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The Dream of You

Let Go of Broken Identities and Live the Life You Were Made For

By: Jo Saxton

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The Dream of You

Let Go of Broken Identities and Live the Life You Were Made For

By: Jo Saxton

Let’s be honest, the life you lead isn’t what you’ve always dreamt. And maybe the person you’ve become isn’t who you’ve always imagined. Sure, you can clean it up. You can work longer, love harder, and eat better. You can scrub the surface of your life until it gleams and still never address the fact that somehow you lost sight of who you really are and what you’re living for. Is this the life you were meant to live? As the child of Nigerian immigrants in the UK, author and speaker Jo Saxton knows firsthand how quickly the world can cause us to doubt our dreams and question who we are. She understands how easily we can exchange our true child-of-God selves for an identity built on lies, guilt, and brokenness. In this powerful book, Jo examines Biblical figures and shares her personal story as she invites you to turn to the One who knows you intimately and loves you deeply. He sees all you’ve struggled to hide. He hears the voice inside you that others have silenced. He knows the potential and purpose that no one valued. He longs to redeem the story of your life and set you on the path to reclaim The Dream of You. Are you ready?

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WaterBrook

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0735289832

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A Room at a Time

How Women Entered Party Politics

By: Jo Freeman

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A Room at a Time

How Women Entered Party Politics

By: Jo Freeman

In this important volume, Jo Freeman brings us the very full, rich story of how American women entered into political life and party politics-well before suffrage and, in many cases, completely separate from it. She shows how women carefully and methodically learned about the issues, the candidates, and the institutions, put themselves to work, and made themselves indispensable not only to the men running for office, but to the political system overall.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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084769805X

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9780847698059

Mom

The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America

By: Rebecca Jo Plant

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Mom

The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America

By: Rebecca Jo Plant

In the early twentieth century, Americans often waxed lyrical about “Mother Love,” signaling a conception of motherhood as an all-encompassing identity, rooted in self-sacrifice and infused with social and political meaning. By the 1940s, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the nation’s mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. In Mom, Rebecca Jo Plant traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth pain and suffering. Plant argues that the assault on sentimental motherhood came from numerous quarters. Male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who strove to be more than wives and mothers—all for their own distinct reasons—sought to discredit the longstanding maternal ideal. By showing how motherhood ultimately came to be redefined as a more private and partial component of female identity, Plant illuminates a major reorientation in American civic, social, and familial life that still reverberates today.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226670236

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9780226670232

Epidemics and Pandemics

Their Impacts on Human History

By: Jo N. Hays

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Epidemics and Pandemics

Their Impacts on Human History

By: Jo N. Hays

Balancing current and historical issues, this volume of essays covers the most significant worldwide epidemics from the Black Death to AIDS. Great pandemics have resulted in significant death tolls and major social disruption. Other "virgin soil" epidemics have struck down large percentages of populations that had no previous contact with newly introduced microbes. Written by a specialist in the history of science and medicine, the essays in this volume discuss pandemics and epidemics affecting Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, covering diseases in ancient times to the present. Each entry combines biological and social information to form a picture of the significance of epidemics that have shaped world history. The essays cover the areas of major pandemics, virgin soil epidemics, disruptive shocks, and epidemics of symbolic interest. Included are facts about what an epidemic was, where and when it occurred, how contemporaries reacted, and the unresolved historical issues remaining. This fascinating material is written at a level suitable for scholars and the general public.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1851096639

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9781851096633

Miles and Jo

Love Story in Blue

By: Jo Gelbard

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Miles and Jo

Love Story in Blue

By: Jo Gelbard

People just stop being interestingknow what I mean? They go so far and then they stop. Theres no more. Somehow I'm never with a woman more than seven years. Some dont go longer than a few minutes. When the music stops, Im done and need to move on.Miles Davis It was 1968. Jo Gelbard was an eighteen-year-old art student in New York City when she gave up her aspirations to be a painter and married the man she thought was the love of her life. True to her traditional upbringing, she devoted herself to her husband and son and lived what looked like the perfect lifeeven as she began slowly disappearing as a person. Then, on a January morning in 1984, a chance encounter with a fellow tenant in her Upper East Side high-rise took Jo completely by surprise. It was Miles Davis, arguably the greatest and most influential jazz musician in the world. Married to award-winning actress Cicely Tyson, he was a Platinum-selling trumpeter, bandleader, and film composer. For both Jo and Miles, the connection was immediate, unmistakable, and thrilling. Over time, their casual friendship escalated into a disruptive yet liberating affair that would build Jos self-esteem, give her dormant artistic ambitions a shot of adrenaline, and catch her absolutely off guard. But Miles, charming, inviting, and sensual, had a dark sidecruel, reckless, jealous, and frighteningly intense. And at thirty-two years oldmarried for fourteen years with a seven-year-old sonJo found herself torn between this fiercely passionate man and her frustratingly indifferent husband, living a double life, and tormented by her inability to choose between the two. Now, for the first time, Jo shares not only her own journey of self-discovery, but provides a rare, inside portrait of Miles Davis himself, and the private demons that fueled his genius. Ultimately, MILES AND JO: LOVE STORY IN BLUE is the story of two artists, striving for individuality, alone and together.

