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Offered here is this Hard Cover 1986 First Edition of The World Of The Short Story, A 20th Century Collection, selected and edited by Clifton Fadiman. The book is in particularly good condition, with some slight wear at the corners and edges. The spine and binding are good, and all 847 pages including acknowledgments are intact and in good condition. The paper dust jacket is also in good condition but does have some wear at the edges, as well as a couple of small tears in these areas as well. The book was published by Houghton Mifflin Company. It is a nice collection of 20th Century short stories… There are many collections of modern stories, but this one has a special appeal: the stories, by some of the best writers of our time, are not the ones that usually appear in anthologies. Readers will meet some famous and familiar talents in fresh and unexpected masterpieces of the form. There are sixty-two stories from sixteen countries, and the authors range from the “moderns” of the century’s dawn to such current practitioners as Ann Beattie, Raymond Carver, and Joyce Carol Oates… The three letters of John found near the end of the New Testament have a tendency to be oversimplified or simply overlooked in the study of the Scriptures. However, though these letters may on the surface seem less applicable to our time because they address heresies and church management issues that seem unique to the early church, careful study reveals just how contemporary these concerns are… When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren’t expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed – a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy’s trip to heaven and back. Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery – and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read. With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how “really, really big” God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, Heaven Is For Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where, as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.” Aibileen Clark is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, raising her seventeenth white child. She’s always taken orders quietly, but lately it leaves her with a bitterness she can no longer bite back. Her friend Minny Jackson has certainly never held her tongue, or held on to a job for very long, but now she’s working for a newcomer with secrets that leave her speechless. And white socialite Skeeter Phelan has just returned from college with ambition and a degree but, to her mother’s lament, no husband. Normally Skeeter would find solace in Contantine, the belove aid who raise her, but Constantine has inexplicably disappeared. Together, these seemingly different women join to work on a project that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town-to write, in secret, a tell-all book about what it’s really like to work as a black maid in the white homes of the South. Despite the terrible risks they will have to take, and the sometimes humorous boundaries they will have to cross, these three women unite with one intention: hope for a better day… The World Of The Short Story, A 20th Century Collection – Hard Cover – 1986 1st Click images to enlarge Description Offered here is this Hard Cover 1986 First Edition of The World Of The Short Story, A 20th Century Collection, selected and edited by Clifton Fadiman. The book is in particularly good condition, with some slight wear at the corners and edges. The spine and binding are good, and all 847 pages including acknowledgments are intact and in good condition. The paper dust jacket is also in good condition but does have some wear at the edges, as well as a couple of small tears in these areas as well. The book was published by Houghton Mifflin Company. It is a nice collection of 20th Century short stories… There are many collections of modern stories, but this one has a special appeal: the stories, by some of the best writers of our time, are not the ones that usually appear in anthologies. Readers will meet some famous and familiar talents in fresh and unexpected masterpieces of the form. There are sixty-two stories from sixteen countries, and the authors range from the “moderns” of the century’s dawn to such current practitioners as Ann Beattie, Raymond Carver, and Joyce Carol Oates… Payment Buyer is to pay for all shipping costs and must pay for their item or contact the seller to make other arrangements within 5 Days of the end of the auction. We accept e-checks and credit cards via paypal. 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