Michelle Cliff's Books

Everything is Now

New and Collected Stories

By: Michelle Cliff

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Everything is Now

New and Collected Stories

By: Michelle Cliff

Everything is Now' brings together in one volume all of the short fiction of Jamaican born author Michelle Cliff. The stories examine the dualities of the modern world - black and white; America and the third world; past and present; femininity and masculinity and colonialism and revolution.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816655936

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9780816655939

Free Enterprise

By: Michelle Cliff

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Free Enterprise

By: Michelle Cliff

In 1858, two black women meet at a restaurant named Free Enterprise to plot a revolution. Mary Ellen Pleasants owns a string of hotels that cater to wealthy whites and secretly is a haven for runaway slaves. Her comrade, Annie, is a young Jamaican fighting for the abolitionist cause. Together they join John Brown's doomed crusade.

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Plume Books

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0452271223

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9780452271227

If I Could Write this in Fire

By: Michelle Cliff

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If I Could Write this in Fire

By: Michelle Cliff

In her first book-length collection of nonfiction, Cliff interweaves reflections on her life in Jamaica, England, and the United States with a powerful and sustained critique of racism, homophobia, and social injustice. If I Could Write This in Fire begins by tracing her transatlantic journey from Jamaica to England, coalescing around a graceful, elliptical account of her childhood friendship with Zoe, who is dark-skinned and from an impoverished, rural background; the divergent life courses that each is forced to take; and the class and color tensions that shape their lives as adults. In other essays and poems, Cliff writes about the discovery of her distinctive, diasporic literary voice, recalls her wild colonial girlhood and sexual awakening, and recounts traveling through an American landscape of racism, colonialism, and genocide - a history of violence embodied in seemingly innocuous souvenirs and tourist sites.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816654743

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9780816654741

Chicago and the Making of American Modernism

Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald in Conflict

By: Michelle E. Moore

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Chicago and the Making of American Modernism

Cather, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald in Conflict

By: Michelle E. Moore

Chicago and the Making of American Modernism is the first full-length study of the vexed relationship between America's great modernist writers and the nation's “second city.” Michelle E. Moore explores the ways in which the defining writers of the era-Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald-engaged with the city and reacted against the commercial styles of "Chicago realism" to pursue their own, European-influenced mode of modernist art. Drawing on local archives to illuminate the literary culture of early 20th-century Chicago, this book reveals an important new dimension to the rise of American modernism.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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135001804X

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9781350018044

Revelations

By: Michelle Birbeck

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Revelations

By: Michelle Birbeck

No one knows where the Keepers came from. Not even Lizzy Walters, who has the ability to see both the past and the future. In fact, there is only one thing Lizzy can't see, and that is the dead. Yet her dreams for more than a hundred years have involved impossible futures with impossible consequences. But all thoughts of the dead are soon swept aside when a mysterious plague takes hold of the Weres. Their shifts are killing them, turning the flowing of forms into a death sentence of broken bones and torn bodies. There is only one person alive capable of saving the Weres, but Georgianna Rose, Crone to all witches, hasn't been seen in centuries.

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Lulu.com

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1326340913

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9781326340919

Rested Memories

By: Michelle McGriff

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Rested Memories

By: Michelle McGriff

Jimmy Smith thought he had it all. A beautiful wife, a successful career and true friends, but he had forgotten one thing. He had forgotten his past. Tucking it deeply into his memory, he thought he had laid everything to rest...but he was wrong.

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iUniverse

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0595193633

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9780595193639

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

By: Michelle Nijhuis

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Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

