Carol Morris Little's Books

A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas

By: Carol Morris Little

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A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas

By: Carol Morris Little

Traces the history of outdoor sculpture in Texas, and features brief descriptions of over eight hundred works, each with the artist's name, birth date, and nationality, the sculpture's date, type, size, material, location, and source of funding, and comments. Grouped by city.

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0292760361

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Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950

By: Carol A. Grissom

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Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950

By: Carol A. Grissom

Introduced in the United States as a new material for statuary in the mid-nineteenth century, zinc has properties that allowed replication at low cost. It was used to produce modestly priced serial sculpture displayed throughout the nation on fountains, public monuments, and war memorials. Imitative finishes created the illusion of more costly bronze, stone, or polychrome wood. This first comprehensive overview of American zinc sculpture is interdisciplinary, engaging aspects of art history, popular culture, local history, technology, and art conservation. Included is a generously illustrated catalogue presenting more than eight hundred statues organized by type: trade figures and Indians, gods and goddesses, fountain figures, animals, famous men, military figures, firemen, cemetery memorials, and religous subjects. The compilation of data on these statues will be valuable to scholars, filling the current void in research libraries. The author's experience as a conservator will also make the an essential resource for historic preservationists seeking to repair statues now damaged by years of outdoor exposure. This book has 555 illustrations, 354 of which are in color. Carol Grissom is Senior Objects Conservator at the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute.

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Associated University Presse

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087413031X

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Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments

By: John Swain,Sally French,Colin Barnes,Carol Thomas

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Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments

By: John Swain,Sally French,Colin Barnes,Carol Thomas

`The strengths of this text are many. It has breadth and diversity in its content yet is presented in bite-size chapters. For those wishing to know more, it offers signposts to the relevant literature. The contributors have been carefully selected for their specific perspective yet these have been skilfully inter-related by the editors. It is now some 11 years since the first edition of this text was published. In my view, this second edition was worth the wait' - SCOLAG Journal `This has been a ground-breaking book...and I whole-heartedly welcome a new edition'- Professor Len Barton, School of Education, The University of Sheffield `It is a really well-structured book which has been very popular and widely used by students...Its great qualities are accessibility and diversity of contributors' - Jenny Corbett, Institute of Education, University of London `This book would be a valuable resource to students of disability studies and to health and social care staff and other professionals who work with disabled people'- Disability and Rehabilitation The Second Edition of this landmark text has been revised to provide an up-to-date accessible introductory text to the field of disability studies. In addition to analysing the barriers that disabled people encounter in education, housing, leisure and employment, the revised edition has new chapters on: · international issues · diversity among disabled people · sexuality · bioethics. Written by disabled people who are leading academics in the field, the text comprises 45 short and engaging chapters, to provide a broad-ranging and accessible introduction to disability issues. Disabling Barriers, Enabling Environments is an invaluable resource for both students and practitioners alike. It is an ideal text for undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in disability studies, as well as disability courses in social work, education, health studies, sociology and social policy.

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SAGE

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1446237354

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9781446237359

Goth's Dark Empire

By: Carol Siegel

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Goth's Dark Empire

By: Carol Siegel

In Goth's Dark Empire cultural historian Carol Siegel provides a fascinating look at Goth, a subculture among Western youth. It came to prominence with punk performers such as Marilyn Manson and was made infamous when it was linked (erroneously) to the Columbine High School murders. While the fortunes of Goth culture form a portion of this book's story, Carol Siegel is more interested in pursuing Goth as a means of resisting regimes of sexual normalcy, especially in its celebration of sadomasochism (S/M). The world of Goth can appear wide-ranging: from films such as Edward Scissorhands and The Crow to popular fiction such as Anne Rice's "vampire" novels to rock bands such as Nine Inch Nails. But for Siegel, Goth appears as a mode of being sexually undead -- and loving it. What was Goth and what happened to it? In this book, Siegel tracks Goth down, reveals the sources of its darkness, and shows that Goth as a response to the modern world has not disappeared but only escaped underground.

