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Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles

By: Fran Leadon

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Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles

By: Fran Leadon

“Part lively social history, part architectural survey, here is the story of Broadway—from 17th-century cow path to Great White Way.”—Geoff Wisner, Wall Street Journal From Bowling Green all the way to Marble Hill, Fran Leadon takes us on a mile-by-mile journey up America’s most vibrant and complex thoroughfare, through the history at the heart of Manhattan. Broadway traces the physical and social transformation of an avenue that has been both the “Path of Progress” and a “street of broken dreams,” home to both parades and riots, startling wealth and appalling destitution. Glamorous, complex, and sometimes troubling, the evolution of an oft-flooded dead end to a canyon of steel and glass is the story of American progress.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393285456

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9780393285451

Finding True North

A History of One Small Corner of the Adirondacks

By: Fran Yardley

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Finding True North

A History of One Small Corner of the Adirondacks

By: Fran Yardley

Silver Winner, for Regional Nonfiction, 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards In 1968 Fran and Jay Yardley, a young couple with pioneering spirit, moved to a remote corner of the Adirondacks to revive the long-abandoned but historic Bartlett Carry Club, with its one thousand acres and thirty-seven buildings. The Saranac Lake–area property had been in Jay's family for generations, and his dream was to restore this summer resort to support himself and, eventually, a growing family. Fran chronicles their journey and, along the way, unearths the history of those who came before, from the 1800s to the present. Offering an evocative glimpse into the past, Finding True North traces the challenges and transformations of one of the world's most beautiful, least-celebrated places and the people who were tirelessly devoted to it.

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State University of New York Press

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1438470533

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9781438470535

AIA Guide to New York City

By: Norval White,Elliot Willensky,Fran Leadon

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AIA Guide to New York City

By: Norval White,Elliot Willensky,Fran Leadon

Hailed as "extraordinarily learned" (New York Times), "blithe in spirit and unerring in vision," (New York Magazine), and the "definitive record of New York's architectural heritage" (Municipal Art Society), Norval White and Elliot Willensky's book is an essential reference for everyone with an interest in architecture and those who simply want to know more about New York City. First published in 1968, the AIA Guide to New York City has long been the definitive guide to the city's architecture. Moving through all five boroughs, neighborhood by neighborhood, it offers the most complete overview of New York's significant places, past and present. The Fifth Edition continues to include places of historical importance--including extensive coverage of the World Trade Center site--while also taking full account of the construction boom of the past 10 years, a boom that has given rise to an unprecedented number of new buildings by such architects as Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, and Renzo Piano. All of the buildings included in the Fourth Edition have been revisited and re-photographed and much of the commentary has been re-written, and coverage of the outer boroughs--particularly Brooklyn--has been expanded. Famed skyscrapers and historic landmarks are detailed, but so, too, are firehouses, parks, churches, parking garages, monuments, and bridges. Boasting more than 3000 new photographs, 100 enhanced maps, and thousands of short and spirited entries, the guide is arranged geographically by borough, with each borough divided into sectors and then into neighborhood. Extensive commentaries describe the character of the divisions. Knowledgeable, playful, and beautifully illustrated, here is the ultimate guided tour of New York's architectural treasures. Acclaim for earlier editions of the AIA Guide to New York City: "An extraordinarily learned, personable exegesis of our metropolis. No other American or, for that matter, world city can boast so definitive a one-volume guide to its built environment." -- Philip Lopate, New York Times "Blithe in spirit and unerring in vision." -- New York Magazine "A definitive record of New York's architectural heritage... witty and helpful pocketful which serves as arbiter of architects, Baedeker for boulevardiers, catalog for the curious, primer for preservationists, and sourcebook to students. For all who seek to know of New York, it is here. No home should be without a copy." -- Municipal Art Society "There are two reasons the guide has entered the pantheon of New York books. One is its encyclopedic nature, and the other is its inimitable style--'smart, vivid, funny and opinionated' as the architectural historian Christopher Gray once summed it up in pithy W & W fashion." -- Constance Rosenblum, New York Times "A book for architectural gourmands and gastronomic gourmets." -- The Village Voice

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Oxford University Press

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0199758646

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9780199758647

How Human Rights Can Build Haiti

Activists, Lawyers, and the Grassroots Campaign

By: Fran Quigley

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How Human Rights Can Build Haiti

