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Practical Linear Algebra

A Geometry Toolbox, Third Edition

By: Gerald Farin,Dianne Hansford

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Practical Linear Algebra

A Geometry Toolbox, Third Edition

By: Gerald Farin,Dianne Hansford

Through many examples and real-world applications, Practical Linear Algebra: A Geometry Toolbox, Third Edition teaches undergraduate-level linear algebra in a comprehensive, geometric, and algorithmic way. Designed for a one-semester linear algebra course at the undergraduate level, the book gives instructors the option of tailoring the course for the primary interests: math, engineering, science, computer graphics, and geometric modeling. New to the Third Edition More exercises and applications Coverage of singular value decomposition and its application to the pseudoinverse, principal components analysis, and image compression More attention to eigen-analysis, including eigenfunctions and the Google matrix Greater emphasis on orthogonal projections and matrix decompositions, which are tied to repeated themes such as the concept of least squares To help students better visualize and understand the material, the authors introduce the fundamental concepts of linear algebra first in a two-dimensional setting and then revisit these concepts and others in a three-dimensional setting. They also discuss higher dimensions in various real-life applications. Triangles, polygons, conics, and curves are introduced as central applications of linear algebra. Instead of using the standard theorem-proof approach, the text presents many examples and instructional illustrations to help students develop a robust, intuitive understanding of the underlying concepts. The authors’ website also offers the illustrations for download and includes Mathematica® code and other ancillary materials.

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CRC Press

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1498759777

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9781498759779

Scientific Computing with Case Studies

By: Dianne P. O'Leary

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Scientific Computing with Case Studies

By: Dianne P. O'Leary

This book is a practical guide to the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear equations, differential equations, optimization problems, and eigenvalue problems. It treats standard problems and introduces important variants such as sparse systems, differential-algebraic equations, constrained optimization, Monte Carlo simulations, and parametric studies. Stability and error analysis are emphasized, and the Matlab algorithms are grounded in sound principles of software design and understanding of machine arithmetic and memory management. Nineteen case studies provide experience in mathematical modeling and algorithm design, motivated by problems in physics, engineering, epidemiology, chemistry, and biology. The topics included go well beyond the standard first-course syllabus, introducing important problems such as differential-algebraic equations and conic optimization problems, and important solution techniques such as continuation methods. The case studies cover a wide variety of fascinating applications, from modeling the spread of an epidemic to determining truss configurations.

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SIAM

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0898717728

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9780898717723

The Geometry Toolbox for Graphics and Modeling

By: Gerald Farin,Dianne Hansford

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The Geometry Toolbox for Graphics and Modeling

By: Gerald Farin,Dianne Hansford

The Geometry Toolbox takes a novel and particularly visual approach to teaching the basic concepts of two- and three-dimensional geometry. It explains the geometry essential for today's computer modeling, computer graphics, and animation systems. While the basic theory is completely covered, the emphasis of the book is not on abstract proofs but rather on examples and algorithms. The Geometry Toolbox is the ideal text for professionals who want to get acquainted with the latest geometric tools. The chapters on basic curves and surfaces form an ideal stepping stone into the world of graphics and modeling. It is also a unique textbook for a modern introduction to linear algebra and matrix theory.

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CRC Press

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1351991779

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9781351991773

Selecting the Right Analyses for Your Data

Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods

By: W. Paul Vogt,Dianne C. Gardner,Elaine R. Vogt,Lynne M. Haeffele

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Selecting the Right Analyses for Your Data

Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods

By: W. Paul Vogt,Dianne C. Gardner,Elaine R. Vogt,Lynne M. Haeffele

What are the most effective methods to code and analyze data for a particular study? This thoughtful and engaging book reviews the selection criteria for coding and analyzing any set of data--whether qualitative, quantitative, mixed, or visual. The authors systematically explain when to use verbal, numerical, graphic, or combined codes, and when to use qualitative, quantitative, graphic, or mixed-methods modes of analysis. Chapters on each topic are organized so that researchers can read them sequentially or can easily "flip and find" answers to specific questions. Nontechnical discussions of cutting-edge approaches--illustrated with real-world examples--emphasize how to choose (rather than how to implement) the various analyses. The book shows how using the right analysis methods leads to more justifiable conclusions and more persuasive presentations of research results. Useful features for teaching or self-study: *Chapter-opening preview boxes that highlight useful topics addressed. *End-of-chapter summary tables recapping the 'dos and don'ts' and advantages and disadvantages of each analytic technique. *Annotated suggestions for further reading and technical resources on each topic. Subject Areas/Keywords: analyses, coding, combined methods, data analysis, data collection, dissertation, graphical, interpretation, mixed methods, qualitative, quantitative, research analysis, research designs, research methods, social sciences, thesis, visual Audience: Researchers, instructors, and graduate students in a range of disciplines, including psychology, education, social work, sociology, health, and management; administrators and managers who need to make data-driven decisions"--

