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Freedom's Gardener

James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America

By: Myra Beth Young Armstead

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Freedom's Gardener

James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum America

By: Myra Beth Young Armstead

Unearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journal.

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NYU Press

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0814707920

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In Dog We Trust

By: Beth Kendrick

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From the author of Once Upon a Wine, a new novel set in the charming seashore town of Black Dog Bay, Delaware. When everything has gone to the dogs . . . When Jocelyn Hillier is named legal guardian for the late Mr. Allardyce’s pack of pedigreed Labrador retrievers, her world is flipped upside down. She’s spent her entire life toiling in the tourism industry in Black Dog Bay and never expected to be living the pampered life of a seasonal resident in an ocean side mansion, complete with a generous stipend. But her new role isn’t without its challenges: The dogs (although lovable) are more high-maintenance than any Hollywood diva, the man she wants to marry breaks her heart, and she’s confronted at every turn by her late benefactor’s estranged son, Liam, who thinks he’s entitled to the inheritance left to the dogs. Jocelyn has worked too hard to back down without a fight, and she’s determined to keep her new fur family together. As she strives to uphold the “Best in Show” standards her pack requires, Jocelyn finds love, family, and forgiveness in the most unexpected places.

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Penguin

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0399584269

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9780399584268

Harlequin Romantic Suspense May 2023 - Box Set

By: Beth Cornelison,Karen Whiddon,Tara Taylor Quinn,Amber Leigh Williams

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense May 2023 - Box Set

By: Beth Cornelison,Karen Whiddon,Tara Taylor Quinn,Amber Leigh Williams

Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! COLTON'S UNDERCOVER SEDUCTION (A The Coltons of New York novel) by Beth Cornelison To investigate the Westmore family, rookie cop Eva Colton goes undercover as ladies' man detective Carmine DiRico's wife on a marriage-retreat cruise. As the "marriage" starts feeling alarmingly real, Eva becomes the lone witness to a shipboard murder and the target of a killer determined to silence her…permanently. SAVED BY THE TEXAS COWBOY by Karen Whiddon When Marissa Noll's former high school sweetheart and now-injured rodeo star Jared Miller returns to Anniversary, Texas, and needs her help with physical therapy, she vows to be professional. After all, she's moved on with her life. But when she starts receiving threats, the coincidental timing makes her wonder if Jared might have something to do with it. THE BOUNTY HUNTER'S BABY SEARCH (A Sierra's Web novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Tara Taylor Quinn Haley Carmichael discovers her recently deceased sister had a baby—a baby who's currently missing— and she knows her ex-husband, Paul Wright, is the only one who can help. Reuniting with his ex is the last thing the expert bounty hunter wants, but he isn't willing to risk a child's life, either—and a second chance might help both of them put past demons to rest. HUNTED ON THE BAY by Amber Leigh Williams Desiree Gardet will change her address, her name, her hair—anything—to leave her past behind, but when fate brings her to sweet and sexy barkeep William Leighton and the small town he calls home, she longs for somewhere to belong more than ever before. Unfortunately, her past has a way of catching up with her no matter what she does, only this time Desiree finds that she isn't alone in the crosshairs.

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0369728424

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Lean On Me

An uplifting, heartwarming read from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Beth Moran for 2024

By: Beth Moran

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Lean On Me

An uplifting, heartwarming read from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Beth Moran for 2024

