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Local Polynomial Modelling and Its Applications

Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability 66

By: Jianqing Fan,Irene Gijbels

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Local Polynomial Modelling and Its Applications

Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability 66

By: Jianqing Fan,Irene Gijbels

Data-analytic approaches to regression problems, arising from many scientific disciplines are described in this book. The aim of these nonparametric methods is to relax assumptions on the form of a regression function and to let data search for a suitable function that describes the data well. The use of these nonparametric functions with parametric techniques can yield very powerful data analysis tools. Local polynomial modeling and its applications provides an up-to-date picture on state-of-the-art nonparametric regression techniques. The emphasis of the book is on methodologies rather than on theory, with a particular focus on applications of nonparametric techniques to various statistical problems. High-dimensional data-analytic tools are presented, and the book includes a variety of examples. This will be a valuable reference for research and applied statisticians, and will serve as a textbook for graduate students and others interested in nonparametric regression.

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CRC Press

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0412983214

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9780412983214

David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair

Introduction by Claire Messud

By: Irene Nemirovsky

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David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair

Introduction by Claire Messud

By: Irene Nemirovsky

Readers everywhere were introduced to the work of Irène Némirovsky through the publication of her long-lost masterpiece, Suite Française. But Suite Française was only the coda to the brief yet remarkably prolific career of this nearly forgotten, magnificent novelist. Here in one volume are four of Némirovsky’s other novels–all of them newly translated by the award-winning Sandra Smith, and all, except DAVID GOLDER, available in English for the first time. DAVID GOLDER is the novel that established Néirovsky’s reputation in France in 1929 when she was twenty-six. It is a novel about greed and lonliness, the story of a self-made business man, once wealthy, now suffering a breakdown as he nears the lonely end of his life. THE COURILOF AFFAIR tells the story of a Russian revolutionary living out his last days–and his recollections of his first infamous assassination. Also included are two short, gemlike novels: THE BALL, a pointed exploration of adolescence and the obsession with status among the bourgeoisie; and SNOW IN AUTUMN, an evocative tale of White Russian émigrés in Paris after the Russian Revolution. Introduced by celebrated novelist Claire Messud, this collection of four spellbinding novels offers the same storytelling mastery, powerful clarity of language, and empathic grasp of human behavior that would give shape to Suite Française.

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Everyman's Library

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0307494764

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9780307494764

Emilio Salgari

The Tiger Is Still Alive!

By: Paola Irene Galli Mastrodonato

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Emilio Salgari

The Tiger Is Still Alive!

By: Paola Irene Galli Mastrodonato

Who created the most famous Southeast Asian hero during the heyday of imperialism and colonialism? Who inaugurated with The Mysteries of the Black Jungle over a century long link uniting the Italian imaginary to the Indian one? Who envisioned the most celebrated interracial love stories of world literature, those between Sandokan, leader of the Tigers of Mompracem, and Marianna, the Pearl of Labuan, between Tremal-Naik, the Bengali snake catcher, and Ada, the Virgin of Kali’s temple at the time of the British Raj? Who defined the Caribbean as a symbolic trope of plunder and rebellion through the melancholic viewpoint of the Black Corsair and the forsaken love for his enemy’s daughter? Who created Yanez de Gomera, a most famous Portuguese hero, and the imperfect voice of white anti-colonialism? It was Italy’s great adventure novelist, Emilio Salgari (Verona, 1862 – Turin, 1911). From the Mahdi’s revolt in Sudan to the African slave trade, from the Philippine insurgency to the Mediterranean at war between Turks and Christians, and to ancient Egypt, Salgari’s breath-taking plots, together with his indigenous heroes and heroines in Vietnam, Thailand, Venezuela, Arctic Canada, the American Far West, the Chinese diaspora, deeply challenge canonical colonialist representations by contemporary Victorian authors like Conrad, Kipling, and Forster.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1683934091

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9781683934097

Dragon's Revenge

The Stargods #3

By: Irene Radford

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Dragon's Revenge

The Stargods #3

By: Irene Radford

Three brothers take shelter on a pretechnological world where dragons are worshiped as gods. When the off-world forces they have fled track them down, they must find a way to save the world they've made their own.

