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Burn It Down

Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood

By: Maureen Ryan

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Burn It Down

Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood

By: Maureen Ryan

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of the Year In this spectacular, newsmaking exposé that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its heels, Vanity Fair's Maureen Ryan blows the lid off patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and the labor and activist revolutions that recent scandals have ignited. It is never just One Bad Man. Abuse and exploitation of workers is baked into the very foundations of the entertainment industry. To break the cycle and make change that sticks, it’s important to stop looking at headline-making stories as individual events. Instead, one must look closely at the bigger picture, to see how abusers are created, fed, rewarded, allowed to persist, and, with the right tools, how they can be excised. In Burn It Down, veteran reporter Maureen Ryan does just that. She draws on decades of experience to connect the dots and illuminate the deeper forces sustaining Hollywood’s corrosive culture. Fresh reporting sheds light on problematic situations at companies like Lucasfilm and shows like Lost, Saturday Night Live, The Goldbergs, Sleepy Hollow, Curb Your Enthusiasm and more. Interviews with actors and famous creatives like Evan Rachel Wood, Harold Perrineau, Damon Lindelof, and Orlando Jones abound. Ryan dismantles, one by one, the myths that the entertainment industry promotes about itself, which have allowed abusers to thrive and the industry to avoid accountability—myths about Hollywood as a meritocracy, what it takes to be creative, the value of human dignity, and more. Weaving together insights from industry insiders, historical context, and pop-culture analysis, Burn It Down paints a groundbreaking and urgently necessary portrait of what’s gone wrong in the entertainment world—and how we can fix it.

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0063269287

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Your One Wild and Precious Life

An Inspiring Guide to Becoming Your Best Self At Any Age

By: Maureen Gaffney

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Your One Wild and Precious Life

An Inspiring Guide to Becoming Your Best Self At Any Age

By: Maureen Gaffney

WINNER OF THE AUDIENCE CHOICE IRISH BOOK AWARD 2021 Once you've got a few decades on the clock, life can seem sort of cross-roadsy. Once you're no longer thinking of yourself as 'young', you may be looking back, thinking 'How did I get here?' And also looking ahead, wondering: 'What do I do now?' This realization that neither time nor choices are limitless is both daunting and exciting. This is the moment to take stock and figure out how to make the best of every precious moment of the rest of your life. And to develop the tools to be able to do so again and again. Your One Wild and Precious Life is an eye-opening account of this surprisingly liberating process. Using the latest ground-breaking research, leading psychologist Maureen Gaffney has written an inspiring and practical guide for getting to grips with time. Taking the key stages of our life - from infancy to old age - she explores what we learn at each stage. And, crucially, she explains how, no matter what has happened in the past, and what age you are, you can find a better route forward. Your One Wild and Precious Life is both profound and reassuring. It will transform your thinking, connect you with who you truly are and help you to reclaim control over your life. Crucially, it will empower you to face the future with optimism. It is a book to fundamentally alter your relationship with time and show you that every age can be your best age. 'A profound, important work; simultaneously wise, instructive and a love letter to humanity' IRISH TIMES 'Fascinating and engaging' SUNDAY TIMES 'A must-read' IRISH DAILY MAIL '[It] will transform your thinking' IRISH FARMERS JOURNAL

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Penguin UK

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0241988780

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9780241988787

Days of Our Lives

A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera

By: Maureen Russell

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Days of Our Lives

A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera

By: Maureen Russell

On November 8, 1965, Days of Our Lives debuted on NBC. The show overcame a rocky beginning to become one of the best-loved and longest running soap operas on daytime television. For 30 years, the story of the show's Horton family has been closely followed by a dedicated audience. Through extensive research, including the first-ever examination of the show's archives, and interviews with cast members, writers, producers and production personnel, the show's history is told here. This reference work provides a complete cast list from the show's debut through 1994, as well as the most comprehensive storyline of the show ever available. Also included are family trees of the show's characters, tracing the often confusing relationships involved in thirty years of developing roles.

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McFarland

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0786486511

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9780786486519

Free to Grieve

Healing and Encouragement for Those Who Have Suffered Miscarriage and Stillbirth

By: Maureen Rank

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Free to Grieve

Healing and Encouragement for Those Who Have Suffered Miscarriage and Stillbirth

By: Maureen Rank

One-third of all women who conceive will have at least one miscarriage. This important book offers guidance for the sorrowing and helps them move on. It tackles the tough questions, including "Why did this happen?" and "Should we try again?" as well as exploring options for treatment and emotional healing. Free to Grieve has helped thousands of couples since it was first published nearly twenty years ago.

