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A Passion For Trees

The Legacy Of John Evelyn

By: Maggie Campbell-Culver

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A Passion For Trees

The Legacy Of John Evelyn

By: Maggie Campbell-Culver

Given the extent of his influence on 17th-century life, and his lasting impact on the British landscape it is remarkable that no book has been written before about John Evelyn. He was a longstanding friend of Samuel Pepys (who wrote of him, ' A most excellent person he is, and must be allowed a little for conceitedness; but he may well be so, being a man so much above others.'), a founder-member of the Royal Society and a prolific writer and diarist. He was an early advocate of the garden city but his most important work was Sylva: a Discourse of Forest Trees. Sylva was presented to the Royal Society to promote the planting of timber trees 'for the supply of the Navy, the employment and advantage of the poor as well as the ornamenting of the nation.' He was responsible for the first great raft of tree-planting and for a great influx of tree introductions to Britain. Maggie Campbell-Culver's book, like Sylva, has at its core a section detailing the characteristics, history and uses of 33 trees incorporating the advice Evelyn gave and demonstrating its relevance still in the 20th-century. Not only was Evelyn probably the first horticultural writer to show an appreciation of the aesthetic benefits of trees in our landscape, he is shown to be a founder-father of the modern conservation movement.

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Random House

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144810985X

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9781448109852

Teaching ‘Proper’ Drinking?

Clubs and pubs in Indigenous Australia

By: Maggie Brady

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Teaching ‘Proper’ Drinking?

Clubs and pubs in Indigenous Australia

By: Maggie Brady

In Teaching ‘Proper’ Drinking?, the author brings together three fields of scholarship: socio-historical studies of alcohol, Australian Indigenous policy history and social enterprise studies. The case studies in the book offer the first detailed surveys of efforts to teach responsible drinking practices to Aboriginal people by installing canteens in remote communities, and of the purchase of public hotels by Indigenous groups in attempts both to control sales of alcohol and to create social enterprises by redistributing profits for the community good. Ethnographies of the hotels are examined through the analytical lens of the Swedish ‘Gothenburg’ system of municipal hotel ownership. The research reveals that the community governance of such social enterprises is not purely a matter of good administration or compliance with the relevant liquor legislation. Their administration is imbued with the additional challenges posed by political contestation, both within and beyond the communities concerned. ‘The idea that community or government ownership and management of a hotel or other drinking place would be a good way to control drinking and limit harm has been commonplace in many Anglophone and Nordic countries, but has been less recognised in Australia. Maggie Brady’s book brings together the hidden history of such ideas and initiatives in Australia … In an original and wide-ranging set of case studies, Brady shows that success in reducing harm has varied between communities, largely depending on whether motivations to raise revenue or to reduce harm are in control.’ — Professor Robin Room, Director, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University

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ANU Press

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176046158X

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9781760461584

Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland

By: Maggie Humphreys,Robert Evans

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Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland

By: Maggie Humphreys,Robert Evans

A dictionary containing 3500 biographical entries, each representing a composer whose work has been used within the worship of the church in Britain and Ireland.

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A&C Black

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0720123305

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9780720123302

Bassett

John Bassett's forty years in politics, publishing, business and sports

By: Siggins, Maggie

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Bassett

John Bassett's forty years in politics, publishing, business and sports

By: Siggins, Maggie

John White Hughes Bassett is an extraordinary figure in Canadian public life, a man who's been at the centre of politics, sports, the media and business for over forty years. True to his style, John Bassett doesn't approve of an independent journalist who's neither a bosom friend nor an implacable foe writing his story. But his public career belongs not only to him but also to the many Torontonians and Canadians whose lives have been touched by his astonishingly diverse activities as a politician, publisher, businessman and sportsman. Based on more than 200 interviews with friends, family, business asociates, critics and enemies, Bassett is a remarkably thorough portrait of a distinguished Canadian publisher, broadcaster and businessman.

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James Lorimer & Company

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1552779491

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The Redemption of Rafe Diaz

By: Maggie Price

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The Redemption of Rafe Diaz

By: Maggie Price

Seven years ago, private investigator Rafe Diaz went to prison for a crime he didn't commit—and Allie Fielding's testimony helped put him there. Now the popular socialite holds his client's fate in her manicured hands. But this time, the charge is murder one. And Rafe intends to question Allie until that glossy mouth of hers tells the truth. Shooting daggers from those smoldering eyes, Rafe could easily pass for the bad guy Allie once thought he was. But now, her one-time enemy is the only man who can protect her. Because a cold-blooded murderer wants to ensure she never gets another day on the witness stand….

