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[ "Today, there are over 200,000,000 women business owners around the world. Many of these entrepreneurs are not doing business as usual, nor are they simply leaning in. Rather, they are tapping into feminine capital―the unique skills and sensibilities that they have cultivated as women―to create enviable successes.", "Drawing on four decades of award-winning research,", "Feminine Capital", "reveals how women are harnessing different approaches to doing business. Barbara Orser and Catherine Elliott detail the pillars of feminine capital and offer new insight into the ways that gender can influence entrepreneurial decision-making. They find that leveraging feminine capital can help women to create distinctive brands, build new markets, and drive profits―all while leveling the playing field in business. In doing so, women are changing our social and economic landscape, one venture at a time.", "Dispelling myths and misperceptions that can undermine women-owned ventures, this book takes a fresh look at how female entrepreneurs can leverage their skills, knowledge, and values. Case studies of women entrepreneurs bring key concepts and lessons to life, while learning aids, diagnostic tools, and checklists help readers to construct innovative business models, refine start-up plans, and hone growth strategies." ]

[ "Review", "\"Coauthors Orser and Elliott utilize four decades of research to examine the key ingredients that are necessary for women business owners to successfully compete in the marketplace. They also look at the hurdles women have to overcome to change people's perceptions and obtain the resources they need . . . Highly recommended.\"―P. G. Kishel,", "CHOICE", "\"", "Feminine Capital", "is an essential read for anyone who wants to grow a business or a national economy. It explains why and how we must work together to unleash the full potential of women entrepreneurs as economic engines for sustainable and inclusive prosperity.\"―Elizabeth A. Vazquez,CEO & Co-Founder,WEConnect International\"I highly recommend", "Feminine Capital", ", a comprehensive discussion of the state of women-led businesses today. With its engaging and interactive approach, the book will appeal to young women seeking start-up guidance, academics, and professionals guiding business growth. Its focus on business innovation, exporting, and access to capital will unlock the exploding power of today's women entrepreneurs.\"―Marsha Firestone, Founder & President, Women Presidents' Organization\"There is a growing recognition of the powerful role that women entrepreneurs play in contributing to inclusive prosperity.", "Feminine Capital", "is a must-read for those who want to understand the new economic landscape. It not only challenges the stereotypes about women-owned businesses, but also offers pragmatic advice on the range of issues confronting entrepreneurs. An indispensable book.\"― Melanne Verveer, former US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues\"This is a book whose time has come. The authors' guidance is spot on; it provides a good blend of touchstone references and new research; and the tools for teaching will serve women well, whether in the classroom or in the office.\"―Julie R. Weeks, President and CEO, Womenable\"", "Feminine Capital", "covers an incredible amount of territory. It not only tells women entrepreneurs what they should consider in building and strengthening their businesses, but why.\"―Patricia G. Greene, Babson College, Co-Founder, Diana Project, and National Academic Director, Goldman Sachs", "10,000 Small Businesses", "\"The authors do a masterful job synthesizing feminist and entrepreneurship theories to show how gender in venture creation plays out. Using deep case studies, they show how feminine capital can become a conscious and deliberate resource. Well researched and appropriate for policy makers, educator, and practitioner alike.\"―Candida G. Brush, Babson College and co-author of", "Clearing", "\"This book provides fresh insight into how the intersection between entrepreneurship and feminism is evolving...A thoroughly enjoyable read giving excellent insight and real-life examples into how feminine capital is creating positivity within entrepreneurship.\"―Leonora Mary Lynch,", "Gender and Entrepreneurship", "About the Author", "Barbara Orser is Vice Dean (Career Development) of the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management. She is Founding Chair of the Canadian Taskforce for Women's Business Growth and has been named one of the", "Women Executive Network's", "100 Most Power Women in Canada. Catherine Elliott is Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management, where she teaches Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Feminine Capital", "Unlocking the Power of Women Entrepreneurs", "By Barbara Orser, Catherine Elliott", "STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS", "Copyright © 2015 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-8047-8379-8", "Contents", "Figures, Tables, and Learning Aids, Acknowledgments, Feminine Capital, 1. Reframing Entrepreneurship, 2. Intention, Success, and Identity, 3. Getting to Go, 4. Enterprise Growth, 5. Social Capital, 6. Money Matters, 7. Power in Policy, 8. Never Underestimate the Underestimated Woman, Notes, Glossary, Index, CHAPTER 1", "Reframing Entrepreneurship", "To begin our exploration of how feminine capital influences the venture creation process, we open by introducing five women who are among those whose stories we will follow during the course of this book. Three have founded operating enterprises, of which two are", "intrapreneurs,", "entrepreneurs who are responsible for creating innovative services and products within institutional settings. Two more of the entrepreneurial heroines are fictitious, composites that embody the experiences of the women whom we interviewed through the course of our research. Each of the five stories reflects a unique perspective about the venture creation process. After becoming acquainted with these entrepreneurial heroines, we step back in time to expose early stereotypes about female entrepreneurship. We do this because a historical perspective helps to illuminate antiquated assumptions about what it means to be entrepreneurial. Stereotypes continue to influence entrepreneurial intentions, sometimes pushing business owners to act in prototypically masculine ways. In addition, stereotypes help to explain why some female entrepreneurs, even those who are experienced and well educated, are less likely to believe that they possess the skills and knowledge needed to become an entrepreneur. Finally, we present summary tables to frame how we think about entrepreneurship. These tools will help you to reflect on the roles that feminine capital and feminism play in the venture creation process.", "The Nature of Feminine Capital", "Susan Ross", "Susan is a stay-at-home mother who is thinking of starting a professional services business. At the same time, she is weighing the pros and cons of returning to corporate employment. Prior to leaving the workforce, she was employed as the product manager in a global consumer packaged goods company. Susan's decision is one that many women face. Should I continue working in the home? Should I start a business? Should I return to paid employment? The decision is not easy. Susan may be aware that most women who leave the labor force for family responsibilities rarely catch up to the earning capacity of colleagues who stay. This leads her to favor venture creation. But business ownership rarely offers health or other benefits coverage. There are more trade-offs to consider. Many new enterprises do not survive the first few years. Given the discontinuance rates of startups, lower self- employment wages, and often lack of pensions and other benefits, Susan must think about the opportunity costs of venture creation. These include forfeited wages, professional reputation, and time and capital invested, not to mention the stress associated with potential business failure. Susan is also aware of the advantages: the satisfaction of creating a new venture, autonomy, the opportunity to employ others, and the possibility of earning more than salaried colleagues.", "Asha Sing", "Asha is the president of a mid-sized, international wholesale operation for shoes. The firm has a proven track record of performance. She is seeking growth opportunities. During a recent customer visit, Asha noticed that the buyer referred all questions to her male vice-president. Having realized this (after several attempts to engage him in conversation), she stepped back to let the two men speak. In reflecting on this incident, Asha realizes that this customer simply does not wish to do business with a female president. On a personal level, she has no time to worry about what she refers to as \"knuckle-draggers,\" those who treat female business owners as subordinates. At the professional level, she must determine how best to respond to such a client.", "Maria Guidi", "Maria owns a small construction firm with a growing list of local clients. She likes the idea of keeping her business small. A representative from WEConnect International—a nonprofit advocacy organization that promotes supplier diversity initiatives—has suggested that she apply for certification as a majority female-owned firm. Certification may facilitate business with global corporations. She has mixed feelings, however, about this opportunity. She is concerned that the firm may not have the capacity to meet international standards and fulfill the obligations of a large contract. At the same time, Maria knows that being small has its downfalls. Enterprise growth might enable her to diversify risk across more customers. Growth might increase her compensation. Staying small makes it difficult to attract investors, retain talent, and secure lead clients. Lead clients can be used to signal that her products meet industry scrutiny. Finally, few investors, other than family and friends, are interested in supporting a lifestyle firm—one that is not seeking growth. Yet young, rapidly growing firms also tend to be turned down for bank (or debt) financing compared to relatively stable enterprises.", "Elaine Jolly", "After thirty years of practicing medicine, Dr. Elaine Jolly sees the need for a full service women's health center. The health care model she envisions will be different from that offered anywhere in North America. Building a multidisciplinary women's health center in the face of hospital budget cuts and rationalization is a monumental task. For Elaine, opportunity takes a different form. In building the center, she must sell the merits of a female-only health care service to the hospital board that is composed primarily of male colleagues. She would like to draw on female patients for support, as she anticipates that they can best understand and communicate the value of women's health care. But a demanding clinical practice leaves her little time to acquire and practice political, fundraising, and board management skills. She must determine how to best sell her vision to colleagues and board members who will ultimately determine the relevance and viability of the center.", "Cynthia Goh", "Cynthia Goh is a professor of chemistry and medical science at the University of Toronto. She is an academic entrepreneur. Her scientific innovations have led to new medical diagnostics. She is also the cofounder of two nanotechnology firms. Startup challenges for Cynthia have been many. An early challenge was working within the university bureaucracy to commercialize academic knowledge. This was initially frustrating for Cynthia, who finds that developing technology is inherently creative and rewarding. When asked how, if at all, being female might influence the commercialization process, she suggests it is best to not notice. \"In many cases, I think if you ignore them, challenges do go away.\" Taking this pragmatic perspective, Cynthia believes that there are no rules and not just one way to create business success. Focusing on gender is not productive.", "* * *", "Each of these stories provides insight into the gendered nature of entrepreneurship. For example, Susan's decision between starting a business or returning to paid employment is riddled with trade-offs that many mothers face. Maria's story illustrates that staying small can have an impact on enterprise-wide strategy. Elaine Jolly is strategically leveraging feminine capital within her vision for an integrated women's health center. Her desire to support women's needs is reflected in the center's service delivery practices, governance, and operational processes. For Asha, being female informs her response strategy, and Cynthia Goh's ignoring gender is a conscious decision.", "Recognizing Female Entrepreneurship", "To understand how being female can influence entrepreneurial endeavor, it is useful to recall that entrepreneurship is not a new phenomenon. How we think about entrepreneurship today is rooted in early economic and management theory. While feminine duties traditionally have focused on family responsibilities, throughout the ages women have assumed commercial entrepreneurial activities—trade, harvesting, crafting, midwifery, and, in more recent centuries, small-business ownership. Artifacts testify to the entrepreneurial activities of indigenous women in early settlements. Upon arrival in New England and New France, female colonists established schools, hospitals, and religious orders. In mid-1600, Lady Sara Kirke managed an international fleet of ships, carrying out commerce through military campaigns and political turmoil, despite being subject and servant of the king. Yet the stories of entrepreneurial women are largely forgotten. How many entrepreneurial heroines can you name?", "Every nation has a roster of industrial superstars, barons, and captains of industry. Most North American students learn about innovators and high-tech billionaires Bill Gates (Microsoft), Marc Zuckerberg (Facebook), and the late Steve Jobs (Apple). The gregarious British tycoon Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group is another familiar face to many. Canadians have watched leaders such as Blackberry co-founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. But the list of accomplished entrepreneurial heroes rarely includes innovators such as Nobel Laureate Marie Curie, whose work led to the therapeutic application of radiation for cancer treatment. How about the brave women who helped to test the contraceptive pill in the development work of Carl Djerassi (inventor of the pill)? Arguably, radiation therapy and the pill are among the most important medical innovations in history. How about media entrepreneurs Oprah Winfrey, Amber Chand (Baby Einstein), writer J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter), cosmetic pioneers Estee Lauder and Mary Kay Ash, or Anita Roddick and Heather Reismen, who refined customer-focused retailing with the founding of The Body Shop and Chapters/Indigo Books? The list of entrepreneurial heroines is long, but all too often they are not as visible as male role models. The absence of women in our collective memory is, in part, the product of how the media and scholars have systematically ignored female entrepreneurship.", "Women's economic invisibility is also not new. Its roots can be traced back to early political philosophers, such as Adam Smith, and economists, such as Joseph Schumpeter.", "Rational Economic Man", "Adam Smith is credited as the first to describe free market economics. At the epicenter of the free market stands the rational economic (masculine) man. The purported reason for enterprise creation is to fulfill man's desire for wealth, convenience, and luxury through the smallest amount of self-denial. Free market economics (the invisible hand) have driven financial policy and market structures throughout the world. But the mechanics of female entrepreneurship had no place within free market economics. From seventeenth-century rural cottage spinners to nineteenth-century factory weavers, women who ventured away from domestic duties were generally viewed as convenient, low-wage labor in the growing industrial apparatus. Feminine capital resided in the home.", "In the early twentieth century, organizational behaviorists turned their attention to how the rational economic man foraged for ways to enhance efficiency and profit through standardizations of inputs and outputs. Building on foundations of Smith's neoclassical economic theory, Joseph Schumpeter is credited for advancing the notion of the", "entrepreneurial spirit,", "a spirit that enables \"creative destruction.\" This spirit was described as aggressive and dominant, typically masculine characteristics.", "Over the past century, entrepreneurship has been viewed as an individual endeavor or process. New wealth is created by the destruction of existing wealth. Only a few possessed the constitution to helm this process. Entrepreneurial men, rational and heroic, epitomize success as \"a will to conquer.\" As men laid claim to that which was enterprising, rarely were prototypical feminine qualities such as loyalty, kindness, and compassion used to characterize rational man and, subsequently, the entrepreneur.", "In the mid-1900s, scholars continued to build on these theoretical principles to explain entrepreneurial success as the product of \"need for achievement,\" \"propensity to take risks,\" and \"locus of control.\" Early management studies about entrepreneurial leadership typically employed male-only or male-dominated samples. The iterative nature of scientific conversation further entrenched masculine nomenclature in the concept of entrepreneurial orientation. Commercial decisions were distinct from and in conflict with, feminine behavior. Motivation was predicated solely on financial outcomes. Firm structure was typified as hierarchical with a clear division of labor, roles, and responsibilities.", "Like Darwin's theory of natural selection, survival of the fittest implied that entrepreneurial women were expected to remain in the likeness of rational economic men. The feminine was ignored, if not silenced. Only now are scholars unearthing the insights of early female writers such as Mary Parker Follett (1868–1933), who wrote on the holistic nature of collaboration and competition, reciprocal relationships, \"power with\" rather than \"power over,\" and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. These are some of the leadership practices that we describe as elements of feminine capital.", "Women in Management", "Removed from the gaze of academe, by the mid-1900s North American women sensed the phenomenon of what Betty Friedan coined \"the problem that has no name.\" Her 1963 groundbreaking book,", "The Feminine Mystique,", "shone a spotlight on the lives of middle-class American housewives, women living with material comfort and unhappiness. Their desire to work outside the home ushered in the second wave of feminism. While the first wave secured the right of women to vote, the second demanded economic opportunity. Women wanted more.", "The 1970s and 1980s witnessed the mass entry of women into paid employment, spurred by economic necessity and the desire to work outside the home. Simultaneously, primarily female academics began to capture women's professional experiences through research. Few studies, however, challenged established theory. Much of the research in the social sciences simply entailed adding a study variable labeled \"sex\" to established study protocols, without regard to the impact of structural, historical, and cultural influences on enterprise performance. The fundamental desire for wealth, convenience, and luxury was assumed to apply to all. Studies employing surveys and other diagnostics constructed from male-only samples produced mounting evidence of gender differences in enterprise performance.", "Early attempts to capture the feminine within the management literature are presented in", "Table 1.1", ". The table presents traits drawn from diagnostics that have been used to examine the characteristics of successful managers and entrepreneurs. The left-side columns are selected attributes taken from the", "Bem Sex Role Inventory,", "characteristics thought to reveal that which is masculine and that which is feminine. The right columns list attributes synonymous with \"being managerial and male\" and \"being managerial and female.\" These word associations are drawn from the", "Schein Sex Role Descriptive Index.", "These dated diagnostics continue to be used by social scientists. This is unfortunate in that the lists are premised on the notion that masculine and feminine are independent or oppositional dimensions. They position the masculine within decision-making roles and the feminine within passive or supportive roles. The private or domestic sphere is defined as feminine. We argue that the feminine and masculine fall within a continuum of influences and that feminine capital can be realized in commercial settings and entrepreneurial roles.", "Underperformance Rationales", "Another legacy from this period is the view that female entrepreneurs are less successful. Comparing females to males creates a norm that diminishes the economic and social value of women entrepreneurs. Here are some of the claims that fall under this umbrella:", "• Female-owned firms underperform. For example, accountants and financial analysts draw on resource-based and investment theory to explain gender differences in enterprise performance; comparatively small initial investments produce commensurate smaller economic returns.", "• Economists observe that female-owned enterprises incur relatively high transactional costs, costs such as negotiating and information gathering that are incurred by all firms competing in the marketplace. Relatively high transaction costs are associated with weak economies of scale due to firm size.", "(Continues...)", "Excerpted from", "Feminine Capital", "by", "Barbara Orser, Catherine Elliott", ". Copyright © 2015 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. Excerpted by permission of STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.", "Read more" ]

