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In this charming and heartwarming retelling of the classic It’s a Wonderful Life, Camille Pagán introduces us to Bailey, a dutiful yet sharp-witted 30-something who finds herself on the verge of a nervous breakdown as Christmas Eve approaches. As if it wasn’t enough that Bailey’s husband just cheated on her, the family business she’s been running since her parents died, which employs most of her small town, is about to go under. But even as she’s questioning whether her life has any meaning, Bailey bumps into a handsome stranger who claims to know her.

When five college friends cross America in a minivan to find themselves, they chance upon a road that isn’t on any map. They can’t resist exploring it. The van breaks down. They find a town, a massive trailer park steeped in squalor. The town isn’t on any map either. They find people in town. They’ll wish they hadn’t. The only sanctuary is the Big House - a giant mansion at the center of town that appears to be abandoned, only all the lights come on at night. Inside the Big House is the secret of the town. Inside, they’ll finally find themselves. They won’t like what they find.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by David Monteath and Gabrielle Nellis-Pain. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Michael Newton. 'The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible... He changes with the...

This exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous) writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism's histories.

The richest man in the world invites a trio of mediocre golfers to play at a secret course in Scotland. The result of their efforts will somehow affect the fate of the world. Can golf save the world?...

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

For three strangers whose paths will cross, the storm hasn’t even reached its peak. Two of them are the kind of climate scientists no one ever listens to in disaster movies. The third, against even icier opposition, has just moved to the Magnolia State to come out. Soon they’ll all be pushed closer to the edge, where the bracing winds of cataclysmic change can be so wildly liberating.

London’s East End has over the centuries been a magnet for immigration, innovation, culture, crime and a vast spectrum of other things. It is often seen as both part of and yet very distinct from the vast metropolis of London. Today it has been transformed from the often grimy, derelict and overcrowded area, that many of these stories describe, into a landscape of gentrification, sleek and shiny buildings and a booming economy. But here such noted talents as Arthur Morrison, Henry W. Nevinson, William Pett Ridge and Thomas Burke show the East End as it really was.

The best-selling humorist returns to The End of the Road, Alaska, to bring to life a new collection of stories about the colorful inhabitants of the unusual town...

The plucky and funny people of Button End come alive again with Bruce Allen’s charming storytelling. Listen and laugh as Fanny sails around the world and plants happiness everywhere, as Felix the vet heals not only animals but hearts, and discover what becoming an American really means. Stories that will make you smile and listen again.

More stories to make you smile from the Button End storyteller, Bruce Allen. Hear about the beautiful Selena’s flower garden and how it almost wrecked a marriage until a shy wife plowed through a budding flirtation. Delight in the mysteries of the Old Manor and hear how Christa really paid her father’s bar bill.

Bruce Allen has been the Button End storyteller for decades, telling wonderful tales about a special neighborhood that is no more. Yet the people of Button End live on because Bruce Allen is a true storyteller, mixing humor with wisdom. So sit back and listen as Jiggz outsmarts the priest, for a while, and hear what really happened when JFK came to Button End. Bruce Allen’s storytelling will make you smile.

Незадачливость почти никогда не оставляла Малыша из Монтаны. При этом он жал там, где не сеял, рассказывал то, о чём понятия не имел, и никогда не мог похвастать правдивостью. Но судьба неотступно следовала по его следам и настигла его, и накрыла его своей неотвратимой волной...