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Silhouette

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1426828004

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9781426828003

A Licence to be Different

The Story of Channel 4

By: Maggie Brown

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A Licence to be Different

The Story of Channel 4

By: Maggie Brown

Traces the history and development of Channel 4, one of the UK's best loved and most controversial TV channels. Identifies key figures and signature programmes such as 'Brookside,' 'The Big Breakfast' and 'Wife Swap,' as well as successful American imports including 'Friends' and 'Sex and the City.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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183902447X

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9781839024474

Rooney

A Sporting Life

By: Rob Ruck,Maggie Jones Patterson,Michael P. Weber

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Rooney

A Sporting Life

By: Rob Ruck,Maggie Jones Patterson,Michael P. Weber

The first authoritative look at one of the most iconic figures in the history of the NFL, this book is both a critical chapter in the story of football in America and a thoroughly engaging in-depth introduction to a character unlike any other in the annals of American sports.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803228287

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9780803228283

Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned

Confessions of a Priest's Mistress

By: Maggie Renaldi

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Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned

Confessions of a Priest's Mistress

By: Maggie Renaldi

It is not only young boys that Roman Catholic priests abuse; these dysfunctional, deceitful predators, who use God as an excuse for their behavior, emotionally damage many unsuspecting adult women. Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned: Confessions of a Priest’s Mistress is the story of one woman’s involvement with a Roman Catholic priest and how it changed her life. Just as the male victims are coming forward to tell their stories, there can be no closure for Maggie Renaldi until this story is told. During a vulnerable period in her life, Maggie meets Father Brendan O'Reilly and embarks upon a clandestine affair. Father O'Reilly's fear of commitment and his "I love you, go away" behavior threaten to destroy their friendship and their love, until Maggie intervenes and O'Reilly seeks therapy to save himself. Unfortunately, he chooses a priest-psychotherapist who adds more guilt and shame. From seminaries that require young men to beat themselves bloody to bring the flesh into subjection to bishops who play politics, from power-hungry nuns to superiors who profess "the party line," Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned is also a graphic picture of church politics and hypocrisy. Maggie Renaldi is not her real name. All the names as well as the places have been changed to protect the innocent (as well as the guilty).

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iUniverse

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1469790262

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A True Child of Papua New Guinea

Memoir of a Life In Two Worlds

By: Maggie Wilson

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A True Child of Papua New Guinea

Memoir of a Life In Two Worlds

By: Maggie Wilson

Maggie Wilson was born in the highlands of Papua New Guinea to Melka Amp Jara, a woman of the highlands, and Patrick Leahy, brother of Australian explorers Michael and Daniel Leahy, who were among the first Australian explorers to encounter people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, during an expedition in search for gold. Maggie's life serves as a window into the complex social and cultural transformations experienced during the early years of the Australian administration in Papua New Guinea and the first three decades after independence. This ethnography--started as an autobiography and completed by Rosita Henry after Maggie's death in 2009--tells Maggie's story and the stories of those whose lives she touched. Their recollections of Maggie Wilson offer insights into life in Papua New Guinea today.

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McFarland

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1476677034

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9781476677033

The Prisoner's Wife

By: Maggie Brookes

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The Prisoner's Wife

By: Maggie Brookes

Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi POW camp to be with the man she loves. In the dead of night, a Czech farm girl and a British soldier travel through the countryside. Izabela and prisoner of war Bill have secretly married and are on the run, with Izzy dressed as a man. The young husband and wife evade capture for as long as possible—until they are cornered by Nazi soldiers with tracking dogs. Izzy's disguise works. The couple are assumed to be escaped British soldiers and transported to a POW camp. However, their ordeal has just begun, as they face appalling living conditions and the constant fear of Izzy's exposure. But in the midst of danger and deprivation comes hope, for the young couple are befriended by a small group of fellow prisoners. These men become their new family, willing to jeopardize their lives to save Izzy from being discovered and shot. The Prisoner's Wife tells of an incredible risk, and of how our deepest bonds are tested in desperate times. Bill and Izzy's story is one of love and survival against the darkest odds.

