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Joel Chandler Harris was internationally famous in his own time and has a surprisingly broad scholarly and popular following in ours. His portraits of slaves and former slaves, particularly Uncle Remus and Free Joe, poor whites, and Brer Rabbit, the archetypal trickster hero, have influenced many other writers, including Mark Twain, Charles Chesnutt, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and a wide array of children's authors from Beatrix Potter to A. A. Milne. Harris also left a lasting mark on popular culture, most clearly manifested through Disney's ^ISong of the South^R and at Disney World attractions featuring versions of Harris's characters. He singlehandedly preserved and made internationally famous the Brer Rabbit folktales, the largest body of African American oral folklore that the world has ever known. Additionally, Harris was a major New South journalist who accelerated the process of reconciliation between North and South and promoted racial tolerance after the Civil War.This reference book is a complete bibliographic guide to the scholarly response to Harris during the last two decades. The introduction explores such issues as Harris's renderings of black dialect, Southern character, and folklore, and his influence on popular culture. The first part is a supplement to Bickley's earlier bibliography of Harris, which covered the period 1862-1976. The second part provides more than 300 entries for books, articles, and dissertations about Harris published after 1976. Entries are grouped in sections according to year of publication, and then alphabetically within each section. Each entry is fully annotated, and a detailed index concludes the volume.
Collected Stories of Raymond Chandler: Introduction by John Bayley
Raymond Chandler
Everyman's Library
2002
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A complete collection of short fiction by the creator of Philip Marlowe includes stories from two prior anthologies--Trouble Is My Business and The Simple Art of Murder--as well as "Blackmailers Don't Shoot," "The Pencil," "English Summer," and more. 35,000 first printing.
“The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.” So wrote Zhuge Liang, the great Chinese military strategist. He was referring to battlefield tactics, but the same can be said about any strategic situation. Even seemingly certain defeat can be turned into victory—whether in battle, business, or life—by those with the strategic vision to recognize how to “change the game” to their own advantage. The aim of David McAdams’s Game-Changer is nothing less than to empower you with this wisdom—not just to win in every strategic situation (or “game”) you face but to change those games and the ecosystems in which they reside to transform your life and our lives together for the better. Game-Changer develops six basic ways to change games—commitment, regulation, cartelization, retaliation, trust, and relationships—enlivened by countless colorful characters and unforgettable examples from the worlds of business, medicine, finance, military history, crime, sports, and more. The book then digs into several real-world strategic challenges, such as how to keep prices low on the Internet, how to restore the public’s lost trust in for-charity telemarketers, and even how to save mankind from looming and seemingly unstoppable drug-resistant disease. In each case, McAdams uses the game-theory approach developed in the book to identify the strategic crux of the problem and then leverages that “game-awareness” to brainstorm ways to change the game to solve or at least mitigate the underlying problem. So get ready for a fascinating journey. You’ll emerge a deeper strategic thinker, poised to change and win all the games you play. In doing so, you can also make the world a better place. “Just one Game-Changer [is] enough to seed and transform an entire organization into a more productive, happier, and altogether better place,” McAdams writes. Just imagine what we can do together.
"Freedom to chart one’s strategic destiny comes only to those who are game-aware enough to rise above the game and determined enough to change the game to their own advantage" writes David McAdams in this ground-breaking, paradigm-busting romp through the game theory of business and life. The reader will emerge as a "game-changer", more aware of the strategic interactions in their life and empowered with a set of methods to change those "games" to their advantage. The "Game-Changer’s Toolkit" introduces six ways to change games, using the Prisoners’ Dilemma as a recurring example of a solvable strategic challenge. Six "Game-Changer Files" present a wide variety of pressing strategic problems, from how to keep prices low on the Internet to how to win the battle with infectious disease.
Pro rugby league player Finn Chalmers seems like he has it all - money, brains, good looks. But there's one thing the man they call 'Charming' can't get - and that's the attention of his best friend and unrequited love Cara Holt. When a stalker targets Cara, Finn moves her into his place for safety. However, there's nothing safe about being in such tight quarters with temptation.Having sworn off love years ago, the last thing preschool teacher Cara needs is romantic overtures, especially from some anonymous creep. Freaked out and financially strapped, she reluctantly moves into her best friend's house. When their new living situation reawakens her early crush on Finn she agrees to one night of passion with the rumoured playboy. But what happens when the commitment-phobic Cara discovers Finn has plans to turn her temporary stay into something permanent?When the whistle blows and the sun comes up, will Charming have claimed his Happily Ever After?
Tough-minded and typically idiosyncratic, here is Chandler on Chandler, the mystery novel, writing, Hollywood, TV, publishing, cats, and famous crimes. This skillfully edited selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Paul Skenazy has provided a new introduction for this edition as well as a new selected bibliography.
Are conservation and protecting animals the same thing? In "Game Changer", award-winning environmental reporter Glen Martin takes a fresh look at this question as it applies to Africa's megafauna. Martin assesses the rising influence of the animal rights movement and finds that the policies championed by animal welfare groups could lead paradoxically to the elimination of the very species - including elephants and lions - that are the most cherished. In his anecdotal and highly engaging style, Martin takes readers to the heart of the conflict. He revisits the debate between conservationists, who believe that people whose lives are directly impacted by the creation of national parks and preserves should be compensated, versus those who believe that restrictive protection that forbids hunting is the most effective way to conserve wildlife and habitats. Focusing on the different approaches taken by Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia, Martin vividly shows how the world's last great populations of wildlife have become the hostages in a fight between those who love animals and those who would save them.