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AuthorHouse

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1477289569

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Predication Theory

A Case Study for Indexing Theory

By: Donna Jo Napoli

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Predication Theory

A Case Study for Indexing Theory

By: Donna Jo Napoli

In this study Donna Jo Napoli takes a common-sense approach to the notions of argument and predicate. Discussions of predication within Government and Binding theory have stressed the configurational properties of the phrases involved, and Napoli argues that this has led to proposals for more and more elaborate syntactic structures that nevertheless fail to provide genuinely explanatory accounts. She presents a convincing case for viewing the notion of predicate as a semantic primitive which cannot be defined by looking simply at the lexicon or simply at the syntactic structure, and offers a theory or predication where the key to the subject-predicate relationship is theta-role assignment. The book then goes on to offer principles for the coindexing of a predicate with its subject role player. These coindexing principles make use of Chomsky's 1986 notion of barriers, but instead of being sensitive to configurational notions like c-command and governing category, Napoli argues that they are sensitive to thematic structure. In the final chapter of the book Napoli extends the principles for predication coindexing to anaphor binding, by introducing the notion of argument ladders.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521368200

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Among Others

A Novel

By: Jo Walton

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Among Others

A Novel

By: Jo Walton

Winner of the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novel Winner of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel Startling, unusual, and yet irresistibly readable, Jo Walton's Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment. Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins. But her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closest companions. Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends, and Mori was forced to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippled--and her twin sister dead. Fleeing to her father whom she barely knew, Mori was sent to boarding school in England-a place all but devoid of true magic. There, outcast and alone, she tempted fate by doing magic herself, in an attempt to find a circle of like-minded friends. But her magic also drew the attention of her mother, bringing about a reckoning that could no longer be put off... Combining elements of autobiography with flights of imagination in the manner of novels like Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude, this is potentially a breakout book for an author whose genius has already been hailed by peers like Kelly Link, Sarah Weinman, and Ursula K. Le Guin. One of School Library Journal's Best Adult Books 4 Teens titles of 2011 One of io9's best Science Fiction & Fantasy books of the year 2011 At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Macmillan

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1429991526

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9781429991520

Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care

By: Jo Anne L. Earp,Elizabeth French,Melissa Gilkey

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Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care

By: Jo Anne L. Earp,Elizabeth French,Melissa Gilkey

As a contribution to the emerging healthcare quality movement, Patient Advocacy for Healthcare Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care is distinct from any others of its kind in its focus on the consumer’s perspective and in its emphasis on how advocacy can influence change at multiple social levels. This introductory volume synthesizes patient advocacy from a multi-level approach and is an ideal text for graduate and professional students in schools of public health, nursing and social work.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763749613

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Mathematical Mindsets

Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching

By: Jo Boaler

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Mathematical Mindsets

Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching

By: Jo Boaler

Banish math anxiety and give students of all ages a clear roadmap to success Mathematical Mindsets provides practical strategies and activities to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are bad at math, that they can enjoy and succeed in math. Jo Boaler—Stanford researcher, professor of math education, and expert on math learning—has studied why students don't like math and often fail in math classes. She's followed thousands of students through middle and high schools to study how they learn and to find the most effective ways to unleash the math potential in all students. There is a clear gap between what research has shown to work in teaching math and what happens in schools and at home. This book bridges that gap by turning research findings into practical activities and advice. Boaler translates Carol Dweck's concept of 'mindset' into math teaching and parenting strategies, showing how students can go from self-doubt to strong self-confidence, which is so important to math learning. Boaler reveals the steps that must be taken by schools and parents to improve math education for all. Mathematical Mindsets: Explains how the brain processes mathematics learning Reveals how to turn mistakes and struggles into valuable learning experiences Provides examples of rich mathematical activities to replace rote learning Explains ways to give students a positive math mindset Gives examples of how assessment and grading policies need to change to support real understanding Scores of students hate and fear math, so they end up leaving school without an understanding of basic mathematical concepts. Their evasion and departure hinders math-related pathways and STEM career opportunities. Research has shown very clear methods to change this phenomena, but the information has been confined to research journals—until now. Mathematical Mindsets provides a proven, practical roadmap to mathematics success for any student at any age.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118415531

