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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “janet larson”
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  • Montana Noir

    by James Grady, Keir Graff, David Abrams, Caroline Patterson, Eric Heidle, Janet Skeslien Charles, Sidner Larson, Yvonne Seng, Jamie Ford0, Carrie La Seur1, Walter Kirn2, Thomas McGuane3, Gwen Florio4, Debra Magpie Earling5 ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    Eric Heidle's "Ace in the Hole" nominated for a 2018 Edgar Award for Best Short Story!A Parade magazine pick, included in "Books We Love" section"What could be a more unlikely breeding ground for noir fiction than Montana, whose wide-open landscapes seem the polar opposite of the mean streets of Los Angeles? Yet certain noir standbys prove both malleable and fertile in these 14 new stories...If ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Disability and Social Change

    A Progressive Canadian Approach

    by Jeanette Robertson ...
    This edited collection uses a critical theory perspective and draws on expertise from a range of contemporary policy and practice areas. Contributors include people with disabilities, family members, researchers, academics and practitioners. This book is an ideal text for students of social work, human services, child and youth care and disability studies. Chapters include first-person accounts ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Transmedia Creatures

    Frankenstein’s Afterlives

    by Lidia De Michelis, Eleanor Beal, Gino Roncaglia, Claire Nally, Claudia Gualtieri, Federico Meschini, Enrico Reggiani, Diego Saglia, Daniele Pio Buenza, Ruth Heholt, Andrew McInnes, Janet Larson ...
    On the 200th anniversary of the first edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Transmedia Creatures presents studies of Frankenstein by international scholars from converging disciplines such as humanities, musicology, film studies, television studies, English and digital humanities. These innovative contributions investigate the afterlives of a novel taught in a disparate array of courses - ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • Love at First Sight

    by Jeanette Larson ...
    Winnifred Winnie Emmons, while working at the local diner, is about to cross paths with a man whose life has been turned upside down by the tragic death of his wife and mother of his four children. Little does he know that the precision with which this young woman can clean, cook, can, and garden will one day influence the lives of his little darlings. Love at First Sight is a compilation of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Children's Services Today

    A Practical Guide for Librarians

    by Jeanette Larson ...
    Series series Practical Guides for Librarians
    Here, one of America’s foremost experts in public library services to children cover the basics of library services for children. Jeanette Larson highlights best practices and "toolkits" that provide tools and resources to quickly implement programs and services. She includes model programs, checklists and forms, and ready-to-use examples of programs, with an emphasis on programs that are ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

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  • Tehran Noir

    by Salar Abdoh ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    Crime fiction set in Iran—including a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story." Tehran Noir is not only a solid crime collection, but an illuminating look into day-to-day life in the Middle East, with religious and political implications galore, as well as racial tensions bubbling just beneath the surface. . . . The stories in Tehran Noir aren't always easy to read, but they are ... Read more

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  • Singapore Noir

    by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    The dark side of The Lion City is explored in a thrilling anthology that gives "plenty of new and unfamiliar voices a chance to shine" ( San Francisco Book Review).The island city-state of Singapore harbors unique customs and traditions largely unknown to the West. A booming economy and embrace of conformity overshadow its gambling dens, red-light districts, and a collective passion for ghostly ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mother Finds a Body

    by Gypsy Rose Lee ...
    Series series Femmes Fatales
    This encore performance by the author of The G-String Murders is simply "one of the greatest mysteries ever written" ( Philadelphia Daily News).It's supposed to be a quiet honeymoon getaway for celebrated stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and Biff Brannigan, ex-comic and ex-Casanova of the Burly Q circuit, settled as they are in a cozy trailer built for two. If you don't count Gypsy's overbearing mother, a ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Los Angeles Noir 2

    The Classics

    by Paul Cain, Leigh Brackett, James M. Cain ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    "This entry, with its high-quality stories from such genre masters as Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain, outshines the typical all-original anthology."— Publishers WeeklyIn Akashic Books's acclaimed series of original noir anthologies, each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. This collection of classic stories—the sequel ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Columbus Noir

    by Kristen Lepionka, Julia Keller, Robin Yocum, Yolonda Tonette Sanders, Lee Martin ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    O-H-Oh-No! Fourteen storytellers reveal a gritty side to C-Bus in this collection of crime tales.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.With stories by: Lee Martin, Robin Yocum, Kristen Lepionka, Craig ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Santa Fe Noir

    by Kimmy Santiago Baca, Ana Castillo, James Reich, Miriam Sagan, Israel Francisco Haros Lopez ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    Seventeen storytellers take readers on a dark tour of the arty New Mexican city in this collection of crime tales.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.With stories by: Ana Castillo, Jimmy Santiago Baca, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Haven Noir

    by Amy Bloom, Chris Knopf, Sarah Pemberton Strong, Hirsh Sawhney, David Rich, Roxana Robinson, Karen E. Olson, Stephen L. Carter, Jessica Speart, Jonathan Stone0, Alice Mattison1, John Crowley2, Chandra Prasad3, Michael Cunningham4, Lisa D. Gray5 ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    Lisa D. Gray's story "The Queen of Secrets" won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award!John Crowley's story "Spring Break" won the 2018 Edgar Award for Best Short Story!"In an Ivy League town, Bloom turns Yale's motto--Lux et Veritas--on its head, finding darkness and deceit in every corner of New Haven...The stories Bloom chooses share a strong sense of place, detailing the quirks that make every ... Read more

    $12.39 USD