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Indiana University Press

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0253111560

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Lucia Joyce

To Dance in the Wake

By: Carol Loeb Shloss

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Lucia Joyce

To Dance in the Wake

By: Carol Loeb Shloss

Whatever spark or gift I possess has been transmitted to Lucia and it has kindled a fire in her brain." —James Joyce, 1934 Most accounts of James Joyce's family portray Lucia Joyce as the mad daughter of a man of genius, a difficult burden. But in this important new book, Carol Loeb Shloss reveals a different, more dramatic truth: her father loved Lucia, and they shared a deep creative bond. Lucia was born in a pauper's hospital and educated haphazardly across Europe as her penniless father pursued his art. She wanted to strike out on her own and in her twenties emerged, to Joyce's amazement, as a harbinger of expressive modern dance in Paris. He described her then as a wild, beautiful, "fantastic being" whose mind was "as clear and as unsparing as the lightning." The family's only reader of Joyce, she was a child of the imaginative realms her father created, and even after emotional turmoil wrought havoc with her and she was hospitalized in the 1930s, he saw in her a life lived in tandem with his own. Though most of the documents about Lucia have been destroyed, Shloss painstakingly reconstructs the poignant complexities of her life—and with them a vital episode in the early history of psychiatry, for in Joyce's efforts to help her he sought the help of Europe's most advanced doctors, including Jung. In Lucia's world Shloss has also uncovered important material that deepens our understanding of Finnegans Wake, the book that redefined modern literature.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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1466832703

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Small Ceremonies

By: Carol Shields

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Small Ceremonies

By: Carol Shields

The superb first novel from the author of The Stone Diaries, winner of the Governor General's Award, a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Judith Gill is a well-respected biographer who desperately wants to write fiction. When she joins her academic husband on sabbatical in Birmingham, she finds on the shelves of their rented flat the notes of a failed novelist. With considerable guilt, Judith decides to plagiarize one of the ideas and brings it home to Canada to work on. Frustrated by the creative process but determined to be more imaginative, Judith attends writing classes and later discovers that her tutor, suffering from writer's block, has ripped off 'her' idea. Once again, Shields focuses her sharp gaze on the small ceremonies of life in this novel of rare intelligence and wit.

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Vintage Canada

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1039004210

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9781039004214

Dear Canada: Turned Away

The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941

By: Carol Matas

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Dear Canada: Turned Away

The World War II Diary of Devorah Bernstein, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941

By: Carol Matas

This dramatic story tells of 11-year-old Devorah's efforts to help her cousin and pen pal Sarah emigrate from Paris before the Nazis deport the Jews to internment camps. Devorah learns that 5,000 Jewish children in France have visas to leave the country, but the Canadian government will not let them in, leading Devorah to desperately lobby the government to change its policies. Turned Away illustrates the restrictions on the life of Jews in Paris via letters from Sarah who is living in German-occupied France. It also reveals Canada's dismal record on Jewish immigration during World War II and depicts the impact of the war in Canada. In Winnipeg, one intriguing response to the war was "If Day," when local people posed as Nazis and staged a mock invasion to illustrate what it would be like if the city was occupied. Also included are fascinating period documents and photographs, many from the Holocaust Memorial Museum. The historical consultants for Turned Away were Dr. Irving Abella, co-author of the ground-breaking book None is Too Many, and Terry Copp, author of the remarkable book No Price Too High.

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Scholastic Canada

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1443124001

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The Persistence of History

Cinema, Television, and the Modern Event

By: Vivian Carol Sobchack

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The Persistence of History

Cinema, Television, and the Modern Event

By: Vivian Carol Sobchack

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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0415910846

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Controlling Cyberspace

The Politics of Internet Governance and Regulation

By: Carol M. Glen

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Controlling Cyberspace

The Politics of Internet Governance and Regulation

By: Carol M. Glen

Informed by theories of international relations, this book assesses global political conflicts over cyberspace. It also analyzes the unique governance challenges that the Internet presents, both in terms of technical problems and control over content. The internet is a resource of unparalleled importance to all countries and societies, but the current decentralized system of Internet governance is being challenged by governments that seek to assert sovereign control over the technology. The political battles over governing the Internet-ones that are coming and conflicts that have already started-have far-reaching implications. This book analyzes the shifting nature of internet governance as it affects timely and significant issues including internet freedom, privacy, and security, as well as individual and corporate rights. Controlling Cyberspace covers a broad range of issues related to internet governance, presenting a technical description of how the internet works, an overview of the internet governance ecosystem from its earliest days to the present, an examination of the roles of the United Nations and other international and regional organizations in internet governance, and a discussion of internet governance in relation to specific national and international policies and debates. Readers will consider if internet access is a human right and if the right to freedom of expression applies equally to the exchange of information online. The book also addresses how the digital divide between those in developed countries and the approximately 5 billion people who do not have access to the internet affects the issue of internet governance, and it identifies the challenges involved in protecting online privacy in light of government and corporate control of information.

