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Noir Fiction and Film

Diversions and Misdirections

By: Lee Clark Mitchell

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Noir Fiction and Film

Diversions and Misdirections

By: Lee Clark Mitchell

The argument of Noir Fiction and Film is curiously counterintuitive: that in a century of hard-boiled fiction and detective films, characteristics that at first seemed trivial swelled in importance, flourishing into crucial aspects of the genre. Among these are aimless descriptions of people and places irrelevant to plot, along with detectives consisting of little more than sparkling dialogue and flippant attitudes. What weaves together such features, however, seems to be a paradox: that a genre rooted in solving a mystery, structured around the gathering of clues, must do so by misdirecting our attention, even withholding information we think we need to generate the suspense we also desire. Yet successful noir stories and films enhance that suspense through passing diversions (descriptive details and eccentric perspectives) rather than depending on the center pieces of plot alone (suspected motives or incriminating traces). As the greatest practitioners of the genre have realized, the how of detective fiction (its stylistic detours) draws us in more insistently than the what or the who (its linear advance). And the achievement of recent film noir is to make that how become the tantalizing object of our entire attention, shorn of any pretense of reading for the plot, immersing us in the diversionary delight that has animated the genre from the beginning.

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Oxford University Press

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0192844768

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Harlequin Heartwarming January 2017 Box Set

A Clean Romance

By: Tara Taylor Quinn,Sophia Sasson,Patricia Johns,Lee McKenzie

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Harlequin Heartwarming January 2017 Box Set

A Clean Romance

By: Tara Taylor Quinn,Sophia Sasson,Patricia Johns,Lee McKenzie

Harlequin Heartwarming brings you a collection of four new wholesome reads, available now! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: THE COWBOY’S TWINS Family Secrets by Tara Taylor Quinn The Western segment of the Family Secrets cooking competition show is great for ratings. But as producer Natasha Stevens gets closer to her handsome cowboy cohost, Spencer Longfellow—and his adorable kids—she’s faced with a decision. One that has nothing to do with business. MENDING THE DOCTOR’S HEART State of the Union by Sophia Sasson Dr. Anna Atao has treated patients in some of the most dangerous and remote places on earth. There’s no disaster she can’t handle. Except the one that tore her life apart five years ago. Now a tsunami on the tiny island of Guam has forced her to return to the site of her personal tragedy…and the man she left there when her world fell apart. A BAXTER’S REDEMPTION by Patricia Johns She was once the belle of Haggerston, Montana. Wealthy and beautiful, Isabelle Baxter never thought about the people she stepped on. Now she’s back, claiming she’s changed. James Hunter refuses to trust this new and improved Isabelle. No matter how much she draws him in… HIS BEST FRIEND’S WIFE The Finnegan Sisters by Lee McKenzie Paul Woodward has only ever loved one woman: Annie Finnegan. He stayed away because she was married to his best friend. Now the widow and single mom is busy looking after a big family, and Paul doesn’t want to be just her friend anymore. But if he pushes for more he risks losing everything.

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1488015619

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9781488015618

Soldier: The Guardians of Time Book Three

By: Vivienne Lee Fraser

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Soldier: The Guardians of Time Book Three

By: Vivienne Lee Fraser

Lee would never have believed Hampshire, England could look like this; a barren, over-grown deserted shadow. Then again, what did he expect a post-apocalyptic world to look like? With nothing to do until Christmas, want to be soldier Lee decides to travel to the future with a shape-shifting time guardian and an eco-warrior to prevent the end of time. Joining a troop of soldiers hunting down a dissident, Lee overcomes his initial fears of the strange world he finds himself in, and begins to believe they may actually be able to prevent time from ending. Then he finds out the person they are tracking is a reincarnation of his friend Alain, he begins to wonder if they are actually on the right side of the fight. Lee now faces a dilemma; should he be a good soldier and follow orders, or should he put his friend first? Captured and imprisoned far from home, Lee must decide whether his desire to follow orders is more important than his need to do right by his friend—even if it means risking the future of humankind.As Southern England teeters on the brink of war, will Lee choose to save his friend or the world?

