Jennifer Adam: 22 books

Book cover of Witches & Warriors
by Jessica Corra (editor), Cass Morris, Edith Hope Bishop
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018

Witches are often portrayed as old and frail, but they wield tremendous power whether through magic, potions, or poisons. Warriors are fighters: they seem to sacrifice traditional feminine values to protect others. At least, that's what the stereotypes would have us think. Witches and Warriors seem...
Book cover of Queens & Courtesans
by Jessica Corra (editor), Tina LeCount Meyers, J. Lynn Baker
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2018

Women have long wielded power in various ways. This collection explores two prominent archetypes, the Queen and the Courtesan, in memorable stories that cross speculative genres. Whether finding love or finding themselves, coming into their magic or other strengths, these complex women rise above the roles that confine them to ask: who will you be?
Book cover of Witness: Winter 2017

Witness: Winter 2017

The Modern Writer as Witness, #30.3

by Kimberly Anton, Jennifer Doe, Adam Greenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017

Ending a tumultuous year in the world at large, the Winter issue of Witness is filled with stark dilemmas. Jennifer Doe chronicles a lifetime of #MeToo incidents triggered by the election of Donald Trump in the essay “Any Woman Can Write This.” In Alex Madison’s short story “Penguin Classic,”...
Book cover of Ethnic Dress in the United States

Ethnic Dress in the United States

A Cultural Encyclopedia

by Linda Arthur Bradley, Washington State University, Naomi Braithwaite
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...
Book cover of Bomb

Bomb

The Author Interviews

by Bomb Magazine, Mary Gaitskill, Junot Díaz
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014

Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).   Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews,...
Book cover of Bite-Sized Stories

Bite-Sized Stories

A Multi-Genre Flash Fiction Anthology

by George Donnelly, Phronk, Adan Ramie
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016

From a creepypasta horror farm to a bullish love tale and from the bloody metal deck of the ESS Arclight to superhero octopus food trucks, you can transform your shortest stolen moments into utter delights with this diverse collection of 33 flash fiction stories. Commuting to work? Grabbing...
Book cover of Ghostly Writes Anthology 2016

Ghostly Writes Anthology 2016

Plaisted Publishing House Presents, #1

by Claire Plaisted, Marjorie Hembroff, Elizabeth Horton-Newton
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016

Enter the chilling Ghostly Writes Anthology 2016 and be prepared to be scared with 27 short stories from around the world.  Creepy houses, murder mysteries, paranormal and much more to haunt and thrill those who dare.
Book cover of Lost River Towns of Boone County
by Jennifer Gregory, Melinda Sartwell, C. Adam Harke
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010

When Boone County was officially founded in 1799, a local population was already growing by the day. The Ohio River offered settlers access to this new frontier west of the Alleghenies, and soon many vibrant communities were established along the banks of the Ohio. Today, once thriving towns like North...
Book cover of The Idea of a Human Rights Museum
by Angela Failler, Clint Curle, Christopher Powell
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015

"The Idea of a Human Rights Museum" is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural...
Book cover of Handbook of Public Sociology
by Barbara Adam, Wendell Bell, Michael Burawoy
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009

Public sociology—an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences—has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in recent years. The Handbook of Public Sociology presents a comprehensive look at every facet of public sociology in theory...
Book cover of Ploughshares Winter 2015-2016 Volume 41 No. 4
by Lisa Fetchko, Laurie Baker, Piyali Bhattacharya
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016

The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.   The...
Book cover of Thirteen Tales of Speculative Fiction
by Adam Copeland, Jennifer Willis, Anthea Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014

THIRTEEN TALES. THIRTEEN JOURNEYS. On a dusty desert road, a man offers the devil a deal. In the confines of a lab, a young woman faces her demons in virtual reality. Two interplanetary art dealers get more than they bargained for when hired guns try to stop them from selling a valuable piece. When...
Book cover of Antiheroes

Antiheroes

Heroes, Villains, and the Fine Line Between

by Jennifer Crusie, Adam-Troy Castro, Mary Borsellino
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011

The most interesting characters are almost never the good guys. Doing the right thing is great and all, but a little bit of darkness—or a lot of it—often makes for a more engaging story. Antiheroes: Heroes, Villains, and the Fine Line Between is dedicated to the dark heroes and sympathetic villains...
Book cover of Millennial Culture and Communication Pedagogies

Millennial Culture and Communication Pedagogies

Narratives from the Classroom and Higher Education

by Ahmet Atay, Mary Z. Ashlock, Raymond Blanton
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018

This book examines the ways in which faculty and staff at the higher education level teach and communicate with their millennial students and colleagues. The contributors address how millennials' academic and non-academic interests and everyday performances within and outside of higher education influence...
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