Meredith: 1224 books

When Charles French of Berkely, Massachussetts accepted a position in North Carolina, he thought he would save enough money to fund his law studies. He would spend two years tutoring Dr. James Manney's children and then return north for a clerkship. He had not expected to fall in love with the...

George Meredith was both a novelist and poet. Born in Portsmouth, England , his work is used as a classic example of Victorian literature.

“Lovers who surmount the odds have always been intense emotional fodder, but rarely have we seen a story like Birthday...true and raw, haunting and undeniable.” —The New York Times Book Review Two best friends. A shared birthday. Six years... ERIC: There was the day we were born....

Joel shook his head. "No, no, no," he moaned. "That was nineteen thirty-nine, that was over seventy years ago!""What, mate?" said Richard. "There's something wrong with your maths. That was just last year. It's nineteen forty now."Joel is lost in Bristol during the Blitz. Is he dreaming,...

The short stories in Meredith Sue Willis’ Re-visons: Stories from Stories will take you back to your Scripture, your Shakespeare and your Harriet Beecher Stowe. And when you do glance back at the stories that Willis here “re-visions,” you might be surprised at the way in which women figure in...

When Meredith Sue Willis's first novel, which tells the story of a troubled preacher's family in West Virginia, first came out in 1979, it was declared a cause for celebration by the Los Angeles Times. Comparing Willis to Anne Tyler, the Times wrote: "She has written with depth and honesty...

Meredith Sue Willis’s Out of the Mountains is a collection of thirteen short stories set in contemporary Appalachia. Firmly grounded in place, the stories voyage out into the conflicting cultural identities that native Appalachians experience as they balance mainstream and mountain identities. Willis’s...

Blair Morgan leaves college to fight poverty following a charismatic, but unconventional religious leader. The familiar conventions of the novel of initiation are made new by a convincing female protagonist and a narrative that uses politics as the setting and vehicle of individual maturation, focusing...

In Dwight's House and Other Stories, Meredith Sue Willis's eclecticism and layered prose release us from the moorings of "regional fiction." Written by a prize-winning member of the Appalachian Renaissance in literature, Dwight's House & Other Stories is an anthology of short stories...

PSST! It's True! This is the best book on the SUPERNATURAL you'll ever read! What would you do if furniture threw itself downstairs and fires broke out in the cupboards? Or if you saw a festering green hand appear behind you in a mirror? In this engrossing book about the supernatural, Meredith...

A fantastic genie myth-debunking series from Go Girl author Meredith Badger. To most people, Poppy Miller looks like an average twelve-year-old girl. But secretly, Poppy isn't average at all. She's a genie. Poppy aced Stage One of her genie training, and she can't wait to start Stage Two at Genie High....

Annie Roe Carr - Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays 02. Alice Duer Miller - The Burglar And The Wizard 03. Berthold Auerbach - Christian Gellert's Last Christmas 04. Bret Harte - How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar 05. Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol 06. L. Frank Baum - A Kidnapped Santa Claus 07....

With brand-new, never-before-collected stories by fan-favorite Adventure Time comic book creators, Sugary Shorts packs a sweet punch of stories for everyone! From spooky tales with Marceline, to fun shenanigans with BMO, Gunter, and LSP, this selection sweet jams will satisfy all your Candy Kingdom...

A fantastic genie myth-debunking series from Go Girl author Meredith Badger. Everyone knows that genies can only grant wishes, not make them, right? Well, not quite... When Poppy graduates from her final stage of genie training, shell be allowed to make one special wish for her job after Genie High....