The Dead Author Book Club

The Dead Author Book Club
Author: P. L. Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-08-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781940868073

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The Richard & Judy Book Club Reader

The Richard & Judy Book Club Reader
Author: Helen Cousins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-03-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317017803

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In January 2004, daytime television presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan launched their book club and sparked debate about the way people in Britain, from the general reader to publishers to the literati, thought about books and reading. The Richard & Judy Book Club Reader brings together historians of the book, literature scholars, and specialists in media and cultural studies to examine the effect of the club on reading practices and the publishing and promotion of books. Beginning with an analysis of the book club's history and its ongoing development in relation to other reading groups worldwide including Oprah's, the editors consider issues of book marketing and genre. Further chapters explore the effects of the mass-broadcast celebrity book club on society, literature and its marketing, and popular culture. Contributors ask how readers discuss books, judge value and make choices. The collection addresses questions of authorship, authority and canon in texts connected by theme or genre including the postcolonial exotic, disability and representations of the body, food books, and domesticity. In addition, book club author Andrew Smith shares his experiences in a fascinating interview.

The Richard & Judy Book Club Reader

The Richard & Judy Book Club Reader
Author: Dr Helen Cousins
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1409478904

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In January 2004, daytime television presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan launched their book club and sparked debate about the way people in Britain, from the general reader to publishers to the literati, thought about books and reading. The Richard & Judy Book Club Reader brings together historians of the book, literature scholars, and specialists in media and cultural studies to examine the effect of the club on reading practices and the publishing and promotion of books. Beginning with an analysis of the book club's history and its ongoing development in relation to other reading groups worldwide including Oprah's, the editors consider issues of book marketing and genre. Further chapters explore the effects of the mass-broadcast celebrity book club on society, literature and its marketing, and popular culture. Contributors ask how readers discuss books, judge value and make choices. The collection addresses questions of authorship, authority and canon in texts connected by theme or genre including the postcolonial exotic, disability and representations of the body, food books, and domesticity. In addition, book club author Andrew Smith shares his experiences in a fascinating interview.

The Dead Book Club

The Dead Book Club
Author: Richard Horchler
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1662454791

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I would like for the reader to know where the idea came from to write this novel. I have been writing and painting all my life. It is and has always been a passion. My experience over the years has been this. When people found out that I was an artist, they would say, “Oh, my sister is an artist.” Or when they found out I was an author, they would say something similar. I am just a little selfish about the words writer and artist. I viewed those comments as insulting. Not long ago, I had this experience happen again, and I had an epiphany. I was wrong! What I failed to understand is that, yes, people do have a story to tell. Maybe not a novel, or even a short story, perhaps a very private experience, or a secret, that is special to them, and it should be. What bothers me is most die with their books. I decided to write a romance/mystery novel and encourage people to share their books and not die with them. So here it is, The Dead Club. Enjoy and start your own dead book club. This novel was done with love.

The Dead Romantics

The Dead Romantics
Author: Ashley Poston
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2022-06-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593336496

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A New York Times Notable Book of 2022! The New York Times Bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club Pick! "I LOVED this book! ...Funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy.”—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston. Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem—after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It’s as good as dead. When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father. For ten years, she's run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can’t bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it. Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor’s front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he’s just as confused about why he’s there as she is. Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she’s ever known about love stories. "One of the Summer's Hottest Reads"—Entertainment Weekly

The Dead Fathers Club

The Dead Fathers Club
Author: Matt Haig
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2007-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101201991

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A ghost story with a twist, from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library. "Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent stories." —Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband's brother, Uncle Alan. The remaining certainties of Philip's life crumble away when his father's ghost appears in the pub and declares Uncle Alan murdered him. Arming himself with weapons from the school chemistry cupboard, Philip vows to carry out the ghost's relentless demands for revenge. But can the words of a ghost be trusted any more than the lies of the living?

The Publisher

The Publisher
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 1906
Genre:
ISBN:

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Fabulously Dead

Fabulously Dead
Author: Lindsay Maracotta
Publisher: NYLA
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2014-08-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1625179383

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A “Dead is the New Fabulous” Mystery (#1) “Lindsay Maracotta has created in Lucy an exhilarating smart and sassy character. Her insider’s take crackles with fresh insight and laugh-out-loud one-liners.” —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author “Killingly amusing. Lindsay Maracotta wields the sharpest tongue since Nora Ephron banged out Heartburn. The book’s social observations are right on the money.” —The Chicago Tribune In the tradition of Janet Evanovich comes a smart and sassy first mystery about family values—Hollywood style. Animation filmmaker Lucy Frampton seemingly has it all—the glamorous mansion, adorable child and too-handsome-for-his-own-good producer husband. But Lucy has something her famous neighbors do not: a nude, wannabe starlet floating dead in her swimming pool!!! When she and her husband become the prime suspects in the high-profile murder investigation, Lucy knows she’s going to have to clear her own name—especially when she finds out that the enterprising victim had set her sights on Lucy’s husband! In a world of sex, lies, and iPhones, it’s up to Lucy to find the killer...lest she find herself as the next Fabulous victim!!!

Dead Broke

Dead Broke
Author: C M Miller
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2005-03
Genre:
ISBN: 0595347428

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"You killed my sister you bastard!" Paulita Davenport pressed her hefty three hundred ten pounds into the door, knocking Marcus off his feet. Marcus knew there would be no talking to her. She had come there for one reason. He'd be damned if he'd let this bitch kill him in his own place. Award-winning writer C.M. Miller returns with another suspense-filled mystery featuring financial planner and amateur sleuth Audrey Wilson. Audrey Wilson is a new mom and is deeply touched when the children of some of her clients fall prey to a serial killer. DEAD BROKE has all the intricate plot twists fans of this series love and will enhance any mystery collection. Praise for DEAD BROKE " Miller's best yet keeps readers guessing until the startling conclusion. A must read for mystery buffs." E.J. Gordon, reviewer, Chocolatesleuth.com

Dead Simple Python

Dead Simple Python
Author: Jason C McDonald
Publisher: No Starch Press
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2022-11-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1718500939

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The complete core language for existing programmers. Dead Simple Python is a thorough introduction to every feature of the Python language for programmers who are impatient to write production code. Instead of revisiting elementary computer science topics, you’ll dive deep into idiomatic Python patterns so you can write professional Python programs in no time. After speeding through Python’s basic syntax and setting up a complete programming environment, you’ll learn to work with Python’s dynamic data typing, its support for both functional and object-oriented programming techniques, special features like generator expressions, and advanced topics like concurrency. You’ll also learn how to package, distribute, debug, and test your Python project. Master how to: Make Python's dynamic typing work for you to produce cleaner, more adaptive code. Harness advanced iteration techniques to structure and process your data. Design classes and functions that work without unwanted surprises or arbitrary constraints. Use multiple inheritance and introspection to write classes that work intuitively. Improve your code's responsiveness and performance with asynchrony, concurrency, and parallelism. Structure your Python project for production-grade testing and distribution The most pedantically pythonic primer ever printed, Dead Simple Python will take you from working with the absolute basics to coding applications worthy of publication.