Shorts

As a genre short stories provide enormous entertainment. They are an excellent avenue to become acquainted with a previously undiscovered author.
Here are some anthologies of short stories for your consideration. Perfect reading for busy lives.

Around the World
PZ7.B46173Th 1990. Begby, James A Thief in the Village and other Stories of Jamaica.

PT2621.A26 A258 1993. Kafka, Franz.
The Metamorphosis and other stories.
These stories by one of the great German authors are
classics.

PL984.E8 L36 1993 Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction.
Twelve short stories from Korea.

PS648.C45 S77 2000 The Story Teller’s Collection. : Tales of Faraway Places.
Travel to a different part of the world with each
story


PL865.O7138 K5813 1994 Yoshmoto, Banana. Kitchen.
Two short novels by a young Japanese writer.


At Home
PS653.A8 American short stories of the nineteenth century.
Includes both male and female American writers of
the short story such as Henry James and Sara Orne
Jewett.

PZ1.B446235 2001 The Best American Short Stories.
This is an annual publication. The library’s collec
tion goes back to 1916, and is a collection of sto
ries previously published in magazines.

PZ1.G794 Go12 The Golden Argosy: a collection of the most celebrated short stories in the English language.
Includes “The Gift of the Magi,” “ The Lady or
the Tiger,” and “The Man who would be
King.”

PS648.S5 O94 1992. The Oxford book of American short stories.
Something for everyone., from Washington Irving to
Amy Tan and E.A. Poe to William Carlos Williams

PZ1.O11 1974 Prize Stories 1974
The O. Henry Award Winners.

PS659 .H57 Ten Years of Holiday.
Short stories published in Holiday Magazine

Ethnic America

PS647.A35 C35 1992 Calling the Wind: Twentieth-century African-American Short Stories.
An historical collection of African-American short
story from the earliest stories to present.

PS647.A35 C5 1995 Children of the Night:
Best short stories by Black Writers 1967 to the
present.

PS647.H58 G76 1993. Growing up Latina: Memoirs and stories.
Covers a variety of Hispanic experiences in America.

PZ1.M992 Aae 2000 Meyers, Walter Dean. 145th Street: Short stories.
Stories of life in New York City

PZ7.S7242 Bas 1990 Soto Gary, Baseball in April and other Stories.
Eleven short stories about Young Hispanics in
California.

One Author

PZ7.A2695 Ne 3 Aiken, Joan A Necklace of Raindrops.
8 short stories by renowned children’s author

PZ7.C89 At 1991. Crutcher, Chris. Athletic shorts.
Six short stories exploring social andpsychological
problems of young adults.

PZ8.D37 Tal 4 De La Mare, Walter. Tales told again.
Retelling of many familiar folktales

PS2110.F82 James, Hemry. The Complete Tales.
A master of the short story, this multivolume collec
tion includes such favorietes as Turn of the Screw,
The Beast in the Jungle, and Daisy Miller.

PZ8.S25 Ros 1988 Sandburg, Carl. Rootabaga Stories
Carl Sandburg wrote these stories for his children.

PS3539.H94 F8 Thurber, James. Further fables for our time.
If you like to laugh, don’t miss Thurber’s
inimitable style and characterizations.

Genres

PS648.B4 1980. The Edgar winners
An anthology published by the Mystery Writers
of America

PS657.W6 H5 1985 Hidden Hands: An anthology of Women writers.

PS648.S3 The Road to Science Fiction:
Most of Science Fiction’s evolution is traced
through short stories. Each volume covers differ
ent periods of history.

PZ5.S619 1965. Sixteen: Short stories by outstanding writers for Young adults.

PS648.S3 M36 1990 Vintage Science fiction: Short novels of the 1960’s.
Ten short novels are included, among them Poul
Anderson and Isaac Asimov

Single Subject


PS648.C64 A34 1966 All Problems are simple. And other nineteen views of the college years.