Activists, Lawyers, and the Grassroots Campaign

By: Fran Quigley

A cataclysmic earthquake, revolution, corruption, and neglect have all conspired to strangle the growth of a legitimate legal system in Haiti. But as How Human Rights Can Build Haiti demonstrates, the story of lawyers-activists on the ground should give us all hope. They organize demonstrations at the street level, argue court cases at the international level, and conduct social media and lobbying campaigns across the globe. They are making historic claims and achieving real success as they tackle Haiti's cholera epidemic, post-earthquake housing and rape crises, and the Jean-Claude Duvalier prosecution, among other human rights emergencies in Haiti. The only way to transform Haiti's dismal human rights legacy is through a bottom-up social movement, supported by local and international challenges to the status quo. That recipe for reform mirrors the strategy followed by Mario Joseph, Brian Concannon, and their clients and colleagues profiled in this book. Together, Joseph, Concannon, and their allies represent Haiti's best hope to escape the cycle of disaster, corruption, and violence that has characterized the country's two-hundred-year history. At the same time, their efforts are creating a template for a new and more effective human rights-focused strategy to turn around failed states and end global poverty.

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Vanderbilt University Press

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082650356X

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9780826503565

Oreo

By: Fran Ross

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Oreo

By: Fran Ross

A pioneering, dazzling satire about a biracial black girl from Philadelphia searching for her Jewish father in New York City Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical odyssey of Theseus with a feminist twist, immersed in seventies pop culture, and mixing standard English, black vernacular, and Yiddish with wisecracking aplomb. Oreo, our young hero, navigates the labyrinth of sound studios and brothels and subway tunnels in Manhattan, seeking to claim her birthright while unwittingly experiencing and triggering a mythic journey of self-discovery like no other.

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New Directions Publishing

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081122323X

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9780811223232

Walking Together, Walking Far

How a U.S. and African Medical School Partnership Is Winning the Fight against HIV/AIDS

By: Fran Quigley

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Walking Together, Walking Far

How a U.S. and African Medical School Partnership Is Winning the Fight against HIV/AIDS

By: Fran Quigley

A remarkable partnership between the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Moi University School of Medicine in Kenya has built one of the most comprehensive and successful programs in the world to control HIV/AIDS. Calling upon the resources of the Americans, the ingenuity of the Kenyans, and their shared determination to care for patients who had been given up for dead, the program has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and described as a miracle by the U.S. ambassador to Kenya. Doctors from Kenya and the United States -- employing methods once considered unfeasible, such as successfully administered antiretroviral regimes -- have created a model program for saving lives and empowering the sick and impoverished. Against formidable odds, these partners demonstrate how medicine and caring can overturn preconceived notions about Africa and help wipe out the world's most devastating pandemic.

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Indiana University Press

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0253003334

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9780253003331

Ben Jonson's London

A Jacobean Placename Dictionary

By: Fran C. Chalfant

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Ben Jonson's London

A Jacobean Placename Dictionary

By: Fran C. Chalfant

Ben Jonson was a Londoner. He lived there from infancy, left for only brief periods of travel, and used various locales in or near London as the settings for eleven of his seventeen plays. Ben Jonson's London opens with a discussion of the purpose, scope, and success of Jonson's use of London settings as Placenames. Chalfant demonstrates that Ben Jonson brought the same judicious, erudite, and dramatically functional insight to his handling of London topography-from overall settings to very brief mentions-as he did to his well-known use of classical, mythological, and iconographical detail.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820332917

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9780820332918

The A to Z of Postmodernist Literature and Theater

By: Fran Mason

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The A to Z of Postmodernist Literature and Theater

By: Fran Mason

The A to Z of Postmodernist Literature and Theater examines the different areas of postmodernist literature and theater and the variety of forms that have been produced. It contains a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on individual writers, important aesthetic practices, significant texts, and important movements and ideas that have created a variety of literary approaches within the form. By placing these concerns within the historical, philosophical, and cultural contexts of postmodernism, this reference explores the frameworks within which postmodernist literature of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries operates." --Book Jacket.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810868555

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9780810868557

Long Island Alive

By: Fran Silverman,Francine Silverman

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Long Island Alive

By: Fran Silverman,Francine Silverman

Each chapter of this guide to Long Island's fine dining, recreation, shopping, historic sites, and scenery focuses on a particular region of Long Island and presents its highlights from an insider's point of view. Some of the attractions described include tours and day trips, beaches and national parks, farm stands, wildlife preserves and museums.