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Baker Books

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144121139X

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9781441211392

Analytics Across the Enterprise

How IBM Realizes Business Value from Big Data and Analytics

By: Brenda L. Dietrich,Emily C. Plachy,Maureen F. Norton

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Analytics Across the Enterprise

How IBM Realizes Business Value from Big Data and Analytics

By: Brenda L. Dietrich,Emily C. Plachy,Maureen F. Norton

How to Transform Your Organization with Analytics: Insider Lessons from IBM’s Pioneering Experience Analytics is not just a technology: It is a better way to do business. Using analytics, you can systematically inform human judgment with data-driven insight. This doesn’t just improve decision-making: It also enables greater innovation and creativity in support of strategy. Your transformation won’t happen overnight; however, it is absolutely achievable, and the rewards are immense. This book demystifies your analytics journey by showing you how IBM has successfully leveraged analytics across the enterprise, worldwide. Three of IBM’s pioneering analytics practitioners share invaluable real-world perspectives on what does and doesn’t work and how you can start or accelerate your own transformation. This book provides an essential framework for becoming a smarter enterprise and shows through 31 case studies how IBM has derived value from analytics throughout its business. Coverage Includes Creating a smarter workforce through big data and analytics More effectively optimizing supply chain processes Systematically improving financial forecasting Managing financial risk, increasing operational efficiency, and creating business value Reaching more B2B or B2C customers and deepening their engagement Optimizing manufacturing and product management processes Deploying your sales organization to increase revenue and effectiveness Achieving new levels of excellence in services delivery and reducing risk Transforming IT to enable wider use of analytics “Measuring the immeasurable” and filling gaps in imperfect data Whatever your industry or role, whether a current or future leader, analytics can make you smarter and more competitive. Analytics Across the Enterprise shows how IBM did it--and how you can, too. Learn more about IBM Analytics

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013383588X

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The Medium Next Door

Adventures of a Real-Life Ghost Whisperer

By: Maureen Hancock

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The Medium Next Door

Adventures of a Real-Life Ghost Whisperer

By: Maureen Hancock

The Medium Next Door is the amazing life story of spirit medium Maureen Hancock, who discovered her psychic abilities to see, hear, and speak with the dead when she was just five years old. Descended from a long line of legendary Irish mystics, Maureen was no stranger to the spiritual realm, but she still kept the messages from the departed to herself all throughout her childhood and teen years, eventually suppressing them almost completely. Maureen wouldn't open herself up to communicating with spirits again until she was in a near-fatal car crash. Soon after, she had hundreds of voices in her head, many of them helping her crack cases and expose fraud in her role as a litigation paralegal at a large Boston law firm. Accepting her gift but still keeping it to herself, she married and had two children. It wasn't until tragedy struck on 9/11 and Maureen was bombarded with messages from the spirits that she realized she had to stop hiding her ability and put it to good use. She left her job at the law firm and opened the holistic healing center Pathways to Healing and launched the cancer foundation Manifest a Miracle. Today, she goes by the title Medium Mom and strives to balance raising children, raising the dead, assisting the dying, searching for missing children, and teaching about life after death.

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Simon and Schuster

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0757391877

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9780757391873

George Best - A Celebration: Untold True Stories of Our Most Legendary Footballer

By: Bernie Smith & Maureen Hunt

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George Best - A Celebration: Untold True Stories of Our Most Legendary Footballer

