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Stephen King introduces each of these short stories with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it. There are connections between stories -- themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. "Afterlife" is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature...
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Using bottom-rack tabloid headlines as inspiration-among them, "Boy Born with Tattoo of Elvis," "Woman Struck by Car Turns into Nymphomaniac," and "Titanic Victim Speaks Through Waterbed"-Butler moves from the fantastic to the realistic, from the lurid to the transcendent in exploring exile, loss, aspiration, and the search for self. Along the way, we meet a wife who uses her glass eye to spy on her cheating husband, a widow who sets herself on fire...
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These inter-connected stories are set in an opulent quasi-historical world of magick and high manners called the Republic of Califa. The Republic is a strangely familiar place - a baroque approximation of Gold Rush era-California with an overlay of Aztec ceremony - yet the characters who populate it are true originals: rockstar magicians, murderous gloves, bouncing boy terrors, blue tinted butlers, sentient squids, and a three-year-old Little Tiny...
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Embark on a literary journey through the beating heart of Mumbai with "Mumbai: City of Dreams, Stories of Reality." This captivating collection of short stories immerses readers in the vibrant tapestry of the Maximum City, where dreams soar against the backdrop of gritty realities.The book unfolds like a kaleidoscope, each story a unique facet reflecting the myriad experiences of Mumbai's diverse inhabitants. From the labyrinthine lanes of Dharavi...
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Dreams are mysterious creatures. Follow them through the pages of this book as you rediscover confidence in your abilities, pick up the pieces when things fall apart, and bring your fears to life with the flick of a pen.
In this third anthology from members of Authors' Tale, twenty stories question what it means to dream and what truths are linked to our souls.
Each tale is a line drawn by an author daring you to cross. Accept the challenge, turn...
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Urban Dreams: Stories of Hope, Resilience, and Character is a collection of essays written by students in an urban community in New Jersey. The essays are the encapsulated life stories of their authors, writers from urban elementary, middle, and high schools were given a chance to reflect on their own lives and articulate their Laws of Life: strong values and principles that guide them in everyday decision and actions. Their stories allow the hearts...
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The tragedies of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians are never far from the pages of the mainstream press. Yet it is rare to hear about the reality of life on the ground -- and it is rarer still when these voices belong to women.
This book records the journey of a Jewish American physician travelling and working within Israel and the Occupied Territories. Alice Rothchild grew up in a family grounded by the traumas of the Holocaust...
8) Silly Dreams
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Take an adventure through the imagination of Lana, a little girl whose dreams are often filled with scary things, until her grandmother helps change the scary into silly dreams she could have instead. Together Lana and her grandmother come up with some great imaginary animals, laugh at their ideas, and in the end, are able to help change a potential scary night to one filled with fun and an overall silly adventure.
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