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Against Meritocracy

Culture, power and myths of mobility

By: Jo Littler

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Against Meritocracy

Culture, power and myths of mobility

By: Jo Littler

Meritocracy today involves the idea that whatever your social position at birth, society ought to offer enough opportunity and mobility for ‘talent’ to combine with ‘effort’ in order to ‘rise to the top’. This idea is one of the most prevalent social and cultural tropes of our time, as palpable in the speeches of politicians as in popular culture. In this book Jo Littler argues that meritocracy is the key cultural means of legitimation for contemporary neoliberal culture – and that whilst it promises opportunity, it in fact creates new forms of social division. Against Meritocracy is split into two parts. Part I explores the genealogies of meritocracy within social theory, political discourse and working cultures. It traces the dramatic U-turn in meritocracy’s meaning, from socialist slur to a contemporary ideal of how a society should be organised. Part II uses a series of case studies to analyse the cultural pull of popular ‘parables of progress’, from reality TV to the super-rich and celebrity CEOs, from social media controversies to the rise of the ‘mumpreneur’. Paying special attention to the role of gender, ‘race’ and class, this book provides new conceptualisations of the meaning of meritocracy in contemporary culture and society.

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1317496035

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Radical Consumption: Shopping For Change In Contemporary Culture

Shopping for change in contemporary culture

By: Littler, Jo

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Radical Consumption: Shopping For Change In Contemporary Culture

Shopping for change in contemporary culture

By: Littler, Jo

This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to examining contemporary radical consumption, analyzing its possibilities and problems, moralities, methods of mediation and its connections to wider cultural formations of production and politics." "Jo Littler argues that we require a more expansive vocabulary and need to open up new approaches of enquiry in order to understand the area's many contradictions, strengths and weaknesses. Drawing on a number of contemporary theories, terms and debates in media and cultural studies, she uses a range of specific case studies to bring theory to life." "Radical Consumption is important reading for cultural, media and sociology students." --Book Jacket.

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Against Meritocracy

Culture, power and myths of mobility

By: Jo Littler

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Surgical Repair and Reconstruction in Rheumatoid Disease

By: Alexander Benjamin,Basil Helal,Stephen A. Copeland,Jo C.W. Edwards

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Surgical Repair and Reconstruction in Rheumatoid Disease

By: Alexander Benjamin,Basil Helal,Stephen A. Copeland,Jo C.W. Edwards

Over a decade has passed since the publication of the First Edition; we have yet to understand the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and there is still no cure. A wide range of developments in techniques, materials, imaging and understanding of biological processes justify this rewrite. Above all, the experience of many colleagues worldwide with commitments to a particular anatomical or technical area has led to a more balanced and refined approach to the problems of rheumatoid surgery. It has also highlighted areas where we need radically new solutions. The two additional authors, apart from their relative youth, bring expertise in their respective fields: Steve Copeland, on the shoulder and Jo Edwards on the mechanisms of tissue damage and the rationale of medical measures. We are conscious of the importance of communication between orthopaedic colleagues worldwide and the need to use a language shared with rheumatologists and histopathologists. We consider it is for the surgeon to know more of this disease than the narrow confines of surgical technique. We are doctors with a special interest in rheumatoid arthritis and we aim to maintain the broader view rather than be confined by the limitations of over specialisation. Although joint replacement is at present a major weapon for the relief of suffering we appreciate that it is an unphysiological procedure and there are other directions for progress.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447119428

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Supporting Struggling Students on Placement

A Practical Guide

By: Jo Finch

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Supporting Struggling Students on Placement

A Practical Guide

By: Jo Finch

Focusing on practice placement programs in the United Kingdom, this useful guide provides the resources needed to support students who are struggling with or failing their placements. Drawing on her own experiences training practice educators, Jo Finch offers advice to social work practitioners, placement supervisors, practice educators, mentors, and university tutors alike. Chapters examine the signs and symptoms of a struggling student, the emotional impact and emotional processes of decision making, and strategies for working effectively with students and academic institutions. Reflection exercises also enable readers to bring these methods to their own work. Together, Finch's ideas and insights will further knowledge and engender confidence for any teachers, assessors, and supervisors working in programs with a practice learning component.

