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The Perp Walk

By: Jim Ray Daniels

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In The Perp Walk, his latest collection of linked stories, Daniels maps out the emotional capitals and potholes of coming of age in a blue-collar town in the Great Lakes State, though it could be any state where people work hard, play hard, and aren’t paid nearly enough for their efforts. Alternating flash fiction pieces with longer narratives, Daniels captures both the shooting stars and the constellations that build into earned insights and honest reflections. Sometimes we need both the long version of the short version and the short version of the long version, he suggests. Daniels invites his readers to settle on some truth in between the versions. Humor and heartbreak. Coming to terms, coming of age, or just plain aging. U-Haul trucks full of bad behavior and messy goodbyes. In Daniels’s work, the check is always in the mail but somehow never arrives, and honor is more than a certificate—it’s something we strive for, even while doing our various perp walks through life. Compromises are made, as they must be. Sometimes we get what we want for just a second or two, but for these characters, that has to be enough happiness to live on.

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MSU Press

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1628953616

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9781628953619

Trigger Man

More Tales of the Motor City

By: Jim Ray Daniels

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Trigger Man

More Tales of the Motor City

By: Jim Ray Daniels

Trigger Man is a superb collection of stories capturing the gritty spirit of Detroit and the sometimes grim circumstances of the characters shaped by its industry and economics. Grounded on the bleak streets of the Motor City, these stories also explore the mythical “Up North,” the idealized country of many Detroit workers’ fantasy—an escape from the concrete and metal reality of their daily lives. Daniels’ characters are resilient and defiant, inhabiting a world that has often placed them on the margins of society, scouring a declining region for spiritual providence. Building on Daniels’ earlier collections of stories, Trigger Man brings vivid life to individuals struggling both to remain in and to flee the city that once sustained them.

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153

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Michigan State University Press

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1611860180

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9781611860184

The Luck of the Fall

By: Jim Ray Daniels

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The Luck of the Fall

By: Jim Ray Daniels

In The Luck of the Fall, characters get lost; they fall, but the falls shape their lives in ways that might even be called “lucky”—if luck is defined as survival, despite the scars left behind. They take consolation in their lack of prizes, in the clarity of their failures, while approaching the future with gallows humor and faith in cynicism. Some stories read like dramatic monologues in the longer play of lives along Eight Mile Road on the edge of Detroit, a landmark location throughout Daniels’s six other fiction collections. Among the looming hulks of abandoned factories, near-nihilistic lives struggle in the absence of the comforting shadows those factories provided. Some keep score, some don’t, as they search for validation, however brief, before the curtain comes down and anonymity returns. COVID shows up with its masked consequences, along with addiction, divorce, unwanted pregnancy, and mental illness. None of these characters fit in, but all are trying to keep from being squeezed out entirely. In The Luck of the Fall, the logic of the heart wins out, even as the characters are picking up the pieces of their broken lives, looking for something shiny called hope.

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MSU Press

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1609177444

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9781609177447

Eight Mile High

By: Jim Ray Daniels

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Eight Mile High

By: Jim Ray Daniels

In these linked stories, the constants are the places—from Eight Mile High, the local high school, to Eight Miles High, the local bar; from The Clock, a restaurant that never closes, to Stan’s, a store that sells misfit clothes. Daniels’s characters wander Detroit, a world of concrete, where even a small strip of greenery becomes a hideout for mystery and mayhem. Even when they leave town—to Scout camp, or Washington, DC, or the mythical Up North, they take with them their hardscrabble working-class sensibilities and their determination to do what they must do to get by. With a survival instinct that includes a healthy dose of humor, Daniels’s characters navigate work and love, change and loss, the best they can. These characters don’t have the luxury of feeling sorry for themselves, even when they stumble. They dust themselves off and head back into the ring with another rope-a-dope wisecrack. These stories seem to suggest that we are always coming of age, becoming, trying to figure out what it means to be an adult in this world, attempting to figure out a way to forgive ourselves for not measuring up to our own expectations of what it means to lead a successful, happy life.

