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Bad Blood
Rhiannon Lassiter

Oxford University Press, 2007

In an abandoned house in the Lake District, a cupboard door opens into a playroom. Buried in dust is a collection of children's books in which the names of characters have been savagely crossed out. Here three children played a make believe game, sacrificing their dreams and wishes to make what they believed come true. But the game was never finished and in the woods behind the house something waits, hungry for the only food it knows. Now ...

The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century ...

2 reviews
Matthew D. Lassiter

Princeton University Press, 2007

Great Insight
Having had the opportunity to have learned from Lassiter at the University of Michigan, reading his book was quite a joy. Lassiter's insight and perspective on the growth of suburbia in the South and the move towards "color-blindness" as opposed to the racially conscious liberal movement offers a great theory that counters the somewhat accepted notion of individual racism as the driving force in ...

Ambush For Lassiter (Leisure Western)
Loren Grey

Leisure Books, 2005

Hustler Days: Minnesota Fats, Wimpy Lassiter, Jersey Red, and America's Great Age of Pool

14 reviews
R. A. Dyer

The Lyons Press, 2005

Great book about a great era
As a pool player, I caught the end of what "Hustler Days" describes as the heyday of the road hustler. I watched two of the three main subjects of this book in action: Rudolph Wanderone (The Fat Man) and Luther Lassiter. Having frequented some of the New York pool joints (McGirrs, 7-11) that figure in R.A. Dyer's vivid depiction of the hustler's life, I can partly attest to its authenticity. ...

Invitation to Anthropology

2 reviews
Luke Eric Lassiter

AltaMira Press, 2006

Ideal for non-specialist general readers
Invitation To Anthropology by Luke Eric Lassiter (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Ball State University) is an accessibly presented introductory text to the science of cultural anthropology, written especially for students considering this field of scholarship as a part of their overall academic studies. Individual chapters address the study how human cultures are shaped, beginning with the ...

Hex

13 reviews
Rhiannon Lassiter

Simon Pulse, 2001

HEX is a book that you are cursed to enjoy.
The most dangerous person in the 24th century is a 15-year-old girl named Raven --- and officially she doesn't even exist. Why? Raven is a Hex --- part human, part super computer. In the late 21st century, Hexes were created by genetically enhancing human children. Hexes can reach into the Net and access information systems from around the world. They can move around the World Wide Web the way ...

His Father's Son (The Lassiter Law) (Silhouette Intimate Moments, 1147) (Intimate Moments, 1147)
Ruth Ryan Langan

Silhouette, 2002

Shadows

6 reviews
Rhiannon Lassiter

Simon Pulse, 2002

The best science fiction series I have ever read.
At the age of 15, she is Europe's most formidable opponent. Her weapon of choice: a computer (although she is a dead shot with a blaster). Her name is Raven, and she is a Hex, which makes her existence illegal. Hexes aren't supposed to live past their first breath of life, but some survive until their gifts become apparent and then they are killed. When Raven was nine, she realized that she was a ...

Lassiter's Law (43 Light Street, Book 23) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #641)

4 reviews
Rebecca York

Harlequin, 2001

Excellent romance/supense story
This is one of the best romance/suspense stories I've read in an long time. This is an winner.Ex-con Laurel Coleman and PI/recovering alcoholic Sam Lassiter are thrown together to save the life of an sweet, five-year old little boy, while they are trying to save each other emotionally. Both have painful pasts that they are trying to overcome. Laurel is not the dangerous woman Sam is lead to ...

The Lassiter Luck (Leisure Western)
Loren Grey

Leisure Books, 2008

LOREN ZANE GREY continues in the grand tradition of his father, Zane Grey, with the further adventures of Lassiter--the rough-riding hero from Riders of the Purple Sage who became one of the greatest Western legends of all time. LONE GUN When Lassiter promises to protect his dead friend's son, he never thinks the young rancher will run into such a passel of trouble. Yet before he knows it, there's an all-out range war led by a pack of ...

Interrogations, Confessions, and Entrapment (Perspectives in Law & Psychology)

1 review

Springer, 2006

An excellent, scholarly work.
Each chapter of this book is well written and greatly informative. The book concentrates on false confessions, but there is an interesting chapter on entrapment. A must-read for forensic psychologists, defense attorneys, and police detectives who are dealing with confession evidence.

Ghosts

2 reviews
Rhiannon Lassiter

Simon Pulse, 2002

The coolest bit of sci-fi/fantasy that I have ever read.
Down in the depths of London, where even the police won't go, are the ganglands, a place where the group with the most gun power rules. It is here that one will find the Ghosts, a gang so silent that nobody ever has seen one of its members yet so powerful that when another gang starts invading Ghost Territory, they will always lose, and always have a run of bad luck with the police (also known as ...

The Moderates' Dilemma: Massive Resistance to School Desegregation in Virginia

5 reviews
Matthew D. Lassiter

University of Virginia Press, 1998

Great Resource
For my senior seminar, I wrote a paper on desegregation/busing in the South. While I was doing research, a librarian found this book for me. I had to wait 2 weeks to get it through interlibrary loan, but it was worth it!! The essays really bring home the complexity of Southern desegregation when viewed through the lens of class issues. I can only aspire to produce such insightful ...

The Power of Kiowa Song: A Collaborative Ethnography

2 reviews
Luke E. Lassiter

University of Arizona Press, 1998

A delightful read for the mind and the heart
From beginning to end, this wonderful blend of ethnographic information and personal experiences pulls the reader into the community, into the heart of the Kiowa people and definitely, into the song. For the academic and general reader, through the telling of personal experiences, this book offers an insight into the people and the thread of song and dance that holds them together as a ...

My Life Stages: Broken, Bitter, then Blessed
K. Lassiter

BookSurge Publishing, 2007

This book is a culmination of a thirty five year journey with emphasis on the seventeen years that I have been saved. It talks about the different trials and test that we all encounter during this adventure that we call 'life'. While these things are listed, the book would not give God the glory that is due only to Him if it dwelled on the bad times. So, the major emphasis in the book is how God used the bad times to make me stronger, how I ...

Lassiter Tough
Loren Grey

Leisure, 2007

Lassiter Gold (Leisure Western)
Loren Grey

Leisure Books, 2007

LOREN ZANE GREY continues in the grand tradition of his father, Zane Grey, with further adventures of Lassiter--the rough-riding loner from Riders of the Purple Sage who became America's favorite hero.

The Other Side of Middletown: Exploring Muncie's African American Community

1 review
Luke Eric Lassiter, Hurley Goodall, ...

AltaMira Press, 2004

Making a difference in a community
It gives me great pleasure to write the first review for this magnificent book. Not only is it for the student, it is for the lay reader as well. As to the qualitative researcher-this is a must. It brings together many writers, including those in the community, and gives us a real picture of what is going on in Middletown (Muncie, Indiana) in the present. This community came together to tell ...

Slashback: A Lassiter Novel

4 reviews
Paul Levine

Avon Books, 1995

Ho'oheno Li'a
SLASHBACK is the fifth published of the so-far seven Jake Lassiter novels. Although author Paul Levine discredits it as "the worst," saying it needed "major surgery" and "died on the table," SLASHBACK is better than its creator wants to admit. The earliest written of the Lassiter series of books, SLASHBACK is very different stylistically from the other Lassiter novels. Written in the third ...

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