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Penguin

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0593197763

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9780593197769

Rashi's Daughters, Book II: Miriam

A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France

By: Maggie Anton

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Rashi's Daughters, Book II: Miriam

A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France

By: Maggie Anton

The second novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar The engrossing historical series of three sisters living in eleventh-century Troyes, France, continues with the tale of Miriam, the lively and daring middle child of Salomon ben Isaac, the great Talmudic authority. Having no sons, he teaches his daughters the intricacies of Mishnah and Gemara in an era when educating women in Jewish scholarship was unheard of. His middle daughter, Miriam, is determined to bring new life safely into the Troyes Jewish community and becomes a midwife. As devoted as she is to her chosen path, she cannot foresee the ways in which she will be tested and how heavily she will need to rely on her faith. With Rashi's Daughters, author Maggie Anton brings the Talmud and eleventh-century France to vivid life and poignantly captures the struggles and triumphs of strong Jewish women.

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1101219378

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9781101219379

Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense October 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Sharon Dunn,Maggie K. Black,Sherri Shackelford

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Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense October 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

By: Sharon Dunn,Maggie K. Black,Sherri Shackelford

Love Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. COURAGE UNDER FIRE True Blue K-9 Unit by Sharon Dunn Rookie K-9 officer Lani Branson’s one goal in her training exercise is to prove herself capable of the job—until she’s attacked. Now a ruthless stalker’s threatening her at every turn, and her boss, Chief Noah Jameson, and his K-9 partner have made it their mission to keep her alive. CHRISTMAS WITNESS PROTECTION Protected Identities by Maggie K. Black When Corporal Holly Asher’s witness protection transportation is targeted, going on the run with Detective Noah Wilder is the only way to survive. But can they pose as an engaged couple at Christmas without tipping off those who want to kill her? KILLER AMNESIA by Sherri Shackelford Emma Lyons’s investigative reporting skills are put to the test when she loses her memory after an attempt on her life. But researching her own past with the help of Deputy Liam McCourt leads to town secrets darker than they imagined…and a killer who won’t stop until they’re silenced.

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1488041059

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9781488041051

A Child Of Her Time

a beautifully moving coming of age saga you won’t be able to put down

By: Maggie Bennett

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A Child Of Her Time

a beautifully moving coming of age saga you won’t be able to put down

By: Maggie Bennett

From the pen of much loved author Maggie Bennett comes this engrossing and emotional story of prejudice, passion and one woman's struggle to fight for what she wants in life. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Harris, Nancy Revell and Catherine Cookson. READERS ARE LOVING A CHILD OF HER TIME! 'It's a lovely story from the start. I was hooked.' -- ***** Reader review 'Wonderful story'-- ***** Reader review '[Maggie Bennett] is a real story teller who makes you want to turn each page' -- ***** Reader review 'Maggie Bennett is a brilliant writer' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************* HAS SHE THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT FOR THE LIFE SHE'S ALWAYS YEARNED FOR? Phyllis Bird is twenty - five, a teacher, and still living with her parents in a quiet Hampshire village. With so many young men lost in the Great War, her future is without hope until she is offered the position of nursery maid in the London home of acclaimed playwright Harold Berridge. Desperate to break out of her mundane existence, she decides to take it up. Befriended by the actress Maud Ling and thrown into the glamorous world of the cinema, Phyllis falls passionately in love with Maud's younger brother Teddy. But Teddy's heart lies elsewhere. Things go from bad to worse when tragedy strikes the Berridge household, and a heartbroken Phyllis is forced to leave. Six months later, when Phyllis has started to rebuild her life, her world is turned upside down once more when she is invited to a party at Maud Ling's film studios. For there she falls under the spell of the charming but devious American actor Denver Towers, with disastrous consequences...

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144810694X

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Milton's Poetical Thought

The Literary Agenda

By: Maggie Kilgour

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Milton's Poetical Thought

The Literary Agenda

By: Maggie Kilgour

A defence of the importance of poetry that studies one of the greatest poets of the English tradition: John Milton. The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greater pressures: by economic exigency and the severe social attitudes that can follow from it; by technological change that may leave the traditional forms of serious human communication looking merely antiquated. For just these reasons this is the right time for renewal, to start reinvigorated work into the meaning and value of literary reading. Why would anyone read John Milton today? To many, poetry in general is an irrelevant and even irresponsible luxury that we cannot afford in a time of environmental and social crisis. The work of a seventeenth-century 'Puritan' might seem especially obscure and out of touch with our needs. But this book argues that Milton offers us one of the most powerful arguments for the importance of poetry today, both representing in his poetry and demonstrating through his own life, the transformative and sustaining force of the human imagination even in times of greatest upheaval. Writing out of his own experience of loss and disappointment, he insists that poetry is a form of knowledge, a way of seeing and understanding the world around us, others, and indeed ourselves. He uses the resources of poetry—its language, imagery, and forms—to challenge and shake us up, making us think in unfamiliar ways and expanding our imagination and our sense of the possibilities in our lives. Milton insists that poetry gives us knowledge of truths we otherwise would never apprehend; it enriches the experience of both writers and readers and makes us creative and fully realized human beings.