By: Beth Moran

From No. 1 bestselling author Beth Moran comes a story about family, friendship and community. As Faith tries on her future mother-in-law’s wedding dress in preparation for her own wedding, her tears are not of joy. The hideous frock is nicknamed ‘The Ghost Web’ by Faith’s best friend Marilyn, who can’t understand why Faith would even consider wearing it. But there’s a lot Marilyn doesn’t know about Faith – not the least of which is that Faith is just the latest of the names she has called herself. Faith and her brother Sam survived a traumatic childhood which included having to change their names to hide from the past, but surviving has left scars. Faith’s generous fiancé Perry doesn’t just promise to be a partner, he offers freedom and security, and enough kindness to keep Faith squashing down any doubts on what ‘being in love’ really means. It’s not until she meets an extraordinary group of women at the Grace Chapel choir, that things start to become crystal clear. As choir-leader extraordinaire, the indomitable Hester, holds a mirror up to her ragtag group of singers, all with their own burdens and insecurities, and teaches them to see how magnificent they are, so Faith can dare to dream of a future where she and Sam can stop running and she might even be ready to accept the love that she deserves. Number 1 bestselling author Beth Moran is back with her trademark ingredients of wisdom and warmth, heartbreak and hearts soaring. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Philippa Ashley and Jenny Colgan. Please note this book was originally published as The Name I Call Myself. Praise for Beth Moran: 'Let it Snow is so uplifting. It's cleverly written, witty and smart. A winner!' USA Today Bestseller, Judy Leigh ‘Life-affirming, joyful and tender.’ Zoe Folbigg 'Every day is a perfect day to read this.’ Shari Low Readers love Beth Moran’s books: ‘An utterly gorgeous story. It sweeps across the generations and leaves us all with some important life lessons. Simply fabulous. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️’ ‘This author has the knack of really pulling at your heart strings and ripping your heart out then slowly pieces it back together again with her books.’ ‘Don’t plan anything that’s going to make you move until you’ve finished the book as it’s totally gripping and you won’t want to put it down. Beth Moran books are always fabulous however this was just that bit more fabulous than normal!’ ‘Beth Moran. Beth has an easy going writing style that is easy to get used to and easy to get along with. In fact, reading one of Beth's books feels more like a friend rather than reading a book. Beth clearly cares about her characters and this shines through in the very vivid and realistic way in which she describes them. She makes her characters seem just as real as you and I.’

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Boldwood Books Ltd

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1837513503

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Big Fat Disaster

By: Beth Fehlbaum

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Big Fat Disaster

By: Beth Fehlbaum

Texas Library Association Spirit of TX High School Reading List Winner Insecure, shy, and way overweight, Colby hates the limelight as much as her pageant-pretty mom and sisters love it. It's her life: Dad's a superstar, running for office on a family values platform. Then suddenly, he ditches his marriage for a younger woman and gets caught stealing money from the campaign. Everyone hates Colby for finding out and blowing the whistle on him. From a mansion, they end up in a poor relative's trailer, where her mom's contempt swells right along with Colby's supersized jeans. Then, a cruel video of Colby half-dressed, made by her cousin Ryan, finds its way onto the internet. Colby plans her own death. A tragic family accident intervenes, and Colby's role in it seems to paint her as a hero, but she's only a fraud. Finally, threatened with exposure, Colby must face facts about her selfish mother and her own shame. Harrowing and hopeful, proof that the truth that saves us can come with a fierce and terrible price, Big Fat Disaster is that rare thing, a story that is authentically new.

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Simon and Schuster

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1440570493

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9781440570490

Life as a Poser

By: Beth Killian

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Life as a Poser

By: Beth Killian

When she is invited to visit her super-cool aunt in Los Angeles, a young girl searches for fame--and her long lost mom--in the glamorous world of Hollywood.

