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This collection of stories illuminates moments that shape a life, from a dream or a sexual act to simple twists of fate that turn a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Set in the countryside and towns of Lake Huron, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real, paint a portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be.
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2018.
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"Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with this first collection of short fiction, her 'astonishing gift for creating characters that take up residence in readers' heads' (The Washington Post) is showcased like never before."--Dust jacket.
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Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in The New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family...
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The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden. In this frightening vision of a totalitarian future, a fireman's job is to burn books. Fireman Guy Montag loves his job - until he learns of the ideas that books contain and just what it might mean to think for himself. A classic from one of the greats.
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""A charming storybook collection of sweet tales based on the Netflix series starring Ada Twist--perfect for read-alouds or bedtime! Revisit some of your favorite episodes of the Netflix series, in print for the first time, with this gifty storybook collection. Each of the 12 stories retells a beloved episode from the show, making it perfect for group read-alouds or when it's time to settle down for bed""--
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In this collection of Rumpole stories the comic, courageous, and corpulent "great defender of muddled and sinful humanity" is joined by a winning cast of villains and victims in tales whose wry humor and sparkling wit deftly send up the legal system. In "Rumpole and the Angel of Death" our hero achieves resounding triumphs over the forces of prejudice and mean-mindedness. "Rumpole and the Way through the Woods" involves Rumpole in the world of hunters...
10) Moral disorder
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Moral Disorder is a novel broken down into ten stories that reassemble a series of moments in the lives of various characters over several decades. The settings are also varied. It includes stories entitled: The Bad News, The Art of Cooking and Serving, The Headless Horseman, My Last Duchess, The Other Place, Monopoly, Moral Disorder, The Entities, The Labrador Fiasco, and The Boys at the Lab. These funny, lyrical, incisive, tragic, earthy, shocking,...
11) I, robot
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The three laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov changed our perception of robots forever when...
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[2019]
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Unabridged.
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"Tag along with Pua and Heihei as they search for the perfect gift, join Cinderella as she looks for Lucifer in the forest, find the best cub-house with Simba and Nala, and more! This delightful collection of eighteen stories features new and old animal friends and stories full of heart, friendship, and adventure."--
"Join Bingo and Rolly on gift-getting missions, space-based missions, next-doggy-door neighbor missions, and so much more! This collection...
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