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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

“A knockout of a book.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer and The Committed “Fiona and Jane is the book I did not know I was waiting to be written. . . . Read this remarkable work of fiction and feel the world open up around you.” —Angela Flournoy, author of National Book Award finalist The Turner House “Unsentimental, subtly subversive, and always surprising. . . . I love this book.” —Cathy Park Hong, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Minor Feelings A witty, warm, and irreverent book that traces the lives of two young Taiwanese American women as they navigate friendship, sexuality, identity, and heartbreak over two decades. Best friends since second grade, Fiona Lin and Jane Shen explore the lonely freeways and seedy bars of Los Angeles together through their teenage years, surviving unfulfilling romantic encounters, and carrying with them the scars of their families' tumultuous pasts. Fiona was always destined to leave, her effortless beauty burnished by fierce ambition—qualities that Jane admired and feared in equal measure. When Fiona moves to New York and cares for a sick friend through a breakup with an opportunistic boyfriend, Jane remains in California and grieves her estranged father's sudden death, in the process alienating an overzealous girlfriend. Strained by distance and unintended betrayals, the women float in and out of each other's lives, their friendship both a beacon of home and a reminder of all they've lost. In stories told in alternating voices, Jean Chen Ho's debut collection peels back the layers of female friendship—the intensity, resentment, and boundless love—to probe the beating hearts of young women coming to terms with themselves, and each other, in light of the insecurities and shame that holds them back. Spanning countries and selves, Fiona and Jane is an intimate portrait of a friendship, a deep dive into the universal perplexities of being young and alive, and a bracingly honest account of two Asian women who dare to stake a claim on joy in a changing, contemporary America.

Fiona and Jane

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Massachusetts

A collection of three stories - Fuzzy Logic, The Cupid Curse, and Mesmerized by Erin McCarthy, Jen Nicholas, and Jordan Summers respectively. This sexy, seductive trilogy in the Bad Boys franchise introduces three bad boys who are good enough to eat - and who always leave you hungry for more.

Bad Boys over Easy

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#paperback #shortstories #classicliterature #mystery #supernatural

Texas

Collected Short Stories

Selected and Introduced by M.J. Elliott.

That is not dead that can eternal lie And with strange aeons even death may die Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last.

The Whisperer in Darkness brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Included in this volume are several early tales, along with the classics 'The Call of Cthulhu', 'The Dunwich Horror' and 'At the Mountains of Madness'. Arm yourself with a copy of Abdul Alhazred's fabled Necronomican and prepare to face terrors beyond the wildest imaginings of all, save H.P. Lovecraft.

The Whisperer in Darkness

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New York

Coming Out from the Silence

Original stories by C. S. Adler, Marion Dane Bauer, Francesca Lia Block, Bruce Coville, Nancy Garden, James Cross Giblin, Ellen Howard, M. E. Kerr, Jonathan London, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Lesléa Newman, Cristina Salat, William Sleator, Jacqueline Woodson, and Jane Yolen

Each of these stories is original, each is by a noted author for young adults, and each honestly portrays its subject and theme--growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends.

Am I Blue?

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#paperback #darkhumor #contemporary #Atwood #shortstories 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Lot set series bundle 

The internationally bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and Cat's Eye delivers her most subversively funny novel yet--a provocative tale of three women caught in a diabolical war between the sexes. Imaginative and suspenseful . . . a virtuoso performance.--Publishers Weekly.

LOT Atwood/ Wilderness Tips and The Robber Bride

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Stories of Children and War

As bullets ring and bombs are dropped, children watch--mostly from the sidelines, but occasionally in the direct line of fire. Unaware of the political issues or power struggles behind the battle, all they know are the human, emotional consequences of this thing called war. This collection examines all of war's implications for young people--from those caught in the line of fire to the children of the veterans of wars long past.

Critically acclaimed author Jennifer Armstrong brings together 12 powerful voices in young people's literature to explore the realities of war from a child's perspective. The settings vary widely--the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an attempted coup in Venezuela, the American Civil War, crisis in the Middle East--but the effects are largely the same. In war, no life is ever left untouched. In war, lives are shattered.

Shattered

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Ten Stories about Wishes

Wish week / by Gail Carson Levine -- That's the way the fortune cookie crumbles / by Louise Hawes -- Our pig, Satin / by Andrea Davis Pinkney -- Five djinn in a bottle / by Liz Rosenberg -- Black sheep of the family / by Patricia McCormick -- The fashion contest / by Catherine Stine -- The reason I will love John McFarlane Jr. until the day I die / by Rachel Vail -- Be careful what you wish for / by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple -- Beggar's ride / by A. LaFaye -- Star light, star bright / by Deborah Wiles.