PS648.F36 F3 1990 Fathers and Daughters: Portraits in Fiction
Twenty-three stories are given here whose theme focuses on
fathers and daughters.

PS648.B37 Fielder’s choices. A collection of short stories about baseball.

PZ8.V55Ru 2000 Velde, Vivian Vande. The Rumplestiltskin Problem.
A series of short stories suggesting answers to the fairy tale
Rumplestiltskin.

PS647.W6 W66 1991 Women’s Friendships: a collection of short stories.

READING BY PROFESSION

Stories about Medicine, Nurses,
Physicians, and Hospitals

Avi. The Barn PZ7.A953 Bar 1994

The Best of Nursing Humor
RT61.B47 1999

Corey, G. In a Mirror Dimly
PS3553.O6465 I5 1998

Cormier, R. The Bumblebee Flies
Anyway. PZ7.C81634 B8 1993x

Crichton, M. Five Patients
RA982.B7 M35 1970

Goodall, J. Dr. White. PZ7.G6107
Dr 1999

Kane, J.Touched by a nurse: Special
moments that transform lives
RT82.K327 1999

Lotan, Y Samir and Yotan. PZ7.
C21723 Sam 2000

Martin, V. Mary Reilly. PS3563.A7295 M37 2001

Morris, G. Edge of Honor: A novel PS3563.O8742 E34 2000

Orr, W. Peeling the Onion PZ7.O746 Pf 1997

Rey, H. Curious George goes to the hospital. PZ7.R3302.Cu

Roueche, B. The Orange Man
RC66.R66

Slaughter, F. Epidemic!
PS3537.L38 E6

Williams, W. The Doctor Stories.
PS3545.I544 A6 1984

Stories about the Clergy


Erdrich, Louise Last report on the
miracles at Little No Horse
PS3555.R42 L37 2001

Frederic, H. The Damnation of
Theron Ware. PS1707.D3

Gully, P. Home to Harmony
PS3557.U449 H66 2000

Gully, P. Just Shy of Harmony
PS3557.U449 J87 2002

Karon, J. A New Song. PS3561.A678 N49 1999.


Musser, J. Infidel. A novel based on
the life of John Newton.
PS3563.U84 2001

Myers, B. The Face of God
PS3563.Y36 F33 2002

Parker, G. Beyond a Reasonable
Doubt PS3566.A6785 B48
1994.

Wangerin, W. The Orphean
Passages PS3573.A477 O7 1996

Stories about Teachers and Schools

Ashton-Warner, S. Spearpoint
LA2317.A8 A3

Ashton-Warner, S. Teacher
LC3501.M3 A8

Braithwaite, E. To Sir with
Love. LA639.L8 B7c

Codell, E. Educating Esme
LB2844.1.N4 C63 1999

Flake, S. The skin I’m in.
PX7.F59826 Sk 1998

Henkes, K Lilly’s Purple Plastic
Purse PZ7.H389 Li 1996

Hilton, J. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
PR6015.I53 G6

Kaufman, B. Up the down
staircase PZ4.K2125 Up

Kramer, R. Maria Montessori.
LB775.M8 K7 1976

Stuart, J. The Tread that runs so true
PS3537.T92516 Z5

Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery.
E185.97.W3 1928

A PLACE AND TIME : Summer 2003

The setting of a book sometimes serves as merely a backdrop for the story, but in other books, the setting and time become as important as the plot and characters. Here are some worthy considerations.

We can’t travel in time nor can we often visit places, but the magic of stories enables us to
savor those places and times. And best of all, we don’t need a passport, a car, plane, boat or a time machine.

Berry, Wendell. Jayber Crow. PS3552.E75 J39 2000 (Kentucky Mid 20th century)

Buechner, Frederick. The Storm. PS3552.U35 S76 1998. (Florida)

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! PS3505.A87 O2 1992 (Nebraska 19th Century)

De Angeli, Marguerite. The Door in the Wall. PZ7.D35 Do (England. Middle Ages)

De La Roche, Mazo. Jalna. PR6007.E34 M65. (Ontario Canada.19th century. This is one of a series of books)

Dellilo, Don. Libra. PS3554.E4425 L43 1988 (United States 1960’s)

Dillard, Annie. The Living. PS3554.I398 L5 1992 (Pacific Northwest 1850’s.)

Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime. PS3554.O3 R3. (New York 1920's)

Duggan, Alfred. My life is for my sheep. DA209.T4 D78 1957. (England Twelfth Century)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. PS3511.I9 G7. (United States. 1920’s)
Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. PS3556.L26 F7 1988 (Alabama 1980’s)

Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain. PS3556.R3599 C6 1998. (American South. Post Civil War)

Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying. PS3557.A355 L47 1994. (Louisiana 1940’s.)

George, Margaret. Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles. PS3557.E49 M37 1992. (England and Scotland. 16th Century)

Hoeg, Peter. Smilla’s Sense of Snow. PT8176.18.O335 F7613. (Denmark. 20th century.)

Karon, Jan At Home in Mitford PS3562. A678 A92 1994. (North Carolina Late 20th century.)


McMurtry, Larry. Lonesome Dove. PS3563.A319 L6 1995. (American West. 19th Century)

Michener, James. Caravans. PS3525.I19
C3. (Afghanistan)

Michener often takes a geographic
location and explores it from prehis-
tory to the twentieth century. Hawaii
is his most well known work.

Pears, Iain. An Instance of the Finger
post.PR6066.E167 I57 1998
(Restoration England, 1660s)

Peters, Ellis. The Summer of the Danes.
PR6031.A49 S8 1992 & The Potter’s
Field. PR6031.A49 P66 1991
(England. Twelfth Century)

Renault, Mary. The Persian Boy. PR6035.
C55 P5. (Ancient Near East)

Rolvaag, Ole. Giants in the Earth.
(North Dakota 19th century)

Santmyer, Helen. And Ladies of the Club.
PS3537.A775 A82 1985. (Ohio 1860-
1920’s)

Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels.
PS3584.H2 K5 1987. (Gettysburg,
Pa. Civil War)

Smiley, Jane. A Thousand Acres.
PS3589.M39 T47 1991. (Iowa 1979)

Tyler, Anne. Saint Maybe. PS3570.Y45
S25 1991. (Baltimore. 1965)

Wharton, Edith. Ethan Frome PS3545.
H16 E7 1939. (New England)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the
Prairie PZ7.W6461 Lit2. (Kansas
1867.)


Walker, Margaret. Winter Wheat.
PS3545.A524 W5 (Montana,
1940s)

Willis, Connie. The Doomsday Book
PS3573.I4562 D66 1993.
(England. Black Death)

Wolfe, Tom The Bonfire of the
Vanities. PS3573.O526 B6 1988.
(New York City Twentieth Cen-
tury)

Additional lists for similar works:
“Zeitgeist Novels.” http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/Zeitgeist.html.

“A Sense of Place”
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/lists/adult/place.htm.

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

According to Information Please Almanac, over 35 million people in America identify themselves as Hispanic. Hispanic Heritage month Starts on Sept. 15 when 5 countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, in South America received their independence.

Non Fiction

Conley, D. Honky. HQ792.U5 C66 2000

Flores, J. From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino identity E184.P85 F58 2000

Garcia, E. Hispanic education in the United States LC2669.G37 2001

Gonzalez, Jan. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. E184.S75 S655 2000

Gracia, J., ed. Hispanics/Latinos in the United States: Ethnicity, Race, and Rights. E184.S75 H627 2000

Koss-Chino, J. Working with Latino Youth. RC451.5.H57 K67 1999

Nieto, S. Puerto Rican Students in U. S. Schools LC2692.P82 2000

Mohr, N. Nilda PZ7.M7276 Ni 1986

Rodrigues, R. Days of obligation: an argument with my father F879.M5 $6 1992.

