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Unbecoming Americans

Writing Race and Nation from the Shadows of Citizenship, 1945-1960

by Joseph Keith ...

Series series The American Literatures Initiative
During the Cold War, Ellis Island no longer served as the largest port of entry for immigrants, but as a prison for holding aliens the state wished to deport. The government criminalized those it considered un-assimilable (from left-wing intellectuals and black radicals to racialized migrant laborers) through the denial, annulment, and curtailment of citizenship and its rights. The island, ceasing ... Read more

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During the Cold War, Ellis Island no longer served as the largest port of entry for immigrants, but as a prison for holding aliens the state wished to deport. The government criminalized those it considered un-assimilable (from left-wing intellectuals and black radicals to racialized migrant laborers) through the denial, annulment, and curtailment of citizenship and its rights. The island, ceasing
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Neocolonial Fictions of the Global Cold War

Edited by Steven Belletto, Joseph Keith ...

Series series New American Canon
Bringing together noted scholars in the fields of literary, cultural, gender, and race studies, this edited volume challenges us to reconsider our understanding of the Cold War, revealing it to be a global phenomenon rather than just a binary conflict between U.S. and Soviet forces. Shining a spotlight on writers from the war’s numerous fronts and applying lenses of race, gender, and ... Read more

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Bringing together noted scholars in the fields of literary, cultural, gender, and race studies, this edited volume challenges us to reconsider our understanding of the Cold War, revealing it to be a global phenomenon rather than just a binary conflict between U.S. and Soviet forces. Shining a spotlight on writers from the war’s numerous fronts and applying lenses of race, gender, and
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The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 14 min

In the small town of La Caleta, Dave Brandstetter investigates the murder of a very unpopular cop.When Ben Orton’s head is found bludgeoned by a heavy flower pot, the people of La Caleta are stunned—not because their police chief has been murdered, but because no one thought to do it sooner. A bruising, violent man, Ben had a commitment to order that did not always take the law into account. But ... Read more

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In the small town of La Caleta, Dave Brandstetter investigates the murder of a very unpopular cop.When Ben Orton’s head is found bludgeoned by a heavy flower pot, the people of La Caleta are stunned—not because their police chief has been murdered, but because no one thought to do it sooner. A bruising, violent man, Ben had a commitment to order that did not always take the law into account. But
... Read more
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Troublemaker

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 10 min

Joseph Hansen’s groundbreaking investigator Dave Brandstetter delves into the suspicious death of a gay entrepreneur.Rick Wendell’s ranch is far from town. A remote, dusty hideaway, its only inhabitants are Rick, his aging mother, and her horses. One night, Rick’s mother returns from the movies to find Rick lying on the floor, stark naked and with a gaping bullet wound in his chest. Standing over ... Read more

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Joseph Hansen’s groundbreaking investigator Dave Brandstetter delves into the suspicious death of a gay entrepreneur.Rick Wendell’s ranch is far from town. A remote, dusty hideaway, its only inhabitants are Rick, his aging mother, and her horses. One night, Rick’s mother returns from the movies to find Rick lying on the floor, stark naked and with a gaping bullet wound in his chest. Standing over
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Skinflick

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 56 min

Now working freelance, Dave Brandstetter digs into an evangelist’s secret life.His father’s death left Dave Brandstetter with a hole in his heart and an inheritance in his bank account. The money allowed him to venture out on his own, launching a freelance insurance investigation agency that specializes in suspicious deaths. His first case is potentially explosive, and if he isn’t careful, it ... Read more

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Now working freelance, Dave Brandstetter digs into an evangelist’s secret life.His father’s death left Dave Brandstetter with a hole in his heart and an inheritance in his bank account. The money allowed him to venture out on his own, launching a freelance insurance investigation agency that specializes in suspicious deaths. His first case is potentially explosive, and if he isn’t careful, it
... Read more
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Gravedigger

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 6 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 17 min

A runaway girl leads Dave Brandstetter to confront a California sex cult.Serenity ran away from home when her father was convicted of bribery. For two years, she drifted around the American Southwest, finally finding refuge in the arms of Azrael, a charismatic cult leader whose religion was founded upon blood. Long after Serenity’s disappearance, the police find a mass grave containing six dead ... Read more

