Matchstick Men
Matchstick Men

Author: Eric Garcia

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0307488039

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • A novel about grifters with issues, by the acclaimed cult author of Anonymous Rex and Casual Rex Roy and Frankie are matchstick men—con artists. Partners in elegant crimes for years, they know each other like brothers and have perfected the rules of the game. Roy is the careful one, saves every penny. Frankie is the adventurous one, hungry for a big score. He wants Roy to join him in running a tricky game, but Roy is distracted by the discovery that he is the father of a punky teenage daughter from a brief marriage that ended years ago. The kid wants to get to know her father. She also wants to learn the family business. Novelist Eric Garcia takes readers into the fast and funny world of grifters with issues. Matchstick Men is a dazzling literary con game that will keep readers guessing until the last page.

Matchstick Men
Matchstick Men

Author: Adira August

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-07

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781981024414

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FINALLY! UNDER ONE COVER: On His Knees and Matchstick Men in one seamless narrative. A frank exploration of the D/s dynamic between two powerful men. The series follows Hunt and Cam's burgeoning relationship, and Hunter Dane through his murder investigations, with Cam playing John to Hunter's Sherlock. Adult. Intense. Sometimes it's the cop who needs to hit the floor... Haunted by the worst case of my career, I knew only one way to exorcise the images from my mind, the victim from my soul ... Inside the club, I scanned the room. He was here--Camden Snow--a sex god in the guise of unpretentious youth. Only his ice-blue eyes gave evidence of the Dom who took whomever he wished, whatever way he wanted, with a look and a nod. Merciless. Cam found me watching him and fixed me with his arctic gaze. This time, I didn't walk away. He cocked an eyebrow. Well? The last thing I needed was mercy. I dropped to my knees. After their explosive first encounter, the bisexual switch and the Full Metal Dom meet again It was munch night at the most elite underground BDSM club in the Rockies... ...relaxed and informal, highlighted by the weekly Matchstick Challenge game. Detective Sergeant Hunter Dane, reigning champion, looked forward to a relaxing evening to start his 3 days off. A few beers on the deck. A sexy interlude. Stumping a challenger with a new puzzle. Home early for a decent night's sleep. But some people are so deadly serious about their games. Now Hunt has a fresh body and a new puzzle to solve in twenty-four hours if he wants to find a killer. And Dom Camden Snow comes along to help with a few games of his own in mind. Sherlock and John were never like this! The other books of this series are available now exclusively on Amazon.

The Repossession Mambo
The Repossession Mambo

Author: Eric Garcia

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-03-31

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0061802832

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Thanks to the technological miracle of artiforgs, now you can live virtually forever. Nearly indestructible artificial organs, these wonders of metal and plastic are far more reliable and efficient than the cancer-prone lungs and fallible kidneys you were born with—and the Credit Union will be delighted to work out an equitable payment plan. But, of course, if you fall delinquent, one of their dedicated professionals will be dispatched to track you down and take their product back. This is the story of the making—and unmaking—of the best Bio-Repo Man in the extraction business, who finds his soul when he loses his heart . . . and then he has to run.

The Matchstick Man and Other Creepy Tales
The Matchstick Man and Other Creepy Tales

Author: Ruth Morgan

Publisher: Pont

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781848510531

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Casgliad o straeon iasol i blant 9-11 oed, gan awdur profiadol. Bydd y saith stori yn saff o blesio'r rhai sy'n hoff o chwedlau am ysbrydion. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

Picturebooks: Representation and Narration
Picturebooks: Representation and Narration

Author: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-03

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1136670777

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This volume discusses the aesthetic and cognitive challenges of modern picturebooks from different countries, such as Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and USA. The overarching issue concerns the mutual relationship between representation and narration by means of the picturebooks’ multimodal character. Moreover, this volume includes the main lines of debate and approaches to picturebooks by international leading researchers in the field. Topics covered are the impact of paratexts and interpictorial allusions, the relationship between artists’ books, crossover picturebooks, and picturebooks for adults, the narrative defiance of wordless picturebooks, the representation of emotions in images and text, and the depiction of hybrid characters in picturebooks. The enlargement of the picturebook corpus beyond an Anglo-American picturebook canon opens up new horizons and highlights the diverging styles and genre shifts in modern picturebooks. This tendency also demonstrates the influence of specific authors and illustrators on the appreciation of the picturebook genre, as in the case of Astrid Lindgren’s picturebooks and the picturebooks created by renowned illustrators, such as Anthony Browne, Wolf Erlbruch, Stian Hole, and Bruno Munari. This book will be the definite contribution to contemporary picturebook research for many years to come.

Dancing with Life. Tales from the Township
Dancing with Life. Tales from the Township

Author: Christopher Mlalazi

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2008-08-15

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 0797443495

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" Dancing with Life is a collection of short stories by Christopher Mlalazi. He has had stories published in anthologies inside and outside Zimbabwe, this is his first collection. ""Christopher Mlalazi may well be the most promising young writer in Zimbabwe today. His fiction captures the edgy energy of townships where young people have learned to be light on their feet, their dancing born of economic necessity and mocking disrespect for traditional authority. Mlalazi depicts contemporary life in Zimbabwe with an uncompromising determination to explore grievous social wounds and with a creative panache that will win him readers within and beyond his home country."" - Patricia Alden, Professor of African Literature, St Lawrence University ""Christopher Mlalazi is the rising voice of the ghetto, with all its violence, sharp anger, bitter protestations and tangible promise of a better tomorrow."" - Raisedon Baya, Writer and Columist ""This collection sparkles with wit, sizzles with style and dances with life. It is a welcome addition to Zimbabwe's growing canon and will be read and enjoyed for years to come."" - Petina Gappah, Writer and Critic"

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2006
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2006

Author: Roger Ebert

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2005-11

Total Pages: 1052

ISBN-13: 9780740755385

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Now fully updated, this annual yearbook includes every review Ebert had written from January 2007 to July 2009. It also includes interviews, essays, tributes, and all-new questions and answers from his Questions for the Movie Answer Man columns.

Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott

Author: William B. Parrill

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2011-08-10

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 0786485930

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Ridley Scott, the director of such seminal films as Blade Runner, Alien and Thelma & Louise, is one of the most important directors of the last fifty years. Unlike many directors, Scott has been remarkably transparent about his craft, offering the audience glimpses into his creative process. This book explores Scott's oeuvre in depth, devoting a chapter to his 22 primary works, from his first effort, Boy and Bicycle (1962), through Robin Hood (2010). Topics discussed include the critical reception of the films, and the ways in which Scott's works function as cinematic mediators of issues such as religion, women's rights and history.