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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Strudel stories Strudel stories Joanne Rocklin Seven generations of a Jewish family hear stories of their family history, all told while making apple strudel. OL121004W
Gauchos judíos Gauchos judíos Alberto Gerchunoff "Reprint, with minor changes, of the 1955 translation of Gerchunoff's 1910 classic volume about Jewish immigrants in rural Argentina. Twenty-six vignettes, with some inter-related characters, tell st… OL1308236W
Verbrechen Verbrechen Ferdinand von Schirach Ferdinand von Schirach hat es in seinem Beruf alltäglich mit Menschen zu tun, die Extremes getan oder erlebt haben. Das Ungeheuerliche ist bei ihm der Normalfall. Er vertritt Unschuldige, die mit dem… OL15367614W
Snow in August Snow in August Pete Hamill In Brooklyn in the late 1940s, adolescent Michael Devlin is a dutiful son to his widowed mother and a conscientious altar boy at the parish church. One day, he meets Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a chance enco… OL15845208W
Make something up Make something up Chuck Palahniuk "Stories you'll never forget--just try--from literature's favorite transgressive author. Representing work that spans several years, Make Something Up is a compilation of 21 stories and one novella (… OL19999551W
Today is not your day Today is not your day Marian Thurm With her fourth collection, acclaimed short story writer Marian Thurm brings her darkly comic sense of humor to a memorable set of new characters-every one of whom is brought to vivid life under her … OL21540125W
The fifth lash & other stories The fifth lash & other stories Anis Shivani Short stories. OL24264841W
La vraie histoire de la princesse Osango La vraie histoire de la princesse Osango Emongo Lomomba Par un écrivain et professeur de philosophie d'origine zaïroise, vivant à Montréal depuis 1996, "un conte merveilleux, inspiré de la brousse africaine" (cf. quatrième de couverture) qui commence par … OL24278285W
The roost The roost Neil Butler 'The Roost' is a perilous tidal race off the coast of Shetland. In these unique stories, Neil Butler renders the lives of young people as no less swift and dangerous. OL27971215W
Te Kaihau Te Kaihau Keri Hulme Belletristik : Neuseeland/Maori ; Erzählungen. OL3991461W
Twentieth century interpretations of Poe's tales Twentieth century interpretations of Poe's tales William L. Howarth Contemporary scholars offer critical analyses of various aspects of Poe's work and modern interpretations of his tales. OL4979275W