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100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series)
by Lorrie MooreWitness the ever-changing history and identity of America in this collection of 40 stories collected from the first 100 years of this bestselling series.For the centennial celebration of this annual series, The Best American Short Stories, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-scenes anecdotes and examines, decade by decade, the trends captured over a hundred years. Together, the stories and commentary offer an extraordinary guided tour through a century of literature with what Moore calls &“all its wildnesses of character and voice.&”These forty stories represent their eras but also stand the test of time. Here is Ernest Hemingway&’s first published story and a classic by William Faulkner, who admitted in his biographical note that he began to write &“as an aid to love-making.&” Nancy Hale&’s story describes far-reaching echoes of the Holocaust; Tillie Olsen&’s story expresses the desperation of a single mother; James Baldwin depicts the bonds of brotherhood and music. Here is Raymond Carver&’s &“minimalism,&” a term he disliked, and Grace Paley&’s &“secular Yiddishkeit.&” Here are the varied styles of Donald Barthelme, Charles Baxter, and Jamaica Kincaid. From Junot Díaz to Mary Gaitskill, from ZZ Packer to Sherman Alexie, these writers and stories explore the different things it means to be American.
100 Years: Wisdom From Famous Writers On Every Year Of Your Life
by Joshua Prager Milton GlaserAn extraordinary literary journey, 100 Years celebrates every age from birth to 100 with quotations from the world's greatest writers.This literary tapestry of the human experience will delight readers of all backgrounds. Moving year by year through the words of our most beloved authors, the great sequence of life reveals itself--the wonders and confinements of childhood, the emancipations and frustrations of adolescence, the empowerments and millstones of adulthood, the recognitions and resignations of old age. This trove of wisdom--featuring immortal passages from Arthur Rimbaud, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, David Foster Wallace, William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Jane Austen, and Maya Angelou, among many others--reminds us that the patterns of life transcend continents, cultures, and generations. As Thomas Mann wrote of our most shared human experience: "It will happen to me as to them." Designed by the legendary Milton Glaser, who created the I NY logo, 100 Years brings together color, type, and text to illuminate the ebb and flow of an entire life.
100 metro
by Ramon Saizarbitoria ZabaletaLehenengo argitalpenetik hogei urte pasa diren honetan, nekez aurkituko dugu 100 metro irakurri ez duen euskal literaturzalerik. Nobelak orain artean izan dituen hamar argitalpenak edo lau itzulpenak geurean soilik bakanen batzuek duten arrakastaren lekuko dira. Diktaduraren zentsoreen aginduz, 1974ko argitarapena sekuestratu egin zuten. 1976an amnistiatu ondoren iritsi zen nobela irakurleen eskuetara. 1985ean Alfonso Ungriaren zuzendaritzapean nobelaren izen bera daraman filmea egin zen. Eskuetan duzuen hau 10. edizioa da, eta eskubide osoz gure klasikoetako bat dagoeneko. Zerraldo erori arte ihesleak ibilitako azken 100 metroek iradokitzen dute nobelan giza-dimentsioaren alderdirik intimoen eta sakonena. Bakardade hori areagotzea baizik ez dute helburu heriotzaren gertalekutik kanpora txertatutako flash indiferenteago edo sentiberagoek, beti ere heriotzaren mugatik honantzago daudenak. Harantzago heriotzaren unibertsoa hasten baita, bizitzaren azken irudi eta oroitzapen iheskorrak ere sustengu baten bila gertatzen diren espazioa. Halabehar kapritxosoenak iheslearen inkontrura erakarritako testigu anonimoa bihurtuko da nobelan zehar protagonistaren abenturaren ardatz. Hark erakarriko du beregana iheslearen ahalegina eta azken borondatea eta, bidenabar, narrazioarenak. Hari eskainiko dizkio ihesleak, maitasun erritual trajiko baten aurrean bageunde bezala, bere bizitza ofrendan. Maitale bitxi eta anbibalentea izaki ordea lekuko hori; izan ere, biak daude, iheslea eta lekukoa, maiz bizitza bera ere zaletua den harreman ironiko itsu batean giltzapetuta. Protagonista bakarrik dago bere patu tristearen aurrean, eta zu, irakurle, espektadore izatera behartuta zaude. Seguru nobela irakurri ostean, poetak esan zuen bezala, begi eta bihotz berriez ikusiko duzula mundua.
