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Meet Me at Mcgoon's

By: Peter Clute,Cedric E. Clute,Jim Goggin,Bob Helm

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Meet Me at Mcgoon's

By: Peter Clute,Cedric E. Clute,Jim Goggin,Bob Helm

This book is about American jazz history and a very special place in San Francisco that was called Earthquake McGoon's, which was one of the longest running jazz clubs in America. Included in Meet Me At McGoon's are some 860 photos and illustrations, a complete index and an updated list of Turk Murphy recordings at the time of writing this book.

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Trafford Publishing

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141202773X

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9781412027731

Attending Daedalus

Gene Wolfe, Artifice and the Reader

By: Peter Wright

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Attending Daedalus

Gene Wolfe, Artifice and the Reader

By: Peter Wright

This new study of the fiction of Gene Wolfe, one of the most influential contemporary American science fiction writers, offers a major reinterpretation of Gene Wolfe’s four-volume The Book of the New Sun and its sequel The Urth of the New Sun. After exposing the concealed story at the heart of Wolfe’s magnum opus, Wright adopts a variety of approaches to establish that Wolfe is the designer of an intricate textual labyrinth intended to extend his thematic preoccupations with subjectivity, the unreliability of memory, the manipulation of individuals by social and political systems, and the psychological potency of myth, faith and symbolism into the reading experience.

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260

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Liverpool University Press

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0853238286

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9780853238287

The Poetics of Science Fiction

By: Peter Stockwell

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The Poetics of Science Fiction

By: Peter Stockwell

The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context. The discussion ranges from a detailed investigation of new words and metaphors, to the exploration of new worlds, from pulp science fiction to the genre's literary masterpieces, its special effects and poetic expression. Speculations and extrapolations throughout the book engage the reader in thought-experiments and discussion points, with selected further reading making it a useful source book for classroom and seminar.

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250

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Routledge

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1317878175

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9781317878179

Interior Darkness

Selected Stories

By: Peter Straub

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Interior Darkness

Selected Stories

By: Peter Straub

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story and an American icon of horror explores the deepest, shadow-filled corners of his imagination in these sixteen stories. • "Straub's shorter fictions are like tiny novels you drown in: perfectly pitched, terrifyingly smart, big-hearted, dangerous, and even cruel.” —Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of The Sandman No one and no place is safe from the darkness that he reveals. In “Blue Rose,” an adolescent sociopath inflicts secret violence on his younger brother; in “Mr Clubb and Mr. Cuff,” a stern estate lawyer hires a pair of "Private Detectives Extraordinaire" to investigate and seek revenge on his unfaithful wife; and in “The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine,” a man and his much younger lover explore their decadent and increasingly sinister fantasies aboard a luxurious yacht on the remotest stretch of the Amazon River. Interior Darkness is a thrilling and terrifying testament to Straub's unparalleled contribution to the world of horror.

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Anchor

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0385541066

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9780385541060

Science Fiction and Narrative Form

By: David Roberts,Andrew Milner,Peter Murphy

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Science Fiction and Narrative Form

By: David Roberts,Andrew Milner,Peter Murphy

Establishing science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important narrative form, this book explores how the genre challenges pervasive perceptions of society as they appear in the conventional modern novel. Inspired by, and building upon, Georg Lukács's criticism of the orthodox novel for its depiction of life as alienating and disjointed, Milner, Murphy and Roberts demonstrate that science fiction steps beyond this contemporary form to be a more constructive form of literature, one able to conceive of society as complete, integrated and well-rounded. Taking stock of three kinds of science fiction which lie outside the scope of the modern novel – theological/ ontological science fiction, the science fiction of future history and epic science fiction – this book demonstrates the genre's unique capacity to encapsulate the whole world, persons and events, things and objects in a glance, and address the motive behind the longing for meaningful totality. With reference to a vast array of works by authors such as Michel Houellebecq, Elias Canetti, Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, Marge Piercy, Iain M. Banks, Margaret Atwood, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Gibson, Dirk C. Fleck, Philip K. Dick, George Orwell and Kazuo Ishiguro, this book offers a compelling argument for rethinking the position and potential of the science fiction novel and to challenge the way we perceive our culture.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350350753

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Professional and Business Communication

Personal Strategies for the Post-Digital World

By: Peter Hartley,Susie Marriott,Helena Knapton

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Professional and Business Communication

Personal Strategies for the Post-Digital World

By: Peter Hartley,Susie Marriott,Helena Knapton

This new edition of Professional and Business Communication is an ideal core communications textbook for students on business, management, and professional courses preferring a practice-focused and colloquial approach that combines accessibility with key theory. Techniques and processes detailed in the book include planning and preparing written communication, effective structures in documents, diverse writing styles, managing face-to-face interactions, using visual aids, delivering presentations, and organising effective meetings. The third edition of this popular text has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover the dramatic shifts in communication practices that have been driven by remote working and increased technology use. It explores the current and likely future impact of these changes on communication practices, both for good (borderlessness; flexibility) and bad (isolation; burnout; fatigue) and looks at contemporary trends and future developments. This edition has also been revised to include even more examples, cases, tasks, activities, and discussion topics, with pedagogical features designed to aid international students. This popular text (and the accompanying website) will continue to support students on business, management, and professional courses for years to come.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000885941

