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Buster Keaton

Tempest in a Flat Hat

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'Tracing Keaton's beginnings in vaudeville and how he eventually applied that form's traits to cinema, McPherson creates an excellent portrait of a formidable talent, also addressing the private demons that accelerated his eventual slide.' Empire'The author, rather like his subject, has the knack of sketching a poignant moment using minimum of sentimental flannel.' Sunday Telegraph'McPherson wins ... Read more

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'Tracing Keaton's beginnings in vaudeville and how he eventually applied that form's traits to cinema, McPherson creates an excellent portrait of a formidable talent, also addressing the private demons that accelerated his eventual slide.' Empire'The author, rather like his subject, has the knack of sketching a poignant moment using minimum of sentimental flannel.' Sunday Telegraph'McPherson wins
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Look Out

The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View

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"A charming, idiosyncratic meditation on the human urge to see further, and more, in this cultural history of the 'aerial view' . . . McPherson makes an elliptical and enchanting case for reinserting wherever possible the ground-level, human perspective . . . Redolent with insights into the ethical quandary of history-making, as well as the author’s own sense of awe at the full sweep of the human ... Read more

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"A charming, idiosyncratic meditation on the human urge to see further, and more, in this cultural history of the 'aerial view' . . . McPherson makes an elliptical and enchanting case for reinserting wherever possible the ground-level, human perspective . . . Redolent with insights into the ethical quandary of history-making, as well as the author’s own sense of awe at the full sweep of the human
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The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats

A Bridge Odyessey

by Edward McPherson ...

There is one card game that towers above all others as the most intelligent, intricate, and psychologically absorbing ever to be invented. It has a rich history. It's played and loved by some of the world's most famous and influential people. And it's not the one that's currently on television twenty-four hours a day.In 1925 Harold Stirling Vanderbilt invented modern bridge, and a national craze ... Read more

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There is one card game that towers above all others as the most intelligent, intricate, and psychologically absorbing ever to be invented. It has a rich history. It's played and loved by some of the world's most famous and influential people. And it's not the one that's currently on television twenty-four hours a day.In 1925 Harold Stirling Vanderbilt invented modern bridge, and a national craze
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The History of the Future

American Essays

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A collection of long essays centered on American places where the past is erupting into the present in unexpected ways.What does it mean to think about Dallas in relationship to Dallas? In The History of the Future, McPherson reexamines American places and the space between history, experience, and myth. Private streets, racism, and the St. Louis World’s Fair; fracking for oil and digging for ... Read more

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A collection of long essays centered on American places where the past is erupting into the present in unexpected ways.What does it mean to think about Dallas in relationship to Dallas? In The History of the Future, McPherson reexamines American places and the space between history, experience, and myth. Private streets, racism, and the St. Louis World’s Fair; fracking for oil and digging for
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Hue and Cry

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by James Alan McPherson, Edward P. Jones ...

The classic debut collection from Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPhersonHue and Cry is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from James Alan McPherson, one of America's most venerated and most original writers. McPherson's characters -- gritty, authentic, and pristinely rendered -- give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle, fluid ... Read more

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The classic debut collection from Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPhersonHue and Cry is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from James Alan McPherson, one of America's most venerated and most original writers. McPherson's characters -- gritty, authentic, and pristinely rendered -- give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle, fluid
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Lawscape 2025

Defining the Law Firm of Tomorrow

by Thomas Berman, Patricia Wheatley Burt, Bob Murray, Alicia Fortinberry, Phyllis Weiss Haserot, John Alber, Eric Hunter, Rohit Talwart, Joanna Goodman, Jack Bostelman, Chris Boyd, Douglas McPherson, Ian Turvill ...

The legal sector is facing a period of major metamorphosis - disruptors are making waves in the structuring, process, and service-delivery models, and client's needs are becoming more demanding and value-focused. As the landscape of law transforms many firms will be left facing a situation of, in John Alber's words, change or die. How will law firms keep up with upcoming rapid and volatile changes ... Read more

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The legal sector is facing a period of major metamorphosis - disruptors are making waves in the structuring, process, and service-delivery models, and client's needs are becoming more demanding and value-focused. As the landscape of law transforms many firms will be left facing a situation of, in John Alber's words, change or die. How will law firms keep up with upcoming rapid and volatile changes
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An Elementary Study of Chemistry

by William Edwards Henderson; William McPherson ...