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Guilford Publications

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1462515762

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9781462515769

Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Curriculum Planning and Strategies

By: Dianne Zager,Michael Wehmeyer

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Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Curriculum Planning and Strategies

By: Dianne Zager,Michael Wehmeyer

Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder supports teachers in preparing secondary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to succeed in school, work and beyond. Focused on enabling students to successfully pursue further education and meaningful career paths, chapters incorporate person-centered, student-directed planning into instructional programming throughout the text. Featuring helpful vignettes to demonstrate concepts in action, curriculum areas address community living skills, academics, social communication and interaction, and career preparation. Grounded in current research and Universal Design for Learning practices, this guide is an essential resource for educators, therapists, and anyone seeking to create fluid, adaptable programs for students with autism spectrum disorders.

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Routledge

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1000731065

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9781000731064

Intervention Research

Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Funding

By: Bernadette Melnyk,Dianne Morrison-Beedy

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Intervention Research

Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Funding

By: Bernadette Melnyk,Dianne Morrison-Beedy

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826109578

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9780826109576

Breast Cancer

Daughters Tell Their Stories

By: Julianne S Oktay,J Dianne Garner

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Breast Cancer

Daughters Tell Their Stories

By: Julianne S Oktay,J Dianne Garner

I will always and forever feel I have a 'hole' in my life where my mother once existed. I think, when you have to think about the fact you might have to take care of your parents someday and juggle kids at the same timeIt's a scary proposition. We had open communication during and before the breast cancer. But then after the breast cancer, I was often afraid to bring things up, in trying to protect Mom. This insightful book tells the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer. It uses their own voices to express the common fears and expectations of daughters in the periods before and during their mothers' illnesses, involving genetic risks, death and dying, and changes in their relationships. The case studies, tables and figures, and two appendices will benefit health professionals and counselors, while the poignant narratives will help mothers and daughters better understand their experiences with breast cancer. I was kind of surprised to be alive and free of cancer at age 42, when at this point my mother was crippled by metastases. When I get to be 43the age at which my mother died, or maybe when I get to 44it's like, 'what do I do?' I have this life that I didn't expect to have. Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories presents the results of a qualitative, grounded theory study of breast cancer survivors, providing in-depth information about an aspect of breast cancer that has been previously overlooked. The book examines the daughters' experiences through four phasesthe period prior to mother's illness, the period during mother's illness and treatment, the period following mother's death (if mother dies), and the long-term impact. From this study, recommendations are compiled for providing or improving services for tomorrow's daughters. The radical mastectomy left her scarred and disfigured below her nightgown. It was bruised and nasty looking. That was kind of scary. I think that has terrified me since. Sometimes I'll have pains in my left breast and that's what I visualize. It's terrifying. I'm not really obsessed about dying of cancer. I'm more along the line of, 'If this is going to happen to me, and there's a chance it's going to, I'm gonna survive. I'm not going to die from it. From an empathetic perspective, this book reveals how many daughters react to and deal with their mothers' diagnoses, depending on their age and family situation at the time of their mothers' illnesses. It shows how daughters can gain a more accurate idea of their level of risk by providing educational materials and developing new strategies for communication. It also helps breast cancer survivors see how their illnesses can shape their daughters' future outlook, offering new inspiration for resolving and preventing family crises.

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Routledge

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1135418187

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9781135418182

Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapist Practice

By: Dianne Jewell

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Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapist Practice

By: Dianne Jewell

From the Publisher: "The latest version of this best-selling text includes updates and new information designed specifically for physical therapists to facilitate evidence-based practice in both the classroom and the clinical environment. Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapist Practice, Second Edition continues to provide students and professionals with comprehensive, accessible information to allow them to understand and critique studies as well as to apply evidence to actual patients in clinical settings." Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapist Practice, Second Edition includes user-friendly descriptions of research methods and statistical tests, clinically relevant examples specific to physical therapist practice, and worksheets for use during the evidence appraisal process. The Second Edition is formatted to be consistent with the American Physical Therapy Association's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, Second Edition and includes terminology from the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. This is a comprehensive resource no physical therapist or student should be without.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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076377765X

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Mathematical Principles for Scientific Computing and Visualization

By: Gerald Farin,Dianne Hansford

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Mathematical Principles for Scientific Computing and Visualization

By: Gerald Farin,Dianne Hansford

This non-traditional introduction to the mathematics of scientific computation describes the principles behind the major methods, from statistics, applied mathematics, scientific visualization, and elsewhere, in a way that is accessible to a large part of the scientific community. Introductory material includes computational basics, a review of coordinate systems, an introduction to facets (planes and triangle meshes) and an introduction to computer graphics. The scientific computing part of the book covers topics in numerical linear algebra (basics, solving linear system, eigen-problems, SVD, and PCA) and numerical calculus (basics, data fitting, dynamic processes, root finding, and multivariate functions). The visualization component of the book is separated into three parts: empirical data, scalar values over 2D data, and volumes.