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Astra Publishing House

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1101166053

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9781101166055

The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures

By: Irene Smit,Astrid van der Hulst,Editors of Flow magazine

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The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures

By: Irene Smit,Astrid van der Hulst,Editors of Flow magazine

A perfect gift book filled with whimsical, colorful illustrations, short lists, cheerful prompts, recipes, and fun facts, The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures is the sweetest reminder imaginable that it’s the little things in life that make us happy. Little things like sharing tea with a friend. An ice cream cone with sprinkles. Finding a forgotten item of clothing in the closet. The smell in the air right after a summer rain. Created by the editors of Flow magazine, The Tiny Book of Tiny Pleasures is a celebration of slowing down and appreciating the simple moments of life—all you have to do is take notice.

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Workman Publishing

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0761193766

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9780761193760

Romancing the Outback

By: Irene Drummond

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Romancing the Outback

By: Irene Drummond

Romancing the Outback is a sequel to War at Our Door. A continuation of War at our Door, thirty two years on, Romancing the Outback includes some of the same main characters, along with their offspring, and the politics and happenings around that time. It covers troubled romances and a double wedding. A runaway, Tommy, ends up on the streets of Brisbane, battling for survival. A returned soldier and an army nurse finally find peace thirty-two years after WW2 ends. A plane crash kills a neighbor's twin sons. There are near fatalities when dealing with ruthless cattle rustlers. Accidents happen, a heart attack is dealt with, and a horse sale along with a Charleville Picnic Race Meeting isn't without its dramas. A Land Army Girl reunion brings back to the fold, two from Tuscany. And all this, amid cattle being mustered, branded, ear-marked, cut, injected against brucellosis and parasites, sheep mustering, and sheering, and many other chores and happenings that go hand in hand with living on a sheep and cattle station in the outer regions of Queensland's vast outback.

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Xlibris Corporation

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149903279X

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9781499032796

The Singapore Lion

A Biography of S. Rajaratnam

By: Irene Ng

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The Singapore Lion

A Biography of S. Rajaratnam

By: Irene Ng

Irene Ng has written a book that gives a comprehensive portrayal of Mr Rajaratnam - one of Singapore's outstanding leaders who played a crucial part in the momentous and crisis-ridden transition to iindependence. This is a book about the man and his wisdom. One would fail to appreciate him until one reads this absorbing book and reflects on the acuity and breadth of his insights and his wisdom." - S. R. Nathan, President of Singapore "In the course of a thirty-three year career in diplomacy, I met many great leaders. Having done so, I can confidently assert that S. Rajaratnam was one of the greatest leaders I met. Sadly, few in Singapore understand how great Rajaratnam was. This well-researched comprehensive volume by Irene Ng therefore fills a real need. Both Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans will benefit a lot from reading it." - Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore "Rajaratnam is one of the founding fathers of modern Singapore. He was Singapore's first and longest serving foreign minister. He was a rebel and a revolutionary. He was an intellectual and a man of action. In this wonderful book, Irene Ng tells the story of this remarkable leader of Singapore. I found the book both enjoyable and insightful." - Tommy Koh, Ambassador-At-Large, Singapore

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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

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981427951X

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9789814279512

A Safe Haven

By: Irene Northan

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A Safe Haven

By: Irene Northan

A poignant family saga perfect for fans of Janet Tanner, Grace Thompson and Nadine Dorries When Amy Kennedy is sent from Lambeth Workhouse to Devon alongside her closest friends Seth, Jed and Daisy, it finally seems like life is taking a turn for the better. But life at the seaside is not the safe haven they’d hoped for. Though Amy finds a happy escape from her difficult job in the arms of handsome Daniel Newton, Seth flounders in the harsh realities of a fisherman’s life despite Jed’s protection and Daisy faces abuse at the lecherous hands of her employer. Now, as tragedy strikes, they each face repercussions their days as orphans could never have prepared them for. The Devon Sagas 1 To Dream Again 2 A Safe Haven 3 Daughter of the River

