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Author: Peter Manus Publisher: Diversion Publishing Corp. ISBN: 1626818398 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 512
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This dark, twisting work of digital-age noir is “a riveting mystery . . . An incredibly daring novel and a complete success” (Booklist, starred review). On a winter night in Boston, a man falls to his death in front of a train. The sole witness, a shaken young woman, explains to the police how the man shoved her aside as he made his way to the tracks. But when her blog turns up on the dead man’s computer, the cops begin to look for other connections between them. This dark and intricate tale of obsession and deception is told in the form of a blog written by an elusive narrator known only by her online name, “l. g. fickel.” Deep into the night, every night, Fickel posts about “Mr. Suicide” and the ensuing police investigation. She is joined in her blog chats by a loyal group of commenters. Is Fickel’s tale that of an innocent woman frantically trying to figure out how her online activity has enmeshed her in a murder case, or is she a manipulator, playing an elaborate game as she grinds out her revenge on those she feels have betrayed her? “Noir fans should enjoy the twists and turns that echo such genre classics such as Double Indemnity and The Asphalt Jungle.” —Publishers Weekly
Author: Peter Manus Publisher: Diversion Publishing Corp. ISBN: 1626818398 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 512
Book Description
This dark, twisting work of digital-age noir is “a riveting mystery . . . An incredibly daring novel and a complete success” (Booklist, starred review). On a winter night in Boston, a man falls to his death in front of a train. The sole witness, a shaken young woman, explains to the police how the man shoved her aside as he made his way to the tracks. But when her blog turns up on the dead man’s computer, the cops begin to look for other connections between them. This dark and intricate tale of obsession and deception is told in the form of a blog written by an elusive narrator known only by her online name, “l. g. fickel.” Deep into the night, every night, Fickel posts about “Mr. Suicide” and the ensuing police investigation. She is joined in her blog chats by a loyal group of commenters. Is Fickel’s tale that of an innocent woman frantically trying to figure out how her online activity has enmeshed her in a murder case, or is she a manipulator, playing an elaborate game as she grinds out her revenge on those she feels have betrayed her? “Noir fans should enjoy the twists and turns that echo such genre classics such as Double Indemnity and The Asphalt Jungle.” —Publishers Weekly
Author: Tara Fickle Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 1479805955 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 266
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Winner, 2020 American Book Award, given by the Before Columbus Foundation How games have been used to establish and combat Asian American racial stereotypes As Pokémon Go reshaped our neighborhood geographies and the human flows of our cities, mapping the virtual onto lived realities, so too has gaming and game theory played a role in our contemporary understanding of race and racial formation in the United States. From the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese American internment to the model minority myth and the globalization of Asian labor, Tara Fickle shows how games and game theory shaped fictions of race upon which the nation relies. Drawing from a wide range of literary and critical texts, analog and digital games, journalistic accounts, marketing campaigns, and archival material, Fickle illuminates the ways Asian Americans have had to fit the roles, play the game, and follow the rules to be seen as valuable in the US. Exploring key moments in the formation of modern US race relations, The Race Card charts a new course in gaming scholarship by reorienting our focus away from games as vehicles for empowerment that allow people to inhabit new identities, and toward the ways that games are used as instruments of soft power to advance top-down political agendas. Bridging the intellectual divide between the embedded mechanics of video games and more theoretical approaches to gaming rhetoric, Tara Fickle reveals how this intersection allows us to overlook the predominance of game tropes in national culture. The Race Card reveals this relationship as one of deep ideological and historical intimacy: how the games we play have seeped into every aspect of our lives in both monotonous and malevolent ways.
Author: C.E. Haque Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9780792348696 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 414
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A holistic approach to the nature-society relationship and its connection to disasters in Bangladesh. Though rooted in the hard science of the Riverbank Erosion Impact Study carried out between 1984 and 1989, Haque (geography, Brandon U.) is also very concerned with other aspects of the problem such as the displacement, relocation and resettlement of disaster refugees, human coping responses to natural hazards, social class formation and vulnerability of the population, and public policy issues. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Meredith Migliorato Publisher: ISBN: 9781478744054 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 30
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Fickle Melinda McPickle can never make up her mind. She is simply no good at making decisions meaning she usually ends up making very silly choices. As she goes through her day, the lovable little girl finds a different way of doing things, often making multiple choices instead of just one. Through it all, Melinda McPickle remains her delightfully unique self. There is a little Melinda in all of us. Fickle Fickle Melinda McPickle is a lighthearted book with an important message: Be who you are, whoever that is because that person is perfect, just as they are. Through Melinda we learn it s OK to march to the beat of your own drum. Ageless, timeless and seasonless, the book resonates with readers of all ages as it explores themes of character development, self-confidence, and embracing and celebrating each other s and our own special differences."