Be Careful What You Wish For

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English

Teaching the Short Story Curriculum Guide

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The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and the first appearance of Salinger's fictional Glass family.


Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, Nine Stories sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories:
 * A Perfect Day for Bananafish
 * Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
 * Just Before the War with the Eskimos
 * The Laughing Man
 * Down at the Dinghy
 * For Esmé--with Love and Squalor
 * Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
 * De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period
 * Teddy

Nine Stories

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Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Christmas Stories

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Washington

Perfect for fans of Lena Dunham, Jenny Lawson, and Amy Poehler, this sharply observed memoir introduces Erin Chack as a strikingly original new voice.

BuzzFeed editor Erin Chack hits you in the guts, the feels, and the funny bone all at once with this collection of personal essays that reads like Sloane Crosley for the Snapchat generation.

In turns hysterically funny and heartbreakingly poignant, Erin recounts everything from meeting her soulmate at age 14 to her first chemotherapy session at age 19 to what really goes on behind the scenes at a major Internet media company.

She authentically captures the agony and the ecstasy of the millennial experience, whether it's her first kiss ("Sean's tongue! In my mouth! Slippery and wet like a slug in the rain.") or her struggles with anxiety ("When people throw caution to the wind, I am stuck imagining the poor soul who has to break his back sweeping caution into a dustpan").

Yet Erin also offers a fresh perspective on universal themes of resilience and love as she writes about surviving cancer-including learning of her mother's own cancer diagnosis within the same year and her attempts to hide the diagnosis from friends to avoid "un-normaling" everything.

Perfect for fans of Lena Dunham, Jenny Lawson, and Amy Poehler, this sharply observed memoir introduces Erin Chack as a strikingly original new voice.

This Is Really Happening

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Wisconsin

The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is Sarah Orne Jewett's most popular book. In its elegantly constructed sketches, a worldly, anonymous writer spends the summer in a tiny Maine fishing village where she hopes to find peace and solitude. As she gains the acceptance and trust of her hosts, the community's power and complexity are slowly revealed. While its episodes portray the difficulty and loneliness of rural life, they also display its dignity and strength, particularly as expressed in the bonds between women: mothers, daughters, and friends.

This centennial edition contains a facsimile of the original text, thereby restoring the novel to Jewett's own version, which had been considerably altered in other published versions, plus four related stories. Further enhancing the importance of this volume is editor Sarah Way Sherman's introduction, which includes a sketch of Jewett's life and professional development, a commentary on textual accuracy, and a discussion of the book's themes and techiques as well as its historical context.

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

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#hardcover #historicalfiction #tudor #historical #history #england #shortstories 

Kentucky

Fatal Throne: the Wives of Henry VIII Tell All

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#davidfosterwallace #shortstories #shortstoriescollection #fiction does have some writing on inside cover 

New Hampshire

Stories

In this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence.

Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person,' a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World,' which reveals a woman's agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,' a dark, hilarious series of imagined interviews with men on the subject of their relations with women.

Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the absurd, the surprising, and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will enthrall DFW fans, and provides a perfect introduction for new readers.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

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Vermont

Ireland's Folk Tales

Myths, legends, and magic are woven together in a collection of enthralling Irish folktales from the New York Times bestselling author of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series.

A competition to become King of the Leprechauns... A trick designed to fool the Queen of the Fairies... A terrifying lake monster confronted by the unlikeliest of heroes...

Nine Irish legends come to life in these timeless, action-packed folktales about mythological creatures and epic heroes. A master of Irish mythology, bestselling author Michael Scott has crafted stories guaranteed to enthrall young readers who love magic, legends, and lore.

And don't miss the companion collection of Irish fairy tales, Magic & Myth!

Jean Chen Ho

Fiona and Jane

Erin McCarthy; Jen Nicholas; Jordan Summers

Bad Boys over Easy

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

The Whisperer in Darkness

Marion Dane Bauer; Beck Underwood (Illustrator)

Am I Blue?

Margaret Atwood

LOT Atwood/ Wilderness Tips and The Robber Bride

Jennifer Armstrong

Shattered

Lois Metzger

Be Careful What You Wish For

C. D. Buchanan

Teaching the Short Story Curriculum Guide

J. D. Salinger

Nine Stories

Edgar Poe

Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Diana Secker Tesdell, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Антон Павлович Чехов, Vladimir Nabokov, Alice Munro

Christmas Stories

Erin Chack

This Is Really Happening

Sarah Orne Jewett; Sarah Way Sherman (Editor)

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

M. T. Anderson; Candace Fleming; Stephanie Hemphill; Lisa Ann Sandell; Jennifer Donnelly; Linda Sue Park; Deborah Hopkinson

Fatal Throne: the Wives of Henry VIII Tell All

David Foster Wallace

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Michael Scott

Legends and Lore