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A Scandinavian Heritage

200 Years of Scandinavian Presence in the Windsor-Detroit Border Region

By: Joan Magee

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A Scandinavian Heritage

200 Years of Scandinavian Presence in the Windsor-Detroit Border Region

By: Joan Magee

A Scandinavian Heritage surveys the numerous contributions made in this area by the people of 5 nations: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The history of these people, from the first settlers to the present is explored in detail.

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Dundurn

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1459713974

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9781459713970

More Haunted Houses

By: Joan Bingham,Dolores Riccio

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More Haunted Houses

By: Joan Bingham,Dolores Riccio

From Simon & Schuster, More Haunted Houses is a guide to cryptic hangouts and ghostly locales in the United States. From a robber's cave that echoes with voices of its past to America's own Loch Ness Monster to a vampire-infested cemetery, this fascinating companion volume to Haunted Houses USA takes us on a tour of some of America's spookiest places.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671695851

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9780671695859

An Angel to Watch Over Me

True Stories of Children's Encounters with Angels

By: Joan Wester Anderson

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An Angel to Watch Over Me

True Stories of Children's Encounters with Angels

By: Joan Wester Anderson

Children are known to have wild imaginzations, which explains why their stuffed animals talk and invisible friends get invited to tea parties. So it's no wonder than when a child reports a personal encounter with an angel, adults tend to dismiss it with a wry smile and say, "That's nice, sweetie. Why don't you go outside and play?" But Joan Wester Anderson says "not so fast." If Jesus himself taught that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children, there's no reason in the world not to believe that God can reveal his love to little ones through angels. In An Angel to Watch Over Me (originally published by Random House in 1994, with sales of 150,000 copies), Anderson shares more than 30 stories of children's experiences with celestial beings--from a boy whose angels helps him conquer his fear of thunderstorms to a girl who is miraculously rescued from her burning home. From angels who combat evil and darkness to angels who bring news of comfort and joy, each of these accounts is grounded in traditional Christian belief, eschewing any New Age interpretation of the events. For all who are open to the possibility that even children can have authentic spiritual lives--and that attaining a certain age is not a prerequisite for God to touch our lives in the form of heavenly helpers--this book is sure to stir the soul and fan the faith.

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Loyola Press

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0829436553

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9780829436556

Sea of Darkness

By: Joan Edwards Eller

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Sea of Darkness

By: Joan Edwards Eller

Sea of Darkness By: Joan Edwards Eller Sea of Darkness is a story about a fifteen-year-old named Bruce. Profession? Serial killer. He knows nothing of love or family values, only torment, pain, and loneliness. He has killed sixty people, and he couldn't tell you why. You are with him as he goes on his journey, and you are with him not only as he kills but also as he relates to other people as he lives his life, when he rides on his emotional roller-coaster of life. You are with him as he travels to unknown places, when he is happy and sad, and to the very end of his life.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1639374280

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9781639374281

Peace in Paradise

By: Joan Lewis

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Peace in Paradise

By: Joan Lewis

Mitchell Lauers is a twenty year old man taking on responsibilities for himself and others. Wholesome and unwholesome characters enter his life; he accepts them as they are. At twenty-three Mitchell is drafted into the army. Julia Holton is eighteen years old, wanting a better life; she joins the navy. During a Greyhound Bus ride back to her base, Mitchell befriends her. At the end of the trip, they trade mailing addresses. Mitchell and Julia write as pen-pals; their correspondence becomes extraordinary. However, Julia has learned not to trust strange men; which might even include the good-looking soldier. What will become of their special pen-pal friendship? Will she discontinue corresponding? Or will his letters convince her theyre destined to be together?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499046472

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Chasing the Case

By: Joan Livingston

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Chasing the Case

By: Joan Livingston

A widowed and unemployed New England journalist decides to dig into a very cold case, in this novel that “zips along like a well-tuned snowmobile” (Anne Hillerman, New York Times–bestselling author of Lost Birds). Isabel Long has had a bad year. Her husband died unexpectedly, and she lost her longtime job as editor-in-chief of a newspaper. Living with her ninety-two-year-old mother and having some time on her hands, Isabel decides to investigate a cold case—her first big story as an independent reporter—about a woman who disappeared twenty-eight years ago in her small western Massachusetts town. To research further—and to make ends meet—she takes a job at the local watering hole, where she can get up close and personal with those connected to the mystery. But getting too close to the truth can be dangerous . . . As a journalist, Isabel never gave up on a story. Now, as an amateur private investigator, she’s not about to go down without a fight, no matter the cost . . . “A savvy and appealing protagonist.” —Frederick Reiken, author of Day for Night “A well crafted story with the perfect amount of tension, suspense and delicious intrigue.” —Joy Norstrom, author of Out of Play “Will keep you guessing right to the end.” —Susan Roebuck, author of Rising Tide

