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Author: Joan Aiken
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Published: 2013-10-18
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1931520437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFabulous, uncollected stories -- including six published here for the first time -- from a master of the form.
Author: Lydia Millet
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 2009-08-27
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 1593763816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnimals and celebrities share unusual relationships in these hilarious satirical stories by an award-winning contemporary writer. Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants—all have shared spotlights and tabloid headlines with celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Thomas Edison, and David Hasselhoff. Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with famous people and pop culture in a wildly inventive collection of stories that “evoke the spectrum of human feeling and also its limits” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review). While in so much fiction animals exist as symbols of good and evil or as author stand-ins, they represent nothing but themselves in Millet's ruthlessly lucid prose. Implacable in their actions, the animals in Millet’s spiraling fictional riffs and flounces show up their humans as bloated with foolishness yet curiously vulnerable, as in a tour-de-force, Kabbalah-infused interior monologue by Madonna after she shoots a pheasant on her Scottish estate. Millet treads newly imaginative territory with these charismatic tales. “These incredibly crafted stories, with their rare intelligence, humor, and empathy, describe the furious collision of nature and science, man and animal, everyday citizen and celebrity, fact and fiction. Lydia Millet’s writing sparkles with urgent brilliance.” —Joe Meno
Author: Jackie French Koller
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780152025199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne by one, seven monkeys who go out to have a good time wind up falling in love over the course of a week.
Author: Joan Aiken
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1931520747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFabulous, uncollected stories -- including six published here for the first time -- from a master of the form.
Author: Sanjay Hazarika
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2020-01-21
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 1647836344
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile writing the story The Pillow Cats, the author, who happens to be a cat lover, was inspired by the fact that he really used his cats as pillows. This is a fictional account of the pitfalls and amusing incidents from having cats as pillows. Find out how ‘Tying the Knot’ descended on humans from monkeys and the hilarious account of Sumo wrestlers and the origin of the handshake. Read on for other funny, amusing and other human interest stories.
Author: MYSORE PRABHAKAR
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2023-07-19
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Big Fat Indian Wedding' and other stories by Mysore Prabhakar is a heart-warming collection of stories and anecdotes covering everyday life in India. With a touch of Wodehousian humour, and a keen sense of observation and empathy, he explores the moments and memories that make up life in India where the individual, family and community come together to form a rich tapestry. The charms of 'Old Bengaluru' come alive in his easy, narrative style while recollections of his life in the military will keep you engrossed and well-entertained.
Author: Ayun Halliday
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1580056024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKZine queen Ayun Halliday confesses the best-and worst-of her globetrotting misadventures. "I laughed hard on nearly every page of this shockingly intimate memoir and deeply funny book." -- Stephen Colbert Ayun Halliday may not make for the most sensible travel companion, but she is certainly one of the zaniest, with a knack for inserting herself (and her unwitting cohorts) into bizarre situations around the globe. Curator of kitsch and unabashed aficionada of pop culture, Halliday offers bemused, self-deprecating narration of events from guerrilla theater in Romania to drug-induced Apocalypse Now reenactments in Vietnam to a perhaps more surreal collagen-implant demonstration at a Paris fashion show emceed by Lauren Bacall. On layover in Amsterdam, Halliday finds unlikely trouble in the red-light district -- eliciting the ire of a tiny, violent madam, and is forced to explain tampons to soldiers in Kashmir -- "they're for ladies. Bleeding ladies" -- that, she admits, "might have looked like white cotton bullets lined up in their box." A self-admittedly bumbling vacationer, Halliday shares -- with razor-sharp wit and to hilarious effect -- the travel stories most are too self-conscious to tell. Includes line drawings, generously provided by the author.
Author: Eknath Easwaran
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780915132829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of incidents taken from everyday life in which Granny draws lessons of faith, devotion, compassion, and trust.
Author: Todd Whitaker
Publisher: Triple Nickel Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 16
ISBN-13: 0982702973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEveryone has responsibilities, obligations, and problems to deal with in the workplace and in life. Some people, however, have mastered the art of shifting those monkeys onto the backs of others. They claim they don t know how to solve a problem or do the task, they say they don't have time, they complain, they perform poorly, they find any and every way to avoid the work - and yet somehow, they're never held accountable. Instead, hardworking, loyal employees who care about results end up shouldering those burdens for their lazy or unmotivated colleagues. The slackers get just what they want - less work - while the best employees become alienated and overworked. Who is to blame for those misplaced monkeys? Shifting the Monkey shows how to shift an organization's focus from compensating for, excusing, and working around problem people to cultivating and rewarding the best employees. --Publisher.
Author: Eileen Christelow
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2012-07-10
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 054774451X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe day before school starts, Mama takes her five little monkeys shopping for clothes. "Stay right here," she says, "AND DON'T GO WANDERING OFF " But one little monkey has to go to the bathroom . . . and two little monkeys get thirsty. . . . Then three little monkey friends arrive . . . and four little monkeys decide to go help find the others. . . . Will Mama ever have all five of her little monkeys together again? Eileen Christelow's vibrant, expressive illustrations accompany a catchy text that's great for reading aloud. Simple math lessons are seamlessly incorporated into the fun.
