Jan Harold Brunvand

From the master folklorist and sly wit, Jan Brunvand, comes a collection of all-new urban legends.

Did your cousin's wife's dentist's daughter go to the tanning parlor once too often and had her insides cooked? Has your husband's brother's nephew teacher try to make a dead rabbit look alive? If so, you've heard―or you yourself may have told―two of the seventy-plus legends in this collection.

Urban legends are "those bizarre but believable stories about batter-fried rats, spiders in hairdos, Cabbage Patch dolls that get funerals, and the like that pass by word of mouth as being the gospel truth." But of course, though often told as having happened to a FOAF (friend of a friend), they aren't true. Included in this collection are legends about sex, horror, cars, business, and academia. Among them are "The Bible Student's Exam," "The Pregnant Shoplifter," "The Ice Cream Cone Caper," "Don't Mess with Texas," and "Mrs. Fields' Cookie Recipe."

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

The Hottest Urban Legends Going

Did your cousin's wife's dentist's daughter go to the tanning parlor once too often and had her insides cooked? Has your husband's brother's nephew teacher try to make a dead rabbit look alive? If so, you've heard--or you yourself may have told--two of the seventy-plus legends in this collection.



Urban legends are "those bizarre but believable stories about batter-fried rats, spiders in hairdos, Cabbage Patch dolls that get funerals, and the like that pass by word of mouth as being the gospel truth." But of course, though often told as having happened to a FOAF (friend of a friend), they aren't true. Included in this collection are legends about sex, horror, cars, business, and academia. Among them are "The Bible Student's Exam," "The Pregnant Shoplifter," "The Ice Cream Cone Caper," "Don't Mess with Texas," and "Mrs. Fields' Cookie Recipe."

Curses! Broiled Again!

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#paperback #stories #literature #fiction 

Alaska

Glimmer Train Stories # 37

Fred Gwynne

Very good condition from a smoke-free home.

Ohio

A king who rained for forty years? A coat of arms? Boars coming to dinner? No wonder a little girl is confused by the things her parents say. With his hilarious wordplay and zany illustrations, Fred Gwynne keeps children of all ages in stitches!

The King Who Rained

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New York

Fires

#hardcover #fiction #storyteller #stories #shortfiction #reesesbookclub #shortstories 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

Stories

You Think It, I'll Say It

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Garrison Keillor

In the first collection of Lake Wobegon monologues, Keillor tells readers more about some of the people from Lake Wobegon Days and introduces some new faces.

Leaving Home

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AdventureBox no. 128

Pennsylvania

Read-Aloud or Read-Alone Character-Building Stories for Kids Ages 6-10

A kid who makes healthy life choices has a happier, better childhood, leading to a happier, better adult life. From choosing to do the right thing, to being brave when faced with a challenge, to making friends by being a friend, this collection of real-life stories for kids, from kids, teaches these life lessons, and more.

Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul 2

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E. M. Forster

This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is slight wear on the paperback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe.

And Other Stories

Representing every phase of E. M. Forster's career as a writer, the fourteen stories in this book span six decades--from 1903 to 1957 or even later.

The Life to Come

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B. J. Novak

Minnesota

Stories and Other Stories

A collection of short stories by a writer best known for his work on the television series "The Office," including the title story in which a boy's sweepstakes win proves more harm than good for his family.

One More Thing

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William J. Bausch

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Missouri

And All Who Love Stories That Move and Challenge

"...an indispensible resource for homilists"-- Cover back.

A World of Stories for Preachers and Teachers

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Christopher Rowe

Carrie Vaughn

Cherie Priest

William F. Wu

**NOTE**This is a Large Print edition.

An alien virus ravages the world, with effects as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw an ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated.

Croyd Crenson is the Wild Card’s greatest failure—and its greatest success. Dubbed “The Sleeper,” he randomly undergoes hibernations that can span days, weeks, or even months. After each hibernation, he awakens with a new appearance and set of powers—sometimes a joker, sometimes an ace, and sometimes a combination of both—until exhaustion claims him and his next inevitable sleep shuffles the cards anew. Ever since his initial infection in 1946, he’s awoken in a singular body—until now. His latest awakening has left him split into six different incarnations, each of them a self-contained piece of the original and each with a unique look and ability.

One of them, at least, recognizes this for the disaster that it is, and tasks the clever and elusive Tesla—a joker with ace powers—to locate and gather the remaining five versions of himself before sleep claims them again and leaves Croyd permanently fractured.