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9781118415535

We Will be Heard

Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States

By: Jo Freeman

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We Will be Heard

Women's Struggles for Political Power in the United States

By: Jo Freeman

In We Will Be Heard, noted political scientist Jo Freeman chronicles the struggles of women in the United States for political power. Most of their stories are little-known, but Freeman's compelling portrait of women working for change reminds us that women have never been silent in the political affairs of the nation. From J. Ellen Foster's address to the 1892 Republican Convention to Nancy Pelosi's 2007 election as the first female Speaker of the House, women have worked to influence politics at every level. Well before most could vote, women campaigned for candidates and lobbied to shape public policy. Men welcomed their work, but not their ideas. Even with equal suffrage women faced many barriers to full political participation. The fifteen case studies of women's struggles for political influence in this book provide the historical context for today's political events. Starting with an overview of when and why political women have been studied, the three sections of the book look at different ways in which women have broken barriers, practiced politics, and promoted public policy. These engaging and accessible stories are even more important in today's political climate, when a woman can finally be a front-runner in a presidential race. Readers of all political stripes will enjoy the history behind modern politics in this story of women struggling to make their voices heard.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742556085

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The Night House

A novel

By: Jo Nesbo

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The Night House

A novel

By: Jo Nesbo

From the internationally best-selling author, a chilling fresh spin on the classic horror novel • When the voices call, don't answer. “In The Night House, the horror begins immediately. And it only keeps calling from there.”—Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Spin a Black Yarn In the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible for his disappearance. No one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into the receiver like something out of a horror movie. No one, that is, except Karen, a beguiling fellow outsider who encourages Richard to pursue clues the police refuse to investigate. He traces the number that Tom prank-called from the phone booth to an abandoned house in the Mirror Forest. There he catches a glimpse of a terrifying face in the window. And then the voices begin to whisper in his ear . . . She’s going to burn. The girl you love is going to burn. There’s nothing you can do about it. When another classmate disappears, Richard must find a way to prove his innocence—and preserve his sanity—as he grapples with the dark magic that is possessing Ballantyne and pursuing his destruction. Then again, Richard may not be the most reliable narrator of his own story . . .

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Vintage

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0593537173

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9780593537176

The Snowman

A Harry Hole Novel (7)

By: Jo Nesbo

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The Snowman

A Harry Hole Novel (7)

By: Jo Nesbo

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspector Harry Hole tracks a Norwegian serial killer in this “fiendishly complex and terrifically entertaining” (The New York Times Book Review) installment of the New York Times bestselling series. "Maddeningly addictive.” —Vanity Fair One night, after the first snowfall of the year, a boy named Jonas wakes up and discovers that his mother has disappeared. Only one trace of her remains: a pink scarf, his Christmas gift to her, now worn by the snowman that inexplicably appeared in their yard earlier that day. Inspector Harry Hole suspects a link between the missing woman and a suspicious letter he’s received. The case deepens when a pattern emerges: over the past decade, eleven women have vanished—all on the day of the first snow. But this is a killer who makes his own rules ... and he’ll break his pattern just to keep the game interesting, as he draws Harry ever closer into his twisted web. With brilliantly realized characters and hair-raising suspense, international bestselling author Jo Nesbø presents his most chilling case yet—one that will test Harry Hole to the very limits of his sanity. Don't miss Jo Nesbo's latest Harry Hole thriller, Killing Moon!

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307599574

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9780307599575

Onika Wants to Help

A True Story Promoting Inclusion and Self-Determination: a True Story of Inclusion and Self-Determination

By: Jo Meserve Mach,Vera Lynne Stroup-Rentier

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Onika Wants to Help

A True Story Promoting Inclusion and Self-Determination: a True Story of Inclusion and Self-Determination

By: Jo Meserve Mach,Vera Lynne Stroup-Rentier

In Tanzania, there is a little village where a girl named Onika lives. She loves to go to school with her friends. Onika, Teophani, Agnes and Elibeth each have activities they like to do at their school. What is Onika's favorite thing to do? How can Onika and her friends learn skills to help their village?Finding My Way Books honor children with special needs or disabilities by sharing their stories. Onika has intellectual disabilities.

