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Jim Shepard is the author of six novels and two previous collections of stories. He teaches at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.



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Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Written by Jim Shepard
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307277602
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Like You'd Understand, Anyway

Written by Jim Shepard

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $13.95

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Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Unleashed
Unleashed
Edited by Amy Hempel and Jim Shepard
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780609803790
Our Price: $12.95
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Unleashed
Poems by Writers' Dogs
Edited by Amy Hempel and Jim Shepard

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: March 30, 1999
Price: $12.95

Now in paperback, an irresistible gift for dog lovers: poems from the dogs' point of view, written by the well known writers and poets who love them.

List of contributors:
Edward Albee,  Jennifer Allen,  Danny Anderson,  Lynda Barry,  Rick Bass,  Charles Baxter,  Robert Benson,  Roy Blount, Jr., Ron Carlson,  Jill Ciment,  Bernard Cooper,  Stephen Dobyns,   Mark Doty,   Stephen Dunn,   Anderson Ferrell,  Amy Gerstler, Matthew... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Project X
Project X
Written by Jim Shepard
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400033485
Our Price: $14.00
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Project X
A Novel
Written by Jim Shepard

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2005
Price: $14.00

n the wilderness of junior high, Edwin Hanratty is at the bottom of the food chain. His teachers find him a nuisance. His fellow students consider him prey. And although his parents are not oblivious to his troubles, they can't quite bring themselves to fathom the ruthless forces that demoralize him... Read more >
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Love and Hydrogen
Love and Hydrogen
Written by Jim Shepard
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400033492
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Love and Hydrogen
New and Selected Stories
Written by Jim Shepard

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2004
Price: $14.95

I’ve been a problem baby, a lousy son, a distant brother, an off-putting neighbor, a piss-poor student, a worrisome seatmate, an unreliable employee, a bewildering lover, a frustrating confidante and a crappy husband. Among the things I do pretty well at this point I’d have to list darts, re-closing Stay-Fresh boxes... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Written by Jim Shepard
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307265210
Our Price: $23.00
 Quantity: 1 
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Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Stories
Written by Jim Shepard

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $23.00

Following his widely acclaimed Project X and Love and Hydrogen—“Here is the effect of these two books,” wrote the Chicago Tribune: “A reader finishes them buzzing with awe”—Jim Shepard now gives us his first entirely new collection in more than a decade.

Like You’d Understand, Anyway reaches from Chernobyl to Bridgeport, with... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
Unleashed
Unleashed
Edited by Amy Hempel and Jim Shepard
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307422590
Our Price: $12.95
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Unleashed
Poems by Writers' Dogs
Edited by Amy Hempel and Jim Shepard

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95

Now in paperback, an irresistible gift for dog lovers: poems from the dogs' point of view, written by the well known writers and poets who love them.

List of contributors:
Edward Albee,  Jennifer Allen,  Danny Anderson,  Lynda Barry,  Rick Bass,  Charles Baxter,  Robert Benson,  Roy Blount, Jr., Ron Carlson,  Jill Ciment,  Bernard Cooper,  Stephen Dobyns,   Mark Doty,   Stephen Dunn,   Anderson Ferrell,  Amy Gerstler, Matthew... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Love and Hydrogen
Love and Hydrogen
Written by Jim Shepard
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307426710
Our Price: $14.95
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the eBook Store from Sony
more>>
Love and Hydrogen
New and Selected Stories
Written by Jim Shepard

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95

I’ve been a problem baby, a lousy son, a distant brother, an off-putting neighbor, a piss-poor student, a worrisome seatmate, an unreliable employee, a bewildering lover, a frustrating confidante and a crappy husband. Among the things I do pretty well at this point I’d have to list darts, re-closing Stay-Fresh boxes... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Project X
Project X
Written by Jim Shepard
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307427335
Our Price: $14.00
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more>>
Project X
A Novel
Written by Jim Shepard

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00

Below the sign welcoming the new eighth-grade class to school is one that promises to leave no child unsuccessful and a handout that offers eight ways of being smart. For Edwin Hanratty, at times as hilarious as he is miserable, this is part of what makes junior high pretty much a... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Written by Jim Shepard
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307487520
Our Price: $13.95
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the eBook Store from Sony
more>>
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
Stories
Written by Jim Shepard

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: November 19, 2008
Price: $13.95

Following his widely acclaimed Project X and Love and Hydrogen—“Here is the effect of these two books,” wrote the Chicago Tribune: “A reader finishes them buzzing with awe”—Jim Shepard now gives us his first entirely new collection in more than a decade.

Like You’d Understand, Anyway reaches from Chernobyl to Bridgeport, with... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
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