By: Michelle Nijhuis

Winner of the Sierra Club's 2021 Rachel Carson Award One of Chicago Tribune's Ten Best Books of 2021 Named a Top Ten Best Science Book of 2021 by Booklist and Smithsonian Magazine "At once thoughtful and thought-provoking,” Beloved Beasts tells the story of the modern conservation movement through the lives and ideas of the people who built it, making “a crucial addition to the literature of our troubled time" (Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction). In the late nineteenth century, humans came at long last to a devastating realization: their rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving scores of animal species to extinction. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the history of the movement to protect and conserve other forms of life. From early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today’s global effort to defend life on a larger scale, Nijhuis’s “spirited and engaging” account documents “the changes of heart that changed history” (Dan Cryer, Boston Globe). With “urgency, passion, and wit” (Michael Berry, Christian Science Monitor), she describes the vital role of scientists and activists such as Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson, reveals the origins of vital organizations like the Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund, explores current efforts to protect species such as the whooping crane and the black rhinoceros, and confronts the darker side of modern conservation, long shadowed by racism and colonialism. As the destruction of other species continues and the effects of climate change wreak havoc on our world, Beloved Beasts charts the ways conservation is becoming a movement for the protection of all species including our own.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324001690

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9781324001690

Reality Melting

By: Michelle Lonergan

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Reality Melting

By: Michelle Lonergan

Sam Shannon suffers from deep depression due to lack of meaning in his life. A group of six friends knows that Sam has the potential of becoming a spiritual warrior, one who fights evil where it is born on the astral plane of existence. Dave, the leader of the group, tries to encourage Sam to embark on a vision quest to find the purpose of his life. Sam is too fearful to go, having lost control of his mind for three days the last time he touched the spiritual realm. Sam swears never to journey into alternate dimensions again, but a lethal threat to himself and to his friends forces him to break his oath. Dave invites the group to his cabin in the woods with the secret intention of encouraging Sam to overcome his fears. Nan, a woman jealous of Sam's spiritual potential, hires her former boyfriend, Bulldog, to ensure Sam never reaches spiritual warrior status. Dave realizes Nan's intentions to do Sam harm. He and the others plan to save Sam, but Nan, having spiritual gifts of her own, creates etheric prisons that capture the group's minds and souls. Sam learns of his friends' plight and must overcome his fear of journeying into the astral plane if he is to save their souls. Sam must slay his own inner demons before saving his friends, and must also face the more difficult challenge of defeating the evil inside Nan.

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Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency

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162857125X

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9781628571257

Out of Esau

A Novel

By: Michelle Webster-Hein

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Out of Esau

A Novel

By: Michelle Webster-Hein

When a woman questioning her marriage encounters the kind and steadfast pastor of her small town, they are both forced to reconsider their pasts, their faith, and their future Robert Glory has never quite felt as though he fit in the small town of Esau, Michigan, but he finds solace in his role as the pastor of Esau Baptist and in his spare, orderly routine. When Susan Shearer arrives at his church seeking the strength to stay true to her increasingly volatile husband, neither expect that their immediate connection will upend both of their lives. As their relationship deepens and Susan’s life at home becomes more unstable, Robert and Susan are forced to confront the wounds that have shaped them and discover if they still have the power to change. Told from five different perspectives—including Susan’s husband, Randy, her brilliant but high-strung young daughter, Willa, and Robert’s long-estranged mother, Leotie—Out of Esau is a visceral look at the dynamics of an abusive marriage, a nuanced portrait of faith and its loss, and a sweeping story of redemption.

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Catapult

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1640096132

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A Killing at Smugglers Cove

An addictive cozy historical murder mystery from Michelle Salter

By: Michelle Salter

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A Killing at Smugglers Cove

An addictive cozy historical murder mystery from Michelle Salter

By: Michelle Salter

Wartime secrets, smugglers’ caves, skeletal remains... And the holiday’s only just begun... Summer, 1923. Reporter Iris Woodmore travels to sunny Devon with her friends Percy Baverstock and Millicent Nightingale for her father’s wedding to Katherine Keats. But when Millicent uncovers skeletal remains hidden on the private beach of Katherine’s former home, Iris begins to suspect her future stepmother isn’t all she seems. Police reveal the dead man was a smuggler who went missing in 1918. But when a new murder occurs, they realise the killer is still in their midst – and the link between both murders is Katherine. Could Iris’s own father be in danger? 'The Iris Woodmore mysteries are fast becoming some of my favourites.' M J Porter 'Compulsive reading at its best. Iris Woodmore's fourth mystery has a mix of love, jealousy, and betrayal of the kind that can only lead to murder.' netgalley reviewer, five stars 'The Iris Woodmore Mysteries are a firm favourite of mine – rich with period detail but with a damn fine mystery as well. Highly recommended.' netgalley reviewer, five stars 'What an utterly delightful story! ... I am sure Dame Christie would have been delighted by this novel.' netgalley reviewer, five stars