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Canelo

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1788633229

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9781788633222

Risking the Rapids

How My Wilderness Adventure Healed My Childhood

By: Irene O'Garden

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Risking the Rapids

How My Wilderness Adventure Healed My Childhood

By: Irene O'Garden

A memoir of a dysfunctional, grieving family reuniting for a turbulent rafting trip, from an author with a “captivating talent for wonder and marvel.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love After the sudden death of Irene O’Garden’s older brother, she and her family decide to seek closure together by taking a journey through the remotest spot in Montana. The story of their harrowing trip on the river is intertwined here with the author’s account of growing up with her six siblings in a clashing Catholic family under the shadow of alcoholism. O’Garden’s father, a local TV personality in Minnesota, leaves his cheery public persona behind when he comes home and starts drinking martinis with his undemonstrative, icy-hearted wife. The children vary in their responses to profound anxiety sown in an atmosphere of neglect, psychological abuse, and rigid religiosity: One brother bites his fingers to gangrene. One relentlessly bullies the author, who begins overeating compulsively. One severs all ties with the family. Meanwhile, in the present, danger mounts as well on the raft trip, when unusual river conditions swell and speed the waters. Both stories build with escalating intensity to excruciating climaxes. Some memoirs shock. Some entertain. Some take us places we’re afraid to go. A rare few move us. Once in a blue moon, a book does it all. This is Risking the Rapids. “Enthralling.” —Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming “A deep and powerful memoir.” —Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star “Breathtaking . . . O’Garden adds a thoroughly welcome voice to the rich vein of American literature on the singular healing powers of wilderness.” —Florence Williams, award-winning author of The Nature Fix

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Mango Media Inc.

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1633538869

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9781633538863

Big Data Science in Finance

By: Irene Aldridge,Marco Avellaneda

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Big Data Science in Finance

By: Irene Aldridge,Marco Avellaneda

Explains the mathematics, theory, and methods of Big Data as applied to finance and investing Data science has fundamentally changed Wall Street—applied mathematics and software code are increasingly driving finance and investment-decision tools. Big Data Science in Finance examines the mathematics, theory, and practical use of the revolutionary techniques that are transforming the industry. Designed for mathematically-advanced students and discerning financial practitioners alike, this energizing book presents new, cutting-edge content based on world-class research taught in the leading Financial Mathematics and Engineering programs in the world. Marco Avellaneda, a leader in quantitative finance, and quantitative methodology author Irene Aldridge help readers harness the power of Big Data. Comprehensive in scope, this book offers in-depth instruction on how to separate signal from noise, how to deal with missing data values, and how to utilize Big Data techniques in decision-making. Key topics include data clustering, data storage optimization, Big Data dynamics, Monte Carlo methods and their applications in Big Data analysis, and more. This valuable book: Provides a complete account of Big Data that includes proofs, step-by-step applications, and code samples Explains the difference between Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) Covers vital topics in the field in a clear, straightforward manner Compares, contrasts, and discusses Big Data and Small Data Includes Cornell University-tested educational materials such as lesson plans, end-of-chapter questions, and downloadable lecture slides Big Data Science in Finance: Mathematics and Applications is an important, up-to-date resource for students in economics, econometrics, finance, applied mathematics, industrial engineering, and business courses, and for investment managers, quantitative traders, risk and portfolio managers, and other financial practitioners.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119602971