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Open Road Media

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1504099982

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9781504099981

On Sutter Island

By: Joan Klengler

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On Sutter Island

By: Joan Klengler

On Sutter Island continues the story of Nick and Jessie, the lovers from In The Delta. Jessie, now a Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy and her partner, Bodie MacDonald, answer a late night call to a local bar, The Landing, and discover the victim of a vicious attack.Jessie sets out to find the man responsible, but her search puts at risk the life she has built with Nick on Sutter Island as she becomes the obsession of the man she is tracking.

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Joan Leslie Klengler

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1460960270

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Daughter of the Red Deer

By: Joan Wolf

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Daughter of the Red Deer

By: Joan Wolf

Filled with the lyrical beauty of a now-vanished world, this magnificent novel unfolds during the last great ice age, amid the mist-shrouded mountains of the Pyrenees in prehistoric France. When tainted spring water fatally poisons the women of the tribe of the Horse, the clan’s young men set forth to kidnap new women from the matriarchal tribe of the Red Deer—a quest that must succeed or their people will die out. Golden-haired Mar, the leader of the young men, falls in love with the beautiful Alin, daughter of the Red Deer priestess. And though they are born to embrace different traditions, raised to worship different gods, Mar will fight to claim this strangely powerful woman as his own. Against a lush backdrop of ancient magic, mammoth hunts, and secret rites, this mesmerizing novel brings to life the ritual and adventure of a primeval world and tells a timeless tale of conflict between two societies…two beliefs…two sexes…and two people.

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Untreed Reads

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1949135586

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Love Honor and Negotiate

Building Partnerships that Last a Lifetime

By: Joan Peters,Betty Carter

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Love Honor and Negotiate

Building Partnerships that Last a Lifetime

By: Joan Peters,Betty Carter

In Love, Honor and Negotiate: Making your Marriage Work, family therapist Betty Carter offers a cutting-edge, common-sense approach to helping marriages survive, grow, and flourish: renegotiating the marriage contract.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671896253

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9780671896256

Managing Sticky Situations at Work

Communication Secrets for Success in the Workplace

By: Joan C. Curtis

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Managing Sticky Situations at Work

Communication Secrets for Success in the Workplace

By: Joan C. Curtis

This title is a practical guide for the millions of men and women who may find themselves dealing with difficult or problematic situations in the workplace. Managing Sticky Situations at Work: Communication Secrets for Success in the Workplace gives employers and employees the tools they need to resolve uncomfortable, unproductive workplace conflicts in a forthright, sensitive, and systematic way. This necessary and timely title gives readers examples of common, real-life workplace situations, followed up with a new and effective way to respond-the Say It Just Right model of communication-applied to each case. Managing Sticky Situations at Work ranges over a myriad of all-too-familiar problems involving and affecting bosses, co-workers, clients, and subordinates. Examples come from the health care professions, information technology companies, small businesses, retail, the public sector, and other sources. From back-stabbing and personality clashes, to bullying bosses and awkward office romances, to inappropriate Internet use and nasty emails, it gives readers recognizable scenarios, practical solutions, and the parameters to help them "say it just right" when it is time to act.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313362793

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9780313362798

Effective Nonprofit Management

Context and Environment

By: Joan E. Pynes

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Effective Nonprofit Management

Context and Environment

By: Joan E. Pynes

Employees with valuable skills and a sense of their own worth can make their jobs, pay, perks, and career opportunities different from those of their coworkers in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. This book shows how such individual arrangements can be made fair and acceptable to coworkers, and beneficial to both the employee and the employer.