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Vivienne Lee Fraser

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0648886042

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9780648886044

All Things Tending towards the Eternal

A Novel

By: Kathleen Lee

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All Things Tending towards the Eternal

A Novel

By: Kathleen Lee

Traveling through China in 1989, not long after the Tiananmen Square massacre, Fanny hopes to make sense of her brother Bruno’s death in a motorcycle accident by finding a woman with whom he had exchanged letters. On her journey Fanny’s fate becomes entwined with a handsome British rogue, an American of Russian-Cuban descent returning to Tashkent, and two Chinese men—one who loves Charles Dickens, the other a budding, entrepreneurial con man—struggling to find their way in a country undergoing tumultuous transformation. Kathleen Lee’s debut novel explores the tension between the allure of the unfamiliar that draws us to distant lands and its unbidden tendency to reveal us to ourselves. With its rollicking sense of humor and slyly lyrical voice, as well as an extraordinary deftness in the rendering of place, All Things Tending towards the Eternal is an unforgettable ride.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810130629

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9780810130623

Tagged Classics: Just The Reviews

By: James Dixon,Arnold Furious,Lee Maughan

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Tagged Classics: Just The Reviews

By: James Dixon,Arnold Furious,Lee Maughan

History of Wrestling presents a bumper pack featuring all of the reviews from Volume 1 & 2 of their highly successful Complete WWF Video Guide series. This no-frills super guide breaks down the books into the tapes and the scores, nothing more. No bios, artwork or awards, just raw ranting and raving about the best and worst of the WWF from 1985-1993, in no less than HALF A MILLION words. Read about the all-time classic matches and revel in the despair the writers go through covering some of the very worst. All of the major stars from the WWF's boom period are featured, and all three writers (James Dixon, Arnold Furious and Lee Maughan) have plenty to say about all of them. For a fun mixture of facts, opinions, previously unknown information and a host of interesting points and debates, look no further. If you loved wrestling in the 80s and 90s, you have come to the right place.

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Lulu.com

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129142878X

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9781291428780

Jed

By: Ronald Lee Weagley

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Jed

By: Ronald Lee Weagley

A taste for the finest in material things produced a delicate wife, two children and a more than adequate job. However, his craze for success consumed his focus and overpowered his value system. JED played poker and won a national championship. His fame spread. He also won a trucking company in a challenge match game with a fool. The win allowed him to move from being a small executive fish in a big pond to being the big top fish in a small pond and he loved it. Failure with his family life further twisted his values. He took his wifes sister as a mistress and they produced a male child that remained a phantom until his death. JED fought his demons while dancing between card games and union contracts. Eventually, the grim reaper cornered him in his penthouse hotel room, paralyzed and dying. A witness who knew him as a kind, generous, and thoughtful man described him at the funeral as a marvel of a man. Nevertheless, most doubted the description wondering, Was he good or bad or both?

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1463431570

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Pioneering Palm Beach

The Deweys and the South Florida Frontier

By: Ginger Lee Pedersen,Janet M DeVries

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Pioneering Palm Beach

The Deweys and the South Florida Frontier

By: Ginger Lee Pedersen,Janet M DeVries

A vivid biography of the nineteenth-century society couple who helped turn a tropical wilderness into a Gilded Age paradise. Palm Beach’s sunny and idyllic shores had humble beginnings as a wilderness of sawgrass and swamps only braved by the hardiest of souls. Two such adventurers were Fred and Byrd “Birdie” Spilman Dewey, who pioneered in central Florida before discovering the tropical beauty of Palm Beach in 1887. Though their story was all but lost, this dynamic couple was vital in transforming the region from a rough backcountry into a paradise poised for progress. Authors Ginger Pedersen and Janet DeVries trace the remarkable history of the Deweys in South Florida from their beginnings on the isolated frontier to entertaining the likes of the Flaglers, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Cluetts, Clarkes, and other Palm Beach elite. Using Birdie’s autobiographical writings from her bestselling books to fill in the gaps, Pedersen and DeVries narrate a chapter in Florida’s history that has remained untold until now.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614236682