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9781119602972

The Bach Family

Seven Generations of Creative Genius

By: Karl Geiringer,Irene Geiringer

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The Bach Family

Seven Generations of Creative Genius

By: Karl Geiringer,Irene Geiringer

When this volume was originally published in 1954 it was the first complete history of the Bach family from the 16th Century miller Veit to Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (1759-1845), Johann Sebastian’s grandson. The author views the family as a whole and shows the characteristic similarities in their artistic and human attitudes as well as the most significant divergences. Equal stress is laid on the discussion of the personalities, against the swiftly changing historical scene, and on the music, for which the author was able to use vast, hitherto inaccessible material. Apart from describing the fascinating phenomenon of this musical family, the author gives a history of musical thought in the last 300 years.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040222692

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9781040222690

Guardian of the Vision

Merlin's Descendants #3

By: Irene Radford

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Guardian of the Vision

Merlin's Descendants #3

By: Irene Radford

Religious wars mar the glory of the early years of Queen Elizabeth I reign. A descendant of Merlin and King Arthur must step forward and show the world that you can put faith before politics. The glory of the Elizabethan Age is tarnished by the continuing religious conflict begun by Henry VIII. Griffin Kirkwood renounces his title, his lands, his love for the mysterious demon-ridden Roanna, and his magical heritage as a descendant of both King Arthur and the Merlin to become a Catholic priest in France. His twin, Donovan (his mirror image in face and form and rarely more than a thought away) shoulders the responsibilities willingly. He agrees to two arranged-marriages, one after the other, and takes on the outward appearance of whichever religion is dominant to protect all that he loves, but without magic, or the love of his life. Together and separately the twins must fight to guide Queen Elizabeth through the intricate maze of politics and religion. Their spiritual and magical journeys cross each other, oppose, and re-align as they battle internal demons and external threats.

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Bookview Cafe

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1611381622

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9781611381627

Fire in the Blood

By: Irene Nemirovsky

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Fire in the Blood

By: Irene Nemirovsky

From the celebrated author of the international bestseller Suite Française, a newly discovered novel, a story of passion and long-kept secrets, set against the background of a rural French village in the years before World War II.Written in 1941, Fire in the Blood – only now assembled in its entirety – teems with the intertwined lives of an insular French village in the years before the war, when "peace" was less important as a political state than as a coveted personal condition: the untroubled pinnacle of happiness. At the center of the novel is Silvio, who has returned to this small town after years away. As his narration unfolds, we are given an intimate picture of the loves and infidelities, the scandals, the youthful ardor and regrets of age that tie Silvio to the long-guarded secrets of the past.

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Vintage

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0307495450

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9780307495457

Inez. A Drama in Three Acts

By: Irene Ackerman

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Inez. A Drama in Three Acts

By: Irene Ackerman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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3385463955

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9783385463950

Passivity Generation

Human Rights and Everyday Morality

By: Irene Bruna Seu

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Passivity Generation

Human Rights and Everyday Morality

By: Irene Bruna Seu

The book applies a unique mix of psychosocial methods to understand the complexity of emotional, cognitive and ideological responses to human rights violations and examines the banal quality of the everyday vocabularies that people use to make sense of human rights and their violations, and justify not intervening. In Passivity Generation, Irene Bruna Seu offers a vivid and compassionate account of how past experiences of trauma and suffering affect individual (un)responsiveness, and explores the psychodynamics of passivity and its underpinning defence mechanisms.

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Springer

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1137305037

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9781137305039

Needlework and Crafts - Every Woman's Book on the Arts of Plain Sewing, Embroidery, Dressmaking and Home Crafts

By: Irene Davison,Agnes M. Miall

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Needlework and Crafts - Every Woman's Book on the Arts of Plain Sewing, Embroidery, Dressmaking and Home Crafts

By: Irene Davison,Agnes M. Miall

This vintage book contains a complete guide to needlework and crafting, with information on plain sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, and a variety of other home crafts. Profusely illustrated and full of simple instructions and handy tips, this volume is highly recommended for the novice crafter, and would make for a fantastic addition to any home collection. “Contents Include: “Plain Sewing”, “Fastenings”, “Plain-Sewing Trimmings”, “Your Sewing Machine”, “Hand Embroidery”, “How to Work your Gift Transfers”, “Home Dressmaking”, “Mending”, “Crochet”, “Raffia Work”, “Stencilling”, “Barbola”, “Simple Ways of Weaving”, “Gesso-Work”, “Various Ways of Making and Decorating Lamp-Shades”, “Poker Work”, “Artistic Leather Work”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing “Needlework and Crafts” now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sewing and needlework.

