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  • Middle Men

    Stories

    by Jim Gavin ...
    A powerful, funny, and wise debut from a writer Esquire praises as “the second coming of Denis Johnson.”In this widely acclaimed story collection, Jim Gavin delivers a hilarious and panoramic vision of California, in which a number of down-on-their-luck men, from young dreamers to old vets, make valiant forays into middle-class respectability. Each of the men in Gavin’s stories is stuck somewhere ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Hard Boiled Vampire Killers

    by Jim Gavin ...
    FULLY LOADED AND HALF IN THE BAG, FIGHTING EVIL ON TWO 99-CENT TACOS A DAY! Most people would call Ty Trotter a loser. He lives off his vampire girlfriend, can't hold a job, drinks and smokes the cheapest stuff on the shelves, and is Chairman for Life of his own Pity Committee, spending all his free time getting drunk, watching late-night TV and feeling sorry for himself. Most people would call Ed ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Smartass of Mars

    by Jim Gavin ...
    CJ Shifflett is 29 years old, unemployed, and living in his mother’s basement. He has a BA in Philosophy from a 2nd-tier state university. When his great-grandmother dies, they go to her funeral at their estranged family's historic mansion in Richmond. There, Chance discovers a legacy left for him -- the secret of his Civil War-era ancestor's adventures on the planet Mars, and a way to get there!  ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Models of Mental Health

    by Gavin Davidson, Jim Campbell, Dr Claire McCartan, Ms Lisa Morrison, Ciaran Mulholland, Ciarán Shannon ...
    Series series Foundations of Mental Health Practice
    A comprehensive understanding of the different theoretical models in mental health is essential when working with people with mental health difficulties.Brought together by a multidisciplinary team, this book presents a critical overview of the key theoretical perspectives that underpin mental health practice, examining both traditional and contemporary schools of thought. Offering an accessible ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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    Middle Men

    Stories

    by Jim Gavin ...
    Narrated by T. Ryder Smith, Jonathan Todd Ross, Chris Sorensen ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 36 min

    In Middle Men, Stegner Fellow and New Yorker contributor Jim Gavin delivers a hilarious and panoramic vision of California, portraying a group of men, from young dreamers to old vets, as they make valiant forays into middle-class respectability. In " Play the Man" a high-school basketball player aspires to a college scholarship, in " Elephant Doors" , a production assistant on a game show ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Strategic Alliances Fieldbook

    The Art of Agile Alliances

    by Gavin Booth, Mike Nevin, Jim Whitehurst ...
    The Strategic Alliances Fieldbook: The Art of Agile Alliances is for technology and professional services practitioners and executives seeking faster value from their partnerships as traditional alliances are changing rapidly in form and tempo.Digitising customer channels and internal operations has been a long-running initiative for most companies, and the global COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Remapping Sound Studies

    Edited by Gavin Steingo, Jim Sykes ...
    The contributors to Remapping Sound Studies intervene in current trends and practices in sound studies by reorienting the field toward the global South. Attending to disparate aspects of sound in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Micronesia, and a Southern outpost in the global North, this volume broadens the scope of sound studies and challenges some of the field's ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Post-Qualifying Mental Health Social Work Practice

    by Jim Campbell, Gavin Davidson ...
    Social workers and other professionals working in the area of mental health often face complex and difficult practice dilemmas shaped by increasingly demanding policy and legal contexts across the UK.Jim Campbell and Gavin Davidson focus on the post-qualifying role played by mental health social workers in this book. The authors draw on theoretical and research perspectives on the subject, before ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

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    The Summer He Didn’t Die

    by Jim Harrison ...
    Narrated by Lloyd James, Marguerite Gavin ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 8 min

    Celebrated author Jim Harrison, whose robust, tender, and deeply felt books have made their mark on the American literary landscape, here delivers a collection of three novellas infused with all the wisdom and generous spirit that have made him a master writer.In the title novella, “The Summer He Didn’t Die,” Brown Dog, a hapless Michigan Indian, is trying to parent his two stepchildren on meager ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Antlers of Water

    Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland

    by Jacqueline Bain, Anne Campbell, Jim Carruth, Linda Cracknell, Jim Crumley, Alec Finlay, Gavin Francis, David James Grinly, Jen Hadfield, Lesley Harrison, Sally Huband, Amy Liptrot, Gerry Loose, Hayden Lorimer, Garry Mackenzie, Karine Polwart, Chris Powici, Chitra Ramaswamy, Jess Smith, Dougie Strang, Em Strang, Malachy Tallack, Amanda Thomson ...
    'Luminous' The Times'Beautiful’ Caught by the RiverBringing together contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, this inspiring collection takes us from walking to wild swimming, from red deer to pigeons and wasps, from remote islands to back gardens, through prose, poetry and photography.Edited and introduced by Kathleen Jamie, and with contributions from Amy Liptrot, Jim Crumley, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Audiobook

    Julip

    by Jim Harrison ...
    Narrated by Ray Porter, Hillary Huber, William Hughes ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 54 min

    Jim Harrison takes us on a journey of the human heart in three novellas in which the irresistible pull of nature becomes a magnificent backdrop for exploring the toughest questions about life and love.Julip follows a bright and resourceful young woman as she tries to spring her brother from a Florida jail after he shot three of her former lovers “below the belt.”The Seven-Ounce Man continues the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    The Woman Lit by Fireflies

    by Jim Harrison ...
    Narrated by Ray Porter, Carrington MacDuffie, Lorna Raver ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 13 min

    Across the odd contours of the American landscape, people are searching for the things that aren’t irretrievably lost, for the incandescent beneath the ordinary. An ex-Bible student with raucously asocial tendencies rescues the preserved body of an Indian chief from the frigid depths of Lake Superior in a caper that nets a wildly unexpected bounty. A band of sixties radicals, now approaching ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook