David Means: 7 books

Book cover of Instructions for a Funeral
by David Means
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019

"Poetic, insightful, and deeply moving. David Means is one of my very favorite writers." —Tara Westover, author of Educated Following the publication of his widely acclaimed, Man Booker-nominated novel Hystopia, David Means here returns to his signature form: the short story. Thanks...
Book cover of Hystopia

Hystopia

A Novel

by David Means
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE At the bitter end of the 1960s, after surviving multiple assassination attempts, President John F. Kennedy is entering his third term in office. The Vietnam War rages on, and the president has created a vast federal agency, the Psych Corps, dedicated to maintaining...
Book cover of The Spot

The Spot

Stories

by David Means
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010

The Spot is an old blacksmith shed in which three men tweeze apart the intricacies of a botched bank robbery. The Spot is a park on the Hudson River, where two lovers sense their affair is about to come to an end. The Spot is at the bottom of Niagara Falls, where the body of a young...
Book cover of The Secret Goldfish
by David Means
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016

An extraordinary collection of short stories from an author who is set to become one of America’s leading literary voices. In the tradition of Raymond Carver or Tobias Wolff, these are all-encompassing stories of the American psyche, of love and loss and of the landscape and its people. A goldfish...
Book cover of Assorted Fire Events
by David Means
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012

Upon its publication, Assorted Fire Events won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, and received tremendous critical praise. Ranging across America, taking in a breathtaking array of voices and experiences, this story collection now stands as one of the finest of our time.
Book cover of Shovel Ready

Shovel Ready

Archaeology and Roosevelt's New Deal for America

by John L. Cordell, John F. Doershuk, David H. Dye
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013

Shovel Ready provides a comprehensive lens through which to view the New Deal period, a fascinating and prolific time in American archaeology.   In this collection of diverse essays united by a common theme, Bernard K. Means and his contributors deliver a valuable research tool for...
Book cover of New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee

New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee

Intellectual, Methodological, and Theoretical Contributions

by Thaddeus G. Bissett, Jessica Dalton-Carriger, David H. Dye
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016

New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee tells the engrossing story of Southeastern archaeology in the 1930s. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 1933 initiated an ambitious program of flood control and power generation by way of a chain of hydroelectric dams on the Tennessee River. The construction...
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