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Routledge

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1317472314

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How the Heather Looks

A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books

By: Joan Bodger

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How the Heather Looks

A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books

By: Joan Bodger

A feast for any lover of English children's books. -Christian Herald Over sixty years ago, Joan Bodger, her husband, and their two children traveled to the UK for the adventure of a lifetime. There, they sought to discover the lands they knew from their beloved children’s books. Come along and see for yourself the people and places behind the stories we love. In Edinburgh, they stand outside the childhood home of Robert Louis Stevenson. They discover the countryside that inspired Caldecott's illustrations in Whitworth. In the Lake District, the farm where Jemima Puddle-duck laid her eggs. And in Winnie the Pooh Country Mrs. Milne herself shows the way to “that enchanted place on the top of the Forest [where] a little boy and his Bear will always be playing.” Join their adventures, from sleeping in a wagon to “messing about” in boats on the Thames. While not all their quests end in victory, like any marvelous story, how they get there is what matters. While we can’t all make the journey ourselves, we can let Joan Bodger take us along. As Emily Dickinson says, even if we “have never seen a moor”, we can still imagine “how the heather looks.” How the Heather Looks has been called ‘the book most often stolen by retiring children’s librarians”. This new edition features the stunning art by Mark Lang, and the authors’ afterword, written thirty years after the book was first released.

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Living Book Press

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1922634921

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9781922634924

Just Joan

By: Joan Pope Herndon

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Just Joan

By: Joan Pope Herndon

Just Joan took me ten days to write. Just Joan was written after the death of my husband Dale Herndon in December 2009. Just Joan named the title after I called myself Just Joan to a lady and she was appalled at me calling myself Just Joan. This person was 1 of my old boyfriend sister, way back in 1980. Just Joan has history, humor, love and truth. Just Joan was written in Sacramento CA. Joan started in Hollis Queens NYC in the late 1950’s. During that time White Americans were leaving the neighborhood because Black Americans were moving in the neighborhood. Joan’s parents were one of the first to move in the neighborhood as black american people. This neighborhood was all white at one time in history. Soon Hollis, Queens were inhabited by native Black Americans. This book starts talking about the times before Joan’s school days. It also talks about her Elementary experience in Hollis Queens NYC until she was the first class to be bused out of the district for Jr. High School into a white neighborhood, Flushing, Queens NYC, then back to her neighborhood for her High School experience. Parents moved Joan and the remaining adolescence in the household out of Hollis Queens NYC when Joan was in her 12th grade experience. Parents moved the remaining 4 siblings still in school to another State. Just Joan talks about her experience in another State, while finishing the 12th grade. After the 12th grade Joan goes back to Hollis Queens and starts her adult life at the young age of 18. Absolutely no parents supervision. This begins Joan’s adult life and all the challenges it takes to be an adult. Just Joan is geared to a younger audience, mainly teenagers. In hopes of the morale message can help some adolescence persons.

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172837023X

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American Original

The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

By: Joan Biskupic

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American Original

The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

By: Joan Biskupic

The first full-scale biography of the Supreme Court's most provocative—and influential—justice If the U.S. Supreme Court teaches us anything, it is that almost everything is open to interpretation. Almost. But what's inarguable is that, while the Court has witnessed a succession of larger-than-life jurists in its two-hundred-year-plus history, it has never seen the likes of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Combative yet captivating, infuriating yet charming, the outspoken jurist remains a source of curiosity to observers across the political spectrum and on both sides of the ideological divide. And after nearly a quarter century on the bench, Scalia may be at the apex of his power. Agree with him or not, Scalia is "the justice who has had the most important impact over the years on how we think and talk about the law," as the Harvard law dean Elena Kagan, now U.S. Solicitor General, once put it. Scalia electrifies audiences: to hear him speak is to remember him; to read his writing is to find his phrases permanently affixed in one's mind. But for all his public grandstanding, Scalia has managed to elude biographers—until now. In American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the veteran Washington journalist Joan Biskupic presents for the first time a detailed portrait of this complicated figure and provides a comprehensive narrative that will engage Scalia's adherents and critics alike. Drawing on her long tenure covering the Court, and on unprecedented access to the justice, Biskupic delves into the circumstances of his rise and the formation of his rigorous approach to the bench. Beginning with the influence of Scalia's childhood in a first-generation Italian American home, American Original takes us through his formative years, his role in the Nixon-Ford administrations, and his trajectory through the Reagan revolution. Biskupic's careful reporting culminates with the tumult of the contemporary Supreme Court—where it was and where it's going, with Scalia helping to lead the charge. Even as Democrats control the current executive and legislative branches, the judicial branch remains rooted in conservatism. President Obama will likely appoint several new justices to the Court—but it could be years before those appointees change the tenor of the law. With his keen mind, authoritarian bent, and contentious rhetorical style, Scalia is a distinct and persuasive presence, and his tenure is far from over. This new book shows us the man in power: his world, his journey, and the far-reaching consequences of the transformed legal landscape.