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Hunter Publishing, Inc

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1588433412

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9781588433411

Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater

By: Fran Mason

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Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater

By: Fran Mason

The main aim of the book has been to include writers, movements, forms of writing and textual strategies, critical ideas, and texts that are significant in relation to postmodernist literature. In addition, important scholars, journals, and cultural processes have been included where these are felt to be relevant to an understanding of postmodernist writing. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on postmodernist writers, the important postmodernist aesthetic practices, significant texts produced throughout the history of postmodernist writing, and important movements and ideas that have created a variety of literary approaches within the form. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the postmodernist literature and theater.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442276207

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The Flirting Bible

Your Ultimate Photo Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Meeting More People Than You Ever Thought Possible

By: Fran Greene

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The Flirting Bible

Your Ultimate Photo Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Meeting More People Than You Ever Thought Possible

By: Fran Greene

Become the People Magnet You’ve Always Wanted to Be! Want to make an unforgettable first impression? Or learn how to speak in a way that makes you stand out in a crowd? Or find out what signs a love interest might give if they’re attracted to you? You’ll learn all of these flirting secrets and more with The Flirting Bible, your definitive guide to using and reading body language and other social cues to find instant adventure, friendship, fun, and romance. Nationally renowned relationship expert Fran Greene, former advice columnist for Match.com, will walk you through her thirteen tried-and-trusted techniques for becoming the most confident and attractive person in the room (no matter if you think you are or not!). You’ll learn how to: Make the perfect amount of eye contact to establish trust and intimacy Use the “flirtatious handshake” to make a memorable impression Listen in a way that makes you a people magnet Get conversations started and get noticed by using the props of flirting And so much more! Say goodbye to intimidation and “hello!” to the mate of your dreams with The Flirting Bible—your secret weapon to becoming the most fabulous flirt in town.

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Fair Winds Press

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1592334210

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9781592334216

Space, the City and Social Theory

Social Relations and Urban Forms

By: Fran Tonkiss

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Space, the City and Social Theory

Social Relations and Urban Forms

By: Fran Tonkiss

Taking a thematic approach, this book covers the main aspects of modern urban life taught on undergraduate courses. The key approaches to the city within contemporary social theory are assessed. Tonkiss adopts an international perspective, with examples drawn from places such as New York, Paris and Sydney.

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Polity

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0745628257

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9780745628257

The Secret Rules of Flirting

The Illustrated Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Attracting the Love You Deserve--Online and In Person

By: Fran Greene

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The Secret Rules of Flirting

The Illustrated Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Attracting the Love You Deserve--Online and In Person

By: Fran Greene

The Secret Rules of Flirting is your guide to decoding flirting secrets, attracting the attention you crave, and building the confidence you've always wished for. The Secret Rules of Flirting is your definitive guide to communicating (online and in person), attracting the ideal mate, and reading body language and other social cues to find instant adventure, friendship, fun, and romance. Do you want to become a more natural flirt? Find out what signals someone might give to show they’re attracted to you? Maybe just refresh your in-real-life flirting skills after so much swiping, texting, and online searching? Nationally renowned relationship expert Fran Greene will walk you through her trusted techniques for becoming the most confident and attractive person in the room (whether you think you are or not!). You’ll learn how to: Establish trust and intimacy through eye contact Be a good and thoughtful listener Signal that you are available and interested Recognize when someone is flirting with you Master digital flirting Take control of your social life Your secret weapon to becoming a fearless flirt is here. With help from The Secret Rules of Flirting, you’ll master the art of communicating and attract the love you deserve.

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1631594621

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The Flirting Bible

Your Ultimate Photo Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Meeting More People Than Yo

By: Fran Greene

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The Flirting Bible

Your Ultimate Photo Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Meeting More People Than Yo

By: Fran Greene

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Fair Winds Press

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1610581008

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The Low-Carb Cookbook

By: Fran McCullough,Michael R. Eades,Mary Dan Eades

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The Low-Carb Cookbook

By: Fran McCullough,Michael R. Eades,Mary Dan Eades

Supporting a growing nutritional movement that emphasizes a reduction in carbohydrate intake, the author of Great Food without Fuss, who herself lost sixty pounds on a low-carb diet, provides readers with all the detailed information they need to make the dietary switch.