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Policy Press

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1447328736

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The Amish Christmas Cowboy and An Amish Holiday Wedding

By: Jo Ann Brown,Carrie Lighte

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The Amish Christmas Cowboy and An Amish Holiday Wedding

By: Jo Ann Brown,Carrie Lighte

Christmas Heals Hearts in Amish Country The Amish Christmas Cowboy by Jo Ann Brown Nanny Sarah Kuhns has her hands full with kinder, her overbearing brothers and her big dreams. And it only gets worse when she takes on the care of an injured cowboy. For Amish traveling horseman Toby Christner, tight-knit Harmony Creek represents everything he’s run from. Until he heals, he can’t leave…but will falling for Sarah make him want to stay? An Amish Holiday Wedding by Carrie Lighte On the brink of losing her bakery, the last thing Faith Yoder is interested in is courting—until Hunter Schwartz returns to Willow Creek. After hiring him to deliver her treats to a Christmas festival, Faith is determined their relationship will stay strictly professional. But despite a secret that’s kept her single, Faith can’t help but wish she and Hunter could become husband and wife.

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1488056161

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Fire in the Hills

By: Donna Jo Napoli

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Fire in the Hills

By: Donna Jo Napoli

It?s been two years since fifteen-year-old Roberto was kidnapped and forced to work in a German labor camp. After finally escaping, he?s made his way back to Italy. Roberto is desperate to return to the safety of his family, but how can he turn his back on the war while so many people are suffering? Roberto joins the resistance movement, and smuggles guns and secret information to rebel fighters. Every mission takes him closer to home, but every mission is even more dangerous than the last. Will Roberto survive and make his way home?

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0142412007

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Harlequin Love Inspired July 2020 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Jo Ann Brown,Lois Richer,Shannon Taylor Vannatter

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Harlequin Love Inspired July 2020 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Jo Ann Brown,Lois Richer,Shannon Taylor Vannatter

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. AN AMISH MOTHER’S SECRET PAST Green Mountain Blessings by Jo Ann Brown Widow Rachel Yoder has a secret: she’s a military veteran trying to give her children a new life among the Amish. Though she’s drawn to bachelor Isaac Kauffman, she knows she can’t tell him the truth—or give him her heart. Because Rachel can never be the perfect Plain wife he’s looking for… HOME TO HEAL The Calhoun Cowboys by Lois Richer After doctor Zac Calhoun is blinded during an incident on his mission trip, he needs help recuperating…and hiring nurse Abby Armstrong is the best option. But as she falls for the widower and his little twin girls, can she find a way to heal their hearts, as well? THE COWBOY’S MISSING MEMORY Hill Country Cowboys by Shannon Taylor Vannatter After waking up with a brain injury caused by a bull-riding accident, Clint Rawlins can’t remember the past two years. His occupational therapist, Lexie Parker, is determined to help him recover his short-term memory. But keeping their relationship strictly professional may be harder than expected.

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1488060738

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Another Time, Another Place

A BRAND NEW page-turning, feel-good romantic comedy from Jo Lovett for summer 2023

By: Jo Lovett

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Another Time, Another Place

A BRAND NEW page-turning, feel-good romantic comedy from Jo Lovett for summer 2023

By: Jo Lovett

The love story was gorgeous - such brilliant energy and chemistry' Kristen Bailey The best people in life are worth the wait... When Liv finds herself locked in a shed with handsome stranger Ben (after they try to rescue a cat together), the instant connection they make feels like fate had a hand in it. Has Liv finally found her perfect match? But everything about the timing means there’s no way they can be together. Not least because Ben has a girlfriend and Liv is moving from London to Paris the next day. Over the coming years their paths weave in and out of each other’s lives – together, but always fleetingly. If only they could stop missing each other, who knows what fate may have in store for them... - 'Clever and funny with a sparkling and heartfelt love story, Jo proves once again why she's the queen of page-turning, feel-good romance' Catherine Walsh, author of The Matchmaker 'I LOVED Another Time, Another Place. I raced through it, desperate to find out what happens between Liv and Ben as though they were friends of mine. It was pacy and funny and romantic... Every single character leapt off the page, and it sparkled with wit and warmth. A triumph of a rom com.' Clare Swatman, author of The World Outside my Window 'Such a warm, witty book ... The love story was gorgeous - such brilliant energy and chemistry between Liv and Ben - you really rooted for them...' Kristen Bailey, author of Sex Ed ‘I absolutely loved it! Such a wonderful, emotional read’ five-star netgalley review ‘I was obsessed with Liv and Ben’s near-misses’ five-star netgalley review ‘An adorable rom-com ... the connection and chemistry is electrifying’ five-star netgalley review ‘A proper 'feel good' story ... I couldn't put it down’ five-star netgalley review ‘A very clever love story ... I loved it’ five-star netgalley review

