My Father's Tears and Other Stories, Paperback - John Updike

A collection of stories from the author's final years.

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

Reducere. John M. Ford is an astonishingly versatile writer. He has written award-winning fantasy novels (The Dragon Waiting, winner of the 1984 World Fantas...

In three fascinating and ground-breaking novellas, John Brunner weaves an ingenious tale of a divergent and compelling timeline, and poses complex ...

In an interview, Updike once said, "If I had to give anybody one book of me, it would be the Olinger Stories." They follow the life of one characte...

In 1956 John Updike wrote a short story about newly-weds Joan and Richard Maple. Gathered here for the first time in hardcover - and with the addit...

Some of the Sneetches have bellies with stars, but the plain-bellied ones have none upon thars! But an unexpected visitor soon leads them to discov...

A whirling library of ghost story, funny story, love story, scary story, and more. Like Russian dolls, separate yet invisibly linked, they unfold f...

Reducere. A superb collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a book that transcend...

The first collection of short stories from the author of }Accidents In The Home{ and }Everything Will Be All Right{, examining the extraordinary an...

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In this hilarious book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr. Seuss explores the pitfalls of growing too big for your boots!

First published in 1888, The Happy Prince and Other Stories brings together beloved children's stories by Oscar Wilde, including The Happy Prince, ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jean-Francois KiefferFollow the action-filled stories of the young Italian orphan friend of St. Francis of Assisi in the da...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark HelprinWinner of the Prix de Rome and the National Jewish Book Award, these ten stories and the title novella, "Ellis ...

Thirteen of Roald Dahl's most unexpected tales to appeal to older readers. Ages: 12+

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology--written by the best children's authors--...

'There's not a recipe here I don't want to eat immediately.' - Nigella LawsonRoast Chicken and Other Stories provides an insight into Simon Hopkins...

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Reducere. Irrevocably tied to the Carolinas, these stories tell tales of the woebegone, their obsessions with decay, and the haunting ache of the region itse...

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Everyone's favourite family cat is back in this fabulous collection of 3 Mog stories: Mog & Bunny, Mog & The V.E.T, and Mog & The Granny.

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...

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...

Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat... Mog is everyone's favourite family cat! Come play with her in this collection of funny and warm-...

Reducere. The Mexican American author Gary Soto draws on his own experience of growing up in California's Central Valley in this finely crafted collection of...

Reducere. DescriptionGabriel-Albert Aurier, though primarily remembered nowadays as an art critic, especially as a vociferous early advocate of the work of V...

A bull gets loose in Tennessee. a black sergeant stops the murder of a Trump supporter in North Carolina. The third husband of a nurse in Pawtucket...

Reducere. A superb collection of short fiction--her first in thirty years and spanning many geographies--from the critically acclaimed author of Monkeys, Eve...