Joel Chandler Harris' Life Of Henry W. Grady, Including His Writings And Speeches
Joel Chandler (EDT) Harris
Kessinger Pub
2008
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Zachariah Chandler
KESSINGER PUBLISHING, LLC
2008
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Raymond Chandler's Trouble Is My Business
Raymond Chandler; Arvind Ethan David
Pantheon Books
2025
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A brilliant graphic novel adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic noir tale featuring iconic private eye Philip Marlowe "Inspired. . . . This trio brings Chandler's] words to vivid life. . . . A triumph of teamwork."--Air Mail In 1940s Los Angeles, a sour-faced millionaire hires Philip Marlowe, a hard-boiled, harder-drinking detective, to scare off a suspected gold digger who has gotten her claws into his even wealthier stepson. Marlowe takes the case but quickly discovers that the woman, Harriett Huntress, isn't just after gold: she's playing a long, cold game of revenge... Marlowe forms an alliance with George, the client's chauffeur-cum-bodyguard-cum-fixer. George is a Black, Dartmouth-educated veteran with a sniper's skills and his own agenda, and the two uneasy allies find themselves on the wrong end of a brace of hired killers and an enigmatic casino boss. . . . It quickly becomes clear that Marlowe, sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, is just asking for trouble. But that's the thing. Trouble is his business.
Sunny Chandler's Return
Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
2004
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On a bet, sexy sheriff Ty Beaumont woos Sunny Chandler, who has returned to her hometown to attend her best friend's wedding, but, unexpectedly, finds himself falling in love with the headstrong young woman. Reprint.
Race Changer: America Votes If All People Should Become One Color, Volume II
Rick Hyman
Ronda Hyman
2019
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This book is a continuation of the Race Changers' journey to save the world from bad aliens who threatened to destroy planet Earth if they come and find any people of color here. In the Race Changers' efforts to save our planet, they go to the White House to meet with the President, to the planet Mars, to NASA, to Area 52, and to Rion's old neighborhood in Washington, DC. People's lives change drastically in this book when their skin changes from one color to another.
GAME CHANGER: The Cruise that Changed Everything is a riveting account of the 1985-86 Med/IO deployment of the famed aircraft carrier USS Saratoga through the eyes of a young enlisted Operations Specialist. It is a true story of Action, Adventure, and Amazing Grace centered around a turning point in history that resulted in the triumph of American democracy over Soviet communism. Readers will exult in this entertaining account of recent events interwoven with the coming of age story of Tommy Ferrell, who answered the call to serve his country before answering a higher call to serve His God as a minister of the gospel.GAME CHANGER includes a foreword and final chapter by Vice Admiral Jerry L. Unruh, USN (ret); former Commanding Officer of the USS Saratoga & TOP GUN.
When a firefighter and the chef he's been crushing on cross paths, sparks fly.***Divorced single mom Dee has never much believed in fate until now, but something about the charming and adorably awkward flirt, Rhodes, has her intrigued and wanting to know more.Widowed dad Rhodes has no idea who he's about to meet on the blind date his son set up but can't stop thinking about the food vlogger he's been crushing on like a hormonal teenager.Add in nice-guy ex husbands, meddling co-workers, and food made to make even the strongest man melt, Dee and Rhodes soon discover that while their loved ones may have bought them together, somewhere along the way, fate turned into the real hero of their story.Can these two singletons trust the hard and fast connection they've found, or will the pressure to live up to expectations stop them from being the life changers they both want and need. ***USA Today Bestselling Author BJ Harvey brings you Life Changer - Book 2 in a new spin-off to the Cook Brothers rom com series featuring first responders in Chicago who are fighting the good fight and also finding love at the same time. Set in the same world as the Bliss, Game, and Cook Brothers series before it.
No one ever got a second chance to make a great first impression. That was something Jack Daniels knew all to well. (Yes, that was his real name. No, he was not related to that Jack Daniels). Jack wouldn't normally care what someone else thought of him, but when it impacted his job? That was another matter entirely. It wasn't even his fault, not really. If anyone was to blame for Jack making an absolute fool of himself in front of his new neighbour it was his 'friend' Carter. But now Jack had to make things right...or he would miss out on the biggest coup of his career. Dianna Fletcher was just trying to live her best life. Yes, she suffered with chronic pain and no, it wasn't all in her head. It made getting in to the office every day a bit of a challenge, but that was what the internet was for, right? Working from home was a legitimate way to do her job, even if some people didn't agree. Besides, she was currently experiencing one of the highest points of her career as a game designer...the launch of a game she conceptualised and ran point on from design to production...and the biggest game to come out of Black Sheep Software and Gaming ever. She was living the dream and it should have been the best time of her life if not for the little snag of the grumpy DILF living next door. Dianna would have quite happily gone on ignoring Jack for the rest of eternity, but her boss had other ideas. Now Dianna and Jack had to work together in order to promote her game launch. Dianna would have been quite happy to work with anyone else at The Playbook, but that wasn't an option. Jack-the grumpy DILF next door-was the guy who could take her game launch from good to great. Working with Jack would be a game changer...if only she didn't hate him so much.