New Releases by Jeff Smith

What’s that in the closet—a robber? A monster? A CAT!? This book about overcoming fears is the highly anticipated follow-up to Eisner award-winning author Jeff Smith''s Little Mouse Gets Ready and is both a perfect read-aloud and a book that kids can begin to read on their own. In Eisner Award-winning author Jeff Smith’s Little Mouse Gets Ready, the plucky, pint-sized hero triumphed over buttons and tail holes and the tricky problem of getting dressed. His adventures continue in Little Mouse Saves the Day, when he returns to face his biggest challenge yet: bedtime, an open closet door, and the mysterious shadow within. It could be anything…and there’s only one way to know for sure.

"This book offers an intervention into the process of decolonization through the re-subjectification of the settler subject. The authors draw on what Deleuze and Guattari call minor threads of philosophy, pedagogy, spirituality, and healing practices rooted in neglected lineages of European thought and ceremony. The book proposes a methodology for unontologizing the settler subject, which they term ''desettlering.'' Rather than fetishizing indigenous theory and practice as a mode for resubjectifying settlers to facilitate land-based decolonization, it offers a fresh approach by looking towards alternative sets of traditions and identity. These alternatives are used to interrogate minoritarian European philosophies, practices, and beliefs, which the authors propose could be deployed to unontologize the settler within current historical conditions. Asserting that such a process is not volitional but a historical necessity, the book offers a novel and timely investigation into who settlers become if they intend to engage seriously in decolonization. It will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and researchers in psychological science, social psychology, counseling, philosophy, indigenous studies, and sociology"--

In the tumultuous decades of rapid expansion and change between the American Founding and the Civil War, Americans confronted a cluster of overlapping crises whose common theme was the difficulty of finding authority in written texts. The issue arose from several disruptive developments: rising challenges to the traditional authority of the Bible in a society that was intensely Protestant; persistent worries over America''s lack of a “national literature” and an independent cultural identity; and the slavery crisis, which provoked tremendous struggles over clashing interpretations of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, even as these “parascriptures” were rising to the status of a kind of quasi-sacred secular canon. At the same time but from the opposite direction, new mass media were creating a new, industrial-scale print culture that put a premium on very non-sacred, disposable text: mass-produced “news,” dispensed immediately and in huge quantities but meant only for the day or hour. Perpetual Scriptures in Nineteenth-Century America identifies key features of the writings, careers and cultural politics of several prominent Americans as responses to this cluster of challenges. In their varied attempts to vindicate the sacred and to merge the timeless with the urgent present, Joseph Smith, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Theodore Parker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, Abraham Lincoln, and other religious and political leaders and men and women of letters helped define American literary culture as an ongoing quest for new “bibles,” or what Emerson called a “perpetual scripture.”

Jeff Smith, the award-winning writer and illustrator of Bone, brings his talent for crafting stories with adventure, humor, and gorgeous artwork to DC Comics with this nostalgic reimagining of Shazam! When young orphan Billy Batson follows a mysterious stranger onto the subway, he never imagines he’s entering a bizarre world of powerful wizards, talking tigers, kid-eating monsters, giant robots, political intrigue, and mysterious villains. But Billy encounters all that and more when the wizard gives him a magic word that transforms him into the World’s Mightiest Mortal! Collects Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil #1-4.

Jeff Smith has been part of social movement work for more than four decades in Grand Rapids. He co-founded the Koinonia House, which practiced radical hospitality for the unhoused and was a Sanctuary for Central American refugees fleeing US-sponsored terrorism in the 1980s.Jeff spent a significant amount of time doing accompaniment work in Central America and Mexico, working with and learning from movement organizers in those countries. Jeff started the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy in 1998 and The Grand Rapids People''s History Project in 2010. Jeff and his partner have several rescue dogs, and he loves to work in his garden. This is Jeff''s third book.A People''s History of Grand Rapids should be required reading for everyone seeking to understand the history, structure, and current manifestations of White Supremacy in Grand Rapids.- Dante James, Emmy-award-winning filmmakerIn the midst of our crises laden if not collapsing society, A People''s History of Grand Rapids is a timely...important work that needs to be read and shared.- Dr. Michael Ott, Emeritus Associate Professor of Sociology, Grand Valley State University Each chapter reminds me that we are not alone; instead, we are part of a rich tradition of fighting against the powers that be.- Ames Carpenter, Community organizer Jeff Smith used the concept of the People''s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and applied it to the history of Grand Rapids. As far as he is aware, this is the first such history at the local level.

