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Adopted

Love, loss, family and reunion

By: Brigitta Baker,Jo Willis

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Adopted

Love, loss, family and reunion

By: Brigitta Baker,Jo Willis

To not know your family story is a huge loss of your sense of self. It has the potential to undermine your well-being and your relationships across a lifetime. Adopted is the powerful and honest account of two of the thousands of children affected by closed adoption in New Zealand, from 1950 to the mid 1970s. Jo Willis and Brigitta Baker both sought and found their respective birth parents at different stages of their lives and have become advocates for other adopted New Zealanders. They share the complexity of that journey, the emotional challenges they faced, and the ongoing impacts of their adoptions, with candor and courage. Closed adoption also exacts a physical and emotional toll on birth parents, partners, and children. Their stories are also told in this compelling book.

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Massey University Press

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1991016115

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9781991016119

Moving to Alaska

A Father moves with his son to Alaska Told by the son

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

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Moving to Alaska

A Father moves with his son to Alaska Told by the son

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

Moving to Alaska is a novel which is told by the hero of the novel, Ritchie Jenkins the Younger, in moments of reminiscing his travels with his father to Alaska and then alone back to Vermont. Thereafter, there are repeated travels back and forth between Vermont and Alaska. The Alaskan territory is differently expressed by Ritchie Jenkins the Younger than by his father Ritchie Jenkins the Elder, who has an intense love of the land. The focus is initially on Ritchie Jenkins the Younger’s total dislike of Alaska and gradually his liking of the land until he is completely in love with it. Acknowledgment is given to bookstores or book-selling establishments—those in Juneau and in Anchorage, Alaska, and in Carcross, Yukon Territory—and to the people met along the author’s research during her four separate trips to Alaska. The research was vast and a list of books, pamphlets, and others is given at the end of the novel. The story takes place during the turn of the nineteenth century to the twentieth century and therewith care had to be taken that no modern innovations or

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ISBN 13

9798823032438

Tales And Bedtime Stories

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

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Tales And Bedtime Stories

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

THE SELECTION OF Tales and Bedtime Stories in this book was written over the last forty years with many of them read to the author’s son, Douglas George Spencer, when a child. At times, the author tape recorded a story to be listened to by Spencer at bedtime. The stories were inspired by an incident or by a city or by a country. The longer stories, such as Willymouse, I-Caw-Caw or Freddy Singalong were read over several nights. Spencer was asked what would happen next to Willymouse, I-Caw-Caw or Freddy Singalong or what would they do. Spencer’s thoughts were often incorporated into the story before the next part was written and read to him. Creating tales or bedtime stories continued long after Spencer no longer needed them.

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113

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479769517

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9781479769513

The Little People of Oakcreek

A Modern Fairy Tale and Other Modern Tales, Fairy Tales, and Personal Recollections Inspired by Traveling the World and by Looking Around, Listening to What Others Have to Say

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

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The Little People of Oakcreek

A Modern Fairy Tale and Other Modern Tales, Fairy Tales, and Personal Recollections Inspired by Traveling the World and by Looking Around, Listening to What Others Have to Say

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

This book consists of forty-four tales or fairy tales or recollections of the author or of others the author spoke to or listened to. It deals with modern-day fairy tales, most of which are more for an older child or adult reader than for little children.

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263

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Xlibris Corporation

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1514485966

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9781514485965

Fathers Can Be Good Dads

The Growing Relationship of a Daughter and Her Father

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

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Fathers Can Be Good Dads

The Growing Relationship of a Daughter and Her Father

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

Fathers Can Be Good Dads is a novel, which is based on true events. Even though dates, houses, names of people, countrysides, and sceneries have been changed, the family interactions are real. However, not all have been the actions of Ginia Marie Giselle Hinson, the heroine of the book. The majority, though, are. When the author was a little girl, she often sat around the family sitting-room table or stood outside the doors, listening as the grown-ups in her family were sharing with loud laughter the mischiefs they had gotten themselves into when they were young. Often, the author wondered how she could improve on these mischiefs just to get a bit more attention. A heartfelt thank you is expressed to all family members and friends the author had listened to. Everyone was an inspiration to her. Also a thank you is given to all those she had interacted with and to all those who got into trouble with her in moments of absolute exuberance where household rules were ignored. The novel is dedicated to every writer who has struggled through the ups and downs of putting together personal memoirs to preserve, in writing for children and their children’s children, an insight into a life that once existed before their own times.

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822

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499021194

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9781499021196

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

By: Brigitta Olubas

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Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

By: Brigitta Olubas

The first biography of Shirley Hazzard, the author of The Transit of Venus and a writer of “shocking wisdom” and “intellectual thrill” (The New Yorker). Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life tells the extraordinary story of a great modern novelist. Brigitta Olubas, Hazzard’s authorized biographer, has drawn, with great subtlety and understanding, on her fiction; on an extensive archive of letters, diaries, and notebooks; and on the memories of surviving friends and colleagues to create this resonant portrait of an exceptional woman. This biography explores the distinctive times of Hazzard’s life, from her youth and middle age to her widowhood and years of decline, and traces the complex and intricate processes of self-fashioning that lay beneath Hazzard’s formidable, beguiling presence. Olubas shows us the places of Hazzard’s life, of which she wrote with characteristic lyricism, accompanied by rare photographs from Hazzard’s collection and elsewhere. Hazzard was the last of a generation of self-taught writers, devotees of a great literary tradition, and her depth of perception and expressive gifts have earned her iconic status. Olubas has brought her brilliantly alive, enhancing and deepening our understanding of the singular woman who created some of the most enduring fiction of the past sixty years. As Dwight Garner wrote in The New York Times, “Hazzard’s stories feel timeless because she understands, as she writes in one of them: ‘We are human beings, not rational ones.’” Here, in Shirley Hazzard, is the story of a remarkable human being.

