Joyce Carol Oates
61) High crime area
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In a collection of eight stories, Joyce Carol Oates, unparalleled as an investigator into the intricacies of human failing, deftly tests the bonds between damaged individuals - a brother and sister, a teacher and student, two strangers on a subway - in the fearless prose for which she is justly celebrated.
62) Angel of light
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Maurice Halleck, Director of the Commission for the Ministry of Justice, is accused of wrongdoing and then dies in a suspicious car accident. A suicide note and confession are found. But are they legitimate, or was he coerced into writing them before he was taken out to be killed?
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"Odważna i bezkompromisowa powieść o narodzinach i upadku niezwykle błyskotliwej kariery w kinematografii światowej. O kobiecie, z której kultura Hollywood zrobiła produkt. Joyce Carol Oates przedstawia dramatyczne losy Normy Jeane Baker -- dziecka, kobiety, nieszczęśliwej celebrytki i idealizowanej blondynki -- którą świat poznał jako Marilyn Monroe. Jej życie było naznaczone dramatami, smutkiem i żalem. Oraz ogromną tęsknotą za...
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Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective — a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other — or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the...
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The first-person narrative of nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike, the only surviving child of an infamous American family. A decade ago the Rampikes were destroyed by the murder of Skyler's six-year-old ice-skating champion sister, Bliss, and the media scrutiny that followed.
76) Come meet Muffin
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In helping two fawns find their mother in the woods, Muffin the brave cat becomes lost himself and must try to find his way home again.
79) Naughty Cherie
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Cherie loves being the naughtiest kitten until she meets a group of rowdy animals who show her that being naughty is not always that nice.