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Oxford University Press

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0192536567

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9780192536563

Seasons of Death and Life

A Wilderness Memoir

By: Maggie Ross

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Seasons of Death and Life

A Wilderness Memoir

By: Maggie Ross

Maggie Ross's superb memoir of her sojourn in the wilderness is filled with living and dying, joy and pain, healing and hurting, and, most important, the "love that indwells and is revealed in the most unexpected places." Weary and wounded, yearning for deep solitude, Ross takes a job as a caretaker in a place of luminous--sometimes terrifying--beauty on the northwest coast of the United States. Here she meets a local woman called Muskrat who becomes her companion and teacher. From a harsh and unforgiving life, Muskrat has distilled impressive wisdom and an extraordinary, unselfconscious spirituality. Living out a generosity and loving-kindness born of suffering, she helps Ross find healing from damage inflicted by the abuse of power--damage that culminates in a life-threatening illness. Muskrat is not her only teacher. There are the dogs, Pomo and Kelly, and the bird, Raven, whose joyous play, tender and violent affection, mischief, and fidelity reveal a new vision of life during a long, slow convalescence. Ross receives healing, too, from the land, from the work necessary to its seasons, from the wildlife, which appears strangely unafraid, and from the small and large kindnesses of her rural neighbors. Like Henry David Thoreau and Annie Dillard, she describes landscapes of rare beauty that reveal the true meaning of sacrament "in the smallest wood orchid and the vast wildness of the sea. . . . the last flimsy boundaries between sacred and secular melted away." We emerge from this near-mythic tale--from its frustrations, its tragedies and epiphanies--illuminated, refreshed, with a new vital perception of the sanctity of our common humanity and of wilderness as a context for the transfiguration of pain.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532601476

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9781532601477

Bare-Arsed Banditti

The Men of the '45

By: Maggie Craig

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Bare-Arsed Banditti

The Men of the '45

By: Maggie Craig

Deftly told' The Herald They were modern men, the soldiers of the '45: doctors and lawyers, students and teachers, gardeners and weavers. These are the men often written out of history, or else depicted as gallant but misguided fools. But in reality they were children of the Age of Reason, they wrote poetry, discussed the latest ideas in philosophy and science - and rose in armed rebellion against the might of the British crown and government. Many faced agonising personal dilemmas before committing themselves to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Cause. Few had any illusions about the consequences of failure. Many met their date with destiny on Culloden Moor, players in a global conflict that shaped the world we live in today. Combining meticulous research with entertaining and stylish delivery, Maggie Craig tells the dramatic and moving stories of the men who were willing to risk everything for their vision of a better future for themselves, their families and Scotland. 'A superbly structured work, written with passion and conviction' Scots Magazine

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Random House

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1845969707

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The Servant Girl

By: Maggie Hope

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The Servant Girl

By: Maggie Hope

She is the downstairs maid; he is the Master’s son... Forced to become a kitchen maid at Fortune Hall, Hetty Pearson strikes up an unlikely friendship with the younger son of the house, Richard. But Hetty is just a poor servant girl: what hope does she have of either winning Richard’s heart or escaping his older brother’s more base attentions? Note: previously published as THE JEWEL STREETS by Una Horne

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1448148715

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9781448148714

2010 Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide

By: Maggie Thompson,Brent Frankenhoff

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2010 Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide

By: Maggie Thompson,Brent Frankenhoff

No other guide on the market covers the volume of comic book listings and range of eras as Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide does, in an easy-to-use checklist format. Readers can access listings for 130,000 comics, issued since 1961, complete with names, cover date, creator information and near-mint pricing. With super-hero art on the cover and collecting details from the experts as America's longest-running magazine about comics in this book, there is nothing that compares.

