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Gregory Maguire is the author of a number of books including Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror Mirror, and Wicked, the basis for the Tony Award — winning Broadway musical; and Leaping Beauty, a book of short stories for children.

I put up a short book of short stories for kids (Santa Barbara Fire Song) on Smashwords.

I'm working on another book of short stories for children.

Not exact matches

Neither is geologist Liz Hajek, but she makes an exception for this book: «I don't generally gravitate toward fiction, but this collection of short stories, set in a variety of compelling places and time periods, is so creative and rich, it's been really fun to read.»

And in even more dire news, the season is likely to be shorter as the Thrones producers begin to wrap up the multiple story threads as well as while fans of the original book series wait for Martin publish the sixth book in the series, The Winds of Winter.

For example, books reviewed in the first months of 1910 included Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life; Education in the Far East, by Charles F. Thwing; a philosophical study titled Religion and the Modern Mind, by Frank Carleton Doan; Jane Addams's The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets; The Immigrant Tide, by Edward Steiner; Medical Inspectors of Schools (a Russel Sage Foundation study); A. Modern City (a scientific study of that phenomenon), by William Kirk; The Leading Facts of American History, by D. H. Montgomery; and Jack London's collection of short stories, Lost Face.

And it's unlike any other book I've ever written, for in addition to the memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay — all aimed at capturing the wonder and beauty of Scripture, while honoring the best in biblical scholarship and acknowledging the challenges of its most difficult passages.

A shelf full of books — eight novels, seven collections of short stories, three memoirs, and 11 works for children, to be exact — explore the same theme as his recent novel Shosha: the theme of cosmic exile, wherein God has forgotten his graciousness.

I read this book because it seems to form the basis for the plot line of C. S. Lewis» short story, «The Dark Tower» (See my review of this book).

After all, he states in the prologue of his first anthology of short stories (1941): «It is an arduous and impoverishing whim to compose vast books, to extend for five hundred long - winded pages an idea whose perfect oral exposition lasts a few minutes.

It isn't possible for me to go into these stories in any detail in such a short time, so I thought, instead of doing that, I would like to devote my time this morning to addressing some of the main questions people have asked me repeatedly over the course of the last two years, when I was working on the book, and after the book had come out.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Establish the groundwork for a love of books and reading by showing your infant picture books and reciting short stories.

Full marks to Gollancz for publishing this collection of stories by one of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers — but it, and other book publishers, would be doing themselves, writers and readers a favour by providing more outlets for short fiction.

The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, From Stardust to Living Planet, written by the Geophysical Laboratory's Bob Hazen, has been chosen from books released in 2012 as one of the five titles on the short list for the current Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, one of the three book awards given by Phi Beta Kappa annually.

BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK) These 25 short stories for the Christmas season will make you laugh, smile and -LSB-...]

It's a book of short stories, so I can at least get through a few stories from start to end and feel rather good about myself for doing so!

When caught by the authorities, however, he denies guilt, which presents the possibility of a great article or, a short time later, a book by the real Mike Finkel (Jonah Hill)-- who had been fired by the New York Times for deliberately combining a story involving five Africans exploited and beaten as slaves into a single person.

Dark Horse Comics has announced that Eisner - award winning creator Mark Buckingham (Fables) is adapting four of New York Times best - selling author Neil Gaiman's prose short stories for the upcoming graphic novel anthology Likely Stories, to be published as a hardcover original graphic novel by Dark Horse Book later thistories for the upcoming graphic novel anthology Likely Stories, to be published as a hardcover original graphic novel by Dark Horse Book later thiStories, to be published as a hardcover original graphic novel by Dark Horse Book later this year.