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1416520317

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Lange

By: Beth Cheth,Hugh Russell

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Lange

By: Beth Cheth,Hugh Russell

Lange has recently returned from a tour of duty with an oil exploration and pipeline company in the Near East. He had been incarcerated in an Arab jail for a number of months under almost inhumane conditions. Wrongly. While in the Arabian jail, to preserve his sanity, Lange had developed the ability to induce OOBE's. He didn't understand what was happening to him, he thought they were merely hallucinations. The setting is the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in the late 1980's when the U.S. oil giants had pulled out of the Arabian Gulf area. He was now back in the States looking for a job. Rhyme, a lovely young woman, is the ward and 'strong right arm' of George Westwood, an entrepreneur involved with the development of a fabulous new technology that turns out to be a system of communication with other time frames. Rhyme hires Lange and is attracted to him in spite of the differences in their ages. She is a student of the occult and lays the Tarot cards about Lange. They promise her 'Happiness and Joy'. Rhyme seduces Lange and decides he is her soul mate. She learns that Lange can achieve these conditions. They work on it together, very successfully. On their next attempt they visit an 'Orientation Platform' in the Astral World where they meet with Rhyme's grandmother, Cynthia, who, before her death, had been a major factor in Rhyme's early life. Rhyme's mother had died at childbirth. Lange moves in with Rhyme. There are a number of excursions into the Astral realms. On two they are given rides in a UFO. The first of these is an excursion into the adjoining territories of 'Athe'. On another occasion they take a friend along and they are given a tour of the two lover levels. The 'Orientation' is on the 'third level'. We have here a pretty good guide to achieving the same results (OOBE's) by your own efforts, if you care to try these tenets and the story does not deviate for their principles.

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Trafford Publishing

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155369838X

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Separated by Their Sex

Women in Public and Private in the Colonial Atlantic World

By: Mary Beth Norton

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Separated by Their Sex

Women in Public and Private in the Colonial Atlantic World

By: Mary Beth Norton

In Separated by Their Sex, Mary Beth Norton offers a bold genealogy that shows how gender came to determine the right of access to the Anglo-American public sphere by the middle of the eighteenth century. Earlier, high-status men and women alike had been recognized as appropriate political actors, as exemplified during and after Bacon's Rebellion by the actions of—and reactions to—Lady Frances Berkeley, wife of Virginia's governor. By contrast, when the first ordinary English women to claim a political voice directed group petitions to Parliament during the Civil War of the 1640s, men relentlessly criticized and parodied their efforts. Even so, as late as 1690 Anglo-American women's political interests and opinions were publicly acknowledged. Norton traces the profound shift in attitudes toward women’s participation in public affairs to the age’s cultural arbiters, including John Dunton, editor of the Athenian Mercury, a popular 1690s periodical that promoted women’s links to husband, family, and household. Fittingly, Dunton was the first author known to apply the word "private" to women and their domestic lives. Subsequently, the immensely influential authors Richard Steele and Joseph Addison (in the Tatler and the Spectator) advanced the notion that women’s participation in politics—even in political dialogues—was absurd. They and many imitators on both sides of the Atlantic argued that women should confine themselves to home and family, a position that American women themselves had adopted by the 1760s. Colonial women incorporated the novel ideas into their self-conceptions; during such "private" activities as sitting around a table drinking tea, they worked to define their own lives. On the cusp of the American Revolution, Norton concludes, a newly gendered public-private division was firmly in place.

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Cornell University Press

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0801461375

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9780801461378

An Army Afire

How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era

By: Beth Bailey

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An Army Afire

How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era

By: Beth Bailey

By the late 1960s, what had been widely heralded as the best qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August 1968, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of "same mud, same blood" were over, and a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured. As Black and white soldiers fought in barracks and bars, with violence spilling into surrounding towns within the US and in West Germany, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan, army leaders grew convinced that the growing racial crisis undermined the army's ability to defend the nation. Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the US Army tried to solve that racial crisis (in army terms, "the problem of race"). Army leaders were surprisingly creative in confronting demands for racial justice, even willing to challenge fundamental army principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority. Bailey traces a frustrating yet fascinating story, as a massive, conservative institution came to terms with demands for change.

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1469673274

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Until...

By: Beth Henderson

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Until...