Author: Kate Hanscom Publisher: Ambassador-Emerald International ISBN: 9781620202272 Category : Decision making Languages : en Pages : 0
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Because Fickle Fiona Joyce can never make a choice, she goes to the park dressed in polka dots and stripes with her dog's chew toy. There's no room left on the jungle gym and all the ice cream she likes is gone. Fiona decides she must learn to make up her mind more quickly.
Author: James E. Fickle Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi ISBN: 9781578063086 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 366
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From prehistory to the present, people have harvested Mississippi's trees, cultivated and altered the woodlands, and hunted forest wildlife. Native Americans, the first foresters, periodically burned the undergrowth to improve hunting and to clear land for farming. Mississippi Forests and Forestry tells the story of human interaction with Mississippi's woodlands. With forty black-and-white images and extensive documentation, this history debunks long-held myths, such as the notion of the first settlers encountering "virgin" forests. Drawing on primary materials, government documents, newspapers, interviews, contemporary accounts, and secondary works, historian James E. Fickle describes an ongoing commerce between people and place, from Native American maintenance of the woods, to white exploration and settlement, to early economic activities in Mississippi's forests, to present-day conservation and responsible use. Viewed over time, issues of conservation are rarely one-sided. Mississippi Forests and Forestry describes how the rise of "scientific" forestry coincided with the efforts of some early lumber companies and industrial foresters to operate responsibly in harvesting trees and providing for reforestation. Surprisingly, the rise of the pulp and paper industry made reforestation possible in many parts of the state. Mississippi Forests and Forestry is a history of individuals as well as industries. The book looks closely at the ways the lumber industry operated in the woods and mills and at the living and working conditions of people in the industries. It argues that the early industrial foresters, some lumber companies, and pulp and paper manufacturers practiced utilitarian conservation. By the late 1950s, they accomplished what some considered a miracle. Mississippi's forests had been restored. With the rise of environmentalism in the 1960s, popular ideas concerning the proper management and use of forests changed. Practices such as clear-cutting, single-age management, and manufacturing by chip mills became highly controversial. Looking ahead, Mississippi Forests and Forestry examines the issues that remain heated topics of conservation and use.
Author: Mason Ambrose Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 102
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A Fickle Response to Love is the charming ramblings of the author, Mason Ambrose, as he tries to combat strong emotions and awkward situations with poetry. Through a divorce, dating, depression and more than a little self-reflection, A Fickle Response to Love is a collection of very relatable poems that helped the author maintain his sanity (or lack thereof).
Author: Dushka Zapata Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 362
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One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is that someone else has the answers that we need.That someone else has something we don't have - a wisdom, a perspective, a gift - that can save us.I am adamantly against giving any form of personal advice. I write about things I've experienced and share what I have learned, and that's what this book is about. But, remember.You have all the answers. You have all the power. Do not squander it. Do not relinquish one bit of it. Do not give it away. Do not believe that someone else has everything figured out.You have no idea what a mess I can be, with my inability to sleep and my anxiety, my tendency to go full tilt on everything and the sloppy rainbow love I splatter across pristine things. You don't see the middle of the night panic, the same mistakes I make over and over. My god. I know this. I just wrote about this. Why am I doing it again?I don't have the answers that you need. But you do. You do, and as you stop looking outside of yourself and look inside, these answers will become increasingly clear. Listen to that.
Author: Peter Manus
Author: Peter Manus
Author: Lori Ries
Author: Tara Fickle
Author: C.E. Haque
Author: Meredith Migliorato
Author: Kate Hanscom
Author: James E. Fickle
Author: Mason Ambrose
Author: Dushka Zapata
Author: Raymond Ives