«Admission,» Stephen Trask, composer «Ain't Them Bodies Saints,» Daniel Hart, composer «All Is Lost,» Alex Ebert, composer «Alone Yet Not Alone,» William Ross, composer «The Armstrong Lie,» David Kahne, composer «Arthur Newman,» Nick Urata, composer «At Any Price,» Dickon Hinchliffe, composer «Austenland,» Ilan Eshkeri, composer «Before Midnight,» Graham Reynolds, composer «The Best Man Holiday,» Stanley Clarke, composer «The Book Thief,» John Williams, composer «The Butterfly's Dream,» Rahman Altin, composer «The Call,» John Debney, composer «Captain Phillips,» Henry Jackman, composer «Closed Circuit,» Joby Talbot, composer «The Company You Keep,» Cliff Martinez, composer «The Conjuring,» Joseph Bishara, composer «Copperhead,» Laurent Eyquem, composer «The Counselor,» Daniel Pemberton, composer «The Croods,» Alan Silvestri, composer «Despicable Me 2,» Heitor Pereira, composer «Elysium,» Ryan Amon, composer «Ender's Game,» Steve Jablonsky, composer «Enough Said,» Marcelo Zarvos, composer «Epic,» Danny Elfman, composer «Ernest & Celestine,» Vincent Courtois, composer «Escape from Planet Earth,» Aaron Zigman, composer «Escape from Tomorrow,» Abel Korzeniowski, composer «Evil Dead,» Roque Baños, composer «47 Ronin,» Ilan Eshkeri, composer «42,» Mark Isham, composer «Free Birds,» Dominic Lewis, composer «Free China: The Courage to Believe,» Tony Chen, composer «Fruitvale Station,» Ludwig Goransson, composer «G.I. Joe: Retaliation,» Henry Jackman, composer «Gangster Squad,» Steve Jablonsky, composer «Gravity,» Steven Price, composer «The Great Gatsby,» Craig Armstrong, composer «The Hangover Part III,» Christophe Beck, composer «Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters,» Atli Örvarsson, composer «Haute Cuisine,» Gabriel Yared, composer «Her,» William Butler and Owen Pallett, composers «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,» Howard Shore, composer «Hollywood Seagull,» Evgeny Shchukin, composer «Hours,» Benjamin Wallfisch, composer «How Sweet It Is,» Matt Dahan, composer «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,» James Newton Howard, composer «Identity Thief,» Christopher Lennertz, composer «The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,» Lyle Workman, composer «Insidious: Chapter 2,» Joseph Bishara, composer «Instructions Not Included,» Carlo Siliotto, composer «The Internship,» Christophe Beck, composer «The Invisible Woman,» Ilan Eshkeri, composer «Iron Man 3,» Brian Tyler, composer «Jack the Giant Slayer,» John Ottman, composer «Jobs,» John Debney, composer «Kamasutra 3D,» Sreejith Edavana and Saachin Raj Chelory, composers «Labor Day,» Rolfe Kent, composer «Lee Daniels» The Butler,» Rodrigo Leão, composer «Live at the Foxes Den,» Jack Holmes, composer «Love Is All You Need,» Johan Söderqvist, composer «Mama,» Fernando Velázquez, composer «Man of Steel,» Hans Zimmer, composer «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,» Alex Heffes, composer «The Missing Picture,» Marc Marder, composer «Monsters University,» Randy Newman, composer «The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,» Atli Örvarsson, composer «Mud,» David Wingo, composer «Murph: The Protector,» Chris Irwin and Jeff Widenhofer, composers «Now You See Me,» Brian Tyler, composer «Oblivion,» Anthony Gonzalez and Joseph Trapanese, composers «Oldboy,» Roque Baños, composer «Olympus Has Fallen,» Trevor Morris, composer «Oz The Great and Powerful,» Danny Elfman, composer «Pacific Rim,» Ramin Djawadi, composer «Pain & Gain,» Steve Jablonsky, composer «Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,» Andrew Lockington, composer «Philomena,» Alexandre Desplat, composer «The Place beyond the Pines,» Mike Patton, composer «Planes,» Mark Mancina, composer «Prisoners,» Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer «R.I.P.D.,» Christophe Beck, composer «Reaching for the Moon,» Marcelo Zarvos, composer «Romeo & Juliet,» Abel Korzeniowski, composer «Runner Runner,» Christophe Beck, composer «Rush,» Hans Zimmer, composer «Safe Haven,» Deborah Lurie, composer «Salinger,» Lorne Balfe, composer «Saving Mr. Banks,» Thomas Newman, composer «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,» Theodore Shapiro, composer «Short Term 12,» Joel P. West, composer «Side Effects,» Thomas Newman, composer «The Smurfs 2,» Heitor Pereira, composer «The Spectacular Now,» Rob Simonsen, composer «Star Trek Into Darkness,» Michael Giacchino, composer «Stoker,» Clint Mansell, composer «Thor: The Dark World,» Brian Tyler, composer «Tim's Vermeer,» Conrad Pope, composer «Trance,» Rick Smith, composer «Turbo,» Henry Jackman, composer «12 Years a Slave,» Hans Zimmer, composer «2 Guns,» Clinton Shorter, composer «The Ultimate Life,» Mark McKenzie, composer «Unfinished Song,» Laura Rossi, composer «Wadjda,» Max Richter, composer «Walking with Dinosaurs,» Paul Leonard - Morgan, composer «Warm Bodies,» Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers «We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,» Will Bates, composer «We're the Millers,» Theodore Shapiro and Ludwig Goransson, composers «What Maisie Knew,» Nick Urata, composer «Why We Ride,» Steven Gutheinz, composer «The Wind Rises,» Joe Hisaishi, composer «Winnie Mandela,» Laurent Eyquem, composer «The Wolverine,» Marco Beltrami, composer

The rest of the DVD is filled with junk like «Lady in the Water: A Bedtime Story» (a five - minute plug for Shyamalan's children's book), a short audition mix tape, a very unfunny gag reel, and about five minutes worth of worthless deleted scenes.

With 66 detective novels, 14 short story collections, and credit for the world's longest - running play (based on her book The Mousetrap) her murder mysterious have delighted billions of fans.

His ravenous appetite for both reading and writing soon saw him drawing upon the transformational influence of the world around him to craft short stories, poems and picture books.