Are your habits been constantly questioned and misunderstood by those around you? Maybe you happen to be always referred to as quiet, shy by close friends? To those who are misunderstood, questioned and loners out there, Jeff Smith writes this well researched book. Using well researched evidence, Jeff Smith the author of this book provides a peak into an introvert lifestyle and mind. Inside this book, you will learn: How to know if you are an introverted person or not. The causes of introversion Popular myths about Introverts Vital information which introverts want those around them to know The amazing edge introverts have over others. Gain insight into the love life of introverts. And so much more With so much valuable information revealed, Introvert Secret provides essential information for thriving as an introvert in your everyday life. Start reading this book now to get started.

"Around the world, at any instant, millions of people are watching movies. They watch mainstream entertainment, serious "art films," documentaries, cartoons, experimental films, educational shorts. They sit in air-conditioned theaters, in village squares, in art museums, in college classrooms, in their homes before a television screen, in coffee shops before a computer monitor or cell-phone screen. The world''s movie theaters sell 8 billion tickets each year. With the availability of films on video-whether broadcast, fed from cable or satellites or the Internet, or played back from disc or digital file-the audience has multiplied far beyond that. Nobody needs to be convinced that film has been one of the most influential media of the past hundred years. Not only can you recall your most exciting or tearful moments at the movies, you can also probably remember moments in ordinary life when you tried to be as graceful, as selfless, as tough, or as compassionate as those larger-than-life figures on the screen. The way we dress and cut our hair, the way we talk and act, the things we believe or doubt-all these aspects of our lives are shaped by films. Films also provide us with powerful artistic experiences, insights into diverse cultures, and new ways of thinking"--

Nous voici de retour pour cette nouvelle édition 2020 du Free Comic Book Day ! Toujours présents et fidèles à cette manifestation que nous soutenons car elle fait écho, par la diversité de son offre, à l’essence-même de notre catalogue. Cependant, les comics offrent également de très belles séries tous publics, une autre manière de dire que les récits en question peuvent être appréciées par de plus jeunes lecteurs. Bone, créé par le formidable Jeff Smith, fait partie de ces titres qui disposent de plusieurs niveaux de lecture. Les plus jeunes peuvent accrocher, et les lecteurs plus âgés y trouver également leur compte. C’est suffisamment rare pour être noté. Bone sera bientôt adapté sous la forme d’une série animée sur Netflix, un large public pourra alors en juger. En attendant, pourquoi ne pas (re)découvrir cette magni¬fique série avec le tout premier numéro que nous vous proposons ici.

For the youngest fans of the bestselling graphic novel series BONE, Jeff Smith has created two hilarious tales to delight beginning readers. In Finders Keepers, the Bone cousins find a coin -- finders keepers -- but the boys can''t agree on how to spend it. Fone Bone wants an apple and bananas they can share. Smiley Bone wants an ice cream cone with a pickle on top. And Phoney Bone wants to build a giant statue... of himself Whose idea will win out? In Smiley''s Dream Book, Smiley Bone walks through the woods on a beautiful morning. During his journey, he meets a flock of friendly and playful birds. Smiley is having such a good time that he must find a fantastical way to keep up with his new friends as they soar into the big, blue sky. These wonderfully funny tales, told with lively artwork and expressive word balloons, will engage young readers like the best Sunday comics.

Young orphan Billy Batson finds himself wielding truly amazing magic powers--just in time to face an invasion of alien and earthly monsters! All he has to do is say the magic word: Shazam! When Billy Batson follows a mysterious stranger onto the subway, he never imagines he''s entering a strange world of powerful wizards, talking tigers, kid eating monsters, political intrigue and mysterious villains. But Billy encounters all that and more when the wizard gives him a magic word that transforms him into the world''s mightiest mortal. Now, he must use his extraordinary new abilities to face an incoming invasion of alien creatures and to stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world! Acclaimed and award-winning writer and artist Jeff Smith (Bone) brings his talent for crafting stories with adventure, humor and gorgeous artwork as he reimagines Shazam! for a whole new generation of readers. Collects Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil #1-4

Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson and now, Co-Author, Jeff Smith''s Film Art has been the best-selling and most widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by examples from many periods and countries, the authors help students develop a core set of analytical skills that will enrich their understanding of any film, in any genre. In-depth examples deepen students'' appreciation for how creative choices by filmmakers affect what viewers experience and how they respond. Film Art is generously illustrated with more than 1,000 frame enlargements taken directly from completed films, providing concrete illustrations of key concepts. Along with updated examples and expanded coverage of digital filmmaking, the twelfth edition of Film Art delivers SmartBook, first and only adaptive reading experience currently available, designed to help students stay focused, maximize study time and retain basic concepts.