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CRC Press

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156881321X

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Playful Awakening

Releasing the Gift of Play in Your Life

By: Dianne Gammage

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Playful Awakening

Releasing the Gift of Play in Your Life

By: Dianne Gammage

Playfulness has the power to reconnect us with our sense of self, and help us achieve growth and self-fulfilment. The author of this wide-ranging book explores the universal significance of play in the pursuit of happiness and authenticity. Providing a brief overview of the role of play in social, spiritual and intellectual endeavours throughout history, she discusses the harmful consequences of taking things too seriously, and reveals playfulness as a necessity for both the psyche and soul. Informed by the Core Process psychotherapy model, Buddhist philosophy and personal testimonies, the book illustrates how the lighter side of life enables us to re-examine the makeup of our identity and recover from negative experiences. Much more than an insight into the therapeutic properties of play, it is an eloquent ode to the importance of simply "en-joying" ourselves.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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085700350X

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9780857003508

The Essentials of CAGD

By: Gerald Farin,Dianne Hansford

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The Essentials of CAGD

By: Gerald Farin,Dianne Hansford

Putting the G into CAGD, the authors provide a much-needed practical and basic introduction to computer-aided geometric design. This book will help readers understand and use the elements of computer-aided geometric design, curves and surfaces, without the mathematical baggage that is necessary only for more advanced work. Though only minimal backg

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CRC Press

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143986411X

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9781439864111

Grace Crowley’s Contribution to Australian Modernism and Geometric Abstraction

By: Dianne Ottley

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Grace Crowley’s Contribution to Australian Modernism and Geometric Abstraction

By: Dianne Ottley

Grace Crowley has been recognized as a product of European modernism and was one of the leading innovators of geometric abstraction in Australia. Having studied in Paris in the 1920s with one of the leading art teachers, writers and theorists, André Lhote, she returned to Australia having mastered the complex mathematics and geometry of the golden section and dynamic symmetry, that had become a framework for modernism. Through her teaching of these compositional techniques at the most progressive modern art school in Sydney in the 1930s, she became a crucial influence on the group of artists now recognized as the historical forerunners to American colour-field painting introduced to Australia in the 1960s, and Australian abstraction. Through her close friendship with Anne Dangar, who played a critical role in the success of Albert Gleizes’ utopian art colony in rural France, Crowley maintained contact with mainstream European modernism and links to the Abstraction-Creation Group in Paris. During the 1940s and 1950s, Crowley worked with fellow-artist Ralph Balson, and together they developed their own style of geometric abstract art which reflected the spiritual dimensions of Kandinsky and Mondrian. Although undervalued in her own time, the sincerity and uncompromising quality of her work that transcends national boundaries, makes her one of the most important Australian women artists of her generation.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443820474

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9781443820479

Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapy Practice

By: Dianne V. Jewell

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Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapy Practice

By: Dianne V. Jewell

Finally, a text designed specifically for physical therapists to facilitate evidence-based practice in both the classroom and in the clinic. Guide to Evidence-Based Physical Therapy Practice provides readers with the information and tools needed to appreciate the philosophy, history, and value of evidence-based practice, understand what constitutes evidence, search efficiently for applicable evidence in the literature, evaluate the findings in the literature, and integrate the evidence with clinical judgement and individual patient preferences and values. This unique handbook combines the best elements of multiple texts into a single accessible guide. Divided into four sections that break down the research process, this user-friendly text also includes key terms, learning objectives, exercises, diagrams, worksheets, and useful appendices. This text is perfect for both physical therapists and students!