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1837510709

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Spring/Summer 2017 St. Martin's First Sampler

By: Michelle Gable,Alice Anderson,Jenny D. Williams,Meghan Masterson,Robinne Lee,Kristen Lepionka,Candace Ganger,Abby Stern,Loretta Ellsworth

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Spring/Summer 2017 St. Martin's First Sampler

By: Michelle Gable,Alice Anderson,Jenny D. Williams,Meghan Masterson,Robinne Lee,Kristen Lepionka,Candace Ganger,Abby Stern,Loretta Ellsworth

St. Martin’s Press has established the careers of countless bestselling authors over the years, such as Jonathan Tropper, Dan Brown, Augusten Burroughs, Louise Penny, Lev Grossman, and many more. Find out who is next . . . with St. Martin's First! The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable, Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away by Alice Anderson, The Atlas of Forgotten Places by Jenny D. Williams, The Wardrobe Mistress by Meghan Masterson, The Idea of You by Robinne Lee, The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka, The Inevitable Collision of Birdie & Bash by Candace Ganger, According to A Source by Abby Stern, Stars Over Clear Lake by Loretta Ellsworth.

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125015166X

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9781250151667

Cast in Conflict

By: Michelle Sagara

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Cast in Conflict

By: Michelle Sagara

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER A Dragon and ten Barrani wouldn’t be anyone’s ideal roommates if a person wants peace and tranquility at home. The residue of three Draco-Barrani wars can make things pretty awkward—on a good day. Kaylin Neya has run out of good days. In the upheaval surrounding the Academia, the Tower in the fief of Candallar is now without its lord. The Towers were created to protect Elantra against Shadow. Dragon Bellusdeo wants to captain the Tower and continue a war she’ll never be able to abandon. But Sedarias, leader of the Barrani cohort, wants the Tower for the cohort. And Barrani and Dragons don’t negotiate, even when they’re living under the same roof. If there were ever a time for Shadow to strike, it’s now, when alliances are fractured and the Tower is vulnerable for the first time in centuries. More than ever, Kaylin needs her friends to work together if they’re going to be able to stop the threat to Elantra.

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MIRA

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0369704827

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9780369704825

Baseball and Football Pulp Fiction

Six Publishers, with a Directory of Stories, 1935-1957

By: Michelle Nolan

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Baseball and Football Pulp Fiction

Six Publishers, with a Directory of Stories, 1935-1957

By: Michelle Nolan

This first-ever volume focusing on sports pulp fiction devoted to America's two most popular pastimes of the 1935-1957 era--baseball and football--provides extensive detail on authors, along with examination of key plots, themes, trends and categories. Commentary relates the works to real-life baseball and football of the period. The history of the genre is traced, beginning with the debut of Dime Sport (later renamed Dime Sports), the first magazine from a major publisher to provide competition for Street & Smith's long-established Sport Story Magazine. Complementing the text is a complete catalog of fiction from the six major publishers who competed with S&S, also noting the cover themes for 1,054 issues.

