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  • Unless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them

    Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir

    by John T. Irwin ...
    Early in the twentieth century a new character type emerged in the crime novels of American writers such as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler: the “hard-boiled” detective, most famously exemplified by Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon. Unlike the analytical detectives of nineteenth-century fiction, such as Edgar Allan Poe’s Inspector Dupin, the new detectives encountered cases not as intricate ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Unless the Threat of Death is Behind Them

    Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir

    by John T. Irwin ...
    The noted literary critic delves into the psychology and significance of American hardboiled crime fiction and film noir of the 1930s and '40s.Early in the twentieth century, American crime novelists like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler put forward a new kind of character: the "hard-boiled" detective, as exemplified by Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon. Unlike the analytical detectives of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Another River, Another Town

    A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat--1945

    by John P. Irwin ...
    Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers.Another River, Another Town is the story of John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunner whose idealistic desire to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Fiction

    “An Almost Theatrical Innocence”

    by John T. Irwin ...
    A personal interpretation of one of America’s most important writers.“Fitzgerald’s work has always deeply moved me,” writes John T. Irwin. “And this is as true now as it was fifty years ago when I first picked up The Great Gatsby. I can still remember the occasions when I first read each of his novels; remember the time, place, and mood of those early readings, as well as the way each work seemed ... Read more

    $37.69 USD

  • Hart Crane's Poetry

    "Appollinaire lived in Paris, I live in Cleveland, Ohio"

    by John T. Irwin ...
    Honorable Mention, Literature, 2012 PROSE Awards, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers2012 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineIn one of his letters Hart Crane wrote, “Appollinaire lived in Paris, I live in Cleveland, Ohio,” comparing—misspelling and all—the great French poet’s cosmopolitan roots to his own more modest ones in the ... Read more

    $33.59 USD

  • American Hieroglyphics

    The Symbol of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance

    by John T. Irwin ...
    How the discovery of the Rosetta Stone led to new ways of thinking about language: "A brilliant new interpretation of major 19th-century American writers." —J. Hillis MillerThe discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the subsequent decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics captured the imaginations of nineteenth-century American writers and provided a focal point for their speculations on the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Poetry of Weldon Kees

    Vanishing as Presence

    by John T. Irwin ...
    A study in how a poet’s corpus is remembered after he vanishes.Weldon Kees is one of those fascinating people of whom you’ve likely never heard. Most intriguingly, he disappeared without a trace on July 18, 1955. Police found his 1954 Plymouth Savoy abandoned on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge one day later. The keys were still in the ignition. Though Kees had alluded days prior to ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

  • The Christmas Story

    Mary & Joseph in Bethlehem

    by John A. Jillions ...
    Illustrated by Will Irwin ...
    Series series Religious
    In a dusty little town, a traveling couple look for a room for the night... In Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem, the Christmas story comes alive in rhyming text and beautiful illustrations. A lovely addition to a Christmas story collection, this book features details that will make it especially of interest to Orthodox Christian audiences. Sample text: “There is no room,” the owner said, “You must ... Read more

    $15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teaching from the Thinking Heart

    The Practice of Holistic Education

    Edited by John P. Miller, Michele Irwin, Kelli Nigh ...
    Series series Current Perspectives in Holistic Education
    This book includes papers written by teachers and how they engage holistic education in their classrooms. The papers come from a course taught by Jack Miller at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto entitled The Holistic Curriculum. This is a rich and diverse collection of papers showing how holistic education can be brought into public education despite the ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • The Bear Hunter

    The Search for Rangers' Nine-in-a-Row Heroes

    by John Irwin, Murray Scougall ...
    A football fan's epic quest to meet his heroes from Rangers' legendary nine-in-a-row title-winning team.The Bear Hunter chronicles John Irwin's seven-year adventure to track down all 86 players who contributed to Rangers FC's historic nine successive league titles between 1988 and 1997. From Glasgow to far-flung corners of the globe, Irwin's journey is fueled by unwavering dedication and a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cancer and Sexual Health

    Edited by Luca Incrocci, Irwin Goldstein, Ray Rosen, John P Mulhall ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The average physician and even cancer care-givers are not knowledgeable about the effects of cancer treatment on sex and reproductive life. They are even less aware of the options available for treatment of such patients. Cancer and Sexual Health fills a great need for a reference work devoted to the link between cancer and human sexuality. The volume is designed to give a comprehensive and state ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • The Jail

    Managing the Underclass in American Society

    by John Irwin ...
    Combining extensive interviews with his own experience as an inmate, John Irwin constructs a powerful and graphic description of the big-city jail. Unlike prisons, which incarcerate convicted felons, jails primarily confine arrested persons not yet charged or convicted of any serious crime. Irwin argues that rather than controlling the disreputable, jail disorients and degrades these people, ... Read more

    $28.49 USD