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The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint

By: Brady Udall

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The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint

By: Brady Udall

Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar Mint's story begins on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head. Comedy and pain accompany Edgar through a string of larger-than-life experiences.

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Random House

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0099286769

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9780099286769

The Lonely Polygamist

By: Brady Udall

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The Lonely Polygamist

By: Brady Udall

Golden Richards is a normal dad. But with four wives and twenty eight children there just isn't enough of him to go around. Unbeknownst to his wives, Golden has taken a construction job on a Nevada brothel. Lying to cover his tracks, beset by familial rivalry on all sides, he seeks relief in the arms of his boss's wife.To put it simply this is the story of a polygamist who has an affair. But there is much more to it than that. Generous, wise and moving The Lonely Polygamist is a bittersweet tale of family, love and belonging.

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Random House

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1446477673

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9781446477670

The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel

By: Brady Udall

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The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel

By: Brady Udall

A New York Times bestseller: "Udall masterfully portrays the hapless foibles and tragic yearnings of our fellow humans." —San Francisco Chronicle Golden Richards, husband to four wives, father to twenty-eight children, is having the mother of all midlife crises. His construction business is failing, his family has grown into an overpopulated mini-dukedom beset with insurrection and rivalry, and he is done in with grief: due to the accidental death of a daughter and the stillbirth of a son, he has come to doubt the capacity of his own heart. Brady Udall, one of our finest American fiction writers, tells a tragicomic story of a deeply faithful man who, crippled by grief and the demands of work and family, becomes entangled in an affair that threatens to destroy his family’s future. Like John Irving and Richard Yates, Udall creates characters that engage us to the fullest as they grapple with the nature of need, love, and belonging. Beautifully written, keenly observed, and ultimately redemptive, The Lonely Polygamist is an unforgettable story of an American family—with its inevitable dysfunctionality, heartbreak, and comedy—pushed to its outer limits.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393080935

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9780393080933

Letting Loose the Hounds: Stories

By: Brady Udall

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Letting Loose the Hounds: Stories

By: Brady Udall

“Funny, unpredictable, and abounding with strange beauty . . . a fierce new voice of the American West.”—Outside Exploding with an unsettling exuberance, Brady Udall’s stories traverse a geography of lost love, fragmented lives, and satisfying revenge. From the night a six-foot-three Apache Indian holding a goat steps into a moonlit Arizona backyard in "Midnight Raid" to the pivotal moment when a man, delirious from a dental extraction, gets rescued by a stranger in the title story, Udall injects his stories and characters with equal parts darkness and humor. These are sad and sweet stories, moving from the familiar to surprising destinations. But even when disaster looms, Udall's fine comic sense sustains his men and women in their sometimes extravagant efforts to connect and cope. Plunged in the moment, these stories have velocity; they spray gravel as they take off.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039333984X

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9780393339840

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel

By: Brady Udall

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The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel

By: Brady Udall

An ingenious tale [that] takes its heart from Dickens and its soul from America’s great outlaw West." —Elle Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar Presley Mint’s trials begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman’s jeep accidentally runs over his head. As he is shunted from the hospital to a school for delinquents to a Mormon foster family, comedy, pain, and trouble accompany Edgar through a string of larger-than-life experiences. Through it all, readers will root for this irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.

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422

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393081222

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9780393081220

Government Failure

A Primer in Public Choice

By: Gordon Tullock,Gordon L. Brady,Arthur Seldon

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Government Failure

A Primer in Public Choice

By: Gordon Tullock,Gordon L. Brady,Arthur Seldon

When market forces fail us, what are we to do? Who will step in to protect the public interest? The government, right? Wrong. The romantic view of bureaucrats coming to the rescue confuses the true relationship between economics and politics. Politicians often cite "market failure" as justification for meddling with the economy, but a group of leading scholars show the shortcomings of this view. In Government Failure, these scholars explain the school of study known as "public choice," which uses the tools of economics to understand and evaluate government activity. Gordon Tullock, one of the founders of public choice, explains how government "cures" often cause more harm than good. Tullock provides an engaging overview of public choice and discusses how interest groups seek favors from government at enormous costs to society. Displaying the steely realism that has marked public choice, Tullock shows the political world as it is, rather than as it should be. Gordon Brady scrutinizes American public policy, looking closely at international trade, efforts at regulating technology, and environmental policy. At every turn Brady points out the ways in which interest groups have manipulated the government to advance their own agendas. Arthur Seldon, a seminal scholar in public choice, provides a comparative perspective from Great Britain. He examines how government interventions in the British economy have led to inefficiency and warns about the political centralization promised by the European Community. Government Failure heralds a new approach to the study of politics and public policy. This book enlightens readers with the basic concepts of public choice in an unusually accessible way to show the folly of excessive faith in the state.

