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Is That Your Neighbor in the Basement?

A Hit and a Miss

By: Barbara Oliver Fletcher

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Is That Your Neighbor in the Basement?

A Hit and a Miss

By: Barbara Oliver Fletcher

Edna and Edith are back! From the author of Is That Your Mother-In-Law Under The Bed? and Is That Your Cousin In The Closet? comes the third book of the series featuring those two mischievous senior citizen sisters as licensed private investigators out to rid the world, or at least Chicago, of murderers, counterfeiters and overall bad guys. They dont always do things by the book, but they get the job done in their own sometimes dangerous, but comical ways, much to the surprise of Ediths son, Eddie, a police detective. Eddie, the voice of reason, is always reminding the two of them regarding the boundaries within the legal system, not to mention that orange is not their color and how hideous they will look in those orange jumpsuits provided by the Department of Corrections. Join the sisters as they become targets and discover their names at the top of a killers hit list.

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149694903X

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9781496949035

Historical Romance Fiction

Heterosexuality and Performativity

By: Lisa Fletcher

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Historical Romance Fiction

Heterosexuality and Performativity

By: Lisa Fletcher

The first book-length study of romance novels to focus on issues of sexuality rather than gender, Historical Romance Fiction moves the ongoing debate about the value and appeal of heterosexual romance onto new ground, testing the claims of cutting-edge critical theorists on everything from popular classics by Georgette Heyer, to recent 'bodice rippers,' to historical fiction by John Fowles and A.S. Byatt. Beginning with her nomination of 'I love you' as the romance novel's defining speech act, Lisa Fletcher engages closely with speech-act theory and recent studies of performativity. The range of texts serves to illustrate Fletcher's definition of historical romance as a fictional mode dependent on the force and familiarity of the speech act, 'I love you', and permits Fletcher to provide a detailed account of the genre's history and development in both its popular and 'literary' manifestations. Written from a feminist and anti-homophobic perspective, Fletcher's subtle arguments about the romantic speech act serve to demonstrate the genre's dependence on repetition ('Romance can only quote') and the shaky ground on which the romance's heterosexual premise rests. Her exploration of the subgenre of cross-dressing novels is especially revealing in this regard. With its deft mix of theoretical arguments and suggestive close readings, Fletcher's book will appeal to specialists in genre, speech act and performativity theory, and gender studies.

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186

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Routledge

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1317121783

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9781317121787

Life, Death, and Growing Up on the Western Front

By: Anthony Fletcher

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Life, Death, and Growing Up on the Western Front

By: Anthony Fletcher

This book was inspired by the author’s discovery of an extraordinary cache of letters from a soldier who was killed on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier was his grandfather, and the letters had been tucked away, unread and unmentioned for many decades. Intrigued by the heartbreak and history of these family letters, Fletcher sought out the correspondence of other British soldiers who had volunteered for the fight against Germany. This resulting volume offers a vivid account of the physical and emotional experiences of seventeen British soldiers whose letters survive. Drawn from different regiments, social backgrounds, and areas of England and Scotland, they include twelve officers and five ordinary “Tommies.” The book explores the training, journey to France, fear, shellshock, and life in the trenches as well as the leisure, love, and home leave the soldiers dreamed of. Fletcher discusses the psychological responses of 17- and 18-year-old men facing appalling realities and considers the particular pressures on those who survived their fallen comrades. While acknowledging the horror and futility the soldiers of the Great War experienced, the author shows another side to the story, focusing new attention on the loyal comradeship, robust humor, and strong morale that uplifted the men at the Front and created a powerful bond among them.

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347

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Yale University Press

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0300198566

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9780300198560

Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis

By: J. Fletcher Williams

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Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis

By: J. Fletcher Williams

The recounting of events which have transpired in our own neighborhood is the most interesting of all history. There is a fascination in the study of the intermingled fact and fiction of the past which is heightened by a familiarity with the localities described. The river which flows through our native village acquires a new interest when, in imagination, we see the Indian canoe on its surface and the skin-covered tepee on its banks, as in days of yore. Log cabins, straw roofs, and the rude "betterments" of the hardy pioneer, are the next changes on the scene, followed soon by mushroom towns, some of which perish as quickly as they spring up, while others astonish us by their rapid growth; cities are built, and moss and ivy, the evidences of age, o soon accumulate. The purpose of this book is to present these pictures in their natural succession, arousing the enthusiasm of the reader, if possible, giving him a more vigorous enjoyment of the present by linking if with the past. The compass of this work is wide, extending over a long period of time, embracing the accounts of early explorers, also reaching back among the legends of the past, and approaching the events of today. In the end it leaves a thrilling account and narrative of the history of Hennepin county, the townships and especially the city of Minneapolis.

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849672743

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9783849672744

A Woman Of Courage

By: J.H. Fletcher

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A Woman Of Courage

By: J.H. Fletcher

A rags to riches story of a woman of indomitable spirit and of the passionate love that moulds and ultimately changes her life... Fighting her way from humble beginnings in a foster home to CEO of her own highly respected international company hasn't been easy for Hilary Brand. Even after she seems to have reached the top, troubles abound: her business in China, always fraught with problems, is in peril; and her arch–nemesis Haskins Gould – once her closest business associate, but now her greatest enemy – is gaining traction in his unceasing determination to destroy all she has created. Hilary's two daughters – unhappy trophy wife Jennifer and brilliant but troubled journalist Sara – also traverse the joys and terrors of love as they try to tread their own paths in the shadow of such a powerful woman. From the vastness of Western Australia to glittering Sydney and the teeming streets of Hong Kong and Singapore, this is a story of contrasting loves and of a woman of fierce determination... a woman of courage From the bestselling author of Dust of the Land

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HarperCollins Australia

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1760374261

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9781760374266

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Is That Your Neighbor in the Basement?

Is That Your Neighbor in the Basement?

Historical Romance Fiction

Historical Romance Fiction

Life, Death, and Growing Up on the Western Front

Life, Death, and Growing Up on the Western Front

Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis

Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis

A Woman Of Courage

A Woman Of Courage

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