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"A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature. A remarkable talent far ahead of her time, Diane Oliver died in 1966 at the age of twenty-two, leaving behind these crisply told and often chilling tales that explore race and racism in 1950s and '60s America. In this...
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"Brilliant, irascible and frequently frustrating to both his friends and his long-suffering bosses, John Rebus has made the dark places of Edinburgh his home for over two decades. THE BEAT GOES ON collects all of Ian Rankin's Rebus short stories for the first time, including two never-before published tales written specifically for this collection. From his beginnings as a young Detective Constable in "Dead and Buried," right up to his dramatic, but...
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"Four sweet and funny Amish love stories, spanning four different generations. YOUNG LOVE: Diagnosed with a chronic illness, Fern will need a strong dose of courage to talk down the fear her illness has brought on if she ever wants to pursue her dreams. LONG-AWAITED LOVE: Can two people in love move past the forces that pulled them apart ten years ago, or are some hurts too much to overcome? SECOND-CHANCE LOVE: Benjamin and Lora Beth both lost spouses....
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"Martin Walker presents his first collection of stories featuring all the familiar characters from his Bruno novels and the glories of the Périgord region of France, with ample helpings of food and wine. After a prisoner breaks parole to see his son on Christmas, Bruno must track him down before he throws away his chance at eventual freedom. When a Senegalese man's coffee sells superbly at the market, some café owners become incensed by the new...
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Collection of nine short stories. The fate of a strong-minded housekeeper just entering the dangerous country of old-maidhood is unintentionally (and deliciously) reversed by a teenaged girl's practical joke. An inveterate philanderer finds the tables turned when he puts his wife into an old-age home. Men and women are subtly revealed. Personal histories unfold in rich detail of circumstances and feeling.
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