By: Bernie Smith & Maureen Hunt

George Best was one of the greatest footballers ever to have walked the Earth - an absolute legend. His ability as an all-round player was, and still is, unsurpassed. He was highly skilful, a tough tackler and great in the air. As well as being an exceptionally gifted sportsman, George also had a unique gift when it came to people. His open and friendly nature meant that others were naturally drawn to him and he always had time to get to know anyone and everyone.Perhaps because of this, George Best reached so many people. As well as the legions of football fans who watched, awestruck, as he played, he also touched the hearts of everyone with whom he came in contact on a day-to-day basis; from club managers to the groundsmen at Old Trafford, Bestie had time for them all; it seems that almost everyone has a story to tell about him!Bernie Smith is an avid collector of everything to do with the late, great man and Maureen Hunt worked in the newspaper industry for over twenty years. From banknotes to team photographs, to signed shirts and even underwear, there is not much out there relating to George that they don't know about or possess! While gathering memorabilia they discovered that almost every keepsake, souvenir or trophy has a humorous, heart-warming or poignant story attached to it. Piecing together these gems of history, they have complied a fitting tribute to a genuine icon.Take, for example, the incredible journey of the pair of limited edition 'George Best' boots that ended up on a stall at Brick Lane market in London to eventually become the treasured possession of a man who idolised him; or the boy whose house backed onto the United training ground and who would jump over the fence to stand at the back of the nets to watch the Best magic and act as a ball boy when necessary; or even a gold thong, signed by George himself, that was bought at auction and left in a drawer...until now!Packed with anecdotes and rare photographs, this delightful book will be a welcome addition to any Best fan's collection and is a wonderful way to commemorate the man who was who both hero and friend to so many people.'The genius of George Best on the football field is well documented, as is the celebrity lifestyle which such genius often attracts. This book gives an insight into the much less well known human side of his life and the many unsung acts of kindness which were so typical and which endeared him to everyone who was fortunate enough to know or meet him. I count myself privileged to be amongst that number' - Doug Ellis, President Emeritus - Aston Villa Football Club'George Best was a fine fellow to share company with off the football field. It doesn't surprise me that the stories in this book celebrate the real side of George. George had a snooker table in his house and he loved to play the game. He was one of the nicest people you would ever wish to meet, with a great sense of humour' - Dennis Taylor, 1985 Embassy World Snooker Champion and fellow Belfast boy'Besite can only be described in one word - fantastic! - Ron 'Chopper' Harris

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1782198903

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The Year of Voting Dangerously

The Derangement of American Politics

By: Maureen Dowd

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The Year of Voting Dangerously

The Derangement of American Politics

By: Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd's incendiary takes and takedowns from 2016--the most bizarre, disruptive and divisive Presidential race in modern history. Trapped between two candidates with the highest recorded unfavorables, Americans are plunged into The Year of Voting Dangerously. In this perilous and shocking campaign season, The New York Times columnist traces the psychologies and pathologies in one of the nastiest and most significant battles of the sexes ever. Dowd has covered Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton since the '90s. She was with the real estate mogul when he shyly approached his first Presidential rope line in 1999, and she won a Pulitzer prize that same year for her penetrating columns on the Clinton impeachment follies. Like her bestsellers, Bushworld and Are Men Necessary?, The Year of Voting Dangerously will feature Dowd's trademark cocktail of wry humor and acerbic analysis in dispatches from the political madhouse. If America is on the escalator to hell, then The Year of Voting Dangerously is the perfect guide for this surreal, insane ride.

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Hachette+ORM

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1455539244

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9781455539246

Fortune's Legacy

By: Maureen Child

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Fortune's Legacy

By: Maureen Child

Kyra Fortune can't believe she might get fired. Sure, sheknows some people think she's a spoiled brat with morefamily connections than brains, but she knows the game atVoltage Energy Company—don't let anyone see you sweat.So when she's asked to accompany senior VP Garrett Wolff—her most vocal critic—to a sales conference in Colorado,she jumps at the chance to prove herself.Then a car crash in the middle of a churning snowstorm forcesKyra and Garrett to huddle in an abandoned cabin, seekingwarmth and comfort in each other's arms. But by morninglight, there's new trouble on the horizon. A Voltage conspiracyscandal is electrifying the newspapers. And Kyra's familyname is at the heart of it all.…

