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A new collection showcasing the best of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories including his well-known classics, as featured in the magnificent three-part, six-hour PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick—introduced by award-winning author Tobias Wolff. Ernest Hemingway, a literary icon and...

As soon as Eric met Suzy, he knew he wanted to marry her. However, telling her turned out to be much harder than he thought. Take a nostalgic stroll down memory lane this Christmas as we revisit Eric and Suzy's early days in this wonderfully romantic short story from the Peas and Carrots universe. Laugh and commiserate with Eric as, once again, he lurches from one crisis to another as he desperately tries to execute the perfect proposal.

When public relations expert Olivia Reese stumbles onto evidence of a dangerous conspiracy right before Christmas, there's only one man she can call for help. Billy "the Kid" Blake is a member of an elite military unit - the Hostile Operations Team - and he's Olivia's former lover.

Jason returns home from the war for the second time, but he is not the same man he was before he left. He struggles with trying to cope with a devastating loss. Jason gives up hope and feels nothing is left for him, until he discovers what he needs in the most unusual place.

Do you tend to take life for granted? We may or may not take life for granted, but we all seem to ignore death entirely. Having a human life means wanting to acquire, wanting to keep indefinitely. Yet, as we get closer to death, our goals tend to change from wanting stuff to giving possessions away. It seems the meaning of life isn’t what we own, but more of what we might have learned, grown from, and experienced.