Collecting together the critically acclaimed The Book of Ballads and Sagas series by the legendary fantasy artist Charles Vess. The award-winning compendium of English, Irish and Scottish fairy tales and folklore returns to print in a sumptuous new collection featuring stories written by multi-award winning author Neil Gaiman (‘Sandman’, ‘Coraline’, and ‘Stardust’), Eisner and Harvey Award-winning cartoonish Jeff Smith (‘Bone’), Aurora award-winning author Charles De Lint, New York Times Bestseller Sharyn McCrumb, Elaine Lee (‘Starstruck’) and acclaimed children’s writer Jane Yolen. This new collection also includes, for the first time since its original publication, back in 1995, Vess’ unfinished epic saga ‘Skade’, and includes an additional 10 pages of artwork that have never been seen before. “Each ballad is a little gem sparkling with restored vitality. It is all here: lust and humor, ghosts and demons, passion and terror, all the things that keep us up at night. What more could the fantasy reader desire?” – SciFi Dimensions “Here Vess reaches the peak of his art, standing proudly with the 19th and early 20th century illustrators who influence him.” – Publishers Weekly “A cloth of rare delight, rich with the perfume of the forest and its graces.” – James Gurney, author of Dinotopia

The ongoing revolution in electronic information technology raises critical questions about our right to privacy. As more personal information is gathered and stored at breathtaking speed, corporate America is confronted with the ethical and practical issues of how to handle the information in its databases: how should it be safeguarded and who should have access to it? In Managing Privacy, Jeff Smith examines the policies of corporations such as insurance companies, banks, and credit card firms that regularly process medical, financial, and consumer data. According to Smith, many companies lack comprehensive policies regulating the access to and distribution of personal data, and where stated policies do exist, actual practices often conflict. Few organizations are willing to become leaders in the development of such policies, instead formulating privacy guidelines only after being pressured by consumers, the media, or legislators. Smith argues that as information technology advances, both corporations and society as a whole must modify their approaches to privacy protection, and he presents specific suggestions for developing such policies. Originally published in 1994. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Chassés de Boneville, les trois cousins Bone - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone et Smiley Bone - découvrent le village de Barrelhaven et font la connaissance de Thorn, de Grand-Mère Ben et de Lucius, un vieil ami de la famille. Alors que Phoney et Smiley rivalisent d''astuce pour s''enrichir sur le compte des villageois, Fone, Thorn et Grand-Mère Ben s''apprêtent à affronter Kingdok, le roi des rats-garous en personne, sans se douter que derrière lui un danger plus grand encore se profile !

Chassés de Boneville, les trois cousins Bone arrivent dans une forêt qui ne figure sur aucune carte. Ils y découvrent un monde où une guerre ancestrale est sur le point de reprendre et y rencontrent un dragon fumeur de cigarettes, des rats-garous mangeurs de quiches, la jolie Thorne et sa grand-mère, capable de battre un troupeau de vaches à la course...

Chassés de Boneville, les trois cousins Bone arrivent dans une forêt qui ne figure sur aucune carte. Ils y découvrent un monde où une guerre ancestrale est sur le point de reprendre et y rencontrent un dragon fumeur de cigarettes, des rats-garous mangeurs de quiches, la jolie Thorne et sa grand-mère, capable de battre un troupeau de vaches à la course...

Chassés de Boneville, les trois cousins Bone atterrissent à Barrelhaven et font la connaissance de Thorn, de Grand-Mère Ben et de Lucius, un vieil ami de la famille. Fone et Smiley sont en route pour rendre sa liberté au bébé rat-garou, recueilli précédemment. Alors qu''ils touchent au but, les deux compères rencontrent Mach Far, le Seigneur des Marches de l''Est, qui leur interdit le passage. Tout se complique lorsque Kingdok, le Roi des rats-garous, apparaît...

