The Art of the Short Story, Paperback

Reducere. The history of fiction has been dominated by the novel and the short story. But now there is this seemingly brave new genre around: very brief fict...

Reducere. A New York Magazine Best Book of the YearA Huffington Post Best Book of the Year Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling examples of ...

DescriptionThe Short Story of Architecture is a new and innovative guide to the subject of architecture that explores 50 key buildings, from the Gr...

DescriptionThe Short Story of Modern Art explains the how, why and when of modern art - who introduced certain things, what they were, where they w...

The Short Story of Art is a new and innovative introduction to the subject of art. Simply constructed, the book explores 50 key works, from the wal...

From flash fiction to mini-novelette, Fairlight presents twenty-four of its best short stories. Chosen from work sent to Fairlight over several yea...

Reducere. Winner of the Portico PrizeWinner of the Edge Hill University Short Story PrizeShort-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award"...

Reducere. DescriptionThe short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence...

Reducere. Atmospheric, compassionate and uncannily wise, Chekhov's short fiction possesses the transcendent power of art to awe and change the reader. Called...

Reducere. The Short Stories Of Rabindranath Tagore, Volume 1. The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itsel...

Reducere. DescriptionGet Published SoonerWhy do writers have a hard time getting published?Writing a novel is really hard.Writing a novel good enough to get ...

Reducere. This text is the long awaited sequel to Lingua Mater: Language Lessons from Literature. It is intended for 8th or 9th grade and includes 36 weeks o...

A Most Anticipated Book of 2020 from The Millions * Bustle * BuzzFeed * Electric Literature Finalist for the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for D...

A lyrical novel about family and relationships from the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award winnerPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Daniel...

Reducere. An educative volume with essays about the process of creating fictional story; interviews with authors, editors, publishers, and a Pulitzer Prize w...

Reducere. DescriptionThis new anthology of classic short stories has been chosen specifically to inspire Key Stage 3 pupils. A rich, varied 'teacher-tested' ...

Reducere. Egri's treatise The Art of Dramatic Writing was first published in 1946 and remains today one of the best creative writing "how to" books ever writ...

Learn How to Create Stories That Captivate Agents, Editors, and Readers Alike Inside you'll find the tools you need to build strong characters, kee...

Reducere. DescriptionPaul Bowles's classic collection of short stories, available in a deluxe paperback edition--part of Ecco's Art of the Story series."All ...

Reducere. Ten remarkably diverse short stories filled with scheming characters, unexpected twists, and writing that'll sneak up on you from the Edgar Award w...

Reducere. Kipling wrote some of the best animal stories for children, including his Jungle Books and Just So stories. His language is rich, inventive, and so...

Reducere. Topher Kearby's second poetry and art book "Magnificent Mess" tells the story of what it means to be human. Modern poetry, short stories, essays, a...

DescriptionFrederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories. Danna...

Reducere. The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer...

Although best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy did not confine his literary talents to voluminous works. He was also a master...

Reducere. This collection includes seven short plays based on Anton Chekhov's short stories: THE MAN IN A CASE by Wendy Wasserstein, VINT by David Mamet, DRO...

Reducere. A baby is born with gills. Foxes raise and then lose a human child. A man, in the final throes of his deathbed fever-dream, experiences a cross-Ant...

A second volume of collected short fiction--from the bestselling author and winner of the 2015 Rea Award for the Short Story Few authors write with...

"A subversive volume that translates a series of complex works of literature into a single-page illustration...A variety of artists rise to a uniqu...

Reducere. The combined expertise of Art Bermstein and Andrew Jackman make this book a special one, more than just another guidebook. The authors are naturali...

Reducere. * Rich Grayscale Art Paperback Edition *Captured by bandits Things couldn't get worse for Prince Martin and Ray in this story in verse They're unar...

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series. The most famous r...

a brural urban murder, where a brilliant QC decides to defend the killers, resulting in a startling justice; an incandescent art scam at a famous L...

Reducere. "One of Mexico's most culturally complex and composite writers." --Publishers WeeklyFrom the renowned Mexican literary master and author of the Tri...

Short stories addressing the surreal realities of mental illness, from an incredible cult writer often compared to Kafka and Woolf The tortured lif...

This is the life story of an artist, a professor, and an insightful military man. Carlin Kielcheski began his life in the deep woods of Wisconsin e...

