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Les histoires humoristiques sont d’importation américaine. En quoi elles diffèrent des histoires comiques et piquantes.   Je ne prétends pas raconter une histoire dans toutes les règles de l’art. Je prétends seulement savoir comment on doit...

Je ne prétends pas raconter une histoire dans toutes les règles de l’art. Je prétends seulement savoir comment on doit raconter, car j’ai été souvent et pendant des années en compagnie de narrateurs émérites. Il y a différentes espèces d’histoires, mais une seule est difficile à manier : c’est l’histoire humoristique.

War has come to the Winter Kingdoms. The Dread will rise. Kings will fall. Summoner-King Tris Drayke takes what remains of his army north for a war he is ill-prepared to fight, as reports from spies confirm Tris's worst fear. A new threat rises across the sea: a dark summoner who intends to...

Collecting Domino (2018) #7-10 and Annual #1. Domino has a dangerous new mission! Pale skin, black hair, skintight bodysuit — no, we’re not still describing Domino…here comes Morbius, the Living Vampire! But who is preying on whom? Domino’s luck seems to have a mind of its own sometimes, whether...

Roderick Coddington is on a mission to make Cornelia Peabody pay. After identifying her as the thief who stole a priceless Fabergé egg from his dying sister, he finds her and shackles a deadly timepiece to her arm. If she doesn't return the egg by Christmas morning, she will die. Normally...

A marriage proposal was the last thing Micah Scott expected to hear from the stunning blonde who'd come to his exclusive club seeking sanctuary. But Sherry Nyland was in desperate need of a stand-in husband. And, try as he might, the once-burned businessman couldn't say "I won't" to this alluring...

REA's MAXnotes Guide to Literary Terms REA's book is a concise, easy-to-use guide to the literary terms and devices which high school and undergraduate students encounter most often. The main body of the book is an alphabetical listing of approximately 150 of the most-commonly encountered literary terms...

Scribes Divided presents an anthology of fifty-three memorable flash fiction stories. Ranging from comedy to horror to romance and from the supernatural to the super-real, these ultra-short tales will stop you in your tracks. In this book, award-winning authors from around the world will terrorize, mesmerize, and tantalize you into forgetting for a moment your Existential Dread.

Noblewoman Chloe is despondent about her imminent marriage to Sir Anthony Chandler, a man she met only once when the pair danced at a ball two years earlier. Desperate to avoid the marriage her father arranged, she and her brother fake a kidnapping, believing that Chloe’s intended will call off the...

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration. This book includes...

What is an iconic Ann Arbor restaurant? Ask anyone who has ever spent time there as a student, traveler, or "townie," and they are likely to name several favorites in an instant. From debating the best place to celebrate or console on football Saturdays to deciding where to eat after the bars close,...

Henry Graham Greene (1904 – 1901) wrote many novels surveying the political and moral issues of the day. Some of his novels displeased many people, including Graham Greene himself. Many of his works are now quite valuable and this eBook explores the values of each of those novels and why some are...

Gourmet chefs Sher and Doherty, former owners of the highly successful restaurant Down to Earth, offer a collection of innovative yet simple restaurant-quality recipes, for every day and special occasions, all toxin- and animal-free. From basic dishes to world-class entrees and hors d'oeuvres, You...

When their parents bring up the possibility of homeschooling, the twins are confused, and more than a little worried. They ask lots of questions and find out that learning happens everywhere. Home for School: The Twins Learn About Homeschooling is for kids who are just beginning their homeschool...