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The Secret Lives of the Edmonts

By: Lucy Kavaler

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The Secret Lives of the Edmonts

By: Lucy Kavaler

A compelling tale with a magnetic protagonist... A lushly savage scrutiny of the mores of New York society's circle of wealth and privilege in the 1890's.";Kirkus Reviews "Excellent characterization and a well-constructed, believable plot make this first-rate historical fiction.";Library Journal "Expertly crafted, a finely constructed portrayal of life in the United States at the end of the 19th century... Rich in historical period detail ... Kavaler creates an unforgettable and provocative novel of a scandalously disturbing time... First-rate historical fiction.";Greenwich Times "I enjoyed it tremendously. The research is marvelous. For anyone who likes to read about the rich -- this book will be a treat."; Thomas Fleming, best-selling novelist, Loyalties, The Officer's Wives "A brilliantly conceived book by the literary world's peerless authority on America's `Upper Crust' ... Ms. Kavaler is truly the successor to Edith Wharton, Henry James, and Louis Auchincloss.";Jerry O'Connell, Book Critic, WBAI.

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392

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0525248196

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9780525248194

The Major and the Pickpocket

By: Lucy Ashford

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The Major and the Pickpocket

By: Lucy Ashford

Trying to escape, were you'"Tassie bit her lip. Why hadn't he turned her over to the constables' She certainly wasn't going to try to run past him, even if he did have a limp. She was tall, but this man towered over her-six feet of hardened muscle, shoulders forbiddingly broad beneath his riding coat, strong booted legs set firmly apart. Major Marcus Forrester. All ready for action. And Tassie couldn't help but remember his kiss ...

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280

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Harlequin

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0373306342

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9780373306343

Theatre Uncut

A Response to the Countrywide Spending Cuts

By: Dennis Kelly,Lucy Kirkwood,Mark Ravenhill

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Theatre Uncut

A Response to the Countrywide Spending Cuts

By: Dennis Kelly,Lucy Kirkwood,Mark Ravenhill

Across the UK thousands of people are involved in protests and debates, sparked into action by the largest cuts to publicspending since WWII – cuts which are the turning point of a generation, undermining the welfare state, higher education and the arts in one fell swoop. Theatre Uncut is a national theatre event in response to these cuts, bringing together some of the UK’s leading dramatists. Drama groups, universities, youth clubs and theatre companies nationwide joined the event, staging their own versions of the shorts in a national theatrical uprising. Now published in this new collection, Theatre Uncut contains these short plays, addressing audiences who want to think about what the budget cuts really mean, and who they are really hitting. A debate is underway. Protest might begin, minds might be changed, views challenged, ideas formed. Theatre Uncut is a response to a situation that we cannot control, and over which we had no say. Click below to hear an interview with Libby Brodie and Hannah Price of Theatre Uncut:

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127

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1849439710

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9781849439718

Boats of South Asia

By: Sean Mcgrail,Lucy Blue,Eric Kentley,Colin Palmer

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Boats of South Asia

By: Sean Mcgrail,Lucy Blue,Eric Kentley,Colin Palmer

This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent. A fascinating and accessible read for anyone interested in boats or the South Asian way of life, as well as ethnographers, maritime archaeologists and historians, Boats of South Asia covers recent, exhaustive fieldwork in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; and covers a vast array of traditional boats used in the sub-Continent today for fishing and other coastal, riverine tasks.

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814

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Routledge

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020321689X

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9780203216897

Access to Justice in Magistrates' Courts

A Study of Defendant Marginalisation

By: Lucy Welsh

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Access to Justice in Magistrates' Courts

A Study of Defendant Marginalisation

By: Lucy Welsh

This book examines access to justice in summary criminal proceedings by considering the ability of defendants to play an active and effective role in the process. 'Access to justice' refers not just to the availability of legally aided representation, but also to the ability of defendants to understand and effectively participate in summary criminal proceedings more generally. It remains a vital principle of justice that justice should not only be done, but should also be seen to be done by all participants in the process. The book is based on socio-legal research. The study is ethnographic, based on observation conducted in four magistrates' courts in South East England and interviews with both defence lawyers and Crown prosecutors. Setting out an argument that defendants have always been marginalised through particular features of magistrates' court proceedings (such as courtroom layout and patterns of behaviour among the professional workgroups in court), the political climate in relation to defendants and access to justice that has persisted since 2010 has further undermined the ability of defendants to play an active role in the process. Ultimately, this book argues that recent governments have demanded ever more efficiency and cost saving in criminal justice. In that context, principles that contribute to access to justice for defendants have been seriously undermined.

