James Mccourt: 6 books

Book cover of Lasting City: The Anatomy of Nostalgia
by James McCourt
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013

The darkly intense Irish-American family drama come alive like never before in this "virtuosic meta-memoir" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “The blood-red of Manhattan, the brilliant green of an Irish-American wake, the blue-rinsed divas of the opera and the bathhouse alike”...
Book cover of Queer Street: Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985
by James McCourt
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2005

"A heroically imaginative account of gay metropolitan culture, an elegy and an apologia for a generation."—New York Times Book Review A fierce critical intelligence animates every page of Queer Street. Its sentences are dizzying divagations. The postwar generation of queer New York...
Book cover of Mawrdew Czgowchwz
by James McCourt
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012

Diva Mawrdew Czgowchwz (pronounced “Mardu Gorgeous”) bursts like the most brilliant of comets onto the international opera scene, only to confront the deadly malice and black magic of her rivals. Outrageous and uproarious, flamboyant and serious as only the most perfect frivolity can be, James...
Book cover of When Heaven Touches Earth

When Heaven Touches Earth

A Little Book of Miracles, Marvels, & Wonders

by James van Praagh, Sunny Dawn Johnston, Lisa McCourt
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016

World-renowned author and psychic James van Praagh has spent years communicating with spirits on the other side, but he is far from alone in this experience.  Joined by psychic medium Sunny Dawn Johnston, best-selling author Lisa McCourt, and over twenty others who have had direct contact with the...
Book cover of Dubliners
by James Joyce, Malachy McCourt
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007

This Vintage Classics edition of James Joyce’s groundbreaking story collection has been authoritatively edited by scholars Hans Walter Gabler and Walter Hettche and includes a chronology, bibliography, and afterword by John S. Kelly. Also included in a special appendix are the original versions...
Book cover of Crime, Second Chances, and Human Services

Crime, Second Chances, and Human Services

Creating a Pathway to Ordinary Life for the Convicted

by Fonkem Achankeng I, Derek Dich, Michelle Devine Giese
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2019

This book promotes the notion of second chances and the importance of human services within the communities most affected by crime and the criminal justice system. Recognition of the fallibility of humans and the necessity of redemption is the first step to change our attitude toward guilt and punishment....
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