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"Step Right Up: Stories of Carnivals, Sideshows, and the Circus"

By: N/A

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Carroll & Graf:

Seller ID: 9780786713325

ISBN: 0786713321

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Everyone loves a carnival, whether it's the Big Top or a traveling midway kicking up dust. These roving extravaganzas are as amusing as they are mysterious and as innocent as they are sordid. Step Right Up is a one-of-a-kind anthology that collects the finest literature and the most absorbing first-person accounts about carnivals, sideshows, and the circus, capturing all of the spectacle and sensation of this unusual and treasured tradition. A colorful assortment of characters populate the fairgrounds and circus tents of this unique collection from circus legends like P. T. Barnum and Otis ...
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Black American Short Stories (American Century Series)

By: N/A

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Hill and Wang:

Seller ID: 9780374523541

ISBN: 0374523541

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

The success of John Henrik Clarke's American Negro Short Stories, first published in 1966, affirmed the vitality and importance of black fiction. Now this expanded edition of that best-selling book, with a new title, offers the reader thirty-one stories included in the original--from Charles W. Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar in the late nineteenth century to the rich and productive work of the Harlem Renaissance: writers like Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Richard Wright; the World War II accomplishments of Chester Himes, Frank Yerby, and many others; and the later ficti...
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Selected Stories of Sholom Aleichem (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books)

By: "Aleichem, Sholem"

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Modern Library:

Seller ID: B0006AULNK

ISBN: B0006AULNK

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: GOOD

Ten Korean Short Stories

By: "Anthology (Kevin O'Rourke, trans.)"

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Yonsei University Press: 1981

Seller ID: 4-9H014

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: NEAR FINE

"As new except for owner's name on first title page. ""two generations of Korean short stories, bringing to life the first faltering steps of an ancient land entering the modern age"""
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100 Jolts - shockingly short stories

By: "Arnzen, Michael A."

Price: $9.95

Publisher: "Hyattsville, MD", Raw Dog Screaming Press: 2004

Seller ID: 5-9T018

ISBN: 0974503126

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: FINE

"As new - gift quality! Horror by the author who ""has honed his craft to deliver the highest voltage using the fewest words."" and, in doing so, has won the Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild awards."
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Aglama Dolabi

By: "Atalay, Atilla "

Price: $10.95

Publisher: Istanbul, Iletisim: 2003

Seller ID: 9-7T001

ISBN: 9750501330

Binding: trade paperback

Condition: VERY GOOD

"Text in Turkish. As new without markings except for slight age tanning of pages and a pressure crease at the top of the front cover, fading through the first 60 pages. 51 short stories broken into four sections Sidika 2003 (I wait 2003), Olasi Lakirdilukurdular (They were probably Lakirdilukurdu), Sikilhan’la Diyalog çabalari (Dialogue efforts with Sikilhan), and Aglama Dolabi (Crying Cabinet). ""Düzeyli iliski yasamak isteyenler, kredi karti magdurlari, noter tasdikli TV güzelleri, otoyol fahiseleri, sahte seyhler, is arayan tetikçiler, dizi agalari, çocuklariyla diyalo...
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The Best of Frederick Brown

By: "Bloch, Robert (Ed.)"

Price: $29.95

Publisher: "Garden City, NY", Doubleday: 1976

Seller ID: 95H004

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: NEAR FINE/Very Good

"As new except for faint softening of spine ends. DJ is intact and clean but has slight wear to top and bottom edges. ""fantastic collection of 29 of his best works…stories that range from the wryly humorous to the deadly serious, but always with the famous 'Brown twist' that makes each tale unforgettable."""
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This Side of Reality: Modern Czech Writing

By: "Buchler, Alexandra (Ed.)"

Price: $13.95

Publisher: London &NY, Serpent'd Tail: 1996

Seller ID: 09T020

ISBN: 1852423781

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: FINE

"As new - gift quality! ""To deal with the random political oppression that has been their lot this century, Czech writers have developed a rich tradition of humour, the absurd and the surreal…This path-breaking anthology spans the last 30 years of Czech history...bring together a rich variety of writers - many of whom are translated into English for the first time..."" 230 pages with stories from 17 authors and short biographies of the authors."
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Big City Stories by Modern American Writers

By: "Cahill, Tom & Susan (Ed.)"

Price: $19.95

Publisher: NY, Bantam: 1971

Seller ID: 03P002

Binding: Paperback

Condition: VERY GOOD-

"Tight, slight page yellowing, clean, square. Rubbed edges, light hinge crease, tiny rip (@1/4"") on top edge of front cover. 30 short stories grouped into sections by: Growing Up (Kelley, Heller, Neugeboren, Spatt, Baldwin, Algren, Larner & Jones); Loving (Lomberg, Malamud, Swados, King, Cheever, Michaels & Kerouac); Working (Di Donato, Wright, R, Rechy, Eastlake, Wright, C., McPherson, Walker & Kelley); Dying (Herlihy, Purdy, O'Connor, F. & Coover); and, Looking Ahead (Randall, Barthelne & Vonnegut). 405 pages including bibliography."
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Stories of Life North & South: Selections from the Best Short Stories of Erskine Caldwell

By: "Caldwell, Erskine (Edward Connery Letham, ed.)"

Price: $12.95

Publisher: NY, "Dodd, Mead": 1983

Seller ID: 01H003

ISBN: 0396081339

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: FINE/ Fine DJ

"As new except for small sticker mark inside front cover. Unclipped DJ as new except for faint shelfwear to top and bottom edges. ""Caldwell has long been recognized as a master of the short story...32 of his best short stories written during his most creative period in this literary medium..."
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Vintage Anthology of Science Fantasy

By: "Cerf, Christopher (Ed.)"