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1785134949

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Amish Christmas Blessings and Her Amish Christmas Sweetheart

By: Marta Perry,Jo Ann Brown,Rebecca Kertz

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Amish Christmas Blessings and Her Amish Christmas Sweetheart

By: Marta Perry,Jo Ann Brown,Rebecca Kertz

Holiday Greetings from Amish Country Amish Christmas Blessings by Marta Perry and Jo Ann Brown ’Tis the season for two sweet tales of Christmas among the Amish. Can a newborn baby reunite a midwife and her old love in time for the holidays? Will a woman with no memory find refuge on Christmas? These warm and wonderful Amish stories will fill you with the splendor of the season. Her Amish Christmas Sweetheart by Rebecca Kertz Peter Zook should be thrilled to spend Christmas planning a party with Meg Stoltzfus. But she’s being courted by another man. In the past, Peter never noticed Meg. So she’s moved on. Yet, as they argue over party details, Meg and Peter’s bond deepens. Will they fall in love this Christmas?

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1488084629

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The Amish Suitor and Her Forgiving Amish Heart

A 2-in-1 Collection

By: Jo Ann Brown,Rebecca Kertz

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The Amish Suitor and Her Forgiving Amish Heart

A 2-in-1 Collection

By: Jo Ann Brown,Rebecca Kertz

Two Amish Tales of Overcoming the Past to Find Love The Amish Suitor by Jo Ann Brown With his orphaned nephew depending on him, Amish carpenter Eli Troyer moves to Harmony Creek Hollow to start over. And when schoolteacher Miriam Hartz offers to teach Eli, who is hard of hearing, how to read lips, he can’t refuse. Spending time with Miriam forges a bond between them. Can two wounded hearts overcome their pasts to make a family together? Her Forgiving Amish Heart by Rebecca Kertz Leah Stoltzfus hasn’t forgiven Henry Yoder for betraying her family years earlier. But Henry is a changed man. And he wants to prove it to Leah. Then a family secret is unearthed, shaking Leah to her core. Henry is determined to support her in every way. If only she could leave the past behind and open her heart to him…

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1488035415

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Storm

By: Donna Jo Napoli

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Storm

By: Donna Jo Napoli

Having lost her family in a massive flood, sixteen-year-old Sebah finds her way onto a gigantic ark, where she must conceal herself from Noah and his family until it is safe for her and another stowaway to slip away.

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Simon and Schuster

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1481403036

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The Amish Suitor

A Fresh-Start Family Romance

By: Jo Ann Brown

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The Amish Suitor

A Fresh-Start Family Romance

By: Jo Ann Brown

A Family Comes Courting… The Amish Spinster Club series begins! With his orphaned nephew depending on him, Amish carpenter Eli Troyer moves to Harmony Creek Hollow to start over. And when schoolteacher Miriam Hartz offers to teach Eli, who is hard of hearing, how to read lips, he can’t refuse. Spending time with Miriam forges a bond between them. Can two wounded hearts overcome their pasts to make a family together?

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148809053X

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If It Wiggles Can I Keep It?

By: Mindi Jo Fowler

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If It Wiggles Can I Keep It?

By: Mindi Jo Fowler

This book is about funny stories we do as children. Some kids do things that just don't make sense to parents. But we do it anyways! Stories dictate not who we are but they are always a part of us and to the people we know.

