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Humorous ghost stories / selected, with an introduction by Dorothy Scarborough ...
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- New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921
- 1921
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PN6071.G45 H866 1921 Off-site Humorous ghost stories / selected, with an introduction by Dorothy Scarborough ...
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- New York ; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921
- 1921
- 1 Item
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Ghost voices : Yakima Indian myths, legends, humor, and hunting stories / by Donald M. Hines.
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- Issaquah, WA : Great Eagle Pub., c1992.
- 1992
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text E99.Y2 H56 1992 Off-site Ozark ghost stories; gruesome and humorous tales of the supernatural in the backwoods of the South [microform]
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- Girard, Kan., Haldeman-Julius Publications [1944]
- 1944
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text *ZH-82 no. 1-22 Offsite Girlfriends, ghosts, and other stories / Robert Walser ; translated by Tom Whalen, Nicole Köngeter and Annette Wiesner ; afterword by Tom Whalen.
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- New York City : NYRB Classics, 2016.
- 2016
- 1 Item
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The bow-legged ghost, and other stories ; a book of humorous sketches, verses, dialogues, and facetious paragraphs / by Leon Mead.
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- New York ; Akron, Ohio ; Chicago : Werner Co., [1899], [©1899]
- 1899-1899
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text 812M463 O5 Off-site Gaelic ghosts, by Sorche Nic Leodhas [pseud.] Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian.
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- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [c1963]
- 1963
- 1 Item
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Nightcaps and nightmares : ghosts with a touch of humour / edited by Peter Haining.
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- London : W. Kimber, 1983.
- 1983
- 1 Item
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Hot corner : baseball stories & writings & humor / by Louis Phillips.
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- Livingston, AL : Livingston Press, [1996], ©1996.
- 1996-1996
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS3566.H482 H68 1996 Off-site Ghosts of war : the true story of a 19-year-old GI / Ryan Smithson.
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- New York, NY : Collins ; c2009.
- 2009
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text DS79.76 .S6225 2009 Off-site Laughter after : humor and the Holocaust / edited by David Slucki, Gabriel N. Finder, and Avinoam Patt.
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- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2020]
- 2020-2020
- 1 Item
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True Irish ghost stories / compiled by St. John D. Seymour and Harry Neligan.
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- London : Fitzhouse, 1990.
- 1990-1926
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text BF1472.I Off-site Arbuthnotiana: The story of the St. Alb-n's ghost (1712). A catalogue of Dr. Arbuthnot's library (1779). Introd. by Patricia Köster.
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- Los Angeles, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1972.
- 1972-1712
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text DA496.1712.A75 Off-site Holy Ghost girl : a memoir / Donna M. Johnson.
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- New York : Gotham Books, c2011.
- 2011
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text BV3785.T37 J64 2011 Off-site Yōkai : ghosts, demons & monsters of Japan / edited by Felicia Katz-Harris ; original Japanese translation by Kaya Laterman.
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- Santa Fe : Museum of New Mexico Press, [2019]
- 2019-2019
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The legend of Sleepy Hollow [sound recording] / Washington Irving.
- Audio
- New York, N.Y. : CMS Records, [1968]
- 1968
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Arbuthnotiana : the story of the St. Alb-n's ghost (1712) ; A catalogue of Dr. Arbuthnot's library (1779) / introduction by Patricia Köster.
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- Los Angeles : William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, 1972.
- 1972
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text DA496.1712 .A75 Off-site One more thing : stories and other stories / B.J. Novak.
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- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
- 2014
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS3614.O9255 A6 2014 Off-site The story of Gumluck the Wizard / Adam Rex.
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- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2023]
- 2023-2023
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text JFC 24-77 Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 Not available - Please for assistance.Girlfriends, ghosts, and other stories / Robert Walser ; translated from the German by Tom Whalen with Nicole Köngeter and Annette Wiesner ; afterword by Tom Whalen.
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- New York, NY : New York Review of Books, [2016]
- 2016
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PT2647.A64 A2 2016 Off-site The Ambrose J. and Vivian T. Seagrave Museum of 20th century American Art : a novel / Matthew Kirkpatrick.
