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Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

By: Margery Post Abbott

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Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

By: Margery Post Abbott

The modern reputation of Friends in the United States and Europe is grounded in the relief work they have conducted in the presence and aftermath of war. Friends (also known as Quakers) have coordinated the feeding and evacuation of children from war zones around the world. They have helped displaced persons without regard to politics. They have engaged in the relief of suffering in places as far-flung as Ireland, France, Germany, Ethiopia, Egypt, China, and India. Their work was acknowledged with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Friends Service Council of Great Britain. More often, however, Quakers live, worship, and work quietly, without seeking public attention for themselves. Now, the Friends are a truly worldwide body and are recognized by their Christ-centered message of integrity and simplicity, as well as their nonviolent stance and affirmation of the belief that all people--women as well as men--may be called to the ministry. The expanded second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) relates the history of the Friends through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, significant figures, places, activities, and periods. This book is an excellent access point for scholars and students, who will find the overviews and sources for further research provided by this book to be enormously helpful.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810868571

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File On Wilde

By: Margery Mary Morgan

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File On Wilde

By: Margery Mary Morgan

Writer Files is an important series documenting the work of major dramatists of the last hundred years Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1856. In the years following his graduation from Oxford in 1878 he published poems and stories which included The Picture of Dorian Gray. Lady Windermere's Fan was produced in 1892, A Woman of No Importance in 1893 and An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895. Later work included De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol. He died in 1900. Each volume contains a comprehensive checklist of all the writer's plays, with a detailed performance history, excerpted reviews and a selection of the writers' own comments on their work.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1408149109

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9781408149102

Evanston: A Tour Through the City's History

A Tour Through the City's History

By: Margery Blair Perkins

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Evanston: A Tour Through the City's History

A Tour Through the City's History

By: Margery Blair Perkins

Local historian Margery Blair Perkins (1907-1981) provides a detailed narrative charting the growth and development of the North Shore city of Evanston, Illinois, a place boasting a rich and multi-layered history. Perkins brings the citys past to life through stories of its residents, architecture, and growth over the years. She charts the development of the city from its earliest days when it was known as the settlement of Grosse Pointe and later Ridgeville to its modern manifestation as a bustling city just outside of Chicago. Within a larger historical narrative, Perkins provides biographies of noted residents as she documents the evolution of the citys organizations, cultural life and institutions, such as Northwestern University.

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219

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Lulu.com

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0615771793

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9780615771793

Michael Collins: The Lost Leader

A biography of Irish politician Michael Collins

By: Margery Forester

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Michael Collins: The Lost Leader

A biography of Irish politician Michael Collins

By: Margery Forester

In print continuously for more than thirty years, this book is long established as a reliable and affectionate portrait of Michael Collins. First, published in 1971, its great strength is that the author was able to interview Collins' surviving contemporaries and was offered unrestricted access to personal and family material. Michael Collins: The Lost Leader has been praised by authorities such as Robert Kee and Maurice Manning and remains compulsive reading even today.

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Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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071715761X

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9780717157617

The Dialect of the Tribe

Speech and Community in Modern Fiction

By: Margery Sabin

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The Dialect of the Tribe

Speech and Community in Modern Fiction

By: Margery Sabin

This wide-ranging work reveals how the ambiguous cultural positions of four great modern novelists--James, Lawrence, Joyce, and Beckett--become a major source of their strength.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195041534

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9780195041538

Marblehead in World War I

At Home and Overseas

By: Margery A. Armstrong

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Marblehead in World War I

At Home and Overseas

By: Margery A. Armstrong

The small seacoast town of Marblehead, in eastern Massachusetts, was the first to answer the call to arms during both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Throughout World War I, Marblehead was affected, and the town influenced the outcome. Boasting of the fifth and final naval militia in history, the Tenth Deck Division, Marbleheads men stood on the front line as the first shots rang out, aimed at the Germans in 1917. It was a town that pulled together, rallied behind their own family and friends while they fought in the trenches of war and stood shoulder to shoulder in their diligent commitment. Historian Margery A. Armstrong delves into the past through articles and letters from those overseas that were first published in the Marblehead Messenger.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614238413

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9781614238416

Polar Bear

By: Margery Fee

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Polar Bear

By: Margery Fee

Polar bears are truly majestic animals: the largest land-dwelling carnivore on earth, these white-furred, black-skinned giants can measure up to three meters in length and weigh up to fifteen hundred pounds. They are also iconic in other ways. They are a symbol of the climate change debate, with their survival now threatened by the loss of Arctic ice, and their images decorate fountains and the cornices of buildings across the world. They sell cold drinks. They feature in children’s books, on merry-go-rounds, and under the arms of weary toddlers heading for bed. Their pelts were once highly prized by hunters, and live captures became attractions in zoos and circuses. Stuffed bears still haunt museums and stately homes. In this natural and cultural history of the polar bear, Margery Fee explores the evolution, species, habitat, and behavior of the animal, as well as its portrayal in art, literature, film, and advertising. Illustrated throughout, Polar Bear will beguile anyone who loves these outsize, beautiful, seemingly cuddly, yet deadly carnivores.

