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“lee k abbott”

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  • All Things, All at Once

    New and Selected Stories

    by Lee K. Abbott ...
    The long-awaited new collection from Lee K. Abbott, "Cheever's true heir, our major American short story writer" (William Harrison).Here are stories about fathers and sons, stories about men and women, and stories about the relationships between men by one of our most gifted story writers. The narrator of "The Who, the What and the Why," begins breaking into his own house as a sort of therapy ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Putt at the End of the World

    by Dave Barry, Lee K. Abbott ...
    The richest man in the world invites a trio of mediocre golfers to play at a secret course in Scotland. The result of their efforts will somehow affect the fate of the world. Can golf save the world?Fore? No, nine. That's how many literary grand masters each contribute a chapter and together bring you a blistering drive of a story that beats par with every page.To the inauguration of the state-of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Why I Like This Story

    by Jackson R. Bryer, Diana Wagman, Doris Betts, Doris Grumbach, E. Annie Proulx, Edmund Keeley, Edward Kelsey Moore, Elizabeth Spencer, Ellen Douglas, Elliot Ackerman0, Frederick Busch1, A. R. Gurney2, George Garrett3, Herbert Gold4, Howard Norman5, Jack Greer6, Jane Hamilton7, Jill McCorkle8, Joan Silber9, Joanna Scott0, Joyce Kornblatt1, Alan Cheuse2, Julia Alvarez3, Julia Glass4, Kao Kalia Yang5, Kate Christensen6, Lee K. Abbott7, Leslie Pietrzyk8, Mako Yoshikawa9, Mary Kay Zuravleff0, Mary Lee Settle1, Maud Casey2, Alice McDermott3, Molly Giles4, Nicholas Delbanco5, Olga Grushin6, Pamela Erens7, R. H. W. Dillard8, Richard Bausch9, Rilla Askew0, Rion Amilcar Scott1, Sabina Murray2, Susan Coll3, Andre Dubus4, William H. Gass5, Andrea Barrett6, Ann Beattie7, Beverly Lowry8, Clarence Major9 ...
    On the assumption that John Updike was correct when he asserted, in a 1978 letter to Joyce Carol Oates, that "Nobody can read like a writer," Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by forty-eight leading American writers on their favorite American short stories, explaining why they like them. The essays, which are personal, not scholarly, not only tell us much about the story selected, they ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Lunatics

    by Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel ...
    Philip Horkman is a happy man, the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for a local kids’ soccer league. Jeffrey Peckerman is the proud and loving father of a star athlete in the girls’ ten-and-under soccer league, and he’s not exactly happy with the ref.The two of them are about to collide in a swiftly escalating series of events that will send them running for ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog

    by Dave Barry ...
    One of the warmest, funniest, and most delightful Christmas stories ever—from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dave Barry.With fond nostalgia, Dave Barry takes readers back to a simpler time: The year is 1960, and young Doug Barnes is playing a shepherd in the Christmas pageant at St. John’s Episcopal Church—which is a very big deal. But there are problems everywhere. His fellow shepherds are ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Swamp Story

    A Novel

    by Dave Barry ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author—and actual Florida Man—Dave Barry returns with a “hilariously funny” (Steve Martin) caper full of oddballs and more twists and turns than a snake slithering away from a gator.Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her ex-boyfriend, a wannabe reality TV star who turned out to be a lot ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Insane City

    by Dave Barry ...
    Seth Weinstein always knew Tina was way, way, way out of his league. Which is why he’s still astonished that he’s on a plane heading for their wedding in Florida. The Groom Posse has already pulled an airport prank on him—and he’s survived! It should be easy going from now on.But Seth has absolutely no idea what he’s about to get into. A simple drink or two with the boys sparks a series of events ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

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  • You Can Date Boys When You're Forty

    Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About

    by Dave Barry ...
    A brilliantly funny exploration of the twin mysteries of parenthood and families from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author of Insane City.In his New York Times**–**bestselling I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, Dave Barry embarked on the treacherous seas of adulthood, to hilarious results. What comes next? Parenthood, of course, and families.In uproarious, brand-new pieces, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Shark Skin Suite

    A Novel

    by Tim Dorsey ...
    Series Book 19 - Serge Storms
    Bottom feeders beware: the Sunshine State’s favorite psychotic killer and lovable Floridaphile Serge Storms has found a new calling, legal eagle, and he’s going to make a killing as a crusading attorney—and star as a dashing lawyer on the big screen—in this madcap escapade from the insanely funny New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey.When it comes to swimming with the sharks, there is no ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Tricky Business

    by Dave Barry ...
    The Extravaganza of the Seas is a five-thousand-ton cash cow, a top-heavy tub whose sole function is to carry gamblers three miles from the Florida coast, take their money, then bring them back so they can find more money.In the middle of a tropical storm one night, these characters are among the passengers it carries: Fay Benton, a single mom and cocktail waitress desperate for something to go ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Live Right and Find Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster)

    Life Lessons and Other Ravings from Dave Barry

    by Dave Barry ...
    During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on—to the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience.In brilliant, brand-new, never-before-published pieces, Dave passes on home truths to his new ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Tiger Shrimp Tango

    A Novel

    by Tim Dorsey ...
    Series Book 18 - Serge Storms
    Determined to save a damsel in distress, the Sunshine State’s favorite serial killer and encyclopedia of Florida lore Serge Storms dances a tango of death and mayhem in this funny and dementedly entertaining crime caper from Tim Dorsey, author of the New York Times bestseller The Riptide, Ultra-Glide.Thanks to the Internet, America has become a playground for ruthless scam artists out to make an ... Read more

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