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Sarah Crichton Books

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1429990015

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The Descendants of Thomas & Rose Ann Mould of Peterborough, England

By: Joan Bolton; Richard Klapper

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The Descendants of Thomas & Rose Ann Mould of Peterborough, England

By: Joan Bolton; Richard Klapper

This book tells the story of Thomas and Rose Ann Mould who lived in the hamlet of Gunthorpe, near Peterborough, England in the latter half of the 19th century. It traces their ancestry and the history of their children, grandchildren and all their descendants in countries as far apart as the United States, England and New Zealand. Family pictures and photographs of grave headstones complement the narrative and further documentation is provided by complete sets of family trees and a genealogy report. Also included is arrival information for those descendants who emigrated to the United States. Many initially settled in Aberdeen, South Dakota, though some later moved west to the San Diego area of California where many of them are buried. Others headed for Perkins County, South Dakota, an extremely remote area of the United States, and their harsh living conditions are described and documented. .

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Trafford Publishing

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1426943393

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Just Keep Breathing. At 44, he died. She didn’t.

By: Joan Scott Curtis

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Just Keep Breathing. At 44, he died. She didn’t.

By: Joan Scott Curtis

My husband has AIDS. I miraculously don’t. How am I going to survive? …I try to keep from screaming, “Dennis, you can’t do this to me now. I left my family, my friends, my job, pulled the kids away from their school and friends—you can’t quit on us. You can’t.” Through clenched teeth, he controls his response, “Scott, I’m tired. I’m dying.” Dennis is walking away and does not sound tired; he sounds angry. “Have you not heard anything I’ve told you for the last twenty-three years? I love you; you are my life. Don’t you dare think I’m not dying here, too. You may be the one who gets buried, but I’m the one who has to figure out how to keep living. I’m dying, Dennis; I’m dying with you.” We stand there, energy spent, emotionally depleted, tears falling. I take him in my arms, and we hold on to each other as if we draw life’s breath from the other—because we do. He sits on the sofa, and I go find the Dallas phone book so I can call Restland, the place where we will bury his body. When Joan Scott Curtis was 43 years old, she found out her husband was dying of AIDS. He had been infected for thirteen years. She tested negative. None of this was possible. It was the mid 1990s. All the prejudices about AIDS are not supposed to exist anymore, but they do. Just Keep Breathing is the remarkable story about finding courage in small victories, on taking solace in helping others, and knowing that even though the major battle will be lost, the ability to live on with grace and dignity is what defines the war.

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Hugo House Publishers, Ltd.

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1936449404

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9781936449408

The Muscarinic Receptors

By: Joan Heller Brown

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The Muscarinic Receptors

By: Joan Heller Brown

Research on muscarinic receptors is advancing at an extraordinary rate. Ten years ago, the existence of muscarinic receptor sub types was a logical assumption with only scattered experimen tal support. The discovery that pirenzepine recognized apparent heterogeneity in muscarinic binding sites infused new life into the problem of subclassifying muscarinic receptors. Simultaneous advances in molecular biology created a frenzy to clone cell sur face receptors. The muscarinic receptor succumbed surprisingly quickly, revealing its structure and that of at least four closely related gene products within a year. Our hope of obtaining clear evidence for muscarinic receptor subtypes was answered with a vengeance. Now a family of muscarinic receptors sits before us, asking to be understood. The bounty is as attractive to those who have not previously studied muscarinic receptors as to those who have dedicated their research careers to this subject. The goal of this book is to ensure that the new generation of research will profit from the wisdom of the past. The tools of molecular biology are well suited to the tasks of characteriz ing the pharmacology, function, and regulation of the distinct muscarinic receptor subtypes. However, efficient and intelligent use of these tools is not possible, unless one understands the properties of the receptor, the molecular mechanisms by which it couples to effectors, and the ways that it is regulated.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461244986

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The Upside of Down Syndrome

By: Mary Joan Reasby

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The Upside of Down Syndrome

By: Mary Joan Reasby

This book is a compelling true-to-life story which chronicles a family’s collective and collaborative efforts to help their loved one, born with Down syndrome, navigate through life’s labyrinth of challenges. Shortly after JuJu’s birth, the physician predicted she would not survive passed her fifth year, and yet she lived decades beyond the physician’s prediction by sixty-two years. Thanks in part to a loving and stimulating home environment. Overall, JuJu had a cheerful childhood which carried on into her teens, adulthood, and part of her senior citizen years.