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1944764410

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The Bat

A Harry Hole Novel (1)

By: Jo Nesbo

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The Bat

A Harry Hole Novel (1)

By: Jo Nesbo

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In the electrifying first installment of the Inspector Harry Hole series, Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. As he circles closer to the killer, Harry begins to fear that no one is safe, least of all those investigating the murder. The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. Never one to sit on the sidelines, Harry befriends one of the lead detectives, and one of the witnesses, as he is drawn deeper into the case. Together, they discover that this is only the latest in a string of unsolved murders, and the pattern points toward a psychopath working his way across the country. Don't miss Jo Nesbo's latest Harry Hole novel, coming May 2023!

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0345807103

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9780345807106

Mathematical Mindsets

Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Mathematics, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching

By: Jo Boaler

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Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Mathematics, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching

By: Jo Boaler

Reverse mathematics trauma and find a universal blueprint for math success In Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching mathematics education expert and best-selling author Jo Boaler delivers a blueprint to banishing math anxiety and laying a foundation for mathematics success that anyone can build on. Perfect for students who have been convinced they are naturally "bad at math," the author offers a demonstration of how to turn self-doubt into self-confidence by relying on the "mindset" framework. Mathematical Mindsets is based on thousands of hours of in-depth study and research into the most effective—and ineffective—ways to teach math to young people. This new edition also includes: Brand-new research from the last five years that sheds brighter light on how to turn a fear of math into an enthusiastic desire to learn Developed ideas about ways to bring about equitable grouping in classrooms New initiatives to bring 21st century mathematics to K-12 classrooms Mathematical Mindsets is ideal for K-12 math educators. It also belongs on the bookshelves of the parents interested in helping their K-12 children with their math education, as well as school administrators and educators-in-training.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119823072

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The Janus Faces of Genius

The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought

By: Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs

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The Janus Faces of Genius

The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought

By: Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs

In this major re-evaluation of Isaac Newton's intellectual life, Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs shows how his pioneering work in mathematics, physics, and cosmology was intertwined with his study of alchemy. Directing attention to the religious ambience of the alchemical enterprise of early modern Europe, Dobbs argues that Newton understood alchemy - and the divine activity in micromatter to which it spoke - to be a much needed corrective to the overly mechanized system of Descartes. The same religious basis underlay the rest of his work. To Newton it seemed possible to obtain partial truths from many different approaches to knowledge, be it textual work aimed at the interpretation of prophecy, the study of ancient theology and philosophy, creative mathematics, or experiments with prisms, pendulums, vegetating minerals, light, or electricity. Newton's work was a constant attempt to bring these partial truths together, with the larger goal of restoring true natural philosophy and true religion.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521524873

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9780521524872

School Bullying

Tools for Avoiding Harm and Liability

By: Mary Jo McGrath

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School Bullying

Tools for Avoiding Harm and Liability

By: Mary Jo McGrath

Using her proven SUCCEED framework, Mary Jo McGrath offers school leavers the tools and strategies to create lasting, legally-based, and ethically-based approaches to dealing with and preventing bullying in schools.

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Corwin Press

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1412915724

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9781412915724

Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture

By: Jo-Ann Morgan

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Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture

By: Jo-Ann Morgan

Examines the artwork of Hammatt Billings, George Cruikshank, Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Thomas Satterwhite Noble to show how, as Uncle Tom's Cabin gained popularity, visual strategies were used to coax the subversive potential of Stowe's work back within accepted boundaries that reinforced social hierarchies"--Provided by publisher.

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University of Missouri Press

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082621715X

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Pink and Blue

Telling the Boys from the Girls in America

By: Jo B. Paoletti

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Pink and Blue

Telling the Boys from the Girls in America

By: Jo B. Paoletti

“An insightful analysis of the origins, transformations and consequences of gender distinctions in children’s dress over the last 125 years.” —Daniel Thomas Cook, author of The Commodification of Childhood Jo B. Paoletti’s journey through the history of children’s clothing began when she posed the question, “When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?” To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books, mommy blogs and discussion forums, and other popular media to examine the surprising shifts in attitudes toward color as a mark of gender in American children’s clothing. She chronicles the decline of the white dress for both boys and girls, the introduction of rompers in the early 20th Century, the gendering of pink and blue, the resurgence of unisex fashions, and the origins of today’s highly gender-specific baby and toddler clothing. “A fascinating piece of American social history.” —Library Journal “An engrossing cultural history of parenthood, as well as childhood.” —Worn Through

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Indiana University Press

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0253001307

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Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620

A Biographical Dictionary

By: Jo Carney

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Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620