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Read Books Ltd

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1447486455

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9781447486459

Hawk and Hound

By: Irene Davis

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Hawk and Hound

By: Irene Davis

Dietrich Lang promised he’d teach her to fly, and Marie has tried to wait patiently for his return. When a stubborn ghost turns up instead, she sets out to find Lang at his winter garrison, sure that she needs his help for this new supernatural problem. But Lang has troubles of his own, facing suspicions over his true identity as the Grand Army begins its spring campaign, and still seeking revenge for the death of his mother and brothers. With the army on the move, Marie must learn how to fly as a hawk in order to stay hidden among the soldiers, master her ability to slip between the waking world and the dream realm, and find a way to banish the ghost for good. Join Marie and Lang in a new and magical adventure that continues from the events of Sugar and Snow, this time with a dash of Ladyhawke thrown in. Marie and the Mouse King is fantasy romance trilogy Book 1: Sugar and Snow Book 2: Hawk and Hound Book 3: Curse and Crown (Available November 2022)

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Skookum Creek Publishing

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1941633110

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9781941633113

The Silent Dragon

Children of The Dragon Nimbus #1

By: Irene Radford

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The Silent Dragon

Children of The Dragon Nimbus #1

By: Irene Radford

In a realm on the brink of war, will an unsuspected heir to the kingdom of Coronnan and to magic long-banished from the land offer the only hope for survival? Glenndon--son of witchwoman Brevelan and Jaylor, Senior Magician and Chancellor of the University of Magicians--has never spoken aloud. He has no need because his telepathic talent is strong and everyone associated with the University can "hear" him. He can throw master-level spells, but because he will not speak, Jaylor has refused to promote him from apprentice to journeyman magician. Still, everyone knows it is only a matter of time until Glenndon will take his rightful place at the University. Then an urgent missive arrives from King Darville. The Council of Provinces is near rebellion over the king's lack of a male heir. Rather than see his fourteen-year-old daughter, Rosselinda, married off just to procure an heir, he orders his illegitimate son Glenndon to Coronnan City to become his successor. And suddenly Glenndon's world is in chaos. The man he's always known as his father is not. Instead he is the son of the king. But in this city where court politics can prove deadly and where magic is forbidden, the young man must hide his talents even as he struggles to find his voice and his destiny. And one slip could see Glenndon, Darville, Rosselinda, and even Jaylor doomed, for the lords and the people fear magic more than potential invasion, legendary monsters, and civil war.

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Astra Publishing House

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1101635541

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9781101635544

Practicing the Presence of Jesus

Contemporary Meditation

By: Irene Alexander

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Practicing the Presence of Jesus

Contemporary Meditation

By: Irene Alexander

Many Christians long to know God more deeply but find themselves limited by old understandings and ways of knowing. Practicing the Presence of Jesus rediscovers the centuries old Ignatian tradition of placing oneself into the gospel story to experience the presence of Jesus in a vital and real way. Each chapter explores another angle to come to the stories, while remaining true to the scripture. Irene Alexander gives examples of her own retellings, and real life interactions with the gospels to illustrate the process and make it accessible to contemporary readers. Readers will be led through a process of entering the stories themselves, so that they connect with the Jesus, human and divine, in the present reality of their daily lives. Relevant for new believers as well as those who have known God for decades, these stories introduce readers to a vibrant way of being present to the reality of our God.

