The Penguin Book of English Short Stories by Christopher Dolley
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
The Golden Age of the English short story lies from its first wide acceptance in the middle of the nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth, a period when there were a great many outlets in Britain for shorter fictions. "The Penguin Book of English Short Stories" celebrates this period throu ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Irish Short Stories by Benedict Kiely
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
'Do the Irish have, in relation to anybody else, any special capacity for the short story?'. In this collection of thirty-eight short stories covering many generations and moods of Irish writing, this question is emphatically answered in the affirmative. These mercurial, intoxicating, witty and sometime ...Show more
The Penguin Book of American Short Stories by James Cochrane
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
'American literature and the short story might be said to have come of age at about the same time, and this, along with something in the bustling and energetic American temperament, might go some way towards explaining why the two go together as well as they do'. This title includes twenty-one short sto ...Show more
Mcsweeneys Issue 30 by Dave Eggers
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Features work by Wells Tower, Michael Cera, and Etgar Keret, along with writing from a bevy of writers who investigate things from mental hospitals to sentient mists.
The United States of McSweeney's: Ten Years of Accidental Classics by Hamish Hamilton
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
Since 1998, McSweeney's "Quarterly Concern" has been emerging from various kitchens, attics and an old laundromat roughly four times a year - or definitely at least three. In those ten years, almost 100,000 stories have been submitted, usually in manila envelopes, mostly from unknown names living in unf ...Show more
Broken Republic : Three Essays by Arundhati Roy
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
War has spread from the borders of India to the forests in the very heart of the country. Combining brilliant analysis and reportage by one of India's iconic writers, "Broken Republic" examines the nature of progress and development in the emerging global superpower, and asks fundamental questions about ...Show more
The Best American Magazine Writing: 2009 by The American Society of Magazine Editors
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
More and more readers turn to The Best American Magazine Writing for their annual fix of the year's most captivating essays, columns, reporting, and criticism. Chosen from the winners and finalists of the 2009 National Magazine Awards, this year's selections include the haunting story by Chris Jones ( ...Show more
The Best American Magazine Writing: 2010 by The American Society of Magazine Editors
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
The Best American Magazine Writing 2010 is the strongest evidence yet that the narrative and purpose of print journalism is as vital as ever, providing entertainment, connection, perspective, and unprecedented revelation in increasingly imaginative and engaging ways. This year's selections, chosen from ...Show more
Changing My Mind : Occasional essays by Zadie Smith
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
How did George Eliot's love life affect her prose? Why did Kafka write at three in the morning? In what ways is Barack Obama like Eliza Doolittle? Can you be over-dressed for the Oscars? What is Italian Feminism? If Roland Barthes killed the Author, can Nabokov revive him? What does 'soulful' mean? Is " ...Show more
The Major Works by Donald (EDT) Samuel; Greene Johnson
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Samuel Johnson's literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, thanks to his good friend Boswell, the subject of one of the most famous English biographies. This volume celebrates Johnson's astonishin ...Show more
Classic Irish Short Stories by Frank O'Connor
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
From its origins in the folk tale, through its evolution in response to changing social and political conditions to its current form, the Irish short story has retained its own distinct and unique form. The finest writers of their time are represented here by their best work, showing the variety of styl ...Show more
The Best American Magazine Writing by Weisberg Jacob
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes
The Best American Magazine Writing 2008 is an essential guide to the year's most entertaining, politically charged, and sophisticated essays. With pieces first published in The Nation, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker, among other leading publications, this anthology illuminates t ...Show more