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Small Scale Processes in Geophysical Fluid Flows

By: Lakshmi H. Kantha,Carol Anne Clayson

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Small Scale Processes in Geophysical Fluid Flows

By: Lakshmi H. Kantha,Carol Anne Clayson

While ocean waves are the most visible example of oceanic mixing processes, this macroscale mixing process represents but one end of the spectrum of mixing processes operating in the ocean. At the scale of a typical phytoplanktoic diatom or larval fish inhabiting these seas, the most important mixing processes occur on the molecular scale - at the scale of turbulence. Physical-biological interactions at this scale are of paramount importance to the productivity of the seas (fisheries) and the heat balance that controls large scale ocean climate phenomena such as El Niño and tornadoes. This book grew out of the need for a comprehensive treatment of the diverse elements of geophysical fluid flow at the microscale. Kantha and Clayson have arranged a logial exposition of the various mixing processes operating within and between the oceans and its boundaries with the atmosphere and ocean floor. The authors' intent is to develop a volume that would provide a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental elements of ocean mixing so that students, academics, and professional fluid dynamicists and oceanographers can access this essential information from one source. This volume will serve as both a valuable reference tool for mathematically inclined limnologists, oceanographers and fluid modelers.* Simple models of oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers are discussed* Comprehensive and up-to-date review* Useful for graduate level course* Essential for modeling the oceans and the atmosphere* Color Plates

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Elsevier

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0080517293

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9780080517292

Politicization of Sexual Violence

From Abolitionism to Peacekeeping

By: Carol Harrington

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Politicization of Sexual Violence

From Abolitionism to Peacekeeping

By: Carol Harrington

In the 1990s, feminist scholars on the politics of rape experienced a sudden surge of interest in their, until then, marginal field. Why was the 1990s the right time for rape to become an international security problem? Furthermore, why suddenly in the 1990s did rape become problematized as an international issue not just by the feminist fringes of protest movements but also by intergovernmental bureaucracies? To explore these questions, Carol Harrington traces the historical change in the politicization of rape as an international problem and explains how early international women's organizations gained expert authority on rape by drawing on abolitionist rhetoric of bodily integrity. She discusses why they abandoned their politicization of rape in the inter-war period and why rape only reappeared as an international security question requiring gender expertise on trauma after the Cold War.

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Routledge

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1317078616

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Artsy Toddler Storytimes

A Year's Worth of Ready-To-Go Programming

By: Carol Garnett Hopkins

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Artsy Toddler Storytimes

A Year's Worth of Ready-To-Go Programming

By: Carol Garnett Hopkins

For toddlers, every storytime can be a new adventure, while art activities are important for developing impulse control, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor dexterity in the hands. Hopkins’ new book fuses them together. Designed for children ages 1 to 3 years old, the book’s 52 storytimes promote pre-reading skills such as print motivation, vocabulary, and narrative skills. Based on themes familiar to children, including bears, bugs, springtime,clothing and hats, flowers and gardens, weather, music, pets, transportation, pirates, and many more, each storytime includes a list of books, action songs or rhymes along with their words, a flannelboard experience, plus instruction for two to three art activities. This complete toddler storytime resource also includes An introduction which discusses the differences between art activities and craft activities, a toddler’s ability in creating art, and why children this age should be exposed to art activities Advice for using different art mediums, such as food, plus important safety considerations Pointers on conducting playful yet educational storytimes Tips for finding inexpensive art materials, with a list of recommended supplies to keep on hand More than 100 drawings, all easy to reproduce and modify Weblinks to “Artsy Helper Sheets,” downloadable supplements complete with phrases, tips, and tricks that inform parents and caregivers about the benefits of doing art activities with toddlers Pick up Hopkins' book and you'll be ready to conduct a storytime within moments!

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1555707920

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The Republic of Love

By: Carol Shields

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The Republic of Love

By: Carol Shields

With a viewpoint that shifts as crisply as cards in the hands of a blackjack dealer, Carol Shields introduces us to two shell-shocked veterans of the wars of the heart. There's Fay, a folklorist whose passion for mermaids has kept her from focusing on any one man. And right across the street there's Tom, a popular radio talk-show host who has focused a little too intently, having married and divorced three times. Can Fay believe in lasting love with such a man? Will romantic love conquer all rational expectations? Only Carol Shields could describe so adroitly this couple who fall in love as thoroughly and satisfyingly as any Victorian couple and the modern complications that beset them in this touching and ironic book.