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McFarland

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1476638136

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9781476638133

Barons of the Beltway

Inside the Princely World of Our Washington Elite--and How to Overthrow Them

By: Michelle Fields

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Barons of the Beltway

Inside the Princely World of Our Washington Elite--and How to Overthrow Them

By: Michelle Fields

From reporter and Fox News star Michelle Fields, a revelation of how the corruption and waste in American politics begins with our elected politicians, and how to take the country back from those that extort its values for personal gain Our Founding Fathers rejected the notion of royalty and fought against extravagance, pomp, and circumstance. But today in Washington, members of the United States government enjoy lifestyle perks that would make Marie Antoinette envious. Our public servants are chauffeured to their Capitol Hill offices by town cars even when they live only two blocks away. They enjoy their own taxpayer-subsidized Senate Hair Care Services, vacation with their families in exotic locations for free, and exempt themselves and their friends from the laws that they create. In Barons of the Beltway, Fox News contributor Michelle Fields exposes the hidden perks, the freebies, and the ego stroking that define life for a political class that is out of touch and out to lunch. Put under the spotlight are figures such as Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, and Vice President Joe Biden, who continue to abuse their power, build their personal fortunes, and climb up the Washington ladder. And, while our Founding Fathers started a revolution to break away from a monarchy, it's clear that America is beginning to have one of its own. Barons of the Beltway reveals how to overthrow our political class in order to return to the principles the Founding Fathers originally envisioned for America—a country of greater opportunity that we can pass onto the next generations.

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Forum Books

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0553447564

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9780553447569

Supermilk Inc.

By: Michelle Ernst

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Supermilk Inc.

By: Michelle Ernst

Supermilk Inc. is a book representing what may become a new genre in fiction: animystic. A genre where our modern culture meets with a mystical perspective. It deals with ideas about responsibility and innovation in the technology young adults are so encompassed by today. Supermilk shows how far people may go with the right ideas and also how much trouble they may land in, through no fault of their own. Peter McPhee the protagonist, is resourceful, talented and ambitious. He works at a paperclip factory by day and by night he dabbles in electronics. His experiments with electrical boosters on the family farm's milking equipment, creating milk that turns the drinker into a cartoon. He goes everywhere with this technology, founding a church and opening a film studio where he makes cartoons. Unfortunately Peter’s old Boss figures out how to use the technology himself and soon Peter is required to answer for some of the mayhem and damage being created by maverick milk producers as well. Readers may consider how closely the book toes the line between fantasy and reality and how closely that represents life as we now know it.

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FriesenPress

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1038300258

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9781038300256

Love Overseas

By: Michelle Cornish

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Love Overseas

By: Michelle Cornish

Love is hard. Love and war is devastating. England, June 1940. As the war intensifies in Europe, Elizabeth Lewis is laid off from her job as a photographer's assistant. Air raids and rationing turn her thoughts to working for the war effort while her cousin Dot dreams of dances and romance with a Royal Air Force pilot despite Betsy’s warnings that a war is no time to fall in love. But when Betsy meets Leonard Wilson, a handsome serviceman from Canada, she’s instantly smitten. After witnessing the perils of war firsthand, Leonard isn’t afraid to live in the moment, and he’s eager to correspond with Betsy when he returns to the front. Betsy reluctantly agrees to continue her relationship with the good-looking private even though she fears this will only bring heartache. Against her better judgment, she takes comfort in Leonard’s letters, and after getting to know him, finds it impossible to deny her true feelings. Will Betsy disregard her fondness for Leonard to protect her heart, or will she give in and find strength in love as the war rages on? A tale of love and war and a journey halfway around the world. Inspired by true events.

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SolVin Creative

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1990221106

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9781990221101

Temporary Rain

By: Michelle McGriff

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Temporary Rain

By: Michelle McGriff

He never saw it coming. It hit like a sudden storm. Usually, he could manage to stop things before they got out of hand. But before he knew it, everything had come crashing down around him-like a cloudburst.Overnight, his reign at the top had come to an end.Temporary Rain is the story of his redemption.

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iUniverse

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059526297X

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9780595262977

Grasshopper Pueblo

A Story of Archaeology and Ancient Life

By: J. Jefferson Reid,Stephanie Michelle Whittlesey

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Grasshopper Pueblo

A Story of Archaeology and Ancient Life

By: J. Jefferson Reid,Stephanie Michelle Whittlesey

Now two archaeologists who have devoted more than two decades to investigations at Grasshopper reconstruct the life and times of this fourteenth-century Mogollon community. Written for general readers - and for the White Mountain Apache, on whose land Grasshopper Pueblo is located and who have participated in the excavations there - the book conveys the simple joys and typical problems of an ancient way of life as inferred from its material remains."--BOOK JACKET. "Grasshopper Pueblo not only thoroughly reconstructs this past life at a mountain village, it also offers readers an appreciation of life at the field school and an understanding of how excavations have proceeded there through the years."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816519145

