In Pursuit Of Spenser

Author : Otto Penzler
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781936661190

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In Pursuit of Spenser by Otto Penzler Pdf

When Robert B. Parker passed in early 2010, the world lost two great men: Parker himself, iconic American crime writer whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and his best-known creation, Spenser. Parker's Spenser series not only influenced the work of countless of today's writers, but is also credited with reviving and forever changing the genre. In Pursuit of Spenser offers a look at Parker and to Spenser through the eyes of the writers he influenced. Editor Otto Penzler-- proprietor of one of the oldest and largest mystery specialist bookstores in the country, New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, and renowned mystery fiction editor whose credits include series editor for the Best American Crime Writing and Best American Mystery Stories, among many others (and about whom Parker himself once wrote, "Otto Penzler knows more about crime fiction than most people know about anything")-- collects some of today's bestselling mystery authors to discuss Parker, his characters, the series, and their impact on the world. From Hawk to Susan Silverman to Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall, from the series' Boston milieu to Parker's own take on his character, In Pursuit of Spenser pays tribute to Spenser, and Parker, with affection, humor, and a deep appreciation for what both have left behind.

Author : Ace Atkins
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525536871

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Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins Pdf

In the latest thriller featuring the legendary Boston PI, Spenser and his young protégé Mattie Sullivan take on billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients. Ten years ago, Spenser helped a teenage girl named Mattie Sullivan find her mother's killer and take down an infamous Southie crime boss. Now Mattie--a college student with a side job working for the tough but tender private eye--dreams of being an investigator herself. Her first big case involves a fifteen-year-old girl assaulted by a much older man at one of Boston's most prestigious private clubs. The girl, Chloe Turner, only wants the safe return of her laptop and backpack. But like her mentor and boss, Mattie has a knack for asking the right questions of the wrong people. Soon Spenser and Mattie find ties between the exploitation of dozens of other girls from working class families to an eccentric billionaire and his sadistic henchwoman with a mansion on Commonwealth Avenue. The mystery man's wealth, power and connections extend well beyond Massachusetts - maybe even beyond the United States. Spenser and trusted ally Hawk must again watch out for Mattie as she unravels a massive sex-trafficking ring that will take them from Boston to Boca Raton to the Bahamas, crossing paths with local toughs, a highly-trained security company, and an old enemy of Spenser's--the Gray Man--for a final epic showdown.

Author : Robert B. Parker
Publisher : Dell
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307569981

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A Savage Place by Robert B. Parker Pdf

TV reporter Candy Sloan has eyes the color of cornflowers and legs that stretch all the way to heaven. She also has somebody threatening to rearrange her lovely face if she keeps on snooping into charges of Hollywood racketeering. Spenser's job is to keep Candy healthy until she breaks the biggest story of her career. But her star witness has just bowed out with three bullets in his chest, two tough guys have doubled up to test Spenser's skill with his fists, and Candy is about to use her own sweet body as live bait in a deadly romantic game--a game that may cost Spenser his life.

Author : Robert B. Parker
Publisher : Dell
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307569813

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Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker Pdf

Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. Is Marty throwing fast balls or throwing games? It doesn't take long for Spenser to link Marty's performance with Linda's past...or to find himself trapped between a crazed racketeer and an enforcer toting an M-16. America's favorite pastime has suddenly become a very dangerous sport, and one wrong move means strike three, with Spenser out for good!

Author : Robert B Parker
Publisher : Bedford Square Publishers
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781843441618

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Small Vices by Robert B Parker Pdf

Ellis Alves is a bad kid from the 'hood with a long record, but did he really murder Melissa Henderson, a white student from ritzy Pemberton College? Alves's former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to uncover the truth. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich kid tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice might just die along with the detective...

Author : Richard Rambuss
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521416639

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Spenser's Secret Career by Richard Rambuss Pdf

An impressive exploration of the poet Edmund Spenser's second career as a political secretary.

