical episode about the ups and downs of explor...

Reducere. Its landscaped ground, chosen by Frederick Law Olmsted and dotted with Tudor mansions, could belong to a New England prep school. There are no fenc...

DescriptionTade Thompson returns to his "bloody exploration of of identity and self in a changed world" (Publishers Weekly) in The Survival of Moll...

Reducere. 'The English landscape was made . . . not just for food and shelter and pleasure, but also for the journey of the soul. There is a field of superna...

Reducere. One of America's greatest Christmas stories and also one of its very first -- from the period between the end of the Revolutionary War and the rati...

Reducere. A writer travels to a fishing village to complete her book and becomes close friends with many residents including her popular housemate, Mrs. Almi...

Reducere. From the fictional land of Carcosa that inspired the HBO show True Detective to H. P. Lovecraft s accursed New England hills, this collection featu...

An unforgettable story of resilience and resistance set during WWII and present-day France on a secluded island off the coast of Brittany Natalie M...