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9780816519149

Identity Politics of Difference

The Mixed-Race American Indian Experience

By: Michelle Montgomery

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Identity Politics of Difference

The Mixed-Race American Indian Experience

By: Michelle Montgomery

In Identity Politics of Difference, author Michelle R. Montgomery uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine questions of identity construction and multiracialism through the experiences of mixed-race Native American students at a tribal school in New Mexico. She explores the multiple ways in which these students navigate, experience, and understand their racial status and how this status affects their educational success and social interactions. Montgomery contextualizes students’ representations of their racial identity choices through the compounded race politics of blood quantum and stereotypes of physical features, showing how varying degrees of "Indianness" are determined by peer groups. Based on in-depth interviews with nine students who identify as mixed-race (Native American–White, Native American–Black, and Native American–Hispanic), Montgomery challenges us to scrutinize how the category of “mixed-race” bears different meanings for those who fall under it based on their outward perceptions, including their ability to "pass" as one race or another. Identity Politics of Difference includes an arsenal of policy implications for advancing equity and social justice in tribal colleges and beyond and actively engages readers to reflect on how they have experienced the identity politics of race throughout their own lives. The book will be a valuable resource to scholars, policy makers, teachers, and school administrators, as well as to students and their families.

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University Press of Colorado

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1607325446

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Called to Rise

A Life in Faithful Service to the Community that Made Me

By: David O. Brown (Police chief),Michelle Burford

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Called to Rise

A Life in Faithful Service to the Community that Made Me

By: David O. Brown (Police chief),Michelle Burford

The Dallas police chief who inspired a nation with his compassionate, community-focused response to the killing of five of his officers shares his story and a blueprint for the future of policing.

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1524796549

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The Book of Summer

A Novel

By: Michelle Gable

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The Book of Summer

A Novel

By: Michelle Gable

“Michelle Gable has moved in on [Elin] Hilderbrand’s home turf with a humorous and smartly written story of two generations of love and vacations.” —Wall Street Journal From New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment comes a novel about summer in Nantucket and a guestbook that reveals family secrets. The ocean, the wild roses on the dunes and the stunning Cliff House, perched atop a bluff in Sconset, Nantucket. Inside the faded pages of the Cliff House guest book live the spellbinding stories of its female inhabitants: from Ruby, a bright-eyed newlywed on the eve of World War II to her granddaughter Bess, who returns to the beautiful summer estate. For the first time in four years, physician Bess Codman visits the compound her great-grandparents built almost a century before, but due to erosion, the once-grand home will soon fall into the sea. Bess must now put aside her complicated memories in order to pack up the house and deal with her mother, a notorious town rabble-rouser, who refuses to leave. It’s not just memories of her family home Bess must face though, but also an old love that might hold new possibilities. In the midst of packing Bess rediscovers the forgotten family guest book. Bess’s grandmother and primary keeper of the book, Ruby, always said Cliff House was a house of women, and by the very last day of the very last summer at Cliff House, Bess will understand the truth of her grandmother’s words in ways she never imagined.

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Macmillan

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1466880953

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9781466880955

Proceed to Remembrance

By: Michelle Facer Baguley

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Proceed to Remembrance

By: Michelle Facer Baguley

While ruling for ages, Aria Governess Supreme has kept a tight rein on her subjects, eliminating free will through brain-computer interface and hippocampus manipulation. Aria commands life or the disposal of it without fear of retribution or affliction of conscience. When a nuclear holocaust destroys the world she created, her disaffected scout, Cliff, gazes over the barren land seemingly devoid of life and wonders what is next in his journey to survive. Even with the employment of Aria’s scientific prowess, one subject remains untamed. Emery, both a hindrance and a marvel to the Governess Supreme, has tested the bounds of Aria’s resolve at every point in her life. Despite the brain-computer interface and governing control, Emery has managed to lean on the teachings of her Grand Nanny for guidance, fight the restraints placed upon her, and ultimately find her way through life. Now as she wanders the desert afraid and alone, Emery vacillates between her memories and her harsh new reality. But when her path ultimately crosses with Cliff’s, everything is about to change. In this post-apocalyptic tale set in the remnants of a destroyed United States, an untamed subject and a defiant scout attempt to survive in a world run by governors desperate to exert absolute power.