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Penguin

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1440229112

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9781440229114

A Nurse's Duty

By: Maggie Hope

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A Nurse's Duty

By: Maggie Hope

Torn between love and duty... Following a disastrous marriage to a miner, Karen has devoted herself to a nursing career. Rising to the challenge of caring for the wounded soldiers returning home from the Great War, she has resigned herself to putting her vocation before any hope of a romantic life. However, she finds herself drawn to handsome, troubled Patrick Murphy. But Patrick is also a Catholic priest. Dare Karen risk scandal and her position by falling for the one man she cannot have...?

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1448118565

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9781448118564

Damn' Rebel Bitches

The Women of the '45

By: Maggie Craig

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Damn' Rebel Bitches

The Women of the '45

By: Maggie Craig

Damn' Rebel Bitches takes a totally fresh approach to the history of the Jacobite Rising by telling fascinating stories of the many women caught up in the turbulent events of 1745-46. Many historians have ignored female participation in the '45: this book aims to redress the balance. Drawn from many original documents and letters, the stories that emerge of the women - and their men - are often touching, occasionally light-hearted and always engrossing.

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1780572964

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The Rainy Season

Three Lives in the New South Africa

By: Maggie Messitt

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The Rainy Season

Three Lives in the New South Africa

By: Maggie Messitt

The Rainy Season, a work of engaging literary journalism, introduces readers to the remote bushveld community of Rooiboklaagte and opens a window into the complicated reality of daily life in South Africa. It tells the stories of three generations in the Rainbow Nation one decade after its first democratic elections. This multi-threaded narrative follows Regina, a tapestry weaver in her sixties, standing at the crossroads where her Catholic faith and the AIDS pandemic crash; Thoko, a middle-aged sangoma (traditional healer) taking steps to turn her shebeen into a fully licensed tavern; and Dankie, a young man taking his matriculation exams, coming of age as one of Mandela's Children, the first academic class educated entirely under democratic governance.

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University of Iowa Press

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1609383273

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9781609383275

A Daughter's Secret

By: Maggie Hope

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A Daughter's Secret

By: Maggie Hope

Can she escape her mother's scandalous past? Cath Raine and her sister have had a difficult childhood. Abandoned by their mother who ran off with a Canadian airman, the two young girls were forced to fend for themselves in a town rife with gossip about their family. When Cath first meets the wealthy Jack Vaughan on the grounds of his father's estate, he dismisses her because of the rumours he's heard about her family. But when their paths cross again, they find themselves irresistibly drawn to each other despite their different backgrounds. However, it's soon clear her family's reputation will make a fresh start impossible. Can Cath escape her difficult upbringing and find love at last? A gripping saga perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court. Previously published as 'Like Mother, Like Daughter

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1473579740

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9781473579743

Silence: A User's Guide, Volume One

Process

By: Maggie Ross

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Silence: A User's Guide, Volume One

Process

By: Maggie Ross

Silence is essential for the health and well-being of humans and the environment in which they live. Yet silence has almost vanished from our lives and our world. Of all the books that claim to be about silence, this is the only one that addresses silence directly. Silence: A User's Guide is just what the title says: it is a guide to silence, which is both a vast interior spaciousness, and the condition of our being in the natural world. This book exposes the processes by which silence can transfigure our lives--what Maggie Ross calls "the work of silence"; it describes how lives steeped in silence can transfigure other lives unawares. It shows how the work of silence was once understood to be the foundation of the teaching of Jesus, and how this teaching was once an intrinsic part of Western Christianity; it describes some of the methods by which the institution suppressed the work of silence, and why religious institutions are afraid of silence. Above all, this book shows that the work of silence gives us a way of being in the world that is more than we can ask for or imagine.

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1625647964

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9781625647962

Pillars of Flame

Power, Priesthood, and Spiritual Maturity

By: Maggie Ross

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Pillars of Flame

Power, Priesthood, and Spiritual Maturity

By: Maggie Ross

Is the priesthood a power to be exercised, or a call to share in the broken Christ? Ross sets modern questions about ordained ministry in the Church within a much wider context, encouraging us to reflect anew on the relationship between administrative power and spiritual authority within the Church, and to redefine the priesthood. She minces no words in her critique of the contemporary Church, and goes on to propose changes so sweeping and fundamental that we sense what a truly Christian Church would be.

