DescriptionAlexander McCall Smith, the New York Times best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and the recipient of two Booker Judges' Special Recommendations, delivers an intriguing collection of stories about dating. The emotions in these tales run from the thrill of finding happiness to the humiliation and loneliness of rejection.
DescriptionAs well as being a best-selling novelist, Barbara Erskine is an acclaimed short-story writer, and this collection shows her unique power to draw her readers deep into her character's worlds. Here are over 20 stories, some written especially for this volume, and some written in recent years and collected here for the first time.
DescriptionPulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor uses remarkable events in ordinary people's lives to describe an intricate fabric of tradition. In these 4 subtle and beautiful stories, a contractor uses a baptismal font as a birdbath, an annual children's party given by an aging brother and sister ends in disaster, a strange woman needlessly sends 2 men into a burning house, and a woman finds a way to express her frustration. In addition to the title story, the collection contains "Venus, Folly, Cupid and Time" (winner of the 1959 O. Henry Award), "Two Pilgrims, " and "Her Need."…
DescriptionHi Lo to Hollywood contains many of Max Evans' renowned works, encompassing all of his personal favorite short stories, essays, and other writings, spanning his entire writing career. The land and creatures of the Hi Lo Country come alive in splendor with Evans' prolific description - the tragicomedy of life plays here in both the mundane and the extraordinary. Each piece was chosen because it contained an idea, an emotion, or remembrance that helped shape Max Evans' perception of his beloved American Southwest.
DescriptionDick Francis has written 36 best selling novels, one autobiography, and one biography. With Field of 13, he turns his hand to the short story. The settings range from the national Hunt at Cheltenham, where a middle-aged owner falls in love with her jockey, to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, where demon drink and wilting willpower take their toll.
DescriptionIn addition to a career that has produced such critically acclaimed novels as Land Girls, Wives of the Fisherman, and Of Love and Slaughter, Angela Huth is also a master of the short story, as this succulent retrospective spanning 30 years reveals.
DescriptionOver 2 hours of suspense stories for your listening enjoyment. This audiobook contains the following: "The Devil's Throat" by Robert Eastland, read by George Sewell "Whizz" by Robert Eastland, read by James Bolam "Somebody in the Garden" by Robert Eastland, read by Jon Pertwee "The Ogre of the Scragg" by Robert Eastland, read by Bill Oddie "A Lesson Never Learned" by Paul Finch, read by Peter Bowles "The Hostel" by Paul Finch, read by Dennis Waterman "The Red Room" by Stella Whitelaw, read by Kate O'Mara "The Lettuce Field" by Robert Eastland, read by Ross Kemp…
DescriptionAlan Bennett's brand new short story, published in the London Review of Books in May 2001 and then by Profile Books in September, is read here by the author. Clive has died young, in Peru and in cirucumstances which make some of his many friends uneasy. The congregation gathered for his memorial service is unexpectedly distinguished; amongst the well-known faces and household names are pop stars, actors, politicians, and even members of the government. So how come they all knew Clive, and why does his death make so many of them anxious? It's only when Clive's friends in the congreation begin to stand up and share their memories of the dead man that a number of uncomfortable truths are revealed.
DescriptionContinuing a two-decade tradition of excellence in literature, New Stories from the South presents the region's 20 best stories from 1996 to 2005, as selected by Anne Tyler. With such authors as Lee Smith, Judy Troy, William Gay, Stephen Coyne, Max Steele, Jill McCorkle, and Chris Offutt, Best of the South elegantly portrays an old man's struggle with Alzheimer's, a death row inmate's confusion over his own guilt, a young girl seeking comfort in a motel room with a trucker, and many more memorable, breathtaking stories.
DescriptionA collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour.