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9781000885941

Hoptopia

A World of Agriculture and Beer in Oregon's Willamette Valley

By: Peter A. Kopp

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Hoptopia

A World of Agriculture and Beer in Oregon's Willamette Valley

By: Peter A. Kopp

The contents of your pint glass have a much richer history than you could have imagined. Through the story of the hop, Hoptopia connects twenty-first century beer drinkers to lands and histories that have been forgotten in an era of industrial food production. The craft beer revolution of the late twentieth century is a remarkable global history that converged in the agricultural landscapes of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The common hop, a plant native to Eurasia, arrived to the Pacific Northwest only in the nineteenth century, but has thrived within the region’s environmental conditions so much that by the first half of the twentieth century, the Willamette Valley claimed the title “Hop Center of the World.” Hoptopia integrates an interdisciplinary history of environment, culture, economy, labor, and science through the story of the most indispensible ingredient in beer.

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Univ of California Press

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0520965051

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9780520965058

From Lowbrow to Nobrow

By: Peter Swirski

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From Lowbrow to Nobrow

By: Peter Swirski

From Lowbrow to Nobrow' vindicates popular fiction as an art form that expresses and reflects the aesthetic and social values of its readers.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773530193

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9780773530195

The Welfare State in Canada

A Selected Bibliography, 1840 to 1978

By: Allan Moscovitch,Theresa Jennissen,Peter Findlay

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The Welfare State in Canada

A Selected Bibliography, 1840 to 1978

By: Allan Moscovitch,Theresa Jennissen,Peter Findlay

The first major reference work of its kind in the social welfare field in Canada, this volume is a selected bibliography of works on Canadian social welfare policy. The entries in Part One treat general aspects of the origins, development, organization, and administration of the welfare state in Canada; included is a section covering basic statistical sources. The entries in Part Two treat particular areas of policy such as unemployment, disabled persons, prisons, child and family welfare, health care, and day care. Also included are an introductory essay reviewing the literature on social welfare policy in Canada, a "User's Guide," several appendices on archival materials, and an extensive chronology of Canadian social welfare legislation both federal and provincial. The volume will increase the accessibility of literature on the welfare state and stimulate increased awareness and further research. It should be of wide interest to students, researchers, librarians, social welfare policy analysts and administrators, and social work practitioners.

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289

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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0889201145

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9780889201149

The Span of Mainstream and Science Fiction

A Critical Study of a New Literary Genre

By: Peter Brigg

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The Span of Mainstream and Science Fiction

A Critical Study of a New Literary Genre

By: Peter Brigg

From the 1960s (when the advent of what many call the postmodern style made establishing genres more difficult) to the present day, writers have been incorporating science--not only the commonly thought of science and technology but also the "soft" sciences such as psychology and sociology--into what was previously considered mainstream fiction. This book examines works by Thomas Pynchon, Doris Lessing, and others who incorporate science in fiction and exemplify the movement of mainstream fiction writers toward a new genre termed "span." It also examines works by some science fiction writers who are edging closer to the border of science fiction and slowly over into span. This book maps the boundaries of the new span genre of fiction and thus helps define texts that fall outside the realms of mainstream and science fiction. Diagrams are included and a bibliography and index.

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McFarland

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0786480297

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9780786480296

Intl Comp Ency Child Lit E2 V1

By: Peter Hunt

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Intl Comp Ency Child Lit E2 V1

By: Peter Hunt

Children's literature continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting of interdisciplinary academic studies, of interest to anyone concerned with literature, education, internationalism, childhood or culture in general. This edition has been expanded and includes over 50 new articles. New topics include Postcolonialism, Comparative Studies, Ancient Texts, Contemporary Children's Rhymes and Folklore, Contemporary Comics, War, Horror, Series Fiction, Film, Creative Writing, and 'Crossover' literature. The international section has been expanded to reflect world events.

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1310

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Routledge

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1136486755

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9781136486753

States of Siege

U.S. Prison Riots, 1971-1986

By: Bert Useem,Peter Kimball

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States of Siege

U.S. Prison Riots, 1971-1986

By: Bert Useem,Peter Kimball

This book examines case studies of recent prison riots in five states, including the 1971 radical uprising in Attica, New York, and the infamous 1981 bloodbath at the New Mexico Penitentiary. The most extensive and detailed work yet written on US prison riots, the authors explain the occurrence and variations of riots as a reflection of the administrative breakdown of the prison system within a changing ideological context. A theoretical appendix helps make this work an ideal introduction to sociological theories of collective action.

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Oxford University Press

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0195360990

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9780195360998

Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction

By: Peter Hunt,Millicent Lenz

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Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction

By: Peter Hunt,Millicent Lenz

This book provides an illuminating guide to literature that creates alternative worlds for young readers. Focusing on the work of Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, the book considers both the genre of 'alternative worlds' and the distinctiveness of these authors' texts, including Philip Pullman's The Amber Sypglass.