A Biographical Dictionary

By: Jo Carney

Covering the period comprising the Renaissance and Reformation, this volume introduces a unique set of interdisciplinary biographical dictionaries providing basic information on the people who have contributed significantly to the culture of Western civilization. Unlike general dictionaries which focus on political and military figures, this book covers such figures as the religious leaders who contributed to the Reformation, scientists who paved the way for a new view of the universe, and Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects, as well as writers, musicians, and scholars. While the great personalities are included—Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Galileo—the volume covers lesser known figures as well—the Muslim scholar Leo Africanus, the Flemish geographer-astronomer Gemma Frisius, the English travel writer Thomas Coryate. Although many of the subjects also had political influence, the entries are written to highlight their individual cultural achievement. An exciting, tumultuous, and chaotic age, the years from 1500 to 1620 saw increasing discontent with Catholicism and the beginning of Protestantism with Luther's 95 theses, great strides in the development of the printing press and a resulting increase in literacy, the humanist movement with its emphasis on the arts of antiquity, a proliferation of literature and art inspired by but moving beyond classical forms, and conflict between the triumph of Renaissance culture and the theologians of the Protestant Reformation. The resulting cultural production was astounding. This volume covers those who contributed to the fields of art and architecture, music, philosophy, religion, political and social thought, science, mathematics, literature, history, and education. With over 350 entries written by 72 scholars, the book provides a good basic resource on an exciting age.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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156750728X

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9781567507287

Pentagram

By: Jo Nesbo

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Pentagram

By: Jo Nesbo

V Oslu začíná období prázdnin a dovolených a město zasáhla vlna letních veder. V jednom bytě nedaleko hřbitova Našeho Spasitele začíná ze stropu něco kapat do hrnce s vařícími se bramborami. Ve vodě se tvoří drobné černé chuchvalce. Ve svém bytě v Sofiině ulici leží tou dobou na zemi Harry Hole – opilý, opuštěný a suspendovaný. Ve zběsilém, ale neúspěšném honu za usvědčením svého policejního kolegy Toma Waalera z vraždy zradil všechny své blízké. Za čtyři týdny bude bez práce. Vtom zvoní telefon. Šéf oddělení vražd povolává Harryho k podivnému nálezu – zavražděná žena s odseknutým prstem. Harry Hole dostává svůj poslední případ. Bude na něm pracovat společně s jediným kolegou, který právě nemá dovolenou, s Tomem Waalerem, jenž Harrymu učiní jistou nabídku. Vzápětí zmizí beze stopy Lisbeth, manželka známého producenta WillyhoBarliho, který chystá premiéru muzikálu My Fair Lady, v němž měla jeho žena hrát hlavní roli. A na policii dorazí v obálce useknutý prst. Stojí za Lisbethiným zmizením její manžel, jak tvrdí tzv. Holeův první zákon, anebo někdo jiný? Brzy se ukáže, že policie má co do činění se sériovým vrahem. Dokáže Harry rozluštit vzkazy a symboly, které vrah zanechává na místech činu, a dokáže zabránit dalším vraždám? Přijme nabídku Toma Waalera? A podaří se mu vrátit svůj osobní život k normálu? Harrymu začíná být pořádně horko... O autorovi: Jo Nesbø (1960 v Oslu), současný norský spisovatel a hudebník, původním vzděláním ekonom a finanční analytik, zpočátku pracoval jako makléř a novinář. V roce 1997 odstartoval jeho literární dráhu kriminální románFlaggermusmannen (Netopýří muž), první detektivka, v níž vystupuje osobitý a nekonvenční kriminalista Harry Hole. Kniha znamenala obrovský úspěch, Nesbø za ni obdržel Rivertonprisen, cenu udělovanou Klubem Riverton za nejlepší literární či dramatický počin s kriminální tematikou, a Glasnøkkelen – Skleněný klíč, skandinávskou cenu za nejlepší kriminální román. Následovaly další knihy s HarrymHolem – 1998 Kakerlakkene(Švábi), 2000 Rødstrupe (Červenka), 2002 Sorgenfri(Bezstarostná, česky vyšla jako Nemesis), 2003 Marekors(Pentagram), 2005 Frelseren (Spasitel), 2007 Snømannen(Sněhulák) a 2009 Panserhjerte (Pancéřové srdce). V roce 2008 publikoval Nesbø kriminální román s novým hlavním představitelem Rogerem Brownem, který vyšel pod názvemHodejegerne (Lovci hlav). Jo Nesbø píše také humorné knížky pro děti. Za své knihy získal kromě výše zmíněných cen řadu dalších literárních ocenění. Jeho knihy byly přeloženy do 35 jazyků a vyšly ve140 zemích světa. Jen ve čtyřapůlmilionovém Norsku se jich doposud prodalo jeden a půl milionu exemplářů. oficiální český web autora: http://www.jonesbo.czfacebook-stránka Jo Nesbø (CZ): http://www.facebook.com/jonesbo.cz