100% Love
by Mimi RomanzLos polos opuestos se atraen y esto es lo que les pasará a los protagonistas de esta romántica novela ambientada en Inglaterra. Todo puede pasar cuando las ofensas vienen de una mujer para nada corriente, incluso, encontrar el amor. John Huntington es inglés de cabo a rabo. Para él, su apellido pesa, pues, aún en tiempos actuales, las costumbres y reglas de antaño son moneda corriente en su vida. Tras vivir un tiempo en España, su regreso a Inglaterra tiene dos connotaciones negativas: ayudar a su hermano a cumplir lo que le corresponde dado su título nobiliario y alejarse del amor no correspondido. Juliana López es una chica singular. Argentina al 100%, no pierde su naturalidad y frescura cuando se instala en Londres para iniciar sus estudios gracias a una beca recibida por un prestigioso instituto para perfeccionarse en el idioma inglés. Y encontrarse allí con aquel hombre al que ofendió no una, sino dos veces en el avión camino a su destino, desatará en ella un torbellino de emociones con las que no contaba. Pero no todo es color de rosa en la vida de ambos, pues John desistió de enamorarse otra vez y, con ello, aparentar ser quien no es, y Juliana tendrá que luchar contra lo que siente y, así, perdonarlo por el secreto que le ocultó.
100% Wolf
by Jayne LyonsFreddy Lupin is the youngest of a noble line of werewolves. <P><P>His father, Flasheart Lupin, was the bravest werewolf since their great ancestor Sir Rathbone. His uncle, Lord Hotspur, is the Grand Growler of the Hidden Moonlight Gathering of Werefolk. And tonight, on the evening of his one-hundred-and-twenty-first month (ten years and one month to humans), Freddy will undergo his first transwolftation. It's a rite of passage for every great werewolf. For Freddy, however, it's going to be the most embarrassing night of his life. Because Freddy is not going to turn into a werewolf at the sight of the full moon. <P><P>He's going to turn into a poodle. <P><P>Thus begins a funny and fast-paced adventure, wherein Freddy is thrown out of his pack, finds himself in the clutches of the Coldfax Fort dog pound, uncovers the truth about his father's mysterious death, and discovers that the great werewolf hunter, Dr. Foxwell Cripp, is planning to destroy all of his family and friends, and Freddy is the only one who can stop him. He might be small, pink, and groomed, but Freddy Lupin is one hundred percent wolf.
1000 Coils of Fear
by Olivia Wenzel'I have more privilege than any person in my family. And I'm still screwed.' From award-winning author Olivia Wenzel comes a captivating and unsettling literary debut about race, politics, feminism, motherhood, nationality and enduring love.A young woman attends a play about the Berlin Wall coming down and is the only Black person in the audience.She is sitting with her boyfriend by a bathing lake and four neo-Nazis show up.In New York, she witnesses Trump's election victory in a strange hotel room and later awakes to panicked messages from friends.Engaging in a witty question and answer with herself, the narrator looks at our rapidly changing times and tells the story of her family: her mother, who was a punk in East Germany and never had the freedom she dreamed of and her absent Angolan father. But in the background of everything is the memory of her twin brother, who died when they were nineteen.Emotional and funny, Olivia Wenzel writes about loneliness and finding joy in life within the roles that society assigns you. 1000 Coils of Fear is a highly original novel both powerfully poetic and full of surprises.'So exuberant, inventive, brainy, sensitive and hilarious that it's like a pyrotechnic flare illuminating the whole woman, past and present, radiant, unique, a voice and a novel to take with us into the future.' FRANCISCO GOLDMAN, author of Monkey Boy 'Bold and exceptional . . . Her impressive writing, born of a brilliant mind, surprises - stylistically, and by its frankness and associations . . . I rode in the passenger seat, beside the beauty and strangeness of 1000 Coils of Fear.' LYNNE TILLMAN, author of Men and Apparitions and Mothercare 'An audacious and disturbing novel.' MICHELLE DE KRETSER, author of Scary Monsters 'An exciting, confident debut.' Publishers Weekly'Impressive, relentless, tender.' Faz
1000 Poems from the Manyoshu: The Complete Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai Translation
by Japanese Classics Translation CommitteeDating from the 8th century and earlier, the Manyoshu is the oldest Japanese poetry anthology; it is also widely considered to be the best. The 1,000 poems (out of a total of more than 4,500) in this famous selection were chosen by a distinguished scholarly committee based on their poetic excellence, their role in revealing the Japanese national spirit and character, and their cultural and historical significance. The acclaimed translations artfully preserve the simplicity and direct quality of the originals, and encompass an enormous range of human emotions and experiences. Text is in English only.
