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  • The Concrete River

    by John Shannon ...
    Series Book 1 - Jack Liffey Series
    Introduction by David Corbett, Author of New York Times Notable Book, Done for a DimeAfter losing his aerospace job—a casualty of the “peace dividend” brought by the end of the Cold War—52-year-old Jack Liffey still fights his personal wars: with the bottle, his ex-wife, and his loneliness after losing custody of his precocious and beloved daughter, Maeve. Before he can surrender to a life of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Evolve or Die

    Hard-Won Lessons from a Hockey Life

    by John Shannon ...
    For fans of Michael McKinley’s Hockey: A People’s History and Bob Cole’s Now I’m Catching On—a book about what’s changed in hockey, what never should, and a celebration of what we love about the game, from the broadcaster, analyst, and longtime executive producer of Hockey Night in Canada, John Shannon.For decades, Hockey Night in Canada has been the gold standard not just for hockey broadcasts, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Porch Swings, Parlors & Pryin’ Eyes

    Gossip, Gumption, and the Glories of Small-Town Life

    by Anne Warner, Edna Ferber, Booth Tarkington, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, O. Henry, Benjamin Stevenson, Mary Stewart Cutting, Madeline Yale Wynne, Katharine M. Roof, Wilbur D. Nesbit0, May McHenry1, James Whitcomb Riley2, William James Lampton3, Thomas Bailey Aldrich4, Carl Sandburg5 ...
    Narrated by Meghan Kelly6, Emma Faye7, Alex Picard8, John Hopkinson9, Rebecca Stern0, Shannon Nicole Locke1, A.J. Schuck2 ...
    Series Audiobook 5 - A Kaleidoscope of American Storytellers

    Unabridged

    8 hours 11 min

    In the towns where the porch lights glow late, the screen doors creak often, and no secret stays secret for long, life unfolds with charm, chatter, and more than a touch of mischief.Porch Swings, Parlors & Pryin’ Eyes invites you into parlors both prim and peculiar, where romances are whispered behind teacups, rivalries simmer at choir practice, and widows form committees with suspicious speed. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cracked Earth

    by John Shannon ...
    Series Book 2 - Jack Liffey Series
    Introduction by David Corbett, Award-Winning Author of The Devil’s RedheadJack Liffey’s reputation for finding missing kids has led to an offer from a lawyer to solve another disappearance, that of Hollywood icon Lori Bright’s rebellious teenage daughter. Jack accepts the job with the promise of a hefty paycheck, determined to catch up on child support and renew visitation rights with his daughter ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Poison Sky

    by John Shannon ...
    Series Book 3 - Jack Liffey Series
    "Shannon’s long-running series compulsively readable. Keeping up with every new character and twist is challenging but rewarding….A lively private eye caper with a delightfully diverse cast." —KIRKUS REVIEWJack Liffey’s transition to the unexpected vocation of private investigator is complete with a client who desperately begs him to find her runaway teenage son but only under certain conditions ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Sandoz Studies, Volume 1

    Women in the Writings of Mari Sandoz

    Edited by Renée M. Laegreid, Shannon D. Smith ...
    Series series Sandoz Studies
    Mari Sandoz, born on Mirage Flats, south of Hay Springs, Nebraska, on May 11, 1896, was the eldest daughter of Swiss immigrants. She experienced firsthand the difficulties and pleasures of the family’s remote plains existence and early on developed a strong desire to write. Her keen eye for detail combined with meticulous research enabled her to become one of the most valued authorities of her ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Ethics of War and Peace Revisited

    Moral Challenges in an Era of Contested and Fragmented Sovereignty

    by Daniel R. Brunstetter, Jean-Vincent Holeindre, Aidan Hehir, Thomas Lindemann, Alex Giacomelli, Nigel Biggar, Kerstin Fisk, Jennifer M. Ramos, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer0, Deborah Avant1, John Kelsay2, John R. Emery3, Shannon E. French4, Victoria Sisk5, Caroline Bass6, Frédéric Ramel7, Brian Orend8, Cian O'Driscoll9 ...
    How do we frame decisions to use or abstain from military force? Who should do the killing? Do we need new paradigms to guide the use of force? And what does “victory” mean in contemporary conflict?In many ways, these are timeless questions. But they should be revisited in light of changing circumstances in the twenty-first century. The post–Cold War, post-9/11 world is one of contested and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Accumulation of Freedom

    Writings on Anarchist Economics

    by Michael Albert, Iain McKay ...
    The only crisis of capitalism is capitalism itself. Let's toss credit default swaps, bailouts, environmental externalities and, while we're at it, private ownership of production in the dustbin of history. The Accumulation of Freedom brings together economists, historians, theorists, and activists for a first-of-its-kind study of anarchist economics. The editors aren't trying to subvert the notion ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Orange Curtain

    by John Shannon ...
    Series Book 4 - Jack Liffey Series
    “Shannon delivers a tour-de-force climax...” —Publishers WeeklyWhen a bookstore owner’s brilliant daughter Phuong Minh vanishes from Little Saigon, Jack Liffey once again finds himself in familiar territory—being in unfamiliar territory. Leaving LA, Jack crosses into Orange County’s Vietnamese community, where he crosses paths with a troubled cop whose intentions are unclear, and Billy Gudger, a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Cultural Role of Architecture

    Contemporary and Historical Perspectives

    Edited by Paul Emmons, Jane Lomholt, John Shannon Hendrix ...
    Exploring the ambiguities of how we define the word ‘culture’ in our global society, this book identifies its imprint on architectural ideas. It examines the historical role of the cultural in architectural production and expression, looking at meaning and communication, tracing the formations of cultural identities.Chapters written by international academics in history, theory and philosophy of ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Lighten Up!

    50 Jokes and Quotations

    by John Shannon ...
    Lighten Up! is a collection of 50 jokes and quotations by Johnny Shannon, who lives in an assisted living facility in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Despite his many health challenges since birth, John maintains a positive outlook in life, and his unique sense of humor is a prime way he does this. He likes to crack jokes, say funny sayings and make other interesting comments and observations that ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Boystown

    by John Shannon ...
    Series Book 15 - Jack Liffey Series
    Introduction by George Easter, Editor and Publisher of Deadly Pleasures MagazineLegendary LA sleuth Jack Liffey is back, and facing down a changing world, when his brazen daughter Maeve enlists him to help find Benjy—a gay social justice activist gone missing. Meanwhile, a needless act of violence sets off an urban range war between a group of gun-happy poachers and former Soviet paramilitary ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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