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1596271825

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9781596271821

Resurrection of the Body

By: Maggie Hamand

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Resurrection of the Body

By: Maggie Hamand

While conducting the Good Friday service, vicar Richard Page is horrified when a man staggers in, bleeding from wounds inflicted during a vicious knife attack. There is no identification on him; he later dies, and no one comes forward to claim the body. Even more bizarrely, his corpse disappears from the morgue, leaving the police baffled and suspicious. The vicar is drawn into a bruising quest to uncover this man's identity and explain the unexplainable. His obsession will bring him into conflict with the police, his superiors, his congregation and even his wife. "e;The Resurrection of the Body"e; is a thought-provoking work which explores love, religion and madness within an eerie and unsettling mystery.`A compelling, impressive tale' -- The Times`A rattling good read' -- Richard Chartres, Bishop of London`An assured tone and decidedly bold denouement - a talent to watch' -- Financial Times`Ingenious and provocative exploration of faith, fact and fantasy'-- Hampstead & Highgate Express`The story has mystery-thriller suspense as well as several intriguing depths . . . terrifically impressive' -- Independent'This extraordinary little book... is thoughtful, perceptive, and subtle.Questioning the nature of both faith and both faith and sanity, with a truly mysterious ending, it's the perfect read for the Easter weekend.' The Guardian

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eBook Partnership

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0957694423

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9780957694422

Molly's War

By: Maggie Hope

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Molly's War

By: Maggie Hope

A gripping saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coal Miner's Daughter War, tragedy and a shameful secret... When Molly Mason's father dies in a pit accident, she is left penniless and alone. She finds work in a local factory, and cheap lodgings. However, when Molly rejects her new landlord's advances, his revenge is swift: she finds herself accused of theft and thrown in prison. As the prospect of war grows ever close, Molly finds herself fighting a more personal battle, trying to find anyone willing to overlook her scandalous past...

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1448148707

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The Winter Serpent

By: Maggie Davis

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The Winter Serpent

By: Maggie Davis

“A gritty story of a Scot’s lass . . . who will let no man break her pride . . . A historical work of great depth, texture and attention to detail” (AllReaders.com). Doireann is the proud daughter of a Scottish chieftan, her beauty renowned through the land of her father, and yet she chose to remain unbound and alone, free from submitting to the desires of any man. As the tides of war and pillage reach her homeland, she finds herself sold into the hands of the fearsome Viking pirate Thorsten, the wild leader of the frenzied Norse Bear Cult. She must survive the humiliation of being Thorsten’s woman, through pagan rituals and violent battles, as only her pride keeps her from submitting to his passion . . .

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Open Road Media

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1497613655

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Cruelty

A Book About Us

By: Maggie Schein

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Cruelty

A Book About Us

By: Maggie Schein

Cruelty is such a ubiquitous and at the same time disturbing phenomenon that we take for granted that we understand what it is, and how it impacts the ways in which we think about our humanity as a moral condition—how we understand our moral significance. Cruelty: A Book About Us offers an accessible interrogation of cruelty and humanity, and, most critically, it provides a groundwork for us to raise questions collectively; it is an invitation for us all to join in the dialogue. Through academic studies, literary works, and’ personal stories and observations, this book provokes deeper insights into why cruel acts trouble our usual ways of articulating and addressing wrongness. Mining interdisciplinary sources, it excavates what we may not know we don't know and guides us in conversations about this profoundly evocative and often uneasy subject.

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Springer Nature

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3031243196

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Compendium of Auditory and Speech Tasks

Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties 4 with CD-ROM

By: Joy Stackhouse,Maggie Vance,Michelle Pascoe,Bill Wells

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Compendium of Auditory and Speech Tasks

Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties 4 with CD-ROM

By: Joy Stackhouse,Maggie Vance,Michelle Pascoe,Bill Wells

The book summarises research findings from a range of projects using a set of auditory and speech procedures designed for the psycholinguistic framework developed by Stackhouse and Wells (1997). These procedures have been used with children and adolescents with a range of difficulties associated with cleft lip and palate, dysarthria, dyspraxia, phonological impairment, Down syndrome, dyslexia, stammering, autism, semantic-pragmatic difficulties, general learning difficulties, and disadvantaged backgrounds. The procedures have also been used with normally developing children in the age range of 3-7 years. As a result, the book includes descriptions of typical performance on the procedures so that atypical can be identified more easily. In addition, as the materials were used in a longitudinal study of children’s speech and literacy development between the age of 4 and 7 years we can highlight which procedures will help in identifying children a) who are likely to persist with their speech difficulties and b) have associated literacy difficulties.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470517492

