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  Canadian Shorts II - A...

  edited by Brenda Fisk

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  Canadian Shorts II is a specially selected collection of short stories by established and emerging Canadian authors. Showcasing Canada's diverse writing talent, there is a story for every reader, from Literary Fiction to SciFi Fantasy to Prairie Gothic to Romance-Thriller. Edited by Brenda Fisk. Authors: Joan Baril, Alex Chappell, Bronwynn Erskine, Brenda Fisk, Michael Foy, Allison Gorner, Laurie Hodges Humble, Allan Jones, Halli Lilburn, J. McMullin, Maria Morrison, Stacey O’Sullivan, John Pringle, Robert Runté, Jack Shedden, Linda White. Audiobook narrated by Jenny Hoops and Jonathan Ostrander.

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  The Best American Short Stories...

  T.C. Boyle

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  The acclaimed author presents an anthology of “confrontational and at times confounding . . . stories to get lost in” by Colum McCann, Victor Lodato and others (Kirkus Reviews).   In his introduction to this one hundredth volume of the beloved Best American Short Stories, guest editor T. C. Boyle writes, “The Model T gave way to the Model A and to the Ferrari and the Prius . . . modernism to postmodernism and post-postmodernism. We advance. We progress. We move on. But we are part of a tradition.”   Boyle’s choices of stories reflect a vibrant range of characters, from a numb wife who feels alive only in the presence of violence to a new widower coming to terms with his sudden freedom, from a missing child to a champion speedboat racer. These stories will grab hold and surprise, which according to Boyle is “what the best fiction offers, and there was no shortage of such in this year’s selections.”  The Best American Short Stories 2011 includes entries by Denis Johnson, Louise Erdrich, Elizabeth McCracken, Aria Beth Sloss, Thomas McGuane, and others.

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  The Truce of the Bear

  Sapper

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  A British sniper is waiting in a shell-hole in no-mans land for his enemy. It is a battle of wits...the game of no mistakes. It takes the instinct of a hunter after a bear to spot the imperceptible movement, the chink of light and shift in the mud that reveals the movement of his enemy.A tense tale in which we sit alongside the sniper, watching with him as he waits to shoot his enemy.

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  The Scriptural Panoramist

  Mark Twain

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  Mark Twain is one of the most important figures in American life and American culture as a whole. He is connected by the innumerable threads with the course of development of the country, its national characteristics and social contradictions, and this deep connection significantly extends throughout his work. This short story, called “The Scriptural Panoramist”, tells about a man who earns a living, showing in the churches different panoramas in the biblical theme and commenting them. Once he hired an old man, to play the piano, accompanying the pictures with a suitable melody. And the old musician actually did it... But the melodies selection has been very peculiar.A SmartTouch Media production.

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  A Paris Affair - A Novel

  Tatiana de Rosnay

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  From the internationally best-selling author of Sarah's Key comes an irreverent yet heartfelt collection that examines our most intimate and forbidden desires 
  Late nights at the office... Hotel rooms and secret rendezvous... Lingering perfume... Sizzling texts... 
  What takes place in Paris when husbands and wives tangle with infidelity? 
  In this compulsively readable collection, Tatiana de Rosnay paints a portrait of forbidden loves in many shades — sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous, sometimes heartfelt, always with a dry wit and unflinching authenticity. A Paris Affair will take you on a vacation overseas, into the hidden lives of husbands, wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, where illicit desire wars with duty, and where a French take on romance will surprise you every time.A Macmillan Audio production.

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  Baghdad Noir

  Muhsin Al-Ramli, Nassif Falak,...

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  This unique anthology of Iraqi noir fiction collects fourteen original stories of crime, conspiracy, regret, and revenge in the capital of Iraq.The centuries-old city of Baghdad has known many rulers, many troubles, and many crimes. But while most Iraqis would agree that their life has always been noir, there has not been a literary tradition to capture this aspect of the culture. By commissioning the fourteen stories collected here—most by Iraqi writers, all by authors familiar with Baghdad—editor Samuel Shimon and Akashic Books have created what may be the first anthology of Iraqi crime fiction ever assembled.Here you will read of life in Baghdad both during and after the Saddam Hussein era, with stories of fear in the shadow of a ruthless dictator; kidnappings in the time of U.S. occupation; detectives who investigate political conspiracies; and tales of revenge, assassination, mental illness, and family struggle in the war-torn City of Peace.Baghdad Noir includes brand-new stories by Sinan Antoon, Ali Bader, Mohammed Alwan Jabr, Nassif Falak, Dheya al-Khalidi, Hussain al-Mozany, Layla Qasrany, Hayet Raies, Muhsin al-Ramli, Ahmed Saadawi, Hadia Said, Salima Salih, Salar Abdoh, and Roy Scranton.

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