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[ "The Enigmatic South brings together leading scholars of the Civil War period to challenge existing perceptions of the advance to secession, the Civil War, and its aftermath. The pioneering research and innovative arguments of these historians bring crucial insights to the study of this era in American history.Christopher Childers, Sarah L. Hyde, and Julia Huston Nguyen consider the ways politics, religion, and education contributed to southern attitudes toward secession in the antebellum period. George C. Rable, Paul F. Paskoff, and John M. Sacher delve into the challenges the Confederate South faced as it sought legitimacy for its cause and military strength for the coming war with the North. Richard Follett, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., and Eric H. Walther offer new perspectives on the changes the Civil War wrought on the economic and ideological landscape of the South.The essays in The Enigmatic South speak eloquently to previously unconsidered aspects and legacies of the Civil War and make a major contribution to our understanding of the rich history of a conflict whose aftereffects still linger in American culture and memory." ]

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[ "You Are 1-Click Away From Learning How To Unleash The Full Power Of A Cricut Machine And Its Accompanying Software, The Cricut Design Space, To Create Captivating Works Of Art!", "The Cricut machine is without doubt a masterpiece with capabilities that were unfathomable a few years ago. However, while it promises a lot, many beginner Cricut machine users have a hard time taking advantage of all the simple, intermediate and advanced capabilities of the Cricut machine and the Cricut design space.", "In the end, many users are disappointed by this masterpiece because they can’t make the works of art they had hoped to make with vinyl, fabric, clothes, paper, glass and more!", "If this sounds like you, today is your lucky day because this book is about to expand your knowledge of the Cricut machine and Cricut machine design space to help you make the most of this amazing technology to make your scrapbooking hobby worth celebrating!", "If you are probably wondering,", "How do you set up your Cricut machine and the Cricut design space software properly to ensure it does not bring errors?", "How do you set it up to create different items using different kinds of materials?", "How do you choose a Cricut machine if you have not purchased one already?", "How do you master the Cricut machine and the design space software to a point where you can create anything you want seamlessly; do you need to go through formal training?", "How do you troubleshoot the machine and the software in case there is a problem?", "If you have these and other related questions about the Cricut machine and the Cricut design space, this book is for you so keep reading.", "More precisely, in this book, you will learn:", "The basics about the Cricut machine, including its history and the current models, useful accessories that you should have for the machine and more", "The basics about the Cricut machine, including its history and the current models, useful accessories that you should have for the machine and more", "Reasons why you need the Cricut machine", "Reasons why you need the Cricut machine", "How to properly and correctly set up your Cricut machine, how to configure the Cricut machine properly and how to maintain it", "How to properly and correctly set up your Cricut machine, how to configure the Cricut machine properly and how to maintain it", "How to master the Cricut machine, including how to troubleshoot a Cricut machine, doing firmware updates of the Cricut machine and more", "How to master the Cricut machine, including how to troubleshoot a Cricut machine, doing firmware updates of the Cricut machine and more", "How to choose the best and right Cricut machine for you to use", "How to choose the best and right Cricut machine for you to use", "How to make the most use of the Cricut machine, including a list of materials that Cricut can cut and how to use the Cricut machine to do that", "How to make the most use of the Cricut machine, including a list of materials that Cricut can cut and how to use the Cricut machine to do that", "Helpful advice on Cricut projects for beginners, including how to use ready-to-make projects in Cricut design space", "Helpful advice on Cricut projects for beginners, including how to use ready-to-make projects in Cricut design space", "The ins and outs of Cricut design space", "The ins and outs of Cricut design space", "How to master the Cricut design and the Cricut maker engraving tools", "How to master the Cricut design and the Cricut maker engraving tools", "How to make different everyday items using the Cricut machine", "How to make different everyday items using the Cricut machine", "And much more!", "And much more!", "It is true that the Cricut machine and the design space software have a steep learning curve. However, you are in luck because this book offers the newest and most structured approach to intermediate designers and beginners by covering all you need to know about the Cricut machine and the Cricut design space to help you express your creativity and make amazing designs.", "In addition, you will find projects that you can try out to test your creativity level with the confidence that you can create a project from scratch to completion even when you’re a beginner!", "Click", "Buy Now With 1-Click", "or", "Buy Now", "to get started!" ]

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[ "Since 1992, every issue of News from Native California has carried a feature loved and anticipated by its subscribers--a cartoon by L. Frank Manriquez. With backwards writing to slow the reader down, each cartoon places us in a whimsical and improbable world, challenging stereotypes about California Indians and preconceptions about life in general. Here we find Coyote in all his guises contradictions, the Creator of the Universe and the Buffoon, the Trickster and the Tricked, the Indian's Wise Fool. Always liminal, L. Frank's Coyote and friends have one foot in the modern world, the other in the ancient. Dressed in a suit and necktie, Coyote waits at a bus stop with a deer-head decoy mask and briefcase. Attending an art museum opening, he thinks of the wine and cheese. He's as modern as any of us, but still he's Coyote!" ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "L. Frank's drawings create a whimsical, improbable, yet oddly familiar world. A descendant of the Tongva and Ajachmem people of Southern California, she works with a surgical precision and uniquely twisted sense of humor much admired by natives and non-natives alike. Her drawings address everything from creation stories to the ironies of indegenous life today, often witht he help of Coyote, California's native trickster.", "L. Frank's images--collected into book form for the first time--bring withthem an enticing sense of hte ancient life of native California and a taste of hte eccentric, intelligent, subtle humor that has helped it to survive to this day.", "About the Author", "L. Frank Manriquez is a member of the Tongva and Ajachamen tribes of Southern California. She is an artist and tribal scholar active in cultural and language preservation throughout California. In 1995, she was recognized by KQED as one of the \"Unsung Heroes\" of the San Francisco Bay Area Native American community. She is currently teaching Native American Studies at University of California at Davis, and is living in Santa Rosa." ]

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[ "This planner is guaranteed to strategize your months, weeks, and days as a busy go-getter Beachbody Coach. Every month, week, and day is layed out with to-do lists, gratitude, quotes, connection lists, followup list, and the planner even includes 6 activity pages to use as a workbook for you and your team!" ]

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[ "Experience the raw emotion and profound insights in this poetic masterpiece for the ages...", "\"A Misguided Thought\" is a powerful collection of poetry that takes readers on a journey through the life experiences of a 21-year-old. From the hopeful dreams of youth to the struggles of mental illness and heartbreak, these poems explore the highs and lows of the human experience. Through the author's raw and honest reflections, readers will find solace and clarity in times of conviction. With each turn of the page, you'll discover a new facet of life, from the beauty of love to the darkness of despair. Jaelyn, the author of \"A Misguided Thought,\" is a true visionary and one of this generation's greatest poets. With a gift for words and a heart for humanity, Jaelyn has crafted a collection that will touch your soul and inspire your spirit.", "Whether you're searching for comfort in your own struggles or simply looking for a beautiful and moving collection of poetry, \"A Misguided Thought\" is the perfect read." ]

[ "About the Author", "A voice of hope and inspiration for a new generation...", "Jaelyn D Jordan likes to think of himself as a creative, charismatic individual who finds solace in his own writing and hopes that others will as well, as he expresses love, lust, and loss through his work. He started writing poetry at the age of sixteen and could have never guessed then that this was something he wanted to do career-wise. He has even started his own publishing lable, DJ's Legacy Inc. He prays that this time will be different; that this is his time, his blessing, and he hopes that his poetry will be touching and will help the readers just as it has carried him far in life." ]

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[ "Clearly, precisely, and fearlessly, author John Anderson charges that our nation has become a nation of bloodshed and immorality. To save it, the Church must immediately STOP its implicit policy of compromise and turning the other way and become united, anointed, Christ-focused, a prophetic voice." ]

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[ "Dancing with the vacuum cleaner ... making my dinner into funny faces. My mum is so silly she drives me nuts! Sometimes I wish my mum wasn't so silly ... or do I? With delightful illustrations and a hearty sprinkling of humour, My Silly Mum captures the eye-rolling, face-palming moments of growing up with a mother who still remembers what it's like to be a child." ]

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[ "Ruby and her French Bulldog Stitch are inseparable. One day Stitch has a mysterious itch, he just cannot stop scratching. What should they do? Join Ruby as she tries to help her furry friend. Fun and laughter will be had through another of Tracey’s beautifully illustrated children’s books written in rhyme. Follow the fun-loving duo as Ruby tries to find out what might be causing his itch. Hilarious shenanigans will have you and your little one laughing out loud. Meet Ruby’s two other furry friends Daisy and Ronnie the Bullmastiffs as they stand back amazed at the escapades of this loveable duo. A great book for engaging young readers, but any dog lover will want this book. Be sure to go to the very back of the book for your own mission set by the author, Tracey." ]

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[ "Biblical fiction at its best, \"Stephen the Martyr\" offers with fascinating detail an account of the \"silent history\" of a young man whose death sets off the convulsive and redemptive transformation of Saul of Tarsus, one of the most powerful and influential Christians of all time." ]

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[ "The classic book on using natural light in photography, written by the most revered photographers of the 20th century, Ansel Adams. Illustrated." ]

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[ "These thirteen stories reflect different dimensions of the human spirit. Hugh in \"The Moonshiner,\" Maggie in \"The Fight,\" and George in \"The Drunkard\" show remarkable courage when facing physical danger. Myra Lu in \"Dyin' on Time\" and John in \"The Lost Su" ]

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[ "Love and death and Levi Brody.Bowen Murphy loves two things, football and Dylan Sunday.Dylan left football and Bo behind to walk a different path.Life goes on and six years is a long time to be without the one you love. The stress of war and the lure of fame changed Bo and Dylan. They grew up. They became different men. Their love stayed strong.When tragedy takes the man he loves, Bowen Murphy is forced to carry on alone or risk losing football. Without football, Bo has nothing.Fate sends Bo a shoulder to lean on... or maybe love.But Fate has a wicked sense of humor. And Bo is left to choose between the love of his life and the one who saved his life.The story began in Six Ways from Sunday and continued in Sidelined. This is the story that fills in the gaps." ]

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[ "The Complete Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a comprehensive collection of poetry by the renowned English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This book features all of her published poems, including her most famous works such as \"\"Sonnet XLIII\"\" and \"\"Aurora Leigh\"\". The collection is organized chronologically, allowing readers to trace the evolution of Browning's writing style and themes throughout her career. The book also includes an introduction by Browning's husband, Robert Browning, which provides insight into her life and work. This book is a must-have for fans of Browning's poetry and for anyone interested in Victorian literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work." ]

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[ "Dr. Oz The Good Life April 2015 32 Ways To Slim Down" ]

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[ "Rewards and Fairies is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling published in 1910. The title comes from the poem \"Farewell, Rewards and Fairies\" by Richard Corbet.The poem is referred to by the children in the first story of the preceding book Puck of Pook's Hill. Rewards and Fairies is set one year later chronologically although published four years afterwards. The book consists of a series of short stories set in historical times with a linking contemporary narrative. Dan and Una are two children, living in the Weald of Sussex in the area of Kipling's own home Bateman's. They have encountered Puck and he magically conjures up real and fictional individuals from Sussex's past to tell the children some aspect of its history and prehistory, though the episodes are not always historically accurate. Another recurring character is Old Hobden who represents the continuity of the inhabitants of the land. His ancestors sometimes appear in the stories and seem very much like him. Some stories contain elements of the supernatural as well as history. Each story is preceded and followed by a poem, including If—, often described as Britain's favourite poem. Other well known poems included in the book are Cold Iron and The Way through the Woods..... Charles Edmund Brock (5 February 1870 – 28 February 1938) was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He was the eldest of four artist brothers, including Henry Matthew Brock, also an illustrator........ Joseph Rudyard Kipling kip-ling, About this sound listen ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including \"The Man Who Would Be King\" (1888). His poems include \"Mandalay\" (1890), \"Gunga Din\" (1890), \"The Gods of the Copybook Headings\" (1919), \"The White Man's Burden\" (1899), and \"If—\" (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story;his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting \"a versatile and luminous narrative gift\"." ]

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[ "That afternoon a call came from a social worker. A little black boy needed a foster home. He was eleven months old and had only half of his brain. He was spastic, quadriplegic, blind, couldn't eat, had breathing problems and would probably die soon. As I stood there listening to her describe the poor child, I was thinking, \"No, please, Lord, not another one so hard! Not so soon. Oh, Lord, I don't want to...I don't want to... We Carry Gold relates the journey of one family in the exploration of faith, disability, race relations, and many more social issues. Relive Carlene's experiences as she and her family embark on the challenge of providing foster care to special needs children. Her memories provoke deep thought and introspection." ]

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[ "Every company and every person sets goals, but the vast majority of those goals are never reached. That's not because the goals were unworthy of effort. It is because conventional wisdom surrounding goal setting does not address the most critical factor in achieving the goal: the human who will do the work to achieve it. Productivity is a science executed by human artists. The framework for velocity in achieving goals laid out in Win The Week will make even your biggest goals easy to achieve and goes beyond to address the psychology of riding the wave of rapid change. The strategies you will learn are designed to help you make a year's worth of progress every 90 days. Yes, using what you will learn in this book, you will finish in one year what it used to take you four years to accomplish. With The Week is not about setting goals. It is about achieving them." ]

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[ "Debuting in its first edition", "DK Guide to Public Speaking", "is an easy-to-navigate resource with dynamic visuals, current examples, and concise instruction that equips students with the tools and confidence to be effective speakers. The book’s stunning visual presentation engages students on a whole new level and provides them with easy-to-find answers and extensive examples that nearly leap off the page. Concepts and theory come to life through visual examples, checklists, tables and graphics that allow students to better understand concepts and make connections at a glance.", "0205161049 / 9780205161041 DK Guide to Public Speaking & MySpeechLab with Pearson eText Package", "Package consists of", "0205673090 / 9780205673094 MySpeechLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access", "0205750117 / 9780205750115 DK Guide to Public Speaking" ]

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[ "The Best Traditional Recipes of Greek Cooking", "offers just that - the tastiest typical Greek dishes. The book includes lots of photos, which help the newcomer also see the correct presentation. Included are sections for appetizers, soups, salads, pies (not desserts), eggs, pasta-rice, sauces, meats, minced meat, poultry, game meats, fish, vegetable dishes, and desserts.", "You will also see the Greek name of each dish, and its English translation. And, you are given a lot of Greek measures, along with American translation of most of these. A teacup is 3/4 cup, a water glass is not quite 8 ounces, and a wine glass is 1/2 cup, according to a Greek food measurement converter on the internet." ]