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9780470517499

Her Amish Child and Amish Hideout

By: Lenora Worth,Maggie K. Black

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Her Amish Child and Amish Hideout

By: Lenora Worth,Maggie K. Black

Yearning for a home in an Amish community. Her Amish Child by Lenora Worth Amish widow Raesha Bawell longs for a baby…but she never thought she’d find one on her doorstep! Loving little Dinah is easy, yet keeping her may be harder when Raesha’s handsome neighbor, Josiah Fisher, realizes the baby is his niece. All Raesha wants is a family—with Dinah, and maybe Josiah, too. But can their temporary arrangement turn into forever love? Amish Hideout by Maggie K. Black With a price on his witness’s head, US marshal Jonathan Mast can think of only one place to hide Celeste Alexander—in the Amish community he left behind. As a computer expert, leading a life off the grid isn’t easy for Celeste. Staying in Jonathan’s childhood home could save her…and convince both of them a future together is worth fighting for.

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Harlequin

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1488056196

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The Coal Miner's Daughter

By: Maggie Hope

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The Coal Miner's Daughter

By: Maggie Hope

A wealthy landlord’s son, and a coal miner’s daughter... Growing up in poverty, one of six siblings, Hannah Armstrong never thought she’d know anything other than her little mining town. But then she falls for Timothy Durkin, a wealthy Oxford student... Following her heart, Hannah sacrifices everything she holds dear and follows her new husband to Oxford. But will her new life of luxury be everything she expected - or will she find that once a coal miner's daughter, always a coal miner's daughter...?

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Random House

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1448177871

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Kiss and Part

Short Stories

By: Salley Vickers ,Joan Bakewell ,Marina Warner ,Jo Baker,Elizabeth Speller ,Maggie Gee ,Maria McCann ,Jill Dawson,Catherine Fox,Lucy Durneen

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Kiss and Part

Short Stories

By: Salley Vickers ,Joan Bakewell ,Marina Warner ,Jo Baker,Elizabeth Speller ,Maggie Gee ,Maria McCann ,Jill Dawson,Catherine Fox,Lucy Durneen

What does it mean to 'kiss and part'? This collection of previously unpublished short stories from a stellar list of contemporary women novelists is a literary celebration of the spirit of place. Each contributor shares one thing in common - they have all stayed at a small cottage in the village of Clifford Chambers near Stratford-upon-Avon, courtesy of a trust set up to provide women writers with ‘a room of one’s own’, as Virginia Woolf put it. Clifford Chambers was the home of the Jacobean poet Michael Drayton, who incorporated the phrase ‘Kiss and part’ into a sonnet. Each of the ten short stories in this collection takes this as its theme and the result is wonderfully eclectic mix of storytelling of the highest quality. All royalties go the Hosking Houses Trust to further encourage women’s writing. Contents List Preface ‘Kiss and Part’ by Michael Drayton Introduction by Margaret Drabble Buck Moon Marina Warner ‘A Merrie Meeting’ Salley Vickers The Incumbent Elizabeth Speller ‘Colossal Wreck’ Maria McCann The Visitation Maggie Gee And the River Flows On Joan Bakewell The Creature Jill Dawson The Turn Catherine Fox The Fabric of Things Jo Baker ‘Place of Dreams’ Lucy Durneen The Writers Afterword by Sarah Hosking Acknowledgements of Photographs

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Canterbury Press

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1786221926

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The Origin Of Plants

By: Maggie Campbell-Culver

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The Origin Of Plants

By: Maggie Campbell-Culver

A fascinating history of Britain's plant biodiversity and a unique account of how our garden landscape has been transformed over 1000 years, from 200 species of plant in the year 1000 to the astonishing variety of plants we can all see today. Thousands of plants have been introduced into Britain since 1066 by travellers, warriors, explorers and plant hunters - plants that we now take for granted such as rhododendron from the Far East, gladiolus from Africa and exotic plants like the monkey puzzle tree from Chile. Both a plant history and a useful reference book, Maggie Campbell-Culver has researched the provenance and often strange histories of many of the thousands of plants, exploring the quirky and sometimes rude nature of the plants, giving them a personality all of their own and setting them in their social context. The text is supported by beautiful contemporary paintings and modern photographs in 2 x 8 pp colour sections.

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Random House

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1473509327

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9781473509320

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