By: Beth Henderson

When Talmadge Hammond drifts into the Idaho mining camp he has no intention of using his law degree. He's there for whiskey and the gold he can win at cards. Instead, he must save the life of the woman who'd once vowed to love him until… Noletta Kittridge begins that day covered in a man's blood and accused of murder. She has sinned to stay alive. Redemption can come only by giving her life to save the person who accidentally killed the man. Even Tal's reappearance in her life can't revive Letty's will to live. Determined to keep her from the hangman's noose, Tal must either convince her to tell who did kill the victim or solve the mystery himself. If he fails, he and Letty will finally reach that unvoiced destination beyond until…

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1509235558

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Barbara Jordan

American Hero

By: Mary Beth Rogers

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Barbara Jordan

American Hero

By: Mary Beth Rogers

Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve in the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, the first black woman elected to Congress from the South, and the first to deliver the keynote address at a national party convention. Yet Jordan herself remained a mystery, a woman so private that even her close friends did not know the name of the illness that debilitated her for two decades until it struck her down at the age of fifty-nine. In Barbara Jordan, Mary Beth Rogers deftly explores the forces that shaped the moral character and quiet dignity of this extraordinary woman. She reveals the seeds of Jordan's trademark stoicism while recapturing the essence of a black woman entering politics just as the civil rights movement exploded across the nation. Celebrating Jordan's elegance, passion, and patriotism, this illuminating portrayal gives new depth to our understanding of one of the most influential women of our time-a woman whose powerful convictions and flair for oratorical drama changed the political landscape of America's twentieth century.

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Bantam

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030778875X

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9780307788757

Plotting Motherhood in Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern Literature

By: Mary Beth Rose

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Plotting Motherhood in Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern Literature

By: Mary Beth Rose

This book explores the inconsistent literary representations of motherhood in diverse texts ranging from the fourth to the twentieth centuries. Mary Beth Rose unearths plots startling in their frequency and redundancy that struggle to accommodate —or to obliterate—the complex assertions of maternal authority as it challenges traditional family and social structures. The analysis engages two mother plots: the dead mother plot, in which the mother is dying or dead; and the living mother plot, in which the mother is alive and through her very presence in the text, puts often unbearable pressure on the mechanics of the plot. These plots reappear and are transformed by authors as diverse in chronology and use of literary form as Augustine, Shakespeare, Milton, Oscar Wilde, and Tony Kushner. The book argues that, insofar as women become the second sex, it is not because they are females per se but because they are mothers; at the same time the analysis probes the transformative political and social potential of motherhood as it appears in contemporary texts like Angels in America.

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Springer

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3319404547

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9783319404547

The Beadworkers

Stories

By: Beth Piatote

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The Beadworkers

Stories

By: Beth Piatote

Beth Piatote's luminous debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the inventive and unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary world Told with humor, subtlety, and spareness, the mixed–genre works of Beth Piatote’s first collection find unifying themes in the strength of kinship, the pulse of longing, and the language of return. A woman teaches her niece to make a pair of beaded earrings while ruminating on a fractured relationship. An eleven–year–old girl narrates the unfolding of the Fish Wars in the 1960s as her family is propelled to its front lines. In 1890, as tensions escalate at Wounded Knee, two young men at college—one French and the other Lakota—each contemplate a death in the family. In the final, haunting piece, a Nez Perce–Cayuse family is torn apart as they debate the fate of ancestral remains in a moving revision of the Greek tragedy Antigone. Formally inventive and filled with vibrant characters, The Beadworkers draws on Indigenous aesthetics and forms to offer a powerful, sustaining vision of Native life.

