Dean Smith: 353 books

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A companion to History of Oral History, Thinking about Oral History presents parts III and IV of Handbook of Oral History, an essential resource for scholars and students. Guided by Charlton, Myers, and Sharpless, the prominent authors capture the current state-of-the-art in oral history and predict key directions for future growth in theory and application.

  He calls himself The Presumptive. Poker Boy thinks that might be the most stupid nickname he ever heard at a poker table. So Poker Boy calls him Idiot Boy (but not to his face) because of the name and the guy’s bad play. But in Poker Boy’s world, nothing ever turns out the way they look. Even for Idiot Boy. 

Lenny the Leprechaun’s wife went missing and now he wants Poker Boy to find her. Not known for finding people, Poker Boy only rescues people and dogs and the world in the process. Mrs. Lenny’s vanishing act seems to have no connection to Poker Boy. Until Poker Boy looks deeper. Then Poker Boy knows he might be able to save her, if she still lives. Which he doubts.

Poker Boy wants nothing more than to be left alone in a good game of poker. But a cherub circles overhead in the poker room wanting to talk. And Poker Boy knows this cherub and knows the little guy represents trouble. Even worse, the question the cherub asks Poker Boy could change a lot of futures. How really, really annoying.

As a superhero in the gambling universe, Poker Boy works directly for Stan, the God of Poker. Poker Boy’s job? To save those who need saving and take money at the poker tables from those who need it taken. But when Lady Luck herself comes calling and asks for a personal favor, Poker Boy and his team must travel far beyond the edges of Las Vegas to find the Queen of Hearts.

LET YOUR TREE TELL THE STORY Bring Christ back to Christmas by giving your children a devotional experience that adorns your tree with Christian symbols. *** The Advent Jesse Tree     **DEVOTIONS This book offers 25 devotions for each day from December 1st to December 25th, Christmas...

Supercharge school improvement with instructional coaches! How can coaches seamlessly integrate themselves into the fabric of a school and help teachers improve their practice from day one? This unique companion provides an inside look at the day-to-day work of an instructional coach and offers...

The dream vanished with the picture. Lena loves her life, being alone, until reminded that she killed a boyfriend in college. Self-defense, since he hit her, beat her, abused her. What did she do? What didn’t she do? And could she ever live in peaceful solitude again? A crime story that might just surprise you.

Jennifer Bends collects stones. Special stones. She puts her stones, both of them, on a shelf. No one asks her about the stones because the stones look plain, heavy, pointless. But the stones contain memories. Special memories. And the stones contain a promise that only Jennifer and the stones know.

Professor Johnson Hubbs, professor of psychology, knew exactly when he came up with the idea of his new study of human nature and patterns. In his new study, he wants to know how many times people say, “I wasted my time on (blank).” He overhears a woman say that to another woman...

Poker Boy specializes in asking stupid questions. But sometimes even stupid questions need answers. To save the fabric of all things from unraveling, whatever that means, Poker Boy must go to the Library of Atlantis and do something that no one ever accomplished before.  Poker Boy saves...

Mary Jo hated her most recent job of killing a woman named Bonnie Malak. Something felt off. So Mary Jo, with her lover and fellow assassin, Jean, decided to figure out what seemed out of place. Sometimes a job to kill might not be on target. A Mary Jo Assassin Story of love, death, and friendship.

  Mary Jo’s last client tried to have her killed and then shorted her on her money. Mary Jo needs to remodel the client’s life. And get her money. In the process, she also remodels her own life while enjoying the occasional vodka and orange juice. A cold, calculating modern assassin story of revenge served with a screwdriver.