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Archway Publishing

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1480878804

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9781480878808

Questions of Travel

A Novel

By: Michelle de Kretser

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Questions of Travel

A Novel

By: Michelle de Kretser

Laura Fraser grows up in Sydney, motherless, with a cold, professional father and an artistic bent. Ravi Mendis lives on the other side of the globe -- exploring the seductive new world of the Internet, his father dead, his mother struggling to get by.Their stories alternate throughout Michelle de Kretser's ravishing novel, culminating in unlikely fates for them both, destinies influenced by travel -- voluntary in her case, enforced in his. With money from an inheritance, Laura sets off to see the world, eventually returning to Sydney to work for a publisher of travel guides. There she meets Ravi, now a Sri Lankan political exile who wants only to see a bit of Australia and make a living. Where do these two disparate characters, and an enthralling array of others, truly belong? With her trademark subtlety, wit, and dazzling prose, Michelle de Kretser shows us that, in the 21st century, they belong wherever they want to and can be -- home or away. "It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book." -- A.S. Byatt, The Guardian

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Little, Brown

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031621924X

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The Mighty Hunter

Lords of the Abyss Book 1

By: Michelle M. Pillow

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The Mighty Hunter

Lords of the Abyss Book 1

By: Michelle M. Pillow

The merman may have rescued her from death, but who’s going to rescue her from him? Welcome to the underwater world of Atlantes! Caderyn is the sexiest - and perhaps craziest - man Bridget has ever laid eyes on. He may have rescued her from death, but who’s going to rescue her from him? With all the right moves, the man is a walking seduction that’s too hard to resist. Sparks fly. Desires heat. But there’s one small problem. He claims to be a merman shapeshifter and says they’re trapped in the lost city of Atlantes, living on a cursed island deep within the ocean. Book One of the Lords of the Abyss series: A paranormal merman (mermaid) romance series by NYT and USAT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow 5 Stars! "Great book by an awesome author!" Alyssa Day, NY Times & USA Today bestselling author ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Praise For The Mighty Hunter 5 Stars! "Loved this twist on mermaids/mermen! Fun to read with just enough steamy scenes. Another great series from Michelle Pillow!" Tana Stone, sci-fi romance author (2019) 5 Stars! "fun!" Renee George, USA Today Bestselling author of paranormal mysteries (2019) 5 Stars! "A fantastic addition..." Abigail Owen, award-winning paranormal romance author (2019) 5 Stars! "Such a fun book! Definitely worth a read..." Lisa Kessler, Award Winning fantasy, sci-fi, and paranormal romance author (2019) 5 Stars! "Great book by an awesome author!" Alyssa Day, NY Times & USA Today bestselling author of Poseidon's Warriors (2020) 5 Stars! - Debra Dunbar, Urban Fantasy Author (Bookbub, 2019) 5 Stars! "I love the hot sexy men, who are passionate alphas in a lot of ways, but who are also lonely and longing for a mate deep down. But I also love the feisty, real-world heroines, who are just as passionate and are not always thrilled to have been saved and permanently relocated." Bethany Michaels, contemporary and paranormal romance author (2019) Lords of the Abyss series: The Mighty Hunter Commanding the Tides Captive of the Deep Surrender to the Sea Making Waves The Merman King Topics: Paranormal Romance, Merman, Mermaid, Shapeshifter Romance, Shifter, Atlantis, Underwater, Fantasy, Alpha Male, Romance, paranormal, fated mates, nobility, royalty, action and adventure, warrior, romantic comedy, fantasy, sci-fi, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Thriller & Suspense, sea god, Poseidon.