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Catapult

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164009427X

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Caddo Connections

Cultural Interactions within and beyond the Caddo World

By: Jeffrey S. Girard,Timothy K. Perttula,Mary Beth Trubitt

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Caddo Connections

Cultural Interactions within and beyond the Caddo World

By: Jeffrey S. Girard,Timothy K. Perttula,Mary Beth Trubitt

Drawing on the latest archaeological fieldwork, Caddo Connections looks at the highly dynamic cultural landscape of the Caddo Area and its complex interconnections and exchanges with surrounding regions. The authors employ a multiscalar approach to examine cultural diversity through time and across space within the Caddo Area. They explore how and why this diversity developed, consider what allowed it to stabilize during the Mississippian period, and analyze changes following contact between historic Caddo peoples and Europeans. Looking beyond individual river valleys to the broader macroregion, they also address the linkages connecting the Caddo Area with the Southeast, southern Plains, and Southwest.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0759122881

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9780759122888

Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots

The Life of King Henry VIII’s Sister

By: Sarah-Beth Watkins

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Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots

The Life of King Henry VIII’s Sister

By: Sarah-Beth Watkins

Margaret Tudor was Henry VIII's older sister and became the Queen of Scotland after her marriage to James IV in 1503. Her life was troubled and fraught with tension. She was continually caught between her country of birth and the country she ruled. After James IV’s death, she made the disastrous decision to marry the Earl of Angus, threatening her regency and forcing the Scottish council to send for the Duke of Albany to rule in her stead. Over the years Margaret’s allegiance swung between England and Scotland making her brother Henry VIII both her ally and her enemy at times. Although Margaret wished for peace between the two countries, these were tumultuous years and she didn’t always make the wisest choices. Yet all she did, she did for her son James V and her absolute conviction he would rule Scotland as its rightful king.

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John Hunt Publishing

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1785356771

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Grammar for Writers

By: C. Beth Burch

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Grammar for Writers

By: C. Beth Burch

This lively textbook on grammar helps writers of all abilities understand how the English language functions in contemporary life. It begins with a close examination of sentence patterns, word classes, and syntactical transformations, laying a structural base for understanding usage. Examples from a variety of published writers further your understanding of writing well from a rhetorical and stylistic perspective. Whether youre a beginning student, an advanced grammarian, or someone who wants to know more about how language works and how to use it, this textbook gives you what you need. Learn how to manipulate, join, and transform patterns that undergird sentences; write sentence patterns, transformations, and figures to establish habits of strong and varied sentence building; compare kinds of grammatical and rhetorical structures and their effects on readers; and analyze sentences and chunks of text for grammatical underpinnings and rhetorical effect. Become a better writer by understanding grammar, usage, and punctuation with the explanations, examples, and exercises in Grammar for Writers.

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Archway Publishing

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1480838683

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9781480838680

The Singing Bone

A Novel

By: Beth Hahn

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The Singing Bone

A Novel

By: Beth Hahn

1979: 17-year-old Alice Pearson can't wait to graduate and escape her small town. When she and her friends meet the enigmatic Jack Wyck, they are enticed by his quasi-mystical philosophy and the promise of a constant party. Once in his thrall, their heady, freewheeling idyll takes an increasingly sinister turn and they face a night of horriffic murders. 20 years later, Alice has created a quiet life for herself. But Wyck has never forgiven Alice for testifying against him, and as he plots to regain his freedom, she is forced to confront the suppressed memories.

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Simon and Schuster

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1942872569

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Domestic Violence: My Freedom from Abuse

By: Beth Praed

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Domestic Violence: My Freedom from Abuse

By: Beth Praed

Praed's first book on MS was a best-seller at Amazon. Her third book was developed with the following goals in mind: 1) to help women prepare an escape plan that will allow them to successfully escape their abusers, and 2) to give abused women the tools to completely help them recover. A few of the book's helpful chapters include: "A List of Possible Abusive Behaviors", "Surviving Severe Abuse", "Protecting Yourself Is Part of the Healing Process", "Should I Leave or Should I Stay" and "Techniques to Speed You on the Road to Recovery". Also included is discussion of a current hot topic in the courts, "Parental Alienation Syndrome--How Your Abuser Might Try to Use It Against You". According to Praed, "No one deserves to be treated in the ways that you have been treated. You may think that you are the only one who has gone through these things. But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. There is a way out. You will be free and this book will help you get there.

