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The Heaven and Hell Picture

By: Jean Bailey Glauser

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When Joan Spenser's twelve-year-old grandson asks her what birthday parties were like when she was his age, she has to admit that she did not go to many. Later, thinking about this conversation and how different things are today, Joan's memory takes off on a journey it has travelled many times before, back through the years to Southeast London in 1956. While visiting a local museum with her mother, young Joan comes across an unusual and fascinating painting which seems to depict some form of Heaven and Hell. It is in turn beautiful and yet darkly disturbing, and Joan is so mesmerized by it that it will influence her perception of events - some happy, some tragic - that are to occur in the coming months. With the specter of the ancient painting never far from her mind, Joan makes her way through a difficult and at times bewildering year in which she learns that life is not always fair, and people are often not what they appear to be.

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1483410846

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Addressed to Kill

By: Jean Flowers

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Addressed to Kill

By: Jean Flowers

Third in the Postmistress Mystery series by Jean Flowers, following Death Takes Priority and Cancelled by Murder... Love is in the air for postmaster Cassie Miller and the residents of North Ashcot, Massachusetts. Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and the town is gearing up for a special dinner dance at the senior center. With the local musical group performing at the dance displaced from their regular practice location, Cassie is all too happy to host them during off-hours at the post office. But not everything is coming up roses. When one of the musicians, Dennis Somerville, is found shot in his home, rumors swirl over who might have wanted him dead. Cassie must determine if there is a link between a string of recent break-ins and Dennis's murder before another victim winds up with more than a broken heart.

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Penguin

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042527912X

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9780425279120

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

By: Jean D. Erhardt

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She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

By: Jean D. Erhardt

In She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not, Jean D. Erhardt introduces us to Kim Claypoole, a reluctant yet charming-when-pressed sleuth. The first in a series, we become acquainted with Kim抯 irreverent and quick-witted ways. In order to keep her wacky mother抯 country music radio station from going down the tubes, Kim is compelled to take a leave of absence from the Smoky Mountains and her double-wide restaurant partner, Mad Ted Weber. Making matters worse as Kim heads to her hometown in a 911 rush to save the day, she puts a sizzling love affair on the back burner. Kim抯 soft spot for damsels in distress is activated when she bumps into an old friend who needs Kim's help to clear her hapless brother of a murder charge. In true mystery fashion, she gets more than she bargained for when she gets dragged into several messy murders and murky intrigue. Topless dancers卻mall town cops卆 stream of backwater characters卆 meeting with the Grim Reaper. Where does it all end? That抯 for Kim to figure out.

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iUniverse

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0595004628

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9780595004621

Das Amerikanische

By: Jean Winstead

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Das Amerikanische

By: Jean Winstead

Herbert Deutsch, German immigrant, came to America to find new opportunities.

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1430302089

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The War Comes to Witham Street

By: Jean Grundy Fanelli

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The War Comes to Witham Street

By: Jean Grundy Fanelli

Adobe Digital Editions/PDF. The War Comes to Witham Street follows the lives of a group of families living in Lincoln, England, from August 1944 until the end of the war in May 1945. A rest and recuperate scheme for two servicemen, one British and one American, places them with two families. The effect they have on those who have offered the hospitality is profound. Another neighbour has to cope with a love affair of her daughter, a naive young girl, with a G.I. Throughout the novel is the day to day problems of the neighbours, the way they get on with each other and with their families, all seen through the eyes of a child. Jane, like most of the other children, is without her father, and relies on grandparents and other relations to fill the gap. And it is through Jane and growing up at a difficult time that we can laugh at attempts to keep moral high, and sympathise with the hopes, dreams, disappointments, and tragedies of those left to cope with war their own way.