1000 Times No
by Tom WarburtonAges 3-8. IT'S TIME TO LEAVE says Noah's mother, but Noah doesn't want to. "No!" he shouts. But he doesn't stop there. He tells her no in Latin, Dutch, Japanese, Tagalog, even in Robot! Mr. Warburton, creator of Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door, outdoes himself in this hilarious celebration of every toddler's favorite word.
1000 WAYS TO DIE
by Henry RollinsMany years ago, I embarked on a project to write one thousand of extremely short stories. The idea was if one was to watch a train pass by at great speed, one would see a lot of people and possible stories. I filled up quite a few steno pads with these very short glimpses. We made one thousand copies of this book and put them out into the world. It is available now for the first time in over twenty years, via e-book. Fans of what I do may find it of interest. -- Henry Rollins
1001
by Jason Grote4m, 2f to play multiple roles / Dramatic Comedy The cuckolded King Shahriyar is marrying a new bride every night and beheading her the next morning. As unrest spreads in the Sultanate, his vizier's daughter Scheherezade hatches a plan: she will offer herself as a bride and seduce the king with stories that leave him hanging on every word. She weaves such tales as "Sindbad the Sailor" and "Alaeddin and His Magic Lamp" with stories of Borges, Flaubert, and Alan and Dahna -- a Jewish man and an Arab woman who have fallen in love in millennial New York City. Shahriyar becomes Alan and Scheherezade becomes Dahna as the worlds mingle and inform one another. Modern speech invades the fantasy tales, and swords and genii appear in the 21st Century, in a dance of cultures and people who are forever intertwined. "[An] explosive, often brilliant work about America, narrative, the Middle East and identity."- Time Out New York "...funny, moving, postmodernist-in-a-good-way... Like Scheherazade's tales, 1001 is endlessly compelling, and also endless (again, in a good way)..."- Boston Globe "Jason Grote is one of a generation of brainy new American dramatists - including Tracy Letts and Will Eno - who understand that to reach new audiences, political theater needs to move beyond moral indignation and outrage, past spoon-feeding an attitude. One key to going forward is looking backward into literature, fable and allegory." - LA Weekly "...a wild and beautiful glimpse at the yarns that shape our lives...Even if it isn't always true, the story we keep telling -- about the power of love, violence, and death -- is a comfort. Grote tackles that concept with gripping imagination, achieving a cosmic scope by eliminating the barriers between worlds." - Variety "Grote's Orientalist fantasia...conjures a storybook world that dissolves, at a moment's notice, into an apocalyptic, 21st-century landscape. Where to begin to describe this seductive if smartalecky, nonlinear play? ...[ 1001] doesn't preach, and it doesn't underestimate the audience's intelligence." - Washington Post
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Revised and Updated Edition)
by Peter BoxallFor discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, this trove of reviews covers a century of memorable writing. Each entry is accompanied by an authoritative yet opinionated critical essay describing the importance and influence of the work in question.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die
by Peter BoxallCompletely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual novels and authors, and completely revised for 2012, this is the ideal book for everybody who loves reading.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die (1001)
by Peter BoxallCompletely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual novels and authors, and completely revised for 2012, this is the ideal book for everybody who loves reading.