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[ "Offers advice on feeding migrant birds, discusses bird houses, feeders, and nests, and identifies wild birds commonly found in Britain and Europe" ]

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[ "Enter into the world of two young girls, each diagnosed with congenital heart disease, and witness how their unique paths translate into an instant connection between them. Their rare journeys, complete with surgeries at young ages and other complexities difficult for children to process, lends itself to forging a friendship that has given them the confidence to endure the lifelong fight against their CHDs and the emotional challenges that follow. The rainbows and storms the girls face side-by-side creates a special bond that helps carry them through challenges, yet also normalizes their childhood, including embracing their warrior zipper scar. Faith, hope, and love is instilled in the girls from their mothers and proves to be the anchor of all the uncertainty and their roadmap for learning to support each other along the way." ]

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[ "The book suggests that the US-Russia post-9/11 partnership did not endure because much of America's policy is shaped by an ambition to remain the world's only superpower. The book analyzes the negative role played by Russophobia and advocates a different approach to Russia in the post-Cold War world." ]

[ "Review", "\"The author painstakingly reconstructs and analyzes most visible expressions of Russophobia in various segments of American political class. . . [and] convincingly shows that Russia-hostile elites hold images of Moscow s eternal authoritarianism at home and permanent imperialism abroad.\" - Mirovaya Ekonomika i Mezhdunarodnyye Otnosheniya (World Economy and International Relations), No. 4, 2001, pp. 113-116", "\"The book s chapters deal with, among other topics, the Chechen wars, democracy promotion and energy policies. It is also important that this interpretation comes from a Russian-born political scientist who lives in the US and knows American discourse and politics well. Tsygankov s deep knowledge of both Russian affairs and camps and trends in US politics adds considerable value to this analysis. . . . this dense description of, and spirited attack on, Western rhetoric and policies regarding Russia will be a valuable addition and original contribution to seminars in such fields as international security, post-Soviet affairs and US foreign policy.\" - Europe-Asia Studies", "\"Although many works about anti-Americanism in Russia existed already, until now there was a lack of an approach that focused on Russophobia from an American perspective. . . Tsygankov s [book] provides the missing piece. . . This type of analysis opens the door for more comparative analysis of different \"phobias\" in international relations - Sinophobia, Islamophobia, Europhobia, etc. - and the tone of this book certainly inspires the further research of them that we would all benefit from.\" - Critique internationale", "\"In this stimulating and insightful book, Andrei Tsygankov shows how fear and loathing of Russia s political system as fundamentally incompatible with the interests and values of the West have distorted American popular perceptions of Russia and misguided U.S. policies toward the former Soviet Union. Arguing for a reorientation of U.S. attitudes and policies, Tsygankov calls for engagement, reciprocity, and patience as the keys to improving relations with an enormous, resource-rich, and strategically important country.\" - David S. Foglesong, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and author of The American Mission and the \"Evil Empire\"", "\"Andrei Tsygankov is one of the most profound analysts of both the rational and the irrational aspects of the US-Russian relationship. His searching, provocative book is an indispensable contribution to scholarship and to the debate on US policy towards Russia.\" - Professor Anatol Lieven, King's College London", "About the Author", "ANDREI P. TSYGANKOV is Professor at the Departments of Political Science and International Relations, San Francisco State University, USA." ]

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[ "A photographic celebration of untamed Africa. It combines a collection of wildlife photographs with a game ranger's intimate knowledge of the bush. Other work by Gerald Hinde includes Leopard." ]

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[ "For most women, the journey from divorce, to dating, to the possibility of loving again is a complicated, personalized one. Dani, is no exception. While each of us experiences this process differently, there are some foundational truths to be found in each of our stories. For example, the moment a woman knows she's had enough and the relationship is over and when she has the desire to date again but wants to keep her heart \"safe\" at the same time. In this book, Dani takes a look at these and other fundamental elements most of us experience while in relationships (and recovering from the breakups)... and she does it from a place of blunt truth and vulnerability, not psychology. A sense of humor and a moderate degree of self-awareness are necessary to get all this quick read has to offer. Life, after all, is a funny place to be." ]

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[ "Published to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the renowned shoemaker and fashion house,", "Berluti", "celebrates the pinnacle of bespoke shoe design. This is the first book on the house of Berluti, which has been making shoes for the elegant man since 1895. From its earliest days, Berluti’s exquisite craftsmanship has been embraced by an extraordinary list of clients from the worlds of art, music, and cinema. This celebration of the art of bespoke shoemaking showcases Berluti’s most iconic shoes that were tailor-made for twenty-six of their renowned patrons, including Andy Warhol, Frank Sinatra, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Yves Saint Laurent, Marcel Proust, and Roman Polanski. New photographs of these celebrities’ shoes accompany whimsical illustrations and handwritten quotes on the subject of shoes. Featuring some of the most beautiful loafers, moccasins, boots, and dress shoes ever made, and with writing by the ultimate style guru Glenn O’Brien, this oversize ode to bespoke shoemaking is the perfect gift for all discerning followers of men’s fashion." ]

[ "Review", "\"", "Berluti: At Their Feet", "is a rare and refreshing look at how this 120-year-old company has chosen to present itself in its premiere appearance within this genre. . . No question that", "Berluti: At Their Feet", "is an introduction of a brand that is on the precipice of international recognition.", "The reader is afforded a rare and insightful look inside how heritage brands such as this one perpetuate their legacy", ".\"-", "NY JOURNAL OF BOOKS", "\"Handmade shoes require a major investment, but they should last many years and above all are the mark of a truly well-dressed man. . .", "Berluti: At Their Feet", "presents the roll call of style icons who have relied on Berluti to wrap their hooves in the world’s finest hide: Marcel Proust, Andy Warhol, Frank Sinatra, Robert De Niro, Bryan Ferry and Jeremy Irons, to name a few.\" -", "MAXIM.COM", "\"Once sited as the only flat shoe that Carine Roitfeld wears, it’s safe to say that Berluti has a special place in our accessories closet. After flipping through an advanced copy of Berluti’s first book", "At Their Feet", ", we’re learning that we’re not alone. . . The book highlights special moments for the house throughout the century with", "profiles and interviews from some of Berluti’s most notable fans", "like Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Greta Garbo, and Yves Saint Laurent himself.\" -", "CRFashionBook.com", "\"", "Berluti and Rizzoli have recently revealed an exciting first book together titled", "At Their Feet", ". After years of collaborations with famous co-creators, Berluti is now featuring their end-result in a book of shoes, featuring the story behind each shoe, and quotes by the creators.\"-", "WHITEWALL MAGAZINE", "\"Filled with tales of the bespoke shoes created inside the brand’s quaint shoe-maison in Paris, [", "Berluti: At Their Feet", "] features some of Berluti’s unique designs, like the Garbo boot, the Nakata shoe, the iconic Dean Martin loafers, the Larry Clark boot and more. All the shoes are crafted using exotic alligator, calf and kangaroo skin;", "the book is an ode to artists and their shoe inspirations that define Berluti’s fine craftsmanship", ".\" -", "LUXPRESSO.COM", "\"[", "Berluti: At Their Feet", "] gets high marks for artistry . . . Seeing these shoes in their worn condition only enhances the appreciation of this cult brand.\"-", "ImageGranted.com", "About the Author", "M/M (Paris)", "is an art and design partnership consisting of Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag, established in Paris in 1992.", "Glenn O’Brien", "has written extensively on the subjects of art, fashion, and popular culture. His world-syndicated column \"The Style Guy\" has been the style bible for several generations of men.", "Erwan Frotin", "is an award-winning photographer who has exhibited at institutions in Europe and North America." ]

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[ "A trip to Italy is unlike any other trip imaginable. A beautiful, confounding, exciting, educational experience that will be remembered for a lifetime. Italy is cluttered with beautiful old towns and buildings, but more important, Italy is crowded with beautiful, friendly, congenial people. After 112 wonderful nights in 63 different places during eight trips to Italy, beautiful Italy, we don't remember anything that wasn't a few hundred, or even a couple of thousand years old.", "The purpose of our book is neither to boast about, nor to celebrate our travels. Whether traveling in a car, a train, or in an arm-chair, the reader will become acquainted with the wonderful people they will meet, and the fascinating places they may visit as they travel through the enchanting country of Italy.", "The title,", "Invitation to Italy", "was carefully selected. A vacation should not be a destination, it should be the journey. We have been able to travel with the idea that \"it has been here for many years, and if we miss it this time, it will still be here the next time we are in the area.\" Relax and Enjoy. This book suggests \"Why Not Travel\" thousands of other books try to tell you \"How to Travel.\"" ]

[ "About the Author", "We are experienced travelers. Jim's years (starting in the late 1940's) in the computer business (sales, consulting, technical writing, training) included about 1,500 airplane flights to 70 cities in 37 of the United States.", "During nine trips we visited Europe for nearly 1,000 days, and spent at least one night in 452 different places in about 30 countries. Years of travel have taken us to nearly 75 countries and major islands. Included are 49 of the United States, Mexico, 9 Canadian Provinces, most European countries, 10 islands in the Pacific, 11 in the Mediterranean, and 7 islands in the Caribbean Sea, plus stops in Asia, Africa, and South America.", "Cruise ships and ferry boats, with us aboard, have departed or arrived at 123 different cities on 5 Continents, on about 50 countries or major islands (including a 7 week freighter trip to the South Pacific). As Emmy often says, \"No wonder I'm tired!\"" ]

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[ "Looking to start a conversation on GIRL POWER? Start the 'SPARK' here and reinforce girls' confidence, strength and attitude." ]

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[ "Inside, you’ll find:", "oPre-semester checklist oCountdown to the last day of the semester! o4 Semester Overview templates o7 Exam Trackers oGrades oPoints needed to pass the course oChapters covered oWhat I got wrong o15 Weekly Overviews oChapters to read oWhat went well this week oWhat I could improve for next week oMeal plan for next week o15 Weeks of Daily Planners oSchedule today oDue today oExam today oSelf-care today oTo-read today oTo eat today oBiggest worry about tomorrow oChecklist to prepare for tomorrow Review notes Pack lunch Fuel in car Outfit washed and ready to wear Positive affirmations at bedtime Alarm set for the correct time o8 Final Exam Strategy Studying Guidelines oWhat content I missed on the unit exams oSchedule to review information oChecklist of material that I understand oPost-semester checklist oExtra pages for notes" ]

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[ "MIND TRANSFERING MAY BE THE FUTURE OF MENTAL INFIRMATIES. In a fictional experiment, one mind is transferred into another, trapping 2 diverse minds in one body. The mission becomes to intertwine the two into one in order to become a functional person. In this story however there is a catch, the two minds are of different sexes. The mishaps and adventures that follow are unprecedented." ]

[ "About the Author", "Nelson Regner the author, lived in Brazil for a period of his youth, where he joined a research medical group involved in telepathy and telekinesis. He was in the field of eye care as a profession, also a private pilot and transportation. He is now retired in Florida." ]

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[ "Three thousand years ago one of the earliest scriptures ever recorded, the Book of Enoch, Noah s great-grandfather, was written; 365 of the scriptures contained therein had been discovered, but one was missing. This lost parchment was purported to provide startling details of encounters with benevolent alien beings called The Watchers information that could challenge and change traditional perceptions of mankind and the world. Oxford University professor of theology and languages, Donald Bryan, finds himself propelled from his university safe haven into the world of espionage, greed and corruption, accompanied on his roller-coaster adventure by National Security Agency agent Fae Winters, in a puzzle-solving, heart-stopping race against time to find the lost scripture before its secrets fall into the hands of fanatical religious groups. Everything you think you know about the world and its history, including the true identity of Christ and the secret inner workings of the US Government and influential worldwide corporations, will be thrust into doubt. Heavens Fire raises a crucial question: is there any truth? And the shocking answer is: those who know don t care; and those who care don t know." ]

[ "About the Author", "Nigerian-born married father Kizzi Nkwocha made his mark in the UK initially working for 12 years as a newspaper and magazine journalist, and at the age of 21 became the youngest newspaper editor for the Recorder Group. He subsequently worked as the programming editor for Emap s Broadcast magazine, acted as guest editor for the international celebrity magazine, Society, and finished his journalistic career as a News of the World reporter. Now a widely respected and successful media consultant and public relations specialist, who has represented a diverse range of clients, including the King of Uganda, the mistresses of President Clinton, Pakistani cricket captain Wasim Akram, campaign group Jubilee 2000, and the Vass Foundation, an international charitable organisation that focuses on alleviating the problems of AIDS and malaria in the Third World, he was voted one of the hundred most influential black people in the UK. Nkwocha has also become a well-known face in both radio and television, having been the focus of a Channel 4 documentary on publicity and having hosted his own talk show, London Line, on Sky, interviewing such names as Lennox Lewis and Muhammad Ali. He has also co-presented a weekly current affairs programme in Spain on Radio Onda Cero International." ]

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[ "From the", "New York Times", "bestselling author comes a riveting collection of short fiction, marked by the piercing psychological insight and brilliant characterization that are hallmarks of his acclaimed novels", "Ever since the publication of his first mystery featuring Detective Inspector Alan Banks, Peter Robinson has been steadily building a reputation for compulsively readable and perceptive novels that probe the dark side of human nature. Plumbing the territory that he has so successfully staked,", "The Price of Love and Other Stories", "includes two novellas and several stories featuring the Yorkshire policeman at his finest.", "In the novella \"Going Back,\" never before published in the United States, Banks returns home for a family reunion, only to find it taking a decidedly sinister turn. In \"Like a Virgin,\" written especially for this volume, Banks revisits the period in his life and the terrible crime that led him to leave London for Eastvale. And in between, the disparate motives that move us to harm one another, from love and jealousy to greed and despair, are all explored with fascinating depth.", "Edgy and smart, thrilling and suspenseful, this remarkable collection is a must-have for Robinson fans—and any fan of compelling crime fiction." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Starred Review. Bestseller Robinson (", "All the Colors of Darkness", ") proves that Yorkshire coppers aren't his only worthwhile subjects in this outstanding story collection. Crime in its myriad forms runs throughout, from an American GI falsely accused of rape during WWII in Cornelius Jubb to a detective remembering his childhood role in bringing down a gang of robbers in The Price of Love. The settings range from the familiar Eastvale of the Inspector Banks series to Robinson's current home in Toronto. He even tries his hand at noir in The Cherub Affair, complete with a down-on-his-luck PI and a beautiful woman in need of help. Banks fans will be delighted with the inclusion of two short stories and two novellas starring the Yorkshire detective chief inspector, one of which, Like a Virgin, is original to this book. For those unfamiliar with Robinson's work, this serves as an excellent introduction to one of the best voices in contemporary crime fiction.", "(Oct.)", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "Review", "“Outstanding story collection....Banks fans will be delighted....An excellent introduction to one of the best voices in contemporary crime fiction.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )“This collection distinguishes itself from recent crime anthologies....The final novella is a deeply satisfying procedural.” (Library Journal )“The writing is, as always with Robinson, colorful and evocative, and the characters are brilliant in their unpersonable way. This book is a must for Peter Robinson completists, of course, but also for anyone who appreciates good stories well told.” (Globe and Mail (Toronto) )", "About the Author", "Peter Robinson's award-winning novels have been named a Best Book of the Year by", "Publishers Weekly", ", a Notable Book by the", "New York Times", ", and a Page-Turner of the Week by People magazine. Robinson was born and brought up in Yorkshire, England, and now divides his time between North America and Richmond, Yorkshire.", "Read more" ]