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A&C Black

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082642077X

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9780826420770

Frances Farmer

The Life and Films of a Troubled Star

By: Peter Shelley

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Frances Farmer

The Life and Films of a Troubled Star

By: Peter Shelley

Previous biographies of American actress Frances Farmer (1913-1970) have downplayed her professional achievements to emphasize her turbulent personal life, including several police arrests and repeated confinements in a state mental hospital. By focusing upon her acting career, this book endeavors to restore her position as a significant Hollywood player of the 1930s, '40s and '50s. An analysis of her film, radio and television work is offered, as well as assessments of the three Frances Farmer biopics and the documentaries in which she is featured. Each of her 16 films receives a chapter-length discussion. A very lengthy biographical chapter is included.

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261

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McFarland

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0786457775

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9780786457779

International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

By: Peter Hunt

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International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

By: Peter Hunt

Children's publishing is a huge international industry and there is ever-growing interest from researchers and students in the genre as cultural object of study and tool for education and socialization.

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1399

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Routledge

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113443684X

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9781134436842

Trist Families of Devon

Volume 8 Local Gentry and Country Parsons

By: Peter Trist

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Trist Families of Devon

Volume 8 Local Gentry and Country Parsons

By: Peter Trist

Changes to the laws of inheritance combined with the traditional system of male entail facilitated the rise or maintenance of a small leisured class which could participate in the political community and the church. It seems likely that Nicholas Trist of Harberton and Totnes (1668-1741) leveraged his lucky double inheritance from his brother and maternal uncle to enhance his business interests. These could well have been in the woollen serge industry then enjoying its boom years. He was Mayor of Totnes twice and his son Browse Trist (1698-1777) represented the town as one of its two Members of Parliament, Totnes being one of the notorious Pocket Boroughs of eighteenth-century politics.

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Peter Trist

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0648499189

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9780648499183

White Canada Forever

Popular Attitudes and Public Policy Toward Orientals in British Columbia

By: Peter Ward

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White Canada Forever

Popular Attitudes and Public Policy Toward Orientals in British Columbia

By: Peter Ward

Ward draws upon a rich record of events and opinion in the provincial press, manuscript collections, and successive federal enquiries and royal commissions on Asian immigration. He locates the origins of west coast racism in the frustrated vision of a white British Columbia and an unshakeable belief in the unassimilability of the Asian immigrant. Canadian attitudes were dominated by a series of interlocking, hostile stereotypes derived from western perceptions of Asia and modified by the encounter between whites and Asians on the north Pacific coast. Public pressure on local, provincial, and federal governments led to discriminatory policies in the field of immigration and employment, and culminated in the forced relocation of west coast Japanese residents during World War II.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773569936

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9780773569935

Flora Capensis

By: Carl Peter Thunberg

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Flora Capensis

By: Carl Peter Thunberg

This influential Latin reference work on South African plants, by a Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus, appeared in 1823.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108067794

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9781108067799

Etymological Dictionary of Grasses

By: Harold T. Clifford,Peter D. Bostock

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Etymological Dictionary of Grasses

By: Harold T. Clifford,Peter D. Bostock

The dictionary provides explanations of the meaning and origins of generic and specific names of grasses, one of the largest and economically most important plant families. There are about 15,000 entries which far exceeds in number those of any other dictionary in print. Most of the names published during the past 250 years are included. This work should be of value to a wide audience including ecologists, agronomists, and anthropologists.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540384340

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9783540384342

In the Zone

The Twilight World of Rod Serling

By: Peter Wolfe

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In the Zone

The Twilight World of Rod Serling

By: Peter Wolfe

The Twilight Zone explores the possibilities inhering in the ordinary. A Twilight Zone episode can move us by being poignant and intimate, rambunctious or thought provoking. It can also be orchestrated as a set of intertwined plot developments or as a serial progression. But regardless of whether it takes place on an asteroid, in a city pool room, or in the backwoods, it will usually convey both a folklorist's eye for detail and the born raconteur's sense of pace. Rod Serling, the show's founder, main scriptwriter, and artistic director, knew how much burden he could place on his rhetorical and dramatic gifts. Deservedly celebrated as a pioneer in TV science fiction, he also writes about history and loyalty, the grip of everyday reality, and the dangers of both forgetting about one's ghosts and giving them the upper hand.

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Popular Press

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0879727306

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9780879727307

Guiding the American University

Contemporary Challenges and Choices

By: Peter N. Stearns

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Guiding the American University

Contemporary Challenges and Choices

By: Peter N. Stearns

American higher education is under unprecedented pressure, beginning with the public funding and student debt crises and extending to inadequate performance in student retention and growing global competition. Respected educator and scholar Peter N. Stearns breaks down the underlying problems, exploring the most contentious issues for university leaders and administrators today. Guiding the American University covers the major facets of university operation—administration, faculty, and students—and discusses what should be changed and what should be preserved. Covering major topics for debate and real problems facing American higher education today—including the tenure system, online learning, administrative bloat, and campus culture—this book is a critical resource for aspiring and current higher education administrators. Research-based and stemming from a range of case studies, this book’s insightful and fresh recommendations serve as an important contribution to the conversation on the future of American higher education.

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Routledge

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1317496663

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9781317496663

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