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Reaktion Books

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178914177X

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9781789141771

The Book of Margery Kempe

By: Margery Kempe

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The Book of Margery Kempe

By: Margery Kempe

Alas that I ever did sin! It is so merry in Heaven!' The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1436-8) is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. Known as the earliest autobiography written in the English language, Kempe's Book describes the dramatic transformation of its heroine from failed businesswoman and lustful young wife to devout and chaste pilgrim. She vividly describes her prayers and visions, as well as the temptations in daily life to which she succumbed before dedicating herself to her spiritual calling. She travelled to the most holy sites of the medieval world, including Rome and Jerusalem. In her life and her boisterous devotion, Kempe antagonized many of those around her; yet she also garnered friends and supporters who helped to record her experiences. Her Book opens a window on to the medieval world, and provides a fascinating portrait of one woman's life, aspirations, and prayers. This new translation preserves the forceful narrative voice of Kempe's Book and includes a wide-ranging introduction and useful notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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OUP Oxford

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0191510157

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9780191510151

Professional Development, Reflection and Enquiry

By: Christine Forde,Margery McMahon,Alastair D McPhee,Fiona Patrick

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Professional Development, Reflection and Enquiry

By: Christine Forde,Margery McMahon,Alastair D McPhee,Fiona Patrick

′Wow, this book has some inspiring ideas... It comes at a perfect time as schools try to mesh school improvement with performance management, new standards for various career stages and staff development... Well written, with an attractive layout and a consistently clear voice, it draws on wide and up-to-date research and writing from all parts of the United Kingdom... There are no easy answers in this book, but plenty of powerful ideas that might help us ask useful questions about how CPD encourages a commitment to professional and personal growth, and increases self-confidence, job satisfaction and enthusiasm for working with children and colleagues. This is what being a professional is all about′ - Times Educational Supplement, Book of the Week Teaching professionals need to be able to successfully respond to change, and when necessary drive change within schools. To accomplish this, teachers need to be secure in their understanding of their place within the profession and their teaching identity. The focus of this book is upon enabling teachers to explore new ways of working with children, with colleagues and with communities. This book provides teachers working towards Advanced Skills Teacher or Chartered Teacher status, and those on other Continuing Professional Development courses, with an essential text to assist in this process of personal and professional reflection and development planning. The authors focus upon the social, cultural and political aspects of professional development, and explore issues of professional identity.

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SAGE

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1847878555

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9781847878557

Shivaree

By: Margery A. Neely

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Shivaree

By: Margery A. Neely

The families living in the Missouri Ozarks in 1946 had a lot to be proud about: Their local boy, Harry S. Truman, had recently been elected president, and there were opportunities to be seized. Having grown up during the Roaring Twenties, the parents of this time had already survived much, including the Great Depression, the Dustbowl, and war-time rationing. Their childrenif they didnt workrode their bikes to school or simply walked. Its against this backdrop that soldiers begin to return home, careers open up, and families set their sights on property, prestige, and prosperity. However, as families anticipate a great post-war era, the growing threat of communism rears its head. The people have something else to worry about when confronted with mysterious phone calls, the deaths of three unconnected people, and an intrusion into a local armament factory. Take a journey back into time and enter a world of mystery with Shivaree.