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Beth Praed

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0615607853

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9780615607856

Founding Mothers & Fathers

Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society

By: Mary Beth Norton

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Founding Mothers & Fathers

Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society

By: Mary Beth Norton

Much like A Midwife's Tale and The Unredeemed Captive, this novel is about power relationships in early American society, religion, and politics--with insights into the initial development and operation of government, the maintenance of social order, and the experiences of individual men and women.

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Vintage

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0307760766

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The Key In The Lock

A haunting historical mystery steeped in explosive secrets and lost love

By: Beth Underdown

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The Key In The Lock

A haunting historical mystery steeped in explosive secrets and lost love

By: Beth Underdown

Haunting, vivid and urgent' Stacey Halls 'Absorbing, beautifully written' Rosie Andrews 'An ingenious page turner' The Times -------------- Inside lies a secret that won't stay hidden . . . The Great War is ending, but it has taken Ivy's son. Ivy is consumed by discovering what happened to her boy out there in the trenches, while her husband only wants to forget. Then a man comes back into Ivy's life who can help her find out. A man who once stole Ivy's heart. A man who also lost his son to a tragedy. A man whose name she hasn't spoken in thirty years. As Ivy questions her part in the fire at Polneath House, she unlocks a secret that's been burning ever since. But will the truth destroy her - or set her free? -------------- 'It will recruit fans of Du Maurier and Waters' Patrick Gale 'A story of smouldering secrets, lingering guilt and hidden love' Daily Express 'The perfect gothic novel' Stuart Turton 'This is a novel of true elegance, deftly and satisfyingly plotted' Imogen Hermes Gowar 'Atmospheric and rich with evocative detail' Harriet Tyce 'An intriguing, elegantly constructed gothic mystery' Sunday Times 'A smouldering gothic mystery that slowly envelopes you' Joseph Knox

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Penguin UK

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0241991749

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9780241991749

English, Irish, & Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

By: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute,Beth Carver Wees

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English, Irish, & Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

By: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute,Beth Carver Wees

In this stunning catalog, Wees, curator of decorative arts at the Clark Art Institute, shares her extensive knowledge of silver. Robert Sterling Clark, who established the Art Institute in 1955, preferred Huguenot silver? especially that of Paul de Lamerie? so his collection, which contains typical objects from the early 16th to the mid-20th centuries, is especially rich in 18th-century examples. Wees arranges this collection according to general function ("Dining," "Lighting," etc.) and prefaces each chapter with exhaustively footnoted essays. She accompanies each item with crisp black-and-white photographs, a wealth of description, and helpful commentary. Analogous to Kathryn Buhler's standard catalog of American silver in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, this is a wonderful tool for researching makers and hallmarks, comparing stylistic elements, or just marveling at the beauty of an extraordinary collection. While not intended to be a historical compendium, this informative, visual feast belongs in all silver reference collections and will also certainly appeal to individual collectors. 19 colour & 1,222 b/w illustrations

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Hudson Hills

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1555951171

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Health Care Ethics

By: Beth Furlong

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Health Care Ethics

By: Beth Furlong

Theory of health care ethics -- Principles of health care ethics -- The moral status of gametes and embryos : storage and surrogacy -- The ethical challenges of the new reproductive technology -- Ethics and aging in America -- -- Healthcare ethics committees : roles, memberships, structure, and difficulties -- Ethics in the management of health information systems -- Technological advances in health care : blessing or ethics nightmare? -- Ethics and safe patient handling and mobility -- Spirituality and healthcare organizations -- A new era of health care : the ethics of healthcare reform -- Health inequalities and health inequities -- The ethics of epidemics -- Ethics of disasters : planning and response -- Domestic violence : changing theory, changing practice -- Looking toward the future.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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1284124916