Author : Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Publisher : Crown Business
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307424051

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The Present by Spencer Johnson, M.D. Pdf

Another Spencer Johnson #1 Bestseller #1 New York Times Business #1 Wall Street Journal #1 BusinessWeek From the Author of Who Moved My Cheese? Dr. Spencer Johnson’s stories of timeless, simple truths have changed the work and lives of millions of readers around the world. Now comes an insightful new tale of inspiration and practical guidance for these turbulent times. Good Things Happen To Those Who Open The Present The Gift That Makes Your Work And Life Better Each Day! For over two decades, Spencer Johnson has been inspiring and entertaining millions with his simple yet insightful stories of work and life that speak directly to the heart and soul. The Present is an engaging story of a young man’s journey to adulthood, and his search for The Present, a mysterious and elusive gift he first hears about from a great old man. This Present, according to the old man, is “the best present a person can receive.” Later, when the young boy becomes a young man, disillusioned with his work and his life, he returns to ask the old man, once again, to help him find The Present. The old man responds, “Only you have the power to find The Present for yourself.” So the young man embarks on a tireless search for this magical gift that holds the secret to his personal happiness and business success.It is only after the young man has searched high and low and given up his relentless pursuit that he relaxes and discovers The Present—and all of the promises it offers. The Present will help you focus on what will make you happier and more successful in your work and in your personal life, today! Like the young man, you may find that it is the best gift you can give yourself. www.ThePresent.com

Author : A.C. Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781134934829

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The Spenser Encyclopedia by A.C. Hamilton Pdf

'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains Edmund Spenser remains one of Britain's most famous poets. With nearly 700 entries this Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive one-stop reference tool for: * appreciating Spenser's poetry in the context of his age and our own * understanding the language, themes and characters of the poems * easy to find entries arranged by subject.

Author : Greg Kucich
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271041858

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Keats, Shelley, and Romantic Spenserianism by Greg Kucich Pdf

Author : Kenneth Borris
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192533784

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Visionary Spenser and the Poetics of Early Modern Platonism by Kenneth Borris Pdf

Platonic concerns and conceptions profoundly affected early modern English and continental poetics, yet the effects have had little attention. This book defines Platonism's roles in early modern theories of literature, then reappraise the Platonizing major poet Edmund Spenser. It makes important new contributions to the knowledge of early modern European poetics and advances our understanding of Spenser's role and significance in English literary history. Literary Platonism energized pursuits of the sublime, and knowledge of this approach to poetry yields cogent new understandings of Spenser's poetics, his principal texts, his poetic vocation, and his cultural influence. By combining Christian resources with doctrines of Platonic poetics such as the poet's and lover's inspirational furies, the revelatory significance of beauty, and the importance of imitating exalted ideals rather than the world, he sought to attain a visionary sublimity that would ensure his enduring national significance, and he thereby became a seminal figure in the English literary "line of vision" including Milton and Blake among others. Although readings of Spenser's Shepheardes Calender typically bypass Plato's Phaedrus, this text deeply informs the Calender's treatments of beauty, inspiration, poetry's psychagogic power, and its national responsibilities. In The Faerie Queene, both heroism and visionary poetics arise from the stimuli of love and beauty conceived Platonically, and idealized mimesis produces its faeryland. Faery's queen, projected from Elizabeth I as in Platonic idealization of the beloved, not only pertains to temporal governance but also points toward the transcendental Ideas and divinity. Whereas Plato's Republic valorizes philosophy for bringing enlightenment to counter society's illusions, Spenser champions the learned and enraptured poetic imagination, and proceeds as such a philosopher-poet.

Author : Bart Van Es
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0199249709

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Spenser's Forms of History by Bart Van Es Pdf

In Spenser's Forms of History, Bart Van Es presents an engaging study of the ways in which Edmund Spenser utilized a number of "forms of history"--chronicle, antiquarian discourse, secular typology, political prophecy, and others--in both his poetry and his prose, and assesses their collective impact on Elizabethan poetry.

Author : Kathleen Williams
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520312463

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Spenser's World of Glass by Kathleen Williams Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Sources of The British Chronicl History in Spenser's Faerie Queene by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carrie Anna Harper
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Sources of The British Chronicle History in Spenser's Faerie Queene by Carrie Anna Harper Pdf

Author : Harold M Priest
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1968-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544181434

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CliffsNotes on Spenser's The Faerie Queene by Harold M Priest Pdf

This CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.