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Mushroom Publishing

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1843190427

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9781843190424

Liquid Diamonds

By: Jean Hornby

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Liquid Diamonds

By: Jean Hornby

Jean Hornby lived in Brighton. This is where it all began. It is where The Diamonds, Jeana, Tammy and Bobette were formed. In the first book Dollars & Diamonds, you entered into their lives and were walked through many highs and lows of a life filled with nothing but Dollars & Diamonds. And now awaiting you is the sequel, Liquid Diamonds. Here, Jeana and Bobette will take you with them to escape into another world. - One of many laughs and one even more shocking than Dollars & Diamonds. - Enjoy the journey! Having fallen into each other’s arms, Jeana and Bobette spontaneously leave sinful Brighton behind to escape to where ever the next train should take them, but their impulse adventure of a lust-filled love, turns into nothing but a liquid get-away. Will it be one that they will always want to remember, or one that these two liquid Diamonds will want to forget?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479785970

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9781479785971

Still at War

By: Jean Booker

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Still at War

By: Jean Booker

The war is over, but Ellen's secret still haunts her in this tense sequel toKeeping Secrets. Ellen is now thirteen, living in an upstairs flat with her parents in Morpeth, England. In the aftermath of World War II, many of her neighbours mistrust the German prisoners of war who still live among them, and resent the POWs for taking scarce jobs away. In Keeping Secrets, Ellen helped a German POW escape. Now she worries that he may never have gotten away, and is still in Morpeth. What if her neighbours find out what she did? Jean Booker explores the complex and often turbulent process of rebuilding in the aftermath of war in this realistic tale based on her own experience growing up in England during and after WWII.

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Scholastic Canada

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1443124583

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9781443124584

The Essential Job Interview Handbook

A Quick and Handy Resource for Every Job Seeker

By: Jean Baur

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The Essential Job Interview Handbook

A Quick and Handy Resource for Every Job Seeker

By: Jean Baur

Even with a fairly detailed job description or a briefing by a knowledgeable recruiter, job candidates rarely have all the tools they need to ace their interviews. This is one of the reasons why interviews are so harrowing—we have to pay close attention to what we’re told, what we’re not told, and the many non-verbal signals we receive. In addition, many people who conducts the interviews aren’t well-prepared, haven’t been trained in interviewing, and often don’t even like the process. The Essential Job Interview Handbook will help job seekers prepare effectively for interviews and become familiar with different types of interview questions and styles of interviews. A unique feature of this book is the multiple answers it provides for each question, rated good, better, and best; with this feature, you’ll learn what makes a winning answer and understand the strategy behind it. Whether you’re just finishing school or have been working a long time, The Essential Job Interview Handbook will give you all the powerful tools you need to not just get a job, but to get the right one.

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1601635117

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9781601635112

Beyond the Open Well

By: Jean M. Hebert

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Beyond the Open Well

By: Jean M. Hebert

With superhuman strength, he pulled himself back from the edge of the well, as clumps of dirt fell into the water far below. Eyes wide with fear, his two little sisters came and stood over him. “Maybe this is where Mama and Daddy are going to throw us when they kill us...” So begins the true story of the lives of sisters Joyce West and Jane McDaniel over the span of six decades. Their story is fascinating and compelling. Early abuses and neglects negatively influence their lives, even today. In these pages, the sisters bravely talk about a subject that is too often kept secret. Ultimately, it is their hope that by the telling of their story they may shed light on the subject of abuse and encourage other sufferers to overcome and live prosperous life. “If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of silence. It is your own heartbeat echoing deep inside your ears. It is the vibration of life that is sometimes felt in the stillness of the night. It is the unspoken assurance that you are not alone in your fear, or in your joy.”

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1452050414

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Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember

By: Karleen Bradford,Sarah Ellis,Julie Lawson,Carol Matas,Maxine Trottier,Perry Nodelman,Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch,Jean Little

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Dear Canada: A Christmas to Remember

By: Karleen Bradford,Sarah Ellis,Julie Lawson,Carol Matas,Maxine Trottier,Perry Nodelman,Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch,Jean Little

A wonderful seasonal anthology for Dear Canada readers, both old and new! A real treat for fans of this series, and all lovers of historical fiction! Eleven stories that each revisit a favourite character from books in the Dear Canada series are included in this special collection. These are completely original tales that stand alone as heartwarming Christmas stories, but also serve as a lovely "next chapter" to their original books. Each story is written by one of Canada's top award-winning writers for children, including Jean Little, Sarah Ellis, Maxine Trottier, Carol Matas and more. This collection is a lovely companion to A Season of Miracles, and will be treasured year after year at holiday time!