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[ "\"Christian Personality Theory\" unites a Judeo/Christian foundation with the best in theorizing about multi-dimensional human personhood. Refusing to settle for either reductionist psychology or simple-minded theology, Dan and Kate Montgomery deliver a biblical Trinitarian theology well integrated with clinical, developmental, and personality theory. The result is insight that can transform personality and relationships in wise and helpful ways. Laypersons, counselors, and clergy will appreciate this thoughtful work written in clear and practical prose. Praised by professors at Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Notre Dame, Fuller, Gordon Conwell, Andover Newton, and Oru, this book provides an incomparable resource for all interested in a uniquely Christian theory of personality." ]

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[ "Set against the tumultuous background of racial politics in an conflicted nation, this book explores Rob Riley's rise and influence as an Aboriginal activist. Drawing on perspectives from history, politics, and psychology, this work explores Rob’s life as a \"moral protester\" and the challenges he confronted in trying to change the destiny of the country." ]

[ "Review", "\"The life portrayed in these pages will above all else challenge our capacity to look into this blighted page of our history and to deal with and understand the nature of our national racist cancer.\"  —Patrick Dodson, winnter, 2008 Sydney Peace Prize\"In this detailed and delicate biography, Quentin Beresford tells a story of triumph and of tragedy. I cannot think of a finer introduction to Aboriginal politics in the contemporary era. I urge all Australian citizens who care about reconciliation to read it.\"  —Robert Manne, professor of politics, La Trobe University", "About the Author", "Quentin Beresford is an associate professor of politics and government at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. He is the author of seven books.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Rob Riley", "An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice", "By Quentin Beresford", "Aboriginal Studies Press", "Copyright © 2006 Quentin BeresfordAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-85575-502-7", "Contents", "Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Publisher's Note, Introduction, ONE Prisoners of Racism: The History of Rob Riley's Family, TWO Bound for Assimilation: A Childhood at Sister Kate's, THREE Life at the Margins: Growing up Aboriginal, FOUR Apprenticeship: Joining the Aboriginal Legal Service, FIVE Noonkanbah: The Struggle for Heritage, SIX A Bigger Stage: The National Aboriginal Conference, SEVEN Betrayal: The Demise of National Land Rights, EIGHT Enemies Within: The End of the National Aboriginal Conference, NINE At the Cutting Edge: Political Battles in Canberra, TEN War on All Fronts: Return to the Aboriginal Legal Service, ELEVEN Mounting Despair: The Final Campaigns, Legacy, Notes, Bibliography, Index, CHAPTER 1", "Prisoners of Racism: The History of Rob Riley's Family", "'I can picture exactly the way it was', Rob's uncle, Sam Dinah, exclaims. Time and desecration have taken their toll on Moore River Settlement; only a few of the original structures survive at the once notorious prison for dispossessed Aborigines. Sam sees past the crumbled foundations and the scattered bits of fallen buildings, and reels off where the bakery, Superintendent's house, dormitory, staff quarters and other sundry parts of the once expansive and crowded Settlement were in the 1940s when he lived there as a small boy along with his mother (Rob's maternal grandmother), sister (Rob's mother) and other siblings.", "Set on two imposing sandhills which rise sharply out of an isolated part of Perth's dry but environmentally unique coastal plain, the Settlement today is ghostly quiet. Only the occasional screeches of birds and the breeze rustling the tops of the imposing stands of pine disturb the silence. This is a place where hundreds of Aboriginal people suffered and where their sorrow can be felt to this day. It is where Rob's story begins.", "Even before this visit to the Settlement, Sam had given me a raw insight into its lasting impact. From the start of the project, he had been helping me piece together the family's history. One day, when I was in his office at the Aboriginal Legal Service, he unexpectedly asked me: 'Do you want to see my mother's Native Welfare file?' Sam thrust his arm into a huge cardboard box sitting in the corner of his office. After rummaging around in a metre-deep bundle of papers, he pulled out a file, 5 centimetres thick. It was the 'Native Welfare' file belonging to his mother, Anna Dinah (née Miller), a documentation of her life maintained by officers of the Department of Native Affairs. 'Here,' he said, 'have this. I've never read it. It's too painful'.", "Sam's periodic visits to the Settlement are emotional occasions. This was his childhood home. His memories are bitter-sweet. Our visit turned up some unexpected reminders of how embedded is his family's history in this place. We toured the dingy prison known as the boob. As Sam read through the names etched into the wall he came across the name 'Dinah', and concluded that his father must have scratched his name into the wall during a period of incarceration for infringing the authority's draconian rules. We moved over to the resource centre set up in recent years for former residents and visitors. Sam rifled through the five thick photograph albums and was struck by an image of himself as a grinning five-year-old. He does not possess photographs from this part of his childhood and did not know this one existed. It was a moment of pleasure for him as he examined all the cheeky-looking faces around him.", "Meanwhile, as I flicked through a visitors book, my eye caught an unexpected entry. On 2 September 1990, Rob Riley visited Moore River (by then renamed Mogumber) with his mother. He had come to pay homage to the place that had shaped the destiny of his family. Next to his name, the small space allowed for visitors' comments was left blank.", "Sam and I moved to the cemetery. Here, scattered through a large area of scrub, were small, rusting, mass-issue iron crosses with nothing more than RIP inscribed on them. The scene resembled a war-grave site, only without the reverential small white crosses and neat landscaping that marks such symbolic places. For Moore River internees, the final indignity was to be buried in an unmarked grave. These people's bodies had simply been dumped, disposed of haphazardly in the least costly manner and with the least possible respect. Even though the authorities had kept copious files on their lives and had issued many with anglicised names, they were buried nameless in an unfenced grave site. There are many of these small, rusting crosses dotting the bush surrounding the far end of the second sandhill. 'Mum's buried somewhere around here,' Sam said, 'but you'd never know where'.", "Of the vast, coercive powers the white authorities had to control the lives of Aboriginal people, the power to remove children from their families was the most feared. And this job usually fell to local police officers. The sight of parents wailing as black police cars sped away down dusty roads carrying traumatised children bound for institutions was common throughout Australia in the 1930s and 1940s, especially in the west. While not all Aboriginal children entered institutions by such coercive means, it is most likely Anna Miller did. When taken to Moore River Settlement in 1922 she was a feisty fourteen-year-old with a father who loved her. She was bright, spirited and literate. It is unlikely she would have gone willingly. Force would have been required. But we cannot confirm the manner of her departure, which, in itself, is a chilling testimony to the power exercised by the state over the lives of Aborigines. The book-length file on Anna developed by the Native Welfare Department is silent on the circumstances of her removal; a child could be taken and no-one had to account for their actions.", "At the time of her removal, Anna was living with her father, Sam Miller, at Mount Barker. Nothing is known about her mother. Sam, like many male Aborigines in the south-west in the 1920s and 1930s, was an itinerant farm worker. He lived through the dispossession and economic marginalisation which the Noongars of the south-west of Western Australia suffered from the time of settlement in 1829. While maintaining on-going links with their traditional lifestyle for much of the nineteenth century, Noongars had, by the early decades of the twentieth century, been largely reduced to an itinerant rural labour force. Though impoverished, Sam wanted to care for his daughter. In the several letters he wrote to authorities over a number of years, he pleaded for her return, stressing his ability to provide for her.", "In the years following Anna's arrival, occasional reports surfaced in the press that Moore River functioned more as a prison or a concentration camp than a 'settlement'. But few objections were raised to the infringement of the basic rights of the people forced to live there or their mistreatment. Not only was suffering inside its boundaries well hidden from view, but prevailing attitudes towards Aborigines did not allow a humanitarian response to their plight. Anna Miller grew into an adult in this austere and isolated world. A loving and maternal person by nature, her confinement sharpened her defiant and tenacious side as she became trapped in the web of racial thinking that kept her a prisoner.", "This settlement — like several others — was the brainchild of A.O. Neville, the Commissioner of Native Affairs in Western Australia from 1914. The Settlement was originally planned as a small, self- supporting farming settlement of some 10,000 acres, which would also provide education and training for children. However, the poor soils and harsh, bone-dry summers quickly soured Neville's dream of European agriculture. Within a few years Moore River Settlement functioned as a multi-purpose institution for Aboriginal people but mainly housed those rounded up by government under Ministerial warrant.", "Anna Miller came to the attention of the authorities under Neville's policy of enforcing a stricter regime of control over the state's 'half-caste' population of children — in the racist language of the first half of the twentieth century. Like most of the Aborigines sent to Moore River, Anna was brought in under the powers of the infamous Aborigines Act 1905 (WA), which, in conferring on the Commissioner of Native Affairs dictatorial powers over Aborigines, marked the beginning of Western Australia's adoption of racism as state policy. The Commissioner was empowered to remove Aboriginal children from their families by virtue of his role as guardian of all Aboriginal children until the age of sixteen. The Act also gave authority to direct, under ministerial warrant, Aboriginal people to any reserve or settlement the Commissioner thought fit.", "The Act paved the way for the establishment of reserves to which Aborigines could forcibly be removed. It outlawed 'miscegenation' — procreative sexual union between the races — and banned Aborigines from owning guns. Any Aboriginal camped outside a reserve could be removed at will by the authorities, and Aborigines were not allowed to wander in towns without a permit or to enter prohibited areas — which could be created any time the government deemed it 'necessary'. It was an Act for the subjugation of a group of people because of their race, and ranks among the most oppressive pieces of such legislation anywhere in the Western world during the twentieth century.", "The extraordinary set of controls contained within the Act emerged out of the Royal Commission 'On the Condition of the Natives'. Headed by Queenslander Dr E.W. Roth, the Commission was notable for drawing attention to the emergence of the 'half-caste' problem and especially the rising number of such children. Roth foreshadowed the need both for increased powers to deal with them and for government institutions to house them. His ideas were the product of a centuries-old ideology of the inferiority of Indigenous races: views which had been given added impetus from the 1870s by the popular adaptation of Darwin's theories of 'survival of the fittest' to the world's 'primitive' cultures. Thus 'full-blood' Aborigines were widely thought to be a 'dying' race, with public concern fixed on the 'problem' of the rising number of 'half-castes'.", "Roth's recommendations were embodied in the Aborigines Act 1905, which was rushed through the state's Legislative Assembly with little more than an hour's debate. However, the Act's vast powers languished for want of an able administrator to give full effect to them. Nearly a decade later such an administrator came forth in the person of A.O. Neville. In 1914, Neville was appointed to the position of Commissioner of Native Affairs, and he quickly demonstrated the zeal, organisational capability and ambition to use the powers granted to him to address the 'Aboriginal problem' in Western Australia.", "From the time Anna Miller entered Moore River Settlement, she became subject to Neville's evolving racial vision, firstly of the segregation of the races and later of the biological absorption of the 'half-caste' population into the white community. This controversial plan, which he developed during the 1930s, involved taking full control over the lives of 'half-caste' children. Such planning placed Neville at the forefront of racial thinking in Australia, and ranks him as one of the most articulate spokespersons for 'racial science' in the English-speaking world during its 1930s heyday.", "Anna's Native Welfare file is silent about her early life in the Settlement. But the life of the institution is well documented. Three distinct groups lived there. The whites ran the place and lived (and often behaved) like feudal lords. The Aboriginal children and young people lived in the Compound, which comprised rudimentary boys' and girls' dormitories, school building, kitchen and ablution block. Adult Aborigines lived in a decrepit camp of army-built huts some distance down from the Compound. As a teenage girl it is likely that Anna lived in the Compound before moving to the camp.", "Possessed of an innately defiant spirit, she was acutely aware of the injustice of her confinement, and she waged a long-term campaign of correspondence with 'Mister Neville' protesting at the denial of her freedom. Her letters — written in a careful hand and expressing her longings and fears — stand today as an intimate testimony to Neville's calculating control over Aboriginal people.", "A.O. Neville has remained an enigma. How could an urbane, serious- minded and, in some ways, compassionate bureaucrat, aware of the historical suffering of Aboriginal people and a keen student of their customs and lifestyle, devise such an audacious plan to wipe them out?", "Possessed throughout his life by a love of adventure, the young Auber Octavius Neville arrived in Western Australia from England in March 1897, to join his brother and to search for opportunities in life. The son of a Church of England minister, he imbibed the values of Christianity and Empire, which intertwined into an elitist view that Englishmen had a moral and a civilising duty towards the Empire's 'subject races'.", "In Perth, he found a society suited to his outlook and receptive to his ambitions for advancement. At the turn of the century, Australia's most remote city was a class-conscious and conservative colonial outpost, dominated by a ruling clique of 'old' families who 'clung tenaciously to the manners and codes of behaviours of a British society many of them ... had never seen'.", "Beginning as a clerk in the Works Department, Neville rose quickly through the ranks, earning a reputation for administrative efficiency. Impeccably mannered and dressed, his characteristic oiled-down hair, parted just to the side of centre, gave him the appearance of the city banker or Treasury official that he might have aspired to become. But fate played its hand. In 1914, the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, the knockabout Rufus Underwood, persuaded Neville to take over the troubled Aboriginal Affairs Department. Apprised of his excellent reputation within the tight circle of Western Australian public servants, Underwood wanted Neville to sort out the Department. At forty years of age, Neville embarked on a career that not only consumed him, but guaranteed he would be a contentious figure in his lifetime and afterwards.", "Although it was widely regarded as an administrative backwater, Neville's fledgling new Department thrust him into an issue which was quickly emerging as a preoccupation for the aspiring population of Western Australia: what to do about the Indigenous population it had dispossessed and marginalised. Within this population was an especially worrying group: the products of mixed parentage — the much vilified 'half-castes'. Where would they fit in this developing society? Where would their true allegiance lie — with the whites or with their Aboriginal kin? And could such a people be trusted? Surely, contemporaries thought, 'half- castes' must be the product of 'bad elements' in both groups: promiscuous Aboriginal women and white men of bad character who were prepared to flout the taboo on sexual union between the races. These became the issues that consumed Neville.", "When Neville interned Anna Miller in Moore River in 1922, his thinking on solving Western Australia's race problem was slowly taking shape. Only months after taking control of the Department, he embarked on his first tour of inspection. In the vast and sparsely populated hinterlands of Western Australia, Neville encountered a derelict and dispossessed Indigenous population. He came into contact with the large number of 'half-caste' children in Aboriginal camps. Such children, he thought, had no future unless he took full charge of his responsibilities for them as their legal guardian under the Act.", "The tour shocked him deeply, propelling him on his search for a solution to the problems he witnessed.", "His starting point came naturally to someone of his background. The concept of race — the widely perceived existence of superior and inferior peoples — was in its ascendancy in the English-speaking world and Neville was a firm advocate of its importance in the affairs of humankind. In the early 1920s, for example, he claimed that the White Australia policy would 'ultimately achieve success' and that it involved 'an idealism of a very lofty kind'.", "While Neville began mulling over the relationship of the concept of race to policy in Aboriginal affairs, Anna Miller came to his attention in the institution he had created. At some point in her early years in the Settlement, she ran away, and when recaptured she had her shoulder-length hair completely shaved off as a punishment.", "In 1928 Neville received a request from a Mrs R.G. Thomas of Green Hills for the services of an Aboriginal girl as a domestic, and especially to help look after her two children. On 14 February 1929, Neville wrote to Mrs Thomas advising her that 'there is a half-caste girl who could be sent to your service'. He stipulated that she receive a wage of 10 shillings per week, of which Anna was to receive a quarter 'as pocket money'; the rest to be held in trust by the Department.", "(Continues...)", "Excerpted from", "Rob Riley", "by", "Quentin Beresford", ". Copyright © 2006 Quentin Beresford. Excerpted by permission of Aboriginal Studies Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Steve Heimoff takes readers on an intimate and enlightening tour of one of California’s most diverse and accomplished wine areas as he travels along the Russian River and talks with growers and vintners from the Cabernet country of the Alexander Valley to the Pinot Noir producers of the Sonoma coast. This first comprehensive look at the natural history and winemaking practices of the region by one of America’s most respected wine critics brings the Russian into the exalted company of the great wine rivers of the world—the Loire, the Rhône, the Rhine, the Mosel, and the Douro. Part wine guidebook, part history and geology, and part travelogue of the author's adventures in wine country,", "A Wine Journey along the Russian River", "is essential reading for wine lovers—both those fortunate enough to be familiar with the region and those who have never been there.Heimoff guides readers along the length of the scenic river, from its warm, northern border with Mendocino out to foggy Jenner. He discusses the history and progress of Alexander Valley Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon, Russian River Valley and Sonoma coast Pinot Noir, Sonoma County's Rhône-oriented wines, old-style field blends, and other interesting wines. In the process, he introduces readers to many of the growers and vintners who have made Sonoma County famous: Dick Arrowood, the Rochiolis, the Seghesios, Tom Jordon, Bob Cabral of Williams Selyem, Jess Jackson of Kendall-Jackson, Merry Edwards, and many others. Describing how the river's formation and evolution, both products of the planet's fiery tectonic past, as well as the region's complex climate, have created the potential for unparalleled viticultural enclaves, and recounting how a variety of people realized that potential, Heimoff provides a fascinating explanation of why the Russian River's reputation as a premium winegrowing region continues to grow." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Heimoff, West Coast editor of", "Wine Enthusiast", ", knows far more about California wine, how it's made and those who make it than the average wine buff. His meandering tour of Sonoma County's wine world along the Russian River in 2003 is not for bargain-bin devotees. Heimoff's wine descriptions are tantalizing, and he includes a useful list of recommended wines and producers for those looking to develop knowledge of the region. His reportage on the development of certain grapes in the area, such as Alexander Valley's cabernet sauvignon and Russian River Valley's pinot noir, is nicely balanced between anecdotal and factual. And his descriptions of encounters with prominent growers and vintners, some of which include photos, are particularly enjoyable. However, densely detailed prose intended to include readers in the author's travels along the river is occasionally superfluous and distracting (e.g., \"The sun was getting hot on my head, so I put on a baseball cap\"). Those with a casual interest in wine can certainly benefit from Heimoff's intensive exploration of Sonoma County, but full appreciation for this carefully researched paean to the geological richness, colorful history and continuously evolving wines of the area is reserved for true wine aficionados, committed viticulturists and curious local historians.", "(Sept.)", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From the Inside Flap", "“Entertaining and well written, this comprehensive look at a very important wine region provides the sweep of history and personal portraits of the key players. “—Anthony Dias Blue, author of", "Anthony Dias Blue’s Pocket Guide to Wine", "\"The ultimate achievement for any wine is to express its place of origin. And tasting that \"place\" in a wine is the ultimate turn-on for any wine lover. Steve Heimoff has done a most excellent job of capturing the intrigue of the Russian River region and of making its wines come alive. For anyone who's passionate about California wines, this book is a must read.\"—Karen MacNeil, author of", "The Wine Bible", "From the Back Cover", "\"Entertaining and well written, this comprehensive look at a very important wine region provides the sweep of history and personal portraits of the key players. \"--Anthony Dias Blue, author of \"Anthony Dias Blue's Pocket Guide to Wine", "About the Author", "Steve Heimoff", "is West Coast Editor of", "Wine Enthusiast Magazine.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Finally, a book on leadership that goes beyond clichés, soundbites and frustrating motherhood statements. The monotonous landscape of leadership education can do with this unique and refreshing perspective. A rare perspective from someone who honed his leadership insights in a very successful global career spanning over 30 years that took him to live and work in seven countries on four continents over this period and rising to senior executive positions with regional responsibilities spanning multiple countries. This is a career uniquely fashioned by the context of always being a minority in senior executive teams as well leadership competencies shaped by this; at every stage learning how leadership strengths that got him to particular points in his career were becoming his leadership vulnerabilities that had to be addressed. All of these rich insights are generously shared with real-life stories in this book. This is a books that shows you how to bring out the leader in you; leadership that cause people who work with you to get up every morning, excited to join you to achieve something that they perceive as meaningful and valuable for all concerned. It is about honing your influence that cause people to very readily release discretionary effort to address issues that come up in the course of achieving together and most importantly realize how their individual outcomes ignite each other’s success. It is book on how to cause people to release their potential and turn ordinary people into extraordinary stars through influence and thereby build a lasting legacy. It is a practical coaching guide with real life illustrations of how to transform yourself into a leader with influence, emphasizing competencies for emotional intelligence, self-awareness, effective leadership behaviors and developing successful talent. You are unique though; the person we know best how to be is yourself. You can read about others and even get to understand what they did to be successful as effective leaders. But then, you cannot remain who you are and act your way to successfully becoming a leader like them. You must transform yourself. This book tells you how. I dare you, go on, accept responsibility for who you are. Transform yourself to become the leaders you are capable of being. You already have what it takes within you. Cause others to transform, create leaders as only leaders can and leave a legacy; but you have to transform first, so get on with it!" ]

