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UNINA9910148590703321 |
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Kraus Jim |
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Titolo |
The Dog That Whispered : A Novel |
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New York : , : Hachette Nashville, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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1-4555-6255-6 |
1-4555-6257-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 pages) |
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FIC042000FIC016000FIC045000 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Welcome -- Dedication -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Chapter Twenty-Two -- Chapter Twenty-Three -- Chapter Twenty-Four -- Chapter Twenty-Five -- Chapter Twenty-Six -- Chapter Twenty-Seven -- Epilogue -- The Dog That Whispered Reading Group Guide -- Also by Jim Kraus -- Look for THE DOG THAT SAVED STEWART COOLIDGE -- Newsletter -- Table of Contents -- Copyright. |
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"Bestselling author Jim Kraus returns with a heartwarming tale about a dog who has people convinced he can talk. Wilson Steele is a single professor and Vietnam veteran who likes living alone, insisting it's too late for him to have a family. His mother disagrees. When she impulsively adopts a rescued black lab mix, she insists Thurman is special, and has whispered of the coming of grandchildren. Wilson brushes the notion off as fantasy. When his mother learns of her retirement community's 'no pets' policy, she forces Wilson to take the lovable dog. Wilson notices Thurman's growls do sound like words, but he knows he's just projecting his own thoughts on the animal. If Wilson |
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is talking to neighbors on their walks, and spending time with Emily, a widow with three children, it isn't because Thurman encouraged him. After all, everyone knows dogs can't talk can they?"-- |
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UNINA9910818230403321 |
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Autore |
Vermeulen Timotheus |
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Scenes from the suburbs : the suburb in contemporary US film and television / / Timotheus Vermeulen |
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Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-4744-0090-6 |
0-7486-9167-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Suburban life in motion pictures |
Suburban life on television |
Suburbs in motion pictures |
Suburban life - United States |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
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Title page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Scenes from the Suburbs; CHAPTER 1 Pleasantville: The Suburb as World; CHAPTER 2 Happiness: The Suburb and Film Style; CHAPTER 3 The Simpsons and King of the Hill: The Suburb as Texture; CHAPTER 4 Desperate Housewives: The Suburb as Social Space; CHAPTER 5 Teen Noir: The Suburb as Lived Space; Conclusion: 'Upward, Yet Not Northward'; Bibliography; Filmography; Teleography; Index |
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This book looks again at the filmic and televised spaces we think we know so well. How are these spaces built up? What is it that makes us recognize them as suburbs? How do they function? Vermeulen usesDesperate Housewives, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Happiness, Pleasantville, Brick and Chumscrubber to explore these questions. |
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