Fisher: 1431 books
Portland on the Take
Mid-Century Crime Bosses, Civic Corruption & Forgotten Murders
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
In an era when Portland's shipyards thrived, so, too, did corruption. The Red Scare that followed the 1934 Waterfront Strike allowed gangsters to gain control of some of the city's unions. Working in cahoots with high-ranking city officials, criminals like Al Winter and James Elkins gained power and...
by Burton D. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
A comprehensive guide that includes Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's in depth and insightful Commentary and Analysis.
British Diplomacy and the Descent into Chaos
The Career of Jack Garnett, 1902-19
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Recreating the diplomatic career of Jack Garnett, from 1902-1919, John Fisher reveals a fascinating individual as well as contextualizing his story with regard to British policy in the countries to which he was posted in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, during a period of rapid change in international politics and in Britain's world role.
The Subversive Copy Editor, Second Edition
Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself)
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Longtime manuscript editor and Chicago Manual of Style guru Carol Fisher Saller has negotiated many a standoff between a writer and editor refusing to compromise on the “rights” and “wrongs” of prose styling. Saller realized that when these sides squared off, it was often the reader who lost....
by Marc Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2001
Work and work hard all of the time! Until you have no life… or, until you become ill! Unfortunately, many of us think that the fundamental building block towards financial freedom and success is hard labor! Perhaps it’s because it is what we were taught by our parents or because that is what we...
Was Huck Black?
Mark Twain and African-American Voices
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 1994
Published in 1884, Huck Finn has become one of the most widely taught novels in American curricula. But where did Huckleberry Finn come from, and what made it so distinctive? Shelley Fisher Fishkin suggests that in Huckleberry Finn, more than in any other work, Mark Twain let African-American voices,...
by Mark Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the most haunting and anomalous fiction of the 20th century belongs to these two modes. The Weird and the Eerie are closely related but distinct modes, each possessing its own distinct properties. Both...
by Lucy Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
This is a collection of received ideas: faux facts, weird wisdom and ludicrous lore that we love to believe in. Were the desks at Eton College made of ships from the Spanish Armada? Did the Victorians put petticoats on piano legs? Do we use only 10% of our brains? Did Stone Age Man hunt dinosaurs? What do you think?
House of Wits
An Intimate Portrait of the James Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
An American odyssey that reveals the fascinating complexities of one of history's most brilliant, eccentric, and daring families
The James family, one of America's most memorable dynasties, gave the world three famous children: a novelist of genius (Henry), an influential philosopher (William),...
WORK HARD FOR THE KIMS!
An introduction to North Korean history, ideology, and culture through the country's propaganda posters
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
The goal of this brief book is to use North Korea’s unique, occasionally beautiful, often threatening propaganda posters to introduce and highlight the country’s history, ideology, and culture. This is not an art critique or an examination of color and painting - the goal is to provoke thought...
The Voice
A Higher Energy Within You
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
When Harlan Fisher was eight years old, he started hearing and talking to what he now calls the Voice because that is exactly what it is, an inner voice that he hears and communicates with continuously. The Voice is an informative and inspirational journey into the discovery of your inner voice and...
by Lucy Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
by W.R. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Citizens are being terrorized by a criminal known as the Pantyhose Goblin, a creature responsible for spreading ugliness and mutation all around. This is the story of the police officer who tracked him down and brought him to justice.
by Ann Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Eine wahre Geschichte über das Doppelleben einer Ehefrau, die als Hobbyhure anschafft und dabei die Liebe ihres Lebens kennenlernt – Sie glauben nicht, dass das wirklich passieren kann? Lesen Sie Ann Fisher's Geschichte und bekommen Sie einen Anstoß dem langweiligen Alltag zu entfliehen. Von der...