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[ "Pete Alexander's life nearly spins out of control after the tragic car accident that kills his best friend. He falls into the depths of despair and hopelessness. Time eventually starts to heal Pete's internal demons, and he lets his family back into his life. He forms a friendship with their elderly neighbor who introduces Pete to a new world: the shortwave radio. All too soon, impending terrorist plots in America are overheard via the airwaves and those closest to Pete are suddenly the targets of sabotage. He feels a test of faith, challenging his strength of character, and answers an unwavering call to service to become a member of the Marine Corps\"Today is the Day\" shows the determination of one young man who finds his true calling and does not hesitate to \"walk the talk\" to protect and defend the United States of America. As marine snipers now elevated to Special Ops, he and Tyler O'Brien face the ultimate challenge: to be one with the enemy and follow the snake back to its lair holding the lighted torch of justice." ]

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[ "Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was a Viennese architect known for his radical building facades. Author Ralf Bock reveals the sensuality of Loos's interior designs, demonstrating that Loos was not an architect of the \"white modern movement,\" but rather, he fought against it. A careful analysis of Loos's ideology and oeuvre, this book features 30 existing projects in 160 extraordinary full-color images by the celebrated French photographer Philippe Ruault, who has completely rephotographed Loos's works. These new images offer different interpretations of Loos' interiors and bring him back to the center of contemporary architectural debate. The color photographs are supplemented by archival photos from the Loos Archive of the Albertina, Vienna, and a completely new set of project drawings." ]

[ "About the Author", "Ralf Bock", "is an architect and has worked with Massimiliano Fuksas since 1994 on projects in Austria and Italy. He has been working on the Loos project since 2001. He lives and works in Vienna.", "Philippe Ruault", "has photographed the works of architects such as Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaas, Richard Rogers, and Massimiliano Fuksas. His photographs are published regularly in architectural magazines including,", "Domus", ",", "architecture d´ aujourd´hui", ", and", "Architecture Review", "." ]

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[ "This thin volume of Brancusi’s photographs, of his own sculptures, his studio, and occasionally of himself, are some of my favorites. They hover between pictures-of and pictures-in-themselves in a way hard to conceive of when the subjects are famous works of art. They have a strong character, often revealing the physical flaws of the materials seen, as well as those in the photographic negative itself. But they are straightforward, with their subjects set mostly in the center of the frame and lit directly, however, this studio condition doesn’t render them innocuous. On the contrary, wooden works, lit from in front and often a little too low, cast strong strange shadows, and the metal sculptures are often placed in such a way that the glow of the light’s reflection partially obscures the object. They are every bit as uncompromising and oblique as those made by his contemporary and friend Man Ray. I became aware that he was a photographer several years ago as I was first moving my own photographic practice into the studio. I have bought all three books I can find on the subject but this one is the best thus far. The Sculptor As Photographer is overwhelming for exactly what it advertises – that one of the 20th century’s greatest sculptors was also one of the best photographer’s of his generation. The Hilton Kramer essay is largely forgettable but the plates, prepared by Richard Benson of MoMA’s “The Printed Picture” fame, are beautiful. Exhibition of 30 photographs by Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), from the collection of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Brancusi, one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century, was also a distinguished photographer: he used photography to document his work, but also saw it as a creative means attractive in its own right. The show wants to give insights into his work and the creation of his sculptures in the workshop by presenting these photos that are also works of art in their own right." ]

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[ "This is a step by step how-to book for folding stunning single sheet origami. You will be amazed that these designs are made out of something as ordinary as a single sheet of paper, employing no cuts or glue. Author Meenakshi Mukerji is the winner of Origami USA’s 2005 Florence Temko Award and after four highly acclaimed books on modular origami, she has launched her first book on single sheet origami. The designs presented in this richly illustrated book are proven favorites, the instructions sought after by avid folders worldwide. Expect hours of enjoyment folding several dozen models and variations. Most of them lie flat, so mount them on cards or frame them for gifts. Though a grayscale version of the original book, most finished models are shown in color on the cover. For ages 12 and up.", "A preview may be found in http://www.origamee.net/book5/index.html", "\"Meenakshi Mukerji is one of today’s masters of modular origami, geometric designs comprised of multiple folded pieces of paper assembled without glue. In her newest book, she brings her ingenuity and creativity to designs made from a single piece of paper. Among the most appealing aspects of this book is the way she subtly manipulates a purely geometric design to form a flower (including a beautiful 12-petaled Hollyhock), a leaf, a butterfly, or familiar symbols such as the four suits from a deck of cards. Although many of her designs are complex and three-dimensional, requiring an abundance of both patience and dexterity to fold, she provides crystal-clear diagrams with lucid text and doesn’t stint on providing perspective drawings (which are challenging and time-consuming to produce) when needed. In addition to presenting her own stunning designs, Mukerji offers up designs and biographies of three “guest folders” whose work is as stunning as her own. Of these designs, my favorite is the mind-boggling “Floral Perpetua,” which uses a recursive (self-repeating) folding process to mimic the concentric layers of petals in a blooming flower. It’s worth the price of admission all on its own. Like this spectacular model, Mukerji’s book yields riches in perpetuity!\" --", "Peter Engel", ", author of Origami Odyssey: A Journey to the Edge of Paperfolding, 10-Fold Origami, and Folding the Universe: Origami from Angelfish to Zen" ]

[ "Review", "Meenakshi Mukerji is one of today's masters of modular origami, designs comprised of multiple pieces of paper. In her newest book, she brings her ingenuity and creativity to designs made from a single piece of paper. Among the most appealing aspects of this book is the way she subtly manipulates a purely geometric form to fold a flower, a leaf, a butterfly, or card suits.  She provides crystal-clear diagrams with lucid text. The book is worth the price of admission all on its own yielding riches in perpetuity! --", "Peter Engel", ", author of", "Origami Odyssey", ",", "10-Fold Origami", ", and", "Folding the Universe" ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Crafts & Hobbies" ]

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[ "“You have lung cancer.” My surgeon had just called to tell me this after reading my chest x-ray taken in preparation for a scheduled breast lumpectomy. I remember standing all alone in my condo holding the phone, in shock, having my first out-of-body experience, thinking this isn't real, this isn't happening to me! I am a non-smoker, there was no family history of lung cancer, and I had always lived a healthy lifestyle (or so I thought). In this book, I share with you all the (shocking) lung cancer facts that I have learned. There are numerous posts on nutrition espousing the importance of eating a plant-based, sugar-free diet for prevention and healing. I discuss stress management, risk-taking, alternative healing modalities, and the joys of travel. I share my experiences dealing with medical/surgical treatments, and managing medication side effects. I also share my fears and challenges, my feelings and values. I offer my learnings and “coachable moments.” I delve into my spiritual quest and share my thoughts on death and dying. I acknowledge my wonderful support system and how important they are in helping me get through it all. Mostly I explain why and how I am \"Dancing Through Cancer.\" This book will be helpful to cancer patients, their caregivers, and to anyone who wants to learn how to prevent cancer from happening to them." ]

[ "About the Author", "Laurie grew up in La Jolla, California, where she spent most of her time at the beach - swimming and watching surfers. She also loved to spend time at her aunt's ranch in Alpine where she would ride horses and climb rocks. Besides California, she has lived in Mexico, Spain, Germany, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Virginia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and now Massachusetts. She has traveled to China, Southeast Asia, Europe, South America, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Morocco, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. Laurie attended Mary Washington College, then the University of Virginia where she graduated with a B.S. in Education. Later she attended Boston University, graduating with an M.Ed. (Masters in Psychological Education). Much later she became a Professional Certified Life Coach (PCC). Professionally she has taught high school English and Spanish and been a guidance counselor. For years she was an instructor for Outward Bound Professional Programs and for the Appalachian Mountain Club's Leadership School; she has been a career transition specialist for Lee Hecht Harrison and Right Management; she developed numerous community education programs for the Cape Ann Mental Health Center. She is a consultant and trainer who has developed many diverse programs/workshops over the years. Bi-lingual, she has taught and consulted in Spanish. Besides dancing, Laurie loves to ski, hike, bike, kayak, windsurf, and sail. Now happily single, Laurie was married for 28 years. She has two sons and three grandchildren with whom she tries to spend as much time as possible. She lives in Gloucester, MA, overlooking the ocean where she has time to write and reflect and \"dance through cancer.\"" ]

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[ "Books", "Health, Fitness & Dieting", "Diseases & Physical Ailments" ]

[ "\"Her name is Alexis. She’s a punk girl with shabby green-dyed hair. She wears a pink collar around her neck. Alexis talks about growing up in Lexington, SC. She belongs to some strange cult, in which her family members are the only devotees: her mother, her father, and her brother. She hates them all. Whenever she brings up the house they share, I see her contempt. She wants to get away from it. I want to help her, whether I’m retired or not. I’ve helped others escape from cults in the past. Why can’t I do the same now? The house. I can’t get it out of my mind. The horrors she told me about it. So many details, and yet so much mystery. I must see the house for myself. That is the only way that I can save her.\" - Daniel Paine, Cult Specialist, and Deprogrammer The House is the sequel to The Head from Brian Barr, and the second book of the 3 H's trilogy." ]

[ "About the Author", "Brian Barr is an American author. Brian has been published in various short story anthologies and magazines, including New Realm, Nebula Rift, Under the Bed, Queer Sci Fi's Discovery, NonBinary Review, Dark Chapter Press's Kill for a Copy, and Mantid Magazine. Brian collaborates with another writer, Chuck Amadori, on the supernatural dark fantasy noir comic book series Empress, along with Sullivan Suad and Geraldo Filho. His first novel, Carolina Daemonic, Book 1: Confederate Shadows, was published by J. Ellington Ashton Press in 2015. His second novel is Psychological Revenge: The First Super Inc. Novel. His short story collection, Daemensions, is also available on Amazon. Amazon Author Page: http: //www.amazon.com/Brian-Barr/e/B010Y0MEJU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1465147335&sr=8-1 Website: www.brianbarrbooks.com" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]

[ "Oversize, English language, pictorial book about Rogaland, Norway, includes maps." ]

