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The Alcoholic

The Alcoholic

Jonathan Ames

Jonathan A. is a boozed-up, coked-out, sexually confused, hopelessly romantic and, of course, entirely fictional novelist who bears only a coincidental resemblance to real-life writer Jonathan Ames, critically acclaimed author of Wake Up, ...
You Were Never Really Here

You Were Never Really Here

Jonathan Ames

Novelist, essayist, creator of the beloved TV series Bored to Death and Blunt Talk, Jonathan Ames is celebrated not only for his comic sensibilities and devotion to the absurd but for his lurid attraction to inner demons.
Wake Up, Sir!

Wake Up, Sir!

Jonathan Ames

'Too funny for the canon of high literature, the book is too brilliant to be mere diversionary humour' New York Press Jonathan Ames's latest comic novel is so brilliant and charming that any description of it is bound to be impossibly dull ...
I Love You More Than You Know: Essays

I Love You More Than You Know: Essays

Jonathan Ames

In his latest collection, I Love You More Than You Know, Ames proves once again his immense talent for turning his own adventures, neuroses, joys, heartaches, and insights into profound and hilarious tales.
Bored to Death: A Noir-otic Story

Bored to Death: A Noir-otic Story

Jonathan Ames

The basis for the HBO® Original Series starring Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), and Ted Danson, Bored to Death is a Raymond Chandleresque tale of a struggling Brooklyn writer—curiously named Jonathan ...
I Pass Like Night

I Pass Like Night

Jonathan Ames

Follows Alexander Vine, number two doorman at a New York restaurant as, at night, he navigates the city's sexual underground
Sex for America: Politically Inspired Erotica

Sex for America: Politically Inspired Erotica

Stephen Elliott

These provocative stories by some of today's best writers, including Anthony Swofford, Jerry Stahl, Rick Moody, and Jonathan Ames, will inspire new discussions of sexual freedom and fascination.
The Extra Man

The Extra Man

Jonathan Ames

THE EXTRA MAN begins as Louis Ives's career as an English teacher is abruptly curtailed when he is caught wearing a colleague's bra in the staff room.
Iowa Alumni Magazine

Iowa Alumni Magazine

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Bryan C. Dowd", 92MA, of Marion, is a vocational rehabilitation counselor for the Veterans Administration outreach office in Cedar Rapids. Lyle Hammes, 96BSE, of Ames, an environmental engineer for Ames Water and Pollution Control, ...
Bewitched

Bewitched

Jonathan Ames

The most important new literary journal to emerge since Granta, Open City has published some of the best work by major writers and artists such as Mary Gaitskill, Denis Johnson, Jeff Koons, David Foster Wallace, Irvine Welsh, Terry Southern ...
The Double Life Is Twice as Good: Essays and Fiction

The Double Life Is Twice as Good: Essays and Fiction

Jonathan Ames

Featuring illuminating profiles of Marilyn Manson and Lenny Kravitz, his adventures at a goth festival in the Midwest, a story written for Esquire on a napkin, as well as a comic strip collaboration with graphic artist Nick Bertozzi, ...
Bruce

Bruce

Peter Ames Carlin

In Bruce, acclaimed music writer Peter Ames Carlin presents a startlingly intimate and vivid portrait of a rock icon.
J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist

J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist

Thomas Beller

... Sasha Weiss, D.T. Max, John Seabrook, Radhika Jones, Bill Buford, Shelley Wanger, Roger Bellin, Scott Oldenburg, Nick Peruffo, Michael Hoffmann, Deborah Garrison, Phillip Lopate, Maggie Sivon, Ed Park, and especially Jonathan Ames.
Wake Up, Sir!: A Novel

Wake Up, Sir!: A Novel

Jonathan Ames

“No, sir.” “It ends with Case 238. I love the fact that they're numbered. Wouldn't a great title for a book be Case 239? I would write it as if 239 was the long-lost missing case history, sort of like the Dead Sea Scrolls, and this 239 would somehow ...
Springsteen: Saint in the City: 1949-1974

Springsteen: Saint in the City: 1949-1974

Craig Statham

27 Brooklyn Edgle, 26 November 1939; Peter Ames Carlin, Brnee, op. cit., p7 28 United States census, 1940 29 It is ... house in The Wish 30 Peter Ames Carlin, Brnee, op. cit., p89 31 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAmVK4TCHbA 32 The  ...
ISAC and ARIEL: The TRIUMF Radioactive Beam Facilities and ...

ISAC and ARIEL: The TRIUMF Radioactive Beam Facilities and ...

