Janet Rupert's Books

The Immigrant Brides Collection

9 Stories Celebrate Settling in America

By: Irene B. Brand,Kristy Dykes,Nancy J. Farrier,Pamela Griffin,JoAnn A. Grote,Sally Laity,Judith Mccoy Miller,Janet Spaeth

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The Immigrant Brides Collection

9 Stories Celebrate Settling in America

By: Irene B. Brand,Kristy Dykes,Nancy J. Farrier,Pamela Griffin,JoAnn A. Grote,Sally Laity,Judith Mccoy Miller,Janet Spaeth

Seeking Second Chances Lofty dreams of a new and better life lured untold thousands to America between 1775 and 1906. Among those “huddled masses yearning to be free” are nine displaced individuals dumped upon American soil and trying to figure out how to pursue happiness, make a home, and secure love. From the four corners of the globe they came, betting their hopes on the American dream. Can they truly find the new life they desire and the freedom to let their hearts soar in love and faith? Capucine: Home to My Heart by Janet Spaeth Separated forever—from her mother, from her home, from her Acadia—Capucine Louet cannot forgive the British for tearing her family apart in 1775. Now in New Orleans, she has only one ambition: to get to La Manque, where Acadian immigrants have settled and begun a new life. Can Michel LeBlanc, himself a relocated Acadian, help her, and will she be able to overcome her hatred to accept love—and God? The Angel of Nuremberg by Irene Brand Trenton, New Jersey, of 1776 is overrun by Hessian soldiers who were brought to the Colonies to aid the British. Comfort Foster and her family have no choice but to house one of these feared soldiers in their small home. Can their family survive the tension when her brother fights for American freedom and her father doctors sick American soldiers? Freedom’s Cry by Pamela Griffin In 1777, Sarah Thurston looks forward to Philadelphia’s first celebration of Independence Day. To her, the day heralds the end of her five-year term as an indentured servant. When her greedy master threatens to draw out her servitude, cabinetmaker Thomas Gray comes to Sarah’s defense. Will he and Sarah ever be free to express their love? Blessed Land by Nancy J. Farrier Paloma Rivera hates everything American and is determined to convince her sister to move back to Mexico in 1854. But first she has to find her sister, and no one in the pueblo of Tucson is willing to help her. Can she trust the handsome blacksmith, Antonio Escobar, or is he just toying with her until it is time for her to return home? Prairie Schoolmarm by JoAnne A. Grote In 1871, Marin Nilsson, a Swedish immigrant schoolmarm, becomes a student of life and love when Swedish farmer Talif Siverson insists on joining her classes in the sod schoolhouse to improve his English skills. Will he be able to break through the teacher’s long-held reserve? I Take Thee, a Stranger by Kristy Dykes Widowed and alone in 1885, Corinn McCauley is faced with a desperate decision. Would she be willing to marry a stranger in order to survive in a new country? Trevor Parker is a prosperous farmer in Florida, and he and his two daughters need a woman in their life. But Corrin doesn’t realize just how acute their needs are until she accepts this stranger’s proposal. The Golden Cord by Judith Miller Suey Qui Jin has been sold like livestock and taken across the Pacific Ocean to California in 1885. But mercifully, she had been befriended by an American-born Chinaman who promises to help her. Can a symbolic ribbon from a Bible be the key to getting her out of slavery of body and soul? Promises Kept by Sally Laity With the death of her fiancé in 1905, all of Kiera MacPherson’s hopes for a wonderful life in the New World have vanished. She takes a position as companion to a wealthy matriarch in order to earn her passage back to Ireland. Her leisurely work allows plenty time for studying an old family Bible, and she asks Devon Hamilton, the master of the mansion, many insightful questions. Will this quest for biblical knowledge upset order in the Hamilton household—and then bless her with two everlasting loves? The Blessing Basket by Judith Miller A Chinese orphan, Sing Ho is stranded by the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Though her fortunes rise and fall, she is eventually overwhelmed when God pours out more blessings than she can handle—two marriage proposals!