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1683488180

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The Silence of Herondale

A missing child, a deserted house, and the secrets that connect them

By: Joan Aiken

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The Silence of Herondale

A missing child, a deserted house, and the secrets that connect them

By: Joan Aiken

A child in danger, an isolated house - and a killer on the loose... 'Joan Aiken's triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others' New York Times Book Review Snow-covered fields and moors stretch away on all sides of Herondale House. Despite rumours of an escaped killer on the run, Deborah Lindsay knows that she must control her terror - she has a young charge, 13-year-old prodigy Carreen, to care for. But the isolated Yorkshire farmhouse already holds the terrible secret of one death - and an increasing number of sinister 'accidents' lead Deborah to wonder how long it would be before evil strikes again ... 'A splendidly romantic first thriller' Times Literary Supplement

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Murder Room

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1471916685

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9781471916687

The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

By: Joan M. Marter

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The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

By: Joan M. Marter

Arranged in alphabetical order, these 5 volumes encompass the history of the cultural development of America with over 2300 entries.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195335791

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NASA and the Space Industry

By: Joan Lisa Bromberg

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NASA and the Space Industry

By: Joan Lisa Bromberg

Few federal agencies have more extensive ties to the private sector than NASA. NASA's relationships with its many aerospace industry suppliers of rocket engines, computers, electronics, gauges, valves, O-rings, and other materials have often been described as "partnerships." These have produced a few memorable catastrophes, but mostly technical achievements of the highest order. Until now, no one has written extensively about them. In NASA and the Space Industry, Joan Lisa Bromberg explores how NASA's relationship with the private sector developed and how it works. She outlines the various kinds of expertise public and private sectors brought to the tasks NASA took on, describing how this division of labor changed over time. She explains why NASA sometimes encouraged and sometimes thwarted the privatization of space projects and describes the agency's role in the rise of such new space industries as launch vehicles and communications satellites.

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JHU Press

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0801865328

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9780801865329

Successful Schools for Young Adolescents

By: Joan Lipsitz

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Successful Schools for Young Adolescents

By: Joan Lipsitz

At a time when the public, researchers, and policymakers are losing confidence in public schooling, this presentation of case studies of four schools offers solutions and concrete models of diverse ways in which excellence can be attained in middle-grade schools. Asking what "effectiveness" means for the young adolescent age group (a hitherto unexplored area in research literature), how effective schools come about, and how they achieve acceptance in their communities, Lipsitz identifies and examines successful middle-grade schools, noting that the major problem in schooling is meeting the massive individual differences in the development of early adolescents.

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1351318306

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Learning to Lead

A Workbook on Becoming a Leader

By: Warren G. Bennis,Joan Goldsmith

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Learning to Lead

A Workbook on Becoming a Leader

By: Warren G. Bennis,Joan Goldsmith

From leadership expert Warren Bennis, a workbook to help anyone reach their full potential as a leader. Warren Bennis and Joan Goldsmith maintain that leaders are not born, they are made-in fact, anyone can develop the skills to transform their lives and their organizations. In Learning to Lead, these leadership experts have created a program that enables students, staff, managers, executives, public servants, and professionals to discover their own leadership voice. In these pages Bennis and Goldsmith offer the wisdom of world leaders, tools for self-assessment, and exercises for building leadership skills. These lessons enable readers to recognize false leadership myths, translate failures into springboards for creativity, and communicate personal visions that inspire others to produce extraordinary results. An immensely useful workbook and a powerful reformulation of the nature of leadership, Learning to Lead is an invaluable guide to driving your own success and inspiring it in others.

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Basic Books

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0465004326

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9780465004324

Neural Plasticity and Cognitive Development

Insights from Children with Perinatal Brain Injury

By: Joan Stiles,Judy S. Reilly,Susan C. Levine,Doris A. Trauner,Ruth Nass

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Neural Plasticity and Cognitive Development

