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1	Free to Be ... You and Me more books like this by Marlo Thomas Marlo Thomas' "New York Times" best seller is updated and repackaged for a new generation of young readers - it includes an audio CD in the back of the book with 4 free to be classics! Notable writers, artists, and musicians joined forces to produce this bestselling book which teaches children about tolerance and diversity. In this new edition, ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.88! \| first editions
2	Welcome to the Monkey House more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE is a collection of Kurt Vonnueguts shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. see all copies from £2.97! new only from £8.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Best American Short Stories more books like this by Stephen King (Selected by), Heidi Pitlor (Selected by) Pop-culture icon Stephen King serves as the guest editor of this popular anthology, which includes such contributors as Richard Russo, John Barth, Jim Shepard, Alice Munro, William Gay, and Mary Gordon. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Suite 606 more books like this by J D Robb, Mary Blayney, Mary Kay McComas Featuring a new Lieutenant Eve Dallas novella, this collection contains four all-new stories of paranormal desire and suspense by four hot, "New York Times"-bestselling authors--Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas. Original. see all copies from £6.28! new only from £6.28!
5	Skeleton Crew more books like this by Stephen King A collection of Stephen King horror stories, including the tale of "Gramma", who only wanted to hug little George - even after she was dead; "The Raft", featuring a primeval sea creature with an insatiable appetite; and "The Monkey", telling of an innocent-looking toy with sinister powers. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Best American Short Stories more books like this by Salman Rushdie (Editor), Heidi Pitlor (Editor) This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially provocative Rushdie, boasts an array of voices both new and recognized. Contributors include T.C. Boyle, Allegra Goodman, Nicole Krauss, Steven Millhauser, Jonathan Lethem, and Karen Russell. see all copies from £8.54! new only from £8.54!
7	The Book of Other People more books like this by Zadie Smith (Editor) A stellar group of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: creating character. There are as many ways to develop character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional examples. see all copies from £4.90! new only from £10.07! \| first editions
8	Tales from Margaritaville more books like this by Jimmy Buffett You won't find it on any map, this tropical island has its origins somewhere and everywhere...Sung into existence by Jimmy Buffett and popularised on the radio, Margaritaville is both mythical and real - a place where human curiosity, passion, and humour delicately intertwine. Tales from Margaritaville brings an extraordinary southern writer to ... see all copies from £2.05! new only from £6.32! \| first editions
9	Best American Short Stories of the Century more books like this by John Updike (Editor), Katrina Kenison (Editor) Including one new story and an Index by author of every story that has ever appeared in the series, this new volume offers a "spectacular tapestry of fictional achievement" ("Entertainment Weekly"). see all copies from £2.67! new only from £8.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Sugar and Spice more books like this by Fern Michaels, Beverly Barton, Joanne Fluke In Fern Michaels's "The Christmas Stocking," Philadelphia businesswoman Amy Baran is determined to raise money for a new seniors' center by harvesting Christmas trees from the small-town Virginia farm she remembers from her childhood. Trouble is, Gus Moss has come home from California with his own ideas about saving the farm his father has ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.28! \| first editions
11 view cover	Oxford Book of American Short Stories more books like this by Joyce Carol Oates (Editor) "How ironic," Joyce Carol Oates writes in her introduction to this marvelous collection, "that in our age of rapid mass-production and the easy proliferation of consumer products, the richness and diversity of the American literary imagination should be so misrepresented in most anthologies." Why, she asks, when writers such as Samuel Clemens, F. ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £12.94! \| first editions
12 view cover	Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules more books like this by David Sedaris (Introduction by) An anthology of Sedaris' favorite stories, this volume includes the work of some of the most influential and talented short story writers such as Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Lorrie Moore, and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as the author's explanation of why readers should love them as much as he does. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Points of View: Revised Edition more books like this by James Moffett (Editor), Kenneth R McElheny (Editor) Since its original publication in 1966, this volume has attained classic status. Now its contents have been updated and its cultural framework enlarged by the orginal editors. Many of the 44 stories come from a new writing generation with a contemporary consciousness, and this brilliant blending of masters of the past and the brightest talents of ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.89!
