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  • The Dead Rock Stars

    A Novel

    by Jay Watson ...
    Meet the heroes we never knew we had—famous rock stars who died tragically young, but who actually faked their deaths to become secrets agents.The Dead Rock Stars is a tale about Cole Denton, a young tech genius who discovers the secret world of rock star secret agents. He is tasked with saving the world from an unknown threat—one that's closer to home than either Elvis Presley or the team can ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fossil-Fuel Faulkner

    Energy, Modernity, and the US South

    by Jay Watson ...
    Fossil-Fuel Faulkner is the first book-length study of a single writer in the emerging field of the energy humanities. As we try to imagine our way beyond a deeply problematic fossil energy regime that depletes and degrades the planet and sharpens the gap between Global North and Global South and move toward as more just and sustainable energy future, there is much to learn from how previous ... Read more

    $86.39 USD

  • William Faulkner and the Faces of Modernity

    by Jay Watson ...
    Winner of the 2020 C. Hugh Holman Award William Faulkner has enjoyed a secure reputation as American modernism's foremost fiction writer, and as a landmark figure in international literary modernism, for well over half a century. Less secure, however, has been any scholarly consensus about what those modernist credentials actually entail. Over recent decades, there have been lively debates in ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Reading for the Body

    The Recalcitrant Materiality of Southern Fiction, 1893-1985

    by Jay Watson ...
    Jay Watson argues that southern literary studies has been overidealized and dominated by intellectual history for too long. In Reading for the Body, he calls for the field to be rematerialized and grounded in an awareness of the human body as the site where ideas, including ideas about the U.S. South itself, ultimately happen.Employing theoretical approaches to the body developed by thinkers such ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • The Dead Rock Stars

    A Novel

    by Jay Watson, Kyle Wiltshire ...
    What if famous rock stars from the past, those who died young, in sudden and tragic ways, actually faked their deaths to become secret agents? Welcome to the world of The Dead Rock Stars, the heroes we never knew we had.The Dead Rock Stars is a tale about Cole Denton, a young tech genius who discovers the secret world of rock star secret agents. He is tasked with saving the world from an unknown ... Read more

    $10.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • William Faulkner in the Media Ecology

    by Sarah Gleeson-White, Richard Godden, Robert Jackson, Donald Kartiganer, Catherine G. Kodat, John T. Matthews, Sascha Morrell, Mark Steven, Jay Watson, Michael Zeitlin, Dr. Peter Lurie ...
    Series series Southern Literary Studies
    William Faulkner in the Media Ecology explores the Nobel Prize-winning author immersed in the new media of his time. Intersecting with twentieth-century technology such as photography, film, and sound recording, these twelve essays portray Faulkner as not only as a writer looking back on the history of the U.S. South, but also as a screenwriter, aviator, and celebrity. This fresh, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies

    by Scott Romine, Robert Azzarello, Delia Byrnes, Lisa Hinrichsen, Sam Horrocks, Evangelia Kindinger, Christopher Lloyd, Sarah McFarland, John Moran, Joshua Myers, Scott Obernesser, Lucas Sheaffer, Jimmy Dean Smith, Daniel Spoth, Joseph Thompson, Ila Tyagi, Jonathan Villalobos, Jay Watson ...
    Series series Southern Literary Studies
    As the planet faces ever-worsening disruptions to global ecosystems—carbon and chemical emissions, depletions of the ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, air toxification, and worsening floods and droughts—scholars across academia must examine the cultural effects of this increasingly postnatural world. That task proves especially vital for southern studies, given how often ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Ruinate Green

    Southern Literatures and Environmental Lost Cause-ism

    by Jay Watson ...
    Series Book 62 - Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures
    The Lost Cause legend has been a stumbling block for artists and progressives in the U.S. South for more than a century and half, but lost causes of an ecological cast have also been a major problem for American environmentalists, whose nostalgia for “wild” landscapes untouched by modernity leaves many inattentive to the affordances and needs of the changing, compromised environments we currently ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • Professional C# 4.0 and .NET 4

    by Christian Nagel, Bill Evjen, Jay Glynn, Karli Watson, Morgan Skinner ...
    This is the ultimate guide to C# 4 and the .NET 4 framework. Updated with more coverage of intermediate and advanced features, new examples, and detailed discussions of recent language and framework additions, this book covers everything you will need to know about C# and putting it to work. You will also find in-depth reviews of various topics including traditional Windows programming, working in ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Series One

    Exploring America's Literary and Historical Tapestry

    by J. Jay Smith, John F. Watson ...
    American Historical and Literary Curiosities, Series One invites readers into an intriguing tapestry of the past, woven through a varied collection of historical artifacts and literary expressions. This anthology captures the vibrancy of American historical and literary discourse, showcasing an array of ephemera and manuscripts that offer glimpses into the nation's evolving narrative. The curation ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Professional C# 2012 and .NET 4.5

    by Christian Nagel, Bill Evjen, Jay Glynn, Karli Watson, Morgan Skinner ...
    Intermediate to advanced technique coverage, updated for C# 2012 and .NET 4.5This guide is geared towards experienced programmers looking to update and enhance their skills in writing Windows applications, web apps, and Metro apps with C# and .NET 4.5. Packed with information about intermediate and advanced features, this book includes everything professional developers need to know about C# and ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Faulkner and the Native South

    Edited by Jay Watson, Annette Trefzer, James G. Thomas Jr. ...
    Series series Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series
    Contributions by Eric Gary Anderson, Melanie R. Anderson, Jodi A. Byrd, Gina Caison, Robbie Ethridge, Patricia Galloway, LeAnne Howe, John Wharton Lowe, Katherine M. B. Osburn, Melanie Benson Taylor, Annette Trefzer, and Jay WatsonFrom new insights into the Chickasaw sources and far-reaching implications of Faulkner’s fictional place-name “Yoknapatawpha,” to discussions that reveal the potential ... Read more

    $21.59 USD