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  • The Young Crow

    by John Duvall ...
    Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon ...
    Alec and Rosa are the best of friends. When they find a fledgling crow that has fallen out of its nest, they do their best to take care of it any way they can before it's ready to venture out on its own.Best friends and avid explorers Alec and Rosa are always looking for their next adventure. With their skateboards and scooters in hand (and sometimes Emmett the dog!), the neighborhood is their ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • The Great Spruce

    by John Duvall ...
    Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon ...
    Together with his grandpa, a young boy finds a way to save his favorite tree in this heartwarming Christmas taleAlec loves to climb trees—the little apple trees, the wide willow trees, even the tall locust trees. But his favorite is the great spruce, with its sturdy trunk and branches that stretch up to the sky. Alec’s grandpa planted it as a sapling years and years before Alec was born, and every ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Galena and Erik

    The Tortured Mother-Son Relationship of a Child Conceived in Rape

    by John duVal ...
    duVal’s debut begins in 1928 with an identity change for Klaus Altman, whose ties to the Philadelphia mob forces him to go undercover as Max Anders, future husband of Galena Baldwin. No angel herself, the-year-old Galena, deceived in a dark alley, finds herself pregnant. She blackmails Max into marriage. They move away together, to escape the unwanted attentions of her stepfather and the Mafia. ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Environmental Documentary

    Cinema Activism in the 21st Century

    by John A. Duvall ...
    The Environmental Documentary provides the first extensive coverage of the most important environmental films of the decade, including their approach to their topics and their impacts on public opinion and political debate. While documentaries with themes of environmental activism date back at least to Pare Lorenz's films of the 1930's, no previous decade has produced the number and quality of ... Read more

    $51.49 CAD

  • Faulkner’s Marginal Couple

    Invisible, Outlaw, and Unspeakable Communities

    by John N. Duvall ...
    Is William Faulkner’s fiction built on a fundamental dichotomy of outcast individual versus the healthy agrarian community? The New Critics of the 1930s advanced this view, and it has shaped much Faulkner criticism. However, in Faulkner’s Marginal Couple, John Duvall posits the existence of another possibility, alternative communities formed by “deviant” couples. These couples, who violate “normal ... Read more

    $24.39 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Don DeLillo

    by John N. Duvall ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    With the publication of his seminal novel White Noise, Don DeLillo was elevated into the pantheon of great American writers. His novels are admired and studied for their narrative technique, political themes, and their prophetic commentary on the cultural crises affecting contemporary America. In an age dominated by the image, DeLillo's fiction encourages the reader to think historically about ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

  • Faulkner and Postmodernism

    Edited by John N. Duvall ...
    Since the 1960s, William Faulkner, Mississippi's most famous author, has been recognized as a central figure of international modernism. But might Faulkner's fiction be understood in relation to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow as well as James Joyce's Ulysses?In eleven essays from the 1999 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, held at the University of Mississippi, Faulkner and Postmodernism ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The French Fabliau B.N. MS. 837

    Edited by Raymond Eichmann, John DuVal ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1984, this book features The French Fabliau alongisde a translation and textual notes. The original manuscript, formerly labeled Bibliotheque du Roi 7218, is rightfully considered the oldest and one of the two most imporant and complete collections of medieval literature. ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Faulkner and Postmodernism

    Edited by John N. Duvall, Ann J. Abadie ...
    Series series Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series
    Since the 1960s, William Faulkner, Mississippi's most famous author, has been recognized as a central figure of international modernism. But might Faulkner's fiction be understood in relation to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow as well as James Joyce's Ulysses?In eleven essays from the 1999 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, held at the University of Mississippi, Faulkner and Postmodernism ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to American Fiction after 1945

    Edited by John N. Duvall ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Each generation revises literary history and this is nowhere more evident than in the post-Second World War period. This 2011 Companion offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of the diversity of American fiction since the Second World War. Essays by nineteen distinguished scholars provide critical insights into the significant genres, historical contexts, cultural diversity ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Narrating 9/11

    Fantasies of State, Security, and Terrorism

    Edited by John N. Duvall, Robert P. Marzec ...
    Series series A Modern Fiction Studies Book
    Contemporary fiction takes on 9/11, interrogating the global expansion of surveillance based on fantasies of US national security.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLNarrating 9/11 challenges the notion that Americans have overcome the national trauma of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The volume responds to issues of war, ... Read more

    $41.79 CAD

  • Wildlife and Recreationists

    Coexistence Through Management And Research

    by Paul Kerlinger, H. Ken Cordell, David N. Cole, Peter Landres, E. Norbert Smith, James Brett, Richard Larson, Thomas O'Shea, Stanley Temple, Leslie Haysmith, John Hunt, David Duvall, Ann Bowles, Robert Anthony, Robert Steidl, Kevin McGarigal, Phillip Arena, Jean Bedard, Luc Belanger, Geir Wing Gabrielson, Clifford Warwick, Stanley Anderson, Daniel J. Decker, Dr., Joanna Burger, Dr. ...
    Wildlife and Recreationists defines and clarifies the issues surrounding the conflict between outdoor recreation and the health and well-being of wildlife and ecosystems. Contributors to the volume consider both direct and indirect effects of widlife-recreationist interactions, including:wildlife responses to disturbance, and the origins of these responseshow specific recreational activities ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD