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With His Dying Breath

By: Danny Carnahan

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With His Dying Breath" is the third adventure in the mystery series starring Sweeney, the unlucky Irish fiddler and his ingenious wife Rose. When San Francisco State sends mythic scholar Rose Sweeney to host a graduate literature retreat in the remote Mendocino Woodlands north of San Francisco it's her idea of heaven. But Rose's dream job quickly spins into a nightmare when her mentor and ex-lover crashes the event, then dies a horrible, very public death at the music camp next door where her husband is teaching. Deadly rumors scatter the campers, graduate students, and musicians while lumber company lawyers descend on the Woodlands to evict both camp and retreat and begin clear-cutting the redwoods. But who would rig the unlikeliest possible weapon to kill an apparent stranger? And who would then plant evidence pointing to Rose as the murderer? Sweeney and Rose scramble to discover the truth as Rose dodges the police and Sweeney's musical world rapidly crumbles. Searching separately in their worlds of myth and music, Rose and Sweeney use their very different investigative talents to converge on an astonishing secret revealing a most subtle murderer and a second menace, perhaps equally lethal. But with two lives in the balance and no tangible evidence, they must set a trap for the killer in a last, deadly game of cat-and-mouse. "A Jig Before Dying" is the first tale starring Sweeney and Rose. Fiddler Sweeney's brush with death in an Irish bar session begins an escalating cascade of violence and menace in a seedy world where everyone has something to hide. The second mystery, "Fortune Turns the Wheel" takes Rose and Sweeney to the west of England where Rose's love of myth threatens to kill them both as she realizes that some of Britain's forgotten pagan past wasn't forgotten after all.

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1497348293

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A Jig Before Dying

The First Sweeney & Rose Mystery

By: Danny Carnahan

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A Jig Before Dying

The First Sweeney & Rose Mystery

By: Danny Carnahan

Writer and musician Danny Carnahan lives in Albany, California with his wife Saundra. His published writing includes Irish Songs For Guitar (2004, Hal Leonard) and true stories for Travelers Tales. Dannys feature articles have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle and in eclectic music magazines including Acoustic Guitar and Mandolin Magazine. Danny is most widely known as a musician and songwriter, having toured and recorded for over 30 years on the folk and international acoustic circuits. Both solo and collaborating with partners Chris Caswell, Robin Petrie, and the psychedelic Celtic band Wake the Dead, Danny has released 12 albums, producing or appearing as a guest on 40 more. Dannys recordings have earned two Indie Awards and one Grammie nomination. His original songs have been recorded by artists from California to Scotland. Danny is currently active with Wake the Dead and a new Celtic quartet, Camogie. When not performing or recording, Danny teaches commercial music at a Bay Area community college. This is Dannys first novel. It will shortly be followed by two more. For more information about Dannys writing and music or to contact him directly, please visit www.dannycarnahan.com. To find out more about Wake the Dead in particular, please visit www.wakethedead.org.

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1462828671

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Fortune Turns the Wheel

The Second Sweeney & Rose Mystery

By: Danny Carnahan

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Fortune Turns the Wheel

The Second Sweeney & Rose Mystery

By: Danny Carnahan

FORTUNE TURNS THE WHEEL When San Francisco literature professor Rose Sweeney is sent to England to research the long-lost secret notes of Robert Graves, her unhappy fiddler husband Niall follows. Rose plans to work with her friend, Euan, in his home village near Exmoor. Niall Sweeneys only plan is to save their fraying marriage. But both plans screech to a halt when they discover the doddering and despised lord of the local manor dead in his garden, and his equally unpleasant son missing. Sweeney and Rose are swept into Euans frantic search for the son and the truth about the old mans death. But theyve barely begun when they are first nearly barbecued at the hands of a midnight arsonist, then sent a bloody pagan warning. Frightened, Rose tries to continue her research while helping Sweeney and Euan penetrate the baffling network of lies, greed, distrust, and ancient hatred binding the village together. As Sweeney searches for answers in his music, fiddling in the pub with strange locals and deranged Morris dancers, Rose explores the fairy-ringed hills with eccentric village folklorists. Together, the outsiders learn they are faced with four seemingly unrelated threads of menaceeach worth murdering for. Even after locating a lost fortune in gold coins and being forced into a violent confrontation with twisted lust and adultery, Sweeney and Rose find they are still in mortal danger. Delving deeper into Graves notes for his mythic masterpiece, The White Goddess, Rose realizes that some of Britains forgotten pagan past wasnt forgotten after all. Rose is the only one who can connect Graves poetry with the current malevolent denizens of Exmoor to find the key to a pair of murders. But in finding the key she unearths a secret more real, more desperate, and more deadly than shes prepared for. In the terrifying climax, Rose must battle both a human monster and the ancient gods of Britain to try to save her own sanity and the three lives that hang in the balance.

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A Jig Before Dying

The First Sweeney & Rose Mystery

By: Danny Carnahan

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How the Left Lost Teen Spirit

(And how they're getting it back!)

By: Danny Goldberg

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How the Left Lost Teen Spirit

(And how they're getting it back!)

By: Danny Goldberg

Music insider and progressive activist Danny Goldberg has spent decades tuning into the rhythms and voices that speak straight to the hearts and desires of American youth. In that time, one fact has become increasingly clear: America's venerable political leaders are too often tone deaf. In this startling, provocative book, Goldberg shows how today's professional public servants have managed to achieve nothing less that the indefensible, wholesale alienation of an entire generation. 'Goldberg authoritatively dissects the disconnect between politics and young voters' - Time Out NY

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Akashic Books

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0971920680

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Investigating Corruption in the Afghan Police Force

Instability and Insecurity in Post-conflict Societies

By: Singh, Danny

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Investigating Corruption in the Afghan Police Force

Instability and Insecurity in Post-conflict Societies

By: Singh, Danny

Based on unprecedented empirical research conducted with lower levels of the Afghan police, this unique study assesses how institutional legacy and external intervention, from countries including the UK and the US, have shaped the structural conditions of corruption in the police force and the state. Taking a social constructivist approach, the book combines an in-depth analysis of internal political, cultural and economic drivers with references to several regime changes affecting policing and security, from the Soviet occupation and Mujahidin militias to Taliban religious police. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, Singh offers an invaluable contribution to the literature and to anti-corruption policy in developing and conflict-affected societies.

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Policy Press

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1447354680

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Leaving Wayne

A Story About Overcoming Trauma, Poverty, and Addiction While Growing up in a Time of Radical Change

By: Danny Clune

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Leaving Wayne

A Story About Overcoming Trauma, Poverty, and Addiction While Growing up in a Time of Radical Change

By: Danny Clune

When author Danny Clune was seven years old, he experienced a traumatic accident that changed the course of his lifeIt left a hole in his life that he would spend a lifetime repairing. In Leaving Wayne, Clune tells his coming-of-age story that takes place in rural New York State and northeastern Pennsylvania in the 1950s and 60s. This colorful memoir narrates the struggles of surviving shame, poverty, abuse, and succeeding in an era that went from party phone lines to cell phones, from 45s to MP3s, and from sock hops to mosh pits. Leaving Wayne tells of Clunes childhood in a family with seven children; his struggles with addiction; his recovery; his stints as an English teacher, chef, and restaurateur in Upstate New York; his work abroad with mental health services; and the ways that 9/11 affected his life and his profession. Throughout this story, Clune shows how the grit of rural life conflicted with the influences of prosperity and modernity that gradually overtook him and molded him into the person he became.

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1475949022

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Women on the Run

Gender, Media, and Political Campaigns in a Polarized Era

By: Danny Hayes,Jennifer L. Lawless

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Women on the Run

Gender, Media, and Political Campaigns in a Polarized Era

By: Danny Hayes,Jennifer L. Lawless

Claims of bias against female candidates abound in American politics. From superficial media coverage to gender stereotypes held by voters, the conventional wisdom is that women routinely encounter a formidable series of obstacles that complicate their path to elective office. Women on the Run challenges that prevailing view and argues that the declining novelty of women in politics, coupled with the polarization of the Republican and Democratic parties, has left little space for the sex of a candidate to influence modern campaigns. The book includes in-depth analyses of the 2010 and 2014 congressional elections, which reveal that male and female House candidates communicate similar messages on the campaign trail, receive similar coverage in the local press, and garner similar evaluations from voters in their districts. When they run for office, male and female candidates not only perform equally well on Election Day - they also face a very similar electoral landscape.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316720772

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Cult Crime Movies

Discover the 35 Best Dark, Dangerous, Thrilling, and Noir Cinema Classics

By: Danny Peary

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Cult Crime Movies

Discover the 35 Best Dark, Dangerous, Thrilling, and Noir Cinema Classics

By: Danny Peary

Kiss Me, Deadly to Nightmare Alley to The Honeymoon Killers to The American Friend—any fan of crime films will tell you there’s a palpable excitement in living vicariously through the corrupt, seductive, and often downright evil characters that inhabit these shadowy worlds. In this collection of 35 essays drawn from his revered Cult Movies series, cult film specialist Danny Peary examines, dissects, defends, and exalts crime films from his unique and engaging perspective. His writing is a cornerstone of the cult film culture that continues to flourish today. New to this ebook series are Danny Peary’s cult movie checklists for each genre. Every crime fan will walk away with newly discovered gems to watch, and a newfound appreciation of his or her favorites.

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Workman Publishing Company

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0761184333

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Fortune Turns the Wheel

The Second Sweeney and Rose Mystery

By: Danny Carnahan

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Fortune Turns the Wheel

The Second Sweeney and Rose Mystery

By: Danny Carnahan

FORTUNE TURNS THE WHEEL When San Francisco literature professor Rose Sweeney is sent to England to research the long-lost secret notes of Robert Graves, her unhappy fiddler husband Niall follows. Rose plans to work with her friend, Euan, in his home village near Exmoor. Niall Sweeney's only plan is to save their fraying marriage. But both plans screech to a halt when they discover the doddering and despised lord of the local manor dead in his garden, and his equally unpleasant son missing. Sweeney and Rose are swept into Euan's frantic search for the son and the truth about the old man's death. But they've barely begun when they are first nearly barbecued at the hands of a midnight arsonist, then sent a bloody pagan warning. Frightened, Rose tries to continue her research while helping Sweeney and Euan penetrate the baffling network of lies, greed, distrust, and ancient hatred binding the village together. As Sweeney searches for answers in his music, fiddling in the pub with strange locals and deranged Morris dancers, Rose explores the fairy-ringed hills with eccentric village folklorists. Together, the outsiders learn they are faced with four seemingly unrelated threads of menace each worth murdering for. Even after locating a lost fortune in gold coins and being forced into a violent confrontation with twisted lust and adultery, Sweeney and Rose find they are still in mortal danger. Delving deeper into Graves' notes for his mythic masterpiece, The White Goddess, Rose realizes that some of Britain's forgotten pagan past wasn't forgotten after all. Rose is the only one who can connect Graves' poetry with the current malevolent denizens of Exmoor to find the key to a pair of murders. But in finding the key she unearths a secret more real, more desperate, and more deadly than she's prepared for. In the terrifying climax, Rose must battle both a human monster and the ancient gods of Britain to try to save her own sanity and the three lives that hang in the balance.

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Fortune Turns the Wheel

The Second Sweeney & Rose Mystery

By: Danny Carnahan

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The Second Sweeney & Rose Mystery

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Make Room for Danny

By: Danny Thomas

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Make Room for Danny

By: Danny Thomas

The man who went from a childhood of poverty in Toledo to become a major star and producer of such hits as "Make Room for Daddy" and "The Dick Van Dyke show" shares the story of his phenomenal success

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Macmillan Reference USA

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0816152519

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9780816152513

Make Room for Danny

By: Danny Thomas,D M Thomas

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Make Room for Danny

By: Danny Thomas,D M Thomas

The late Danny Thomas recounts his fantastic life and career in this touching memoir. From his poverty-stricken boyhood to his incredible rise to fame, from his friendships with the giants of the entertainment world to his unselfish work for the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, here is a warmhearted look at one of the world's great storytellers.--Associated Press. 16 pages of photographs.

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A Jig Before Dying

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How the Left Lost Teen Spirit

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Investigating Corruption in the Afghan Police Force

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Fortune Turns the Wheel

Fortune Turns the Wheel

Make Room for Danny

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