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- Cincinnati : Acre, 2019.
- 2019-2019
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A Treasury of American folklore : stories, ballads, and traditions of the people / edited by B.A. Botkin ; with a foreword by Carl Sandburg.
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- New York : Crown Publishers, c1944.
- 1944
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text GR100 .B65 Off-site Fisher's cheerful companion to promote laughter; being a humorous collection of interesting stories for a winter's evening fireside; or amusement for summer, in a shady retreat. Containing the Stories of The Three Dexterous Thieves, The Wishes, The Widgeon, The Lucky Disaster, The Hunch-Back'd Minstrels, The Conjurer, The Fortunate Peasant, The Two Rogues, The Humorous Miller, The Adventures of Searamouch The Unfortunate Spaniard, The Ghost, and Mutual Confidence on the Wedding Night [electronic resource].
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- London : printed and sold by S. Fisher, No. 10, St John's Lane, Clerkenwell; also sold by T. Hurst, No. 32, Paternoster Row, [1800]
- 1800
- 1 Resource
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http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=0001300500&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=nyplYom Kippur in Amsterdam : stories / Maxim D. Shrayer.
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- Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, c2009.
- 2009
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PG3487.R34 Y66 2009 Off-site The complete short stories / Mark Twain ; with an introduction by Adam Gopnik.
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- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.
- 2012
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS1303 .C66 2012 Off-site And I do not forgive you : stories and other revenges / Amber Sparks.
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- New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2020]
- 2020
- 1 Item
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Obachantachi no iru tokoro = Where the wild ladies are / Matsuda Aoko.
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- Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku : Chūō Kōron Shinsha, 2019.
- 2019
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PL873.A86 O23 2019 Off-site The Muppet Christmas carol [motion picture] / Jim Henson Productions ; produced by Brian Henson... [et al.] ; directed by Brian Henson.
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- [United States] : Jim Henson Video, c1992.
- 1992
- 3 Items
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Moving image M16 4555 M C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 Performing Arts Research Collections - Reserve Film and Video Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.
Lealtad al fantasma / Enrique Serna.
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- Ciudad de México : Alfaguara, 2022.
- 2022
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PQ7298.29.E613 L43 2022g Off-site The triumphs of Eugène Valmont / Robert Barr ; introduced by Stephen Knight.
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- 1997-1906
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PR4069.B38 T7 1997 Off-site A century of humour, edited by P. G. Wodehouse.
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- London, Hutchinson & co., ltd. [n.d.]
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text 11445.130 Off-site Dame Darcy's Meat cake / [with a foreword by Margaret Cho].
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- Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010.
- 2010
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PN6727.D264 M432 2010 Off-site Tom Sawyer abroad ; Tom Sawyer detective / Mark Twain ; foreword and notes by John C. Gerber ; text established by Terry Firkins.
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- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1982.
- 1982-1980
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS1320.A2 G47 x, 1983 Off-site The Thurber carnival / written and illustrated by James Thurber.
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- Franklin Center, Pa. : Franklin Library, 1980, c1945.
- 1980-1945
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Scared silly! : a book for the brave / [compiled and illustrated by] Marc Brown ; [with a foreword by Robert Coles]
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- Boston : Little, Brown, c1994.
- 1994
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The humourist [electronic resource] : being essays upon several subjects, viz. news-writers. Enthusiasm. The Spleen. Country Entertainment. Love. The History of Miss Manage. Ambition and Pride. Idleness. Fickleness of human Nature. Prejudice. Witchcraft. Ghosts and Apparitions. The Weather. Female Disguises. The Art of modern Conversation. The Use of Speech. The Punishment of Staying at Home on Sunday, &c. Criticism. Art of Begging. Anger. Avarice. Death. Grief. Keeping the Ten Commandments. Travel misapply'd. Flattery. The Abuse of Words. Credulity. Eating. The Love of Power. The Expedients to get rid of Time. Retirement. The story of Will. Hacket the enthusiast. With a dedication to the man in the moon. By the author of the Apology for Parson Alberoni; the Dedication to a great man concerning dedications, &c.