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1499011911

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God and Good Horses

By: Sallie Jo Hawken

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God and Good Horses

By: Sallie Jo Hawken

In Ellie's deepest, darkest moments, she wanted to know "What did I do wrong? Why didn't she want me? Why couldn't I have been born to you?" In my deepest, darkest moments, I had cried out to God, "What did I do wrong? Why won't you send us a baby? Why would you make me want to be a mother and then not give me a child?" Looking at Ellie was like looking at my own pain through a two-way mirror. The holes in her heart matched my own. She wanted a mom. I wanted a baby. And God had answered. Sallie and her husband, Seth, have been struggling to start their family for years. Doctors, inconclusive testing, and the pain of empty loving arms were taking a toll on their lives and their marriage. When Sallie has an encounter with God, she gives the reins of her life to Him. That's when the Lord sends them down a winding, complicated path toward adoption. Ellie is a ten-year-old girl who has never known anything but violence and pain. Nothing has ever been permanent in her young life, and she has become withdrawn and aggressive. She is tossed through foster care from home to home until one day, her social worker tells her she is going to be adopted. Their worlds collide, and in an instant, everything is changed. But how can Seth and Sallie possibly help an angry and out-of-control Ellie overcome the terrors of her past? Love alone will not be enough. There is only one solution--the light always drives out the darkness.

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Subversion, Power and Hierarchy in Organisations and Society

Carnivalesque Leadership

By: Jo Trevenna

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Subversion, Power and Hierarchy in Organisations and Society

Carnivalesque Leadership

By: Jo Trevenna

Subversion, Power and Hierarchy in Organisations and Society: Carnivalesque Leadership explores a leadership strategy that dates back centuries but has become so normalised that it can be invisible as a strategy. Extrapolating Mikhail Bakhtin’s ideas on carnival and its potential for communal freedom and subversive challenge to existing hierarchies, this book identifies components of the carnivalesque, considers why and how they have impact and then maps the application of Carnivalesque Leadership to a series of case studies. Exploratory in nature, these diverse case studies focus on the historic evolution of carnivals in Trinidad and Notting Hill, the safety-valve mechanisms ubiquitous in the education sector, the standardisation of control and release within the corporate sector and the dynamic tension between protest, challenge and fun in Pride events. Readers will benefit from an increased awareness of a strategised Carnivalesque Leadership model and a greater understanding of the potential not only for the safety-valve release of pressure in society and in organisations but also for longer-term change through exposure to alternatives to the official norm.

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1040203841

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Amish Beginnings

By: Vannetta Chapman,Jo Ann Brown

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Amish Beginnings

By: Vannetta Chapman,Jo Ann Brown

Two Amish stories of faith and healing A Widow’s Hope by Vannetta Chapman After tragedy claimed her husband’s life and her son’s ability to walk, Hannah King doesn’t want a new man. She has her family, a home and mounting debts. Scarred Amish bachelor Jacob Schrock offers Hannah the job she desperately needs. But while Hannah helps Jacob resolve his accounting issues, can she and her little boy also heal his wounded heart? His Amish Sweetheart by Jo Ann Brown Nathaniel Zook returns to his Amish community after inheriting his grandparents’ alpaca farm. His childhood best friend, schoolteacher Esther Stoltzfus, is the one person who can help him save the homestead. Soon, caring for the sweet alpacas—and a young orphaned boy—is bringing Nathaniel and Esther closer than ever. Yet Nathaniel will have to risk sharing all that’s in his heart to form the family he always dreamed of.

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0369700244

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9780369700247

The Economic and Social Law of the European Union

By: Josephine Shaw,Jo Hunt,Chloe Wallace

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The Economic and Social Law of the European Union

By: Josephine Shaw,Jo Hunt,Chloe Wallace

This title provides students with a clear, accessible and highly engaging analysis of substantive law of the EU in the most comprehensive text of its kind, as well as containing chapter summaries, questions, suggestions for further reading and annotated web addresses.