Valdes, G. Learning and not learning English. PE1129.S8 V26 2001

Biography

Ariana, M. American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood PN4874.A867 A3 2001

Rodrigues, R. Hunger of Memory: An Autobiography F870.M5 R62 1988

Thomas, P. Down These Mean Streets F128.9.P85 T48 1997

Fiction

Allende, I. Daughter of Fortune
PQ8098.7 .K54 G5513 2999

Allende, I. The House of the Spirits PQ8099.1.L54 G313 1986

Anaya, R. Bless Me, Ultima PS3551.N27 B58 1994
Augenbraum, H. ed. Growing Up Latino: Memories and Stories PS647.H58 G75 1993

Borges, J. Collected fictions PQ7797.B635 A24 1996

Borges, J. Labyrinths PQ7797.B635.L3 1964

Borges, J. A Personal Anthology PQ7797.B635 A25

Cisneros, S. The House on Mango Street PS3553.I78 H6 1991

Garcia, C. Dreaming in Cuban. PS3513.A587 H43 1992

Hijuelos, O. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love PS3558.I376 M36 1992

Martinez, V. Parrot in the Oven. PZ7.M367718 Par 1996

Children’s Literature

DeJesus, J. Growing up Puerto Rican PS508.P84 G76 1997

Herrera, J. Calling the Doves
PS3558.E74 Z464 1995

Mora, P. Tomas and the library Lady PZ7.S78819 To 1997

Soto, G. Baseball in April OZ7.S7242 Bas 1990.

Soto, G. Buried Onions PZ7.S7242 Bu 1997.