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Barbour Publishing

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1643521179

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Menus from History [2 volumes]

Historic Meals and Recipes for Every Day of the Year [2 volumes]

By: Janet Clarkson

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Historic Meals and Recipes for Every Day of the Year [2 volumes]

By: Janet Clarkson

A year's worth of fascinating menus from significant occasions in history around the world offer a thoroughly delightful way to learn more about noteworthy events and people, social classes, and morés. Menus from History: Historic Meals and Recipes for Every Day of the Year offers a fascinating exploration of dining history through historic menus from more than 35 countries. Ranging from discussion of a Roman banquet in A.D. 70 to a meal for former South African President Nelson Mandela in the 1990s, the menus offer students and general readers a thoroughly delightful way to learn more about events and the cultures in which they occurred. Royal feasts, soldier grub, shipboard and spaceship meals, and state dinners are just some of the occasions discussed. Arranged chronologically, each entry covers a day of the year and provides a menu from a significant meal that took place. An entry begins with the name, location, and date of the event, plus a brief explanation of its significance. Next comes the menu, followed by an analysis and, where possible, several recipes from the menu.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313349312

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Theatre for Children

Guide to Writing, Adapting, Directing, and Acting

By: David Wood,Janet Grant

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Theatre for Children

Guide to Writing, Adapting, Directing, and Acting

By: David Wood,Janet Grant

One of the world's leading children's dramatists provides a practical handbook of the skills involved in entertaining and involving audiences of children. A marvelous contribution to the world of Youth Theater...a must. Robyn Flatt, Dallas Children's Theater. He has often been called the National Playwright for Children and he deserves it. Cameron Mackintosh

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1566632323

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Devil On My Shoulder

By: Janet Mary Tomson

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Devil On My Shoulder

By: Janet Mary Tomson

As the English Civil War rages in 1642, a young Irish girl called Sorcha O'Neill is separated from her family at the siege of Carrickmain Castle. She fears the same fate as many of her compatriots: death at the hands of the English. Salvation arrives in the unlikely form of Lieutenant Robert Hammond, who names the girl Dublin, the only word the wild, terrified girl will speak in English. Leading her from the battle to safety, Hammond decides to take Dublin to his family on the Isle of Wight for refuge. As the two form an unlikely bond, the only certainty is that their lives will never be the same again.

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Piatkus

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1405526726

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Murder in the Wine Country

A California B&B Cozy Mystery

By: Janet Finsilver

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Murder in the Wine Country

A California B&B Cozy Mystery

By: Janet Finsilver

Weeding out killers wasn’t part of the job description . . . Kelly Jackson, manager of the Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast, is excited to participate in an event to raise awareness for the plight of struggling veterans in their Northern California coastal community. Local wineries are sponsoring tastings, and to prepare for a culinary competition, professional chefs will forage for wild edible greens. Kelly plans to come along, despite a warning to beware of poachers, who have been stealing the highly valued succulent Dudleya farinosa. The senior sleuths who call themselves the Silver Sentinels join forces with environmental activists known as the Succulent Saviors to thwart the poaching operation. When a consultant for the sale of a local winery is murdered, the poachers are suspected—but so is a wine merchant, Kelly's friend Phil. As Kelly and the Silver Sentinels attempt to root out the real killer, what she digs up might just put her permanently underground . . .

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Lyrical Underground

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1516104277

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The Black Mountains

By: Janet Tanner

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The Black Mountains

By: Janet Tanner

The captivating first instalment of the Hillsbridge Sagas, perfect for fans of Val Wood and Maggie Hope The Hall family live under the brooding shadow of the Black Mountains, in the mining town of Hillsbridge. Charlotte, James and their seven children are independent spirits, united by strong family values. Living in a mining community is never easy, and when the shadow of impending war threatens, they must pull together to face the hardship to come. Can this close-knit family overcome whatever tragedy life throws at them? The Black Mountains, a moving saga of love, happiness and heartbreak, is perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Katie Flynn. ‘Sensitive and exceptionally polished’ Manchester Evening News The Hillsbridge Sagas The Black Mountains The Emerald Valley The Hills and the Valley A Family Affair

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Canelo

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1788631668

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Paper Doll

By: Janet Woods

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Paper Doll

By: Janet Woods

A moving romance set in the 1920s - Julia Howard is a perfect daughter to her father, a now-bankrupt toy manufacturer who created a paper doll in her image. Julia longs for freedom, but marries wealthy businessman Latham Miller to please her father. Latham soon proves possessive and controlling, and when Julia is reacquainted with troubled war hero Martin Lee-Trafford, the attraction between them grows to love. But when Julia gives birth to a child, she faces a heart-wrenching decision - for if she runs away with Martin, she'll be forced to leave her beloved son with Latham.

