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This is an anthology of short stories of World War I from 25 classic writers. Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield are among the women writers whose works account for half the volume. The stories are by turn poignant, violent, harsh, tender and desolating.

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Exquisite word portraits of women by one of the past century's greatest women writers.

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This anthology traces the development - from the early 1800s to the present day - of black feminist thought. It consists of a collection of writings, in the feminist tradition, of over 60 African-American women demonstrating the strong tradition of African-American feminist thought.

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A landmark volume showcasing the vital writing of revolutionary women during the 1930s.

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An anthology celebrating the rich and captivating history, culture and politics of Afghanistan.

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Across the Pass includes writing from New Zealanders such as writer John Mulgan, mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and adventurer Graeme Dingle. The pieces range from epic tales to stories of strolls, writing that pokes fun at companions or instead celebrates that strong bond often forged when facing challenges together.

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An affordable compilation of more than a dozen of the best American short stories features tales by Hawthorne, Twain, James, Cheever, Wharton, and Cather. Contents include "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," and "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty.

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Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, and more.

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* 'A book of formidable creative intelligence, and real moral purpose' OBSERVER

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Twelve writers consider the subject of rivers and how they shape us throughout our lives, demarcating cities as well as moulding our creative consciousness. Tessa Hadley revisits Rumer Goddens The River; Jo Hamya pays homage to Virginia Woolf; Michael Malay goes nightfishing for eels by the river Severn.

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A monologue. One person alone on stage. This is a very specialised form of theatre, known to actors, preachers, Best Men and stand up comedians. It is also known to drama students. Here are fourteen female voices. They cover a wide range. They are angry, confused and embarrassed. They are comic, pitying and strident.

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The most spine-tingling suspense stories from the colonial eraincluding Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, and H. P. Lovecraftare presented anew to the contemporary reader.

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First published in 1686, this collection of five novellas was an immediate bestseller in the bawdy world that was Genroku Japan, and the book's popularity has increased with age, making it today a literary classic like Boccaccio's Decameron, or the works of Rabelais.

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In these essays twelve writers consider the joys of cycling, whether in a city late at night, or along country lanes on a summer's day.

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From Nobel Prize-winning writers to debut novelists, Britain's most prestigious literary magazine brings you the best in new writing, photography and art from around the world.

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Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

Gilbert Parker

Love can truly make you feel out of this world. This delightful book, packed with swoony statements and heartfelt quotations from romantics old and new, is the perfect way to say, I love you to the moon and back.

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Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction and poetry, as well as biographical and critical essays, and cultural commentary. Each issue brims with a mix of vital new work by this country's best writers and artists, plus reviews of the latest books, art, film, drama and dance.

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Last Plane to Heaven is the final and definitive collection of award-winning SF author Jay Lake's short stories.

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Created to mark the celebration of Melbourne becoming a UNESCO City of Literature, this anthology draws together a selection of the best Melbourne and Victorian writing. Extracts from eighty writers across different genres provide a colourful and insightful snapshot of Melbourne's rich literary heritage.

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