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Vintage Canada

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1039004202

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9781039004207

The Fool Dies Last

By: Carol Miller

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The Fool Dies Last

By: Carol Miller

The Bailey sisters may be the only ones able to interpret the meaning behind a bizarre series of murders in the first entry in the hilarious The Fortune Telling Mysteries series. Sisters Hope and Summer Bailey run Bailey’s Boutique, a mystic shop in Asheville, North Carolina. While Hope’s performing a palm reading a local doctor, Dylan Henshaw, bursts in accusing them of trying to kill his patient with a tincture. During the confrontation the sisters’ grandmother, Gram, interrupts: one of her friends has died suddenly. It looks like a simple allergic reaction . . . but why is there a solitary Tarot card – the Fool – with the body? When another of Gram’s friends dies in similar circumstances, and in possession of a Fool card, it’s surely no coincidence. What ties the victims together and could Gram be next? Although Hope is hesitant to read the Tarot again following a recent tragedy, she might be the only one capable of deciphering the clues. Can she overcome her fear and uncover the card’s meaning before the killer strikes again?

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Severn House Publishers Ltd

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1448308402

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9781448308408

Fat Girl Fairy Boy

By: Carol McConkie

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Fat Girl Fairy Boy

By: Carol McConkie

Fat Girl Fairy Boy is a darkly humorous tale of family, friendship, and personal discovery. Frie, an embittered aging actress, and her fearful, gay makeup artist named Robin, survive a plane crash in the jungles of Central America and are held hostage by El Salvadoran guerrillas. Their usually self-absorbed lives take a backseat to the events of their capture as a bizarre set of circumstances unfold and kindle courage, compassion and forgiveness they never thought possible. Written in masterful prose, and filled with rich characters, Fat Girl Fairy Boy is pure adventure and will entertain you every step of the way. Author McConkie mixes irony, humor, and pathos while weaving a multifaceted storyline into an adventure that doesn't let go.

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Book Hub Inc

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1938568192

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Climate of Deceit

By: Carol Randy

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Climate of Deceit

By: Carol Randy

A man found shot to death in an apparent suicide sets the stage for a series of events that will leave a family in disarray when someone tries to kill another member of the victim's family. Lies, jealousy, money and family ties all play a role in this mystifying mystery that is punctuated by callous disregard of family and calculated murder. It isn't the obvious that leads Doctor John Knight onto the trail of the perpetrators. It is his long standing ability to read people and their behavior patterns that helps him to siphon the fallacies from the truth. A connection exists between his own family and that of the victim's...a connection even he was unaware of.

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iUniverse

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0595203361

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Working in a world of hurt

Trauma and resilience in the narratives of medical personnel in warzones

By: Carol Acton,Jane Potter

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Working in a world of hurt

Trauma and resilience in the narratives of medical personnel in warzones

By: Carol Acton,Jane Potter

Working in a world of hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war. It focuses not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty clearing stations, hospitals and prison camps. The writings by doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and other medical personnel reveal the spectrum of their responses that range from breakdown to resilience. Through a rich analysis of both published and unpublished personal from the First World War in the early twentieth century to Iraq in the early twenty-first, Acton and Potter put centre stage the letters, diaries, memoirs and weblogs that have chronicled physical and emotional suffering, many for the first time. Wide-ranging in scope, interdisciplinary in method, and written in a scholarly yet accessible style, Working in a world of hurt is essential reading for lecturers and students as well as the general reader.

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Manchester University Press

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1784992429

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Princess Alice

The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth

By: Carol Felsenthal

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Princess Alice

The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth

By: Carol Felsenthal

First published in the United States by G.P. Putnam's Sons, under the title Alice Roosevelt Longworth"--T.p. verso.

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Macmillan

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0312302223

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Sparks Fly Upward

By: Carol Matas

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Sparks Fly Upward

By: Carol Matas

Family means everything to 12-year-old Rebecca Bernstein. Even after a fire destroys their farm and the family must relocate to the bustling city of Winnipeg, Rebecca feels safe and happy as long as everyone is together. But life is hard in the city, and Papa cannot find work. Rebecca's greatest fears are realized when she is sent into foster care until Papa can earn more money. She is terrified to discover that she'll be living with a Ukrainian family--Jews and Ukrainianswere archenemies in the old country. What if the Kostianuks hate her? Rebecca discovers an unexpected soulmate in Sophie, the Kostianuks' daughter. Normally shy, Rebecca soon finds herself battling prejudice both in the schoolyard and at home in order to protect the forbidden friendship. Fighting anti-Semitism, Rebecca comes to appreciate what faith means to her and learns some important truths about her parents' personal and spiritual sacrifices.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618159649