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1137080701

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Harlequin Love Inspired November 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Marta Perry,Jo Ann Brown,Glynna Kaye,Kat Brookes

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Harlequin Love Inspired November 2016 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Marta Perry,Jo Ann Brown,Glynna Kaye,Kat Brookes

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. AMISH CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS Marta Perry and Jo Ann Brown In these two brand-new novellas, Christmas reunites one Amish beauty with a past love, while another will be led headfirst into her future by a handsome Amish farmer. THE PASTOR’S CHRISTMAS COURTSHIP Hearts of Hunter Ridge Glynna Kaye Retreating to her grandparents’ mountain cabin for Christmas, city girl Jodi Thorpe is looking to rebuild after a tragic loss. She never expects to be roped into a charity project—or that the pastor running the program is the former bad-boy crush she’s never forgotten. HIS HOLIDAY MATCHMAKER Texas Sweethearts Kat Brookes All little Katie Cooper wants for Christmas is a mommy. But Nathan Cooper isn’t prepared for his daughter’s matchmaking—or to find himself under the mistletoe with interior designer Alyssa McCall as they work on the town’s new recreation center.

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1488025991

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Hunger

A Tale of Courage

By: Donna Jo Napoli

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Hunger

A Tale of Courage

By: Donna Jo Napoli

In the autumn of 1846 in Ireland, twelve-year-old Lorraine and her family struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine, but when Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daugher of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, they form an unlikely friendship that they must keep secret due to the deep cultural divide between their two families.

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1481477501

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The Life She Wants

By: Jo McNally

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The Life She Wants

By: Jo McNally

She’s fought hard for this life, and won’t give it up! Gallant Lake, New York, is the perfect place for former supermodel Melanie Lowery. It’s slow-paced and far from the limelight. Her peace is disrupted, though, when hotshot sports agent Shane Brannigan comes to town with his young golf star client. Melanie sees herself in the rebellious teen struggling with fame, and she can’t help stepping in and getting to know Shane in the process. But Shane’s chasing the same jet-set world that she left behind—a world that could reawaken demons Melanie’s fought hard to conquer. Yet with Shane leaving Gallant Lake any day, her heart is putting up a fight of its own…

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1488085757

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An Amish Mother's Secret Past

By: Jo Ann Brown

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An Amish Mother's Secret Past

By: Jo Ann Brown

Discover this heartfelt Amish romance part of the Green Mountain Blessings series by Jo Ann Brown. Can an Amish widow’s past cost her a future filled with love? Widow Rachel Yoder has a secret: she’s a military veteran trying to give her children a new life among the Amish. Though she’s drawn to bachelor Isaac Kauffman, she knows she can’t tell him the truth—or give him her heart. With her forbidden past, Rachel can never be the perfect Plain wife he’s looking for… From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness, and hope. Green Mountain Blessings: Book 1: An Amish Christmas Promise Book 2: An Amish Easter Wish Book 3: An Amish Mother’s Secret Past Book 4: An Amish Holiday Family

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1488060258

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Never a Girl, Always a Boy

A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey

By: Jo Ivester

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Never a Girl, Always a Boy

A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey

By: Jo Ivester

Jeremy Ivester is a transgender man. Thirty years ago, his parents welcomed him into the world as what they thought was their daughter. As a child, he preferred the toys and games our society views as masculine. He kept his hair short and wore boys’ clothing. They called him a tomboy. That’s what he called himself. By high school, when he showed no interest in flirting, his parents thought he might be lesbian. At twenty, he wondered if he was asexual. At twenty-three, he surgically removed his breasts. A year later, he began taking the hormones that would lower his voice and give him a beard—and he announced his new name and pronouns. Never a Girl, Always a Boy is Jeremy’s journey from childhood through coming out as transgender and eventually emerging as an advocate for the transgender community. This is not only Jeremy’s story but also that of his family, told from multiple perspectives—those of the siblings who struggled to understand the brother they once saw as a sister, and of the parents who ultimately joined him in the battle against discrimination. This is a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.

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1631528874

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Once Upon a River: A Novel

By: Bonnie Jo Campbell

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Once Upon a River: A Novel

By: Bonnie Jo Campbell

A demonstration of outstanding skills on the river of American literature." —Entertainment Weekly Bonnie Jo Campbell has created an unforgettable heroine in sixteen-year-old Margo Crane, a beauty whose unflinching gaze and uncanny ability with a rifle have not made her life any easier. After the violent death of her father, Margo takes to the river in search of her mother with only a biography of Annie Oakley to her name. Her river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation and to deciding what price she is willing to pay for her choices.