1001 Cranes
by Naomi HiraharaWHEN 12-YEAR-OLD ANGELA Kato arrives in L. A. , the last thing she wants to do is spend the entire summer with her grandparents. But in the Kato family, one is never permitted to complain. Grandma Michi and Aunt Janet put Angela to work in their flower shop, folding origami and creating 1001 crane displays for newlyweds. At first, Angela learns the trade begrudgingly. But when her folding skills improve and her relationships with family and friends grow, Angela is able to cope with her troubles, especially her parents’ impending divorce. From the Hardcover edition.
100th Day Worries
by Margery CuylerJessica worries about collecting 100 objects to take to class for the 100th day of school.
101 Bums
by Sam HarperA laugh-out-loud silly rhyming picture book, featuring 101 different animal bums!Bums in the jungle, bums in the town. Bums in the treetops, hanging upside down.Bums in the farmyard, bums in the park. Lots of teeny-tiny bums, glowing in the dark!Featuring an array of animal bums - from little to large, and everything in between - this brilliantly silly picture book is sure to get children giggling. Just follow the bouncy read-aloud rhyme, then get ready to join in with the jiggly wiggly dance finale!
101 Christmas Bums
by Sam HarperA laugh-out-loud Christmas rhyming picture book, featuring 101 magical festive bums of all shapes and sizes! From the creators of 101 Bums and 101 Spooky Bums.Find sparkly bums, twinkly bums, jolly bums, snowy bums and lots more in this fun-filled celebration of Christmas - with an exciting festive finale!A bouncy read-aloud text and hilarious illustrations will get every child (and grown-up) giggling and excited for Christmas.With a super-shiny foil cover!
101 Cocktails to try before you die
by François MontiBrought together in one delightful and informative guide are the top 101 cocktails to try before you die, from the classics (Old-Fashioned, Manhattan, Vesper) to the less well-known (Scofflaw, Irish Mermaid, Bramble). With fascinating insight, this book takes the reader on a captivating tour through history's most famous (and infamous) cocktails. Each entry comes with a detailed history, entertaining anecdotes and of course a list of ingredients, as well as retellings of cocktail myths and legends. Whether you are a spirits aficionado or simply enjoy a good drink, this is the must-have cocktail handbook.
101 Dalmatians
by Disney PressDalmatians Pongo and Perdita have just welcomed the arrival of fifteen puppies! Their humans, Roger and Anita, couldn't be happier. But when Anita's old school friend—Cruella De Vil—wants to buy the puppies, Roger tells her the puppies are not for sale. But Cruella won't take no for an answer. She has her henchmen steal the puppies so she can use the puppies for a Dalmatian fur coat! Can Pongo and Perdita rescue their fifteen puppies—and eighty four others—from Cruella before it's too late?
101 Dalmatians
by Disney PressRead along with Disney! There are more than 101 things to love about Disney's 101 Dalmatians! Fall in love with Pongo, Perdita, and their adorable puppies in this film retelling.
101 Dalmatians
by Disney PressRead along with Disney! There are more than 101 things to love about Disney's 101 Dalmatians! Fall in love with Pongo, Perdita, and their adorable puppies in this film retelling.
101 Dalmatians (Little Golden Book)
by Justine KormanThere are more than 101 things to love about Disney’s 101 Dalmatians! The animated classic from 1961 is being released in a Platinum Edition DVD, so a whole new generation of children will come to love Perdita and Pongo, Cruella DeVil, and all those adorable puppies. This Little Golden Book retells all the tail-wagging excitement of the film.
101 Dalmatians (Step into Reading)
by Pamela BobowiczBoys and girls ages 4 to 6 can follow dozens and dozens of puppies as they battle the evil dognapper Cruella de Vil in this Step into Reading adaptation of the beloved Disney animated film 101 Dalmatians!
101 Dalmatians: Cruella Returns
by Justine FontesLife at the new Dalmatian Plantation is grand -- until Cruella moves in next door. Now it's up to three puppies, Lucky, Cadpig, and Roly, to foil the evil Cruella's plans.
101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Mansion
by Gabrielle CharbonnetOne night, Wizzer and his 14 brothers and sisters are kidnapped. Then he finds out that 84 other Dalmatians have been abducted too.