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Four Women in Need

By: Carol Houston

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Four Women in Need

By: Carol Houston

Four Women in Need could best be described as a “literary novel”. The novel is set predominately in the North of England in the middle of the twentieth century. The women, previously unknown to each other, are from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, but are brought together when their lives spiral out of control. They become voluntary residents at The Haven a sanctuary for women, who for one reason or another are no longer able to function in their regular roles in society. The early chapters of the book explore the lives of Avril, Katie, Susan and Justine prior to their breakdowns. Avril and her husband Terry, originally from working class families, have enjoyed a meteoric rise to wealth which dissipates just as suddenly when Terry is arrested on charges of fraud. Terry is subsequently found guilty and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in Walton prison. Gone is the lavish life-style to which Avril had become accustomed; of greater loss however is the fact that their son Adrian has to leave his prestigious boys boarding school in the South of England. Katie is a young happily married veterinary assistant. Apart from her somewhat interfering mother-in law Katie’s life is idyllic. One weekend whilst Katie’s husband Steve, an airline pilot with British Airways, is supposedly flying Katie discovers simultaneously that she is pregnant and that Steve has been cheating on her. Katie loses the baby and makes an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Susan is well on her way to becoming an eminent university academic. Whilst presenting a history paper at a university conference the content of her talk is challenged by someone in the audience. Susan is accused and subsequently found guilty of plagiarism. Her expulsion from the academic circle of the university is both brutal and swift. She retreats from all of her colleagues, even from Philip with whom she was becoming romatically involved. Justine the final main player in the novel is a high achieving young doctor who has recently been given a position on the anaesthetic trainee programme. During an operation a male patient arrests and is unable to be revived. Justine, who seemingly had everything in abundance; brains and beauty cannot function. The surgeons and the anaesthetic staff are completed exonerated from any blame but that does not seem to be enough for Justine. Her previous ambitious obsession with her career now appears to be of no concern. Reluctantly and with a great many misgivings the four women make their way to The Haven. Once in rehabilitation Avril, Katie, Susan and Justine slowly begin to realize that what has happened to them has happened to so many other women. Through support and empathy for each other and the other women at The Haven the four protagonists of Four Women in Need begin their struggle back to and a desire for a resumption of their lives, albeit in a somewhat different formula than previously. I believe the reader becomes involved with the characters in the novel partly because it is a story grounded in the tenable reality of the stresses of life which many women are faced with. The novel offers no “fast fix” or “fairy tale” endings for the four women but the book does strive to depict the way in which women can rise from adversity and resume a semblance of their former lives, sometimes even for the better. What becomes increasingly obvious in the novel is the way in which women are able to turn their lives around and even whilst in the process of doing this are able to offer the hand of friendship and sisterhood to other women in need.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453518304

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Opening Carnegie Hall

The Creation and First Performances of America's Premier Concert Stage

By: Carol J. Binkowski

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Opening Carnegie Hall

The Creation and First Performances of America's Premier Concert Stage

By: Carol J. Binkowski

Carnegie Hall is recognized worldwide, associated with the heights of artistic achievement and a multitude of famous performers. Yet its beginnings are not so well known. In 1887, a chance encounter on a steamship bound for Europe brought young conductor Walter Damrosch together with millionaire philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and his new wife, Louise. Their subsequent friendship led to the building of this groundbreaking concert space. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the conception and building of Carnegie Hall, which culminated in a five-day opening festival in May 1891, featuring spectacular music, a host of performers and Tchaikovsky as a special guest conductor.

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McFarland

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0786498722

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9780786498727

Power, Privilege and the Post

The Katharine Graham Story

By: Carol Felsenthal

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Power, Privilege and the Post

The Katharine Graham Story

By: Carol Felsenthal

Katharine Graham's story has all the elements of the phoenix rising from the ashes, and in Carol Felsenthal's unauthorized biography, Power, Privilege, and the Post, Graham's personal tragedies and triumphs are revealed. The homely and insecure daughter of the Jewish millionaire and owner of The Washington Post, Eugene Myer, Kay married the handsome, brilliant and power hungry Phillip Graham in 1940. By 1948 Kay's father had turned control of The Washington Post over to Phil, who spent the next decade amassing a media empire that included radio and TV stations. But, as Felsenthal shows, he mostly focused on building the reputation of the Post and positioning himself as a Washington power-player. Plagued by manic depression, Phil's behavior became more erratic and outlandish, and his downward spiral ended in 1963 when he took his own life. Surprising the newspaper industry, Kay Graham took control of the paper, beginning one of the most unprecedented careers in media history. Felsenthal weaves her exhaustive research into a perceptive portrayal of the Graham family and an expert dissection of the internal politics at the Post, and a portrait of one of a unique, tragic, and ultimately triumphant figure of twentieth-century America.