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0393082008

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9780393082005

La Femme

A Collection of Stories About the Ladies

By: Jo Brew

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La Femme

A Collection of Stories About the Ladies

By: Jo Brew

LA FEMME offers a peek at the ah ha moments in the lives of a sampling of women. The moments that change everything that comes after. Those moments that approach slowly and with subtly and those that explode without warning. No age, background or lifestyle is insulated but each woman reaches to the depths of her own experiences and character to move forward, alone or with help.

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1450202837

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The Amish Christmas Cowboy

A Fresh-Start Family Romance

By: Jo Ann Brown

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The Amish Christmas Cowboy

A Fresh-Start Family Romance

By: Jo Ann Brown

A cowboy for Christmas… or another year in the Amish Spinster Club? Nanny Sarah Kuhns has her hands full with kinder, her overbearing brothers and her big dreams. And it only gets worse when she takes on the care of an injured cowboy. For Amish traveling horseman Toby Christner, tight-knit Harmony Creek represents everything he’s run from. Until he heals, he can’t leave…but will falling for Sarah make him want to stay?

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1488090777

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Kate's Vow & His Amish Sweetheart

By: Sherryl Woods,Jo Ann Brown

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Kate's Vow & His Amish Sweetheart

By: Sherryl Woods,Jo Ann Brown

BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors. Kate's Vow by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods After the death of his wife, designer David Winthrop throws himself into his work as a distraction, but worries he's hurting his young son at the same time. His fears are confirmed when the ten-year-old seeks help from Kate Newton, a top divorce attorney, wanting to separate from his father. Kate's work doesn't usually allow her to connect families in this way, so she agrees to help the Winthrops. Soon, she finds herself drawn to the young boy—and warming up to his father, too. Though David bristles at the idea of a stranger getting involved in his family matters, some serious thinking could open his heart to love once again. FREE STORY INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME! His Amish Sweetheart by Jo Ann Brown Nathaniel Zook returns to his Amish community of Paradise Springs after inheriting his grandparents' alpaca farm—but knows nothing of the furry creatures. Only one person can teach him what he needs to know to save his family's homestead: his childhood best friend, Esther Stoltzfus. The pretty schoolteacher is reluctant, but surely a learning opportunity for her students won't cause any harm?

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Harlequin Love Inspired October 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Jo Ann Brown,Arlene James,Jill Kemerer

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Harlequin Love Inspired October 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Jo Ann Brown,Arlene James,Jill Kemerer

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. THE AMISH CHRISTMAS COWBOY Amish Spinster Club by Jo Ann Brown Though Texan cowboy Toby Christner was raised Amish, he has no plans to settle down in the new community along Harmony Creek. But when he meets Amish nanny Sarah Kuhns, he can’t help but wonder if a Plain life with her is exactly what he needs. THE RANCHER’S ANSWERED PRAYER Three Brothers Ranch by Arlene James Tina Kemp’s stepfather left her his house, but his nephew, Wyatt Smith, inherited the ranch—including the land the house stands upon. Neither is giving an inch. Can these adversaries possibly make a home together…without falling for each other? WYOMING CHRISTMAS QUADRUPLETS Wyoming Cowboys by Jill Kemerer Working as a temporary nanny for quadruplet babies, Ainsley Draper can’t help but feel drawn to the infants’ caring rancher uncle, Marshall Graham. But with her life in one town and his family obligations in another, can they ever find a way to be together?

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Harlequin Love Inspired November 2020 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Jo Ann Brown,Allie Pleiter,Renee Ryan

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Harlequin Love Inspired November 2020 - Box Set 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Jo Ann Brown,Allie Pleiter,Renee Ryan

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. This box set includes: AN AMISH HOLIDAY FAMILY (A Green Mountain Blessings novel) By Jo Ann Brown When Mennonite midwife Beth Ann Overholt went to Evergreen Corners to help rebuild after a flood, she never expected to take in three abandoned children—especially with an Amish bachelor by her side. But this temporary family with Robert Yoder might just turn out to be the perfect Christmas gift… HIS CHRISTMAS WISH (A Wander Canyon novel) By Allie Pleiter Still reeling from his sister’s death, Jake Sanders intends to give his orphaned nephew the best Christmas ever. So when little Cole’s preschool teacher, Emma Mullins, offers to help him care for the boy, he’s grateful for her guidance. But can their blossoming love survive the dark truth Emma’s hiding? SURPRISE CHRISTMAS FAMILY (A Thunder Ridge novel) By Renee Ryan Armed with custody papers, Hope Jeffries heads to a small Colorado town to convince her nieces’ father to give her full guardianship. But Walker Evans is the wrong twin—the girls’ uncle. As they track down his brother, can Walker and Hope join forces to give their little nieces a traditional family Christmas? For more stories filled with love and faith, look for Love Inspired November 2020 Box Set—1 of 2