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Severn House Publishers Ltd

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1780103336

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Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part IV, Volume 2

Henry James, Edith Wharton and Oscar Wilde by their Contemporaries

By: Ralph Pite,Elizabeth Nolan,Janet Beer,Sarah Annes,Jane Spirit

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Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part IV, Volume 2

Henry James, Edith Wharton and Oscar Wilde by their Contemporaries

By: Ralph Pite,Elizabeth Nolan,Janet Beer,Sarah Annes,Jane Spirit

Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this set collects contemporary memoirs, biographies and ephemera relating to Oscar Wilde, Henry James and Edith Wharton. Editorial apparatus includes a general introduction, headnotes, endnotes and a general index.

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Taylor & Francis

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104012951X

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Sequels

An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series

By: Janet G. Husband,Jonathan F. Husband

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Sequels

An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series

By: Janet G. Husband,Jonathan F. Husband

A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

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American Library Association

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0838909671

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The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made

By: Vincent Canby,Janet Maslin

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The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made

By: Vincent Canby,Janet Maslin

Gathers New York Times reviews for the best American and foreign films that were released from 1929 to 1998.

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Three Rivers Press

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0812930010

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The Serpent in the Garden

By: Janet Rutherford

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The Serpent in the Garden

By: Janet Rutherford

A classic murder mystery set in a rural Irish Church of Ireland parish. A body is found in the garden of a country Rectory in the Irish midlands. Suspicion focuses on the eccentric assortment of tenants inhabiting the Abbey adjoining the Rectory. But what is the motive for the murder? Property deals, race fixing, art theft, and blackmail hang elusively in the air. The disappearance of a second victim at Christmas increases tension in the Parish, which comes to a head at the Easter General Vestry. Finally, on Midsummer's Eve, the murderer makes a last desperate attack, leading to a cross-country chase and the revelation of the strange and curious motive for the crimes.

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Lulu.com

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140920023X

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Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul

Stories to Inspire and Uplift the Hearts of Canadians

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Janet Matthews,Raymond Aaron

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Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul

Stories to Inspire and Uplift the Hearts of Canadians

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Janet Matthews,Raymond Aaron

Written by fellow Canadians from Cape Breton Island to Prince Edward Island, from Montreal to Vancouver, this book reveals the people, the history and the special moments that give Canada such a distinctive charm and character.

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Simon and Schuster

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1453280359

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Prepared to Care

Nurses and Nursing in Alberta

By: Janet C. Ross-Kerr,Janet C. Kerr

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Prepared to Care

Nurses and Nursing in Alberta

By: Janet C. Ross-Kerr,Janet C. Kerr

In Alberta, nurses have been central to the development of health care and to the growth of hospitals from the early settlement days. Ross Kerr follows the development in Alberta of public health nursing, district nursing, the evolution of nursing as a professional discipline, nursing education and organized nursing through the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses.

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University of Alberta

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088864292X

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Hollywood in the Information Age

Beyond the Silver Screen

By: Janet Wasko

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Hollywood in the Information Age

Beyond the Silver Screen

By: Janet Wasko

This is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990's, focusing on the development of new communication technologies such as cable and home video and examining their impact on the production and distribution of motion pictures.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745678335

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9780745678337

Searching for UFOs

By: Janet Stirling,Dillon H. Richards

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Searching for UFOs

By: Janet Stirling,Dillon H. Richards

Looks at the phenomena of UFO sightings, examining historic sightings and the place of UFOs in popular culture.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1448847656

