Author: Waldo Casanova
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462833764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Author: Peter Lovesey
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1641293624
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Peter Lovesey presents a collection of short fiction spanning fifty years, including the first story he ever published and three brand-new stories. More than fifty years ago, Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short story caught the eye of the great Ruth Rendell, whose praise ignited Lovesey’s lifelong passion for short form crime fiction. On the occasion of his hundredth short story, Peter Lovesey has assembled this devilishly clever collection, eighteen yarns of mystery, melancholy, and mischief, inhabiting such deadly settings as a theater, a monastery, and the book publishing industry. The collection includes the career-launching story, as well as three never-before-published works. And surprising the author himself, the irascible Bath detective, Peter Diamond, "bulldozed his way" into this volume.

Author: Arthur Christopher Benson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375231480X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Reproduction of the original: Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories by Arthur Christopher Benson

Author: William Farrand Felch
Publisher:
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Author: Robert J. Tórrez
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826334350
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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New Mexico's state archives offer a rich collection of documents from the Spanish, Mexican, and Territorial periods. Robert J. Tórrez has mined this collection to produce a series of thirty-six articles that give us an idea of the stark reality of everyday life: what ordinary people went through to feed and protect their families, keep warm, worship their God, deal with government bureaucracies, and enjoy a few of life's pleasures. Previously published in periodicals with small local circulation, these essays are now available to the broader audience they deserve. The essays are divided into five groups. Part 1, "Glimpses of Daily Life," includes such topics as arranged marriages, conflicts over taxes and water, and weaving in New Mexico. Part 2, "Indian Relations," shows us visits and battles with Navajo, Ute, and Pueblo people. Part 3, on "Crime and Punishment," comprises essays on hangings, poisonings, and outlaws. "The Territorial Topics" gathered in Part 4 is a mélange of entertainment, travel, and government matters, from the oddity of "UFOs over Galisteo," in which a Chinese balloon seems to have made its way to New Mexico in 1880, to the arrival of stagecoaches, telegraphs, and a circus. Part 5 presents biographical sketches of seven famous and not-so-famous New Mexicans. "In an extraordinary case from 1744, Juana Martín, the wife of Joseph de Armijo, accused him of carrying on an affair with Getrudes de Segura. When the investigation was concluded, the offending couple was found guilty and Getrudes sentenced to exile at El Paso del Norte for four years. Armijo was allowed to remain in Santa Fe, but was assessed the expenses of Getrudes's trip to El Paso. The formal sentence pointed out Armijo's failure to live up to his responsibilities as a husband and ordered him to live amicably with his wife during Getrudes's period of exile."--from UFOs Over Galisteo and Other Stories of New Mexico's History

Author: Colin Richards
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291467963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393

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A varied collection of short stories of war, love, mystery hatred and revenge. written to appeal to a variety of tastes

Author: Gerda Christensen
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490736131
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 173

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With a delightful collection of short stories, Gerda takes the reader through some of her favorite memories. Stories include tales of her life in Denmark, accounts of her travel adventures in different parts of the world, and personal reflections on times with her family. She has masterfully built stories around historical events and shares her experiences with the diverse cultures she has encountered during her travels. Touching on times of both triumph and loss, the stories are peppered with humor, love, and a touch of nostalgia.

Author: Jeremy Sayers
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 148341308X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Though it may be difficult to believe, the eleven stories in this collection are based in truth. Author Jeremy Sayers hails from a family of adventurers and farmers. His father's family came to America in 1715 and settled in Virginia. His mother's family arrived much later, immigrants and migrants. All together, these people were coal miners, blacksmiths, and cowboys. Most of all, they were believers in whatever it was that let them survive one sunrise to another. And they were storytellers. Fencline and Other Stories brings some of those tales to life. Like the myths of ancient cultures, the Greeks, Hindus, Hebrews, and Native Americans, these stories tell about a particular time and place. But, they also contain something timeless. These stories give us reasons to laugh and to mourn. And the characters in these tales teach us something about coping with strife as we share little parts of their lives.

Author: Eric Gary Anderson
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807161098
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 387

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Depictions of the undead in the American South are not limited to our modern versions, such as the vampires in True Blood and the zombies in The Walking Dead. As Undead Souths reveals, physical emanations of southern undeadness are legion, but undeadness also appears in symbolic, psychological, and cultural forms, including the social death endured by enslaved people, the Cult of the Lost Cause that resurrected the fallen heroes of the Confederacy as secular saints, and mourning rites revived by Native Americans forcibly removed from the American Southeast. To capture the manifold forms of southern haunting and horror, Undead Souths explores a variety of media and historical periods, establishes cultural crossings between the South and other regions within and outside of the U.S., and employs diverse theoretical and critical approaches. The result is an engaging and inclusive collection that chronicles the enduring connection between southern culture and the refusal of the dead to stay dead.

Author: Stephen Crane
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51

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A collection of three short novellas by the famous writer Stephen Crane, 'The Monster and Other Stories' was first published in the year 1899. These stories are written for children and has elements of ghosts, monsters and horror.