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Health Care Ethics

By: Eileen E. Morrison,Beth Furlong

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Health Care Ethics

By: Eileen E. Morrison,Beth Furlong

Organized around the four central themes of healthcare ethics (theoretical foundations and issues for individuals, organizations, and society), Health Care Ethics, Fourth Edition brings together the insights of a diverse panel of leading experts in the fields of bioethics, long-term care, and health administration, among others. Students will build on this critical platform to develop an extensive toolbox of analytical and problem-solving skills. The fully revised and updated Fourth Edition addresses current changes in health care, including three new chapters covering ethical issues related to Health Information Management, Patient Safety, and Epidemics. All other chapters have been updated to reflect the most recent developments in medical technology and new challenges faced by health care professionals in the era of the ACA.The fully revised and updated Fourth Edition addresses current changes in health care, including three new chapters covering ethical issues related to Health I

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Racing Hearts

By: Beth Smart

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Racing Hearts

By: Beth Smart

Taking over from her famous racehorse trainer father was something young Emma Williams never anticipated, but when he suddenly falls ill, she has no option but to desperately work to keep the historic Yorkshire yard going. As pressure from owner Lord Daventhorpe intensifies, her world begins to collapse around her and jockey boyfriend Robert James promptly dumps her, leaving her with nothing. With her father Richard in a care home, barely able to communicate, Emma has to make some important decisions to keep the yard afloat. However, when it looks like all is lost, mysterious Irish jockey Tom Doyle walks into her life. Together they start to rebuild the once thriving yard, placing all their hopes in the beautifully bred two-year-old Flashdance who was discarded at birth by Daventhorpe after being considered physically incapable of ever becoming a racehorse. When he discovers the pair’s plan to race the colt it soon becomes clear that he will stop at nothing to protect the web of lies he has so painstakingly woven in a bid to cover up the truth. In a race against time, Emma and Tom search to discover the answer to a mystery that could save her, rescue the yard and turn her life around forever.

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Fisher King Publishing

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1913170330

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Women's Authorship and Editorship in Victorian Culture

Sensational Strategies

By: Beth Palmer

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Women's Authorship and Editorship in Victorian Culture

Sensational Strategies

By: Beth Palmer

This book brings new perspectives to the study of sensation fiction in the Victorian period. It examines Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Ellen Wood, and Florence Marryat's magazines alongside their fiction to explore the self-conscious and complex ways they used sensation to re-work contemporary notions of female agency.

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Oxford University Press

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0199599114

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Dopesick

Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

By: Beth Macy

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Dopesick

Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

By: Beth Macy

Journalist Beth Macy's definitive account of America's opioid epidemic "masterfully interlaces stories of communities in crisis with dark histories of corporate greed and regulatory indifference" (New York Times) -- from the boardroom to the courtroom and into the living rooms of Americans. In this extraordinary work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of a national drama that has unfolded over two decades. From the labs and marketing departments of big pharma to local doctor's offices; wealthy suburbs to distressed small communities in Central Appalachia; from distant cities to once-idyllic farm towns; the spread of opioid addiction follows a tortuous trajectory that illustrates how this crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics, Macy sets out to answer a grieving mother's question-why her only son died-and comes away with a gripping, unputdownable story of greed and need. From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy investigates the powerful forces that led America's doctors and patients to embrace a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm. In some of the same communities featured in her bestselling book Factory Man, the unemployed use painkillers both to numb the pain of joblessness and pay their bills, while privileged teens trade pills in cul-de-sacs, and even high school standouts fall prey to prostitution, jail, and death. Through unsparing, compelling, and unforgettably humane portraits of families and first responders determined to ameliorate this epidemic, each facet of the crisis comes into focus. In these politically fragmented times, Beth Macy shows that one thing uniting Americans across geographic, partisan, and class lines is opioid drug abuse. But even in the midst of twin crises in drug abuse and healthcare, Macy finds reason to hope and ample signs of the spirit and tenacity that are helping the countless ordinary people ensnared by addiction build a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. "An impressive feat of journalism, monumental in scope and urgent in its implications." -- Jennifer Latson, The Boston Globe

