Crime Fiction
"Crime Fiction" provides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Using examples from a variety of novels, short stories, films and televisions series, John Scaggs:
*presents a concise history of crime fiction - from biblical narratives to James Ellroy - broadening the genre to include revenge tragedy and the gothic novel
*explores the key sub-genres of crime fiction, such as "Rational Criminal Investigation," "The Hard-Boiled Mode," "The Police Procedural" and "Historical Crime Fiction"
*locates texts and their recurring themes and motifs in a wider social and historical context
*outlines the various critical concepts that are central to the study of crime fiction, including gender, narrative theory and film theory
*considers contemporary television series like "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation" alongside the "classic" whodunnits of Agatha Christie.
Summer Fun Jumble: Lazy Day Word Play by Cheryl Leonhardt, ISBN 1572431148
Everyone who has read a newspaper recognizes Jumble "RM", the clever and humorous scrambled word game. Featuring a series of scrambled words coupled with a cartoon and riddle, these puzzles are a national tradition.
- Carried daily in nearly 500 major newspapers around the world
- Enjoyed by millions of readers
- Mentioned in hit televisions shows Friends, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons
Check out this new eclectic collection of Jumbles "RM", pulled straight from our puzzle files.
Summer Fun Jumble: Lazy Day Word Play by Cheryl Leonhardt, ISBN 1572431148
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Colorado: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos
If you subscribe to the opinion that televisions, Japanese lanterns, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, then The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado should be your constant companion.
Colorado is known for the Rockies, cobalt skies, deep forests, and snow-fed mountain streams, but there are other attractions as well: Mesa Verde, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, the Great Sand Dunes near the Sangre de Cristo Range, the Uncompahgre Plateau, and more.
The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado is a guidebook for tent campers who like scenic and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching your tent on a concrete slab and waking up to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs.
The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado will guide you to the quietest, most beautiful, most secure, and best managed campgrounds in the Centennial State. Painstakingly selected from hundreds of camping options, each profiled campground is rated for beauty, noise,...
Colorado: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos
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The Night the Wheels Fell Off: More Tales about Family, Growing Up, and Other Goofy Stuff
Mike Redmond returns with a follow-up to his Indiana bestseller Six of One, Half Dozen of Antoher. This time, on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, the hilarious stories center on change. The changes you bring upon yourself. The need to embrace change. the need to count your change before you leave the drive-through window. Mike's detailed reminiscences and spot-on funny stories are sure to win him a new legion of readers, especially among those old enough to remember rotary telephones, black-and-white televisions, and ashtrays on airplanes.
The Night the Wheels Fell Off: More Tales about Family, Growing Up, and Other Goofy Stuff
27 televisions > The Night the Wheels Fell Off: More Tales about Family, Growing Up, and Other Goofy Stuff
Colorado: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos
If you subscribe to the opinion that televisions, Japanese lanterns, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, then The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado should be your constant companion.
Colorado is known for the Rockies, cobalt skies, deep forests, and snow-fed mountain streams, but there are other attractions as well: Mesa Verde, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, the Great Sand Dunes near the Sangre de Cristo Range, the Uncompahgre Plateau, and more.
The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado is a guidebook for tent campers who like scenic and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching your tent on a concrete slab and waking up to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs.
The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado will guide you to the quietest, most beautiful, most secure, and best managed campgrounds in the Centennial State. Painstakingly selected from hundreds of camping options, each profiled campground is rated for beauty, noise,...
Colorado: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos
27 televisions > Colorado: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos
Sports Jumble: Word Power Workouts by Cheryl Leonhardt, ISBN 157243113X
Everyone who has read a newspaper recognizes Jumble "RM", the clever and humorous scrambled word game. Featuring a series of scrambled words coupled with a cartoon and riddle, these puzzles are a national tradition.
- Carried daily in nearly 500 major newspapers around the world
- Enjoyed by millions of readers
- Mentioned in hit televisions shows Friends, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons
Check out this new eclectic collection of Jumbles "RM", pulled straight from our puzzle files.
Sports Jumble: Word Power Workouts by Cheryl Leonhardt, ISBN 157243113X
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Sony Sixaxis Wireless Controller PS3
Enter the new Sixaxis wireless controller. Utilizing sensors designed to read when a player angles, tilts, thrusts, or pulls, the Sixaxis controller allows game play to become a natural extension of the player's body.
And with the heritage of the PlayStation system's basic controller design still intact, gamers are now able to play the controls they've grown accustomed to while harnessing the added intuitive movements of the multi-axis controller.
Key Features:
- Motion Sensing System: Thanks to breakthrough technology and a highly sensitive motion sensing system, the controller becomes a natural extension of the user's body.
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth for wireless gameplay (the PlayStation 3 system can support up to seven wireless controllers at one time).
- Wireless or Wired: The Sixaxis controller can be easily switched from wireless to wired.
- Analog Joy Sticks: The tilting angle of the analog joy stick has been slightly broadened to enable more delicate...
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The Night the Wheels Fell Off: More Tales about Family, Growing Up, and Other Goofy Stuff
Mike Redmond returns with a follow-up to his Indiana bestseller Six of One, Half Dozen of Antoher. This time, on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, the hilarious stories center on change. The changes you bring upon yourself. The need to embrace change. the need to count your change before you leave the drive-through window. Mike's detailed reminiscences and spot-on funny stories are sure to win him a new legion of readers, especially among those old enough to remember rotary telephones, black-and-white televisions, and ashtrays on airplanes.
The Night the Wheels Fell Off: More Tales about Family, Growing Up, and Other Goofy Stuff
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What's Happening: A Book of Explanations by Patricia Relf, ISBN 1572558075
Provides step-by-step descriptions and color illustrations to describe how everyday objects work, including cars, televisions, and planes.
What's Happening: A Book of Explanations by Patricia Relf, ISBN 1572558075
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