A picture of life in the boxing ring“Few novelists captured the contradictions of his country so simply or so honestly in the metaphor of the pure, fatalistic, and merciless community of bruising.”—from the ForewordWhen The Bruiser was first published in 1936, almost every reviewer praised Jim Tully’s gritty boxing novel for its authenticity—a hard-earned attribute. Twenty-eight years before the appearance of The Bruiser, Tully began a car...

Tully’s breakthrough novel about life on the roadJim Tully left his hometown of St. Marys, Ohio, in 1901, spending most of his teenage years in the company of hoboes. Drifting across the country as a “road kid,” he spent those years scrambling into boxcars, sleeping in hobo jungles, avoiding railroad cops, begging meals from back doors, and haunting public libraries. Tully crafted these memories into a dark and astonishing chronicle of the American underclass—espec...

A facsimile reprint of this classic tale of the seamier side of circus life“Jim Tully was one of the fine American novelists to emerge in the 1920s and ’30s. He gained this position with intelligence, sensitivity, and hard work. . . . No matter how crazily violent or fantastic his stories are, readers accept them as nonfiction. Tully makes the improbable seem true.”—from the foreword by Harvey PekarJim Tully was an American writer who enjoy...

Emma Hazelton is torn between her growing desire for the vampire and her fear of what he could do to her. Now she needs his help and must put her trust in him to take her sisters away from her uncle’s increasing cruelty.When he returns for her he refuses to take her away until she gives him her body and her soul.She must decide how much she wants to help her sisters, destroy her uncle, and give in to her feelings, so she can survive his request.

A brilliant Boomer detective and her ambitious Gen Z assistant try to get along in this delightful feel-good mystery.Olivia Blunt is thrilled to be hired as assistant to the nationally renowned investigator Aubrey Merritt. She longs to become a valued contributor to the great detective’s work, but Merritt is a difficult, exacting boss, and the learning curve is steeper than she expected.After weeks of boring computer work, Olivia is finally invited to join ...

These two ambitious volumes from one of the world's most celebrated political philosophers present a new kind of political and legal theory that James Tully calls a public philosophy, and a complementary new way of thinking about active citizenship, called civic freedom. Professor Tully takes the reader step-by-step through the principal debates in political theory and the major types of political struggle today. These volumes represent a genuine landmark in political theory from the autho...

Circus Parade is a novel about a small time, traveling circus and the colorful characters that put on the show, set up and took down the tent and most of all, ripped off the rubes as it traveled from town to town. This book was quite controversial when it was first published in 1927 because of its frank description of the lives behind the greasepaint and tinsel. Fans of Sara Gruens novel Water for Elephants will recognize Circus Parade was a major influence on her book.Jim Tully ha...

'Oh my goodness. Nicholas has stolen my darn heart. No spoilers but that scene . . . literally had my heart racing and swooning. Forgot that I am in LOVE . . . The sweetness. The romance. The banter. EVERYTHING in this book is real.'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐---CORASince my mother died, I've been raised by men - a hard-working single father and an overprotective older brother who would drop dead if he knew I was musing on the...

Noted criminologist James Tully became fascinated by inconsistencies he found in the accounts of the lives and deaths of the Brontes. So dark and unexpected were the results of his searches, he decided to tell the story in the form of a novel. He has created a controversial and compelling account of this most famous Victorian family.

Adelyn is an expert at planning and making lists--including one with the required qualities for the perfect man. This mythical specimen, unfortunately, seems harder to find with every passing year. She tells herself she's not picky, she's discerning, but sometimes it's hard to be sure.Her best friend's older brother, Jason, has been slowly falling in love with Adelyn since returning from his final deployment with the Army more than a year earlier, but she sees him only as a buddy. ...

'STOP, PAUSE AND GET YOURSELVES READY FOR THIS PHENOMENAL BOOK . . . Roxanne Tully absolutely blew me away!!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐---ANGELPeople said I'd never hit the ice again after my humiliating fall on national television. Two years later, I'm ready to prove them wrong. At least in private . . . when I sneak into the Buffalo Blades arena. Being the coach's daughter has its perks.Until lead defenseman - and my number one enemy - Ja...

'Be still, my cowboy romance heart! Wild Rose was absolutely perfect' Reader Review ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Welcome to Blue River Ranch . . . Tropes: Cowboy x city girl Grumpy x sunshine Brother's best friend Age gap Ranch romance Workplace romance Small-town romance---Rose Evans is off limits.She's...