Fiction
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Stoner's Boy: A Seckatary Hawkins Mystery [Hardback]
Robert F. Schulkers (Author); Randy Schulkers (Introduction); Diane Schneider (Introduction)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813167916
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Mr. Stoner is bad, and it seems his son is turning out just the same. Masked and dressed all in gray, Stoner's Boy moves like a ghost up and down the river, stealing and causing mischief. Seckatary Hawkins and his club have crossed this dangerous ... .... Learn More -
Hard Times: A Novel of Liberals and Radicals in 1860s Russia [Paperback]
Vasily Sleptsov (Author); Michael R. Katz (Author)
£13.50ISBN: 9780822964223
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Russian and East European Studies
Vasily Sleptsov was a Russian social activist and writer during the politically charged 1860s, known as the "era of great reforms," and marked by Alexander II's emancipation of the serfs and the relaxation lifting of censorship. Popular in his day... .... Learn More -
Insurrections: Stories [Hardback]
Rion Amilcar Scott (Author)
£23.00ISBN: 9780813168180
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series
A suicidal father looks to an older neighbor -- and the Cookie Monster -- for salvation and sanctuary as his life begins to unravel. A man seeking to save his estranged, drug-addicted brother from the city's underbelly confronts his own mortality.... .... Learn More -
Tales from Kentucky Nurses [Paperback]
William Lynwood Montell (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813168258
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
From frontier times to the present day, Kentucky nurses have served with intelligence and energy, always ensuring that their patients received the best available care. Noted folklorist and oral historian William Lynwood Montell collects nearly two... .... Learn More -
Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes [Paperback]
William Lynwood Montell (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813168234
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In Tales from Kentucky Funeral Homes, William Lynwood Montell has collected stories and reminiscences from funeral home directors and embalmers across the state. These accounts provide a record of the business of death as it has been practiced in... .... Learn More -
Tales from Kentucky Sheriffs [Paperback]
William Lynwood Montell (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813168265
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Following the success of his collections of stories from funeral directors, schoolteachers, doctors, and lawyers, folklorist William Lynwood Montell presents a new volume of tales from Kentucky sheriffs. Montell collected stories from all areas of... .... Learn More -
Tales from Kentucky Doctors [Paperback]
William Lynwood Montell (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813168227
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In Tales from Kentucky Doctors, noted oral historian William Lynwood Montell has assembled a fascinating collection of memoirs from Kentucky's medical providers. Ranging from humorous to heartwarming to tragic, the stories presented in Tales from... .... Learn More -
Tales from Kentucky Lawyers [Paperback]
William Lynwood Montell (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813168241
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
"A woman was sitting on the witness stand, and the lawyer asked her, 'Did you, or did you not, on the night of June 23rd have sex with a hippie on the back of a motorcycle in a peach orchard?' She thought for a few minutes, then said, 'What was th... .... Learn More -
Tales of Kentucky Ghosts [Paperback]
William Lynwood Montell (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813168272
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
A good ghost story can make your hair stand on end, your palms sweat, and your heart race. The bone-chilling collection Tales of Kentucky Ghosts presents more than 250 stories that do just that. In his new book, William Lynwood Montell has assemb... .... Learn More -
Tales from Tennessee Lawyers [Paperback]
William Lynwood Montell (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813168289
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Lawyers have long been known as master storytellers, and those from Tennessee are certainly no exception. Veteran oral historian and folklorist William Lynwood Montell has collected tales from dozens of lawyers and judges from throughout the Volun... .... Learn More
