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This is about murder and greed and seeing what is going on without being seen. It shows the darker side to what seems to be normal people going about their day to day business of work and living. It's about the frustrations of one particular Detective Inspector who cannot prove the connection between the nightclub owner and the scrap metal dealer. The threads that link each of the characters of this book will keep the reader enthralled.
From Caldecott Award winner Chris Raschka, tales of unforgettable characters who live in a NYC apartment building “To the company of ur-New Yorkers like Stuart Little, Harriet the Spy, and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, let me hold open the door for The Doorman’s Repose. A new favorite." —Gregory Maguire “….marvelously intriguing stories…” —Lemony Snicket Some of us look up at those craggy, mysterious apartment buildings found in the posher parts of New York City and wonder what goes on inside. The Doorman’s Repose collects ten stories about 777 Garden Avenue, one of the craggiest. The first story recounts the travails of the new doorman, who excels at all his tasks except perhaps the most important one—talking baseball. Others tell of a long-forgotten room, a cupid-like elevator, and the unlikely romance of a cerebral psychologist and a jazz musician, both of whom are mice. Because the animals talk and the machinery has feelings, these are children’s stories. Otherwise they are for anyone intrigued by what happens when many people, strangers or kin, live together under one roof.
Little fascinates New Yorkers more than doormen, who know far more about tenants than tenants know about them. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, whether they drink too much, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually familiar with their tenants, they are also socially very distant. In Doormen, Peter Bearman untangles this unusual dynamic to reveal the many ways that tenants and doormen negotiate their complex relationship. Combining observation, interviews, and survey information, Doormen provides a deep and enduring ethnography of the occupational role of doormen, the dynamics of the residential lobby, and the mundane features of highly consequential social exchanges between doormen and tenants. Here, Bearman explains why doormen find their jobs both boring and stressful, why tenants feel anxious about how much of a Christmas bonus their neighbors give, and how everyday transactions small and large affect tenants' professional and informal relationships with doormen. In the daily life of the doorman resides the profound, and this book provides a brilliant account of how tenants and doormen interact within the complex world of the lobby.
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From lifelong friendships to the goings-on at a small town diner, from an old man's relationship with a small bird to a conversation between a couple of working angels; this is a journey through the imagination of a writer who crosses many genres, and dives down many laneways. People fascinate this author and his stories reflect his fascination. 29 stand alone stories tell various tales. Read how Dr. Doug battles a magpie, discover why it always rains on Sunday. Why does the devil go down to Brunswick Street, find out why Chester became a hero or discover the story behind Sam's scar. These stories are a 'slice of life', and this author will grab your attention and deliver you into a moment and leave you wondering what these characters will do with the rest of their life. If you have read 'PASSERBY' you will already be caught in Terry's web. His stories sweep you away and make you wish you knew these people, and could share in their lives. The reader will discover why finding a shoe can be as dangerous as finding a gun. Secret signals between lovers mix with insanity and determination. In the time it will take you to fry an egg you could be whisked into a world of a silent film star or immersed in an invention designed to hold a loved one's memory. So, pull up a comfortable chair, pour yourself a glass of something nice and enter the imaginary worlds that Terry creates, and you might find yourself asking if these worlds really do exist.
Winner of the 2008 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, selected by David St. John From tumult to catharsis, the poems in Philip Pardi’s first collection, Meditations on Rising and Falling, explore the emotional tug-of-war that is the human experience. Present at every turn are people searching for meaning and sense in an elusive world: a doorman who plans to punch the senator who never speaks to him, a son who discusses ornithology with his father’s dying friend, a roofer who copes with his past as he senses his imminent fall to the ground. While the poems are witness to the turmoil of both body and soul, they are not without hope. Pardi finds grace in noise, and happiness in the mourning doves, showing us that often, the reasons for disbelief become precisely the reasons for belief. Pardi’s collection is a testimony to faith and resistance in a world where “falling is the given.” Winner, Award for Poetry and Literary Criticism, The Writers’ League of Texas Finalist, 2008 Norma Farber First Book Award, Poetry Society of America
Pipskiwas and Wobblies conspire to destroy the life of a young artist.
Paul Thorne is a violent man with a checkered past who has just obtained his dream job with one of the three most powerful corporations in human space. Working for a steady paycheck, under the protective umbrella of Syrch Corp, is an enormous opportunity that promises a bright future. But all that is jeopardized when Paul receives an unthinkable assignment. Jillian Caldwell is the niece and ward of a biochemist on Papens World. Her mother hid sensitive information from Syrch Corp on Jillians cranial mesh, and now Jillian is a potential threat. As Paul is propelled on a journey of murder, lies, and half-truths, his resolve is tested as he clashes with the corporation he hoped would be his salvation. Now as Jillians fate hangs precariously in the balance, Paul must decide whether he has what it takes to be an Enforcer or whether he should let his ethos lead him into an unknown future. In this gripping science fiction tale, one man is pitted against a hulking intergalactic corporation.
Jack Reacher finds himself in bad company in the second novel in Lee Child’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. DON'T MISS REACHER ON PRIME VIDEO! Jack Reacher is an innocent bystander when he witnesses a woman kidnapped off a Chicago street in broad daylight. In the wrong place at the wrong time, he’s kidnapped with her. Chained together, locked in the back of a stifling van, and racing across America to an unknown destination for an unknown purpose, they’re at the mercy of a group of men demanding an impossible ransom. Because this mysterious woman is worth more than Reacher ever suspected. Now he has to save them both—from the inside out—or die trying....
High-Rise Observations and Secrets of a Doorman offers some insight into the ways in which some among us chose to live our lives, others who find themselves trapped in the complexities of life, some who create their own complexities, and some who strive to find the simplicities. It is about taking a closer look at ourselves and how we relate to one another.