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203

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1509937846

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9781509937844

Christmas at Silverberry Hall

The BRAND NEW heartwarming, feel-good romance to curl up next to the fire to this winter!

By: Lucy Coleman

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Christmas at Silverberry Hall

The BRAND NEW heartwarming, feel-good romance to curl up next to the fire to this winter!

By: Lucy Coleman

From the bestselling author of Christmas at the Snow Covered Inn comes a new, absolutely heart-warming and uplifting romance perfect for the holidays! What better time than Christmas to believe in miracles? Holidays can be tough when you're recently single, but luckily for Sienna Sanderson working at Silverberry Hall means she is fully booked for Christmas. For the last few years she has helped Freddie and Elizabeth Blakesley run their beautiful manor and organising their legendary holiday bash has become the highlight of her year. Nestled in a sleepy Cotswolds village, the Christmas Party at Silverberry Hall has become one of Darlingham's most cherished traditions. But this year is different. With Freddie's recent passing, they all need it to be extra special in his honour. Sienna is determined to go all out. There is going to be a festive play, carol singers, and a lavish Christmas buffet in the charming old stone barn. She is more than up for the challenge, but when Elizabeth learns of an adult grandson she never knew existed and asks Sienna to find him, she may have bitten off more than she can chew. Luckily, Oliver Townsend, the enigmatic and handsome set designer, seems more than eager to lend a hand... But as the party fast approaches, can Sienna track Elizabeth's grandson in time for Christmas? Perhaps miracles really do happen when you least expect them... Perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan, Karen Swan and Jenny Hale!

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296

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Embla Books

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1471417271

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9781471417276

Romano-British Settlement and Cemeteries at Mucking

Excavations by Margaret and Tom Jones, 1965–1978

By: Sam Lucy,Christopher Evans

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Romano-British Settlement and Cemeteries at Mucking

Excavations by Margaret and Tom Jones, 1965–1978

By: Sam Lucy,Christopher Evans

Excavations at Mucking, Essex, between 1965 and 1978, revealed extensive evidence for a multiphase rural Romano-British settlement, perhaps an estate center, and five associated cemetery areas (170 burials) with different burial areas reserved for different groups within the settlement. The settlement demonstrated clear continuity from the preceding Iron Age occupation with unbroken sequences of artefacts and enclosures through the first century AD, followed by rapid and extensive remodeling, which included the laying out a Central Enclosure and an organized water supply with wells, accompanied by the start of large-scale pottery production. After the mid-second century AD the Central Enclosure was largely abandoned and settlement shifted its focus more to the Southern Enclosure system with a gradual decline though the 3rd and 4th centuries although continued burial, pottery and artefactual deposition indicate that a form of settlement continued, possibly with some low-level pottery production. Some of the latest Roman pottery was strongly associated with the earliest Anglo-Saxon style pottery suggesting the existence of a terminal Roman settlement phase that essentially involved an ‘Anglo-Saxon’ community. Given recent revisions of the chronology for the early Anglo-Saxon period, this casts an intriguing light on the transition, with radical implications for understandings of this period. Each of the cemetery areas was in use for a considerable length of time. Taken as a whole, Mucking was very much a componented place/complex; it was its respective parts that fostered its many cemeteries, whose diverse rites reflect the variability and roles of the settlement’s evidently varied inhabitants.

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778

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Oxbow Books

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1785702696

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9781785702693

[Bundle] Harlequin Comics Best Selection vol.123

Harlequin Comics

By: Lucy Monroe,Chantelle Shaw,Julia James,Rika Kawashima,Yoko Hazuki,Kazumi Kamiya

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[Bundle] Harlequin Comics Best Selection vol.123

Harlequin Comics

By: Lucy Monroe,Chantelle Shaw,Julia James,Rika Kawashima,Yoko Hazuki,Kazumi Kamiya

This is a bundle of the best Harlequin comics! The vol. 123 is featuring the theme Greek0. It contains This bundle offers "THE GREEK'S CHRISTMAS BABY","THE GREEK BOSS'S BRIDE", and "THE GREEK'S VIRGIN BRIDE".

