This collection offers twenty-one stories from America, a nation which has always been particularly at home with this form, and which has produced many of its masters. Some of the stories included - those by Poe, James and Hemingway for example - are already widely known. Some will be less familiar to the English reader. Ranging from Washington Irving to John Updike, via Ambrose Bierce, Willa Cather and Bernard Malamud, this is an excellent and entertaining introduction to the rich diversity of pleasures that the best American short stories can offer.

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIES: Who Dealt; Flowering Judas; Rich Boy; Delta Autumn; The Battler; The Jewbird; Children on Their Birthdays; Wife-Wooing; Death in the Woods; To Build a Fire; Neighbor Rosicky; Bride Comes To Yellow Sky

Literature & Fiction

Cochrane, James

Short Stories & Anthologies

Penguin??Books

This dictionary, from which the TV programme "Call my Bluff" and the boardgame "Balderdash" are derivatives, has long been popular. Players make up false, but realistic, definitions of a range of words to trick fellow competitors into mistaking the definitions for truthful statements. This is a selection of 4000 of the most obscure words for the game dictionary. The rules of the dictionary game are set out in a preface.

Game Dictionary, The Penguin (Reference)

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Puffin

The unique desire of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to turn its back on revenge and to create a space where deeper processes of “forgiveness, confession, repentance, reparation, and reconciliation can take place” reflects the spirit of some churches and faith communities in South Africa. Facing the Truth: South African Faith Communities and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, published in North America by Ohio University Press on November 1, 1999, is a candid study of the historical notes that formed that difficult process, which continues to be a struggle of theological and philosophical importance within faith communities. This book contains extracts of faith communities' testimonies before the TRC, and individual writers in Facing the Truth bring their unique voices to bear on the complex matter of healing wounds. The writers tell powerful stories, such as of meeting former torturers face-to-face: “He asked me to forgive him. It was one of the most difficult requests, perhaps the single most difficult, ever made to me. No matter how much I wanted to, I could not tell him that I could forgive him. All I could say was that I would try.”

Facing The Truth: South African Faith Communities and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Religion & Spirituality

Ohio University Press

Facing the Truth: South African Faith Communities and the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission

Martin, Stephen

De Gruchy, John

New Africa Books

The Rescue: The Adventures of Angus McGregor Series

Children's Books

Animals

Magic Lantern Books

In the spirit of the bestselling Eats, Shoots &amp; Leaves, this is an informative and highly amusing little book about bad English, full of examples of the incorrect grammar and usage that often pervades modern radio broadcasts, newspaper articles, classroom discussions and political speeches. As the author explains, he does not take issue with the so-called "educated or uneducated" uses of the English language. Between You and I is more concerned with the particular form of English debasement we now have, which might be called the "half-educated" uses of language. Readers may be surprised to find that much of what they thought was "bad" English is in fact perfectly good, and that what they have learned to think of as "good" English is sometimes ignorant, dishonest or just plain stupid.

Between You and I: A Little Book of Bad English

Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Sourcebooks

The coast of South Carolina is fringed by a series of low islands covered with glistening white sands, forming little hills that shift with the varying winds. Dewees is one such windswept retreat--and author James Cochrane lovingly traces its history in Dewees: The Island and Its People. Page through Dewees's intriguing history as the island withstands the peril of British invasion during the American Revolution and revels in its modern-day incarnation as a nature preserve. Without automobiles, without a golf course, without inns, restaurants or malls, without a bridge, Dewees Island is like a drop of amber, capturing the treasures of the past and the wonders of nature for all to view.

Dewees: The Island and Its People (Brief History)

History

Americas

The History Press

Elephant: Coloring Book For Kids- Awesome Fun - Perfect for Kids 3+ - You can learn about Elephants and have fun while doing it! - Perfect for Coloring fun and an awesome activity book for children to develop their fine motor skills. This entertaining and educational Elephant coloring book for kids has so many awesome coloring pictures that they can color with any hue that they love! These books are perfectly rendered for coloring - Kids will love these books and will enjoy putting their own color and designs in these books.

Elephant: Coloring Book for Kids- Awesome Fun

Activities, Crafts & Games

Speedy Publishing Books

Physical description; 126 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; English language - Usage. English language - Errors of usage.

Icon Books Ltd.

Geïllustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert / 9781854107428 / Hagiography / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 24 x 25 cm / 127 .pp /

A Book of Saints

Christian Books & Bibles

Aurum Press Ltd

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