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- London : printed for W. Boreham at the Angel in Pater-Noster Row, 1720.
- 1720
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http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=0063701700&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=nyplThe humourist [electronic resource] : being essays upon several subjects, viz. news-writers. Enthusiasm. The Spleen. Country Entertainment. Love. The History of Miss Manage. Ambition and Pride. Idleness. Fickleness of human Nature. Prejudice. Witchcraft. Ghosts and Apparitions. The Weather. Female Disguises. The Art of modern Conversation. The Use of Speech. The Punishment of Staying ... Home on Sunday, &c. Criticism. Art of Begging. Anger. Avarice. Death. Grief. Keeping the Ten Commandments. Travel misapply'd. Flattery. The Abuse of Words. Credulity. Eating. The Love of Power. The Expedients to get rid of Time. Retirement. The Story of Will. Hacket the Enthusiast. With a dedication to the Man in the Moon. By the author of The apology for parson Alberoni; The Dedication to a Great Man concerning Dedications, &c.
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- London : printed for D. Browne, W. Mears, and F. Clay, without Temple-Bar; T. Woodward in Fleet-Street; and J. Brotherton and W. Meadows in Cornhill, 1720.
- 1720
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http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=0874600100&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=nyplI'm just no good at rhyming and other nonsense for mischievous kids and immature grown-ups / written by Chris Harris ; illustrated by Lane Smith.
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- New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2017]
- 2017-2017
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The best American nonrequired reading 2007 / edited by Dave Eggers ; introduction by Sufjan Stevens.
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- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
- 2007
- 1 Item
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Lealtad al fantasma / Enrique Serna.
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- Ciudad de México : Alfaguara, 2022.
- 2022
- 1 Item
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Cajun folktales / J.J. Reneaux.
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- Little Rock : August House Publishers, 1992.
- 1992
- 1 Item
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Cajun folktales / J.J. Reneaux.
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- Little Rock : August House Publishers, c1992.
- 1992
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text J 398.2 R Offsite Mark Twain at the Buffalo express : articles and sketches by America's favorite humorist / Mark Twain ; edited by Joseph B. McCullough and Janice McIntire-Strasburg.
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- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 1999.
- 1999
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Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS1303 .M325 1999 Off-site The dog who spoke and more Mayan folktales = El perro que hablá y más cuentos mayas / translated and edited by James D. Sexton and Fredy Rodríguez-Mejía ; stories told in Spanish by Pedro Cholotío Temó and Alberto Barreno.
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- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2010.
- 2010
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text F1435.3.F6 T46 2010 Off-site Everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too : a book / by Jomny Sun.
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- New York, NY : Harper Perennial, HarperCollins Publishers, 2017.
- 2017-2017
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Bad man blues : a portable George Garrett / foreword by Richard Bausch ; introduction by Allen Wier.
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- Dallas, TX : Southern Methodist University Press, 1998.
- 1998
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS3557.A72 A6 1998 Off-site On second thought : a compilation / by Maurice Kenny ; with a foreword by Joseph Bruchac/Green Corn Moon.
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- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©1995.
- 1995
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PS3561.E49 O5 1995 Off-site Glimpses of Oneida life / edited by Karin Michelson, Norma Kennedy, and Mercy Doxtator ; stories told by Rose Antone, Margaret Antone, Clifford Cornelius, Hazel Cornelius, Pearl Cornelius, Verland Cornelius, Mildred Cutcut, Ruben Cutcut, Mercy Doxtator, Olive Elm, Ray George, Norma Kennedy, Georgina Nicholas, Barbara Schuyler.
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- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
- 2016
- 1 Item
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Prodigies : a novel / Angélica Gorodischer ; translated by Sue Burke.
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- Easthampton, MA : Small Beer Press, [2015]
- 2015
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text PQ7798.17.O73 P7613 2015 Off-site Tales of the South Carolina Low Country / by Nancy Rhyne.
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- Winston-Salem, N.C. : J.F. Blair, c1982.
- 1982
- 1 Item
Item details Format Call Number Item Location Text GR110.S6 R45 1982 Off-site
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