Owl Eyes Access thousands of books, poems, short stories, and nonfiction texts, with helpful (and unobtrusive) annotations, for free.

And so they were invited, one by one, from a short list of parents who had been trading the same book - avoiding stories for years.

Try using a variety of texts for shared reading such as picture books, short stories, poetry, songs, informational texts, and even student writing.

The student who forgets to do her book report or math problems as homework may get absorbed in a learning project that involves interviewing a grandparent for social studies (interpersonal), taking pictures of animals in the neighborhood for an ecology unit (spatial - naturalist), or writing a song on an electronic keyboard about a character in a short story (musical).

A great book for this type of paired reading is You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman.

She illustrated the picture book Leopold the Lion for Sleeping Bear Press, and is author of four short stories available on Amazon Rapids, a digital app encouraging children to read.

Michael Scarlett sat in what might have been his hero's seat / From Mille Miglia Winner To Club Contender — Anthony Pritchard tells the story of OM, the short - lived but effective manufacturer from Brescia / Morgan Miscellany — Douglas Blain up - dates us on his exploits at the wheel of a Plus Four and reviews the latest book on the Malvern wonders / By Slow Boat To Salzburg — Malcolm Robertson has owned his Australian - bodied MG two litre, the Airy Coupé, for more than 30 years.

For a writer who kept control of their property and was indie published, if a book is selling at the level of about 3 per month, the writer would push it some, or write more in the series, or write some short stories to boost it, or do a Bookbub, or who knows what....

We Need Diverse Books Short Story Contest is open to emerging diverse writers from all diverse backgrounds (including, but not limited to, LGBTQIA, people of colour, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural and religious minorities) who have not been published in a traditional print fiction book format, including self - published, independents, small and medium publishing houses, in all genres whether for the children's or adult market.

There's lots of excitement bubbling about new publishing opportunities for writers of short stories, essays, journalism and other less - than - book - length works.

In addition to letting Amazon Prime members pick one of the selected books for free (to keep), Prime members can now purchase the hardcover edition of these books for $ 9.99 or less and there are free Short Stories and -LSB-...]

Either way, this book will keep you entertained for the couple of hours it takes to read the short stories.

Books that are written in or include uses of uncommon formats (uses of letters, screenplay, photos, poetry, or collection of short stories or essays) is another unique quality she looks for.

Speaking of hearts, there's one last reward of reviewing that I'd like to mention: that as an author myself, I know how heartwarming it is to receive an enthusiastic review for my own work, and the arrival of not one but two glowing reviews for my latest book, the collection of very short stories (aka flash fiction) has made my week already — and it's still only Tuesday.

It's especially painful to read even the short excerpts from Sean Penn's book because his publishing contract validates the notion for authors that they only have to finish their stories, not write cleanly, diligently, with an ear for the reader and the love of the written word.

This means I can reward mailing list subscribers with free and / or discounted books, so every fiction newsletter subscriber gets a free download code for Argleton and a short story, and another code that gives them Queen of the May for 99p, a # 1.50 discount.

For even more fantastic short story collections, see this spotlight from the February issue of BookPage on new books from Nathan Englander and Dan Chaon.

Ladies and Gentlemen, his short story collection, was included in Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2011 and included «In the Basement,» a finalist for the 2012 BBC International Story Astory collection, was included in Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2011 and included «In the Basement,» a finalist for the 2012 BBC International Story AStory Award.

There are other stories, though, particularly in the latter half of the book, such as «The River Warta,» that read like workshops for writers, teaching them the mechanics of short stories without the distraction of feeling anything for the characters: You introduce the character this way, hit this beat, give the reader something to chew on right here, and soon you have a workable short story.

He published a number of books (novels, poetry and short stories) but is best remembered for his five volume autobiography.

Lam's first book, a collection of interconnected short stories, opens with «How To Get Into Medical School, Part 1, a story which at first glance treads familiar territory - an Asian girl of first generation immigrant parents finds herself torn between her budding love for fellow medical student Fitz (an unsuitable boy by dint of him not being Asian) and her drive to succeed at the highest level as a medical student.

His stories have appeared in a variety of magazines and his first book, a collection of short stories, 20th Century Ghosts, won the British Fantasy Award for «Best New Horror».

Junot Díaz won the Pulitzer (and a pile of other awards) for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, but I've always been all about Drown, his first collection of short stories and the book that singled him out as the most promising literary voice of the Dominican - American community.

Rick Bass was brought up in Houston, Texas and, for about a decade after leaving college, worked as a gas and oil geologist in Jackson, Mississippi (where he started writing short stories in his lunch breaks) before moving to the Yaak Valley in the northern Rockies, near the Idaho - Montana - Canada border in 1987 with his wife, Elizabeth Hughes, who has illustrated some of his more than 20 books.

«My Parents» Bedroom», a story included in this, his first book, was one of five short stories by African writers chosen as finalists for The Caine Prize for African Writing.

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I've been doing this almost since the beginning of my e-publishing adventure, first with a short story and then, for the last year, with my first Emperor's Edge book.