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1452403899

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The Fix

Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work

By: Michelle P. King

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The Fix

Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work

By: Michelle P. King

In the vein of #Girlboss and Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, discover how to thrive at work from the head of the Global Innovation Coalition for Change at UN Women with this “passionate, practical roadmap for addressing inequality and finally making our workplaces work for women” (Arianna Huffington). For years, we’ve been telling women that in order to succeed at work, they have to change themselves first—lean in, negotiate like a man, don’t act too nice or you’ll never get the corner office. But after sixteen years working with major Fortune 500 companies as a gender equality expert, Michelle King has realized one simple truth—the tired advice of fixing women doesn’t fix anything. The truth is that workplaces are gendered; they were designed by men for men. Because of this, most organizations unconsciously carry the idea of an “ideal worker,” typically a straight, white man who doesn’t have to juggle work and family commitments. Based on King’s research and exclusive interviews with major companies and thought leaders, The Fix reveals why denying the fact that women are held back just because they are women—what she calls gender denial—is the biggest obstacle holding women back at work and outlines the hidden sexism and invisible barriers women encounter at work every day. Women who speak up are seen as pushy. Women who ask for a raise are seen as difficult. Women who spend hours networking don’t get the same career benefits as men do. Because women don’t look like the ideal worker and can’t behave like the ideal worker, they are passed over for promotions, paid less, and pushed out of the workforce, not because they aren’t good enough, but because they aren’t men. In this fascinating and empowering book, King outlines the invisible barriers that hold women back at all stages of their careers, and provides readers with a clear set of takeaways to thrive despite the sexist workplace, as they fight for change from within. Gender equality is not about women, and it is not about men—it is about making workplaces work for everyone. Together, we can fix work, not women.

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Simon and Schuster

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198211097X

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Short Horror Story Compilation

By: Michelle Birbeck

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Short Horror Story Compilation

By: Michelle Birbeck

Survival Instincts: The happiest day of Leanne's life turns sour, forcing her to run for her life. The Perfect Gift: Finding the perfect gift for friends is hard enough, but when your friends have such specific tastes, it can be murder. Isolation: Amber and her friends camp out twice a year, but their plans soon change with what appears to be a horrific accident. But was it an accident, or is someone else on the beach with them? Never Go There: Ollie had always been warned about the abandoned school. Strange sounds and disappearances are the least of her worries when she and her friends ignore the warnings.

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1326191152

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Wind Through the Canat Trees

By: Michelle Blackerby

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Wind Through the Canat Trees

By: Michelle Blackerby

Wind Through the Canat Trees is a delightful tale of life on Thalog, a colorful land with winged sentient creatures. Follow young siblings, Davick and Nayii, through the experiences of childhood and coming of age in the world of Thalog.

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1312091452

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The Sleeping Assassin

By: Michelle Hamilton

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The Sleeping Assassin

By: Michelle Hamilton

Emma McCordick, a reclusive computer science teacher from Arizona, has always preferred scaling the side of a mountain to social situations. Awkward but beautiful, Emma fills her days with volunteering at the local orphanage where she was raised and dealing with her college students' exam papers. But with one phone call, her sedate and isolated life shatters, pulling her into a world of espionage, intrigue and murder. In a place where your best friend can be your enemy, Emma is unsure whom to trust until she meets Jozef. He's a mercenary and a thief, and she's an assassin for the NSA, but they must join forces in order to save their lives. They are in a race against time, terrorists and betrayals that could either ignite the roaring passion ricocheting between them or tear them apart.