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1488060827

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The Care Manifesto

The Politics of Interdependence

By: The Care Collective,Andreas Chatzidakis,Jamie Hakim,Jo Litter,Catherine Rottenberg

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The Care Manifesto

The Politics of Interdependence

By: The Care Collective,Andreas Chatzidakis,Jamie Hakim,Jo Litter,Catherine Rottenberg

We are in the midst of a global crisis of care. How do we get out of it? The Care Manifesto puts care at the heart of the debates of our current crisis: from intimate care--childcare, healthcare, elder care--to care for the natural world. We live in a world where carelessness reigns, but it does not have to be this way. The Care Manifesto puts forth a vision for a truly caring world. The authors want to reimagine the role of care in our everyday lives, making it the organising principle in every dimension and at every scale of life. We are all dependent on each other, and only by nurturing these interdependencies can we cultivate a world in which each and every one of us can not only live but thrive. The Care Manifesto demands that we must put care at the heart of the state and the economy. A caring government must promote collective joy, not the satisfaction of individual desire. This means the transformation of how we organise work through co-operatives, localism and nationalisation. It proposes the expansion of our understanding of kinship for a more 'promiscuous care'. It calls for caring places through the reclamation of public space, to make a more convivial city. It sets out an agenda for the environment, most urgent of all, putting care at the centre of our relationship to the natural world.

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1839760966

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A Hope for Healing

By: Jo Ann Brown

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A Hope for Healing

By: Jo Ann Brown

Sometimes the greatest act of courage is trusting your heart… After loving and losing the perfect husband, widow Rosemary Mishler can’t imagine ever marrying again. Yet the small Amish community of Bliss Valley keeps playing matchmaker—and the arrival of newcomer Gideon Wingard only makes things worse. But when a little Englisch girl is abandoned in her kitchen and is discovered to be her late husband’s child, Rosemary realizes that her perfect husband clearly had some secrets of his own… Gideon left his community to escape the matchmakers—only to stumble upon more. And he can’t quite steel himself against the pull of Rosemary’s somber gray eyes and his need to help her with the small kind who’s been left to her care. With his feelings for Rosemary and the little girl growing stronger every day, Gideon can see himself putting down roots in Bliss Valley. But is the hope of love enough for him to plan a future…and a family? Secrets of Bliss Valley “Jo Ann Brown writes with an eye for conflict and a heart filled with love.” —Charlotte Hubbard, author of Christmas Comes to Morning Star Secrets of Bliss Valley Book 1: A Wish for Home Book 2: A Promise of Forgiveness Book 3: A Search for Redemption Book 4: A Hope for Healing

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0369723945

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After the Storm

By: Jo Ann Ferguson

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After the Storm

By: Jo Ann Ferguson

A young woman’s search for her family takes her to Haven, Indiana—and into the home of a beguiling stranger with secrets of his own in the final passionate volume of Jo Ann Ferguson’s heartwarming Haven Trilogy Haven, Indiana, is a long way from Samuel Jennings’s painful past. And after rescuing three children from the orphan train carrying them west, he finally has the family he always wanted. Then one storm-tossed night, a stranger appears at his door. For the past year, Cailin Rafferty has been searching for her children. Her desperate quest has taken her far from the potato farms of her native Ireland, where she gave her heart only to be cruelly betrayed. Now she has found her son and daughters at last—in the home of a man who loves them like they’re his own. A man who’s starting to awaken powerful yearnings in Cailin. But Samuel is harboring secrets that could tear them apart. Are they ready to trust each other with the future and become a real family? After the Storm is the 3rd book in the Haven Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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1453248471

