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“david galef”

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  • 20 Over 60

    Edited by David Galef, Beth Weinhouse ...
    As Madeleine L' Engle once observed, " The great thing about getting older is that you don' t lose all the other ages you' ve been." In 20 Over 60, editors Beth Weinhouse and David Galef showcase twenty brilliant short stories by authors over sixty— including luminaries such as Paul Theroux, Joyce Carol Oates, and Jane Gardam— offering a wide-ranging portrait of life in later years: vibrant, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Brevity

    A Flash Fiction Handbook

    by David Galef ...
    In Brevity, David Galef provides a guide to writing flash fiction, from tips on technique to samples by canonical and contemporary authors to provocative prompts that inspire powerful stories in a little space. Galef traces the genre back to its varied origins, from the short-short to nanofiction, with examples that include vignettes, prose poems, character sketches, fables, lists, twist stories, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Flesh

    by David Galef ...
    Obsession takes over two lives: one brazenly, the other more sneakily in this witty black comedy of lust, academia, and Southern manners. When bachelor history professor, Max Finster, arrives in the university community of Oxford, Mississippi, and moves in next door to Don and Susan Shapiro, all of their lives head for dramatic change. Narrator Don, a professor of English, gradually becomes ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where I Went Wrong

    by David Galef ...
    Tony Mazza is no stranger to bad days; in fact, they often seem to define his life, including stints at a real estate agency, a bike shop, and a bar. After his latest job, as a hospital orderly, he faces jail time for driving off in a stolen ambulance. " Where did I go wrong?" he wonders as he thinks back on his failed relationships, a disastrous investment, and family challenges dating back to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Even Monkeys Fall from Trees

    The Wit and Wisdom of Japanese Proverbs

    by David Galef ...
    Even Monkeys Fall From Trees: The Wit and Wisdom of Japanese Proverbs, with a foreword by Edward G. Seidensticker, is a collection of the hundred most common Japanese proverbs, with direct translations and their English equivalents.A delightful window into the heart of everyday Japan, Even Monkeys Fall From Trees is an indispensable guide for the traveler, student, or businessman-or anyone curious ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • My Date With Neanderthal Woman

    by David Galef ...
    David Galef's stories, whether longer or as tiny one-page wonders, can contain both humor and fear. In this work the ordinary slips easily into the allegorical, into the dream and sometimes into the nightmare, often leaving the reader with moments of narrative that will stick like a sharp-edged image from a memorable poem or painting. Galef's vision blossoms in a twenty-first century America, but ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Japanese Proverbs

    Wit and Wisdom: 200 Classic Japanese Sayings and Expressions in English and Japanese text

    by David Galef ...
    "Destroy a nation, but its mountains and rivers remain."—Japanese proverbThis is a collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations and explanations for each saying.Japanese Proverbs: Wit and Wisdom is a delightfully illustrated compilation of traditional Japanese sayings and maxims. Some of the classic Japanese quotes and quotations, like "Fall down seven times, get up eight," capture the ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

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  • Flash Fiction International

    Very Short Stories from Around the World

    Edited by James Thomas, Robert Shapard, Christopher Merrill ...
    A dazzling new anthology of the very best very short fiction from around the world.What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is a micro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz. These short shorts, usually no more than 750 words, range from linear narratives to the more unusual: stories based on mathematical forms, a paragraph-length novel, a scientific report ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What the Living Do

    Poems

    by Marie Howe ...
    "A deeply beautiful book, with the fierce galloping pace of a great novel."—Liz Rosenberg Boston GlobeInformed by the death of a beloved brother, here are the stories of childhood, its thicket of sex and sorrow and joy, boys and girls growing into men and women, stories of a brother who in his dying could teach how to be most alive. What the Living Do reflects "a new form of confessional poetry, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Secrets We Keep

    by Barbara Freethy ...
    Series Book 16 - Callaways
    "Another fabulous story—a mystery to solve, danger and romance all wrapped together. If you're not already a fan of Barbara Freethy, this story is sure to make you one." – Susan D., GoodreadsWhen firefighter Hunter Callaway makes a grisly discovery during a scorching fire at the house of his former high school sweetheart, everything he thought he knew about his past is now in question. The girl he ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

    Edited by David Sedaris ...
    Series series A Meditation on Short Fiction
    A must-have for the fans of the #1 bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, a collection of his favorite short fiction from Flannery O'Connor to Tobias Wolff.David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories aloud to the point he has them memorized. Sometimes he fantasizes that he wrote them. Sometimes, when they’re his very favorite stories, he ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Beyond the Known

    The Ultimate Goal of the Martial Arts

    by Tri Thong Dang ...
    Written by one of the world's greatest living t'ai mantis system teachers, Beyond the Known is about the martial arts quest, and a mediation on the art of discipleship.In a series of parables relating the experiences of an unusually talented but otherwise typical martial artist, it calls for teachers and practitioners of all martial arts to question their motives and goals, to go beyond the ... Read more

    $6.29 USD