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The great train robbery
Par Michael Crichton. 1975
The gruffalo
Par Julia Donaldson. 1999
When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want…
to eat him! So Mouse invents a gruffalo, a monster with "terrible tusks and terrible claws, terrible teeth, and terrible jaws." But will Mouse's frightful description be enough to scare off his foes? After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo... is there? Grades K-3. 1999.The green man revisited: classic English short stories (Classic English short stories ; #4)
Par Roger Sharrock. 1988
A collection of stories written in the '60s and '70s by authors living around the world, including stories by Kingsley…
Amis, Morley Callaghan, V.S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys and William Trevor. Strong language. c1988.In the 1960s, Lynn Povich was one of the lucky women, like Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and…
Susan Brownmiller, to land a job at Newsweek, but it was a dead end - women researchers sometimes became reporters, rarely writers, and never editors. On March 16, 1970, the day Newsweek published a cover story on the fledgling feminist movement, forty-six Newsweek women charged the magazine with discrimination. It was the first female class action lawsuit - the first by women journalists - and it inspired other women in the media to quickly follow suit. Includes strong language. 2012.The girl who married the moon: tales from Native North America
Par Joseph Bruchac, Gayle Ross. 1994
16 Native stories about girls. "The Beauty Way" is a recounting of an Apache rite of passage; "Stonecoat" describes the…
defeat of an evil and powerful medicine man by women who use the power of their "moontime"; and in the title story, a girl not only marries the moon but shares his job with him. Grades 4-7. Some descriptions of violence. 2006, c1994.The ebony tower
Par John Fowles. 1974
Four novellas, varied in style and subject, together with a translation of an early French romance to which the author…
can trace much of his own need to write. The title story concerns a journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter. He is intrigued by the complicated erotic relationship between the elderly painter and the beautiful young women who share their lives with him. Some descriptions of sex. 1974.The disinformer: two novellas
Par Peter Ustinov. 1989
In "The disinformer," a retired spy, embittered by the changing face of espionage, sets a trap for a group of…
Arab terrorists, only to find himself caught up in his own web of deceit. In "A nose by any other name," Thamar had received everything from her wonderful parents, including her enormous nose. But, even when she rebels against her heritage she finds that no surgeon's knife can cut deep enough to remove her parents' influence. 1989.The dying animal
Par Philip Roth. 2001
Sixtyish New York cultural critic David Kepesh is already struggling with his own mortality when a former favourite young lover,…
Cuban Consuela Castillo, returns in ill health to see him again. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. Bestseller. 2001.The drop: a novel (Harry Bosch series. #15.)
Par Michael Connelly. 2011
Detective Harry Bosch and his partner David Chu have DNA evidence implicating a sex offender in a 1989 rape and…
murder--but the suspect was eight at the time. They also investigate the mysterious death of a councilman's son. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Sequel to "Nine dragons", followed by "The black box". 2011.The djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories
Par A. S Byatt. 1994
A djinn is trapped in a bottle made of glass known as "nightingale's eye", until the day an English woman…
frees him, unleashing his strength and discovering her own. This story forms the centrepiece to a collection of fairytales. 1994.The dogs of war
Par Frederick Forsyth. 1974
A minute-by-minute account of a coup involving the takeover of Zangaro, an emergent African state. Cat Shannon, a tough, cool…
mercenary leader is up against Sir James Manson, a shrewd London money-manipulator. 1974.The double
Par José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa. 2004
History teacher Tertuliano wakes up find a video playing on his VCR, and one of the actors is the spitting…
image of Tertuliano as he was five years ago. Tertuliano, divorced, lonely, and depressed, is susceptible to becoming obsessed, which he quickly becomes. He decides to track down the actor who is his double, with disturbing, even dire, consequences. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004. Uniform title: Homem duplicado.The Dodd, Mead gallery of horror
Par Charles L Grant. 1983
The disaster area
Par J. G Ballard. 1967
These nine stories are science fiction at its most thought provoking. They project current trends into the future and explore…
the psychological traumas of adjusting to their logical conclusions. The agricultural sprays that produce seagulls with 20 foot wing spans; cars which fall to pieces after six months owing to effective road design; a science student trying to invent a flying machine in a city where space is at its premium. 1967.The distracted preacher and other tales (Penguin classics)
Par Thomas Hardy, Susan Hill. 1979
The diamond as big as the Ritz, and other stories: Bernice Bobs Her Hair; The Ice Palace; May Day; The Bowl
Par F. Scott Francis Scott Fitzgerald. 1974
John T Unger goes to St Midas' School (for the rich in Boston). Quiet Percy Washington invites John to spend…
the holidays. Imagine John's surprise when Percy quietly tells him that not only is his Father the Richest man in the world by that he owns a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel! This is an exciting collection of the author's work. 1974.The Dorothy Parker audio collection
Par Dorothy Parker. 2004
Author, poet, screenwriter and member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was known for her quick wit, keen…
observations, and remarkable insight into the human condition. Regarded as brilliant, but known to be an alcoholic and often depressed, Parker's work pushes all buttons at once: humour, anger, love, pity and everything in between. Includes "Such a Pretty Little Picture", her O. Henry Award winner "Big Blonde," several other short stories, and some of her review work. c1962, 2004. Big Blonde / When Ed left in the morning -- After two days. Mrs. Post enlarges on etiquette / Dusk before fireworks / When she returned eventually -- Vanity Fair, Leo Tolstoy: Redemption / But the one on the right / Horsie / One evening -- From the diary of the New York lady-during days of horror, despair, and world change / game / Sherm, happy and confident -- Just a little one / bolt behind the blue / Mrs. Hazelton's view -- Bearing her glass -- Valedictory / Such a pretty little picture / Mrs. Wheelock looked up -- Lady with a lamp / waltz / Cousin Larry / telephone call /The crossing
Par Howard Fast. 1988
The Devil in Texas and other cowboy tales
Par John R Erickson. 1982
Humorous yarns about cowboys, roping cattle and other facets of modern ranch life as told by a cowboy, a cowboy's…
wife, a couple of cow horses and a cow dog. 1982.The demon lover
Par David Arnason. 2002
From a chilly Canadian city to an ancient Icelandic village, these short stories span worlds both mythological and real. In…
one tale, a serpentine demon lover tempts women with his own style of forbidden fruit, while throughout, giants and other strange characters are pitted against a mischievous higher power. 2002.