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[ "Full of pictures inspired by the Bible, perfect for adult coloring. Discover the beauty in the Bible with this adult coloring book. 50 truly stunning images for you to color and enjoy. Including inspiring Scripture quotes and beautiful designs, bring the beauty in the Bible to life in glorious color. Gorgeous designs that range from simple to complex so you can produce works of art in minutes or hours. Order the paperback book on Amazon now and get a Free copy of the Kindle edition straight away. This allows you to start coloring these beautiful designs and patterns today. All printed on 8.5 x 11 inch high quality paper (perfect for framing your masterpieces afterwards). Every page is single sided. Buy the book and we'll give you a special place where you can print out as many copies of the doodles as you want (great for giving and sharing with family and friends). Plus you can print out extras so you can re-color any of the designs you want in new artistic ways. The coloring book that never ends. Let your artistic expression run free with stress relieving doodles for you to relax and enjoy. When you buy THIS book, you can print out copies of all images inside as many times as you wish." ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Crafts & Hobbies" ]

[ "Chief Seattle’s impassioned plea to respect “the Sacred Web of Life” became an inspiration to many. But what did he really say? Here is the evolution of the speech from the one recorded by Dr. Henry Smith at the time it was delivered to two twentieth-century adaptations that made Chief Seattle famous. This expanded edition includes the history of the region at that time along with the culture of the Suquamish then and now. The text is enriched with rare photographs of nineteenth-century village life, many from the Suquamish Tribal archives." ]

[ "Review", "Chief Seattle's impassioned plea to respect the \"Sacred Web of Life\" has been translated worldwide and has become a rallying cry for the environmental movement. But what did he really say? This edition features the version of Chief Seattle's speech that the Suquamish elders from Seattle's tribe include in their oral tradition, and gives valuable insight into the three most often quoted speeches attributed to Chief Seattle.. This revised edition also includes background information on Chief Seattle, the history of the region at the time, and the culture of the Suquamish then and now. Includes rare photographs from the Suquamish Tribal Archives of 19th century village life.", "Book Description", "Sets the record straight as to what the authentic version of Chief Seattle’s speech was.", "About the Author", "Eli Gifford", "was a teacher with an MA in US history who conducted an in-depth study on the origins of Chief Seattle's famous speech.", "Michael Cook", "was the editor of", "How Can One Sell The Air?", ".", "Warren Jefferson", "worked with the Suquamish tribe for further authenticity about the Suquamish people.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Politics & Social Sciences", "Social Sciences" ]

[ "The author was led to the preparation of thia volume by the apparent lack of any suitable work of similar description. The subject of Static Electricity is touched on in the average Physics or Natural Philosophy in a most gingerly fashion; text-books devoted entirely to electricity seem to be either Electric Machines or Alternating Currents and avoid the subject entirely save for some slight consideration of the electrodynamic aspects of the condenser; some of the very numerous Electricity and Magnetisms have a certain amount of nuatter, notiappily arranged for either a text-book or a book of reference, and are often unfortunately loose in statement and definition; and it would seem that the only adequate literature on the subject lay in papers so profound as to be practically inaccessible to the ordinary student or to him who desires to make a reference without reading whole volumes. And so the author, who has had perforce to do a certain amount of reading on the subject, ventures to put forth this work. There is little or nothing original in it, but it is hoped that by the judicious combining of the wisdom of others in lucid and orderly fashion, and by keeping strictly to the subject of Electrostatics, he has made a volume valuable to the student, the physicist, and the casual seeker after electrostatic truths.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)", "About the Publisher", "Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text." ]

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[ "Books", "Engineering & Transportation", "Engineering" ]

[ "\"The Halfords' book is an achievement. For the first time ever, any Westerner who reads English can obtain a real insight into the plots and stories, the texts and characteristics of Kabuki dramas, and in terms which a Western-trained mind can readily understand. For this the entire Kabuki world must be grateful.\"", "-- From the Foreword by Faubion Bowers, author of", "Japanese Theatre", "and", "Theatre in the East", "Kabuki has been described as \"in the main, the finest theatre art in the world,\" and its ever-growing popularity both in Japan and abroad bears witness to its tremendous dramatic effectiveness. The fact that many persons tend to regard it as mere spectacle, thus missing the greater part of its moving appeal, has been due to the lack of any key to the intricacies of its plots and its unfamiliar stage conventions. Here at last is a genuine key, one which opens wide vistas of understanding and appreciation. Included here are lucid synopses and crystal-clear explanations of the hundred odd plays which form the backbone of the classical Kabuki repertoire and constitute over twice that many individual program items. Equally as valuable as the synopses are the informative and entertaining Notes explaining the many points that have proved perplexing to the non-Japanese spectator. Both synopses and notes are provided with a careful system of cross references and an indispensable index, all making for ready use and saving the spectator from \"dwelling so much on some minor, but incomprehensible, point that the thread of the drama is lost.\"Kabuki is drama -- drama par excellence -- and now, thanks to this invaluable handbook, may at last be enjoyed as such. The authors have well fulfilled their aim of allowing the playgoer to concentrate on the performance and appreciate both the Kabuki actor's amazing virtuosity and the unique art of the Kabuki theatre." ]

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[ "Books", "Politics & Social Sciences", "Philosophy" ]

[ "Wilkie Collins' most well-known story, The Moonstone captured the attention and imagination of audiences when it was first published and if you give it the chance to, it will do the same to you today." ]

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[ "As you discovered through reading", "Healing Your Lost Inner Child,", "until we do our work to examine, understand and heal our wounded inner child, this part will continue to show up in our lives. In", "Healing Your Lost Inner Child Companion Workbook", ", Psychotherapist and author Robert Jackman builds on the extensive material in the book with expanded exercises to help you better understand your inner child, yourself and your wisdom so that you feel authentic and complete.", "This workbook features additional stories, examples and new concepts. You can read the", "Companion Workbook", "independently, but you will receive a deeper level of healing if you complete the exercises in the workbook as you read the book.", "Part One includes all the exercises from the book. You may find that by doing the exercises a second time your inner child will reveal even more wisdom to you.", "Part Two contains all new material and expands on the HEAL process, helping you develop a deeper understanding of your relationships, codependency patterns and triggers and create a self-nurturing plan." ]

[ "Review", "\"Sometimes what you need most is some gentle encouragement and the guided space to write from your heart.  Robert Jackman's fantastic companion workbook to", "Healing Your Lost Inner Child", "offers exactly this kind of opportunity--plus so much more. So beautifully and thoughtfully written, it will provide healing to many, many people. The exercises alone are worth much, much more than the cost of the book. It will be an essential resource for therapists and clients alike,\" --Scott Conklin, MFA, LCPC        \"There must be a reason that you are looking at", "Healing Your Lost Inner Child", ". Perhaps a desire for enlightenment or a relief of pain? If so, it seems likely that you will benefit from reading it carefully. The examples given are easy to read and have real power. The underlying ideas are rational and connect with the plans for making desired changes. Whether you are lucky enough to be (partially) healed or are still embroiled in toxic drama, there is deep wisdom in this book. I know Robert as a profoundly insightful and dedicated healer with many years of experience. From that perspective he has distilled underlying truths of what exists in each of us and how it affects our outlook on life and behavior with others. He uses this knowledge to give us a way of finding insight based on our personal history. He then guides us in developing tools to foster a deep satisfaction and greater happiness--for both ourselves and our loved ones. It is a wonderful feeling to use the HEAL process road map to work through the complex maze of one's past and find the way to understanding, forgiveness, and well-being. Enjoy!\"  --David Brumwell, MD \"If you make the time to work through Robert Jackman's", "Healing Your Lost Inner Child", "and the HEAL process, I am confident you will see profound results. This is a clear, compassionate, and effective guide to healing and thriving written by a master therapist. This book can be used as a blueprint to create an internal and external relational balance that can bring real joy. I highly recommend this gentle yet direct, trauma-informed guide to anyone looking to do the sometimes uncomfortable work of deep healing. It will be an essential resource for therapists and clients alike. The exercises alone are worth much, much more than the cost of the book.\"--Scott Conklin, MFA, LCPC \"If you've found yourself stuck in the same patterns of sadness, anger, or fear, or if you're reliving the same relationship pain over and over,", "Healing Your Lost Inner Child", "is for you. Robert Jackman has created a beautiful and detailed roadmap for identifying and healing the internal dynamics that impact our repetitive and painful life patterns. It is highly accessible, user-friendly, and full of heart and hard-earned wisdom. Jackman walks us through focused exercises, and uses examples from his personal life and from case studies to bring clarity to the confusion. Inspiring and a delight to read.\"--Mark Pletcher, MA, LCPC Psychotherapist and Relationship Coach\"This masterpiece allows the reader to develop self-awareness in order to reach deep down, heal, and awaken into a new being. We all have our own inner guides that help us grow. Robert Jackman brings out the strengths that we already have in healing the lost part of ourselves.\"--Jamie Kruse, MSW, LCSW and trauma therapist", "From the Author", "Why I Wrote This Book and Companion Workbook: I wanted to share with others what I have learned in my search for healing my lost inner child who was emotionally frozen around the age of ten. I wanted others to know what it feels like to \"come home\" to oneself, to feel free, open, authentic and grounded. To heal the wounded parts or the false narratives that hold us back from living our best life possible. Like so many of us, when I was a young adult I didn't realize that I had an inner child inside of me who was carrying this emotional wounding, directing the show and making impulsive choices that my adult self would later have to clean up. I was living on autopilot, reacting out of habit. I felt unhappy and unfulfilled. I kept making falling into the same patterns, interacting with the same sorts of people or situations that were emotionally toxic. It's hard to describe what it feels like when you start to heal and feel like yourself again, when you let go of the wounded responses and take charge, set healthy boundaries and start making choices with your authentically aligned self. As time went on I was no longer confused about myself or about the choices I was making. As a Psychotherapist I have helped many people discover their wounded inner child that keeps showing up wanting acknowledgment. I saw in my patients what I saw in myself; the wounded part that did not mature emotionally. I wanted to create a book and a workbook that would combine all of the types of therapy approaches I went through myself and those I use in my office to help you explore the many dimensions of yourself in a very clear, thoughtful process. Know that you are reading this book for a reason and you are ready to explore these parts of yourself. Know that the answers are within you. All you have to do is find the courage to be vulnerable and begin the process of exploring with your lost inner child. All my best, Robert Jackman", "From the Back Cover", "As you discovered through reading", "Healing Your Lost Inner Child", ", until we do our work to examine, understand and heal our wounded inner child, this part will continue to show up in our lives. In", "Healing", "Your Lost Inner Child Companion Workbook", ", Psychotherapist and author Robert Jackman builds on the extensive material in the book with expanded exercises to help you better understand your inner child, yourself and your wisdom so that you feel authentic and complete.This workbook features additional stories, examples and new concepts. You can read the Companion Workbook independently, but you will receive a deeper level of healing if you complete the exercises in the workbook as you read the book.Part One includes all the exercises from the book. You may find that by doing the exercises a second time your inner child will reveal even more wisdom to you.Part Two contains all new material and expands on the HEAL process, helping you develop a deeper understanding of your relationships, codependency patterns and triggers and create a self-nurturing plan.You are giving yourself a great gift of healing and wholeness.", "Understand how, when and why your inner child shows up to protect you.", "Understand how, when and why your inner child shows up to protect you.", "Heal your codependency patterns and triggers.", "Heal your codependency patterns and triggers.", "Develop healthy boundary skills and learn more functional tools.", "Develop healthy boundary skills and learn more functional tools.", "Heal your negative self-talk and storytelling.", "Heal your negative self-talk and storytelling.", "Explore what you are avoiding or ignoring in your relationships.", "Explore what you are avoiding or ignoring in your relationships.", "Understand your circles of connection, and how to speak your truth.", "Understand your circles of connection, and how to speak your truth.", "Rejoin with your authentic self and feel emotionally free and whole again.", "Rejoin with your authentic self and feel emotionally free and whole again.", "Move from being an impulsive reactor to an authentic, conscious creator in your life.", "About the Author", "Author Robert Jackman is a board certified Psychotherapist with the National Board of Certified Counselors who has helped many people on their healing path for more than twenty years. In addition to his private practice, he has taught master's level classes at National Louis University in the Chicago area, led outpatient groups in hospitals, given lectures on mindfulness, hypnotherapy, codependency, and the role of spirituality in healing, and participated in numerous weekend retreats with Victories for Men. He brings a sense of positive psychology to his work, looking for the strengths within each person and identifying those areas that carry a false sense of self.Robert is also a Reiki master who uses energy psychology in his practice and considers himself a codependent in recovery, always working on boundary setting, discernment and connecting with his authentic self. He lives in the far west suburbs of Chicago and in Oregon with his family. He enjoys photography, kayaking, gardening, and nurturing and delighting his inner child.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Self-Help", "Relationships" ]

[ "This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work." ]

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[ "Theodore Calvert walked out on his wife and their children, Anna and Therese, when they needed him most. Now, from beyond the grave, his carefully crafted will is set to unravel his daughters’ lives all over again. . . It was Isabel Calvert’s pious Christianity that drove Theodore away. When he left, it was the Church that replaced him in his daughters’ upbringing. By the time Isabel died, it was the Blessed Sacrament Convent that the daughters were calling home. And while Anna rebels and returns to the real world, Therese is still consumed by the life of duty and worship.In the midst of all this arrives the mysterious Francis: a young, good-looking, golden-haired gardener. Although the nuns are besotted by his charm and handiwork, Anna is less convinced by his motives: the killing of a magpie is an eerie, ominous sign of what is to follow. As Anna tries to unpick Francis’s sinister plans, she realizes that the answer lies in finding out the truth about her own family’s past. The question is, can she do it before it is too late?", "Seeking Sanctuary", "is another brilliant tale of enveloping, encapsulating suspense.", "It was wrong to be so fearless of the dark, but it was a fear she had never learned and the lack of it made her indifferent to being followed at night. Girls being followed was a fact of life: she could run faster than any thief and besides, had nothing to steal from her shoulder pack. . . . The footsteps trailed away as she neared her own flat. Probably the one who followed tonight was one of the homeless who parked themselves at the back door of the convent, encouraged by the rumour of Christian charity. They had banged on the door last winter, persisting until the ivy had grown down to shield the exit and announce its permanent disuse. . . . She drew level to the back door on the way to her own, and she saw that the ivy had been clipped, neatly trimmed to frame the wood. Once inside, she went upstairs and onto the roof to gaze down into the garden where there was nothing to see. Looking up she could see the stars; imagine the souls in the firmament. Sister John and her darling mother. Her father would surely be in hell.from Seeking Sanctuary", "From the Trade Paperback edition." ]