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1496945816

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Sweet Danger

By: Margery Allingham

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Sweet Danger

By: Margery Allingham

With gentleman sleuth Albert Campion on the case and plenty of European intrigue, “Sweet Danger is for the connoisseur of detective fiction” (Sunday Times). Nestled along the Adriatic coastline, the kingdom of Averna has suddenly—and suspiciously—become the hottest property in Europe, and Albert Campion is given the task of recovering the long-missing proofs of ownership. His mission takes him from the French Riviera to the sleepy village of Pontisbright, where he meets the flame-haired Amanda Fitton. Her family claim to be the rightful heirs to the principality, and insist on joining Campion's quest. Unfortunately for them, a criminal financier and his heavies are also on the trail. The clock is ticking for Campion and his cohorts to outwit the thugs and solve the mystery of Averna. “Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light. And she has another quality, not usually associated with crime stories, elegance.” —Agatha Christie “The best of mystery writers.” —The New Yorker

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Open Road Media

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1504087461

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9781504087469

Father - An Anthology Of Verse

By: Margery Doud

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Father - An Anthology Of Verse

By: Margery Doud

Poems about Father and tributes to him are so scattered as to give the impression that little in praise of Father has been written. The purpose of this volume is to bring together certain of these poems and tributes for use on Father's Day and on such other occasions during the year as Fathers-and-Sons and Fathers-and-Daughters banquets. Although the selections included have been grouped to facilitate their use for special occasions, it is hoped that the volume as a whole will have a genuine appeal for Father himself.

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174

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Read Books Ltd

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1473382904

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9781473382909

Literary Land Claims

The “Indian Land Question” from Pontiac’s War to Attawapiskat

By: Margery Fee

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Literary Land Claims

The “Indian Land Question” from Pontiac’s War to Attawapiskat

By: Margery Fee

Literature not only represents Canada as “our home and native land” but has been used as evidence of the civilization needed to claim and rule that land. Indigenous people have long been represented as roaming “savages” without land title and without literature. Literary Land Claims: From Pontiac’s War to Attawapiskat analyzes works produced between 1832 and the late 1970s by writers who resisted these dominant notions. Margery Fee examines John Richardson’s novels about Pontiac’s War and the War of 1812 that document the breaking of British promises to Indigenous nations. She provides a close reading of Louis Riel’s addresses to the court at the end of his trial in 1885, showing that his vision for sharing the land derives from the Indigenous value of respect. Fee argues that both Grey Owl and E. Pauline Johnson’s visions are obscured by challenges to their authenticity. Finally, she shows how storyteller Harry Robinson uses a contemporary Okanagan framework to explain how white refusal to share the land meant that Coyote himself had to make a deal with the King of England. Fee concludes that despite support in social media for Theresa Spence’s hunger strike, Idle No More, and the Indian Residential School Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the story about “savage Indians” and “civilized Canadians” and the latter group’s superior claim to “develop” the lands and resources of Canada still circulates widely. If the land is to be respected and shared as it should be, literary studies needs a new critical narrative, one that engages with the ideas of Indigenous writers and intellectuals.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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1771121009

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9781771121002

The Book of Margery Kempe (Illustrated)

By: Margery Kempe

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The Book of Margery Kempe (Illustrated)

By: Margery Kempe

Regarded by some as the author of the English language’s first autobiography, Margery Kempe was a late medieval mystic and pilgrim. Lost for centuries, her book offers an insightful window into the life of a middle-class woman in the middle ages. She recounts in vibrant detail the madness that followed the birth of the first of her fourteen children, the failure of her brewery business, her dramatic call to spiritual life, her vow of chastity and pilgrimages to Europe and the Holy Land. ‘The Book of Margery Kempe’ presents a unique portrait of a woman of remarkable character, incredible bravery and pious belief. Delphi’s Medieval Library provides eReaders with rare and precious works of the Middle Ages in their original texts. This eBook presents the original Middle English text, illustrations, an informative introduction and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Margery's life and works * Features the complete extant text of Margery Kempe’s ‘Book’ * Concise introduction to the author * Includes a line by line text, with line numbers — ideal for students * Special Glossary of Middle English words to aid your reading of the original text * Provides a special modernised spellings text CONTENTS: The Book of Margery Kempe Brief Introduction: Margery Kempe Line by Line Text Paragraphed Text Glossary of Middle English Words Modernised Spellings Text

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1801701660

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9781801701662

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Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers)

File On Wilde

File On Wilde

Evanston: A Tour Through the City's History

Evanston: A Tour Through the City's History

Michael Collins: The Lost Leader

Michael Collins: The Lost Leader

The Dialect of the Tribe

The Dialect of the Tribe

Marblehead in World War I

Marblehead in World War I

Polar Bear

Polar Bear

The Book of Margery Kempe

The Book of Margery Kempe

Professional Development, Reflection and Enquiry

Professional Development, Reflection and Enquiry

Shivaree

Shivaree

Sweet Danger

Sweet Danger

Father - An Anthology Of Verse

Father - An Anthology Of Verse

Literary Land Claims

Literary Land Claims

The Book of Margery Kempe (Illustrated)

The Book of Margery Kempe (Illustrated)

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