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Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder

By: Jo Nesbo

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Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder

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Nilly is new to the neighborhood, but he is quick to make friends: Doctor Proctor, an eccentric professor; and Lisa, who is teased by the twin terrors Truls and Trym. Nilly and Lisa help Doctor Proctor develop his latest invention, a powder that makes you fart. The powder makes Nilly and Lisa very popular at school when they sell it for fifty cents a bag. And they get revenge on Truls and Trym by giving them a dose of extra-strength fart powder that shoots them up into a tree. All is good farty fun. Until someone steals the industrial-strength fart powder -- which was supposed to make Doctor Proctor famous -- to use for evil purposes....

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Midnight Sun

A novel

By: Jo Nesbo

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Midnight Sun

A novel

By: Jo Nesbo

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches, a “forcefully written story of personal defeat, despair, and salvation” (The New York Times Book Review) about a man with one small problem—his former boss, Oslo's most notorious drug kingpin, wants him dead. "A fun read, with a likable protagonist and a brisk, page-turning pace." —Los Angeles Times Ulf was once the kingpin's fixer, but after betraying him, Ulf is now the one his former boss wants fixed. Hiding out at the end of the line in northern Norway, Ulf lives among the locals. A mother and son befriend him, and their companionship stirs something deep in him that he thought was long dead. As he awaits the inevitable arrival of his murderous pursuers, he questions if redemption is at all possible or if, as he's always believed, “hope is a real bastard.”

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Macbeth

William Shakespeare's Macbeth Retold: A Novel

By: Jo Nesbo

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Macbeth

William Shakespeare's Macbeth Retold: A Novel

By: Jo Nesbo

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 Shakespeare’s dark and tragic play retold in a heart-pounding New York Times bestselling thriller from the author of The Snowman and The Thirst. Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo's Macbeth centers around a police force struggling to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom—a master of manipulation named Hecate—has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way. Hecate’s plot hinges on steadily, insidiously manipulating Inspector Macbeth: the head of SWAT and a man already susceptible to violent and paranoid tendencies. What follows is an unputdownable story of love and guilt, political ambition, and greed for more, exploring the darkest corners of human nature, and the aspirations of the criminal mind.

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Cockroaches

A Harry Hole Novel (2)

By: Jo Nesbo

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Cockroaches

A Harry Hole Novel (2)

By: Jo Nesbo

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this installment of the New York Times bestselling series, Inspector Harry Hole heads to Thailand to investigate the murder of a Norweigian ambassador. "Nesbø never lets a page go by without making characters and situations vivid."—Houston Chronicle “I can’t think of anyone who makes my skin crawl like Nesbo."—The New York Times Book Review When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case. But once he arrives Harry discovers that this case is about much more than one random murder. There is something else, something more pervasive, scrabbling around behind the scenes. Or, put another way, for every cockroach you see in your hotel room, there are hundreds behind the walls. Surrounded by round-the-clock traffic noise, Harry wanders the streets of Bangkok lined with go-go bars, temples, opium dens, and tourist traps, trying to piece together the story of the ambassador’s death even though no one asked him to, and no one wants him to—not even Harry himself.

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Headhunters

By: Jo Nesbo

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Headhunters

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cockroaches comes a funny, dark, and twisted caper worthy of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers—about an aspiring art thief and the target who’s about to destroy his life. “If you don’t know Nesbø, it’s time to get with it.” —USA Today Roger Brown is a corporate headhunter, and he’s a master of his profession. But one career simply can’t support his luxurious lifestyle and his wife’s fledgling art gallery. At an art opening one night he meets Clas Greve, who is not only the perfect candidate for a major CEO job, but also, perhaps, the answer to his financial woes: Greve just so happens to mention that he owns a priceless Peter Paul Rubens painting that’s been lost since World War II—and Roger Brown just so happens to dabble in art theft. But when he breaks into Greve’s apartment, he finds more than just the painting. And Clas Greve may turn out to be the worst thing that’s ever happened to Roger Brown. Don't miss Jo Nesbo's new thriller, Killing Moon, coming soon!

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Phantom

A Harry Hole Novel (9)

By: Jo Nesbo

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Phantom

A Harry Hole Novel (9)

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An “addictive page-turner” (Los Angeles Times)—Inspector Harry Hole attempts to exonerate his would-be son Oleg in this installment of the New York Times bestselling series. When Harry Hole moved to Hong Kong, he thought he was escaping the traumas of his life in Oslo and his career as a detective for good. But now, the unthinkable has happened—Oleg, the boy he helped raise, has been arrested for killing a man. Harry can't believe that Oleg is a murderer, so he returns to hunt down the real killer. Although he's off the police force, he still has a case to solve that will send him into the depths of the city’s drug culture, where a shockingly deadly new street drug is gaining popularity. This most personal of investigations will force Harry to confront his past and the wrenching truth about Oleg and himself. Don't miss Jo Nesbo's latest Harry Hole thriller, Killing Moon!