Un volcan endormi depuis longtemps se réveille et engloutit la vallée et ses habitants sous la cendre. L''explosion libère une force maléfique connue sous le nom de Seigneur des Criquets. Terrifiés, les cousins Bone, Thorn et Mamie Ben tentent de rejoindre l''antique cité d''Atheia. Mais face à eux se dressent les éléments déchaînés et les féroces rats-garous. Nos amis s''en sortiront-ils indemnes ?

Les aventures des Bone s''achèvent ! Jeff Smith, avec cet ultime opus, livre la dernière page de cette saga épique, devenue un classique de la bande dessinée mondiale. Retenue prisonnière dans un donjon alors que le destin de la Vallée se joue sur le champ de bataille, Thorn est soumise à la sombre influence de la Couronne d''aiguilles. Ce mystérieux objet, jalousement gardé par les dragons, est pourtant l''unique moyen de réduire à néant la menace du Seigneur des criquets, et de mettre un terme à la guerre. Mais à quel prix ?

Includes a new Bone chapter and a Bone compendium.

A senator’s account of imprisonment that is “partly funny, partly urgent and wholly unnerving—a mashup of House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black” (New York Post). The fall from politico to prisoner isn’t necessarily long, but the landing, as Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith learned, is a hard one. In 2009, Smith pleaded guilty to a seemingly minor charge of campaign malfeasance and earned himself a year and one day in Kentucky’s FCI Manchester. Mr. Smith Goes to Prison is the fish-out-of-water story of his time in the big house; of the people he met there and the things he learned: how to escape the attentions of fellow inmate Cornbread and his friends in the Aryan Brotherhood; what constitutes a prison car and who’s allowed to ride in yours; how to bend and break the rules, whether you’re a prisoner or an officer. And throughout his sentence, the young Senator tracked the greatest crime of all: the deliberate waste of untapped human potential. Smith saw the power of millions of inmates harnessed as a source of renewable energy for America’s prison-industrial complex, a system that aims to build better criminals instead of better citizens. In Mr. Smith Goes to Prison, he traces the cracks in America’s prison walls, exposing the shortcomings of a racially-based cycle of poverty and crime that sets inmates up to fail. Speaking from inside experience, he offers practical solutions to jailbreak the nation from the financially crushing grip of its own prisons and to jumpstart the rehabilitation of the millions living behind bars. “Hilarious, insightful, and disturbing all at once.” —Daily Kos

Portrait photographers agree that one of the most important yet shrouded aspects of running a successful business is accurately pricing your products for profit. Some charge too little, then scramble to photograph and edit photos for throngs of clients, only to become overwhelmed and burn out. Others price too low initially, just to get people in the door, but soon mark up their prices and lose clients to new photographers who charge rock-bottom prices. There are still others who price themselves out of the game right out of the gate. Jeff Smith, owner of two thriving portrait studios teaches you how to tackle one of photography’s most vexing problems—working out a pricing structure that allows you to cover your costs and clear a profit that you can live comfortably with. Smith begins by showing you methods that he—and countless other pros—have used in a misguided attempt to reap a great cash flow, helping you avoid time-and-revenue-burning missteps. Next, he walks you through the process of figuring out where your money goes—How much should you shell out for new equipment? What falls into the category of “overhead?” How much do you need to pay your staff and yourself?—and then moves on to show ways to cut costs, price individual prints and packages, maintain your desired business volume, retain existing clients, and delegate tasks in order to work smartly toward profitability—all while enjoying your work and achieving professional and creative satisfaction.

A special rerelease of the best-selling graphic novel complements the debut adventure of Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone with mini-comics and artwork by 16 award-winning artists.

Join the three oddball Bone cousins-- Fone, Smiley and Phoney-- on their wild adventures as they are driven out of their homeland into a strange land where dragons control dreams, locusts, wreak havoc and monsters bay for blood.

In portrait photography, posing must make the client look amazing, and this book takes photographers through that process from start to finish. With short, one- or two-page lessons that are amply illustrated with before and after images, the book guides the reader through each phase, from the positioning of arms and hands to the degree of the head tilt and shifting the weight. Image sequences showing variations and posing alternatives are also presented to customize a pose for an individual subject, accentuating the assets and minimizing the flaws. Readers are encouraged to take this book with them on shoots and work on replicating or refining the provided examples, creating a self-study course in the art of posing for portrait photography. This thorough guide shows how to get the pose to work within the photo’s composition—sure to give portraits a finished, professional look.