The Big Day And Other Stories

Author : Dave Lauby
Publisher : BookLocker.com, Inc.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798885315258

Get Book

The Big Day (and other stories) by Dave Lauby Pdf

What do invisible rats, aspiring rapists, axe-wielding gorillas, coffee shop ninjas and clown-faced kidnappers all have in common? They’re just some of the shady miscreants and dubious heroes who populate the pages of the twisted tales making up Dave Lauby’s rollicking short fiction collection The Big Day (and other stories). From the wimpy 13-year-old boy spurred on to criminal acts by his best friend from a Bizarro universe to the arctic survivalist whose sense of day and night (and pain and pleasure) become snow blinded and indistinguishable, the characters of Lauby’s nine exuberant narratives pinball-collide themselves against tragedy and comedy and all the emotional bumpers in-between. Weaving in and out through a maze of twisting turns, unexpected jolts and surprise endings, TBD(aos) provides the reader with a well-balanced and intellectually nutritious nine-course story meal while tasting every bit like dessert with every bite. It’s a guarantee that you’ll want to come back for seconds.

Author : Kevin Henkes
Publisher : Greenwillow Books
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015066878805

Get Book

Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes Pdf

Mr. Slinger has big news. He's getting married. Married! Lilly has big plans. She's going to be the flower girl. (Lilly has always wanted to be a flower girl. Even more than a surgeon or a diva or a hairdresser.) But what's the biggest, the best, the most perfect thing of all? You're invited to the wedding -- so start reading!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1845578791

Get Book

Frank S Big Day And Other Stories by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sigauke, Emmanuel
Publisher : Booklove Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780797456600

Get Book

Mukoma's Marriage and other Stories by Sigauke, Emmanuel Pdf

The stories in Mukoma's Marriage and Other Stories capture the lives of Zimbabwean men and the women they marry, and the lives of women and the men they fall in love with, each revealing the complexities of cultural and gender expectations against the backdrop of a changing country (war in the 1970s, political uncertainty in the 1980s and economic structural adjustment in the 1990s). Fati sets out to tell Mukoma's story, but ends up also telling his wives' stories. By telling his brother's story, and that of his women, he ends up telling his own story. Fati is a new and interesting protagonist in Zimbabwean literature with a voice at times innocent, yet increasingly incisive, humorous and engaging. These stories are deeply personal yet universal in their treatment of human relationships, ambitions, and misplaced cultural and gender expectations. Whether he is telling the story of his brother's first marriage, or remembers his brother's fights at a Parents Day event at Mhototi School, whether he recalls the night Mukoma took him to see a new baby in the alleyways of Glen View, Fati renders these stories with a measured, composed voice which doesn`t fail to delight with its unusual humour.

Author : Anna Jacobs
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749028411

Get Book

The Best Valentine's Day Ever and other stories by Anna Jacobs Pdf

Previously published as Short and Sweet. A heartwarming collection of short stories from the beloved author. Romance can be found in every corner of the world and has changed the lives of people in every period of history. In this collection of sixteen stand-alone short stories including a brand new tale, Anna Jacobs encapsulates the spark of first love and the glow of second chances in her inimitable style which fans new and old will take to their hearts. This collection includes: The Best Valentine's Day Ever: Heartbreak prompts Chrissie to seek comfort with her gran, Nancy. But unhappiness and misunderstandings turn into a double celebration across generations. The Group Settler's Wife: Western Australia, 1924. Maggie is forging a new life for her family, the chance for a fresh start for them all after the lingering effects of war. In an unfamiliar setting and unaccustomed to the rough and ready conditions of pioneer life, Maggie discovers a stronger side to herself and will find happiness where she did not expect it. Previously published as Short and Sweet, The Best Valentine's Day Ever and other stories includes a new short story.

