Working The Dead Beat

Author : Sandra Martin
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770890497

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Longlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize and selected as a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book and an iTunes Store Best Book Globe and Mail columnist Sandra Martin honours the lives of Canada's famous, infamous, and unsung heroes in this unique collection of obituaries of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Here are Canadian icons such as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, social activist June Callwood, and urban theorist Jane Jacobs. Here are builders such as feminist and editor Doris Anderson, and businessman and famed art collector Ken Thomson. Here are our rogues, rascals, and romantics; our service men and women; and here are those private citizens whose lives have had an undeniable public impact. Finally, Martin interweaves these elegant and eloquent biographies with the autobiography of the obit writer, offering an exclusive and intimate view of life on the dead beat. Beautifully written, compelling, and vivid, Working the Dead Beat is a tribute to those individuals who, each on their own and as a collective, tell the story of our country, and to the life of the obit writer who chronicles their extraordinary lives.

Author : Jim Butcher
Publisher : Orbit Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 0356500330

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Dead Beat by Jim Butcher Pdf

Chicago's preeminent wizard, Harry Dresden, is coping with his new roommate--vampire half-brother Thomas, but Harry soon has problems bigger than Thomas' clutter to deal with. Marva, one of Harry's vampire foes, summons him with a threat to his police-lieutenant friend, Karrin Murphy. Marva demands Harry get the "Word of Kemmler" for her, or she'll frame Murphy for murder.

Author : Val McDermid
Publisher : PI Kate Brannigan
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Brannigan, Kate (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0008344892

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Dead Beat by Val McDermid Pdf

The stunning first novel in the Kate Brannigan series, from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Val McDermid. 'This is crime writing of the very highest order' The Times

Author : Doug Johnstone
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571308873

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The Dead Beat by Doug Johnstone Pdf

Meet Martha. It's the first day of her new job as intern at Edinburgh's The Standard. But all's not well at the ailing newspaper, and Martha is carrying some serious baggage of her own. Put straight onto the obituary page, she takes a call from a former employee who seems to commit suicide while on the phone, something which echoes with her own troubled past. Setting in motion a frantic race around modern-day Edinburgh, The Dead Beat traces Martha's desperate search for answers to the dark mystery of her parents' past. Soundtracked by and interspersed with a series of gigs from the alternative music scene of her parents' generation in the early '90s, Doug Johnstone's latest page-turner is a wild ride of a thriller, and a perfect follow-on to his #1 Kindle bestseller, Hit & Run.

Author : Marilyn Johnson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780061850363

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A light-hearted look at the history and practice of “the ultimate human-interest story,” the obituary. “What a wonderful surprise—a charming, lyrical book about the men and women who write obituaries. The Dead Beat is sly, droll, and completely winning.”— David Halberstam Where can readers celebrate the life of the pharmacist who moonlighted as a spy, the genius behind Sea Monkeys, the school lunch lady who spent her evenings as a ballroom hostess? The obituary page, of course. Enthralled by these fascinating former lives, Marilyn Johnson tumbled into the little known world of the obituary page to find out what made it so compelling. She sought out the best obits in the English language, and chased the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. Surveying Internet chat rooms, surviving a mass gathering of obituarists, and making the pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all, she leads us into the cult and culture behind this fascinating segment of our daily news.

Author : Robert Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030023614128

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The Encyclopaedic dictionary; a new, practical and exhaustive work of reference to all the words in the English language, with a full account of their origin, meaning, pronunciation, history and use by Robert Hunter Pdf

Author : Alexander Cumming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1766
Category : Clock and watch making
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00110685

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The Elements of Clock and Watch-work by Alexander Cumming Pdf

Author : David R. Slayton
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781094069395

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Deadbeat Druid by David R. Slayton Pdf

The living cannot be allowed to infect the dead. Adam Binder has lost what matters most to him. Having finally learned the true identity of the warlock preying on his family, what was supposed to be a final confrontation with the fiend instead became a trap that sent Adam’s beloved Vicente into the realm of the dead, where none living are meant to be. Bound by debt, oath, and love, Adam blazes his own trail into the underworld to get Vicente back, and to end the threat of the warlock once and for all. But the road to hell is paved with far more than good intentions. Demons are hungry, and ghosts are relentless, and what awaits Adam in the underworld is nothing he is prepared to face. If that weren’t enough, Adam has one more thing he must do if he and Vicente are to return to the world of the living: find the lost heart of Death herself.

Author : The Far Side of a Dead Beat Dad
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460277270

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The Far Side of a Dead Beat Dad by The Far Side of a Dead Beat Dad Pdf

As a former member of the United States Army Special Forces, David Bryson lived by the motto "De oppresso liber," a Latin phrase that means "to free from oppression" or "to liberate the oppressed." Little did he realize that, years later, he would be fighting to liberate not others but himself from an unjust governmental system. Slapped with a bill for over $23,000 in allegedly unpaid child support-- a charge based solely on his ex-wife's testimony--Bryson refused to pay. As a result, his passport was taken away, his wages garnished, his vehicle seized and sold at auction, and his multiple attempts to refute his ex-wife's charges denied. Years later, he refuses to surrrender, which means he is still unable to leave the country, own property, or earn a living. Fed up with the systematic fraud and perjury he claims he has encountered throughout the justice system in El Dorado County, California, which has jurisdiction over his case, Bryson has finally decided to take matters into his own hands. In this book, he has published his side of the story, candidly and uneditied, including accompanying legal documentation. By doing so, he hopes not only to hold the County of El Dorado accountable for withholding justice in his case but also to prevent other alleged "deadbeat dads" like him from being presumed guilty before they have a chance to prove their innocence.

Author : Carl Hoffman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Child support
ISBN : 0671529846

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Deadbeat Dads by Carl Hoffman Pdf

From wage-withholding to seizure of personal property, Deadbeat Dads offers effective legal and inexpensive steps to locating and collecting from delinquent fathers.

Author : Markus Zusak
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307433848

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

Author : Vern Alford
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781434341273

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That'll Work by Vern Alford Pdf

How many men can relate to Mitch (Billy Crystal) in the movie City Slickers, riding across the vast frontier searching for that "one thing" but having no idea what that means? They seek prosperity as the world defines it (wealth, power and short-term satisfaction) rather than prosperity as our Creator designed it (influence, significance and everlasting joy). One Thing - Player's Manual for Men redirects men's efforts from self-glory to living their life for God's glory. Using scripture, personal examples and the counsel of other wise men, the reader will learn how each area of his life - relationships, career, finances, health and recreation - can be lived in prosperity, all to God's glory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Handicraft
ISBN : UVA:X002223080

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Amateur Work, Illustrated by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter McDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Academic librarians
ISBN : 1634001079

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Underground from Deadbeat to Dean by Peter McDonald Pdf

"Memoir of Peter McDonald, covering his childhood in Latin America, friendship with Basquiat, life in the rock'n'roll industry, shamanic training in the Northwest, years alone in the Alaskan wilderness, his work as a poet, and finally his long career as an academic librarian"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Deadheads (Music fans)
ISBN : OCLC:668119560

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Dead Beat by Anonim Pdf