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1498271464

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The Judging Seeds

By: Michael Irene

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The Judging Seeds

By: Michael Irene

Koto, a man of Nigeria's ruling elite, wants a son. His desire for a male heir makes him order his wife to terminate pregnancies of girls. When he finds the cleaner in the government building has thirteen sons, he determines to marry the man's only "daughter," come what may. He feels that society needs him to create a permanent change. Ironically, he struggles to create any change as he is consistently faced by barriers like corruption, self-degradation and undesirable events. He turns to religion for solace but faces disappointments. His dreams and hope for his life and his community begins to fade out gradually. 'Sometimes, some things are better untouched.' Koto said when he sees his world tearing apart.

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Lulu.com

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129174570X

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9781291745702

The Hidden Dragon

The Stargods #1

By: Irene Radford

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The Hidden Dragon

The Stargods #1

By: Irene Radford

Acclaimed author Irene Radford returns to her beloved Dragon Nibmus universe with book one of The Stargods. Here is the tale of the first Terrans, gifted with both psi powers and technology, who discovered a world where dragons are real...and are worshiped as gods.

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1101143819

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9781101143810

In Harm's Way (Heroes of Quantico Book #3)

By: Irene Hannon

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In Harm's Way (Heroes of Quantico Book #3)

By: Irene Hannon

FBI special agent Nick Bradley has seen his share of kooks during his fifteen years with the Bureau. But Rachel Sutton is an enigma. She seems normal when she shows up at the FBI office in St. Louis--until she produces a tattered Raggedy Ann doll she found and tells him she thinks something is wrong because of a strange feeling of terror it gives her when she touches it. Nick dismisses her, only to stumble across a link between the doll and an abducted child, setting in motion a chain of events that uncovers startling connections--and puts Rachel's life on the line. Filled with palpable suspense and a touch of romance, In Harm's Way is the final installment of the thrilling HEROES OF QUANTICO series. Praise for Irene Hannon: "Extraordinary writing, vivid scenes, and a surprise ending come together for a not-to-be-missed reading experience."--Romantic Times "I found someone who writes romantic suspense better than I do."--Dee Henderson

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144120749X

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Science, Soul, and the Spirit of Nature

Leading Thinkers on the Restoration of Man and Creation

By: Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld

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Science, Soul, and the Spirit of Nature

Leading Thinkers on the Restoration of Man and Creation

By: Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld

Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld interviews 12 respected visionary thinkers about their deep connection with the earth and their views on the relationship between humanity and nature. Each contributor adds insights into the urgent change in consciousness that we must adopt in order to heal and restore our holistic relationship with the earth.

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Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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1591430550

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9781591430551

Maidstone From Old Photographs

By: Irene Hales

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Maidstone From Old Photographs

By: Irene Hales

This book provides a unique and charming look at the beautiful town of Maidstone and its local inhabitants.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445629429

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9781445629421

A Cultural History of Finance

By: Irene Finel-Honigman

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A Cultural History of Finance

By: Irene Finel-Honigman

The world of finance is again undergoing crisis and transformation. This book provides a new perspective on finance through the prism of popular and formal culture and examines fascination and repulsion toward money, the role of governments and individuals in financial crises and how the Crisis of 2008, like others since 1720, repeat the same patterns of enthusiasm, greed, culpability, revulsion, reform and recovery. The book explores the political and socio-economic factors which determine fallibility and resilience in financial cultures, periods of crisis, transition and recovery based on cyclical rather than linear progression. Examining the roots of financial capitalism, in Europe and the United States and its corollary development in Asia, Russia and emerging markets proves that cultural and psychosocial reactions to financial success, endeavor and calamity transcend specific periods or events. The book allows the reader to discover parallel and intersecting reactions, controversies and resolutions in the cultural history of financial markets and institutions.

