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The Reckoning

By: Patrick McInroy

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San Francisco, 1908. After a catastrophic earthquake and fire, the devastated city is rapidly rebuilding its structures, spirit, and vitality. It is proudly called the New San Francisco. But there are still parts of San Francisco that haven't changed, including the Barbary Coast, where a crimp, padfoot, or murderous thug could be waiting around the next corner. And the city is still infected with anti-Asian racism and widespread political corruption. Into this "new" San Francisco, William Dunbar returns to avenge a brutal family murder that he believes occurred at exactly the time of the quake. As a writer of scenarios for one-reel motion pictures, he plans to use his craft to reveal the killer's guilt. However, he soon finds the odds are against him when he confronts much darker dangers than those of the Barbary Coast.

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059500590X

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9780595005901

Never Say Frisco

By: Patrick McInroy

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Never Say Frisco

By: Patrick McInroy

A QUICHE BEFORE DYING Could there be murder on the menu at Andre’s in San Francisco? If so, it had better be served up quickly, because Palmer Blake’s trendy, upscale restaurant is rapidly going belly up. On top of that, a lady friend of his has vanished, and he is compelled to hire the services of Wilmot Biggs, an abundant, gruff, gourmand investigator who frequents Andre’s. The pot au feu thickens when Palmer gets involved in the case himself, from North Beach to Acapulco. His amateur sleuthing results in the anonymous offer of a great sum of money—enough to save his restaurant—to call off the search. As one might guess, this offer also includes the promise of something extremely unpleasant if the money is refused. But with Palmer, there’s an emotional reason to continue. The missing woman, Sara Longwith, is a breath of Venus, desired by most men who meet her. Palmer has never known her intimately, but her disappearance has triggered a sort of melancholy longing that grows on him as the quest continues. A few corpses later, however, Palmer is even more tempted to take the money and walk. As for Biggs, the answer is simple: more garlic and a pinch of oregano.

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0595141773

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Coming Out Queer Online

Identity, Affect, and the Digital Closet

By: Patrick M. Johnson

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Coming Out Queer Online

Identity, Affect, and the Digital Closet

By: Patrick M. Johnson

The Digital Closet: LGBT*Q Identities and Affective Politics in a Social Media Age discusses how LGBT*Q individuals occupy a precarious space within society as a marginalized community in the United States. They are afforded representation in some venues yet are often invisible. Through social media, LGBT*Q individuals have sought new ways to forge communities and increase their visibility. This rise in visibility afforded individuals means to seek out and distribute information to help in the coming out process. Combining archival research, observation, interviews, and visual discourse analysis of social media feeds, the Patrick Johnson examines the role social media plays in expressions of LGBT*Q politics, culture, and coming out. Despite the messages not having changed fundamentally, the improved access to LGBT*Q stories have amplified the ones that are sent. Johnson argues that this is positive in acting as intervention for LGBT*Q suicide rates, hate crimes, and discrimination from the outside. However, the author also contends that it has vastly re-centered and prioritized white, cisgender, masculinity, obscuring other stories and creating potentially dangerous environments for POC, women, trans* individuals, and gay men who do not meet this high standard of masculinity. Scholars of gender studies, media studies, and queer theory will find this book particularly interesting.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793613478

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The Glasgow, Cowal & Bute Route Through Time

By: Chris Hogg,Lynn Patrick

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The Glasgow, Cowal & Bute Route Through Time

By: Chris Hogg,Lynn Patrick

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Glasgow, Cowal & Bute Route has changed and developed over the last century.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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The Reckoning

The Reckoning

Never Say Frisco

Never Say Frisco

Coming Out Queer Online

Coming Out Queer Online

The Glasgow, Cowal & Bute Route Through Time

The Glasgow, Cowal & Bute Route Through Time

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