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New York: Penguin Books Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Putnam Inc. Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Front, Rear Covers Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. FICTION. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. ALSO KNOWN AS: Some of the stories in this book first appeared in the following publications: "Advanced Beginners" (as "Lucky You") in The North American Review; "The Floating House" in Another Chicago Magazine; "My Old Man" (as "Dennis the Menace and Mr. Wilson") in Chicago Tribune; "The Best Possible Light" in Other Voices; "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing" in Zoetrope: All Story. DESIGNED BY: Jaye Zimer. MOVIE TIE-IN: My Old Man and The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine combined are the basis of the 2007 feature film entitled Suburban Girl. CONTENTS: Advanced Beginners; The Floating House; My Old Man; The Best Possible Light; The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine; You Could… Read More

Don Mills: MIRA Books Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Rear Cover, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Three brand-new stories from three New York Times bestselling authors! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS. CONTENTS: The Twenty-First Wish - Debbie Macomber; Coming Unraveled - Susan Mallery; Return to Summer Island - Christina Skye. SYNOPSIS: Knitting is many things to many people. Knitting is a way of life. The Twenty-First Wish by Debbie Macomber. Anne Marie Roche and her adopted daughter, ten-year-old Ellen, have each written a list of twenty wishes--on which they included learning to knit. Like many of their wishes, it's come true and now they knit practically every day. But Ellen has quietly added a twenty-first wish: that her mom will fall in love with Tim, Ellen's birth father, who's recently entered their lives... Knitting is a passion. Coming Unraveled by Susan Mallery. When Robyn Mulligan's dreams of becoming… Read More

New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1987. BOOK: Corners Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. ALSO KNOWN AS: All of these stories were performed, in slightly different form, on "A Prairie Home Companion," a production of Minnesota Public Radio. The mouse episode in "New Year's" was taken from an account by Joe O'Connell, and the bus story in "Aprille" came from my wife, Ulla Skaerved. - G. K. "A Trip to Grand Rapids," "The Killer," and "Chicken" first appeared in The Atlantic. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Thomas Frederick Arndt. CONTENTS: Introduction: A Letter from Copenhagen; A Trip to Grand Rapids; A Ten-Dollar Bill; Easter; Corinne; A Glass of Wendy; The Speeding Ticket; Seeds; Chicken; How the Crab Apple Grew; Truckstop;… Read More

New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1987. BOOK: Remainder Mark; Corners, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. ALSO KNOWN AS: All of these stories were performed, in slightly different form, on "A Prairie Home Companion," a production of Minnesota Public Radio. The mouse episode in "New Year's" was taken from an account by Joe O'Connell, and the bus story in "Aprille" came from my wife, Ulla Skaerved. - G. K. "A Trip to Grand Rapids," "The Killer," and "Chicken" first appeared in The Atlantic. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Thomas Frederick Arndt. CONTENTS: Introduction: A Letter from Copenhagen; A Trip to Grand Rapids; A Ten-Dollar Bill; Easter; Corinne; A Glass of Wendy; The Speeding Ticket; Seeds; Chicken; How the Crab Apple Grew; Truckstop; Dale; High Rise; Collection; Life Is Good; Lyle's… Read More

New York: A Dell Book - Dell Publishing a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1989. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Repaired; First Page of Front Matter Missing; Light Creasing on Front Cover; Moderate Creasing on Rear Cover, Spine; Front Cover, Spine Moderately Chipped; Rear Cover Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. A Brilliant Collection of Short Fiction from the Best-Selling Author of The Pledge and The Confessions of Joe Cullen. SUB-TITLE: 31 Zen Stories. CONTENTS: Introduction 1. UFO 2. The Hole in the Floor 3. General Hardy's Profession 4. Echinomastus Contentii 5. Tomorrow's Wall Street Journal 6. A Matter of Size 7. Show Cause 8. The Martian Shop 9. The Pragmatic Seed 10. The Trap 11. The Hoop 12. The Cold, Cold Box 13. The Talent of Harvey 14. The Wound 15. The General Zapped an Angel 16. The Price 17. The Vision of Milty Boil 18. Cato the Martian 19. Not with a Bang 20. The… Read More

New York: HarperTorch An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. 1 cm Long Impression/Dent in Spine; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: Preface; Death Speaks; *The Expert Witness; The Endgame; The Letter; *Crime Pays; Chalk and Cheese; *A Change of Heart; *Too Many Coincidences; *Love at First Sight; *Both Sides Against the Middle; *A Weekend to Remember; *Something for Nothing; Other Blighters' Efforts; *The Reclining Woman; The Grass Is Always Greener...; *Based on true incidents. SYNOPSIS: From the master storyteller comes a masterful collection of fourteen riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behavior, and dangerously illicit affairs, rendered with the breathtaking narrative twists that have become the Jeffrey Archer hallmark. Here are all new stories that will engross and astonish, peopled with a rich assortment… Read More