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Love is the Easy Bit

By: Mary Grehan

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For fans of the luminous and emotional story-telling of Maggie O'Farrell and Kim Edwards, Mary Grehan's Love is the Easy Bit goes on a shattering and exhilarating journey that will resonate with anyone who has questioned how they have ended up in the life they have. For eleven years Sylvia Larkin has been a mother - and she knows, deep down, that she's no good at it. Seeing her husband's loving relationship with their daughter Kate, she believes she's simply been going through the motions. She feels disconnected, an outsider - a total fake. When a former lover turns up, reminding her of the striking young artist she once was and the life she gave up, Sylvia is finally tipped into despair and nearly destroys her own world, and that of her family. Coming so close to the edge, however, allows Sylvia to face the truth about who she was and who she is now. She realizes she must try to fix the family she's given up on. It is a journey of heartbreak, challenge and painful surprises. And for Sylvia, her husband and Kate it is one in which the destination will remain unknown until they get there . . . 'Love. It feels like a word from science class that you nod along to but don't really understand,' Sylvia says. And anyone who has ever felt the strangeness and wonder of being in a role that doesn't quite fit will be captivated and moved by Sylvia's journey into the heart of being a wife, mother and daughter. Mary Grehan trained as an artist and now works as an arts manager and curator. She has travelled widely, lived in many places and is now based in Co Waterford. Love is the Easy Bit is her first novel

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Penguin UK

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024196248X

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9780241962480

Balkan Smoke

Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria

By: Mary C. Neuburger

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Balkan Smoke

Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria

By: Mary C. Neuburger

This fascinating book explores the history of tobacco and tobacco culture in Bulgaria from the mid-19th century, when the country became partially and then fully independent from the Ottoman Empire, to the postcommunist present. Neuburger... argues convincingly that smoking and the production of tobacco products played an important―if not the key―part in Bulgaria's political, economic; and cultural modernization during this period.... Summing Up: Highly recommended. ― Choice In Balkan Smoke, Mary C. Neuburger leads readers along the Bulgarian-Ottoman caravan routes and into the coffeehouses of Istanbul and Sofia. She reveals how a remote country was drawn into global economic networks through tobacco production and consumption and in the process became modern. In writing the life of tobacco in Bulgaria from the late Ottoman period through the years of Communist rule, Neuburger gives us much more than the cultural history of a commodity; she provides a fresh perspective on the genesis of modern Bulgaria itself. The tobacco trade comes to shape most of Bulgaria’s international relations; it drew Bulgaria into its fateful alliance with Nazi Germany and in the postwar period Bulgaria was the primary supplier of smokes (the famed Bulgarian Gold) for the USSR and its satellites. By the late 1960s Bulgaria was the number one exporter of tobacco in the world, with roughly one eighth of its population involved in production. Through the pages of this book we visit the places where tobacco is grown and meet the merchants, the workers, and the peasant growers, most of whom are Muslim by the postwar period. Along the way, we learn how smoking and anti-smoking impulses influenced perceptions of luxury and necessity, questions of novelty, imitation, value, taste, and gender-based respectability. While the scope is often global, Neuburger also explores the politics of tobacco within Bulgaria. Among the book’s surprises are the ways in which conflicts over the tobacco industry (and smoking) help to clarify the forbidding quagmire of Bulgarian politics.

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321

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Cornell University Press

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0801465508

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9780801465505

Food Preparation for the Professional

By: David A. Mizer,Mary Porter,Beth Sonnier

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Food Preparation for the Professional

By: David A. Mizer,Mary Porter,Beth Sonnier

Discusses sanitation, safety, kitchen equipment, seasoning, soups, sauces, vegetables, fish, poultry, meat, salads, breakfasts and buffets

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526

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John Wiley & Sons Incorporated

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0471850012

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9780471850014

A Guide to Irish Roots

Collected from Oral Tradition and Ancient Records During Visits to Ireland, Other Parts of Europe, and North America

By: William P. Durning,Mary Durning

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A Guide to Irish Roots

Collected from Oral Tradition and Ancient Records During Visits to Ireland, Other Parts of Europe, and North America

By: William P. Durning,Mary Durning

Traces the traditional origin of the Irish race, the branching of families and the beginning of surnames.

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306

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0960186816

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9780960186815

Science and Health

With Key to the Scriptures

By: Mary Baker Eddy

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Science and Health

With Key to the Scriptures

By: Mary Baker Eddy

First published in 1875 and read by more than eight million people, this nondenominational book has a 119-year history of healing and inspiration. To attract a new audience, this time-honored message of healing has a powerful new cover, easy-to-read page layout, and word index. Named one of "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World".