14 view cover	The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American American Stories Since 1970 more books like this by Lex Williford (Editor), Professor Michael Martone (Editor), Rosellen Brown (Illustrator) Stories by the famous and the emerging: Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Junot Diaz, Melanie Rae Thon, Jamaica Kincaid, Reginald McNight, Amy Tan, and more. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £9.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	What We Talk about When We Talk about Love: Stories more books like this by Raymond Carver see all copies from £6.55! new only from £8.88! \| first editions
16 view cover	No One Belongs Here More Than You more books like this by Miranda July Screenwriter, director, and star of the acclaimed film "Me and You and Everyone We Know," July brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a startling, sexy, and tender collection of stories. see all copies from £8.54! new only from £8.54!
17 view cover	Am I Blue: Coming Out from the Silence more books like this by Marion Dane Bauer Original stories by C. S. Adler, Marion Dane Bauer, Francesca Lia Block, Bruce Coville, Nancy Garden, James Cross Giblin, Ellen Howard, M. E. Kerr, Jonathan London, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, LeslEa Newman, Cristina Salat, William Sleator, Jacqueline Woodson, and Jane Yolen Each of these stories is original, each is by a noted author for young ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.28! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald more books like this by F Scott Fitzgerald The 43 stories collected here, all masterpieces of the form, demonstrate the full range of Fitzgerald's grasp of the story and novella form. Stories range from the early "Head and Shoulders" and "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" to stories from late in his career like "Last Kiss" and "Dearly Beloved." The volume includes an illuminating preface and ... see all copies from £5.58! new only from £11.58! \| first editions
19 view cover	Speaking with the Angel more books like this by Nick Hornby A dozen of the most successful and popular writers today including: Helen Fielding, Robert Harris, Patrick Marber, Zadie Smith, John O'Farrell, Roddy Doyle, Melissa Bank and Irvine Welsh have written 6000-word fictional monologues along the lines of Alan Bennet's "Talking Heads". And Colin Firth makes his debut as a fiction writer. The result is a ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970 more books like this by Lex Williford (Editor), Professor Michael Martone (From an idea by) Stories by the famous and the emerging: Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Junot Diaz, Melanie Rae Thon, Jamaica Kincaid, Reginald McNight, Amy Tan, and more. see all copies from £8.92! new only from £9.90!
21 view cover	A Gift of Love more books like this by Judith O'Brien, Judith McNaught, Kimberly Cates "A Gift Of Love" captures holiday magic as it transports us...to New York City, where a schoolteacher slips an antique gold ring on her finger and travels back in time to a man who desperately needs her love...to a village in Victorian England, where an embittered earl seeks a governess for a lovely, defiant little girl named Noelle...to a starry ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £6.28! \| first editions
22	What we talk about when we talk about love more books like this by Raymond Carver A collection of Raymond Carver stories from the 1980s. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £8.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories more books like this by Miranda July Screenwriter, director, and star of the acclaimed film "Me and You and Everyone We Know," Miranda July brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a startling, sexy, and tender collection. see all copies from £8.19! new only from £8.19! \| first editions
24 view cover	Girls Night in more books like this by Jen Weiner, Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella This collection of short stories from 21 of today's hottest young female writers is an initiative by bestselling British authors to benefit the War Child charity. Includes contributions from Jennifer Weiner, Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella, Jill Davis, Marian Keyes, and Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £22.70! \| first editions
25 view cover	Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels more books like this by H James In THE TURN OF THE SCREW, an innocent, impressionable young governess takes over the education of two delightful children, Flora and Miles, at an isolated country estate. She becomes convinced that the children's former governess and a valet once employed on the estate--both now dead--have returned and are trying to gain control of the children's ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.75! \| first editions

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