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The Prodigal Son in English and American Literature

Five Hundred Years of Literary Homecomings

By: Alison M. Jack

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The Prodigal Son in English and American Literature

Five Hundred Years of Literary Homecomings

By: Alison M. Jack

This groundbreaking study focuses on the reconfiguring of the character of the Prodigal Son and his family as they appear in drama, novels, and poetry in English from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries.

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0198817290

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9780198817291

SCM Core Text: The Bible and Literature

By: Alison Jack

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SCM Core Text: The Bible and Literature

By: Alison Jack

The first textbook to engage with the crossover between the Bible and literature, covering all the key methods of literary criticism and presenting a truly inter-disciplinary approach.

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SCM Press

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033404894X

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9780334048947

The English American

A Novel

By: Alison Larkin

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The English American

A Novel

By: Alison Larkin

Recounts the experiences of Pippa Dunn, who describes her adoption by proper British parents, the culture clash that ensues when she meets her southern American birth parents, and her identity struggles.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439156530

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9781439156537

Texts Reading Texts, Sacred and Secular

By: Alison M. Jack

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Texts Reading Texts, Sacred and Secular

By: Alison M. Jack

The language, themes and imagery of the Bible have been rewritten into texts across time. In the Revelation of John, the Hebrew Bible echoes and is reinvented, just as in James Hogg's The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) many explicit and implicit readings and interpretations of the Bible are offered. In Texts Reading Texts, these readings of the Bible, and the ways in which Revelation and Hogg's Confessions have themselves been read, are considered from the two postmodern perspectives of marginalization and deconstruction. By reading the two seemingly unrelated texts side by side from these perspectives, traditional readings of them both are disturbed and challenged.

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A&C Black

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1850759545

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9781850759546

Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4-6: Jack and the Crystal Fang

By: Alison Wilcox

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Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4-6: Jack and the Crystal Fang

By: Alison Wilcox

The only cure for a deadly plague sweeping the country is the crystal fang of a dragon that has terrorised the surrounding countryside for many years. Until now, the location of its den on Dragon Ridge Mountain has remained a mystery. In a race against time, Jack battles through a storm to reach the top of Dragon Ridge Mountain. With Merlin to guide him, Jack enters the dragon’s den and comes face to face with the monstrous beast. This is a story of courage, magic and one boy’s brave quest to fulfil a destiny foretold by the legends of long ago. Join Jack on his journey as he writes the story with the assistance of the magician Merlin and Punctua, the Fairy Godmother of Writing, to punctuate properly and become a bestselling author. Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4–6: Jack and the Crystal Fang is part of a short series of age-specific, beautifully illustrated stories that can be read for pleasure and/or used as a contextualised resource, containing a step-by-step guide to teaching punctuation. The characters from each story are used to demonstrate a range of punctuation rules in a fun and engaging way appropriate to the book’s age group. Areas covered include: formulating punctuation rules. the use of misconceptions to highlight common errors. teaching tips to provide a punctuation model. The book explores the impact of punctuation on reading, understanding, meaning and effect, and can be used as a basis for pupils’ own punctuation or included in their ‘Writer’s Toolkit.’ These new Descriptosaurus stories are an indispensable teaching aid for making punctuation fun for all primary teachers and literacy coordinators.

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180

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Routledge

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1000428834

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9781000428834

The Fling That Changed Everything

By: Alison Roberts

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The Fling That Changed Everything

By: Alison Roberts

Tempted—to take another chance on love… Becoming a Wildfire Island paramedic is a dream come true for Lia Roselli—a chance for travel and adventure. What she doesn't expect is to fall in lust with her boss, Dr. Sam Taylor… Romantic entanglement is the last thing on Sam's mind; he's been badly burned by divorce. Yet there's no denying the passion that flares between them, and it's so much more than physical! As everything starts to change it's clear that Lia is tempting him to try love again!