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262

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MSU Press

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1628950277

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9781628950274

Brown Ale

History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes

By: Ray Daniels,Jim Parker

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Brown Ale

History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes

By: Ray Daniels,Jim Parker

Brown ale has come a long way since its murky beginnings as the first beer style ever produced. Jam-packed with historical and technical brewing information, Brown Ale is not only an excellent reference, but a fascinating read as well. The Classic Beer Style Series from Brewers Publications examines individual world-class beer styles, covering origins, history, sensory profiles, brewing techniques and commercial examples.

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250

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Brewers Publications

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1938469445

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9781938469442

The Perp Walk

By: Jim Ray Daniels

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The Perp Walk

By: Jim Ray Daniels

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1628953616

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Trigger Man

More Tales of the Motor City

By: Jim Ray Daniels

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Trigger Man

More Tales of the Motor City

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196

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MSU Press

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1609172248

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9781609172244

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The Unofficial Guide

By: Jim Sangster

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The Unofficial Guide

By: Jim Sangster

A guide to the first season of the television series 24 provides episode summaries along with notes on the cast, trivia, and comments about each episode.

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260

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Contender Entertainment Group

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1843570343

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9781843570349

Academy Awards

The Complete Unofficial History

By: Gail Kinn,Jim Piazza

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Academy Awards

The Complete Unofficial History

By: Gail Kinn,Jim Piazza

THE definitive guide to the Academy Awards, from the very first ceremony to this year's 80th anniversary spectacular, includes EVERY nominee and winner in EVERY category?and has been fully updated to include the most recent winners and losers, unforgettable photographs, and highlights. Written by film experts who are sought out every year for their insider knowledge of movies and Hollywood, this book is both a comprehensive reference and a detailed history of the Academy Awards, complete with each year's facts, highlights, and controversies?all told with authority and attitude. Packed with more than 500 photographs from the Oscar ceremonies and red carpet as well as the movies themselves, it outdoes any other book on the market in both information and illustrations. And compared to boring "official" books with less reportage and much less color, this "unauthorized" book delivers what fans want most: ALL the facts, enhanced by juicy commentary and pictures galore. Now in its fourth edition, it?s the most popular, comprehensive, lavishly illustrated, and enjoyable Oscar book out there.

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348

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Black Dog & Leventhal

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1579123961

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9781579123963

Black's 2000 Fly Fishing

The Complete Anglers Guide to Equipment Instruction and Destinations

By: Jim Black

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Black's 2000 Fly Fishing

The Complete Anglers Guide to Equipment Instruction and Destinations

By: Jim Black

Black's 2000 Fly Fishing is the one-stop source of information on anything and everything about fly fishing. Newly revised and presented in an easy-to-use format with useful articles, charts, and diagrams, it contains just about everything a fishing enthusiast needs to plan a trip and to have all the gear for a fly fishing excursion.

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176

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McGraw-Hill/Contemporary

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0809298236

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9780809298235

Video Hounds Golden Movie Retrievee

The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette, DVD and Laserdisc

By: Gale Group,Jim Craddock

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Video Hounds Golden Movie Retrievee

The Complete Guide to Movies on Videocassette, DVD and Laserdisc

By: Gale Group,Jim Craddock

Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on video and a multitude of cross-referencing within its 10 primary indexes, this new edition includes 1,000 new movies (23,000 in all), expanded indexing, a fresh new introduction and more of the beloved categories.

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1830

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Gale Cengage

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1578591201

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9781578591206

Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever

By: Jim Craddock

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Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever

By: Jim Craddock

Describes and rates more than twenty thousand videos, and provides indexes by theme, awards, actors, actresses, and directors.

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Gale / Cengage Learning

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0787689807

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9780787689803

Birth Marks

By: Jim Daniels

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Birth Marks

By: Jim Daniels

In Birth Marks, Jim Daniels examines how our origins mark us forever. From Detroit to Pittsburgh, he explores the lives of ordinary people in a world which often seems tilted against them. His tough, unflinching poems recount family myths, urban decay, his own lies, and the struggle for survival in a post-industrial world as the economy crumbles around us.

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BOA Editions, Ltd.

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1938160177

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9781938160172

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