Insights from Children with Perinatal Brain Injury

By: Joan Stiles,Judy S. Reilly,Susan C. Levine,Doris A. Trauner,Ruth Nass

The advent of modern neurobiological methods over the last three decades has provided overwhelming evidence that it is the interaction of genetic factors and the experience of the individual that guides and supports brain development. Brains do not develop normally in the absence of critical genetic signaling, and they do not develop normally in the absence of essential environmental input. The key to understanding the origins and emergence of both the brain and behavior lies in understanding how inherited and environmental factors are engaged in the dynamic and interactive processes that define and direct development of the neurobehavioral system. Neural Plasticity and Cognitive Development focuses on children who suffered focal brain insult (typically stroke) in the pre- or perinatal period which provides a model for exploring the dynamic nature of early brain and cognitive development. In most, though not all, of the cases considered, the injuries affect substantial portions of one cerebral hemisphere, resulting in patterns of neural damage that would compromise cognitive ability in adults. However, longitudinal behavioral studies of this population of children have revealed only mild cognitive deficits, and preliminary data from functional brain imaging studies suggest that alternative patterns of functional organization emerge in the wake of early injury. Neural Plasticity and Cognitive Development posits that the capacity for adaptation is not the result of early insult. Rather, it reflects normal developmental processes which are both dynamic and adaptive operating against a backdrop of serious perturbation of the neural substrate.

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Oxford University Press

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0199938504

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What Did Jesus Look Like?

By: Joan E. Taylor

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What Did Jesus Look Like?

By: Joan E. Taylor

Jesus Christ is arguably the most famous man who ever lived. His image adorns countless churches, icons, and paintings. He is the subject of millions of statues, sculptures, devotional objects and works of art. Everyone can conjure an image of Jesus: usually as a handsome, white man with flowing locks and pristine linen robes. But what did Jesus really look like? Is our popular image of Jesus overly westernized and untrue to historical reality? This question continues to fascinate. Leading Christian Origins scholar Joan E. Taylor surveys the historical evidence, and the prevalent image of Jesus in art and culture, to suggest an entirely different vision of this most famous of men. He may even have had short hair.

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0567671518

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Bits and Pieces of Way Back When

Before Mrs. Or Mom, a Hillbilly from New York, the Family Way, the Bonus Years, Post Scripts

By: Joan Ostrander,Ivan Ostrander

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Bits and Pieces of Way Back When

Before Mrs. Or Mom, a Hillbilly from New York, the Family Way, the Bonus Years, Post Scripts

By: Joan Ostrander,Ivan Ostrander

Major world events played a large role in shaping the full lives of authors Joan and Ivan Ostrander. In Bits and Pieces of Way Back When, they describe how they lived, how they pictured the world, and how those times contributed to who they are today. Reminisce over their plethora of fascinating events, as they tell unique stories of growing up during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, Ivan being deployed to the South Pacific as a radio-gunner on a B-24 bomber and Joan to Europe during World War II, serving in the Army Nurse Corps, and raising five children during the Cold War era. The stories include tales of marriage, rearing a family, managing a career, and enjoying the retirement years. Eventful and sometimes tragic and complex, this compilation of events and observations that span the years were penned by two octogenarians with good memories. This memoir encompasses a large volume of history that should not be forgotten.

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Amalie Christine Jencken 1785 to 1878 - From Estonia to Ireland to Australia and Inbetween

By: Victoria Joan Moessner

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Amalie Christine Jencken 1785 to 1878 - From Estonia to Ireland to Australia and Inbetween

By: Victoria Joan Moessner

Amalie Christine was born in Estonia in 1785. Her mother died in 1799. In 1800 she married Baron Gustav Andreas von Tiesenhausen (1778-1854), a member of one of the wealthiest families in Estonia. After 18 years of marriage and several children, she ran away with her personal physician Dr. Ferdinand Jencken, who was also married. They went by way of Germany and Denmark, where their son Eduard/Edward was born, to the German émigré colony in London. Dr. Jencken opened a practice. Over the course of her life time, she lived in London, Mainz, St. Petersburg, the Isle of Guernsey, Londonderry, and Dublin near where she and Ferdinand are buried. In 1848, her son Eduard went to Australia with his wife Ellen seeking a livelihood. At age 84 after a severe illness, she wrote her Memoirs and sent them to Edward. From the time of his leaving England until her death, she wrote Edward and his family. Fortunately, the memoirs and these letters have been preserved in Australia. She is a woman who lived for and through her husband and children, who knew life in Europe from serfdom in Estonia to the 1848 revolution in Germany to the Franco-Prussian War and to intensifying russification in Estonia through the letters from her oldest son, Hermann von Tiesenhausen. She truly lived a remarkable life for a woman in nineteenth century Europe.