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The Son

A novel

By: Jo Nesbo

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The Son

A novel

By: Jo Nesbo

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the bestselling Harry Hole series comes an electrifying tale of vengeance set amid Oslo's brutal hierarchy of corruption. “The crime author of the moment.”—The New York Times Book Review Sonny Lofthus has been in prison for almost half his life: serving time for crimes he didn't commit. In exchange, he gets an uninterrupted supply of heroin—and a stream of fellow prisoners seeking out his Buddha-like absolution. Years earlier Sonny’s father, a corrupt cop, took his own life rather than face exposure. Now Sonny is the center of a vortex of corruption: prison staff, police, lawyers, a desperate priest—all of them focused on keeping him stoned and jailed. When Sonny discovers a shocking truth about his father’s suicide, he makes a brilliant escape and begins hunting down the people respons ible for his and his father’s demise. But he's also being hunted, and by enemies too many to count. Two questions remain: who will get to him first, and what will he do when he’s cornered? Don't miss Jo Nesbo's new thriller, Killing Moon, coming soon!

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How to be Married

What I Learned from Real Women on Five Continents about Surviving My First (really Hard) Year of Marriage

By: Jo Piazza

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What I Learned from Real Women on Five Continents about Surviving My First (really Hard) Year of Marriage

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At age thirty-four, Jo Piazza got her romantic-comedy ending when she met the man of her dreams on a boat in the Galápagos Islands and was engaged three months later. But before long, Jo found herself riddled with questions. How do you make a marriage work in a world where you no longer need to be married? How does an independent, strong-willed feminist become someone's partner -- all the time? Journalist and author Jo Piazza writes a memoir of a real first year of marriage that will forever change the way we look at matrimony. A travel editor constantly on the move, Jo journeys to twenty countries on five continents to figure out what modern marriage means. Throughout this personal narrative, she gleans wisdom from matrilineal tribeswomen, French ladies who lunch, Orthodox Jewish moms, Swedish stay-at-home dads, polygamous warriors, and Dutch prostitutes. How to Be Married offers an honest portrait of a couple. When life throws more at them than they ever expected -- a terrifying health diagnosis, sick parents to care for, unemployment -- they ultimately create a fresh understanding of what it means to be equal partners during the good and bad times.

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Killing Moon

A Harry Hole Novel (13)

By: Jo Nesbo

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Killing Moon

A Harry Hole Novel (13)

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This killer will get inside your head. • Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own team to help find a serial killer who is murdering young women in Oslo in the next novel in the New York Times best-selling series. "One of today's most interesting thriller writers." —Lee Child, author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Jack Reacher series THE HUNT IS ON AND THE POLICE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. Two young women are missing, their only connection a party they both attended, hosted by a notorious real-estate magnate. When one of the women is found murdered, the police discover an unusual signature left by the killer, giving them reason to suspect he will strike again. THEY'RE FACING A KILLER UNLIKE ANY OTHER. And exposing him calls for a detective like no other. But the legendary Harry Hole is gone—fired from the force, drinking himself to oblivion in Los Angeles. It seems that nothing can entice him back to Oslo. Until the woman who saved Harry's life is put in grave danger, and he has no choice but to return to the city that haunts him and track down the murderer. CATCHING HIM WILL PUSH HARRY TO THE LIMIT. He'll need to bring together a misfit team of former operatives to accomplish what he can't do alone: stop an unstoppable killer. But as the evidence mounts, it becomes clear that there is more to this case than meets the eye...

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Knife

A Harry Hole Novel (12)

By: Jo Nesbo

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Knife

A Harry Hole Novel (12)

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Brilliant, audaciously rogue police officer Harry Hole from The Snowman is back and in the throes of a new, unanticipated rage in this installment of the New York Times bestselling series—once again hunting the murderer who has haunted his entire career. “I can’t think of anyone who makes my skin crawl like Nesbo.”—The New York Times Book Review Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel—the only woman he's ever loved—has ended it with him, permanently. He's been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police but it's in the cold case office, when what he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne, the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now, Finne is free after a decade-plus in prison—free, and Harry is certain, unreformed and ready to take up where he left off. But things will get worse. When Harry wakes up the morning after a blackout, drunken night with blood that's clearly not his own on his hands, it's only the very beginning of what will be a waking nightmare the likes of which even he could never have imagined. Don't miss Jo Nesbo's latest Harry Hole novel, Killing Moon!