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187864100X

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9781878641007

Original Grace

The Mystery of Mary

By: Mary Aquin O'Neill

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Original Grace

The Mystery of Mary

By: Mary Aquin O'Neill

O’Neill’s Original Grace provides a fresh analysis of biblical texts and explores the rich tradition and development of Marian devotion, liturgical prayer, artwork, and dogma. It invites the reader to discover how our capacity for biblical and theological understanding matures over time, correcting our perception of Mary, the second Eve and the mother of Jesus the Christ, and of the place and role of women in church and society. This exhilarating book reveals the benefit that courageous questioning can bring to the church’s self-understanding and to the vital relationships between women and men. In it we gently discover that a wise and good God is our Creator, affirming us in our gendered humanity, still slowly teaching us what went on in Eden, in Nazareth, and on Calvary.

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310

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666744425

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9781666744422

Original Grace

The Mystery of Mary

By: Mary Aquin O'Neill RSM

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Original Grace

The Mystery of Mary

By: Mary Aquin O'Neill RSM

O'Neill's Original Grace provides a fresh analysis of biblical texts and explores the rich tradition and development of Marian devotion, liturgical prayer, artwork, and dogma. It invites the reader to discover how our capacity for biblical and theological understanding matures over time, correcting our perception of Mary, the second Eve and the mother of Jesus the Christ, and of the place and role of women in church and society. This exhilarating book reveals the benefit that courageous questioning can bring to the church's self-understanding and to the vital relationships between women and men. In it we gently discover that a wise and good God is our Creator, affirming us in our gendered humanity, still slowly teaching us what went on in Eden, in Nazareth, and on Calvary.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666744441

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9781666744446

Spiritual Writings on Mary

Annotated & Explained

By: Mary Ford-Grabowsky

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Spiritual Writings on Mary

Annotated & Explained

By: Mary Ford-Grabowsky

The world’s great writings about Mary—her faith, strength and love— can become a companion for your own spiritual journey Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been revered for centuries by people from all over the world. She is a paragon of humility, righteousness and dedication, and her life as mother and prophet can serve as an example to us all. In over two hundred selections, Spiritual Writings on Mary examines the essential aspects of Mary’s role in history and in life today. Selections from influential writers, thinkers and theologians—both ancient and modern, from a wide range of Western and Eastern backgrounds—explore what life may have been like for Mary, Joseph and Jesus, and celebrate the many ways in which Mary serves as a model of holiness for all women and men; as the archetype of motherhood; and as a source of tenderness, comfort, protection and peace. Dante Alighieri Hildegard of Bingen Jalal-ud-Din Rumi Bernard of Clairvaux Birgitta of Sweden Bonaventure Sue Monk Kidd Gerard Manley Hopkins Now you can experience the power and grace of Mary even if you have no previous knowledge of Mariology. This SkyLight Illuminations edition presents the most stirring and evocative writings on Mary, conveying the ineffable love, awe, reverence and gratitude in the hearts of people all over the world for the holy mother of Jesus.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1594734631

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9781594734632

Praying with Mary

By: Mary Ford-Grabowsky

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Praying with Mary

By: Mary Ford-Grabowsky

Allow the Mother of Jesus to teach you new ways to pray. This new series of books is designed to open up the meaning of one ancient way of Christian prayer in a relatively short amount of time. In Praying with Mary you will discover: • The mother of Jesus—in all of her simplicity and complexity. • How to prayerfully follow Mary’s footsteps toward God. “This book drew me to reflect in a new way on Mary’s distinctive choices and gifts.” —Thomas H. Smolich, SJ, President, Jesuit Conference USA “With the turn of every page, the mystery of Mary unfolds.” —Lauren Artress, Canon of Grace Cathedral and author of Walking a Sacred Path

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Paraclete Press

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1612611389

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The Mysterious Mary H

A Selection of Writings by Mary Hayden (1862-1942)

By: Mary Hayden

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The Mysterious Mary H

A Selection of Writings by Mary Hayden (1862-1942)

By: Mary Hayden

This title features a selection of writings by Mary Hayden.

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0907677193

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Book's by Mary Grehan

Love is the Easy Bit

Love is the Easy Bit

Balkan Smoke

Balkan Smoke

Food Preparation for the Professional

Food Preparation for the Professional

A Guide to Irish Roots

A Guide to Irish Roots

Science and Health

Science and Health

Original Grace

Original Grace

Original Grace

Original Grace

Spiritual Writings on Mary

Spiritual Writings on Mary

Praying with Mary

Praying with Mary

The Mysterious Mary H

The Mysterious Mary H

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