"An Elementary Study of Chemistry" by William Edwards Henderson and William McPherson serves as a foundational text for students embarking on their journey into the world of chemistry. The authors present complex concepts in a clear and accessible manner, making it suitable for beginners. The book covers essential topics such as atomic structure, chemical reactions, and the periodic table, ... Read more

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"An Elementary Study of Chemistry" by William Edwards Henderson and William McPherson serves as a foundational text for students embarking on their journey into the world of chemistry. The authors present complex concepts in a clear and accessible manner, making it suitable for beginners. The book covers essential topics such as atomic structure, chemical reactions, and the periodic table,
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Bangkok Wakes to Rain

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by Pitchaya Sudbanthad ...

**"Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles." —Ron Charles, Washington Post"Important, ambitious, and accomplished." —Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West**A missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chaos of nineteenth-century Siam. A post ... Read more

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**"Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles." —Ron Charles, Washington Post"Important, ambitious, and accomplished." —Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit West**A missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chaos of nineteenth-century Siam. A post
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Man V. Nature

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by Diane Cook ...

“Astonishing. . . . The stories are surreal, with the sharpest edge and in one way or another, each story reveals something raw and powerful about being human in a world where so little is in our control.” — Roxane GayA refreshingly imaginative, daring debut collection of stories which illuminates with audacious wit the complexity of human behavior, as seen through the lens of the natural world ... Read more

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“Astonishing. . . . The stories are surreal, with the sharpest edge and in one way or another, each story reveals something raw and powerful about being human in a world where so little is in our control.” — Roxane GayA refreshingly imaginative, daring debut collection of stories which illuminates with audacious wit the complexity of human behavior, as seen through the lens of the natural world
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A Cupboard Full of Coats

A Novel

by Yvvette Edwards ...

Shortlisted for the Commonwealth PrizeA Kirkus Best Book of the YearPlagued by guilt, paralyzed by shame, Jinx has spent the years since her mother's death alone, estranged from her husband, withdrawn from her son, and entrenched in a childhood home filled with fierce and violent memories. When Lemon, an old family friend, appears unbidden at the door, he seduces Jinx with a heady mix of powerful ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Commonwealth PrizeA Kirkus Best Book of the YearPlagued by guilt, paralyzed by shame, Jinx has spent the years since her mother's death alone, estranged from her husband, withdrawn from her son, and entrenched in a childhood home filled with fierce and violent memories. When Lemon, an old family friend, appears unbidden at the door, he seduces Jinx with a heady mix of powerful
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Python's Kiss

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by Louise Erdrich ...

From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich, a captivating collection of short storiesIt was as though I was chosen—marked out by the python’s kiss for wisdom or maybe sorrow. Or perhaps, I think now, a sense of the ridiculous in extremes of experience. Also, I hoped for a long life.Written over the past two decades, Louise Erdrich’s magnificent story collection ... Read more

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From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich, a captivating collection of short storiesIt was as though I was chosen—marked out by the python’s kiss for wisdom or maybe sorrow. Or perhaps, I think now, a sense of the ridiculous in extremes of experience. Also, I hoped for a long life.Written over the past two decades, Louise Erdrich’s magnificent story collection
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Now Then

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In this sweeping debut novel by NBC News Anchor Morgan Radford, Now Then follows a Harvard student navigating her own path to self-discovery while uncovering her mother’s secret past fleeing the Cuban Revolution.Now — 1991 Cambridge, MA*.* Liliana Soto Walker is an 18-year-old freshman who arrives at Harvard from the humble Appalachian home of her Cuban immigrant mother and Black American father. ... Read more

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In this sweeping debut novel by NBC News Anchor Morgan Radford, Now Then follows a Harvard student navigating her own path to self-discovery while uncovering her mother’s secret past fleeing the Cuban Revolution.Now — 1991 Cambridge, MA*.* Liliana Soto Walker is an 18-year-old freshman who arrives at Harvard from the humble Appalachian home of her Cuban immigrant mother and Black American father.
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