A collection of stories featuring a wide variety of characters and locations-- London, Paris, Africa, provincial Holland, Puerto Rico, and beyond. Most of the people are transplanted or have tried to graft themselves onto a new culture, and they struggle against the odds to maintain their humor, to write, to fall in love or keep their marriages intact.
The Lost Angel: Stories
Colorful images help children identify the differences between daily life in the past and today, in places such as the school room, the kitchen, and the railway station.
In The Unbearable Bassington, he tells the story of the whimsical Francesca Bassington, an upper middle class woman whose main concerns in life are her modest possessions and the career and marriage of her only son, Comus.
Excuse Me May I Have an Extra Nap
Presents a collection of short stories that explore the dark fantasies and disturbing dreams that haunt the subconscious minds of ordinary people
Ray does a clownish double take . “ Hey , don't you look snazzy ! ” She is not snazzy and knows it . She'd drawn a quick red mouth and combed her hair , is all . She belongs to a group called The Friendly City Singers and tonight they ...
More than ever he was resolved to consult Cunningham without loss of time . As he drove off to the station his aunt was arranging that Gabriel - Ernest should help her to entertain the infant members of her Sunday - school class at tea ...
One of a series which combines photographs and text to help explore important areas of the curriculum through familiar topics or themes.
本书按历史发展脉络、聚焦历史横剖面的方式进行叙述。从世界各地火爆热烈的节日活动写到世界各民族各具特色的社交礼仪。