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ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 ONE OF BUZZFEED’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 An electrifying, dazzlingly written reckoning and an essential addition to the national conversation about race and class, Survival Math takes its name from the calculations award-winning author Mitchell S. Jackson made to survive the Portland, Oregon of his youth. This dynamic book explores gangs and guns, near-death experiences, sex work, masculinity, composite fathers, the concept of “hustle,” and the destructive power of addiction—all framed within the story of Jackson, his family, and his community. Lauded for its breathtaking pace, its tender portrayals, its stark candor, and its luminous style, Survival Math reveals on every page the searching intellect and originality of its author. The primary narrative, focused on understanding the antecedents of Jackson’s family’s experience, is complemented by poems composed from historical American documents as well as survivor files, which feature photographs and riveting short narratives of several of Jackson’s male relatives. The sum of Survival Math’s parts is a highly original whole, one that reflects on the exigencies—over generations—that have shaped the lives of so many disenfranchised Americans. As essential as it is beautiful, as real as it is artful, Mitchell S. Jackson’s nonfiction debut is a singular achievement, not to be missed.

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Emily Mouse Air Marshal John Campbell returns to his family’s estate. ‘Hobbington Manor’ lies just south of Woodstock in Oxfordshire England. With no ambitions, to join the family, firm. John’s attention soon turns to Hannah Miles. Those close to him meddle in his budding relationship with Hannah. Peter Jamison the co-pilot in John’s Lancaster flight crew accepts John’s invitation to his stately Manor home. Falling in love with Emily, Peter conceals his family secret from those around him at the Manor. Amidst the turmoil, the hand of fate has dealt and his brother’s confrontation. John turns to Anne Foster, confiding in her. Anne harbors John’s passion for a farming life and admiration. John’s acquisition of ‘Bach Llwyd Llygoden’ and ‘Glen Usk’ fulfills a passion. They move to the Welsh countryside on the Ithon River, just east of Llandrindod Wells. A move, which Anne knows within her heart, is just the stepping-stone. Together they discover the joys and sobering heartaches of the Welsh Pastoralist’s life. In an unexpected meeting with an Australian RAAF colleague who reignites John’s passions. For the land of searing heat, the musters and the shearing shed. The smell of Gidgee trees on the morning air, and ‘Thargo Rain’. The wonders, the flooding river water brings to barren, sun patched earth. Is River Gum Station the answer to quench this passion? John wonders standing at the kitchen window looking out at the snow covered land of ‘Bach Llwyd Llygoden’.

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First published in 1980, this reissue is a study of the sociology of language, which aims to bridge the gap between textbook and monograph by alternating chapters of explication and analysis. A chapter outlining a particular theory and suggesting general criticisms is followed by a chapter offering an original application of that theory. The aim of the authors is to treat text and talk as the site of specific practices which sustain or subvert particular relations between appearance and reality.

BOOK 3 IN THE GRIPPING SUPERNATURAL SERIES BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S I don't know who I am. I don't know what I am. The identity of Elizabeth Cage has always been a mystery. Even she doesn't know who, or what, she is. But she's learned to live with it. Until now, when what should have been a peaceful holiday turns into anything but, and Elizabeth is forced to recognise that she isn't what she seems. But neither is anyone else. Has her whole life been a lie? Someone very badly wants to know the truth about Elizabeth Cage. And they'll do anything to find out. But who will live to regret it? Twisty, dark and incredibly gripping, the Elizabeth Cage novels are perfect for fans of Sarah Painter and Genevieve Cogman. Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Jodi Taylor does brilliant, strong female heroes, and Elizabeth follows on from Max in the St Mary's series' 'I look forward to another adventure with this quirky and perfectly matched pair' 'Hold on to your seat and close your eyes if you dare!' 'Gripping and full of curious plot turns' 'An on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller where no assumptions can be made'

Octavius Gaye, founder of a successful magazine empire saw himself as the original ‘plain man’. The truth was rather different. Gaye was an unscrupulous tycoon who surrounded himself with a series of weak-willed puppets that he manipulated. One such was Francie Lake and as the plot unfolds, Symons reveals how and why Francie simply had to die.