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Patricia Smith Wood
There's nothing unusual about a ham operator contacting other radio enthusiasts. Unless he's been dead for five years. When Harrie McKinsey and Ginger Vaughn--who have been described as the Lucy…
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Harrie McKinsey and her best friend and business partner Ginger Vaughn discover that some secrets are best left buried when retired Senator Philip Lawrence hires their editing firm to assist…
The Ancient Ones walk among the sacred rocks at Petroglyphs National Monument. But are they responsible for the body discovered there one night during the full moon? Multiple jurisdictions of…
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In this second Harrie McKinsey Mystery, Harrie goes out to retrieve her morning newspaper and she discovers a small child sitting next to her flower beds. The little girl's pajamas…
Patricia Kelly Ralabate, Nicole Tucker-Smith
Dispels long-held myths that can limit educators' views of student potential, provides opportunities for readers to reconsider their current perspectives on learning and student success, and offers strategies that will…
Patricia Smith
One of the most magnetic and esteemed poets in today’s literary landscape, Patricia Smith fearlessly confronts the tyranny against the black male body and the tenacious grief of mothers in…
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The word lucid means mentally clear or conscious awareness in a dream. Achieving the awareness of self and the ability to know you are dreaming while dreaming is the official…
Smith writes the way Tina Turner sings. –E. Ethelbert Miller
The Story of Lynn is a mother’s story of her remarkable daughter, who was killed in a tragic accident. The memories of her daughter’s life and how she has dealt…
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hese stories-from b-boys and SI natives to Edgar Award-winners-bring Staten Island front and center as a borough that’s bellowing and boisterous and insisting on identity. There are good people there…
All you need to know about this ancient eastern technique of acupressure.
Almost every imaginable ailment can be alleviated using acupressure. Not only is it safe to use, but you…
This book is the first of its kind to specifically look at the issues of how disability is culturally placed and contextualized in different societies. Within, it covers a range…
A compendium of short stories for tea-time reading or whenever you have a spare moment. The stories come in all genres from historical, to environmental and even murder. From story…
Life According to Motown, Patricia Smith’s first book, told of the glittery deceptions of the Motown era and the difficulties of growing up under their sway. Big Towns, Big Talk…
An award-winning author presents a portrait of Black America in the nineteenth century. Unshuttered: Poems is the vessel for poetic personae and a selection of antique photographs of Black Americans…
National Book Award finalist Patricia Smith chronicles the Great Migration through Motown music and Chicago streets.
Most of the recipes in this spooky cookbook can be made with the help of your children, if they'd like to get in on the action. There are a couple…
Powerful, visionary book by leading African American poet confronts tyranny against the black male body and the tenacious grief of the mothers of murdered African American men. Dynamic sequences, including…
A storm’s-eye view of the devastation that forever changed New Orleans and America.
Providing balanced coverage of abortion, sexual harassment, censorship and pornography, and other timely and controversial subjects, this pathbreaking anthology is the first to offer a comprehensive introduction to feminist legal…
For Smith, lesbian panic is often a fear of losing one’s identity and value within the heterosexual paradigm. This book traces the history of lesbian panic through key works: The…
Hugh J Courtney
"Biodynamics is distinguished by the fact that it is a return from and through a mechanized prodigal society, not a regression. It is a return in a new way, like…
Reclaiming the narrative: a major new examination of contemporary Indigenous photography across the US
This groundbreaking project summarizes how contemporary Indigenous photographers have taken over the conversation about how their…
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Patricia A. Smith
A young boy’s murder unleashes chaos in the life of a school teacher and a small New England town.
The FBI, National Park Service, and Albuquerque PD all fail to identify a body found at Petroglyphs National Monument. The CIA, lurking in the background, also seems stumped. Enter Harrie…
Patricia Smith Janssen
It is 1878, and Jeremiah and Matilda Dunniff are broke. After the linen industry crumbles, the young Irish couple realizes they have no way to make money. With an eviction…
Patricia Smith Butcher
Eleven of the best-known papers, written by women, for women, are analyzed here in chapters covering the women’s rights press, the purpose of women’s education, coeducation, women as teachers, and…
Patricia Smith Ranzoni
Beyond fiction and limerick, stereotype and speculation, here’s an authentically imaginative account of how some Maine folk live in love with nature, from youth through old age, until and after…
Frequency describes the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time. It also measures how often trouble finds Harrie McKinsey.
Poems, Stories & Songs of Making Paper in Bucksport, Maine 1930 - 2014
Ian Hugh Smith
The 18-footers of Sydney Harbour have been the dominant open boat racing class for over a century, and Wee Georgie Robinson’s Britannia has been a big part of this community…
Matt Morton
Set in the backdrop of rural Texas, Matt Morton’s debut poetry collection reaches for existential meaning within life’s joys and griefs.
SPILLWAY is an annual journal containing poetry, essays on the craft of poetry, and book reviews.
Poetry. Literary Nonfiction.
Saturdays are special for Janna. That’s when she and Granddaddy spend the whole day together.