Price: $5.95

Seller ID: 87T018

Binding: Paperback

Condition: VERY GOOD-

"Tight, slight page yellowing, clean, square. Appears unread but cover shows age with wear to edges and corners, creased spine, creased corner and rubbing to back cover. Light pencil marking on Content page. Stories by: Dahl, Seabright, Bradbury, Sturgeon, Gardner, Wyndham, Kornbluth, Gironella, Brust, Styron(Pie in the Sky - 1st publication), Knight, Brown, Simak, Ballard, Davidson, Clarke, Kawalec, Bester, Miller."
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Five Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: "Chekhov, Anton"

Price: $0.50

Publisher: Dover Publications:

Seller ID: 9780486264639

ISBN: 0486264637

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), a Russian physician, short-story writer, and playwright, wrote hundreds of stories that delved beneath the surface of Russian society, exposing the hidden motives of his characters and the ways in which prevailing social forces influenced their lives. This collection contains five of his most highly regarded stories, all from his maturity, and set in a variety of Tsarist Russian milieux.
Included are "The Black Monk" (1894), "The House with the Mezzanine" (1896), "The Peasants" (1897), "Gooseberries" (1898), and "The Lady with the Toy Dog" (1899). In ...
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Forty Stories (Vintage Classics)

By: "Chekhov, Anton"

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Vintage:

Seller ID: 9780679733751

ISBN: 0679733752

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

If any writer can be said to have invented the modern short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing. And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty Stories. The abashed happiness of a woman in the presence of the husband who abandoned her years before. The obsequious terror of the official who accidentally sneezes on a general. The poignant astonishment of an aging Don Juan overtaken by love. Spanning the entirety of Chekhov's career and including ...
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Jobs & Other Preoccupations: Stories

By: "Coshnear, Daniel"

Price: $43.95

Publisher: "Kansas City, KS", Halicon Nine Editions: 2001

Seller ID: 3DH002

ISBN: 1884235344

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: NEAR FINE

"As new except for tiny shelfwear to corners. Inscribed and signed by author 7-3-03. ""Winner of the 2000 Willa Cather Fiction Prize"". "
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The Umbrella Man and Other Stories Original title: The Great Automatic Grammatizor)

By: "Dahl, Roald"

Price: $13.95

Publisher: NY, Viking / Penguin: 1998

Seller ID: 18H015

ISBN: 0670878545

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: NEAR FINE/ Near Fine

"As new except for slight softening of spine ends and corners. Dust jacket has 1/4"" tear on top edge of front cover and 3/4"" tear on top corner of back cover. ""Before Roald Dahl became a master of stories for children, he was a master of adult short stories...These thirteen grab you from the start, hold you fast - and then throw all your expectations out the window... "" First publication under this title. Published under the original title in England in 1996. 279 pages."
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The Trip to London

By: "Davies, Rhys"

Price: $9.95

Publisher: "Kingswood, UK", Heinemann: 1946

Seller ID: 9DT006

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: VERY GOOD/No DJ

"Brown cloth with silver. Tight, yellowed pages, clean interior, light age soil to exterior page edges, square. 11 short stories by Rhys Davies. 128 pages, 7.5x5"" (19x13cm)"
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Antologia: Juan Alfonso De Lancina

By: "De Lancina, Juan Alfonso "

Price: $30.95

Publisher: "Madrid, Spain", Ediciones FE: 1945

Seller ID: 67p006

Binding: Paperback

Condition: good

"Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. Jacket has brown discoloration on spine. Slight wear to edge and outside corners, 1/2"" rip on bottom edge of front cover (book & DJ) Text in Spanish. Libro columna vertebral es apretado. La chaqueta tiene coloración marrón en las páginas de la columna vertebral son luminosas y limpias, pero tienen una ligera curvatura. Hay desgaste ligero a borde y esquinas exteriores. No es un robo de dos centímetros en el borde inferior de la tapa frontal (libro y chaqueta) Texto en español."
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Arranged Marriage: Stories

By: "Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee"

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Anchor:

Seller ID: 9780385483506

ISBN: 0385483503

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: GOOD

Although Chitra Divakaruni's poetry has won praise and awards for many years, it is her "luminous, exquisitely crafted prose" (Ms.) that is quickly making her one of the brightest rising stars in the changing face of American literature. Arranged Marriage, her first collection of stories, spent five weeks on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list and garnered critical acclaim that would have been extraordinary for even a more established author.For the young girls and women brought to life in these stories, the possibility of change, of starting anew, is both as terri...
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After Uhuru: Kenya Stories

By: "Dobrin, Arthur"

Price: $39.95

Publisher: "Hempstead, NY", Hofstra University: 1998

Seller ID: 4-4T004

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: NEAR FINE

As new except for gift inscription and bookstore sticker (co-publisher) on back cover.
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"Catamaran: South Asian American Writing, 2003 (Volume 1)"

By: "Drakanth, Rajini (Ed.)"

Price: $22.95

Publisher: "Grafton, MA", Catamaran: 2003

Seller ID: 22T008

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: VERY GOOD+

"As new except for slight shelfwear and light soil to exterior. New short stories, non fiction and poetry by South Asian American authors. Feature: ""A retrospective on the celebrated Kashmiri poet, Agha Shahid Ali."" 116 pages illustrated with black and white photos."
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