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Harlequin

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1488009562

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9781488009563

The Doctor's Secret Family

By: Alison Roberts

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The Doctor's Secret Family

By: Alison Roberts

The surgeon’s secret love-child It was love at first sight for Dr. Hannah Campbell and surgeon Jack Douglas. Then al ltoo soon Hannah learned that Jack had been keeping a crucial secret from her. Now Jack is working on her paediatric ward and Hannah wants nothing to do with him. She can’t risk Jack seeing her daughter…his daughter! But as Hannah learns the truth about what happened five years ago, the passion that has never died begins to flare between them once more…

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Harlequin

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1460376404

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9781460376409

Rescued by Her Mr. Right

By: Alison Roberts

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Rescued by Her Mr. Right

By: Alison Roberts

Dancing in the best man’s arms… …is her biggest risk of all! In this Bondi Bay Heroes story, injured nurse Harriet Collins agrees to let hunky paramedic Jack Evans get her fighting fit and back on the Specialist Disaster Response team. After all, it’s purely platonic, right? Plus she’s already nursing a broken heart. But when she’s the bridesmaid and Jack’s the best man at their teammates’ wedding, Harriet wonders if it could be more…

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Harlequin

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1488079943

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9781488079948

Prairie Hardball

By: Alison Gordon

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Prairie Hardball

By: Alison Gordon

It is glorious August in Saskatchewan, and baseball writer Kate Henry is on a road trip home. Accompanied by her partner, homicide detective Andy Munro, she is keen to show him the wide-open spaces of the prairie and the charms of her family home in Indian Head. In the 1940s, Kate's mother played for the Racine Belles, in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Now, twenty veterans of the league are gathering for a reunion in the Battlefords, for induction into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame. But all is not peaceful under the prairie sky. Anonymous letters have been received by her mother's teammates, warning them to stay away from the event. The sinister meaning soon becomes clear. One of the Belles is found murdered. Kate valiantly tries not to interfere in the police investigation which ensues but, as she talks to former team members, she finds that questions from the past demand answers. It is only when Kate finds herself in mortal danger that she realizes she's come too close to the truth. In "Prairie Hardball, one of Canada's craftiest mystery writers combines a nostalgic look at baseball and a vivid evocation of Saskatchewan with a fast-moving, richly textured plot as, once again, Kate Henry's own instincts and wit play off against conventional police wisdom.

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McClelland & Stewart

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077103413X

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9780771034138

Kiss Her Once for Me

A Novel

By: Alison Cochrun

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Kiss Her Once for Me

A Novel

By: Alison Cochrun

The author of the “swoon-worthy debut” (Harper’s Bazaar) The Charm Offensive returns with a festive romantic comedy about a woman who fakes an engagement with her landlord…only to fall for his sister. One year ago, recent Portland transplant Ellie Oliver had her dream job in animation and a Christmas Eve meet-cute with a woman at a bookstore that led her to fall in love over the course of a single night. But after a betrayal the next morning and the loss of her job soon after, she finds herself adrift, alone, and desperate for money. Finding work at a local coffee shop, she’s just getting through the days—until Andrew, the shop’s landlord, proposes a shocking, drunken plan: a marriage of convenience that will give him his recent inheritance and alleviate Ellie’s financial woes and isolation. They make a plan to spend the holidays together at his family cabin to keep up the ruse. But when Andrew introduces his new fiancée to his sister, Ellie is shocked to discover it’s Jack—the mysterious woman she fell for over the course of one magical Christmas Eve the year before. Now, Ellie must choose between the safety of a fake relationship and the risk of something real. Perfect for fans of Written in the Stars and One Day in December, Kiss Her Once for Me is the queer holiday rom-com that you’ll want to cozy up with next to the fire.

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Simon and Schuster

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1982191139

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9781982191139

Worlds Collide

By: Alison Strobel

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Worlds Collide

By: Alison Strobel

Some Decisions Change Your Day. Some Will Change Your Life. While the headlines screamed “Hollywood Heartthrob Marries Girl Next Door,” the public relationship of Jack Harrington and Grace Winslowe never revealed the private struggles that threatened to pull them apart–and when celebrity biographer Jada Eastman starts digging, she discovers that there’s more to this couple than anyone could guess. Their relationship began like a scene from one of Jack’s movies. Leaving behind a dead-end relationship and the bitter Chicago winter, Grace had moved to Southern California to start a new life. Meanwhile, Jack had established himself as an up-and-comer with considerable acting talent, and a private heartache. When a fateful accident pulled the two of them together, they couldn’t avoid their initial attraction or the vast differences in their values and lifestyles. Now, against the backdrop of Beverly Hills and the 24/7 nature of the entertainment world, Jada grapples with her own beliefs as she encounters the spiritual chasm of this famous couple. Can Grace and Jack face the consequences of their own personal histories–and can the biographer avoid being affected? As the three of them examine the couple’s bittersweet story, it becomes clear that everyday decisions can carry lifetime consequences when individual worlds collide.