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Seven Stories Press

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160980290X

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Really Beautiful Company

Traditional Singers and Musicians of Gloucestershire

By: Carol A. Davies

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Really Beautiful Company

Traditional Singers and Musicians of Gloucestershire

By: Carol A. Davies

A unique look at heritage singers based on research for a lottery-funded project to make traditional music available to the general public.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1838596615

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Industry and Firm Studies

By: Victor J. Tremblay,Carol Horton Tremblay

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Industry and Firm Studies

By: Victor J. Tremblay,Carol Horton Tremblay

The fourth edition of this acclaimed text is a rich resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in industrial organization, applied game theory, and management strategy. It incorporates game theory into industry analysis by studying the behavior of successful and failing firms as well as the structure-conduct-performance of particular industries. Chapters address a wide variety of issues concerning industry structure, policy towards business, and the strategic innovations and blunders of individual firms. New coverage of professional sports, soft drinks, distilled spirits, and cigarettes complements revised and updated chapters on airline services, retail and commercial banking, health insurance, motion pictures, and brewing. The book includes firm case studies of General Motors, Microsoft, Schlitz, and TiVo.

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Routledge

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1317468015

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Creative Negativity

Four Victorian Exemplars of the Female Quest

By: Carol Hanbery MacKay

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Creative Negativity

Four Victorian Exemplars of the Female Quest

By: Carol Hanbery MacKay

Focusing on the early Modern and Victorian periods, the author finds covert revolutionaries in four familiar practitioners of a strategy she calls creative negativity: poet-photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), novelist-essayist Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837-1919), activist-spiritual leader Annie Besant (1847-1933), and actress-writer Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952).

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Exposing Privatization

Women and Health Care Reform in Canada

By: Pat Armstrong,Carol Amaratunga,Jocelyne Bernier

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Exposing Privatization

Women and Health Care Reform in Canada

By: Pat Armstrong,Carol Amaratunga,Jocelyne Bernier

This book begins with the international context for health care reform and then moves from coast to coast, setting out what is known about the reforms in health care privatization that are underway and about their impact on women.

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1551930374

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Murder of a Hermit

By: Carol Miller

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Murder of a Hermit

By: Carol Miller

Hope and Summer Bailey have their work cut out for them when a man who seems to be The Hermit from their Tarot card readings is found dead in their back yard! In the fun and exciting third instalment of the Fortune Telling Mysteries, the Bailey sisters find themselves in very hot water! An impromptu Tarot reading reveals the stranger who has been watching Hope and Summer over the last few days to be the Hermit – a seeker of knowledge and wisdom. The sisters discover that he has been hired to steal a valuable and potentially dangerous book from them, but only after he's found drowned in their back garden! Was he killed to hide the mastermind behind the theft? When a rival fortune teller holds a seance to determine the identity of the Hermit's murderer, Hope and Summer find themselves accused of the crime. Can they clear their name and figure out who the real culprit is before the book falls into the wrong hands?

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144831058X

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Laurel Hill Cemetery

By: Carol Yaster and Rachel Wolgemuth

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Laurel Hill Cemetery

By: Carol Yaster and Rachel Wolgemuth

Established in 1836, Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery was one of the earliest rural cemeteries in America. The picturesque views and outstanding horticulture, along with sculptures and monuments designed by notable artists and architects -- attracted thousands of visitors. Laurel Hill entered a new century as a revitalized and relevant institution. Once again, the cemetery is regarded as an important part of the community, a worth destination for visitors, and a place to share in the stories of the men and women whose lives shaped both Philadelphia and the nation.

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1467126551

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Mary Rose

The Evolution of Love and Medicine in Victorian New Orleans

By: Carol Bloom Paine

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Mary Rose

The Evolution of Love and Medicine in Victorian New Orleans

By: Carol Bloom Paine

As Jeff began medical school sea sponges and leeches were commonly used, but advances in knowledge were revolutionizing hospital care. However, when two Yankee nurses arrive in New Orleans and are charged with teaching medical staffs about proper procedures, a new civil war breaks out. This time the South is undoubtedly the winner.