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Routledge

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1135238510

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9781135238513

Simple

Conquering the Crisis of Complexity

By: Alan Siegel,Irene Etzkorn

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Conquering the Crisis of Complexity

By: Alan Siegel,Irene Etzkorn

For decades, Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn have championed simplicity as a competitive advantage and a consumer right. Consulting with businesses and organizations around the world to streamline products, services, processes and communications, they have achieved dramatic results. In Simple, the culmination of their work together, Siegel and Etzkorn show us how having empathy, striving for clarity, and distilling your message can reduce the distance between company and customer, hospital and patient, government and citizen-and increase your bottom line. Examining the best and worst practices of an array of organizations big and small-including the IRS, Google, Philips, Trader Joe's, Chubb Insurance, and ING Direct, and many more-Siegel and Etzkorn recast simplicity as a mindset, a design aesthetic, and a writing technique. In these illuminating pages you will discover, among other things: Why the Flip camera became roadkill in the wake of the iPhone What SIMPLE idea allowed the Cleveland Clinic to improve care and increase revenue How OXO designed a measuring cup that sold a million units in its first 18 months on the market Where Target got the idea for their "ClearRX" prescription system How New York City simplified its unwieldy bureaucracy with three simple numbers By exposing the overly complex things we encounter every day, SIMPLE reveals the reasons we allow confusion to persist, inspires us to seek clarity, and explores how social media is empowering consumers to demand simplicity. The next big idea in business is Simple.

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Sam and Joey's Pirate Ship Adventure

By: Irene Schrowang

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Sam and Joey's Pirate Ship Adventure

By: Irene Schrowang

Your child will love the exciting adventure that takes Sam and Joey to a place they never could have dreamed they would ever go . A place that brings the discovery of an incredible find and satisfies your child's imagination for fun and adventure.

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Who Killed The Salls

By: Irene Milow

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Who Killed The Salls

By: Irene Milow

Home robbery? This is an unlikely story of a family of five murdered in cold blood. The only witness Detective Emma Carrs has to work with is a ten-year-old girl named Z Sall, who survives the attack but doesn't remember much. As Carrs dig deeper into the case, she notices the first responding officer, Cole Jane, being very shady. Could the police be involved in the family murder? As Carrs gets closer to the real truth, the killer starts turning his attention to her. Carrs has to race against the clock to catch this murderer before he finishes the job and makes her his next target.

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The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose

By: Irene Adler

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The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose

By: Irene Adler

Sherlock Holmes, Arsene Lupin, and Irene Adler meet up in London only to find a strange chess problem in the Times signed by "The Black Friar." It's written in an unknown code which Sherlock is eager to solve. The next day, the city is rocked by the news of a rich merchant found murdered. On the merchant's desk was scarlet rose: the same flower used as the calling card for a brazen criminal group that haunted the streets of London twenty years ago. Could the Scarlet Rose Gang be back? Find out in this ebook from the Sherlock, Lupin and Me series.

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Capstone

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1623704723

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Absent Presences in the Colonial Archive

Dealing with the Berlin Sound Archive's Acoustic Legacies

By: Irene Hilden

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Absent Presences in the Colonial Archive

Dealing with the Berlin Sound Archive's Acoustic Legacies

By: Irene Hilden

The Berlin Sound Archive (Lautarchiv) consists of an extensive collection of sound recordings, compiled for scientific purposes in the first half of the 20th century. Recorded on shellac are stories and songs, personal testimonies and poems, glossaries and numbers. This book engages with the archive by consistently focusing on recordings produced under colonial conditions. With a firm commitment to postcolonial scholarship, Absent Presences in the Colonial Archive is a historical ethnography of a metropolitan institution that participated in the production and preservation of colonial structures of power and knowledge. The book examines sound objects and listening practices that render the coloniality of knowledge fragile and inconsistent, revealing the absent presences of colonial subjects who are given little or no place in established national narratives and collective memories.