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1443119970

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9781443119979

The Church Lads' Brigade in the Great War

The 16th (Service) Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Long, Long Trail

By: Jean Morris

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The Church Lads' Brigade in the Great War

The 16th (Service) Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Long, Long Trail

By: Jean Morris

It is estimated that around 50,000 Brigade Lads served in the First World War, during which many honors and distinctions were awarded. The Brigade contributed two Service Battalions of the King's Royal Rifle Corps whose members were comprised entirely of past and present members of the Church Lads' Brigade. These were known as ‘Pals’ Battalions. The story of the battalion centers around the experiences of eight men who served and some who died in the Battles of The Somme, Arras and The Lys. In the latter half of the nineteenth century influential Christians were worried about the poor spiritual and physical development of young people. It was at that time that ‘Brigade’ groups began to spring up all over the UK. Walter Mallock Gee, who was Secretary of the Junior Branch of the Church of England Temperance Society and a ‘Volunteer’ Army Officer, founded the Church Lads’ Brigade in 1891. By 1908 the membership of the brigade stood at about 70,000 in 1,300 companies. When the ‘Call to Arms’ came from Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener in 1914, thousands of Britain’s youth flocked to join the armed forces. Members of the Church Lads’ Brigade joined up in their droves at recruiting stations all over Great Britain. Two Battalions were formed entirely from serving and ex-members of the Church Lad’s Brigade. The 16th (Service) Battalion and later the 19th (Service) Battalion, both sponsored by the Church Lads’ Brigade, became known as ‘The Churchmen’s Battalion’. In 1914 no one could have imagined the horrendous stories that would unfold from the bloody massacre at so many notorious battles across Belgium and the fields of Flanders. Ypres, Passchendale, Somme, Arras, Lys, and the brutal decimation of the battalion during the hell of the fighting at High Wood. No one could have imagined the discomfort and disease brought on by living in a trench full of water for days on end, or ‘over the top’ through acres of knee-high mud. More than 24 of the Church Lads’ Brigade were awarded a Victoria Cross for their bravery, but by 1918 many of those gallant young Lads would not return home. This is their story. The Author and the Publishers acknowledge that some material in this title has been taken from the website www.1914-1918.net without permission or acknowledgement and are grateful to the copyright holder, Chris Baker, for granting this permission retrospectively.

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Pen and Sword

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1473866049

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Mama Bird

A True Story Of Family, Trauma & Survival

By: Susan Jean Hachey

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Mama Bird

A True Story Of Family, Trauma & Survival

By: Susan Jean Hachey

Mama Bird is a true story about the endurance and perseverance needed to survive an abusive marriage. When Susan found herself pregnant at the age of twenty-one, she did what she thought was the best thing and married her baby’s father, Cain. Having grown up in Germany and then Manitoba, her final teen years were spent in New Brunswick after her father retired from the military. She believed it was important to have a stable home environment for her son. But instead, what she got was thirty-seven years of physical and emotional abuse that scarred both her and her children. Yet within this abusive environment, Susan did everything in her power to keep her children safe and even find moments of happiness. Like the mama bird in the story that she tells to her adopted daughter, she knows it is her job to nurture her children until they leave the nest. Several times when the abuse gets to be too much, she takes her children and leaves, but each time she returns defeated to the only life she has known as an adult. By sharing her personal experiences and innermost thoughts, Susan helps readers understand the psychological effects of abuse that keep an abused woman from leaving a relationship and the harm this does to her children. It takes almost four decades, but ultimately, Susan does break free from the bonds of her marriage and begins to finally find herself. Part of this journey is the promise she made to herself to tell her story. Mama Bird does this in the hopes that others experiencing abuse can find the courage to get help and find a new life.

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FriesenPress

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1039162363

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9781039162365

Free Gift with Purchase

My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup

By: Jean Godfrey-June

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My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup

By: Jean Godfrey-June

Everybody loves beauty products. Even if you think you know nothing about them, or even if you think you hate them, you actually know plenty about them and, in fact, have several of them that you love. You have major opinions that lie barely beneath the surface. Women whomodestly/moralistically claim to “never use all that beauty stuff” are big Clinique ladies, usually with a healthy helping of Neutrogena. —Free Gift with Purchase From the beloved beauty editor of Lucky magazine comes a dishy, charming, and insightful memoir of an unlikely career. Combining the personal stories of a quirky tomboy who found herself in the inner circle of the beauty world with priceless makeup tips (Is there really a perfect red lipstick out there for everyone? Which miracle skin potion actually works?), Jean Godfrey-June takes us behind the scenes to a world of glamour, fashion, and celebrity. Godfrey-June’s funny, smart, outsider perspective on beauty has set her apart since she first started writing her popular “Godfrey’s Guide” column for Elle magazine. In Free Gift with Purchase, she invites us into the absurd excess of the offices, closets, and medicine cabinets of beauty editors. From shelves upon shelves of face lotion, conditioner, lipstick, eye cream, wrinkle reducers, and perfume to thoroughly disturbing “acne breakfasts” and “cellulite lunches”; from the lows (a makeover from hell, getting pedicure tips from porn stars) to the highs (the glamour of the fashion shows in Paris, lounging in bed with Tom Ford, a flight on Donald Trump’s private jet, and landing her dream job at Lucky magazine), we see it all. Like a friend sharing the details of her incredibly cool job, Jean lets us in on the lessons she’s learned along the way, about the eternal search for the right haircut and the perfect lip gloss, of course—but more important, about what her job has meant to her and why she loves what she does, blemishes and all.

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Crown

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0307346064

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Purposeful Parenting

Six Steps to Bring Out the Best in Your Kids

By: Jean Barnes

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Purposeful Parenting

Six Steps to Bring Out the Best in Your Kids

By: Jean Barnes

Be the Best Parent for Your Child Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it. Proverbs 22:6, NLT How you parent directly impacts who your children are and who they will become. No one is naturally born a good parent. It takes hard work, determination, and passionate intention to raise our kids right. In the end, we can either parent on purpose or idly sit back and allow everything else in the world to shape our children into the men and women they will become. In Purposeful Parenting, author Jean Barnes gives you six essential practices for successfully raising your kids. Learn how to: Show your children that you truly love them Use discipline to maintain life and freedom Recognize the purpose and passions in your childs heart Help your child build good character Empower your child to be responsible Persevere through difficult times and never give up You can be the parent youve always wanted to bethe parent God wants and your kids need, the parent with a purpose. Your life at home with your kids can be calmer, clearer, healthier, and happier today, starting right now. ~Dr. Jill Hubbard, New Life Live Radio

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768406781

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Peggy Seeger

A Life of Music, Love, and Politics

By: Jean R. Freedman

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Peggy Seeger

A Life of Music, Love, and Politics

By: Jean R. Freedman

Born into folk music's first family, Peggy Seeger has blazed her own trail artistically and personally. Jean Freedman draws on a wealth of research and conversations with Seeger to tell the life story of one of music's most charismatic performers and tireless advocates. Here is the story of Seeger's multifaceted career, from her youth to her pivotal role in the American and British folk revivals, from her instrumental virtuosity to her tireless work on behalf of environmental and feminist causes, from wry reflections on the U.K. folk scene to decades as a songwriter. Freedman also delves into Seeger's fruitful partnership with Ewan MacColl and a multitude of contributions which include creating the renowned Festivals of Fools, founding Blackthorne Records, masterminding the legendary Radio Ballads documentaries, and mentoring performers in the often-fraught atmosphere of The Critics Group. Bracingly candid and as passionate as its subject, Peggy Seeger is the first book-length biography of a life set to music.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252099214

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Free to Fly

Life Is a Journey It Can Take You Anywhere You Choose to Go

By: Jean Bisbey

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Free to Fly

Life Is a Journey It Can Take You Anywhere You Choose to Go

By: Jean Bisbey

If you have ever wondered what life is all about, this is the book for you. If, like me, you have spent your life seeking answers to those imponderable questions like why does God allow so much suffering, is religion the answer, or is there something more important which isnt emphasized in church or school? Does life have to be such a struggle? Can I have any say in the matter, or is my fate already sealed? This book may well give you ideas to ponder. Whether you are a Christian or atheist, humanist or agnostic, you will discover one overriding factor which should never be ignored. We are all in this together in a way that twenty-first-century science is revealing with breathtaking speed. The quantum age is with us, offering us vistas of a new way of thinking and the potential of a new way of living. If, on the other hand, you enjoy a tender love story, this book will not disappoint you. Suicide, murder, a bit of sleuthing also fits into the jigsaw of this story. I am not a scientist nor a mathematician. Equations mean nothing to me, but to read of quantum mechanics is mind-boggling and joyful. To learn about the wonder and mystery of the universe and mans scientific striving to understand at breakneck speed is the gateway to cosmic awareness. This book, above all else, highlights the power within each one of us. This is the power of the mind and its manifestation in our thoughts for good or ill.

