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  Cast a Cold Eye - Stories

  Mary McCarthy

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  Seven “remarkable” stories from the bestselling author of The Group (The New York Times). 
 Two American tourists find themselves seriously befuddled by their unorthodox Italian guide. 
A hospitalized graduate student turns the sounds of pain and despair into music. A family is tragically taken apart, and then reformed, by a deadly outbreak of influenza. The short fiction in this collection, some of it autobiographical in inspiration, reflects both the adept, witty storytelling and the insightful social commentary of New York Times–bestselling author Mary McCarthy. A National Book Award finalist known for such novels as Birds in America and The Groves of Academe—as well as memoir (Memories of a Catholic Girlhood) and travel writing (Venice Observed)—McCarthy shows in Cast a Cold Eye why she has been called “a brilliant writer with a rare talent for corrosive satire” (The Atlantic Monthly).  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary McCarthy including rare images from the author’s estate. 

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  Jack London: The Short Stories -...

  Jack London

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  Jack London's tales of man's struggle against the forces of nature are universally popular. Best known for his novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang, London was also a prolific writer of short stories. This collection brings together four of his finest, all depicting the harshness of life in the frozen arctic wastes.'The Law of Life' and 'The White Silence' offer sensitive insights into the psychological state of men facing death in the wildness; the lure of gold grips the heartstrings of two opportunists with disastrous consequence in 'In a Far Country'; and 'An Odyssey of the North' recounts one man's painful quest to reclaim the women he loves.The reader William Dufris has worked thoughout Britain and the United States in theatre and has made numerous television and radio appearances for the BBC.

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  Honest Work - A Good Women Story

  Halle Hill

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  In her dynamic debut, Halle Hill’s Good Women delves into the lives of twelve Black women across the Appalachian South. 
   
  A woman boards a Greyhound bus barreling toward Florida to meet her sugar daddy’s mother; a state fair employee considers revenge on a local preacher; a sister struggles with guilt as she helps her brother plan to run away with a man he's seeing in secret; a young woman who works for a scam for-profit college navigates the lies she sells for a living. 
   
  Darkly funny and deeply human, Good Women observes how place, blood ties, generational trauma, obsession, and boundaries―or lack thereof―influence how we navigate our small worlds, and how those worlds so often collide in ways we don’t expect. Through intimate moments of personal choice, Hill carefully shines a light on how these twelve women shape and form themselves through faith and abandon, transgression and conformity, community, caution, and solitude. 
   
  With precision and empathy, Hill captures the mundane in moments of absurdity, and bears witness to both joy and heartbreak, reminding us how the next moment could be life-changing. Vibrant and exacting, Hill is a must-read new voice in literary fiction.

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  Day Ends Darkly The - A Musical...

  Alfred C. Martino

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  The Day Ends Darkly, A Musical Tale From the American West -- a rock operatic audiobook -- tells the tale of an aged cowboy looking back on his life as one of the frontier's "rough men, doing rough men things," chased by Law men, outlaws and his own sins, through the badlands of the Wild West. Written by novelist Alfred C. Martino and narrated by rock vocalist Chris Whitby, featuring an opus composed by British music producer Luke Smith.

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  Christmas Past - The Fascinating...

  Brian Earl

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  Behind every Christmas tradition is a story—usually, a forgotten one. Each year, as we string up lights, build a gingerbread house, and get ready for a visit from St. Nicholas, we’re continuing generations-old narratives, while being largely unaware of their starting chapters. But knowing how these traditions began adds a new level of depth to our Christmas spirit, as well as an arsenal of anecdotes to share at Christmas parties. Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday’s Traditions reveals the surprising, quirky, mysterious, and sometimes horrifying stories behind the most wonderful time of the year.With twenty-six short chapters, Christmas Past is a festive, digestible Advent calendar of a book. Covering traditions ancient and modern, it’s filled with stories of happy accidents, cultural histories, criminal capers (including tomb raiders and con artists), and hidden connections between Christmas and broader social, economic, and technological influences. How did the invention of plate glass forever change the Christmas season? What common Christmas item helped introduce fine art to the masses? Why do Americans typically spike their eggnog with rum rather than the traditional brandy? And speaking of booze, does using the phrase “Merry Christmas” mark you as a drunken reveler? Christmas Pastanswers all those questions and many more.

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  A Pastoral Horror

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  A sinister werewolf story by the master of spooky storytelling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.In a small village, high in the tyrolean mountains, an Englishman finds himself caught up in a local mystery. Peasants are being mysteriously attacked and killed by a mysterious figure who appears to live in the nearby woods.Joining forces with the local mayor, pastor and chief of police, the Englishman sets out to solve the mystery.

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