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1430301066

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Called to Rise

The Power of Community in a Nation Divided

By: Chief David O. Brown,Michelle Burford

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Called to Rise

The Power of Community in a Nation Divided

By: Chief David O. Brown,Michelle Burford

The Dallas police chief who inspired a nation with his response to the killing of five of his officers shares his personal story and his faith in America’s potential to unite communities through a dedication to transparency and trust. “The real deal: a real Christian, a real man, a real leader.”—Whoopi Goldberg, The View “A front-row seat to the tension between law enforcement and minority residents nationwide.”—The Dallas Morning News On July 7, 2016, protesters marched in the streets of Dallas to demonstrate against the killings of unarmed black men by the police. As the peaceful event drew to a close, a sniper opened fire, targeting white cops and killing five of them. Into this charged situation stepped Dallas police chief David O. Brown, who, with a historic new tactical approach, quickly ended the gunman’s siege and calmed his community and the nation. In this powerful memoir, Chief Brown takes us behind the scenes of that tragedy and shares intimate moments from his early life: his childhood, in which he was raised by a single mom in a neighborhood poor in resources but rich in love and faith; his college years—cut short when he felt called to save his hometown from its descent into drug-related violence; and, as he moved up the ranks, a series of deeply personal tragedies. His first partner on the job was killed in the line of duty; his younger brother was murdered by drug dealers; and during Brown’s first month as chief of police, his mentally ill son was killed by a cop after taking two other lives. Called to Rise charts how, over his thirty-three-year career, Brown evolved from a “throw ’em in jail and let God sort ’em out” beat cop into a passionate advocate for community-oriented law enforcement, rising from crime scene investigator to S.W.A.T. team leader to the head of a municipal police department widely regarded as one of America’s finest. Now retired, “America’s chief” wants to bring his hard-earned knowledge of Dallas—emphasizing outreach, accountability, and inclusion—to help encourage unity in the nation’s hurting communities. Chief Brown believes that we have to band together to engage in the kind of dialogue that can lead to solutions. In place of complaining, we all have to take action—and one first great step is to tune in to what is being said. Called to Rise explores the keys to that dialogue—trust, transparency, and compassion—that have made Brown a leader on the front lines of social change in America.

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Ballantine Books

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1524796565

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The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona

By: J. Jefferson Reid,Stephanie Michelle Whittlesey

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The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona

By: J. Jefferson Reid,Stephanie Michelle Whittlesey

Carved from cliffs and canyons, buried in desert rock and sand are pieces of the ancient past that beckon thousands of visitors every year to the American Southwest. Whether Montezuma Castle or a chunk of pottery, these traces of prehistory also bring archaeologists from all over the world, and their work gives us fresh insight and information on an almost day-to-day basis. Who hasn't dreamed of boarding a time machine for a trip into the past? This book invites us to step into a Hohokam village with its sounds of barking dogs, children's laughter, and the ever-present grinding of mano on metate to produce the daily bread. Here, too, readers will marvel at the skills of Clovis elephant hunters and touch the lives of other ancestral people known as Mogollon, Anasazi, Sinagua, and Salado. Descriptions of long-ago people are balanced with tales about the archaeologists who have devoted their lives to learning more about "those who came before." Trekking through the desert with the famed Emil Haury, readers will stumble upon Ventana Cave, his "answer to a prayer." With amateur archaeologist Richard Wetherill, they will sense the peril of crossing the flooded San Juan River on the way to Chaco Canyon. Others profiled in the book are A. V. Kidder, Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Julian Hayden, Harold S. Gladwin, and many more names synonymous with the continuing saga of southwestern archaeology. This book is an open invitation to general readers to join in solving the great archaeological puzzles of this part of the world. Moreover, it is the only up-to-date summary of a field advancing so rapidly that much of the material is new even to professional archaeologists. Lively and fast paced, the book will appeal to anyone who finds magic in a broken bowl or pueblo wall touched by human hands hundreds of years ago. For all readers, these pages offer a sense of adventure, that "you are there" stir of excitement that comes only with making new discoveries about the distant past.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816517096

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9780816517091

Atomic Ranch Midcentury Interiors

By: Michelle Gringeri-Brown

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Atomic Ranch Midcentury Interiors

By: Michelle Gringeri-Brown

Atomic Ranch Midcentury Interiors showcases the virtues of the popular and ubiquitous ranch houses that sprang up across the country following World War II. It features the exceptional interiors of eight houses, discusses successes and challenges, and shows how to live stylishly. Tips are shared on color, flooring, window coverings, furniture arrangements, and how off-the-shelf components can be turned into custom features. The homeowners' stories explain why these rooms work, and provide you with resources and ideas for everything from garage doors to the art on the wall. Writer Michelle Gringeri-Brown and photographer Jim Brown publish the quarterly magazine Atomic Ranch, which features ranch homes built all across America. They are the authors of Atomic Ranch: Design Ideas for Stylish Ranch Homes and live in Portland, Oregon, in a 1952 brick ranch.

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Gibbs Smith

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1423619315

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