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1524666580

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The Tales of Marigold

Once Upon a Marigold, Twice Upon a Marigold, Thrice Upon a Marigold

By: Jean Ferris

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The Tales of Marigold

Once Upon a Marigold, Twice Upon a Marigold, Thrice Upon a Marigold

By: Jean Ferris

The acclaimed Marigold series in one volume. “A mixture of fantasy, romance, comedy, and coming-of-age . . . and it’s all great fun.” —School Library Journal Once upon a Marigold, a fairy tale turned upside down, inside out, and completely over the top! Join Christian and Marigold through their one-of-a-kind adventures in this trilogy of tales that’s part comedy, part love story, part everything-but-the-kitchen-sink. With echoes of William Goldman’s modern classic The Princess Bride, Jean Ferris’s hilarious parody of “Once upon a time . . .” overflows with oddball characters and sage observations to create a happily-ever-after that’s just the beginning. Once Upon a Marigold was named an ALA Notable Children’s Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and a New York Public Library 100 Books for Reading and Sharing title. Praise for the Marigold series “In a gratifying fantasy that contains elements of classic fairy tales, Ferris breathes new life into archetypal characters by adding unexpected and often humorous dimensions to their personalities.” —Publishers Weekly “Cold indeed is the heart not made warm by this bubbly fairy-tale romance.” —Kirkus Reviews “Ferris leisurely combines elements of adventure, fantasy, romance, and humor.” —Booklist “An upbeat fairy-tale adventure.” —School Library Journal

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544869494

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Comfort and Glory

Two Centuries of American Quilts from the Briscoe Center

By: Katherine Jean Adams

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Comfort and Glory

Two Centuries of American Quilts from the Briscoe Center

By: Katherine Jean Adams

Quilts bear witness to the American experience. With a history that spans the early republic to the present day, this form of textile art can illuminate many areas of American life, such as immigration and settlement, the development of our nation’s textile industry, and the growth of mass media and marketing. In short, each quilt tells a story that is integral to America’s history. Comfort and Glory introduces an outstanding collection of American quilts and quilt history documentation, the Winedale Quilt Collection at the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. This volume showcases 115 quilts—nearly one-quarter of the Winedale Collection—through stunning color photographs (including details) and essays about each quilt’s history and construction. The selections span more than two hundred years of American quiltmaking and represent a broad range of traditional styles and functions. Utility quilts, some worn or faded, join show quilts, needlework masterpieces, and “best” quilts saved for special occasions. Texas quilts, including those made in or brought to Texas during the nineteenth century, constitute a significant number of the selections. Color photographs of related documents and material culture objects from the Briscoe Center’s collections—quilting templates, a painted bride’s box, sheet music, a homespun dress, a brass sewing bird, and political ephemera, among them—enrich the stories of many of the quilts.

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University of Texas Press

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1477309195

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Twice Upon a Marigold

By: Jean Ferris

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Twice Upon a Marigold

By: Jean Ferris

Full of zany humor, this sequel to "Once Upon a Marigold" continues the story of Christian and Marigold, who are living happily ever after now that Queen Olympia has gone--or has she?

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0152066926

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Love Me This Christmas: A Sweetgrass Springs Small Town Christmas Romance Collection

By: Jean Brashear

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Love Me This Christmas: A Sweetgrass Springs Small Town Christmas Romance Collection

By: Jean Brashear

Jean Brashear's distinctive storytelling voice instantly draws in the reader. She writes with warmth and emotional truth.” ~ #1 NY Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber Come home for the holidays to Sweetgrass Springs, the small town where hope never fades and love never dies. Four heartwarming Christmas romance novels in one bundle, stories of finding family and finding home. Texas Christmas Bride The rebel has come back to town, and the only gift he wants this Christmas is the girl he thought he’d lost forever. Be Mine This Christmas The famous and successful man he’s become is not the boy she loved so deeply—and he may never forgive her, once he knows the secret she’s been concealing. Be My Midnight Kiss When a woman with no faith in love meets the quintessential nice guy determined to breach her mile-high walls, unwanted sparks fly. This New Year’s Eve, will these two stubborn hearts take the risk? Cooking Kissing and Cowboys What is home, and how do you know when you’ve found it? A snarky sprite and a celebrity jock get glimpses beneath the other’s veneer, and what they find surprises them

