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Nuclear Family

A Tragicomic Novel in Letters

by Susanna Fogel ...

Narrated by Gabra Zackman, Bailey Carr, Oliver Wyman, Dara Rosenberg, Michael David Axtell, Allison Hiroto, Scott Aiello, Ellen Archer, Lauren Fortgang, Jessica Almasy, Suzanne Toren, Jonathan Davis, Carol Monda, Richard Ferrone, Stephen Bel Davies, Dan Bittner, Lance Rubin, Josh Hurley, a full cast, L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

5 hours 28 min

From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie over the course of three decades: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive ... Read more

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From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie over the course of three decades: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive
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Also available as: eBook
Cinema Civil Rights

Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era

by Ellen C. Scott ...

From Al Jolson in blackface to Song of the South, there is a long history of racism in Hollywood film. Yet as early as the 1930s, movie studios carefully vetted their releases, removing racially offensive language like the “N-word.” This censorship did not stem from purely humanitarian concerns, but rather from worries about boycotts from civil rights groups and loss of revenue from African ... Read more

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From Al Jolson in blackface to Song of the South, there is a long history of racism in Hollywood film. Yet as early as the 1930s, movie studios carefully vetted their releases, removing racially offensive language like the “N-word.” This censorship did not stem from purely humanitarian concerns, but rather from worries about boycotts from civil rights groups and loss of revenue from African
... Read more
Lions of the Black Isle

by Tarah Scott, Sue-Ellen Welfonder ...

The Stolen BrideFour brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.When the eldest Lion of the Black Isle, is jilted he takes drastic measures to turn his fortunes, and discovers that only true love can really save a man.The ... Read more

$2.99 USD

The Stolen BrideFour brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.When the eldest Lion of the Black Isle, is jilted he takes drastic measures to turn his fortunes, and discovers that only true love can really save a man.The
... Read more
The Stolen Bride

by Tarah Scott, Sue-Ellen Welfonder ...

Series Book 1 - Lions of the Black Isle
Four brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.The Stolen BrideBook OneWhen the eldest Lion of the Black Isle, is jilted he takes drastic measures to turn his fortunes, and discovers that only true love can really save a man. ... Read more

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Four brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.The Stolen BrideBook OneWhen the eldest Lion of the Black Isle, is jilted he takes drastic measures to turn his fortunes, and discovers that only true love can really save a man.
... Read more
Uncanny Histories in Film and Media

by Peter Bloom, Alenda Chang, Maria Corrigan, Naomi DeCelles, Hannah Goodwin, Priya Jaikumar, Masha Salazkina, Ellen C. Scott, Jasmine Nadua Trice, Cristina Venegas ...

Series series Media Matters
Uncanny Histories in Film and Media brings together a stellar lineup of established and emergent scholars who explore the uncanny twists and turns that are often occluded in larger accounts of film and media. Prompted by fresh archival research and new conceptual approaches, the works included here probe the uncanny as a mode of historical analysis that reveals surprising connections and ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Uncanny Histories in Film and Media brings together a stellar lineup of established and emergent scholars who explore the uncanny twists and turns that are often occluded in larger accounts of film and media. Prompted by fresh archival research and new conceptual approaches, the works included here probe the uncanny as a mode of historical analysis that reveals surprising connections and
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Intersecting Aesthetics

Literary Adaptations and Cinematic Representations of Blackness

Edited by Charlene Regester, Cynthia Baron, Ellen C. Scott, Terri Simone Francis, Robin G. Vander ...

Contributions by Cynthia Baron, Elizabeth Binggeli, Kimberly Nichele Brown, Priscilla Layne, Eric Pierson, Charlene Regester, Ellen C. Scott, Tanya L. Shields, and Judith E. SmithIntersecting Aesthetics: Literary Adaptations and Cinematic Representations of Blackness illuminates cultural and material trends that shaped Black film adaptations during the twentieth century. Contributors to this ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Contributions by Cynthia Baron, Elizabeth Binggeli, Kimberly Nichele Brown, Priscilla Layne, Eric Pierson, Charlene Regester, Ellen C. Scott, Tanya L. Shields, and Judith E. SmithIntersecting Aesthetics: Literary Adaptations and Cinematic Representations of Blackness illuminates cultural and material trends that shaped Black film adaptations during the twentieth century. Contributors to this
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When Children Love to Learn: A Practical Application of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy for Today

A Practical Application of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy for Today

by Elaine Cooper, Elaine Cooper, Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, Jack Beckman, Bobby Scott, Maryellen St. Cyr ...