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211

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Cato Institute

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1935308009

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9781935308003

Letting Loose the Hounds

Stories

By: Brady Udall

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Letting Loose the Hounds

Stories

By: Brady Udall

Eleven stories featuring men protagonists. The story, The Ballad of Ball and Chain, is one man's idea of marriage, Midnight Raid is a man's confrontation with his ex-wife and her new husband, and in The Opposite of Loneliness, a man finds the answer to loneliness in service to the less fortunate.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039304033X

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9780393040333

Alger Hiss: Framed

A New Look at the Case That Made Nixon Famous

By: Joan Brady

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Alger Hiss: Framed

A New Look at the Case That Made Nixon Famous

By: Joan Brady

A clear-eyed investigation into what is probably the biggest, longest cover-up in American history. As a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, Richard Nixon led the investigations that first drew attention to Alger Hiss and his purported ties to the Soviet regime. These investigations eventually led to the discovery of "proof" that Hiss was a mole in the State Department and precipitated a trial that would eventually ruin him and propel Nixon to the Presidency. But what if the "proof" that eventually led to Hiss’s conviction was forged? In this riveting investigation, Joan Brady—winner of The Whitbread Book of the Year—reveals how Nixon manipulated a media and public in the thrall of post-war anti-communist hysteria to make a fabricated case against Hiss, and draws a strong parallel with the French, who a half-century before turned Alfred Dreyfus into a scapegoat for anti-Semitism. Alger Hiss: Framed is necessary and timely, telling soberly the tale of a nation in the grip of paranoid fear and the man who took most advantage of this fear. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Skyhorse

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1628727144

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9781628727142

Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island

By: Ralph F. Brady

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Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island

By: Ralph F. Brady

New York's Long Island is long on history from land to sea! Ralph Brady covers well known and unknown sites, events, homes, places and people. Everyone lucky enough to live on Long Island already knows that it's like nowhere else in the world. From lighthouses and a one-hundred-year-old carousel to World War II camps and missile sites, Long Island native Ralph Brady reveals the secrets to what makes this little-big island so special with a tour of some of Nassau and Suffolk's most historic locations. Walt Whitman, William Vanderbilt, Theodore Roosevelt and many others occupied remarkable homes around the island. Charles Lindbergh made his historic flight to France from what is now a shopping mall. For many years, a Long Island factory gave the world the game of Scrabble. Even the waters teem with history, with the modern submarine making its start off the coast. Come explore these and other settings from Long Island's past.

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168

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614235902

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9781614235903

5-Minute Bedtime Stories

By: Pamela Kennedy,Anne Kennedy Brady

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5-Minute Bedtime Stories

By: Pamela Kennedy,Anne Kennedy Brady

In this sweet collection of bedtime stories, you’ll meet twenty-three animals—from Little Hedgehog to not-so-little Elephant—and the mamas and daddies who love them. Each fun and furry friend has a peaceful adventure in store for the day, and preschoolers can come along each night to learn gentle lessons on courage, friendship, and character. With soft and delightful illustrations, each story ends with a “Snuggle Time” Scripture, prayer, and Bible word, all designed to leave your little one comforted and cuddled and ready for sweet sleep.

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B&H Publishing Group

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108772225X

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9781087722252

Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration

By: Matthew A. Patterson,Rachel A. Mair,Nathan L. Eckert,Catherine M. Gatenby,Tony Brady,Jess W. Jones,Bryan R. Simmons,Julie L. Devers

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Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration

By: Matthew A. Patterson,Rachel A. Mair,Nathan L. Eckert,Catherine M. Gatenby,Tony Brady,Jess W. Jones,Bryan R. Simmons,Julie L. Devers

Freshwater mussels are declining rapidly worldwide. Propagation has the potential to restore numbers of these remarkable organisms, preventing extinction of rare species and maintaining the many benefits that they bring to aquatic ecosystems. Written by practitioners with firsthand experience of propagation programs, this practical book is a thorough guide to the subject, taking readers through the process from start to finish. The latest propagation and culture techniques are explored as readers follow freshwater mussels through their amazing and complex life cycle. Topics covered include the basics of building a culture facility, collecting and maintaining brood stock, collecting host species, infesting host species with larval mussels, collecting and culturing juvenile mussels, releasing juveniles to the wild, and post-release monitoring. This will be valuable reading for any biologist interested in the conservation of freshwater mussel populations.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108644635

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9781108644631

Book's by Brady Udall

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint

The Lonely Polygamist

The Lonely Polygamist

The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel

The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel

Letting Loose the Hounds: Stories

Letting Loose the Hounds: Stories

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel

Government Failure

Government Failure

Letting Loose the Hounds

Letting Loose the Hounds

Alger Hiss: Framed

Alger Hiss: Framed

Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island

Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island

5-Minute Bedtime Stories

5-Minute Bedtime Stories

Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration

Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration

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