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WaterBrook

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0307551539

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9780307551535

American Girls

A Novel

By: Alison Umminger

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American Girls

A Novel

By: Alison Umminger

A bittersweet, honest, and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel that distills honest truths about American girldom Anna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined. As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls—and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present. In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in America—in short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls, violence, and which people society deems worthy of caring about, which ones it doesn't, in a way not often seen in teen fiction. American Girls is: An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of 2016 A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." —Becky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

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Flatiron Books

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1250075025

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9781250075024

ALWAYS THE HERO

Harlequin Comics

By: Yoshiko Hanatsu,ALISON ROBERTS

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ALWAYS THE HERO

Harlequin Comics

By: Yoshiko Hanatsu,ALISON ROBERTS

They chose to part out of love, but this reunion is fate! Abby, a nurse, loves Tom but has no choice other than to leave him. After the accidental death of her parents, she can’t bear to watch him willingly risk his life as part of his job. When she realizes she’s pregnant with his baby, she decides to raise it on her own. Six years later, the island where Abby lives is hit by a major earthquake. When she hears the voice of a rescue team member, she’s shocked, because she has never forgotten that commanding voice… It’s Tom! Though Abby is thrown off by him being back in her life, she is determined to keep her secret!

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Harlequin / SB Creative

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4596496684

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9784596496683

Harlequin Medical Romance September 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Meredith Webber,Alison Roberts,Charlotte Hawkes

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Harlequin Medical Romance September 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Meredith Webber,Alison Roberts,Charlotte Hawkes

Harlequin Medical Romance brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama. This Harlequin Medical Romance box set includes: HEALED BY HER ARMY DOC Bondi Bay Heroes by Meredith Webber Before army doc Angus Caruth moves on again, will surgeon Kate Mitchell finally be able to share their secret heartache? RESCUED BY HER MR. RIGHT Bondi Bay Heroes by Alison Roberts Injured nurse Harriet Collins agrees to let hunky paramedic Jack Evans get her fighting fit—only to find herself dancing in his arms… THE SURGEON’S ONE-NIGHT BABY by Charlotte Hawkes An encounter with playboy surgeon Kaspar Athari leads to temptation Archie Coates can’t resist…and a consequence they’ll cherish forever!

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1488089132

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New Beginnings at The Birdie and Bramble

The most hilarious and feel-good romance you’ll read this year!

By: Alison Craig

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New Beginnings at The Birdie and Bramble

The most hilarious and feel-good romance you’ll read this year!

By: Alison Craig

Fun, fab, fresh, joyful and awesome.' Netgalley Reviewer Can going home be a fresh start? The Birdie & Bramble used to have queues out the door, but when Maddy Campbell makes her way back to St Andrews after her father's sudden death, the restaurant and her future seems bleak. Especially when she discovers that the restaurant isn't worth a thing. Now Maddy needs to save the restaurant before everything her dad built falls apart, even if she is planning to head back to London any day now. Then she meets Jack, utterly gorgeous and grumpy, which is very inconvenient when a single look from him makes her heart race. But when someone steps in to ruin her plans at The Birdie & Bramble, Maddy has to decide if she's going to stay and fight to save her dad's legacy and forge her very own new beginning, or run away again? The first novel in The Birdie & Bramble series. Don't miss a single book in this hilarious and feel-good series: 1. New Beginnings at The Birdie & Bramble 2. Snowdrops at The Birdie & Bramble 3. Blue Skies at The Birdie & Bramble Reviewers have falling in love with The Birdie and Bramble - have you? 'Well written with loveable and relatable characters, such a heartwarming read' 'This is a brilliant book. I loved the characters. They are well written and relatable The plot is entertaining and kept me interested until the end. This is the first book in the series and I can't wait for the next one.' 'This is a brilliant book about new starts, family, grief, and friendship. It's one of those book that can be an easy read or make you think if you read them at the right moment in your life.' 'This story so made me want to pack a bag and return for a visit to Scotland!' 'I really enjoyed reading this book, It has a lovely feel good factor, and it is an engaging read.' 'This novel has interesting characters, a great storyline and is unputdownable. Would recommend you give this read a go.' 'New Beginnings at The Birdie and Bramble is the first novel by Alison Craig that I've read and I can honestly say that I will be picking up more of her work in the future. I really liked her style of writing and found this an easy book to read. Her writing is so descriptive and I could honestly picture everything she was describing, especially the food! ' 'This is very similar to a Katie Fforde novel. I loved the glorious food descriptions (not to be read if you are on a diet), the cosy small town feel, the morning walks on the beach, the romantic tension between Maddie's boyfriend in London and her new venison supplier for the restaurant. There's a suitably evil Laird, secret identities and nefarious plots to reveal all while serving sumptuous Scottish fare.