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9781614236689

Secrets

By: Larry Lee Rhoton

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Secrets

By: Larry Lee Rhoton

Detective Carl Roberts is murdered. Moments before he dies, he mails a flash drive to someone, but who? The Gravano family has had control of the illegal activities in Atlantic city for years; this one drive could crumble their empire. Everyone involved with the Gravano family searches for the elusive flash drive; no one can be trusted. When the Gravanos go after Detective Carl Roberts' family, death follows. When family members begin to disappear and are murdered, Carl's youngest daughter, Belle, must find the drive and deal with the Gravanos. This powerful thriller takes corruption, lies and deceit on a devastating ride.

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Amazon

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9798725459203

The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films

Dark Parades

By: Carl Royer,B Lee Cooper

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The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films

Dark Parades

By: Carl Royer,B Lee Cooper

Go behind the scenes with an insightful look at horror films—and the directors who create them The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films: Dark Parades examines the work of several of the genre’s most influential directors and investigates how traditional themes of isolation, alienation, death, and transformation have helped build the foundation of horror cinema. Authors Carl and Diana Royer examine the techniques used by Alfred Hitchcock that place his work squarely in the horror (rather than suspense) genre, discuss avant-garde cinema’s contributions to mainstream horror, explore films that use the apartment setting as the “cell of horror,” and analyze how angels and aliens function as the supernatural “Other.” A unique resource for film students and film buffs alike, the book also examines Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy and the fusion of science, technology, and quasi-religious themes in David Cronenberg’s films. Instead of presenting a general overview of the horror genre or an analysis of a specific sub-genre, actor, or director, The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films offers an imaginative look at classic and contemporary horror cinema. The book examines Surrealist films such as Un Chien Andalou and Freaks, the connections among the concepts of voyeurism, paranoia, and alienation in films like Rear Window, Rosemary’s Baby, Blue Velvet, and The Blair Witch Project; the use of otherworldly creatures in films such as The Prophecy, Dogma, and The Day The Earth Stood Still; and the films of directors George Romero, John Waters, and Darren Aronofsky, to name just a few. This unique book also includes an extensive A-to-Z filmography and a bibliography of writings on, and about, horror cinema from filmmakers, film critics, and film historians. The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films examines: “Body Doubles and Severed Hands”—the common ancestry of avant-garde “art” films and exploitation horror B-movies “And I Brought You Nightmares”—recurring themes of psychological terror in Alfred Hitchcock’s films “Horror, Humor, Poetry”—Sam Raimi’s transformation of “drive-in” horror cinema “Atheism and 'The Death of Affect'”—David Cronenberg’s obsessions, interests, and cautionary messages in films ranging from Videodrome to Dead Ringers to eXistenZ and much more! The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films: Dark Parades is a unique resource of critical analysis for academics working in film and popular culture, film historians, and anyone interested in horror cinema.

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Routledge

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1136417990

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9781136417993

Maureen Lee - Ten Great Novels

By: Maureen Lee

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Maureen Lee - Ten Great Novels

By: Maureen Lee

Ten heart-warming tales set during the post-war years, from an author at the top of her genre. Comprises: STEPPING STONES; LIGHTS OUT LIVERPOOL; PUT OUT THE FIRES; THROUGH THE STORM; LIVERPOOL ANNIE; DANCING IN THE DARK; THE GIRL FROM BAREFOOT HOUSE; LACEYS OF LIVERPOOL; THE HOUSE BY PRINCES PARK; LIME STREET BLUES.

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Orion

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1409139735

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9781409139737

Hell to Pay

The Life and Violent Times of Eli Gault

By: J. Lee Butts

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Hell to Pay

The Life and Violent Times of Eli Gault

By: J. Lee Butts

There is always a price...and it’s paid in blood. Eli Gault was raised by a merciless, drunken fire-and-brimstone preacher—until he avenged himself upon his pious father. And that was only the beginning of his rage. Because when Eli meets Cutter Sharpe—a legendary mankiller and expert gunhand—the pair starts shooting their way across Texas, leaving a trail of blood and bodies behind them. But Eli is about to learn that there’s a line a man shouldn’t cross, because there’s no going back—there’s only hell to pay.