[ "Review", "“I have run out of superlatives for Frances Fyfield. Her debut novel was brilliant and she has consistently out-done herself with each successive work.” -- Margaret Cannon,", "The Globe and Mail", "“As ever, the writing is graceful, witty and elegant, and Fyfield’s cool eye misses nothing and spares nobody.” --", "The Sunday Times", "Praise for", "The Nature of the Beast:", "“One of Fyfield’s finest works…. Fyfield plays with our notions of abuse, love and fear, twisting every button in the psyche…. Everything is worked out with the precision of a Swiss watch, right to the tight and appropriate ending with its unexpected twist.”", "-- The Globe and Mail", "From the Inside Flap", "Theodore Calvert walked out on his wife and their children, Anna and Therese, when they needed him most. Now, from beyond the grave, his carefully crafted will is set to unravel his daughters? lives all over again. . . It was Isabel Calvert?s pious Christianity that drove Theodore away. When he left, it was the Church that replaced him in his daughters? upbringing. By the time Isabel died, it was the Blessed Sacrament Convent that the daughters were calling home. And while Anna rebels and returns to the real world, Therese is still consumed by the life of duty and worship.In the midst of all this arrives the mysterious Francis: a young, good-looking, golden-haired gardener. Although the nuns are besotted by his charm and handiwork, Anna is less convinced by his motives: the killing of a magpie is an eerie, ominous sign of what is to follow. As Anna tries to unpick Francis?s sinister plans, she realizes that the answer lies in finding out the truth about her own family?s past. The question is, can she do it before it is too late?", "Seeking Sanctuary", "is another brilliant tale of enveloping, encapsulating suspense.", "It was wrong to be so fearless of the dark, but it was a fear she had never learned and the lack of it made her indifferent to being followed at night. Girls being followed was a fact of life: she could run faster than any thief and besides, had nothing to steal from her shoulder pack. . . . The footsteps trailed away as she neared her own flat. Probably the one who followed tonight was one of the homeless who parked themselves at the back door of the convent, encouraged by the rumour of Christian charity. They had banged on the door last winter, persisting until the ivy had grown down to shield the exit and announce its permanent disuse. . . . She drew level to the back door on the way to her own, and she saw that the ivy had been clipped, neatly trimmed to frame the wood. Once inside, she went upstairs and onto the roof to gaze down into the garden where there was nothing to see. Looking up she could see the stars; imagine the souls in the firmament. Sister John and her darling mother. Her father would surely be in hell.from Seeking Sanctuary", "From the Trade Paperback edition.", "About the Author", "Frances Fyfield is a criminal lawyer, practising in London, the setting for many of her books. Her previous novels include", "A Question of Guilt", ", nominated for an Edgar Award,", "Deep Sleep", ", winner of the Silver Dagger Award,", "A Clear Conscience", ", nominated for the Gold Dagger Award and winner of the Grand Prix de Literature Policière in 1998,", "Shadow Play", ",", "Blind Date", ",", "Staring at the Light", ",", "Undercurrents", "and", "The Nature of the Beast", ".", "From the Trade Paperback edition.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "(Documents in the possession of K. McQ., E. Smith and one other, viz, one draft will and one final version, for dispersal as and when necessary.)", "Document 1", "Draft Will", "Dear Smith, I’m returning the draft will, with explanatory notes. I wish to die very soon, so get on with it, I can’t stand it any more. If I die and someone comes for me, I’d rather it was Satan than God.", "THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me, Theodore Calvert.", "(With bugger all to show for myself except a house, a friend and an obscene amount of money. Everything else is lost.)", "1. I hereby revoke all other wills and testamentary dispositions made by me, prior to the date of this, my last will.", "(Fifteen, at the last count.)", "2. I appoint E. Smith, solicitor, to be the executor and trustee of this my will, with power to appoint an additional executor and trustees if he thinks fit.3. I wish to be cremated.", "(I mean, burned to a crisp after death, without prayers of any kind, and my ashes thrown in the face of the nearest priest to show my contempt.)", "4. The said E. Smith, or any executor or trustee whosoever he shall appoint, engaged in a legal capacity, shall be paid all usual professional charges for work or business done in proving my will or in the execution of or in connection with the trust thereof, including work or business of a professional nature which a trustee could do personally.", "(Blah, blah, blah.)", "5. I leave the following specific bequests:To Kay McQuaid, the sum of £20,000 per annum, as long as she is resident in my house.", "(Is that enough? She never did me a bad turn, did she? Or did she? Only person I trust, anyway.)", "6. SUBJECT TO AND AFTER PAYMENT of my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, I GIVE, DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not otherwise disposed of by this my will, inclusive of anything I might stand to inherit, unto my trustees upon trust to sell, call in and convert the same into money, with power to postpone the sale, calling and conversion thereof as long as they shall in their absolute discretion think fit.", "(Blah, blah, blah.)", "My trustees shall hold the net proceeds of sale, calling and conversion upon trust for a period of two years after my death, paying any existing standing orders specified in the addendum to this my will, in the meantime.", "(Blah.)", "7. I GIVE, DEVISE AND BEQUEATH the proceeds of the said trust fund to my two daughters, to be shared between them equally ON CONDITION THAT for the aforesaid period of two years, they remain free of SIN.", "(", "No", ", I do not mean they should obey the ten commandments and all that", "crap", "of the catechism of their mother’s ghastly church. I mean real SIN. I want them to", "blaspheme", ", dance on graves, do sloth, gluttony and wildness, but you said I couldn’t make it a condition. Conditions have to be negative. I wish them to be", "rude", "and", "rebellious", "and even", "disgusting", ". I don’t believe in SIN, but I want them to know what the avoidance of it involves. I wish them ANYTHING but their mother’s destructive piety.)", "For the purposes of this my will, SIN is hereby defined as INCEST, CRUELTY and TREACHERY. The commission of the sin will be self-evident.", "(Your advice to limit it. This is not a random selection. I can’t think of anything worse than the categories I’ve described, except murder, and all these involve murder of the soul. These are the sins of which I was accused, always", "in the name of God", ", by my wife, and the only ones I have never committed. Gettit?)", "8. IN THE EVENT of either of my daughters being discovered to have been in the commission of any of the aforesaid variations of SIN, the bequest to them fails and the residue of my estate shall pass to Jack McQuaid, absolutely.", "(Why? You idiot, why? Because it might, just might, redeem him, and if not, it may as well go to the devil as anywhere else.)", "Signed by the said THEODORE CALVERT as his last will in the presence of us both present at the same time who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.", "(Don’t ask why, Smith. I am going away into that dark night and shall be gone for a long time. Grief kills me. Just do as I ask, for Godsakes. I don’t mean for GOD’S SAKE. NOTHING is for God’s sake. I HATE GOD, I hate God . . . I hate that Christ and all his shoddy saints. I hate the level to which my daughters are reduced. I hate the God of my wife, a perverted, obsessive Christian who raised my children steeped in holiness, cocooned and stole them from me, taught them to hate me, and I hate the Church, which moulded her madness and fear of the devil. And taught me, thereby, what hell is like. It is losing the recognition of your own flesh and blood and having them revile you. It is the knowledge of hatred and impotence and heartbreak, being useless and watching your children wasting their lives. It is being eaten alive with love and regret. Hell is HERE. Send this back quickly. I want to die.", "Document 2", "Final versionThis is the Last Will and Testament of me, Theodore Calvert.1. I hereby revoke all other wills and testamentary dispositions made by me.2. I hereby appoint E. Smith, solicitor, to be the executor and trustee of this my will, with power to appoint an additional executor and trustee if he thinks fit.3. I wish to be cremated.4. The said E. Smith, or any executor or trustee whosoever he shall appoint, engaged in a legal capacity, shall be paid all usual professional charges for work or business done in proving my will or in the execution of or in connection with the trust thereof, including work or business of a professional nature which a trustee could do personally.5. I leave the following specific bequest: To Kay McQuaid, the sum of £20,000 and the residency of my house for two years.6. SUBJECT TO AND AFTER PAYMENT of my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, I GIVE, DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not otherwise disposed of by this my will, inclusive of anything I might stand to inherit, unto my trustees upon trust to sell, call in and convert the same into money, with power to postpone the sale, calling in and conversion thereof as long as they shall in their absolute discretion think fit. My trustees shall hold the net proceeds of sale, calling in and conversion upon trust for a period of two years after my death, paying any existing standing orders during the meantime.7. I GIVE, DEVISE AND BEQUEATH the proceeds of the said trust fund to my two daughters to be shared between them, equally, ON CONDITION THAT for the aforesaid period of two years, they shall both remain free of SIN. For the purpose of this my will, SIN is hereby defined as INCEST, CRUELTY AND TREACHERY. The commission of the sin will be self-evident.8. IN THE EVENT of either of my daughters being discovered to have been in the commission of any of the aforesaid variations of SIN, the bequest to them shall fail and the residue of my estate shall pass to Jack McQuaid, on sufficient proof of his identity, absolutely.Signed by the said THEODORE CALVERT as his last will, in the presence of us both present at the same time, who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.", "From the Trade Paperback edition.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas Tradition has it that Aesop was a freed Phrygian slave living in the 6th century BC, making this the world's oldest collection of stories. Originally orally transmitted, there are over 300 fables, many of which have become proverbial to us - 'The Hare and the Tortoise', 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing' for example. According to Life of Aesop (an ancient account), Aesop was born an ugly mute slave, but was granted the power to speak and craft fables in return for his generosity to one of the attendants of the goddess Isis. Edward J. Detmold (1883-1957) was born in London, England. Detmold completed the illustrations for The Fables of Aesop in 1909. Bound in full cloth with sturdy slip cover, binding design redrawn by David Eccles. Set in Monotype Modern Extended. 23 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by Edward J. Detmold. 10\" x 7½\", 168 pages." ]

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[ "Has a ho ever called your house playing on the phone? Or left her underwear, lip gloss or hair pin in your home to let you know that she had been there? Has a ho sent you a letter, text or an email? Has a ho ever keyed your car or slashed your tires? If so, this book is for HER! Help a ho out and send her a copy of this book! Now I know what you re thinking and you re probably saying Forget dat ho! but real talk...Help a Ho Out, you may be saving someone s life!!! A Ho Needs 2 Stay in a Ho s Place is a handbook for ho s. The vision to create such a handbook came from years and years of passing on the same advice to many women, both young and old. I have been selling shoes in Detroit, Michigan for over 13 years and for some reason, numerous of women have entered my store asking for my advice or opinion regarding their relationships. However, most can not handle the truth. Many have had attitudes and disappear for a while and a few have totally stopped patronizing my business altogether. Nevertheless, I feel that the time has come to put it in writing. This handbook provides the same information I have passed on over the years however one can now have the opportunity of processing the information alone and in the comfort of their own home. Attention Non-Ho s: Please find the following reading enlightening and entertaining, however do remember to never become a ho . If you do have a moment of weakness and fall under the spell of ho-ism, please remember to stay in your place!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Tonja Ayers owned and operated a women's store in Detroit, Michigan for 15 years before deciding to write her first book, \"A Ho Needs 2 Stay in a Ho's Place\" which was based upon the many stories of infidelity her customers would tell her about. Ayers decided to write books regarding the most popular discussions held between her and her customer base which led to her second book \"How to Start Your Own Business\", \"Is Your Man Gay?\" \"Cheaters: The Who, What, When, Where and Why of Cheating\" and her first novel; \"The Apple Don't Fall Far From the Tree\" with Tracee Boyd." ]

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[ "Ever been through something extremely difficult in life? Who hasn't, especially now a days. In this study, we discuss why there is such pain in the world, how that pain came into the world, and what God's plan is to redeem us from that pain. Discover how God named his Son the Prince of Peace over all other characteristics and why the characteristic of peace is so vital to every human beings' existence. We also discuss what alternatives the world is trying to sell you though TV, sports, and over the internet as a cheap alternative to God's peace. You'll learn about:", "God like peace", "God like peace", "Prince of Peace", "Prince of Peace", "Holy Spirit", "Holy Spirit", "True peace of mind", "True peace of mind", "The religion of peace", "The religion of peace" ]

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[ "Contested Frontiers in the Syria-Lebanon-Israel Region", "studies one of the flash points of the Middle East since the 1960s―a tiny region of roughly 100 square kilometers where Syria, Lebanon, and Israel come together but where the borders have never been clearly marked. This was the scene of Palestinian guerrilla warfare in the 1960s and '70s and of Hezbollah confrontations with Israel from 2000 to the 2006 war. At stake are rural villagers who live in one country but identify themselves as belonging to another, the source of the Jordan River, part of scenic and historically significant Mount Hermon, the conflict-prone Shebaa Farms, and a defunct oil pipeline.", "Asher Kaufman uses French, British, American, and Israeli archives; Lebanese and Syrian primary sources and newspapers; interviews with borderland residents and with UN and U.S. officials; and a historic collection of maps. He analyzes the geopolitical causes of conflict and prospects for resolution, assesses implications of the impasse over economic zones in the eastern Mediterranean where Israel, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Turkey all have claims, and reflects on the meaning of borders and frontiers today." ]

[ "Review", "More scholars will probably re-examine the dramatic vicissitudes that have transpired in the tri-border region in the near future. Kaufman's exhaustive research will serve as an important resource for all of them.―Mori Ram,", "Antipode", "The main contribution of this work is its rich empirical quality. To shed light on the struggle over borders, the author has consulted American, British, French, Israeli, and United Nations (UN) documents, along with some Arabic material. The book is theoretically informed, drawing on the academic literature of subjects such as border conflicts, sovereignty, borderlands, and state formation without necessarily seeking to contribute substantially to the development of theories. . . The work's painstaking attention to detail makes it extraordinarily valuable for scholars of Israel-Lebanese-Syrian relations and essential for those interested in border disputes between these countries.―James R Stocker,", "H-Diplo", "A meticulously detailed, carefully written account of the geopolitics of a very small but highly contested area . . . The construction of the book unfolds like an elegant mathematical proof, in which the reader is shown how", "a", "led to", "b", "and then to", "c", ", and how a sequence of various elements, piled on top of one another in chronological succession, have led to this apparently insignificant area becoming a major point of contestation in the Arab-Israeli conflict.―Peter Sluglett,", "American Historical Review", "Kaufman examines the connections and links that complicate the problem of the tri-border region between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel in a sensitive and sympathetic manner. Moreover, the work manages to explain a complex technical and factual problem in a straightforward manner.―Nadim Shehadi, Chatham HouseKaufman has knitted together maps, archives, and other sources to give a comprehensive view of a collection of issues (fuzzy borders, water resources, state sovereignty, and non-state actors) in a complicated little corner of the Levant that has not hitherto received serious academic treatment. Given that this little corner is crucial to the future of relations among the three states, the author has done a major service in offering a rigorous, balanced, detailed, and fascinating interpretation.―William Harris, author of", "The Levant: A Fractured Mosaic", "Review", "Kaufman has knitted together maps, archives, and other sources to give a comprehensive view of a collection of issues (fuzzy borders, water resources, state sovereignty, and non-state actors) in a complicated little corner of the Levant that has not hitherto received serious academic treatment. Given that this little corner is crucial to the future of relations among the three states, the author has done a major service in offering a rigorous, balanced, detailed, and fascinating interpretation.", "-- William Harris", "About the Author", "Asher Kaufman", "is an associate professor of history and peace studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He was a fellow at the Wilson Center in 2009–2010.", "Read more" ]

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[ "The United States has become a fortress closely guarded against a massive terrorist attack. In \"Love,A\" terrorist tactics are shifted to target a single high profile government official, using a time tested method and a previously dormant sleeper network deeply imbedded in this country. It is the story of two men, one who approaches his assigment with dread, and the other with manical intensity." ]

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[ "Representing Defendants in Personal Injury Cases provides an authoritative, insider's perspective on developing a successful defense strategy when litigating a personal injury dispute. Featuring partners and shareholders from law firms across the country, these experts guide the reader through the various components of defending against a personal injury claim, including analyzing liability, conducting discovery, and preparing for litigation. These top lawyers reveal their advice on choosing expert witnesses, presenting evidence to a jury, and deciding whether to settle or litigate a dispute. From understanding the importance of juror instructions to developing a winning argument, these authors explain the challenges many young lawyers face when formulating a defense strategy and the importance of training under more experienced practitioners. These leaders also discuss the benefit of alternative dispute resolution in resolving personal injury cases. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to preparing and executing a winning defense strategy in personal injury disputes.", "Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives and lawyers (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies and firms nationwide. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is heading and the most important issues for the future. Each author has been selected based upon their experience and C-level standing within the professional community.", "Chapters Include:", "1. Dan Gioia, Partner, Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP - \"Reflections on Litigating and Mediating Personal Injury Cases\" 2. James W. Jennings Jr., Principal, Woods Rogers PLC - \"Developing Defense Strategies in a Personal Injury Case\" 3. Prince C. Chambliss Jr., Shareholder, Evans Petree PC - \"Creating Compelling Defense Arguments and Strategies in Personal Injury Litigation\" 4. Barbara Jane Barron, Shareholder, MehaffyWeber PC - \"Be Prepared: Knowing Your Case and Your Witnesses in Personal Injury Litigation\" 5. Jefferson S. Smith, Partner, Murchison & Cumming LLP - \"Evaluating a Defendant's Personal Injury Case: Key Strategies for a Successful Resolution Through Settlement or Trial\" 6. Hebert Subin, Partner, Subin Associates LLP - \"Savvy Skills and Successful Strategies for Today's Personal Injury Defense Lawyer\"", "Appendices Include:", "Appendix A: Hannan v. Alltel Publishing Co. Appendix B: Appleby Trust Limited v. New England Life Insurance Company Appendix C: Agreed Protective Order Appendix D: Docket Control Order Appendix E: Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc. Appendix F: Expedited Jury Trial Act" ]