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Jean Brashear

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1949970957

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The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines

By: Jean-Marie Guyau

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The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines

By: Jean-Marie Guyau

This is the first English translation of a compelling and highly original reading of Epicurus by Jean-Marie Guyau. This book has long been recognized as one of the best and most concerted attempts to explore one of the most important, yet controversial ancient philosophers whose thought, Guyau claims, remains vital to modern and contemporary culture. Throughout the text we are introduced to the origins of the philosophy of pleasure in Ancient Greece, with Guyau clearly demonstrating how this idea persists through the history of philosophy and how it is an essential trait in the Western tradition. With an introduction by Keith Ansell-Pearson and Federico Testa, which contextualizes the work of Guyau within the canon of French thought, and notes on both further reading and on Epicurean scholarship more generally, this translation also acts as a critical introduction to the philosophy of Guyau and Epicurus.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350013927

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Bilingual Learners and the Mainstream Curriculum

Integrated Approaches to Learning and the Teaching and Learning of English as a Second Language in Mainstream Classrooms

By: Jean Bleach

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Bilingual Learners and the Mainstream Curriculum

Integrated Approaches to Learning and the Teaching and Learning of English as a Second Language in Mainstream Classrooms

By: Jean Bleach

The general purpose of the book is to further establish and maintain the place of developing bilingual students as normal learners within the mainstream of schools. It argues this as a central requirement for achieving a fair curriculum in a multicultural society.

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Psychology Press

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1850004951

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Occasions of Sin

A Memoir

By: Sandra Jean Scofield

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Occasions of Sin

A Memoir

By: Sandra Jean Scofield

In 1959, when Sandra Scofield was fifteen, she came home to stay in West Texas after years in Catholic boarding schools. She believed her presence would inspire her invalid mother to live. What she found—a fractured family; a distracted, dying mother—nudged her into the tumult of late adolescence and the awakening of her sexuality. More than forty years later, Scofield looks back on her Catholic girlhood and the ways in which her relationship with her mother was grounded in their intertwined aspirations for holiness, achievement, and love. Writing on the brink of old age, she looks back ruefully but without bitterness, forgiving both her mother's frailty and her own.

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0393057356

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Texas Christmas Bride

The Gallaghers of Sweetgrass Springs Book 6

By: Jean Brashear

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The Gallaghers of Sweetgrass Springs Book 6

By: Jean Brashear

Texas Christmas Bride: The Gallaghers of Sweetgrass Springs Book 6

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Jean Brashear

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Theater of a City

The Places of London Comedy, 1598-1642

By: Jean E. Howard

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Theater of a City

The Places of London Comedy, 1598-1642

By: Jean E. Howard

Arguing that the commercial stage depended on the unprecedented demographic growth and commercial vibrancy of London to fuel its own development, Jean E. Howard posits a particular synergy between the early modern stage and the city in which it flourished. In London comedy, place functions as the material arena in which social relations are regulated, urban problems negotiated, and city space rendered socially intelligible. Rather than simply describing London, the stage participated in interpreting it and giving it social meaning. Each chapter of this book focuses on a particular place within the city—the Royal Exchange, the Counters, London's whorehouses, and its academies of manners—and examines the theater's role in creating distinctive narratives about each. In these stories, specific locations are transformed into venues defined by particular kinds of interactions, whether between citizen and alien, debtor and creditor, prostitute and client, or dancing master and country gentleman. Collectively, they suggest how city space could be used and by whom, and they make place the arena for addressing pressing urban problems: demographic change and the influx of foreigners and strangers into the city; new ways of making money and losing it; changing gender roles within the metropolis; and the rise of a distinctive "town culture" in the West End. Drawing on a wide range of familiar and little-studied plays from four decades of a defining era of theater history, Theater of a City shows how the stage imaginatively shaped and responded to the changing face of early modern London.

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