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9781448847655

Inside Apartheid

One Woman's Struggle in South Africa

By: Janet Levine

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Inside Apartheid

One Woman's Struggle in South Africa

By: Janet Levine

In Inside Apartheid, South African-born Janet Levine recounts the horrors and struggles she faced against the minority white government’s brutal system of repression from a rare perspective—that of a white woman who worked within the system even as she fought to transform it. With candor and courage, Levine skillfully interweaves her personal story of a privileged white citizen’s growing awareness of the evils of apartheid with a moving account of the increasing violence in and radical polarization of South Africa. Inside Apartheid brings to life both the unsurpassed physical beauty and the institutionalized brutality of the country Levine loves so deeply. We accompany her on a daring trip to the devastated black township of Soweto immediately following the unrest in 1976. There she visits the home of a “colored” family with no way out of apartheid induced poverty. On a journey through the “black” homelands where Levine discovers firsthand the horrifying evidence of the long-term genocide of three million people. As a student activist, as a journalist, and as an elected member of the Johannesburg City Council, Levine openly attacked the government’s policies in hundreds of speeches and articles, led election campaigns for one of her mentors, member of Parliament Helen Suzman, and was associated with Steve Biko and other less internationally famous but equally important South African figures. Levine was a founding member of the first black taxi co-operative in South Africa, and instrumental in having hundreds of illegally fired black workers reinstated with back pay after the Johannesburg strikes of 1980. We feel Levine’s pain when she finally asks soul-searching questions about the effectiveness of being a white activist. Inside Apartheid, with such honest witness-bearing, may be her most important act of all.

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Open Road Media

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150402883X

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9781504028837

Mr Bishop and the Actress

By: Janet Mullany

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Mr Bishop and the Actress

By: Janet Mullany

What could be more important than a lady's reputation?Although initially alarmed by their unconventional ways, strait-laced Harry Bishop is content in the service of Lord Shad and his family. But when he is sent to London to rescue Shad's wayward relation from debt and self-destruction, he also has the dubious honor of dealing with the man's illicit lover - troublesome actress Sophie Wallace.A man of dignity and decorum, Mr Bishop is desperate to disassociate himself from the scandalous Sophie. Unfortunately, avoiding her proves harder than he could ever have imagined and soon she's causing him all kinds of bother...

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0755386086

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The Story of a Noble Life

By: Janet Gordon

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The Story of a Noble Life

By: Janet Gordon

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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3368817485

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9783368817480

The Making of Modern English Society from 1850

By: Janet Roebuck

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The Making of Modern English Society from 1850

By: Janet Roebuck

In the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century a variety of forces emerged which changed society in many profound and subtle ways. The Making of Modern English Society from 1850 uses the findings of recent historical and sociological research contemporary literature, and a wide range of historical sources to form a clear picture of the main patterns of the social changes which took place in this turbulent period. Jane Roebuck shows how in these hundred years the whole fabric of society altered more rapidly and radically than in ant preceding century. She gives and account of the dramatic change which occurred in all spheres of national liked. She demonstrates how the drift towards socialism, which began in the nineteenth century, gathered momentum in the twentieth and how massive social chance was on produce of the two world wars. In the field of economics, the author considers the development of the maturing but still primitive industrial economy of the mid-nineteenth century into a modern economy based on mass production and mass consumption. She also describes the change in emphasis from desire for world power to concern for domestic prosperity and welfare services.

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Routledge

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1135785147

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John Payne Collier

Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century

By: Arthur Freeman,Janet Ing Freeman

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John Payne Collier

Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century

By: Arthur Freeman,Janet Ing Freeman

John Payne Collier (1789–1883), one of the most controversial figures in the history of literary scholarship, pursued a double career. A prolific and highly influential writer on the drama, poetry, and popular prose of Shakespeare's age, Collier was at the same time the promulgator of a great body of forgeries and false evidence, seriously affecting the text and biography of Shakespeare and many others. This monumental two-volume work for the first time addresses the whole of Collier's activity, systematically sorting out his genuine achievements from his impostures. Arthur and Janet Freeman reassess the scholar-forger's long life, milieu, and relations with a large circle of associates and rivals while presenting a chronological bibliography of his extensive publications, all fully annotated with regard to their creditability. The authors also survey the broader history of literary forgery in Great Britain and consider why so talented a man not only yielded to its temptations but also persisted in it throughout his life.