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388

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374718555

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9780374718558

To Trust or Not To Trust - Love's Labours Lost. A Sad Family Story

By: Manny & Brigitta Davidson

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To Trust or Not To Trust - Love's Labours Lost. A Sad Family Story

By: Manny & Brigitta Davidson

Manny and Brigitta Davidson are a remarkable couple. Their parents, emigrés from Latvia and from Nazi-occupied Poland, strove to keep their heads above water and give their children a future in which to prosper. Together, Manny and Brigitta built a business empire from nothing, having survived the terrible Blitz on London during the Second World War. Their two children, however, have lived altogether different lives. Charmed lives, some might say. The Davidsons' business did so well that their offspring went to the finest schools, enjoyed luxury holidays and lived in beautiful homes here and abroad. As their success grew, the Davidsons set up a trust fund for their son and daughter, with two purposes. First, to provide generous incomes for them - it is currently delivering approximately £20 million a year. The second purpose was to protect the family's wealth for the future benefit of their children and further generations. That wealth included the beautiful Jacobean manor, Lyegrove House in Gloucestershire, and all its priceless contents of art and other treasures. Sadly, their children decided that they would wait no longer before laying claim to all that their parents had provided, and seized control of the trust in a cruel and punishing way, which led to legal action, and even to court. Today, the Davidsons live in Monaco, estranged from their son and daughter. They have lost their children, as surely as those children have lost their parents. This is their story, in which they can be forgiven for echoing Shakespeare's line: 'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.

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159

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Kings Road Publishing

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1789460433

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9781789460438

Dance Around the Treasure Box

A Novel Based on Conversations Between Fred and Others

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

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Dance Around the Treasure Box

A Novel Based on Conversations Between Fred and Others

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

Dance Around the Treasure Box is a novel, which was written at the end of the Vietnam War years and rewritten in 2013-2014. It focuses on the ups and downs of a Vietnam War hero, Fred, readjusting to the United States, finding a job in the Greater Los Angeles area, taking care of his free-spirited wife, and then facing an unexpected child. Even though the novel has some flashbacks, it mostly deals with a short period of time, a couple of months or so, and focuses on conversations with Fred or about Fred.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499057210

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9781499057218

The World Through Our Eyes

A Collaboration of Essays by International Students

By: Brigitta Natasha Hanshaw

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The World Through Our Eyes

A Collaboration of Essays by International Students

By: Brigitta Natasha Hanshaw

Since the end of the Cold War the world has become a different and increasingly volatile place, where our lives are ever more intertwined with the lives of others around the globe; a world of rising terrorism, of clashing cultures and religions, of expanding multi-national corporations, of economic volatility, environmental damage and much, much more. These changes have brought rise to problems that we can no longer push aside. A new generation of international students, brought together by arguably the top two international student conferences in the world, the ISC-Symposium and the World Business Dialogue, seek to spark discourse and action, to confront and address these problems. In The World through Our Eyes, students voice their concerns and pose potential solutions. A 'world's eye view' from an insider's perspective, these unique viewpoints range from an essay on Swiss banking by a Swiss banker, to a history of women in India by an Indian woman, to poverty in Kenya by a Kenyan national.

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118

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iUniverse

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1469721090

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9781469721095

Poetry Through a Lifetime

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

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Poetry Through a Lifetime

By: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate

Poetry Through a Lifetime: Part II is a follow on to Gedichte eines Lebens, Erster Teil (Poetry Through a Lifetime: Part I), which was written entirely in German. Part II was written in English from 1970 to the present. The poems reflect incidents that the author encountered. It could be interactions with nature, with animal life, with other humans, with the heavens, with the earth, with the weather, with anything.

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1546213473

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9781546213475

Science & Scientists in Berlin. A Guidebook to Historical Sites in the City and Surroundings

By: Brigitta von Rekowski,Andrew Fletcher

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Science & Scientists in Berlin. A Guidebook to Historical Sites in the City and Surroundings

By: Brigitta von Rekowski,Andrew Fletcher

Science & Scientists in Berlin is a richly illustrated guidebook providing informative biographies of 22 major scientists and 11 mathematicians linked to the metropolis, from polymath Gottfried W. Leibniz (b. 1646) to computer inventor Konrad Zuse (d. 1995). As well as renowned figures like Albert Einstein, the book includes scientists who deserve to be better known, such as flight pioneer Otto Lilienthal. Their world-changing achievements are described in a lively and accessible style. Follow in the footsteps of the protagonists using the comprehensive gazetteer and 18 colour maps which guide you to almost 200 sites associated with their lives: such as plaques, monuments, laboratories, museums, residences & graves. Anyone who is interested in both science and Berlin’s history, and who wants to learn about the people who created this unique past and experience the places where it comes alive, needs a guidebook like this…

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520

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1803132728

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9781803132723

Book's by Brigitta Baker

Adopted

Adopted

Moving to Alaska

Moving to Alaska

Tales And Bedtime Stories

Tales And Bedtime Stories

The Little People of Oakcreek

The Little People of Oakcreek

Fathers Can Be Good Dads

Fathers Can Be Good Dads

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life

To Trust or Not To Trust - Love's Labours Lost. A Sad Family Story

To Trust or Not To Trust - Love's Labours Lost. A Sad Family Story

Dance Around the Treasure Box

Dance Around the Treasure Box

The World Through Our Eyes

The World Through Our Eyes

Poetry Through a Lifetime

Poetry Through a Lifetime

Science & Scientists in Berlin. A Guidebook to Historical Sites in the City and Surroundings

Science & Scientists in Berlin. A Guidebook to Historical Sites in the City and Surroundings

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