Soto, G. Chato and the Party Animals. PZ7.S7242 Cj 2000

Soto, G. Chato’s Kitchen.
PZ7.S7242 Ch 1995

Soto, G. Too Many Tamales PZ7.S7242 To 1993

BOOKS 2 MOVIES I

Bradbury, R. Fahrenheit 451.
PS3503.R167F3 1988

Burnford, S. The Incredible Journey
PZ10.3.B935In

Carter, F. The Education of Little
Tree. PS3553.A777 E38 2991

Cooper, J. F. The Last of the Mohi-
cans. PS1408.A1 1951

Crichton, M. The Andromeda
Strain. PS3553.R48 A57

Dahl, R. Matilda.
PZ1.D1515 Mat 1988

Dickens, C. A Christmas Carol.
PR4572.C5 1958

Doctorow, E. L. Billy Bathgate.
PS3554.O3 B55 1990

Dostoyevsky, F. Crime and Punish-
ment. PG3325.P7 G37 1965

Flagg, F. Fried Green Tomatoes at
the Whistle Stop Café PS3556.
L26 F7 1988

Fleming, I. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
PZ7.F5997 Ch

Fitzhugh, L. Harriet the Spy .
PZ7.I5768 Har

Forster, E. M. Howards End.
PR6011.D58 H6

Hemingway, E. For Whom the Bell
Tolls PS3515.E37 F6

Holland, I. The Man Without a
Face PZ7.H7083 Man

James, H. The Turn of the Screw
PS2116.T8 1954

King, S. Carrie .
PS3561.I483 C37 2000

Michener, J. The Bridges of Toko-Ri
PS3525.I 19 B7

McCullers, C. Member of the Wed
ding. PS3525.A1772 M5 1951

Sachar, L. Holes.
PZ7.S1185.Ho 1998

Seuss. How the Grinch Stole Christ
mas PZ8.3.B326 Ho

Shakespeare, W. The Taming of the
Shrew PR2832.A2 O4 1998

Sijie, D. Balzac and the Little
Chinese Seamstress
PQ2664.A437 B3513 2001

Simon, N. Barefoot in the Park in
The Comedy of Neil Simon
PS3537.I663 A6 1973

Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club.
PS3570.A48 J6 1990

Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins
PZ7.T689 Ma49

Walker, A. The Color Purple.
PS3573.A425 C6 1992

Wharton, E. The Buccaneers.
PS3545.H16 B83 1993

Wharton, E. The House of
Mirth PS3545.H16 H6

Woolf, V. Mrs. Dalloway
PR6045.O72 M7 1985

Movies from True Stories

Bowden, M. Black Hawk Down.
DT407.4.B69 2000

Burrough, B. & Helyar, J. Bar-
barians at the Gate.
HD2796.R57 B87 1990

Capote, T. In Cold Blood.
HV6533.K3 C3

Gilbreth, F. Cheaper by the
Dozen T40.G5 G5

Graham, R. Dove.
G530.G599713 1991x

Lash, J. Eleanor and Franklin.
E807.1.R572

May, E. & Zelikow, P. The Kennedy Tapes
E941.K4655 1997

PreJean, H. Dead Man Walking.
HB8699.U5 P74 1994

Thanks to Morton Grove Public Library for the Idea

I AM WOMAN:WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2004

This list celebrates the ways women have impacted every segment of society.

The Arts
Alexander, Jane. Command
Performance: An actress in the
Theater of Politics NX768.A43 A3
2000
Edwards, A. Vivien Leigh.
PN2598.L46 E3

Business
Drachman, V. Enterprising Women: 250
years of American Business
HC102.5.D73 2002
Epstein, R. A Shop of One’s Own
HF5429.S527 2002

Literature
Gilbert, S. & Gubar, S. The Norton
Anthology Literature by Women
PS508.W7 N65 1996
Inge, T. Southern Women Writers: The New
Generation PS261.S58 1990
Kenney,C. The Remarkable Case of Dorothy
L. Sayers PR6037.A95 Z74 1990
Kilcup, K. ed. Nineteenth-Century American
Women Writers PS508.W7 N56 1997

Military
Breuer, W. War and American Women:
Heroism, Deeds, and Controversy
UB418.W65 1997

Journalism
Beasley, M. & Gibbons, S. Taking Their
Place: A Documentary History of Women
and Journalism PN4888.W65 B45 1993
Hosley, D. & Yamada G. Hard News:
Women in Broadcast Journalism
PN4888.B74 H67 1987

Politics
Harpaz, B. The Girls in the Van [politics]
E887.C55 H37 2001.

Christianity
Becker, C. Leading Women: How Church
Women Can avoid Leadership Traps and
Negotiate the Gender Maze
BV652.3.B38 1996.
Chaves, M. Ordaining Women: Culture and
Conflict in Religious Organizations
BV676.C46 1997
Cunningham, L. & Hamilton, D. Why
Not Women? BV4415.C86 2000
Grammer, E. Some Wild visions:
Autobiographies by female Itinerant
evangelists in 19th century America
BV3780.G73 2003
Kung, Hans. Women in Christianity
BT704.K86 2001
Mitchell, E. Ed. Women: To Preach or not
to Preach BV676.W585 1991
Tucker, R. & Liefeld, W. Daughters of
the Church. BV639.W7 T83 1987

Agriculture
Sachs, C. Gendered Fields. Rural
Women, Agriculture and Environment
HQ1240.S28 1996

Activists/Feminists

Diamonstein, B. Open Secrets: Ninety-four
women in Touch with our Time
HQ1420.D54
Watson, M. Lives of their Own:
Rhetorical dimensions in
Autobiographies of Women Activists
CT25.W28 1999


Social Work
Ginzberg, L. Women and the Work of
Benevolence HQ1418.G56 1990
Parker, J. Women and Welfare: Ten
Victorian Women in Public Social Service
HV541.P37 1989.