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1483694267

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In the Governor's Shadow

The True Story of Ma and Pa Ferguson

By: Carol O'Keefe Wilson

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In the Governor's Shadow

The True Story of Ma and Pa Ferguson

By: Carol O'Keefe Wilson

In 1915 Governor James Ferguson began his term in Texas bolstered by a wave of voter enthusiasm and legislative cooperation so great that few Texans anticipated anything short of a successful administration. The inexperienced politician had overcome an underprivileged childhood through the sheer force of his intellect and hard work and had proven himself a capable leader . . . or so it seemed. He had beaten the odds imposed by his inexperience when he successfully launched a campaign based on two key elements: his appeal to the rural constituency and a temporary hiatus from the effects of the continuous Prohibition debate. In reality, Jim Ferguson had shrewdly sold a well-crafted image of himself to Texas voters, an image of pseudo-neutrality, astuteness, and prosperity that was almost entirely false. The new governor was “in over his head” from the moment he took office, carrying to that post a bevy of closely guarded secrets about his personal finances, his business acumen, his relationship with Texas brewers, and his volatile personality. Those secrets, once unraveled, gave clearance to an investigation of his affairs and ultimately led to charges brought against Governor Ferguson via impeachment. Refusing to acknowledge the judgment against him, Ferguson launched a crusade for regained power and vindication that encompassed more than two decades. In 1925 he reclaimed a level of political influence and doubled the Ferguson presence in Austin when he assisted his wife, Miriam, in a successful bid for the governorship. That bid had been based largely on a plea for exoneration, but it was soon obvious that the couple’s attempts to clear the family name did not include running a scandal-free administration. Merging a love of local history with the advantages of being a Bell County native and a seasoned auditor, Carol O’Keefe Wilson has gathered and dissected financial statements, documents in evidence, trial testimony, newspaper accounts, and other source material to expose a life story based largely on deceit. In the Governor’s Shadow unravels this complex tale, exposing the shocking depth of the Fergusons’ misconduct. Often using the Fergusons’ own words, Wilson weaves together the incontestable evidence that most of the claims that Jim Ferguson made during his life regarding his conduct, intentions, achievements, and abilities, were patently false. The existence and scope of that dishonestly was, without question, the very root of the controversy that will forever cloud the Ferguson legacy.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574415530

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James Still

A Life

By: Carol Boggess

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James Still

A Life

By: Carol Boggess

James Still (1906–2001) first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet, and he remains one of the most beloved and important writers in Appalachian literature. Though he is best known for the seminal novel River of Earth—which Time magazine called a "work of art" and which is often compared to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as a poignant literary exploration of the Great Depression—Still is also recognized as a significant writer of short fiction. His stories were frequently published in outlets such as the Atlantic and the Saturday Evening Post and won numerous awards, including the O. Henry Memorial Prize. In the definitive biography of the man known as the "dean of Appalachian literature," Carol Boggess offers a detailed portrait of Still. Despite his notable output and importance as a mentor to generations of young writers, Still was extremely private, preferring a quiet existence in a century-old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch in Knott County, Kentucky. Boggess, who befriended the author in the last decade of his life, draws on correspondence, journal entries, numerous interviews with Still and his family, and extensive archival research to illuminate his somewhat mysterious personal life. James Still: A Life explores every period of Still's life, from his childhood in Alabama, through the years he spent supporting himself in various odd jobs while trying to build his literary career, to the decades he spent fostering other talents. This long-overdue biography not only offers an important perspective on the author's work and art but also celebrates the legacy of a man who succeeded in becoming a legend in his own lifetime.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813174198

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The U.S. Brewing Industry

Data and Economic Analysis

By: Victor J. Tremblay,Carol Horton Tremblay

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The U.S. Brewing Industry

Data and Economic Analysis

By: Victor J. Tremblay,Carol Horton Tremblay

A definitive study that uses a blend of theory, history, and data to analyze the evolution of the US brewing industry; draws on theoretical tools of industrial organization, game theory, and management strategy. This definitive study uses theory, history, and data to analyze the evolution of the US brewing industry from a fragmented market to an emerging oligopoly. Drawing on a rich and extensive data set and applying the theoretical tools of industrial organization, game theory, and management strategy, the authors provide new quantitative and qualitative perspectives on an industry they characterize as "a veritable market laboratory." The US brewing industry illustrates many of the important topics in industrial organization, economic policy, and business strategy, including industry concentration, technological change, brand proliferation, and mixed pricing strategies. After giving an overview of the industry, Tremblay and Tremblay discuss basic demand and cost conditions and industry concentration. They describe the evolution of the leading mass-producing brewers and the emergence of both specialty brewers and imports. They analyze the history and the causes of product and brand proliferation (showing how product proliferation leads to firm dominance), discuss price, advertising, merger, and other management strategies, and examine the industry's economic performance. Finally, they discuss public policy, including anti-trust and public health issues. The authors' set of industry, firm, and brand data for the period 1950-2002 -- the most comprehensive data set of economic variables available for an oligopolistic industry -- will be available to purchasers of the book who send an e-mail request. Data sources are listed in an appendix. Robert S. Weinberg, a management strategy scholar and leading consultant to the brewing industry, contributes a foreword. This ambitious, authoritative work, capping the authors' 25-year study of the brewing industry, will be a valuable resource for industry analysts, economists, and students of industrial organization.

