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  • Abducted by Circumstance

    A Novel

    by David Madden ...
    “Abducted by Circumstance is a thrilling crime story, a dark and complex psychological study, a rich contemplation on contemporary life. It is also a masterful moral drama about the centuries-old conflicts that arise from the juxtaposition of the flesh and spirit.” —Allen Wier, author of Tehano“David Madden continues to push the envelope of literary fiction in subtle and profoundly sophisticated ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Momma's Lost Piano

    A Memoir

    by David Madden ...
    When she is seventeen, Emily Merritt’s beloved father gives her the piano she has always wanted. A few days later, having lost his job, he sells Emily’s piano and moves the family out of its two-story house in Cleveland, Ohio, to his mother’s three-room house in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee.The loss of her piano casts a shadow over Emily’s life in Knoxville, a city she could never love. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sharpshooter

    A Novel of the Civil War

    by David Madden ...
    A gripping and thought-provoking work that is unlike any Civil War novel previously written, Sharpshooter takes us into the mind of one of the war’s veterans as he attempts, years after the conflict, to reconstruct his experiences and to find some measure of meaning in them.A child of the divided East Tennessee mountain region, Willis Carr left home at age thirteen to follow his father and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Voice of James M. Cain

    A Biography

    by David Madden ...
    James M. Cain was among the prominent member of the "hard-boiled" school of writing that characterized the 1930s and 1940s, one of the masters of the genre that included Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. His novels became such popular film noir classics as The Postman always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce, and his 1937 novel Serenade boldly portrayed its hero as a bisexual. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Tangled Web of the Civil War and Reconstruction

    Readings and Writings from a Novelist's Perspective

    by David Madden ...
    This unique collection of writings by the celebrated author David Madden provides a multitude of reflections on the Civil War and Reconstruction, from nonfiction to fiction. Included are Madden’s examination of key works by historians James McPherson and Fletcher Pratt, the story of the effort to simultaneously burn nine bridges by nine unionist guerrilla bands in the most complicated and ... Read more

    $23.89 USD

  • London Bridge in Plague and Fire

    A Novel

    by David Madden ...
    “Like Dr. Frankenstein’s invented creature, the larger-than-life, flesh-and-blood characters of London Bridge in Plague and Fireare made from pieces of the dead past that are forged in the consciousness of an historian—himself a creation of history and of David Madden’s literary magic. Struck by the lightning bolt of the co-joined imaginations of Madden and his reader, the fabricated beings rise ... Read more

    $28.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Defense of Housing

    The Politics of Crisis

    by Peter Marcuse, David Madden ...
    In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it?Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Primer of the Novel

    For Readers and Writers

    by David Madden, Charles Bane, Sean M. Flory ...
    When the first edition of David Madden's A Primer of the Novel: For Readers and Writers was published more than twenty-five years ago, there were no other books of its kind available. Since then, many authors and editors have produced works that attempt the same comprehensive coverage of the genre. However, these works tend to be either written solely for writers or solely for readers. More often ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • James M. Cain

    Hard-Boiled Mythmaker

    by David Madden, Kristopher Mecholsky, Max Allan Collins ...
    James M. Cain wrote some of the grittiest novels in American literature, including such classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Mildred Pierce. James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker is a critical overview of the author's life, work, and legacy. An updated and expanded edition of two of David Madden's scholarly works on Cain, this new book improves upon the previous works ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • The Teaching Improvement Agenda

    What Matters and How Teaching Excellence Is Achieved

    by David Lynch, Richard Smith, David Turner, Barnett Berry, Jake Madden, David Spendlove, Megan Lee ...
    Drawing on ten years of research into whole-of-school teaching improvement, this engaging text explains what teaching improvement requires, how it is achieved, and how to maintain it in your classroom and school.Based on studies involving real schools and real teachers, The Teaching Improvement Agenda is focused on what really matters for teachers and leaders in today’s schools. The book begins ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Constitution and American Racism

    Setting a Course for Lasting Injustice

    by David P. Madden ...
    Racism has permeated the workings of the U.S. Constitution since ratification. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, supporters of slavery ensured it was protected by rule of law. The federal government upheld slavery until it was abolished by the Civil War; then supported the South's Jim Crow power structure. From Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Era until today, veneration of the ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Audiobook

    Tom Seaver

    A Terrific Life

    by Bill Madden ...
    Narrated by David Marantz ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 15 min

    An authoritative, “must-read” (Keith Hernandez) baseball biography of New York Mets and Hall of Fame pitching legend Tom Seaver, still the greatest player ever to wear a Mets jersey, by a journalist who knew him well.He was called Tom Terrific for a reason. Tom Seaver is “among the greatest pitchers of all time” (Bob Costas). He is one of only two pitchers with 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts, and an ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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