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this collection of 22 stories are as thought-provoking as the title suggests. But they are also humorous, poignant and wide-ranging, with a strong narrative pull. Well written and always entertaining, they are an excellent display of the short story writer's art.

Joe Beckett drifts from job to job and woman to woman in a seedy world of bedsitters and allnight cafes. Living in the wasteland between Notting Hill and Earl’s Court, he heats up tins on gas rings and smuggles girls past the landlady. He has no values or beliefs. A chance encounter with a roadhouse...

The Holding Room is the fictional space between heaven and hell. It is where we all go to be judged. Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, The Holding Room follows the journey of eight people whose ashes got mixed up at a crematorium. An elderly church woman awakens with her soul inside the body...

El cuento es la forma literaria que recoge la magia de la narración desde tiempos inmemoriales hasta ahora. Este género plasma como pocos la historia de la literatura y su cercanía a la población: el cuento oral, el cuento en las hogueras de la tribu, el cuento en las cocinas de las casas, el...

Creepy Capreol is a collection of chilling tales set in the small Northern Ontario town of Capreol. Half of the 14 stories are non-fiction — ranging from topics such as Bigfoot, demonic wheelchairs, and vigilante justice — the others are pure fiction, written by noted local authors.

Dane Wright is a morose, moody individual who’s content to isolate himself in his Malibu beach house. For nine months, he’s shut out the world, along with his loved ones, to wallow in self-pity within the walls of his luxury fortress of solitude. When his parents go on a month-long Caribbean cruise,...

Summer is back in school and wondering about her relationship with Dane. He never calls, and when she does get to speak to him, he keeps the conversation short. Now he’s sent her a letter, which literally spells it out for her, his take on where their relationships going. A big fat nowhere. Summer...

A compelling story about a boy who learned that he was not like other boys...he learned early in life that he was born with both male and female genitalia...an Intersex child. Follow him on his journey of self-acceptance.

This thesis addresses two of the central processes which underpin the formation of galaxies: the formation of stars and the injection of energy into the interstellar medium from supernovae, called feedback. In her work Claudia Lagos has completely overhauled the treatment of these processes in simulations...

A young man’s steady, workaday world is thrown off-kilter after he meets a penniless wanderer who inspires him to battle his vices and clear a path towards personal freedom.This e-book includes the music from the companion CD.

This book brings together a collection of new articles on different aspects of vocabulary teaching and learning. The contributions present the results of original empirical research in the field by well-known scholars as well as some comprehensive reviews. The different approaches adopted by the researchers...

The secret to a successful relationship is openness. You have to know each other, where you came from, what interests you have in common and if you share the same... tastes. Can you live with each others quirks and tics? Do you love him for who he is or what he knows? Does he love you as one might...

This tale of the Peninsular campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars offers unforgettable adventure. In the lead is young ensign Keith Graham, trying desperately to elude capture and certain death. At his side is Gwyneth, beautiful, smart, experienced—a woman of the world.

Comrades and heroes, the seven warriors slog through the swirl and tumult of the Napoleonic Wars, fighting for their lives across Europe, until they confront their destiny at Waterloo. This stirring saga is drawn from true stories left behind by the soldiers of the First Empire, a dramatic tale of triumph and defeat.