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Penguin

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1101061391

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9781101061398

The Platonism of Walter Pater

Embodied Equity

By: Adam Lee

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The Platonism of Walter Pater

Embodied Equity

By: Adam Lee

As a teacher of Plato in Oxford's Literae Humaniores, Walter Pater was informed by philosophy from his earliest essays to his last book. The Platonism of Walter Pater examines Pater's deep engagement with Platonism throughout his career. It overturns his reputation as a superficial aesthete known mainly for his 'Conclusion' to The Renaissance to reposition his contribution to literature and the history of ideas. In his criticism and fiction, including his studies on myth, Pater was influenced by several of Plato's dialogues. Phaedrua, Symposium, Theaetetus, Cratylus, and The Republic informed his philosophy of beauty, history, myth, knowledge, ethics, language, and style. As a philosopher, critic, and artist, Plato embodied what it meant to be an author to Pater, who imitated his creative practice from vision to expression. For Pater Platonism was also a point of contact with his contemporaries, including Matthew Arnold and Oscar Wilde, offering a means to take new measure of their literary relationships. Using the interdisciplinary critical tools of Pater's own educational milieu which combined literature, philosophy, and classics, The Platonism of Walter Pater repositions the importance Pater's contribution to literature and the history of ideas.

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0198848536

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9780198848530

Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers

By: Lee Server

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Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers

By: Lee Server

Provides an introduction to American pulp fiction during the twentieth century with brief author biographies and lists of their works.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438109121

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The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume I

By: James Dixon,Arnold Furious,Lee Maughan

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The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume I

By: James Dixon,Arnold Furious,Lee Maughan

The complete guide to every WWF VHS release from 1985-1989, with full reviews of every tape, alternative wrestler bios, exclusive artwork by Bob Dahlstrom, awards, match ratings, and much, much more.

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129110089X

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The Trouble with Physics

The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next

By: Lee Smolin

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The Trouble with Physics

The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next

By: Lee Smolin

“A splendid, edifying report from the front lines of theorectical physics” (San Francisco Chronicle). In this illuminating book, renowned physicist Lee Smolin argues that fundamental physics—the search for the laws of nature—is losing its way. Ambitious ideas about extra dimensions, exotic particles, multiple universes, and strings have captured the public’s imagination—and the imagination of experts. But these ideas have not been tested experimentally, and some, like string theory, seem to offer no possibility of being tested. Even still, these speculations dominate the field, attracting the best talent and much of the funding, while creating a climate in which emerging physicists are often penalized for pursuing other avenues. The situation threatens to impede the very progress of science. With clarity, passion, and authority, Smolin offers an unblinking assessment of the troubles that face modern physics, and an encouraging view of where the search for the next big idea may lead. “The best book about contemporary science written for the layman that I have ever read.” —The Times (London)

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0547348487

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Book's by Lee Bruno

Noir Fiction and Film

Noir Fiction and Film

Harlequin Heartwarming January 2017 Box Set

Harlequin Heartwarming January 2017 Box Set

Soldier: The Guardians of Time Book Three

Soldier: The Guardians of Time Book Three

All Things Tending towards the Eternal

All Things Tending towards the Eternal

Tagged Classics: Just The Reviews

Tagged Classics: Just The Reviews

Jed

Jed

Pioneering Palm Beach

Pioneering Palm Beach

Secrets

Secrets

The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films

The Spectacle of Isolation in Horror Films

Maureen Lee - Ten Great Novels

Maureen Lee - Ten Great Novels

Hell to Pay

Hell to Pay

The Platonism of Walter Pater

The Platonism of Walter Pater

Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers

Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers

The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume I

The Complete WWF Video Guide Volume I

The Trouble with Physics

The Trouble with Physics

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