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State v. Claus

A Tale of Lawyers, Reindeer, Love, and Magic

By: P. Jo Anne Burgh

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State v. Claus

A Tale of Lawyers, Reindeer, Love, and Magic

By: P. Jo Anne Burgh

As a partner in a small Connecticut law firm, Meg Riley assesses her clients’ cases based on logic, reason, and hard evidence. But Meg’s rational approach is tested when she is appointed to represent an attractive man who was arrested on Christmas Eve for criminal trespass. His explanation for being in a stranger’s house in the middle of the night? He was delivering presents to a little boy—because he, Ralph Claus, is the son of Santa Claus. Or so he claims. From the courtroom to Santa’s workshop and back again, Meg’s efforts to win Ralph’s case are complicated by a variety of people with competing agendas. The little boy’s mother is determined to see Ralph convicted, a quest supported by a state senator who is running for governor. Ralph’s mother is more concerned about protecting the secrets of Santa than the niceties of the legal system. Meg’s law partners are becoming concerned about her ability to balance Ralph’s case with her obligations to bigger clients—and they don’t even know about Meg’s romantic feelings for Ralph. After trial, an unexpected bombshell jeopardizes Meg’s career. Faced with the potential loss of both Ralph and her profession, Meg must decide once and for all what she truly believes—and what she is willing to sacrifice for that belief. P. Jo Anne Burgh has woven a luminous tale of love and friendship, laced with drama, humor, joy, romance—and more than a touch of magic. ***** "P. Jo Anne Burgh’s State v. Claus is a splendid combination of romance, magic and legal drama. Written with verve and humor, this novel will have you 'believing' in Christmas again." — Susan Schoenberger, author of A Watershed Year "State v. Claus is a whimsical delight. P. Jo Anne Burgh has a fresh voice. You will definitely want to read her." — David Handler, Edgar Award-winning author of the Stewart Hoag and Berger & Mitry novels

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1735715719

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From Cabin 'Boys' to Captains

250 Years of Women at Sea

By: Jo Stanley

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From Cabin 'Boys' to Captains

250 Years of Women at Sea

By: Jo Stanley

Traditionally, a woman’s place was never on stormy seas. But actually thousands of dancers, purserettes, doctors, stewardesses, captains and conductresses have taken to the waves on everything from floating palaces to battered windjammers. Their daring story is barely known, even by today’s seawomen.From before the 1750s, women fancying an oceangoing life had either to disguise themselves as cabin ‘boys’ or acquire a co-operative husband with a ship attached. Early pioneers faced superstition and discrimination in the briny ‘monasteries’. Today women captain cruise ships as big as towns and work at the highest level in the global maritime industry.This comprehensive exploration looks at the Merchant Navy, comparing it to the Royal Navy in which Wrens only began sailing in 1991. Using interviews and sources never before published, Jo Stanley vividly reveals the incredible journey across time taken by these brave and lively women salts.

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075096877X

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Harlequin Superromance June 2018 Box Set

By: Tara Taylor Quinn,Jennifer Lohmann,Jo McNally,Angel Smits

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Harlequin Superromance June 2018 Box Set

By: Tara Taylor Quinn,Jennifer Lohmann,Jo McNally,Angel Smits

Experience powerful relationships that deliver a strong emotional punch and a guaranteed happily ever after. Harlequin® Superromance brings you all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Superromance box set includes: A DEFENDER’S HEART Where Secrets are Safe By Tara Taylor Quinn Defense attorney Cedar Wilson betrayed the woman he loved to free a guilty man. Now he wants redemption—and Heather Michaels back in his life. HER REBOUND GUY By Jennifer Lohmann Caleb Taggert never gets serious with the women he dates, but Beck Magruder is different. Caleb may not be ready to commit, although walking away is becoming harder every day. THE LIFE SHE WANTS The Lowery Women By Jo McNally Ex-model Melanie Lowery is trading fame for the simplicity of small-town living. The only hitch is, her heart insists on falling for sports agent Shane Brannigan. And loving him is anything but simple! ADDIE GETS HER MAN A Chair at the Hawkins Table By Angel Smits The last time Addie Hawkins gave her heart away, it ended tragically. Years later, she’s doing fine—until her feelings for Marcus Skylar force her to face past decisions and give love one more chance. Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Superromance!

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