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Yale University Press

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0300096615

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9780300096613

Fighting Different Wars

Experience, Memory, and the First World War in Britain

By: Janet S. K. Watson

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Fighting Different Wars

Experience, Memory, and the First World War in Britain

By: Janet S. K. Watson

The popular idea of the First World War is a story of disillusionment and pointless loss. This vision, however, dates from well after the Armistice. In this 2004 book Janet Watson separates out wartime from retrospective accounts and contrasts war as lived experience - for soldiers, women and non-combatants - with war as memory, comparing men's and women's responses and tracing the re-creation of the war experience in later writings. Using a wealth of published and unpublished wartime and retrospective texts, Watson contends that participants tended to construct their experience - lived and remembered - as either work or service. In fact, far from having a united front, many active participants were in fact 'fighting different wars', and this process only continued in the decades following peace. Fighting Different Wars is an interesting, richly textured and multi-layered book which will be compelling reading for all those interested in the First World War.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521831539

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9780521831536

The Moonlight foxes

By: Janet Killeen

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The Moonlight foxes

By: Janet Killeen

Driven from their woodland home, the Foxes run until they find shelter n the strange, noise world of the city. There they must learn to survive, to hide, to slip silently through the moonlit streets, and make sure that their cubs may grow up safely. But when their cubs are born, they are full of fun and mischief. They don’t understand the dangers their parents have escaped from, and all they want to do is play and have adventures...

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A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

From Occupational Therapist to Patient and Beyond

By: Janet R. Douglas

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A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

From Occupational Therapist to Patient and Beyond

By: Janet R. Douglas

When an occupational therapist suffers a massive stroke while attending a wedding in her native England, she can’t believe it. Janet R. Douglas emerges from a coma weeks later at a Chicago hospital where she once worked. Her left side is totally paralyzed, her eyesight impaired, her memory and identity lost. Trapped in the present, she finds herself talking in German even though she has seldom spoken the language since high school. With no understanding of the severity of her problems, she resists therapy, thinking she doesn’t need it. Despite all odds, she returns to her high-powered job only to find herself cast adrift by a corporate reorganization. With time on her hands, she carries out her own research to find out how damage to one specific part of the brain affects behavior. From the perspective of both therapist and patient, Douglas explains the impact of stroke, how it makes the simplest tasks difficult, and how the visible disabilities it causes are just the tip of the iceberg. Join Douglas on a decade-long quest to recapture her identity so she can once again enjoy family, work, and travel in A Wonderful Stroke of Luck.

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Archway Publishing

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1480866024

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Ancient and Medieval Memories

Studies in the Reconstruction of the Past

By: Janet Coleman

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Ancient and Medieval Memories

Studies in the Reconstruction of the Past

By: Janet Coleman

This book is an analysis of thinking, remembering and reminiscing according to ancient authors, and their medieval readers. The author argues that behind the various medieval methods in interpreting texts of the past lie two apparently incompatible theories of human knowledge and remembering, as well as two differing attitudes to matter and intellect. The book comprises a series of studies which take ancient texts as evidence of the past, and show how medieval readers and writers understood them. The studies confirm that medieval and renaissance interpretations and uses of the past differ greatly from modern interpretation and yet betray many startling continuities between modern and ancient and medieval theories.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521411440

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Patrice Motsepe

An appetite for disruption

By: Janet Smith

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Patrice Motsepe

An appetite for disruption

By: Janet Smith

Business tycoon Patrice Motsepe is never shy to shake up the status quo. He has always followed his instincts to stay ahead of the curve. An icon of corporate South Africa, he is as much known for his leadership in the world of football as for his philanthropy. He was a top lawyer when he pursued his dream of being an entrepreneur, making a deal with Anglo American in the late 1990s that marked the beginning of a series of unique relationships which today define his African Rainbow Minerals empire. As the owner of Mamelodi Sundowns, he led it to becoming one of the most accomplished clubs in Africa. Then came the powerful seats of president at the Confederation of African Football and vice-president of FIFA, football's global governing body, in 2021. Yet questions linger about his political ambitions because of his close links to the ANC and particularly his brothers-in-law, Cyril Ramaphosa and Jeff Radebe. In this unauthorised biography, best-selling author and journalist Janet Smith mines public archives, academic papers and international media to find what lies behind this hugely successful, intensely private man, and what may lie ahead.