They're hallmarks of childhood. The endless "why" questions. The desire to touch and taste everything. The curiosity and the observations.It can't be denied-children have an inherent desire to know. Teachers and parents can either encourage this natural inquisitiveness or squelch it. There is joy in the classroom when children learn-not to take a test, not to get a grade, not to compete with each ... Read more

$13.69 USD

They're hallmarks of childhood. The endless "why" questions. The desire to touch and taste everything. The curiosity and the observations.It can't be denied-children have an inherent desire to know. Teachers and parents can either encourage this natural inquisitiveness or squelch it. There is joy in the classroom when children learn-not to take a test, not to get a grade, not to compete with each
... Read more
Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity

by Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett, Ruth Mayer, Alice Maurice, Ellen C. Scott, Jonna Eagle, Ryan Jay Friedman, Charlene Regester, Matthias Konzett, Chris Cagle, Dean Itsuji Saranillio0, Graham Cassano1, Priscilla Peña Ovalle2, Ernesto R Acevedo-Muñoz3, Mary Beltrán4, Jun Okada5, Louise Wallenberg6 ...

Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity explores the ways Hollywood represents race, gender, class, and nationality at the intersection of aesthetics and ideology and its productive tensions. This collection of essays asks to what degree can a close critical analysis of films, that is, reading them against their own ideological grain, reveal contradictions and tensions in Hollywood’s ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity explores the ways Hollywood represents race, gender, class, and nationality at the intersection of aesthetics and ideology and its productive tensions. This collection of essays asks to what degree can a close critical analysis of films, that is, reading them against their own ideological grain, reveal contradictions and tensions in Hollywood’s
... Read more
The Convenient Bride

by Tarah Scott, Sue-Ellen Welfonder ...

Series Book 2 - Lions of the Black Isle
Four brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.He is forced to marry for money, but won’t give up love. Even an impoverished Lion of the Black Isle can charm a wife into falling in love with him.A Scarsdale Publishing Half Hour ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Four brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.He is forced to marry for money, but won’t give up love. Even an impoverished Lion of the Black Isle can charm a wife into falling in love with him.A Scarsdale Publishing Half Hour
... Read more
The Forbidden Bride

by Tarah Scott, Sue-Ellen Welfonder ...

Series Book 3 - Lions of the Black Isle
Four brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.How can a Lion of the Black Isle choose between duty and love? Duty will save his family…love will save his soul.A Scarsdale Publishing Half Hour ReadOther books in the Lions of ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Four brothers determined to restore their family’s glory… Four women destined to tame the Lions of the Black Isle… Four brand-new Highland tales from USA Today and bestselling authors Sue-Ellen Welfonder and Tarah Scott.How can a Lion of the Black Isle choose between duty and love? Duty will save his family…love will save his soul.A Scarsdale Publishing Half Hour ReadOther books in the Lions of
... Read more
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The Marriage Maker, Vol. 1

Worth of a Lady, The Marriage Wager, A Lady by Chance, How to Catch an Heiress

by Sue-Ellen Welfonder, Tarah Scott ...

Narrated by Ginny Ross, David Monteath ...

Series Audiobook 1–4 - The Marriage Maker Series
Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

Books 1 through 4 in the Marriage Maker seriesWorth of a LadyNo one guessed that an innocent would bring the Devil of Delny to his knees …Spinster Chastity Hamilton is the Duke of Roxburgh’s heir. Her father insists she marry. She insists that the man who wins her hand must first find matches for her three younger sisters. Sir Stirling James takes up the challenge, and the sisters are shocked when ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Books 1 through 4 in the Marriage Maker seriesWorth of a LadyNo one guessed that an innocent would bring the Devil of Delny to his knees …Spinster Chastity Hamilton is the Duke of Roxburgh’s heir. Her father insists she marry. She insists that the man who wins her hand must first find matches for her three younger sisters. Sir Stirling James takes up the challenge, and the sisters are shocked when
... Read more
The Juliet

by Laura Ellen Scott ...

"Ah, the wild west, where the men are tough, the women are trouble, and the emeralds are cursed."THE JULIET is a novel that braids the history of a cursed emerald called The Juliet with the story of an ailing, retired cowboy actor who comes to Death Valley to search for her. Rigg Dexon, best known for his role as Holt Breck in the classic but controversial seventies Western, Gallows River, holes ... Read more

$2.99 USD

"Ah, the wild west, where the men are tough, the women are trouble, and the emeralds are cursed."THE JULIET is a novel that braids the history of a cursed emerald called The Juliet with the story of an ailing, retired cowboy actor who comes to Death Valley to search for her. Rigg Dexon, best known for his role as Holt Breck in the classic but controversial seventies Western, Gallows River, holes
... Read more

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