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The Computer User's Survival Guide

Staying Healthy in a High Tech World

By: Joan Stigliani

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The Computer User's Survival Guide

Staying Healthy in a High Tech World

By: Joan Stigliani

You probably suspect, on some level, that computers might be hazardous to your health. You might vaguely remember a study that you read years ago about miscarriages being more frequent for data entry operators. Or you might have run into a co-worker wearing splints and talking ominously about Workers' Comp insurance. Or you might notice that when you use a computer too long, you get stiff and your eyes get dry.But who wants to worry about such things? Surely, the people wearing splints must be malingerers who don't want to work? Surely, the people who design keyboards and terminals must be working to change their products if they are unsafe? Surely, so long as you're a good worker and keep your mind on your job, nothing bad will happen to you?The bad news is: You can be hurt by working at a computer. The good news is that many of the same factors that pose a risk to you are within your own control. You can take action on your own to promote your own health -- whether or not your terminal manufacturer, keyboard designer, medical provider, safety trainer, and boss are working diligently to protect you.The Computer User's Survival Guide looks squarely at all the factors that affect your health on the job, including positioning, equipment, work habits, lighting, stress, radiation, and general health.Through this guide you will learn: a continuum of neutral postures that you can at utilize at different work tasks how radiation drops off with distance and what electrical equipment is responsible for most exposure how modern office lighting is better suited to working on paper than on a screen, and what you can do to prevent glare simple breathing techniques and stretches to keep your body well oxygenated and relaxed, even when you sit all day how reading from a screen puts unique strains on your eyes and what kind of vision breaks will keep you most productive and rested what's going on "under the skin" when your hands and arms spend much of the day mousing and typing, and how you can apply that knowledge to prevent overuse injuries The Computer User's Survival Guide is not a book of gloom and doom. It is a guide to protecting yourself against health risks from your computer, while boosting your effectiveness and your enjoyment of work.

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1449399673

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Apprenticeship In England, 1600-1914

By: Joan Lane

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Apprenticeship In England, 1600-1914

By: Joan Lane

First published in 1996. A social history of the changing fortunes of apprentices and the system of apprenticeship over three centuries of English history.

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The Miracle on Washington Square

New York University

By: Joan Marans Dim,Nancy Murphy Cricco

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The Miracle on Washington Square

New York University

By: Joan Marans Dim,Nancy Murphy Cricco

In this richly illustrated volume, Joan Marans Dim and Nancy Murphy Cricco bring together a wide range of historical materials to craft a remarkable institutional history of New York University. The Miracle on Washington Square charts the parallel emergence of New York City and its namesake university into international prominence. Synthesizing an array of institutional and archival documentation with a unique visual history, the authors provide insight into the making of a university and the leadership required for its continued growth.

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Hunting

By: Joan Lewis

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Hunting

By: Joan Lewis

Hunting is seeking, tracking, stalking, or calling a wild animal with the intention of killing it. People who do not hunt often ask hunters why do it. Most hunters say they hunt for one or more of three reasons: for food, to help balance wildlife populations, and to enjoy the challenge of the chase.

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Family Law

By: Leslie Joan Harris,June R. Carbone,Rachel Rebouché

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Family Law

By: Leslie Joan Harris,June R. Carbone,Rachel Rebouché

The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Family Law, now in its seventh edition, is a modern and teachable casebook, offering comprehensive coverage and a mix of interdisciplinary materials. It compares innovative developments in some states with the reaffirmation of traditional principles in others and does so in the context of a wider focus on family and the state, the role of mediating institutions, and the efficacy of law and particular methods of enforcing the law. The casebook deals with the complexity of family law both in the organization of the chapters—separate units on family contracts, jurisdiction, and practice, for example, can be shortened, skipped, or taught in almost any order—and the diversity of material within each chapter. Each unit combines primary cases with comprehensive notes, supplemented with academic and policy analyses that provide a foundation for evaluation. Detailed problems extend the coverage or apply the commentary to real-world examples. New to the 7th Edition: The reversal of Roe v. Wade and constitutional protection for abortion rights Discussion of the growing class divide in family formation, and of tensions between relatively conservative versus relatively liberal states about the foundations for family law, including how varying forms of families are recognized and defined The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on family law practice The changing law of parentage with an emphasis on diverging developments across different states on issues such as the recognition of functional parenthood Benefits for instructors and students: Comprehensive notes Current cases Detailed problems Flexible, modular organization Balanced presentation of materials Coverage of relevant doctrines, such as property, contracts, torts, criminal law, conflict of laws, and constitutional law Materials on cross-disciplinary topics, including financial principles, genetics/statistics, clinical psychology, social history, policy discussions, counseling, negotiation, ADR, and ethics

