M Allen: 215 books

Cormac McCarthy has been writing and publishing novels since 1965, but most readers have plunged only recently into his darkly baroque work. In this 2,700-word essay, M. Allen Cunningham, an avid McCarthy fan, considers the author's entire corpus and the trajectory of his reputation.

Culled from notes kept during one strange autumn and winter in which M. Allen Cunningham resided in a barn, "The Caretaker's Gleanings" ruminates on the nocturnal mysteries of a creaturely life.

Only when you’re young and small do you fully understand the bigness of things.Originally published in Boulevard Magazine, “The Giant’s Face" is a 1,300-word short story by M. Allen Cunningham, author of the novel The Green Age of Asher Witherow, the novel Lost Son, and the illustrated limited-edition story collection Date of Disappearance.

Flogged for attempted escape, transported for theft, James Walton (alias Morton) is determined to make good in the new southern land. Never again will he endure the lash or risk the punishment hells of Port Arthur or Norfolk Island; he craves a chance of honest employment and dares to dream of marriage...

Nel 2006 per Maria Allen, professionista della salute mentale all'estero per lavoro, inizia una bella storia d'amore con un uomo che viene da lontano. La passione e la fiducia nella vita la portano a sposarsi nello stesso anno, ma nel giro di pochissimi mesi si troverà travolta da eventi inimmaginabili....

The development of the American nation has typically been interpreted in terms of its expansion through space, specifically its growth westward. In this innovative study, Thomas Allen posits time, not space, as the most significant territory of the young nation. He argues that beginning in the nineteenth...

“The text is written from a practical standpoint, which students are likely to understand and appreciate.” —Lindsey Livingston Runell, J.D., Ph.D., Kutztown University   Brief, focused, and up-to-date, Juvenile Justice: A Guide to Theory, Policy, and Practice, Ninth Edition,...

The puzzled and puzzling narrator of "The Man in the Blue Coat" is a movie projectionist whose hold on reality seems to be loosening. Surreal and whimsical, this is a 4,100-word story about the inner life and the seemingly infinite distances between ourselves and others.

Supplying a quarter of San Francisco’s coal, Nortonville of the 1860s-70s is a flourishing empire in small, seeming to promise unending prosperity and a better future. But beneath the vibrant work ethic of its Welch citizens lies an insidious network of superstitions.A missing boy first brings these...

Trapped in what her friends believe to be the perfect marriage to the perfect man, no one knows the true nightmare Evangeline lives behind closed doors But after months of planning, one fateful night, she finally makes her escape. As Sheriff in the small town of Shelby, Tanner Coleman knows...

Rethink management in criminal justice. Administration and Management in Criminal Justice: A Service Quality Approach, Third Edition emphasizes the proactive techniques for administration professionals by using a service quality lens to address administration and management concepts in all...

Reeling from the loss of his wife and all but lost to himself, Gleason sets out from San Francisco on a journey to Turkey, hardly knowing why. Is it that he wishes to reconcile with his estranged father, now living in a Turkish village, whom Gleason hasn't seen for fifteen years? Whatever the...

The Art of Creating Your Exceptionalism presents personal performance concepts and techniques based on generations of mover and shaker mentoring experince. It provides valuable insight for those considering a career in management, or as a development guide for team leaders, supervisors, and managers...

Spanning western Europe from 1875 to 1917 and presenting a gothic historical Paris that subverts our old assumptions regarding the City of Light, M. Allen Cunningham’s new novel brings a brooding atmosphere and human complexity to an intimate and imaginative portrait of one of the most uniquely sensitive...