What follows is a journey through Croyd’s long and colorful life, through the lens of some who have encountered the world’s most unusual wild carder. And as Tesla delves deeper into the investigation, he’ll have to work fast, because not every Croyd is as amiable as the first—and they’ll do whatever it takes to survive.

Featuring stories from:
Christopher Rowe • Carrie Vaughn • Cherie Priest • William F. Wu • Walter Jon Williams • Stephen Leigh • Mary Anne Mohanraj • Max Gladstone • Edited by George R. R. Martin • Assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A novel in Stories

Wild Cards Sleeper Straddle

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Antonia Fraser

Nebraska

Jemima Shore's First Case and Other Stories

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Elizabeth Stix

South Dakota

ARC - Things I Want Back from You

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Delaware

Stories of Triumph in Sports and Life

Profiles of twenty-five remarkable sportswomen get to the heart of their commitment & tell stories not usually captured by sports writers. The riveting, deeply personal experiences of the women portrayed illuminate the newfound celebrated status of the female athlete.

Women Who Win

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Florida

Best in books

Bruce McIver

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Just as Long as  I’m Riding Up Front 

Stories I Couldn't Tell While I Was a Pastor

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This book is a clean copy with a good spine and binding. The contents and Graphics are in good condition. There is minimal wear inside. There is  slight wear on the hardback cover. Will ship within hours after your order is received. Thanks for stopping by and please stay safe.

The story of Christmas with a treasury of favorite reading music cookery and holiday activities

Christmas holiday book

America Ferrera

Natalie Baszile

Women Write the World: Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom

All the Women in My Family Sing is an anthology documenting the experiences of women of color at the dawn of the twenty-first century. It is a vital collection of prose and poetry whose topics range from the pressures of being the vice-president of a Fortune 500 Company, to escaping the killing fields of Cambodia, to the struggles inside immigration, identity, romance, and self-worth. These brief, trenchant essays capture the aspirations and wisdom of women of color as they exercise autonomy, creativity, and dignity andbuild bridges to heal the brokenness in today's turbulent world.Sixty-nine authors -- African American, Asian American, Chicana, Native American, Cameroonian, South African, Korean, LGBTQI -- lend their voices to broaden cross-cultural understanding and to build bridges to each other's histories and daily experiences of life.America Ferrera's essay is from her powerful speech at the Women's March in Washington D.C.;Natalie Baszile writes about her travels to Louisiana to research Queen Sugar and finding the "painful truths" her father experienced in the "belly of segregation;"Porochista Khakpour tells us what it is like to fly across America under the Muslim travel ban;Lalita Tademy writes about her transition from top executive at Sun Microsystems to NY Times bestselling author.This anthology is monumental and timely as human rights and justice are being challenged around the world. It is a watershed title, not only written, but produced entirely by women of color, including the publishing, editing, process management, book cover design, and promotions. Our vision is to empower underrepresented voices and to impact the world of publishing in America -- particularly important in a time when 80% of people who work in publishing self-identify as white (as found recently in a study by Lee & Low Books, and reported on NPR).

All the Women in My Family Sing

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Fourth Annual Collection 

Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year

Run While the Sun is Hot 

Library stamp on inside page - name and address written on inside page - text in excellent condition 

True Stories of Those Who Have Made the Journey 

To Heaven & Back 

Ursula Owen

Some wear on cover. Light pencil mark on title page as pictured.

Reflections by Daughters

Fathers

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Ex library book. There will be no clear film on book. Library stamp and small sticker are on inside of covers. Book will be in good to great condition unless otherwise stated.

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

North Carolina

From parents to school and public librarians, day care personnel to community center staff, home teachers to babysitters. All of these individuals can use qualified direction in entertaining, educating, and engaging the minds of children through books, singing, and other activities. Many of the most original, creative, and wildly effective ideas in storytime are contained in Storytimes for Children, a collection of fresh and vibrant programs created to be relevant, interesting, and fun for today's youngest generations. This collection of themed storytimes includes suggestions for opening and closing sessions; crafts and activities; songs, poems, fingerplays, and movements; as well as the accompanying literature. Several of the included storytimes comprise a series of programs, allowing for related activities that build upon each other. The first six chapters cover a highly targeted age range to give practitioners the ability to easily choose the most appropriate storytimes for any given audience. The seventh and final chapter highlights the strengths of the series programs described in previous chapters.

Storytimes for Children

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