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[ "The novel is no longer the youngest medium, but today has been displaced by the graphic novel, an even younger medium. Whereas the novel had been concerned with the various utopian projects of Modernity, the graphic novel operates inside a world horizon of mad scientists, failed superheroes and crumbling cities. Indeed, it takes for granted the failure of all modernizing utopias, while simultaneously retrieving two-dimensional Giant Humans from the world of the ancient epics with which to construct personal immune systems for the Self, especially since public immune systems no longer function properly. In this book, John David Ebert discusses 24 of the most popular graphic novels of all time, including \"The Dark Knight Returns,\" \"Watchmen,\" \"Black Hole,\" etc., looking for traces of the new imaginary significations with which the youth of today are shoring up the ruins of their own subjectivities." ]

[ "About the Author", "John David Ebert is a cultural critic and the author of seven previous books, including \"Art After Metaphysics,\" \"The New Media Invasion,\" \"Post-Classic Cinema,\" \"The Age of Catastrophe\" and \"Dead Celebrities, Living Icons.\" His video discussions of great philosophers are available on YouTube." ]

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[ "No land, no crown, no plan ... Deira has fallen. Aethelfrith, aided by Cerdic's half brother, Hussa is triumphant and Cerdic must lead princes Edwin and Hereric over the border into foreign lands. They number a mere fifty men, women and children. They have no land, no crown, little money and no plan. There are determined enemies in pursuit behind and precious few friends in front. Cerdic must dig deep to find a way to help the Princes in Exile." ]

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[ "An unprecedented medical breakthrough has just changed the future of humankind forever. Under the new universal biological augmentation program, ordinary people can live a life virtually free from disease and illness. Hailed as humanities greatest achievement, the overwhelming majority of the world’s population accepts the procedure and becomes augmented. Those that do not, are persecuted until they flee into the shadows… but what they find when they get there is an unimaginable truth. They are the last of their kind." ]

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[ "Last spring Billy Bean, the only living openly gay former major leaguer, gained national attention with his breakthrough memoir, Going the Other Way—an unprecedented chronicle of America's national pastime that went on to sell more than 25,000 copies. Bean brings us inside the clubhouse and onto the playing field, offering dead-on insight into the game and the physical and emotional demands it makes on players. Bean faced an agonizing choice, in secrecy and solitude, between continuing to play the game he loved and the honesty of a loving relationship. By turns heartbreaking and farcical, ruminative and uncensored, the book culminates in a respectful, deeply felt appeal to Major League Baseball and other professional team sports to live up to their promise of equality and opportunity. A testament to the power of the single voice, Going the Other Way is an exemplary American tale that points the way toward a more perfect game, one in which all men and women can pursue their athletic dreams free of prejudice and discrimination. An eight-page photo insert is featured in this New York Times bestseller." ]

[ "Review", "\"A fresh and insightful book.... Bean...excels at capturing the rhythms of the game. --", "The San Francisco Chronicle", "\"The courage Bean shows in telling his story is incredible.\" --", "The Los Angeles Times", "\"[Billy Bean’s] passionate memoir...will draw empathy even from those who are uncomfortable with homosexuality.\" --", "Sports Illustrated", "About the Author", "Billy Bean played major-league baseball from 1987 to 1995 for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres. He now lives in Miami Beach with his partner Efraîn Veiga, with whom he shares a business redeveloping residential properties, and he competes in tennis and basketball and often travels around the country playing in organized tournaments, in hopes of raising the visibility of athletes of diversity. He lives in Miami Beach.", "Chris Bull is the Washington correspondent for The Advocate and co-author of The Accidental Activist and Perfect Enemies." ]

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[ "\"At a tavern in the Via di Nola, gladiators abandoned their...drinks and fled for their lives...\" The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 quickly and completely buried all the materials of the inhabitants' daily lives under a sea of ash--ironically, preserving them intact for us to see today. Here is a picture of life in a Roman provincial town, from the graffiti on the walls to the fruit in the market stalls, from the arts to the trade, from the temples to the brothels...all frozen in death for 1,900 years." ]

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[ "🍓", "CUTE INCOMING!!", "💕 - This super sweet and juicy wide ruled composition notebook is a perfect addition to anyone who loves all things adorable and cute “kawaii aesthetic!”💕 - This notebook features the ever-popular strawberry milk theme, featuring strawberries on the cover and back- sweet, simple, and cute.💕 - This notebook is perfect for taking notes in class, homework, journaling, to do lists and more- no matter the age!💕 - It is perfect for back to school, or for the cuteness collector in your life!🍓", "Gift this delightful notebook! To friend, family or get one yourself! You deserve it! Buy Now!", "Features:", "• 7.5 x 9.25 inches• 100 pages• Wide ruled• Soft matte cover" ]

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[ "The new owner of a home that holds a terrible surprise. An insomniac whose quest for sleep leads you to a horrifying discovery. The parent of a little girl who holds the keys of damnation and salvation in her tiny hands. You are all these people, and more. In this brave collection, author Jeffery X Martin makes the reader the main character in fifteen nerve-grinding new stories, filled with horror, humor and jagged pieces of human nature." ]

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[ "Life often presents us with change and it's usually memorable. \"Oh,\" we say, \"that happened to me in 2003.\" When life takes a turn, we are different after it. We may be stronger, happier or more alive. Of course, the opposite is true also. Frequently life presents us with a turn in the path, but sometimes we leave the trail and set our own course. However it happens, these stories reveal the people behind the changes." ]

[ "Review", "Ten plus one brief slices-of-life stories that will bring a tear, a smile, or just downright make you realize that life isn't always fair. With strong visual images and authentically rich dialogue, Griffin takes us right into the hearts and minds of eleven distinctively different individuals as they maneuver their ways through life's unpredictable twists and turns. Anna Barcos, author", "From the Author", "With the exception of", "Whirligig", ", these stories sat on my computer for years. Many told me that Whirligig was my best story. It was published in", "Transition", ", the magazine of the Mental Health Society of Saskatchewan and in the West Coast Anthology,", "Scents of Cedar", ".  My wife and I owned a commercial greenhouse both in the States and in Canada. One day we went to buy some wooden hanging baskets from a workshop for handicapped people. I noticed the people working on the assembly line, trying to do a good job. The manager invited us into his plush office to get our information and to receive our payment for the baskets. My wife noticed the man's huge diamond ring, while I studied his paternalistic approach to his clients.I went home and wrote the basics of this story right away. I didn't want to lose the struggling challenged people and the paternalistic boss.", "From the Back Cover", "The title story is about a prison guard on death row who begins to count an inmate as his friend. Another story tells of a soldier with PTSD. Every time he sees someone with his hands raised over his head, he is back flying his Blackhawk helicopter on the road to Basra. Below him Iraqi soldiers have raised their arms.     The story of a mayor who bans cars in her suburb lightens the mood as does a woman who works in a big store handing out samples of", "Mrs' Lavalle's Hot Cajun Sauce", ".     People often push themselves into changes, as shown by the story", "Dandelions", ", about a teacher who tries to find meaning in her work. And the story of a challenged man who reaches into the un-challenged world, the story of a man who finds the spirit world with the help of his daughter, and a social worker who insists on living where her clients live.    Can a woman have the courage to say those words, \"", "I'm leaving you", "?\" Try the story of the same name. Enjoy all eleven of these stories.", "About the Author", "Ed Griffin teaches creative writing at the Phoenix Centre, a drug and alcohol center. (Phoenix Society). For twenty years he's taught writing in federal prisons He began his professional life in 1962 as a Roman Catholic priest in Cleveland, Ohio. There he became active in the civil rights movement and marched in Selma with Doctor Martin Luther King. Removed from a suburban parish for his activities, he served for three years in Cleveland's central city. His years in the Roman Catholic Priesthood are the subject of his next novel. After leaving the priesthood in 1968 he earned a masters degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was elected to Milwaukee's city council in 1972. Griffin and his wife, Kathy, opened a commercial greenhouse in suburban Milwaukee in 1976. They lived where they worked and shared the joys of raising children and growing flowers. In 1988 the family, Ed and Kathy, Kevin and Kerry, moved to British Columbia, Canada, where Griffin helped establish a dynamic writing community in the city of Surrey. He is the founder of Western Canada's largest writer's conference, the Surrey International Writers' Conference. He has published poetry, plays, short stories and a newspaper column. His writing has won several awards and the American Humanist Society has honored him as the teacher of a prize-winning inmate writer. Griffin believes that all the arts, including writing, should be encouraged in prison. \"As Aristotle said, 'art releases unconscious tensions and purges the soul.'\"", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Short Stories & Anthologies" ]

[ "James L. Breese was the flight engineer on the first transatlantic flight in 1919 and then developed 130 patents for home and military space heaters. Dismissing a high society Long Island life, Jim moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1929 to start fresh in the unencumbered west. There he built his oil burner business with sales in the millions of dollars. His marriages, however, presented challenges that were hard to overcome. Destiny Strikes Twice is told with the insight of an inventor in the Breese family who interviewed family members, friends, and employees. The twists and turns through his adventure-packed life reveal lessons for everyone including many insights for aspiring inventors and entrepreneurs. Many illustrations are from unpublished family collections." ]

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[ "Books", "Engineering & Transportation", "Engineering" ]

[ "There are those who say life is a pathway one paves with many things: time, space, questions, answers, desires, fulfillment, and loss. They believe we carefully arrange each for cause and consequence to give life order and structure. Life, however, provides an alternative outlook, where it lays its elements according to its own will. The pavement is not carefully arranged; rather the elements lay loosely, and in between them are the white spaces that we fill with joy, sorrow, and the depth of what it means to be human. For Thibaut and Pierre-Auguste Desmarais, Lucy Nightingberg's return visit for a night in Amaury Babin's pub La Place de St-Paul will bring their individual paths into sharp relief. Over the course of one evening, memories, sudden recollections, and immediate emotions give rise to passion, longing, and the unveiling of beclouded secrets, as a delicate dance of fervent love and redemption roils. Unannounced glimpses into their pasts glue pieces of the story together, and an understanding of the narrative in its entirety is constructed from which a truth might be gleaned. A rich emotional tableau is the setting for an evening of love, passion, atonement in C. JoyBell C.’s new novella. Full of extraordinary depth and a keen sense for the primal needs of her disparate characters, her profound understanding of the human condition is reminiscent of the classics Madame Bovary and Wuthering Heights. As past and present collide, the author’s focus on the universal and her fierce characterizations make this modern update of classic romanticism succeed where many fail, utilizing the underlying human experience to serve as a foundation to take a classic literary style and make it new. Though it is no small feat capturing the aesthetic of modern drama while simultaneously retaining the depth of a previous literary form, Saint Paul Trois Châteaux: 1948 accomplishes this task with ease and aplomb, consistently delivering startling moments of emotion the likes of which are rare indeed." ]

[ "Review", "\"Like a dream or a trance...\"\"...can be either frustrating, or exciting and wildly compelling for a reader.\"\"...palpably provocative and powerful.\" --ForeWord Clarion Reviews\"I felt as though I were a spy listening in on a personal conversation. I was able to follow the conversation and lived each emotion as the evening went on.\" - Tara T. For Readers Favorite\"It was a perfect escape!! I found myself intrigued as each new clue was discovered.\" - Tara T. For Readers Favorite", "From the Author", "There is a relationship between the eye contacts we make and the perceptions that we create in our heads; a bond between the sound of another's voice and the emotions that we feel in our hearts; an affinity between our movements in space all around us and the magnetic pulls we can create between others and ourselves. All of these things (and more) make up the magic of every ordinary day. These are the white spaces in life, the spaces in between the written lines, the cracks in which the sunlight filters into. Herein is found mystery, enigma, understanding, answers. Some of us swim in the overflowing of the wine glass of life, we stand and blink our eyes in the sunlight reaching unseen places, we know where to find the white spaces, we live in magic!", "About the Author", "An American born self-taught writer of Anglo-Celtic European and Asiatic descent, C. JoyBell C. grew up in-between cultures and bridging borders, prefers the feel of airports and train stations, and is awe-inspired when exposed to unknown languages and new terrain! She is famed for her philosophical ponderings, well- known for her poetry, prose, novel writing, and loved for her genuine sincerity. In all likelihood, she is enjoying a train ride at the moment whilst wearing rose-colored glasses and munching on cherries!", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Classics" ]

[ "\"I'm not going back to the orphanage. If you don't take me to my Aunt Eleanor’s I'll go by myself. I'm pretty sure I could figure it out.\"Precocious ten-year-old Millie Cage carries a tattered postcard depicting an image of the idyllic childhood she was denied. William Hart, a man with scars both visible and unseen, flees the brutality of his past. Assisting Millie is equal parts kindness and apathy; he has nowhere else to go. Millie’s aunt, Eleanor Abbott, lives simply on her family farm engulfed by loneliness, memory, and regret. The Bell, Unrung is a historical novel of these three wounded souls finding redemption and peace in the heart of the Great Depression." ]

[ "About the Author", "Kimberly Evans grew up among the artifacts of earlier decades, spending summers in the cool dark rooms of her grandmother’s 1863 farmhouse. As a child her diversions there were solid and simple—wooden blocks, corn husk dolls, and thirty-year-old fashion magazines. She made candles, dyed eggs with onion skins, and fed hay to the neighbor’s horse through the rectangular holes in a wire fence. As an adult she studied history and economics at Smith College to better understand “why.” As an ongoing occupation she is a nosy, eavesdropping, buttinski compelled to look inside the human heart and write some stories. Ms. Evans currently lives in Savannah, GA.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]

[ "Presents the life of the talented violinist whose bout with polio left him disabled but still determined to pursue his love of music and the violin." ]

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[ "Growing up in Pakistan, I became accustomed to many things. Once such was the sheer lack of female representation in the public sphere. Like many others, I did not question why I personally did not know of any women in business, Yet, years of study in Political Science and Human Rights caused me to question many realities which I had simply accepted up until now. Despite making up about half of the total population, only 1% of women in Pakistan are registered as entrepreneurs. Over the past several years, I have spent countless hours contemplating the reason behind this grave inequality in a country that is now almost 75 years old. It is in conclusion to this thought that I sat down with 35 businesswomen and entrepreneurs from Pakistan. This book compiles my conversations with these exceptional women who have defied many odds to be where they are today. I hope that this book will not only inspire an incoming generation of female entrepreneurs in the country but also allow policymakers to reflect upon the existing infrastructure in order to best support the courageous women of Pakistan." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Community & Culture" ]

[ "Henryk Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels. Born into an impoverished Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, in the late 1860s he began publishing journalistic and literary pieces. In the late 1870s he traveled to the United States, sending back travel essays that won him popularity with Polish readers. In the 1880s he began serializing novels that further increased his popularity. He soon became one of the most popular Polish writers of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and numerous translations gained him international renown, culminating in his receipt of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature for his \"outstanding merits as an epic writer.\"" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]