Thompson: 3849 books
by Craig Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Highly acclaimed graphic novelist Craig Thompson's debut book for young readers about a plucky heroine on a mission to save her dad. For Violet Marlocke, family is the most important thing in the whole galaxy. So when her father goes missing while on a hazardous job, she can't just sit around and...
by Jim Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2011
Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up.
THE GETAWAY...
by Jim Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
William "Kid" Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he's a drifter, on the run after escaping from a mental institution.
One afternoon he meets Fay, a beautiful young widow. She is smart and decent--at least when she's sober.
Soon Collins finds himself involved in a kidnapping...
by Jim Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
It was supposed to be only a temporary job--something to pay the bills until Dusty could get his feet back on the ground and raise enough money for medical school. After all, there's nothing wrong with being a bellboy at a respectable hotel like the Manton--that is, until she came along.
Marcia...
Shine
The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
In Jamaican dancehalls competition for the video camera's light is stiff, so much so that dancers sometimes bleach their skin to enhance their visibility. In the Bahamas, tuxedoed students roll into prom in tricked-out sedans, staging grand red-carpet entrances that are designed to ensure they are...
Root Shock
How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Like a sequel to the prescient warnings of urbanist Jane Jacobs, Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove reveals the disturbing effects of decades of insensitive urban renewal projects on communities of color. For those whose homes and neighborhoods were bulldozed, the urban modernization projects that swept...
Best Friends, Worst Enemies
Understanding the Social Lives of Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2001
Friends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful...
It's a Boy!
Your Son's Development from Birth to Age 18
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Raising Cain, It’s a Boy! is the first major parenting book to chart every stage of a boy’s life. This upbeat, authoritative, and reassuring guide–written by psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., a leading international expert on boys’ development,...
Verbal Judo
The Gentle Art of Persuasion
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Verbal Judo is the martial art of the mind and mouth that can show you how to be better prepared in every verbal encounter. Listen and speak more effectively, engage people through empathy (the most powerful word in the English language), avoid the most common conversational disasters, and use proven...
Fine Art Wire Weaving
Weaving Techniques for Stunning Jewelry Designs
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Wire jewelry has never been more popular--but you've never seen projects like this before! In Fine Art Wire Weaving, award-winning author Sarah Thompson shares her secrets to creating wire jewelry that's nothing short of spectacular.
Using super-fine wires to create 20 delicate, sophisticated...
Smile When You're Lying
Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2007
From Bangkok to Bogotá, a hilarious behind-the-brochures tour of picture-perfect locales, dangerous destinations, and overrated hellholes from a guy who knows the truth about travel
Travel writer, editor, and photographer Chuck Thompson has spent more than a decade traipsing through thirty-five...
by Tess Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2019
From USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson, visit Blue Mountain yet again in this standalone tale that celebrates underdogs, family secrets, and forbidden love.
Charlotte Wilde’s life is a flop. She gives her heart to the wrong men, her first published book is a failure, and now she’s...
by Tess Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Return to Blue Mountain for another visit with the Heywood and Lanigan clans in this standalone opposites-attract romantic suspense tale by USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson.
Sparks fly when opposites attract. Just asked Ciaran Lanigan and Bliss Heywood. He's the handsome playboy....
by Tess Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
In this standalone, small-town romance, USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson weaves a tale of intrigue and forbidden love as the life of a bookish professional quarterback collides with a that of a beautiful young nurse in hiding.
After turning state’s evidence against her own father,...