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A runaway girl leads Dave Brandstetter to confront a California sex cult.Serenity ran away from home when her father was convicted of bribery. For two years, she drifted around the American Southwest, finally finding refuge in the arms of Azrael, a charismatic cult leader whose religion was founded upon blood. Long after Serenity’s disappearance, the police find a mass grave containing six dead
... Read more
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Death Claims

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

Death Claims is the second in Joseph Hansen’s acclaimed mystery series featuring the ruggedly masculine Dave Brandstetter, a gay insurance investigator.When John Oats’s body is found washed up on a beach, his young lover April Stannard is sure it was no accident. Brandstetter agrees: Oats’s college-age son, the beneficiary of the life insurance policy, has gone missing. ... Read more

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Death Claims is the second in Joseph Hansen’s acclaimed mystery series featuring the ruggedly masculine Dave Brandstetter, a gay insurance investigator.When John Oats’s body is found washed up on a beach, his young lover April Stannard is sure it was no accident. Brandstetter agrees: Oats’s college-age son, the beneficiary of the life insurance policy, has gone missing.
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Fadeout

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 8 min

Fadeout is the first of Joseph Hansen’s twelve classic mysteries featuring rugged Dave Brandstetter, an insurance investigator who is contentedly gay.When entertainer Fox Olson’s car plunges off a bridge in a storm, a death claim is filed, but where is Olson’s body? As Brandstetter questions family, fans, and detractors, he grows certain Olson is still alive and must find him before the would-be ... Read more

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Fadeout is the first of Joseph Hansen’s twelve classic mysteries featuring rugged Dave Brandstetter, an insurance investigator who is contentedly gay.When entertainer Fox Olson’s car plunges off a bridge in a storm, a death claim is filed, but where is Olson’s body? As Brandstetter questions family, fans, and detractors, he grows certain Olson is still alive and must find him before the would-be
... Read more
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Botticelli's Secret

The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance

by Joseph Luzzi ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Unabridged

6 hours 55 min

A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced itSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence’s unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a near-impossible project: to illustrate all ... Read more

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A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced itSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence’s unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a near-impossible project: to illustrate all
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Nightwork

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 11 min

In a neighborhood plagued with violence, Dave Brandstetter uncovers a corporate crime.Gifford Gardens has gone to hell: persistent flooding has reduced the neighborhood to a slum, a battleground for rival gangs. Anyone who can afford to leave has already pulled up stakes, and Paul and Angela Myers are among those who are left. To make ends meet, Paul takes on long-haul truck driving, which is as ... Read more

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In a neighborhood plagued with violence, Dave Brandstetter uncovers a corporate crime.Gifford Gardens has gone to hell: persistent flooding has reduced the neighborhood to a slum, a battleground for rival gangs. Anyone who can afford to leave has already pulled up stakes, and Paul and Angela Myers are among those who are left. To make ends meet, Paul takes on long-haul truck driving, which is as
... Read more
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A Country of Old Men

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 12 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

For the sake of a frightened child, Dave Brandstetter takes on his very last case.In his decades as an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter has never shied away from violence, and he’s had more than his share of close calls. Time is catching up with him, his body is slowing down, and his wit is not as sharp as it used to be. But he will forgo retirement once more for the sake of a puzzle no ... Read more

$16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For the sake of a frightened child, Dave Brandstetter takes on his very last case.In his decades as an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter has never shied away from violence, and he’s had more than his share of close calls. Time is catching up with him, his body is slowing down, and his wit is not as sharp as it used to be. But he will forgo retirement once more for the sake of a puzzle no
... Read more
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Obedience

A Dave Brandstetter Mystery

by Joseph Hansen ...

Narrated by Keith Szarabajka ...

Series Audiobook 10 - The Dave Brandstetter Mysteries
Unabridged

6 hours

With retirement just out of reach, Dave Brandstetter investigates the killing of a Vietnamese immigrant.As an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter has spent his life unraveling suspicious deaths. Now, well into middle age, he has decided to retire for the sake of Cecil, the young TV reporter who loves and cherishes him, and has too often risked his own life for Dave’s work. But retirement ... Read more

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With retirement just out of reach, Dave Brandstetter investigates the killing of a Vietnamese immigrant.As an insurance investigator, Dave Brandstetter has spent his life unraveling suspicious deaths. Now, well into middle age, he has decided to retire for the sake of Cecil, the young TV reporter who loves and cherishes him, and has too often risked his own life for Dave’s work. But retirement
... Read more

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