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449666434

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Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850

By: Dianne Dugaw

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Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850

By: Dianne Dugaw

Masquerading as a man, seeking adventure, going to war or to sea for love and glory, the transvestite heroine flourished in all kinds of literature, especially ballads, from the Renaissance to the Victorian age. Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850 identifies this heroine and her significance as a figure in folklore, and as a representative of popular culture, prompting important reevaluations of gender and sexuality. Dugaw has uncovered a fascination with women cross-dressers in the popular literature of early modern Europe and America. Surveying a wide range of Anglo-American texts from popular ballads and chapbook life histories to the comedies and tragedies of aristocratic literature, she demonstrates the extent to which gender and sexuality are enacted as constructs of history.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226169162

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9780226169163

Unbroken Homes

Single-Parent Mothers Tell Their Stories

By: J Dianne Garner,Wendy A Paterson

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Unbroken Homes

Single-Parent Mothers Tell Their Stories

By: J Dianne Garner,Wendy A Paterson

Explore the real-life triumphs and tragedies of single-parent mothers! Unbroken Homes is a “story quilt” of personal narratives constructed from in-depth, case study interviews of five single-parent mothers. The book chronicles their journeys as mothers, daughters, and women, in relationships and in solitude, displaying their stories in their own words like the squares of a multicolored quilt. Unbroken Homes breaks through the stigma associated with “broken homes” and provides a new perspective on the reorganization of American families. Unbroken Homes encourages you to rethink some damaging stereotypical assumptions about children from single-mother headed homes. Drawing information from family research, counseling, and a cross-section of social sciences, this book is pertinent to any professional who works with single parents or their children. Unbroken Homes does not deal with what is “typical” in the single-parenting experience, nor does it give advice or proselytize. Rather, its purpose is to discover the meaning that single-parent mothers bring to their own lives, helping you to understand the dynamics of single-parent families from a uniquely personal perspective. In Unbroken Homes you will witness the ways that these women: experience the ill effects of gender role socialization work to overcome stigma redefine ideals for family life and gender expectations balance responsibilities in and outside of their homes stretch finances to meet the needs of their families regain strength and self-confidence encourage their children's development affirm the strength of their families cope with depression develop networks of support This intensely personal collection of women's stories and reflections is a must read for everyone who seeks a better understanding of divorce, single-parenting, and being alone, from an insider's perspective.

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Routledge

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1317720083

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9781317720089

Broadcasting Freedom

Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948

By: Barbara Dianne Savage

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Broadcasting Freedom

Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948

By: Barbara Dianne Savage

Tells how Blacks used radio

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UNC Press Books

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0807848042

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9780807848043

My God! Our God?

A Spiritual Journal from the Holy Land and a Long Apologetic Prologue

By: Dianne H. Timmering,E. Joseph Steier III

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My God! Our God?

A Spiritual Journal from the Holy Land and a Long Apologetic Prologue

By: Dianne H. Timmering,E. Joseph Steier III

This book is about one man's spiritual journey - walking and breathing the living Bible - during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Israel). This amazing journey flushed out doctrinal confusion, man's secular spin on religion, while cleansing painful personal mistakes for a spiritual transformation. It started in September 2004 when God divinely healed his son, Luke. During this miracle, the author transformed through God's full interaction and with the power of constant prayer swirling around him, he committed to a covenant with the Lord. He decided to go to Israel in May 2006 for his fortieth birthday as a mid-life spiritual pilgrimage that forced him to go back to his earliest beginnings to fully understand his childhood, to stop blaming organized religion for his own mistakes, to see God as He really was, and to understand and commit to God's plan for his life. This new covenant was about personal forgiveness, a new kind of intimacy with the Lord, bringing God into the workplace and business decisions, and finally having the confidence to tell others all about Him.

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iUniverse

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1462039944

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9781462039944

City Girl Goes Bush

An Eleven Year Odyssey

By: Dianne Cramer

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City Girl Goes Bush

An Eleven Year Odyssey

By: Dianne Cramer

City Girl Goes Bush: An Eleven Year Odyssey tells the story of a young girl whose deepest desire was to live in Central Australia on an outback station, which she did from early 1955 until the end of 1965.

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Balboa Press

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1504311809

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A Fabulous Husband

By: Dianne Castell

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A Fabulous Husband

By: Dianne Castell

The Colonel has a surfire prescription for the Doctor.

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Harlequin Books

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0373750927

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9780373750924

A Fabulous Wife

By: Dianne Castell

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A Fabulous Wife

By: Dianne Castell

As a Chicago cop, staring down a gun barrel had never fazed Jack Dawson. But his being in constant danger was his wife's undoing. About a decade was all Maggie could handle before she left him for the safety of a Montana rancher's life. Now Jack's going to visit her, and he's accepted the fact that after his son's graduation ceremony he'll turn around and go home -- alone. At least, that's the plan until Jack sees his ex. Never one to be predictable, Maggie is not just thirteen years older since their divorce, she's better -- more of a knockout than ever. And Jack wouldn't say no to having fabulous Maggie as his wife all over again. But what about those differences? Will they matter the second time around?

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0373750811

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9780373750818

City Girl Goes Bush

An Eleven Year Odyssey

By: Dianne Cramer

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An Eleven Year Odyssey

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