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  The Consequences - Stories

  Manuel Muñoz

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  "Her immediate concern was money." So begins the first story in Manuel Muñoz's dazzling new collection. In it, Delfina has moved from Texas to California's Central Valley with her husband and small son, and her isolation and desperation force her to take a risk that ends in profound betrayal. 
   
   
   
  These exquisite stories are set in the 1980s in the small towns that surround Fresno. Muñoz depicts the Mexican and Mexican American farmworkers who put food on our tables but are regularly and ruthlessly rounded up by the migra, as well as the quotidian struggles and immense challenges faced by their families. The messy and sometimes violent realities navigated by his characters—straight and gay, immigrant and American-born, young and old—are tempered by moments of surprising, tender care: Two young women meet on a bus to Los Angeles to retrieve husbands who must find their way back from the border after being deported; a gay couple plans a housewarming party that reveals buried class tensions; a teenage mother slips out to a carnival where she encounters the father of her child; the foreman of a crew of fruit pickers finds a dead body and is subsequently—perhaps literally—haunted. 
   
   
   
  In The Consequences, obligation can shape, support, and sometimes derail us. It's a magnificent new book from a gifted writer at the height of his powers.

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  3 Stories - Without Character...

  Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka,...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.   
   
  01 - 3 Stories - Stories Without Character Names 
  02 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
  03 - The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank Stockton 
  04 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Game

  Jack London

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  Inside the boxing ring, a young fighter faces a final challenge where love, pride, courage, and personal conviction collide.
  
  Jack London's The Game combines the intensity of boxing with a deeply human story about love, determination, and difficult choices.
  
  The novel follows Joe Fleming, a young boxer preparing for an important fight while balancing his commitment to the sport with his relationship and the expectations surrounding him. London's vivid portrayal of the boxing world creates a powerful atmosphere of physical struggle and emotional tension.
  
  With its themes of courage, sacrifice, love, and personal conviction, The Game offers a compelling example of London's ability to turn a dramatic sporting contest into a broader exploration of human character.
  
  Step into the ring with Jack London and experience a gripping story of love, courage, and the ultimate test of character.

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  The Doll - The Lost Short Stories

  Daphne du Maurier

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  “Early stories [that] vividly portrays with humor, candidness, and detail du Maurier’s fascination with the problems of human connection.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  Perhaps best known for her immortal gothic masterwork Rebecca—the basis for the Academy Award–winning motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock—Daphne de Maurier began her illustrious writing career penning short stories. In The Doll, thirteen of du Maurier’s early shorter fictional works have been collected—each story written before the author’s twenty-third birthday and some in print for the first time since the 1930s. Compelling tales of human foibles and tragic romance, the stories in The Doll represent the emergence of a remarkable literary talent who later went on to create Jamaica Inn, The Birds, and other classic works. This breathtaking collection of short fiction belongs on the bookshelf of every Daphne du Maurier fan. 
   
  “[D]electably florid.” —New York Times Book Review 
   
  “[Du Maurier’s] storytelling gifts are formidable.” —Kirkus Reviews

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  Lucy Wren - From their pens to...

  Ada Radford

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  The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Ada Radford.

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  3 Stories - Success at What Cost...

  Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Hope, Amy Levy

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.  
   
  01 - 3 Stories - Success At What Cost 
  02 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy 
  03 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy 
  04 - A Sucessful Rehearsal by Anthony Hope

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