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0262201518

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Renegade

By: Amy Carol Reeves

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Renegade

By: Amy Carol Reeves

There’s a new malevolence afoot. Fishermen are being killed, their partially devoured bodies washing up on the shores of Scotland. Is the Ripper responsible? To save the man she loves, Abbie Sharp must comply with the Ripper’s dreadful orders—and put her own life in grave danger.

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From the Ground Up

Grassroots Organizations Making Social Change

By: Carol A. Chetkovich,Frances Kunreuther

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From the Ground Up

Grassroots Organizations Making Social Change

By: Carol A. Chetkovich,Frances Kunreuther

Grassroots social-change organizations are a critical resource for progressive movement-building in the United States. They provide political education and sites for constituent engagement, and they are beginning to create networks across issues and/or communities; they promote home-grown leadership among groups that have been disadvantaged; they contribute to a shared understanding of the problems of inequality and injustice; and they offer a public space for the dialogue needed to identify common principles."--From the Ground Up From community organizing for affordable housing in neglected neighborhoods to providing antiviolence training for youth or litigating for the rights of sex workers, grassroots organizations are engaged in energetic efforts to increase the power of marginalized groups. Social-change organizations operate in communities all over the United States, but little has been written about the details of their operations. From the Ground Up takes a close look at how social-change organizations address challenges related to leadership, staff development, decision-making, resource needs, and collaborations. Carol Chetkovich and Frances Kunreuther, both experienced nonprofit managers, draw on their in-depth interviews with leaders and staff members from sixteen diverse social-change organizations to provide a detailed analysis of these groups and their activities. They note that even working in isolation, these organizations make important contributions to justice in their communities; together they might form the base of a larger progressive movement for change.

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Cornell University Press

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0801444357

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Samurai Among Panthers

Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life

By: Diane Carol Fujino

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Samurai Among Panthers

Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life

By: Diane Carol Fujino

The first biography of Asian American activist and Black Panther Party member Richard Aoki

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816677867

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Making Music Modern

New York in the 1920s

By: Carol J. Oja

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Making Music Modern

New York in the 1920s

By: Carol J. Oja

This book recreates an exciting and productive period in which creative artists felt they were witnessing the birth of a new age. Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, George Gershwin, Roy Harris, and Virgil Thomson all began their careers then, as did many of their less widely recognized compatriots. While the literature and painting of the 1920's have been amply chronicled, music has not received such treatment. Carol Oja's book sets the growth of American musical composition against parallel developments in American culture, provides a guide for the understanding of the music, and explores how the notion of the concert tradition, as inherited from Western Europe, was challenged and revitalized through contact with American popular song, jazz, and non-Western musics.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195162579

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In Such Good Company

Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox

By: Carol Burnett

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In Such Good Company

Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox

By: Carol Burnett

In this New York Times bestseller, comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show. In In Such Good Company, Carol Burnett pulls back the curtain on the twenty-five-time Emmy-Award winning show that made television history, and she reminisces about the outrageously funny and tender moments that made working on the series as much fun as watching it. Carol delves into little-known stories of the guests, sketches and improvisations that made The Carol Burnett Show legendary, as well as some favorite tales too good not to relive again. While writing this book, Carol rewatched all 276 episodes and screen-grabbed her favorite video stills from the archives to illustrate the chemistry of the actors and the improvisational magic that made the show so successful. Putting the spotlight on everyone from her costars to the impressive list of guest stars, Carol crafts a lively portrait of the talent and creativity that went into every episode. With characteristic wit and incomparable comic timing, she details hiring Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway; shares anecdotes about guest stars and close friends, including Lucille Ball, Roddy Mcdowell, Jim Nabors, Bernadette Peters, Betty Grable, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Gloria Swanson, Rita Hayworth, and Betty White; and gives her take on her favorite sketches and the unpredictable moments that took both the cast and viewers by surprise. This book is Carol's love letter to a golden era in television history through the lens of her brilliant show. Get the best seat in the house for "eleven years of laughter, mayhem, and fun in the sandbox.

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1101904674

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