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A treasure trove of fun and friendship with a talking fox, for kids 7-10. Sure to keep everyone in the family entertained throughout the holidays. Enjoyed by thousands of happy readers! Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner Over 2000 five-star series ratings and reviews on Amazon and Goodreads! This collection includes books 1-3 of the My Fox Series: * My Fox Ate My Homework (Book 1) * My Fox Ate My Cake (Book 2) * My Fox Ate My Alarm Clock (Book 3) My name is Jonah Johnson and I'm in the sixth grade - but please call me Joe. I don't have to tell you, but it's hard being a kid! My whole world ...

The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers, including Wendell Berry, Alice Hoffman, Dave Eggers, Ling Ma, Lori Ostlund, and Anthony Marra. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's...

In his highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Art Matters: Hemingway, Craft, and the Creation of the Modern Short Story, Robert Paul Lamb delivers a dazzling analysis of the craft of this influential writer. Lamb scrutinizes a selection of Hemingway's exemplary stories to illuminate the author's methods of construction and to show how craft criticism complements and enhances cultural literary studies

In this exuberantly praised book - a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner - David Foster Wallace...

This is a literary criticism book, which examines all those weird short stories we were forced to read in school, and why it is a miracle that so very few of us became sociopaths. This is a comedic take on these stories and what they mean. You've read most if not all of them, but you probably missed the meaning, like I did. Featured works by O.Henry, Shirley Jackson, William Faulkner, D.H. Lawrence, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Flannery O'Connor, Jonathan Swift, and Ernest Hemingway are included. We will dissect these short stories, and in a few cases, I will solve a few mysteries that the Scholars...

Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features 80 Americans—from the famous to the unknown—completing the thought that begins with the book's title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they have arrived at their own...

100% of The Late Show’s proceeds from this book go to disaster relief. Whose Boat Is This Boat? Comments That Don’t Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane is a picture book made entirely of quotations from President Donald Trump in the wake of Hurricane Florence. It is the first children’s...

The Nun's Priest's Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by the 14th century Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Read in Middle English by Robert Ross.

Notable literary figures pay tribute to poet/writer Justin Chin with personal commentaries on works selected from his seven books. Justin Chin's fearless and fierce voice was resolute in relating his worldview, whether directly or through metaphorical language. As a queer Asian American, born and raised in Southeast Asia within a devoutly Christian, ethnically Chinese family of medical professionals, Chin's early life experience informed his writing and framed his point of view.

Public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator William F. Buckley, Jr., speaks to his belief in divine creation in "How Is It Possible To Believe In God?", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, Former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas encourages a return to the faith of his father's generation in "My Father’s Evening Star"*, his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that...

International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML) Volume 7 Number 2 (July 2017) ISSN 2231-6248. Highlights include Solutions to Religious Communalism as Projected in Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions: An Analysis by S. Chelliah K.V. Dominic's Winged Reason: A Portrait of Social Realism by D.C. Chambial Tracing Political Bricoleurs in Winston Churchill's Thoughts and Adventures and Khushwant Singh's The End of India by Sreedevi R. & Raichel M. Sylus Play/Games as Sublimation of Juvenile Delinquency: An Exploration into the World of Children's Literature by Sijo Varghese Intrinsic ...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein expresses his belief in the potential of people to create change, in "The Mountain Disappears," his contribution to NPR's This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, legendary modern dance and ballet choreographer Martha Graham describes for NPR’s This I Believe series what it means to be a dancer, "An Athlete of God". This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to...

Discover how Jorge Luis Borges forever redefined Argentine literature and transformed its reach across the world. In Borges and Argentine Literature: Influence and Legacy, Isaac Volpe offers a deep and revealing analysis of the work, ideas, and intellectual legacy of the author who reinvented the criollo tradition, expanded the limits of the fantastic, and built bridges between Buenos Aires and universal literature.

Let’s face it: Talking about race can be difficult. It’s a slippery subject, rife with as many perspectives as there are people in the world. But laughter gets us talking. It has the power to break down barriers and draw us closer together. In Open Mic, acclaimed author and speaker Mitali Perkins invites us to listen in as 10 authors for young adults - some familiar, some new - step up to the mic and share their stories about what it’s like growing up between cultures.

This collection brings together the best of Ruskin Bond's cameos, all beautifully imagined and crafted, inspired by people who have left a lasting impression on him. In addition, there are a host of characters culled from Bond's numerous short stories. Taken together, they constitute a...

A deceptively simple, but in fact timeless, universal and profound story by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews about a young man making personal amends for having disappointed everyone around him, from family to school - and, perhaps most importantly, himself. It moves us and makes us think with the simplicity, charm and clarity of an old, fable-like tale.

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, novelist and screenwriter Niven Busch discusses faith, prayer, and subway rides in "The Fellowship of the World", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the...

NEW Podcast focused on sharing the stories of the people who inspire us. Listen up, you may find yourself along the way. (Sing in the Fresh Prince Cadence) This is a podcast all about how, our lives get flipped/turned upside down; I'd like to be a pro, but really I'm not, so I'll try to interview them, gotta shoot my shot.