Author : Bipin Koraddi
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798891867611

Get Book

The Stranger and Other Stories by Bipin Koraddi Pdf

The Stranger and Other Stories’ is a compilation of 16 exciting, action-packed, short stories. Each having a surprise turn of events at the end. ’The Stranger’ is hilarious with a witty conclusion. ‘An Errand for Thelma’ is touching, revolving around a lass and an old lady. ‘Fifty-Fifty’ is a laugh-riot about a botched burglary. And ‘Hide and Seek’, set in the ad world, is a romance with dashes of tragedy. ‘Shuddering Sky’ is scary. ‘Bangles for Prema’ too, is scary. ’The Watch’ is a soulful story about a watch which belongs to a ghost. ‘The Sportsman’, ’The Horse Cart’, and ‘The Dry Land’, are quite engaging in their content and narrative, while ‘Donor’ is a story about a beleaguered widow mustering the gall to do the square thing by her benefactor. ‘Lalitha’ is about being possessed, and it is sure to send a shiver down your spine. Reading ‘The Sage’ will be an experience in itself. ‘Portrait for Sale’ is about romance in a college, while ‘Haven for Crooks’ and ‘The Cook’s Leg’ are, respectively, witty stories of the stupidity of life in a military school, and a blunder which can never be set right. The stories are diverse in their plots and presentation, and make for a thrilling Sunday afternoon’s edge-of-the-seat adventure.

Author : Tania James
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184003345

Get Book

Aerogrammes and Other Stories by Tania James Pdf

From the highly acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns (“Dazzling . . . One of the most exciting debut novels since Zadie Smith’s White Teeth”—San Francisco Chronicle; “An astonishment of a debut”—Junot Díaz), a bravura collection of short stories set in locales as varied as London, Sierra Leone, and the American Midwest that captures the yearning and dislocation of young men and women around the world. In “Lion and Panther in London,” a turn-of-the-century Indian wrestler arrives in London desperate to prove himself champion of the world, only to find the city mysteriously absent of challengers. In “Light & Luminous,” a gifted dance instructor falls victim to her own vanity when a student competition allows her a final encore. In “The Scriptological Review: A Last Letter from the Editor,” a young man obsessively studies his father’s handwriting in the hope of making sense of his death. And in the marvelous “What to Do with Henry,” a white woman from Ohio takes in the illegitimate child her husband left behind in Sierra Leone, as well as an orphaned chimpanzee who comes to anchor this strange new family. With exuberance and compassion, Tania James once again draws us into the lives of damaged, driven, and beautifully complicated characters who quietly strive for human connection.

Author : Anna Jacobs
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749023096

Get Book

The Cotton Lass and Other Stories by Anna Jacobs Pdf

This collection of stand-alone short stories is a treat for new readers and dedicated fans alike. In each of these 17 stories, an ordinary person takes on an extraordinary journey to a new life, discovering facets and strengths they never knew they possessed. Across a variety of time periods and settings, these stories capture Anna Jacobs' unique style and showcase her mastery of emotional tales. The collection includes:The Cotton Lass: Widow Sarah is struggling to make ends meet as England suffers from the cotton famine brought on by war in the United States. Will the opportunity to move to Australia provide a new life for her?Sunshine and Parrots: Penny has moved to Perth, Australia to be closer to her brother. She finds herself attracted to her handsome new neighbour, Matt, but will a series of misunderstandings keep them apart?Going Out in Style: Mrs Kelly is widely acknowledged as uncooperative and a trouble maker in her nursing home, but forms a bond with Raelene, a young woman doing community service at the home. Their friendship will transform them both.

Author : Machado de Assis,John Charles Chasteen
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781603848527

Get Book

The Alienist and Other Stories of Nineteenth-Century Brazil by Machado de Assis,John Charles Chasteen Pdf

Accompanied by a thorough introduction to Brazils Machado, Machados Brazil, these vibrant new translations of eight of Machado de Assiss best-known short stories bring Nineteenth-Century Brazilian society and culture to life for modern readers.

Author : Dave Lauby
Publisher : Booklocker.com
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 195889009X

Get Book

The Big Day (and Other Stories) by Dave Lauby Pdf

The Big Day (and other stories) provides the reader with an intellectually nutritious nine-course story meal while tasting like dessert with every bite. It's a guarantee that you'll want to come back for seconds.