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391

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Harlequin / SB Creative

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4596258465

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9784596258465

Alston Moor, Cumbria

Buildings in a North Pennines landscape

By: Lucy Jessop,Matthew Whitfield,Andrew Davison

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Alston Moor, Cumbria

Buildings in a North Pennines landscape

By: Lucy Jessop,Matthew Whitfield,Andrew Davison

Alston Moor is a large rural parish in Cumbria which historically both depended upon and provided important services for the agricultural and mineral industries of the North Pennines.Much of the area's settlement is dispersed among hamlets and single farmsteads. Isolated from major northern cities such as Carlisle and Newcastle by the surrounding hills and moors, the parish's wild upland landscape provides a conditioning influence on a distinctive tradition of vernacular building types, ranging from the bastle to its later 18th- and 19th-century derivatives and 'mine shops' providing lodgings for miners close to their place of work. Found across the parish, and with urban variants present in Alston itself, these buildings have in common first-floor living accommodation whilst the ground floor is used for cow-byres in more rural areas and for general storage, workshops and shops in urban and industrial contexts. This development of the bastle, a fortified house type found on both sides of the Anglo-Saxon border is nationally significant yet remains under-examined at the level of architectural and historical synthesis. This publication presents an informed account of Alston Moor's vernacular buildings from their earliest survival onwards, and sets them within their regional and national context. It explores how houses of various types combine with a rich legacy of public and industrial buildings to create places of distinctive character. It takes a whole-landscape view of the area, relating its buildings and settlements to the wider patterns of landscape evolution resulting from agricultural and industrial activity and the development of communications.

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151

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Historic England

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1848023251

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9781848023253

Margate's Seaside Heritage

By: Nigel Barker,Allan Brodie,Nick Dermott,Lucy Jessop,Gary Winter

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Margate's Seaside Heritage

By: Nigel Barker,Allan Brodie,Nick Dermott,Lucy Jessop,Gary Winter

The seaside holiday and the seaside resort are two of England's greatest exports to the world. Since the early 18th century, when some of the wealthiest people first sought improved health by bathing in saltwater, the lure of the sea has been a fundamental part of the British way of life, and millions of people still head to the coast each year. Margate has an important place in the story of seaside holidays. It vies with Scarborough, Whitby and Brighton for the title of England's first seaside resort, and it was the first to offer sea-water baths to visitors. Margate can also claim other firsts, including the first Georgian square built at a seaside resort (Cecil Square), the first substantial seaside development outside the footprint of an historic coastal town, the site of the world's first sea-bathing hospital, and, as a result of its location along the Thames from London, the first popular resort frequented by middle- and lower-middle-class holidaymakers. It is unlikely that Margate will ever attract the vast numbers of visitors that flocked there in the 19th and early 20th centuries. However, with growing concerns about the environmental effects of air travel and a continuing awareness of the threat of excessive exposure to the sun, the English seaside holiday may enjoy some form of revival. If Margate finds ways to renew itself while retaining its historic identity, it may once again become a vibrant destination for holidays, as well as being an attractive place for people to live and work.

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1848023081

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Book's by Lucy Jessop

The Secret Lives of the Edmonts

The Secret Lives of the Edmonts

The Major and the Pickpocket

The Major and the Pickpocket

Theatre Uncut

Theatre Uncut

Boats of South Asia

Boats of South Asia

Access to Justice in Magistrates' Courts

Access to Justice in Magistrates' Courts

Christmas at Silverberry Hall

Christmas at Silverberry Hall

Romano-British Settlement and Cemeteries at Mucking

Romano-British Settlement and Cemeteries at Mucking

[Bundle] Harlequin Comics Best Selection vol.123

[Bundle] Harlequin Comics Best Selection vol.123

Alston Moor, Cumbria

Alston Moor, Cumbria

Margate's Seaside Heritage

Margate's Seaside Heritage

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