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Pierre G. Bricault·Friedhelm Ames· Marik Dombsky·Peter Kunz·Jens Lassen Published online: 10 October 2013 © Springer ... P. G. Bricault (B)· F. Ames· M. Dombsky · P. Kunz· J. Lassen Accelerator Technology Division, TRIUMF, 4004 ...
Bruce (Bundle: Buch + E-Book): Die Springsteen-Biografie

Bruce (Bundle: Buch + E-Book): Die Springsteen-Biografie

Peter Ames Carlin

Eine überragende Karriere, die 20 Grammys, zwei Golden Globes, einen Academy Award und über 120 Millionen verkaufte Alben umfasst. Bestseller Autor Peter Ames Carlin zeigt den 'Boss', wie ihn seine Fans bisher noch nicht kannten.
Natural Attenuation of Hazardous Wastes

Natural Attenuation of Hazardous Wastes

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Contributing Authors Eric Seagren (Chapter 3. 1 and 5.1) University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Say Kee Ong (Chapter 3.2 and 5.3) Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa Shane Rogers (Chapter 5.3) Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa ...
Memory and Cognition in Learning:

Memory and Cognition in Learning:

Jonathan Halls

Jonathan Halls. VOL. 31 • ISSUE 1405 • MAY 2014 AUTHORS Jonathan Halls Jonathan Halls has a hybrid professional background spanning corporate learning and professional media. He now teaches at George Washington University and ...
Ophthalmology: Expert Consult: Online and Print

Ophthalmology: Expert Consult: Online and Print

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... Jonathan J. Dutton 12.2 Clinical anatomy of the orbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1258 Jonathan J. ... 12.3 Orbital imaging techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1264 Jonathan J. Dutton SECTION 2: ...
Ophthalmology E-Book: Expert Consult: Online and Print

Ophthalmology E-Book: Expert Consult: Online and Print

Myron Yanoff

... Jonathan J. Dutton 12.2 Clinical anatomy of the orbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1258 Jonathan J. ... 12.3 Orbital imaging techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1264 Jonathan J. Dutton SECTION 2: ...
Evil Fairies Love Hair

Evil Fairies Love Hair

Mary G. Thompson

Alfred Tompkins and Pat Greaney. Beat up said Pat Greaney. Beat up own cousin, complainant Jonathan Yeager. Stole personal possessions of Jonathan Yeager, most egregiously said Jonathan's BB gun. Shot Jonathan with his own BB gun.
Jonathan Edwards: Writings from the Great Awakening

Jonathan Edwards: Writings from the Great Awakening

Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards Philip F. Gura. Loyalty: If such as these stand at a Distance, at such a Time, it will be much more taken Notice of, and will awaken the Princes Jealousy and Displeasure much more, than such a Behaviour in the common ...
The works of Jonathan Edwards

The works of Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards

ON hi The name of Jonathan Edwards is held in profound veneration by thinking men of all parties ; and this universal homage, when contrasted with the obscurity of his life and the peculiarities of his opinions, is one, among a thousand proofs ...
Radical Sects of Revolutionary New England: ,

Radical Sects of Revolutionary New England: ,

Stephen A. Marini

Two Shaker adherents — Zac- cheus Stevens (£120) and Jonathan Wetherbee ( £116) — were among this group. In addition, a number of other Shakers of substantial worth appeared on the 1781 list, including Jonathan Clark (£71), Jonathan ...
Jonathan Edwards and the Psalms: A Redemptive-Historical ...

Jonathan Edwards and the Psalms: A Redemptive-Historical ...

David P. Barshinger

49 At the very least, as Jonathan Yeager explains, “the overwhelming majority declares that we can no longer speak of ... Jonathan M. Yeager, Enlightened Evangelicalism: The Life and Thought of John Erskine (New York: Oxford University ...
A Thousand Pardons

A Thousand Pardons

Jonathan Dee

Praise for Jonathan Dee: 'A deliciously sophisticated engine of literary darkness.' Jonathan Franzen. 'Dee is graceful; articulate and perceptive, and often hilariously funny... full of elegance, vitality and complexity.' New York Times.
Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel: 7 Keys to ...

Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel: 7 Keys to ...

Jonathan Bernis

Jonathan Bernis, host of the internationally popular television program Jewish Voice With Jonathan Bernis, unlocks a greater knowledge about the last days with this fascinating book, which explores questions such as: What crucial role does ...
The Warners in history

The Warners in history

John Dewey Bridwell

Jonathan Squire married Sarah Ingham at Durham in 1774. Their daughter, Lois, was born at Durham in 1777. The Jonathan Squire family removed to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1779. Jonathan was a captain in the Continental Army.

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