Author : Pete Dunne
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0292716230

Get Book

Golden Wings and Other Stories about Birders and Birding by Pete Dunne Pdf

Dubbed the "Bard of America's Bird-Watchers" by the Wall Street Journal, Pete Dunne knows birders and birding—instinctively and completely. He understands the compulsion that drives other birders to go out at first light, whatever the weather, for a chance to maybe, just maybe, glimpse that rare migrant that someone might have spotted in a patch of woods the day before yesterday. And yet, he also knows how . . . well . . . strange the birding obsession becomes when viewed through the eyes of a nonbirder. His dual perspective—totally engrossed in birding, yet still aware of the "odd birdness" of some birders—makes reading his essays a pure pleasure whether you pursue "the feather quest" or not. This book collects forty-one of Dunne's recent essays, drawn from his columns in Living Bird, Wild Bird News, the New Jersey Sunday section of the New York Times, Birder's World, and other publications. Written with his signature wit and insight, they cover everything from a moment of awed communion with a Wandering Albatross ("the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen") to Dunne's imagined "perfect bird" ("The Perfect Bird is the size of a turkey, has the wingspan of an eagle, the legs of a crane, the feet of a moorhen, and the talons of a great horned owl. It eats kudzu, surplus zucchini, feral cats, and has been known to predate upon homeowners who fire up their lawn mowers before 7:00 A.M. on the weekend."). The title essay pays whimsical, yet heartfelt tribute to Dunne's mentor, the late birding legend Roger Tory Peterson.

Author : P.S.Thangkhiew
Publisher : Partridge Publishing India
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781482820560

Get Book

North by Northeast and Other Stories by P.S.Thangkhiew Pdf

Each of the ten tales in this collection has a plot connected with the game of golf. The stories are also linked by an underlying theme based on the element of chance altering ordinary course of events. The appearance of a common character in almost all of them serves to heighten a sense of involvement as the different plots unfold. With a fine eye for detail and nuances in the human condition, as seen through the protagonists in each story, Parmarsan S. Thangkhiews narrations weave seamlessly through golf, a prince among sports. Often, the authors wry sense of humor is also made all too evident, an exercise that is rare among present day Indian writers writing in English. A toast of a read! Dhruba Hazarika, Author of Bowstring Winter

Author : Breton Dukes
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780864739971

Get Book

Empty Bones and Other Stories by Breton Dukes Pdf

Empty Bones is weightlifting, infidelity, drunk driving, facelifts and childbirth it s a family and their weekend reunion. It is Lisbon to Madrid on the night train and Auckland to Wellington on a motorbike. It is the end, the beginning and the gristly in between. Empty Bones is a novella accompanied by five equally raw, intense and comical short stories, from the author of the acclaimed Bird North. Wow. Breton Dukes BIRD NORTH is a knockout. Brilliantly intense book. Emily Perkins, Twitter Roddy Doyle is a hard act to follow, but in Bird North New Zealand author Breton Dukes does it with a gritty and sometimes disturbing collection of stories. Ian Williams, Otago Daily Times Confidant, nuanced and unselfconsciously local, this is an accomplished debut. Sam Finnemore, NZ Listener Breton Dukes lives with his wife in Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin. He is a telephonist for the government. His interests include rabbit shooting, tenting and cookery. Cover: Dylan Horrocks"

Author : Lester Goran
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0873386396

Get Book

Outlaws of the Purple Cow and Other Stories by Lester Goran Pdf

In this, his third collection of stories, Lester Goran moves us again through the times and places indelibly stamped with his wit and insight about people and events lost to history. Outlaws of the Purple Cow centers around the domains of Irish-American men and women in Pittsburgh. Goran creates once more his world of poignant and magical times and places within the mundane affairs of ordinary men and women. Goran's evocative settings and narratives range form the supernatural to the humorous, from bawdy to richly detailed realism. Goran, with his mastery of language and images, chronicles in stories the unheralded laughters and sorrows of Americans seldom noted in fiction. Goran creates once more his world of poignant and magical times and places within the mundane affairs of ordinary men and women. Goran's evocative settings and narratives range from the supernatural to the humorous, from bawdy to richly detailed realism: the bewildering ceremony enacted on a suburban lawn on Good Friday; an inventory of the loves of a lifetime compiled on scraps of paper and matchbook covers; the young man home on leave from the army who encounters a woman whose entire life is reflected in the wires holding together her threadbare Christmas tree; and the young man on the first day of his first job who delivers roses to a house where the homeowner had died since ordering the flowers. Goran, with his mastery of language and images, chronicles in stories the unheralded laughter's and sorrows of Americans seldom noted in fiction.

Author : Bruce Taylor
Publisher : Fairwood Press, Inc
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 096681844X

Get Book

The Final Trick of Funnyman and Other Stories by Bruce Taylor Pdf

For more than 20 years, fantasist Bruce Taylor has been entertaining readers all over the world with his masterful blend of surrealism and magic realism. This collection showcases an imagination at once intense and gentle, absurd and cutting.