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1543838898

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Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

A Strategic Approach

By: Joan E. Pynes

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Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

A Strategic Approach

By: Joan E. Pynes

Public and nonprofit organizations face difficult challenges today that make the strategic management of human resources crucial. This book shows how to integrate HR practices with the mission of their organization. An accessible tool complete with an instructor s manual, this book provides an integrated approach to current HR concerns and is unique in its focus on both public and nonprofit agencies. Offering guidance and techniques for implementing effective human resource management strategies job analysis, performance evaluation, recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation and benefits, and collective bargaining Pynes demonstrates how strategic human resources management is essential to proactively managing change.

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Learning to Lead

A Workbook on Becoming a Leader

By: Goldsmith Joan,Warren Bennis

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Learning to Lead

A Workbook on Becoming a Leader

By: Goldsmith Joan,Warren Bennis

Over his distinguished career Warren Bennis has shown that leaders are made, not born. In Learning to Lead, written in partnership with management development expert Joan Goldsmith, Bennis provides a program that will help managers transform themselves into leaders. Using wise insights from the world's best leaders, helpful self-assessments, and dozens of one-day skill-building exercises, Bennis and Goldsmith show in Learning to Lead how to see beyond leadership myths and communicate vision to others. With updates throughout, Learning to Lead is both a workbook and a deeply considered treatise on the nature of leadership by two of its finest and most experienced practitioners - and teachers.

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1458759016

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Full Stop

By: Joan Smith

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Full Stop

By: Joan Smith

Loretta Lawson is already a little apprehensive about spending a hot, muggy weekend alone in New York City at her friend Toni's apartment. And it seems her fears are confirmed when she receives a series of mysterious and threatening phone calls. What's more, as she explores the exciting, unfamiliar city, she has the uneasy impression that someone is watching her, perhaps even following her. Is Loretta the target of these unnerving attentions or are they aimed at Toni? Loretta begins to think that she cannot trust her own judgment; the one person who might lend a hand--her ex-husband, journalist John Tracey, also in New York on a story--has too many problems of his own to help. In the end, Loretta must face the terrifying events that unfold alone. . . .

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1448207886

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How to Sell Your Screenplay

A Realistic Guide to Getting a Television or Film Deal

By: Lydia Wilen,Joan Wilen

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How to Sell Your Screenplay

A Realistic Guide to Getting a Television or Film Deal

By: Lydia Wilen,Joan Wilen

In today’s topsy-turvy world of film production, getting a screenplay sold and produced is no easy task. How to Sell Your Screenplay not only lets you in on the rules, but also lets you in on the secrets of winning the game. Written by two veteran screenwriters, this book is a complete guide to getting your screenplay seen, read, and sold. It begins with an insider’s look at how the business works. Later chapters guide you in putting your script into the proper format to make a professional first impression, introduce you to the roles of the industry “players,” help you prepare a perfect pitch, and provide you with a proven system for query submission. Throughout, tips from experts will show you how to swim with the sharks without getting eaten by them.

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0757050026

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A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests

Heraldic Crests of Suffolk Families

By: Joan Corder

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A Dictionary of Suffolk Crests

Heraldic Crests of Suffolk Families

By: Joan Corder

A record of crests of Suffolk and Norfolk families arranged by charge or object, covering 600 years and c.8,000 names. This volume offers a comprehensive guide to the heraldry of Suffolk over more than six centuries, covering around 8,000 names and acting as a companion to the earlier Dictionary of Suffolk Arms(1965). It is the first attempt to produce an Ordinary of crests, a classification by charge or object using standardised groupings, arranged in such a manner that they may be readily identified when the name of the bearer is unknown; the usual arrangement isalphabetical by name, an Armory. Although it relates specifically to Suffolk, many crests relating to Norfolk families are given, the two counties having always been closely connected heraldically and genealogically. The book willbe of interest for all those interested in heraldry and, on a wider level, act as a handbook for the identification of crests when borne alone, on artefacts ranging from signet rings and silverware to pub signs and school uniformcrests. JOAN CORDER, the author of a Dictionary of Suffolk Arms, is an independent scholar and recognised authority on East Anglian heraldry.

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0851155545

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