DescriptionA major new collection of Japanese short stories, many appearing in English for the first time, with an introduction by Haruki Murakami ...

Reducere. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Zhivago, and Anna Karenina, which was an Oprah Bo...

Reducere. Anton Chekhov remarked toward the close of his life that people would stop reading him a year after his death. But his literary stature and popular...

Hilarious hijinks featuring the characters and story lines of My Hero Academia The superpowered society of My Hero Academia takes a hilarious turn ...

War and Peace and Anna Karenina are widely recognized as two of the greatest novels ever written. Their author Leo Tolstoy has been honored as the ...

Reducere. Captains Courageous is an adventure novel. The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom deat...

Reducere. A bewitching tale for beginning readers, the perfect early chapter book story for Halloween Wendy is a little witch who is afraid of her mean, boss...

Reducere. Humanity exists in a hyperconnected world, where our closest friends, loves, and enemies lie but a keyboard stroke away. Few know this better than ...

Reducere. Turning Points celebrates the 75th anniversary of Off Campus Writers' Workshop, a member-managed non-profit organization that has helped thousands ...

DescriptionIn an increasingly polarized world, Social Forms surveys those artists at the forefront of political resistanceIn Social Forms: A Short ...

A silly and spooky highly illustrated series that's perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun...

Reducere. DescriptionThis highly-anticipated second volume of poetry and short stories combines the forces of some of the most popular poets of 2019. Dis]Con...

Reducere. Contained within this anthology are dark stories and works of art that explore the shadow side of reality. They are disturbed works that journey ho...

Reducere. A fanciful history lesson for middle graders, featuring a charming mouse named Celeste.Celeste is a mouse who is looking for a home. Is it nestled ...

Reducere. DescriptionSince the early years of the twenty-first century, Matt Cardin has distinguished himself by writing weird fiction with a distinctively c...

Reducere. Contained within this anthology are dark stories and works of art that explore the shadow side of reality. They are disturbed works that journey ho...

Reducere. "With lots of pictures and goofy situations, this is a short, delightful story that young readers have loved for generations." (Brightly.com)When S...

Reducere. Three feminist, social activist Dominican poets speak for the disenfranchised against a background of Caribbean history.About author(s): Aida Carta...

DescriptionHilarious hijinks featuring the characters and story lines of My Hero Academia The superpowered society of My Hero Academia takes a hila...

In his internationally acclaimed novels, short stories, plays and essays, James Baldwin was and remains a powerfully prophetic voice in the America...

Reducere. Retrieving the Ancients tells the story of the first philosophers in the West. A clear and engaging introduction to ancient Greek philosophy. Tells...

Reducere. Four decades ago, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Block introduced the world to one of his most beloved and enduring creations: Be...

Reducere. On Blue's Waters is the start of a major new work by Gene Wolfe, the first of three volumes that comprise The Book of the Short Sun, which takes pl...

Reducere. Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows Among the many "how-to" playwriting books that have appeared over the years, there hav...

Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows Among the many "how-to" playwriting books that have appeared over the years, there hav...

Monica Szabo, a middle-aged, moderately successful painter, encounters B, a wealthy commodities broker who collects her work. B volunteers to be he...

A silly and spooky highly illustrated series that's perfect for fans of Eerie Elementary and Notebooks of Doom, featuring art on every page and fun...

DescriptionFrom New York Times best-selling author Yoon Ha Lee. The essential short story collection set in the universe of the Hugo Award nominate...

DescriptionFrom the author of Stick Dog comes the first book in a highly illustrated early chapter book series about three best friends whose plans...

Postcards is the diary of a psychopath, relayed in a collection of interconnected short stories revolving around a central character at various sta...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Clive BarkerAuthor: Joe R. LansdaleAuthor: Ramsey CampbellWHERE NIGHTMARES COME FROM THE ART OF STORYTELLING IN THE HORROR ...

Reducere. Peter Farrelly's story "The Saturday Night Before Easter Sunday" has been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Short StoryNamed a Favorite Book of...

Reducere. Betsy Dovydenas is an artist who painted and wrote her story about joining a bogus church run by a bogus pastor. In more than 200 monoprints with n...

Reducere. Award NameNational Book AwardsAward categoryFictionThe "funny, wise, and wonderful" (USA Today) book of short stories that won the National Book Aw...