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Nemesis

By: Jo Nesbo

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Nemesis

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Začal podzim. V jedné bankovní pobočce v centru Osla dostává vedoucí pětadvacet vteřin na to, aby otevřel bankomat, vybral z něj peníze a naházel je do připravené kabely. Limit o šest vteřin překročí. Bankovní lupič ukáže do bezpečnostní kamery šest prstů, zastřelí jednu ze zaměstnankyň a beze stopy se vytratí. Případ dostává na starost Harry Hole, jeden z nejlepších kriminalistů osloské policie, ale zároveň velmi svérázný chlapík, osamělý vlk s neuspořádaným osobním životem a alkoholik, kterému dělá problémy podvolit se jakékoli autoritě. Při vyšetřování mu sekunduje velmi zdatná policejní posila Beáta Lønnová, dcera známého zastřeleného kriminalisty, která zaujala místo Harryho zavražděné kolegyně Ellen Gjeltenové. Krátce po zahájení vyšetřování je ve svém bytě nalezena Harryho dávná láska Anna Bethsenová. Vše nasvědčuje tomu, že spáchala sebevraždu v ten večer, kdy u ní byl Harry na večeři. Téměř vše. Jenže Harry má naprosté „okno“ a z návštěvy si nic nepamatuje. Co se vlastně v Annině bytě odehrálo? Když vyšetřování uvízne na mrtvém bodě, rozhodne se Harry využít pomoci Raskola, původem rumunského Roma, Annina příbuzného a legendárního bankovního lupiče, který se sám přihlásil policii a nechal se uvěznit. I z vězení však dokáže tahat za potřebné nitky. Harry uzavře s Raskolem dohodu: Raskol mu pomůže najít bankovního lupiče a Harry oplátkou za to odhalí Annina vraha. Kolotoč událostí se rozbíhá. A to podzim teprve začal... O autorovi: Jo Nesbø (1960 v Oslu), současný norský spisovatel a hudebník, původním vzděláním ekonom a finanční analytik, zpočátku pracoval jako makléř a novinář. V roce 1997 odstartoval jeho literární dráhu kriminální román Flaggermusmannen (Netopýří muž), první detektivka, v níž vystupuje osobitý a nekonvenční kriminalista Harry Hole. Kniha znamenala obrovský úspěch, Nesbø za ni obdržel Rivertonprisen, cenu udělovanou Klubem Riverton za nejlepší literární či dramatický počin s kriminální tematikou, a Glasnøkkelen – Skleněný klíč, skandinávskou cenu za nejlepší kriminální román. Následovaly další knihy s Harrym Holem – 1998 Kakerlakkene (Švábi), 2000 Rødstrupe (Červenka), 2002 Sorgenfri (Bezstarostná, česky vyšla jako Nemesis), 2003 Marekors (Pentagram), 2005 Frelseren (Spasitel), 2007 Snømannen (Sněhulák) a 2009 Panserhjerte (Pancéřové srdce). V roce 2008 publikoval Nesbø kriminální román s novým hlavním představitelem Rogerem Brownem, který vyšel pod názvem Hodejegerne (Lovci hlav). Jo Nesbø píše také humorné knížky pro děti. Za své knihy získal kromě výše zmíněných cen řadu dalších literárních ocenění. Jeho knihy byly přeloženy do 35 jazyků a vyšly ve 140 zemích světa. Jen ve čtyřapůlmilionovém Norsku se jich doposud prodalo jeden a půl milionu exemplářů. oficiální český web autora: http://www.jonesbo.czfacebook-stránka Jo Nesbø (CZ): http://www.facebook.com/jonesbo.cz

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The Redeemer

A Harry Hole Novel (6)

By: Jo Nesbo

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The Redeemer

A Harry Hole Novel (6)

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Inspector Harry Hole pursues an assassin bent on revenge in this “fast-and-furious” installment (The New York Times Book Review) of the bestselling series. Shots ring out at a Salvation Army Christmas concert in Oslo, leaving one of the singers dead in the street. The trail will lead Harry Hole, Oslo’s best investigator and worst civil servant, deep into the darkest corners of the city and, eventually, to Croatia. An assassin forged in the war-torn region has been brought to Oslo to settle an old debt. As the police circle in, the killer becomes increasingly desperate and the danger mounts for Harry and his colleagues. Don't miss Jo Nesbo's latest Harry Hole thriller, Killing Moon!

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