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Jonathan Ball Publishers

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1776191838

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Remapping Second-Wave Feminism

The Long Women's Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950–1997

By: Janet Allured

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Remapping Second-Wave Feminism

The Long Women's Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950–1997

By: Janet Allured

Scholars of second-wave feminism often center their research on northern thought and political activity and usually overlook the vibrant pockets of activism that existed elsewhere. In Remapping Second-Wave Feminism, Janet Allured attempts to reshape the national narrative by focusing on the grassroots women’s movement in the South, particularly in Louisiana. This book delves into unexplored origins of the feminist movement. While acknowledging the ways that the fight for African American civil rights produced the women’s liberation movement in the South—and subsequently in the North—Allured also locates other wellsprings of the movement that were particularly important to southern change-seekers, especially preexisting women’s organizations such as the League of Women Voters and the YWCA. Also, for many southern feminists, being part of a faith tradition that emphasized social justice reform is what ultimately propelled them into working for gender equality. Allured highlights key figures in Louisiana; divisions based on regional, sexual, and ideological differences; access to abortion; lawsuits that had national implications that emanated from southern women; and the fight against sexual assault and domestic violence. Through detailed archival and oral history research, she has forged a new path, making this a foundational work for the field. Remapping Second-Wave Feminism will amend how we reflexively view feminism as a northern phenomenon, giving proper due to the southern contribution.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820350044

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9780820350042

Canada Business

The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business with Canada

By: Janet Whittle

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The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business with Canada

By: Janet Whittle

An enclyclopedic view of doing business with Canada. Contains the how-to, where-to and who-with information needed to operate internationally.

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1885073135

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New Land, New Lives

Scandinavian Immigrants to the Pacific Northwest

By: Janet Elaine Guthrie

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New Land, New Lives

Scandinavian Immigrants to the Pacific Northwest

By: Janet Elaine Guthrie

New Land, New Lives captures the voices of Scandinavian men and women who crossed the Atlantic during the early decades of the 20th century and settled in the Pacific Northwest. Based on oral history interviews with 45 Danes, Finns, Icelanders, Norwegians, and Swedes—more than half of them women—the book is illustrated with family photographs and also includes background information on Scandinavian culture and immigration.

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University of Washington Press

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0295803851

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9780295803852

1950s Childhood

Growing up in post-war Britain

By: Janet Shepherd,John Shepherd

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1950s Childhood

Growing up in post-war Britain

By: Janet Shepherd,John Shepherd

Children of the 1950s have much to look back on with fondness: Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Dennis the Menace became part of the family for many, while for others the freedom of the riverbank or railway platform was a haven away from the watchful eyes of parents. The postwar welfare state offered free orange juice, milk and healthcare, and there was lots to do, whether football in the street, a double bill at the cinema, a game of Ludo or a spot of roller-skating. But there were also hardships: wartime rationing persisted into the '50s, a trip to the dentist was a painful ordeal, and at school discipline was harsh and the Eleven-Plus exam was a formidable milestone. Janet Shepherd and John Shepherd examine what it was like to grow up part of the Baby Boomer generation, showing what life was like at home and at school and introducing a new phenomenon – the teenager.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0747814554

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9780747814559

The Works of Aphra Behn: v. 1: Poetry

By: Janet Todd

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The Works of Aphra Behn: v. 1: Poetry

By: Janet Todd

Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the most successful dramatists of the Restoration theatre and a popular poet. This is the first volume in a set of seven which comprises a complete edition of all her works. This volume is a collection of her poetry.

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Routledge

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1351259466

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