Women in History
Conway, J. Written by Herself:
Autobiographies of American Women
PS647.W6 W75 1992
Hufton, O. The Prospect before Her: A
History of Women in Western Europe,
1500-1800 HQ1587.H84 1996

Science & Technology
Ambrose, S. Journeys of women in
Science and Engineering
Q130.J681997
Howes, E. Connecting Girls and Science
Q130.H69 2002
Margolis, J. & Fisher, A. Unlocking the
Clubhouse: Women in Computing
QA76.26.M36 2002
Stanley, A. Mothers and Daughters of
Invention: Notes for a Revised
History of Technology T36.S73 1995
Wyer, M. ed. Women, Science, and
Technology: A Reader in feminist
science studies Q130.W678 2001

Mathematics
Henrion, C. Women in Mathematics:
The Addition of Difference
QA27.5.H46 1997
Parker, M. ed. She Does Math! Real-Life
Problems from Women on the Job
QA27.5.S53 1995

Medicine
Scrivener, L. & Barnes, J. A
Biographical Dictionary of Women
Healers: Midwives, Nurses, and
Physicians. Ref. R 692.S38 2002

Education
Titone, C. & Maloney, K. Women’s
Philosophies of Education: Thinking
Through our Mothers LC1752.T46
1999

A SPRING BOUQUET OF BOOKS

Flowers have often had a role in books, and they are often the subject of books as well. Here are some for your enjoyment..

Non Fiction

Dictionary of the Flowering
plants and ferns
Ref. QK11.W53 1966

Ford, Gertrude. A Rose
by any name. PR2947.
O9 F58

Gibson, William. Eye Spy: Afield with
nature among flowers and animate things.
QH81.G41

Holmes, Anita Flowers for you: Blooms for
every month. SB419.2.H65 1993

Schories, Pat. Over under in the garden: An
alphabet book. SB406.5.S34 1996

St. Bonaventure. The little flowers of St.
Francis BX4700.F61 S5

Toedt. Iris McClellan. Tiger lilies, toad
stools and Thunderbolts : engaging K-
8 students with poetry.
LB1575.T54 2002

Urban, Emil Nolde. Flowers and animals
ND1964.N6 U713 1966

Fiction

Barney, Helen C. Green Rose of
Furley. PZ4.B259 Gr

Barrett, William. The lilies of the
field. PS3503..A62873 L5

Buck, Pearl. Peony. PS3503.U198 P4

Cleaver, Vera & Bill. Where the lilies
bloom. PZ7.C57926 Wh 1974

Costain, Thomas. The Black Rose.
PS3505.O818.B5

De Lorris, Guilluame and de Meun, Jean
The Romance of the Rose. PQ1528.A46

Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose.
PQ4865.C6 N615 1984

Greene, Graham. Travels with my aunt
PR6013.R44 T63. (Dahlias play a part in
the story)

Kerr, Jean. Please don’t eat the daisies.
PS3521.E744 Z53

Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon PS3561.E769 F56 1990z


Leguin, Ursula. The Compass Rose .
PS3562.E42 Co 1982.

Mathis, Sharon Bell. Teacup full of Roses
PZ7.M4284 Te 1987

Miller, Vassar. Onions and Roses.
PS3525.I5635 O5

Thomas, Joyce Carol, ed. A Gathering of
flowers: stories about being young in Amer
ica PZ6.O3165 1992.

Turner, Ann. Red Flower goes West.
PZ7.T8535 Rf 1995

Turner, Jamie Langston. A Garden to
keep. PS3570.U717 G3 2001

Washington, Mary Elen. Black-eyed
Susans/midnight birds. Stories by and
about black women PS647.A35 B57 1990

Yolen, Jane. Briar Rose.
PS3575.O43 B75 2002

Biography
Keyes, Francis Parkinson. The Rose
and the Lily: the lives and times of
two South American saints.
BX4700.R6 K4

Other “bouquet books” in other libraries.

Alcott, Louisa May. Under the Lilacs.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden

Greenaway, Kate. The Language of Flowers

Lisle, Janet. The Lost Flower Children

Lobel, Arnold. The Rose in my Garden


Oliveira, Carmen L. Rare and common
place flowers: the story of Elizabeth
Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares
PQ9698.25.L4816 F513 2002.

Thomson, David. Rosebud. The story
of Orson Welles. PN1998.3.W45 56
1995