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In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric, and severely misguided family.Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn non... More

Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant... More

This fascinating look at five decades of gossip provides a behind-the-scenes examination of the personalities that control what is read and seen, from the salad days of silver screen magazines to the scoop-filled internet."Gossip," It's more than just hearsay. society columns, and supermarket tabloi... More

Jeannette King introduces the student to Jane Eyre through close reading of the text, and discussion of key issues of critical theory. She considers a range of alternative interpretations of the text in exploring its narrative, characterization, languages, structure and themes. She explores the nove... More

The "Perl Resource Kit -- UNIX Edition gives you the most comprehensive collection of Perl documentation and commercially enhanced software tools available today. Developed in association with Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, it's the definitive Perl distribution for Webmasters, programmers, and sys... More

As a reporter with the "Cartwright Edition," Janice Harper watches as law enforcement officials escort convicted murderer Carmen Walker from the courthouse. As cameras flash and voices from the crowd yell questions, Janice grows uneasy. She's been granted an exclusive interview with the woman now on... More

Chris finds herself running up the parking structure of Cartwright Memorial Hospital. She realize whatever is chasing her is now ahead of her. She turns around and head back down the structure into the night air. As Chris runs down the street she sees a lone black Limousine, and as she walks up to t... More