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Orion Dash

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1409195546

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9781409195542

How to be Famous

By: Alison Bond

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How to be Famous

By: Alison Bond

In this hilarious debut novel, readers meet three women who have beauty to burn, talent to spare, and more dates than Hollywood has hills.

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Signet

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0451214617

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9780451214614

Grand Theft Auto

By: Alan Spitzer,Alison Spitzer

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Grand Theft Auto

By: Alan Spitzer,Alison Spitzer

When General Motors and Chrysler declared bankruptcy in 2009 and immediately targeted thousands of dealerships for closure, tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars were on the line. Staring down two of the largest manufacturers in the world - as well as President Obama's Automotive Task Force - a determined triumvirate of car dealers banded together and went to Washington, D.C. to make their voices heard. Alan and Alison Spitzer's fast-paced memoir takes readers behind the scenes as "citizen's lobbyists" traverse throughout all of the major corridors of power in the nation's capital to make their case and bring justice to thousands of small business across the country.

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New Year Publishing

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1935547313

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9781935547310

The Moment Before Impact

By: Alison Bruce

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The Moment Before Impact

By: Alison Bruce

Unpredictable, challenging and compelling' Sophie Hannah A terrible car accident - or calculated murder? An evening out for five students ends in tragedy, with two dead and one critically injured. Nicci Waldock survives, but her life is left in tatters. Years later, a sighting of Jack Bailey, the brother of her dead friend, leaves her with a shocking realisation about the night of the accident. Helped by former journalist Celia Henry, Nicci sets out to learn the truth about what really happened, and discovers a series of lies and dangerous secrets that have distorted everything she thinks she knows. In uncovering the tangled truth of what happened that night three years ago, Nicci must decide who she can trust, and who is about to kill again. And she realises that everything can be saved or lost in the moment before impact. Praise for Alison Bruce 'As always, Bruce produces a rewarding read' The Times 'I Did It For Us held me from the off. It's compelling, slickly plotted and brilliantly written' Amanda Jennings 'One of our most interesting crime writers' Daily Mail

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Constable

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1472123883

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9781472123886

Harlequin Medical Romance April 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Carol Marinelli,Alison Roberts,Jennifer Taylor

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Harlequin Medical Romance April 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Carol Marinelli,Alison Roberts,Jennifer Taylor

Harlequin® Medical Romance brings you three new titles every month, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama. This Harlequin® Medical Romance box set includes: SEDUCED BY THE HEART SURGEON The Hollywood Hills Clinic by Carol Marinelli Freya Rothsberg has one wild night of passion with surgeon Zack Carlton…before discovering he's her newest colleague! THE FLING THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING Wildfire Island Docs by Alison Roberts Paramedic Lia Roselli tempts new boss Dr. Sam Taylor to risk everything for their shared passion… THE GREEK DOCTOR'S SECRET SON by Jennifer Taylor Could nurse Amy Prentice's shock reunion with Dr. Nico Leonides lead to the family they've dreamed of? Look for six new captivating love stories every month from Harlequin® Medical Romance!

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