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Little, Brown

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0316551287

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The Karst Systems of Florida

Understanding Karst in a Geologically Young Terrain

By: Sam Upchurch,Thomas M. Scott,MICHAEL ALFIERI,Beth Fratesi,Thomas L. Dobecki

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The Karst Systems of Florida

Understanding Karst in a Geologically Young Terrain

By: Sam Upchurch,Thomas M. Scott,MICHAEL ALFIERI,Beth Fratesi,Thomas L. Dobecki

This book discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in geologically young terrain, using the state of Florida as an example. Also discussed are sinkhole-development models; sinkhole risk; eogenetic karst features developed in rocks as young as 125,000 years and as old as 65 million years; and karst landscapes of Florida, including regional geology and geomorphology with important examples of karst features, such as springs, sinkholes, caves, and other karst landforms. The eogenetic karst of Florida is largely covered and this book extensively discusses the interactions of karst processes with sand- and clay-rich cover materials.

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Springer

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3319696351

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The Ghostly Tales of Mystic

By: Beth Hester

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The Ghostly Tales of Mystic

By: Beth Hester

Ghost stories from Connecticut's spookiest seaport have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky seaport of Mystic, Connecticut! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that a friendly innkeeper still checks in on guests at the inn he owned...200 years ago? Or that there may be a fiery curse on Mystic dating back to colonial days? Can you believe the Mystic River may be home to a ghost ship? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Mystic, and have you sleeping with the light on!

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439677999

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Influence: On Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation

By: Michal Beth Dinkler

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Influence: On Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation

By: Michal Beth Dinkler

The Bible is by nature rhetorical. Written to persuade, biblical texts have influenced humans beyond what their authors ever imagined. Influence: On Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation invites readers to think critically about biblical rhetoric and the rhetoric of its interpretation.

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BRILL

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9004461426

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More Than You Know

A Novel

By: Beth Gutcheon

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More Than You Know

A Novel

By: Beth Gutcheon

In a small town called Dundee on the coast of Maine, an old woman named Hannah Gray begins her story: "Somebody said 'true love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.' I've seen both and I don't know how to tell you which is worse." Hannah has decided, finally, to leave a record of the passionate and anguished long-ago summer in Dundee when she met Conary Crocker, the town bad boy and love of her life. This spare, piercing, and unforgettable novel bridges two centuries and two intense love stories as Hannah and Conary's fate is interwoven with the tale of a marriage that took place in Dundee a hundred years earlier.

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Harper Collins

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0061910082

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Stray Wives

Marital Conflict in Early National New England

By: Mary Beth Sievens

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Stray Wives

Marital Conflict in Early National New England

By: Mary Beth Sievens

Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in so improper and cruel a manner, as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at taverns . . . . I hereby notify the public that I am obliged to leave him. Phebe Darling, January 13, 1796 Hundreds of provocative notices such as this one ran in New England newspapers between 1790 and 1830. These elopement notices--advertisements paid for by husbands and occasionally wives to announce their spouses' desertions as well as the personal details of their marital conflicts--testify to the difficulties that many couples experienced, and raise questions about the nature of the marital relationship in early national New England. Stray Wives examines marriage, family, gender, and the law through the lens of these elopement notices. In conjunction with legal treatises, court records, and prescriptive literature, Mary Beth Sievens highlights the often tenuous relationships among marriage law, marital ideals, and lived experience in the early Republic, an era of exceptional cultural and economic change. Elopement notices allowed couples to negotiate the meaning of these changes, through contests over issues such as gender roles, consumption, economic support, and property ownership. Sievens reveals the ambiguous, often contested nature of marital law, showing that husbands' superior status and wives' dependence were fluid and negotiable, subject to the differing interpretations of legal commentators, community members, and spouses themselves.

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1479835420

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