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Leuven University Press

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946270340X

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Britishness, Popular Music, and National Identity

The Making of Modern Britain

By: Irene Morra

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Britishness, Popular Music, and National Identity

The Making of Modern Britain

By: Irene Morra

This book offers a major exploration of the social and cultural importance of popular music to contemporary celebrations of Britishness. Rather than providing a history of popular music or an itemization of indigenous musical qualities, it exposes the influential cultural and nationalist rhetoric around popular music and the dissemination of that rhetoric in various forms. Since the 1960s, popular music has surpassed literature to become the dominant signifier of modern British culture and identity. This position has been enforced in popular culture, literature, news and music media, political rhetoric -- and in much popular music itself, which has become increasingly self-conscious about the expectation that music both articulate and manifest the inherent values and identity of the modern nation. This study examines the implications of such practices and the various social and cultural values they construct and enforce. It identifies two dominant, conflicting constructions around popular music: music as the voice of an indigenous English ‘folk’, and music as the voice of a re-emergent British Empire. These constructions are not only contradictory but also exclusive, prescribing a social and musical identity for the nation that ignores its greater creative, national, and cultural diversity. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive critique of an extremely powerful discourse in England that today informs dominant formulations of English and British national identity, history, and culture.

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Routledge

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1135048940

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Business, Human Rights and Transitional Justice

By: Irene Pietropaoli

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Business, Human Rights and Transitional Justice

By: Irene Pietropaoli

This book considers the efficacy of transitional justice mechanisms in response to corporate human rights abuses. Corporations and other business enterprises often operate in countries affected by conflict or repressive regimes. As such, they may become involved in human rights violations and crimes under international law ‒ either as the main perpetrators or as accomplices by aiding and abetting government actors. Transitional justice mechanisms, such as trials, truth commissions, and reparations, have usually focused on abuses by state authorities or by non-state actors directly connected to the state, such as paramilitary groups. Innovative transitional justice mechanisms have, however, now started to address corporate accountability for human rights abuses and crimes under international law and have attempted to provide redress for victims. This book analyzes this development, assessing how transitional justice can provide remedies for corporate human rights abuses and crimes under international law. Canvassing a broad range of literature relating to international criminal law mechanisms, regional human rights systems, domestic courts, truth and reconciliation commissions, and land restitution programmes, this book evaluates the limitations and potential of each mechanism. Acknowledging the limited extent to which transitional justice has been able to effectively tackle the role of corporations in human rights violations and international crimes, this book nevertheless points the way towards greater engagement with corporate accountability as part of transitional justice. A valuable contribution to the literature on transitional justice and on business and human rights, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers and PhD students in these areas, as well as lawyers and other practitioners working on corporate accountability and transitional justice.

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1000066061

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Across The Great River

By: Irene Beltran Hernandez

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Across The Great River

By: Irene Beltran Hernandez

Kata CamposÍs family is torn apart, separated by the trials of slipping across the border from Mexico illegally. With her father missing and her mother gravely wounded, she has to learn to adjust to her confusing and dangerous new life and look out for her little brother at the same time. Across the Great River is an exciting tale of a young girl maturing and taking on the leadership role in her family. The familyÍs experiences with labor smugglers, crime, a folk hero, and the authorities are all told with the innocence and directness of a young girl who must face the harshness of life at an early age.

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161192054X

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Fire on the Mountain

A Journey Through Time

By: Irene B. Seeland

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Fire on the Mountain

A Journey Through Time

By: Irene B. Seeland

This book addresses the age old questions: Is there Life after Death? Do we live only one life? A modern-day woman relives her spiritual journey through time as she nears the end of her present life. She recalls past-life memories spanning three thousand years,ranging from the steppes of Asia and the temples of ancient Egypt to nineteenth century America. These memories are framed by vignettes from her current life and conversations with an angel who has much to say about life, death and love. They are creating a vivid and colorful tapestry as she remembers opportunities offered and decisions made which became turning points in each life.

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1465327266

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