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This work depicts the heroic young men of Alpha Company as they carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they...
2) War dances
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
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A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is slowly dying.
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The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and of course, the character Tim O'Brien who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss...
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Sisters of the salt volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
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In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last -- the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge -- and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed...
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EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2006
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"Dive into the undersea world of mermaids and join in their amazing adventures. Harmony braves the spooky Pirates' Graveyard. Marina takes on her rivals in the Great Seahorse Race. And dance-crazy Coral makes a bargain with King Neptune"--P. [4] of cover.
8) Being dead
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Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Description
Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death.
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Description
Join Ariel as she learns an exciting new dance, discovers mysterious ghost lights under the sea, babysits a little octopus friend--and more! Each story is the ideal length to be read aloud in five minutes, perfect for bedtime, story time or anytime!
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full screen ed.
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The reunited Mystery, Inc. team return to their hometown of Coolsville as hereos where the local criminology museum offers an exhibition of the many ghostly disguises used by villains they've subdued over the years. Their warm welcome is short lived when a mean-spirited reporter airs a series of stories calling the teams abilities into question. To make matters worse, a number of the weird creature costumes are coming to life and wrecking havoc on...
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Adelaide Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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The stories in Postcards From Waupaca are eclectic, ranging from heartwarming and nostalgic to thought-provoking and speculative. They could easily be enjoyed by a beach on a lazy summer's day, during the holiday season to capture the Christmas spirit or sitting by a roaring fire on that infamous "dark and stormy night." Waupaca is more than just a place, it's a feeling. A destination that lives in the deepest corners of your heart. Come and heed...
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, bustling Lagos to midnight mass in Rio, and even outer space. Here are classic tales from writers including Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Dylan Thomas, Saki and Chekhov, as well as little-known treasures such as Italo Calvino's...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1993
Description
In the title story from Dancing on the Moon a young man, thinking of all his friends who have died from AIDS and those who are ill, says: "No one out there has a clue as to what our lives are like. All this is as strange to them as dancing on the moon." The speaker marveling at the gulf that separates those affected by AIDS from a world that thinks itself immune is just one of the memorable characters in this unprecedented book of twelve virtuoso...
16) The living dead
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Description
Stories by Clive Barker - Poppy Z. Brite - Neil Gaiman - Joe Hill - Laurell K. Hamilton - Stephen King - Kelly Link - George R. Martin and many others. --- from the cover
Publisher
Third Man Books
Pub. Date
[2022?]
Edition
First USA edition.
Description
"Trouble the Waters gathers the tidal force of bestselling, renowned writers from Lagos to New Orleans, Memphis to Copenhagen, Northern Ireland and London, offering extraordinary speculative fiction tales of ancient waters in all its myriad forms. Meet techno savvy water spirits, bayou saints and sirens, robots and river rootwomen, a pod of joyful space whales, and a castle of water-born terrors and mysteries. ...[T]hese stories and poems celebrate...
18) October dreams
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed., Cemetery Dance Publications ed.
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Description
The American West. Just as America attracted millions to her shores by building upon a foundation of freedom, democracy, and a new start, the lands beyond the Mississippi would also attract people from all over the world with visions of opportunity and wide open spaces and provide America with legends and myths that have yet to die. In Westward, the history of the Old American West unfolds in twenty-eight original stories written especially for this...
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