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Voice

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0786889918

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9780786889914

Inside the FDA

The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We Eat

By: Fran Hawthorne

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Inside the FDA

The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We Eat

By: Fran Hawthorne

The forces that shape America's most powerful consumer agency Because of the importance of what it regulates, the FDA comes under tremendous political, industry, and consumer pressure. But the pressure goes far beyond the ordinary lobbying of Washington trade groups. Its mandate-one quarter of the national economy-brings the FDA into the middle of some of the most important and contentious issues of modern society. From "designer" babies and abortion to the price of prescription drugs and the role of government itself, Inside the FDA takes readers on an intriguing journey into the world of today's most powerful consumer agency. In a time when companies continue to accuse the FDA of nitpicking and needlessly delaying needed new drugs, and consumers are convinced that the agency bends to industry pressure by rushing unsafe drugs to market, Inside the FDA digs deep to reveal the truth. Through scores of interviews and real-world stories, Hawthorne also shows how and why the agency makes some of its most controversial decisions as well as how its recent reaction to certain issues-including the revolutionary cancer drug Erbitux, stem cell research, and bioengineering of food-may jeopardize its ability to keep up with future scientific developments. Inside the FDA takes a closer look at the practices, people, and politics of this crucial watchdog in light of the competing pressures and trends of modern society, revealing what the FDA is supposed to do, what it actually does-and fails to do-who it influences, and how it could better fulfill its mandate. The decisions that the FDA makes are literally life and death. Inside the FDA provides a sophisticated account of how this vitally important agency struggles to balance bureaucracy and politics with its overriding mission to promote the country's health.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471610917

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9780471610915

Dating Again with Courage and Confidence

The Five-Step Plan to Revitalize Your Love Life After Heartbreak, Breakup, Or Divorce

By: Fran Greene

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Dating Again with Courage and Confidence

The Five-Step Plan to Revitalize Your Love Life After Heartbreak, Breakup, Or Divorce

By: Fran Greene

Dating Again with Courage and Confidence gives readers a five-step program to guide them from single life or a recent breakup to happily ever after"--

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Fair Winds Press (MA)

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1592337600

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9781592337606

Cruise Vacations For Dummies? 2001

By: Fran Wenograd Golden

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Cruise Vacations For Dummies? 2001

By: Fran Wenograd Golden

Your insider's guide to the best cruise lines and values Set sail on the right cruise for you With scores of cruises in the Caribbean, Alaska, and the Mediterranean to choose from, how do you find one that's right for you? Relax! This easy-to-understand guide is all you need to navigate the world of cruise vacations—and sail into the sunset. Discover: Down-to-earth cruise-planning advice The best ships and packages for every budget Concise tips on sightseeing and shopping at ports of call Dozens of detailed maps Travel smart! www.dummies.com Get free updates on prices and attractions Book flights, hotels, and rental cars Share opinions with other travelers Browse exclusive, timely travel articles Register to win cool prizes

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For Dummies

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076456174X

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9780764561740

Dying Unafraid

By: Fran Moreland Johns

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Dying Unafraid

By: Fran Moreland Johns

A collection of interviews stories of individuals who faced death without fear and inspired those around them -- an inspiring read for those confronting death.

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Synergistic Press

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0912184116

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9780912184111

The Complete Idiot's Travel Guide to Cruise Vacations

By: Fran Wenograd Golden

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The Complete Idiot's Travel Guide to Cruise Vacations

By: Fran Wenograd Golden

Completely updated, with the latest details on all the ships and their itineraries--plus a full-color photo insert.

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MacMillan Publishing Company

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0028633113

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9780028633114

Cooking Fresh from Mid Atlantic

By: Fran McManus

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Cooking Fresh from Mid Atlantic

By: Fran McManus

More than 130 recipes from the region--'s 27 best chefs, handpicked for their commitment to the quality and flavor that small-scale, local farms have to offer.

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0967367018

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9780967367019

Medical Discoveries: D-L

By: Fran Locher Freiman

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Medical Discoveries: D-L

By: Fran Locher Freiman

Includes a timeline (time line)of medical events from 4000 BC to 1996.

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Gale Cengage

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0787608920

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9780787608927

Generation at Risk

What Legacy Are the Baby-Boomers Leaving Their Kids?

By: Fran Sciacca

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Generation at Risk

What Legacy Are the Baby-Boomers Leaving Their Kids?

By: Fran Sciacca

Over the past four decades society has slipped into a mold of complacency and self-indulgence. With an "If it feels good, do it" attitude, we have become worshipers of self, while our culture has gone morally bankrupt. Is there any way to change? Sciacca offers suggestions as to what the church is doing or should be doing to promote Christian thinking in our kids, our families, and our society. - Back cover.

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