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Silhouette

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1426873506

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9781426873508

Teaching Psychology

An Evidence-Based Approach

By: Jillian Grose-Fifer,Patricia J. Brooks,Maureen O'Connor

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Teaching Psychology

An Evidence-Based Approach

By: Jillian Grose-Fifer,Patricia J. Brooks,Maureen O'Connor

A guide to an evidence-based approach for teaching college-level psychology courses Teaching Psychology offers an evidence-based, student-centered approach that is filled with suggestions, ideas, and practices for teaching college-level courses in ways that contribute to student success. The authors draw on current scientific studies of learning, memory, and development, with specific emphasis on classroom studies. The authors offer practical advice for applying scholarly research to teaching in ways that maximize student learning and personal growth. The authors endorse the use of backward course design, emphasizing the importance of identifying learning goals (encompassing skills and knowledge) and how to assess them, before developing the appropriate curriculum for achieving these goals. Recognizing the diversity of today's student population, this book offers guidance for culturally responsive, ethical teaching. The text explores techniques for teaching critical thinking, qualitative and quantitative reasoning, written and oral communication, information and technology literacy, and collaboration and teamwork. The authors explain how to envision the learning objectives teachers want their students to achieve and advise how to select assessments to evaluate if the learning objectives are being met. This important resource: Offers an evidence-based approach designed to help graduate students and new instructors embrace a student-centered approach to teaching; Contains a wealth of examples of effective student-centered teaching techniques; Surveys current findings from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Draws on the American Psychological Association's five broad goals for the undergraduate Psychology major and shows how to help students build life-long skills; and, Introduces Universal Design for Learning as a framework to support diverse learners. Teaching Psychology offers an essential guide to evidence-based teaching and provides practical advice for becoming an effective teacher. This book is designed to help graduate students, new instructors, and those wanting to update their teaching methods. It is likely to be particularly useful for instructors in psychology and other social science disciplines.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111898143X

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The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling

By: Mick Cooper,Maureen O'Hara,Peter F. Schmid

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The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling

By: Mick Cooper,Maureen O'Hara,Peter F. Schmid

Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends in theory and practice, this this substantially revised and extended edition is the most in-depth and wide-ranging textbook available on person-centred psychotherapy and counselling. Divided into four parts, it examines the theoretical, philosophical and historical foundations of the person-centred approach; the fundamental principles of person-centred practice and applications of person-centred practice; how person-centred conceptualisations and practices can be applied to groups of clients who bring particular issues to therapy; and, finally, professional issues for person-centred therapists, such as ethics, supervision and training. Written by a diverse range of expert contributors, unified by a more relational, ethics-based reading of person-centred theory and practice, this is a comprehensive, cutting-edge resource for students on all advanced level person-centred courses, as well as for a wide range of professional practitioners in the field. New to this Edition: - A new, introductory chapter looking at contemporary challenges and opportunities for growth for the person-centred world - Nine further new chapters, including work with children and young people, older clients, arts-based therapies, addiction and bereavement, spiritual dimensions, contact and perception, working integratively, global and political implications - Increased use of text learning features to make the chapters more accessible and engaging - A greater focus on actual practice, with more case studies and examples of therapist–client dialogues Increased reference to research - A general updating of all chapters to include all relevant references

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350305871

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Temporal Fractures

By: TC Phillips,Taine Andrews,LJ McLeod,B.M. Whitton,Bryce Euston,Scott G. Gibson,Paulene Turner,Mike Adamson,S. John Davis,Mark English,Maureen Flynn,Rachel Nightingale,Grant Stone,H.G. Wells

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Temporal Fractures

By: TC Phillips,Taine Andrews,LJ McLeod,B.M. Whitton,Bryce Euston,Scott G. Gibson,Paulene Turner,Mike Adamson,S. John Davis,Mark English,Maureen Flynn,Rachel Nightingale,Grant Stone,H.G. Wells

Both time and space are bent to breaking point and paradoxes abound in 13 science fiction stories written by some of Australia and New Zealand's most exciting authors. From time travelling couriers attempting to rescue historical figures, to everyday people simply trying to set their own lives straight, the space-time continuum will never be the same again. Also featuring the story which started it all, The Time Machine by the father of science-fiction himself, H.G. Wells.

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Lulu.com

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0244431809

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9780244431808

Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia

The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles

By: Maureen Perrie

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Pretenders and Popular Monarchism in Early Modern Russia

The False Tsars of the Time and Troubles

By: Maureen Perrie

The first western account of the role of pretenders and impostors in early seventeenth-century Russia.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521891019

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9780521891011

Unbuttoned

By: Sullivan Dana,Connolly Maureen

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Unbuttoned

By: Sullivan Dana,Connolly Maureen

Nursing a baby - it's the most simple, natural thing in the world, right? Then why is it so fraught and freighted for so many women? In Unbuttoned, a collection of essays edited by Dana Sullivan and Maureen Connolly, 25 women share their thoughts and feelings about breastfeeding, all from the standpoint of personal experience. By turns enlightening, entertaining, moving, and thought provoking, their stories are sure to get readers talking. The essays are as varied as women themselves. Best - selling author Julia Glass describes nursing her two sons after being treated for breast cancer. Rebecca Walker remembers breastfeeding her seriously ill baby in the neonatal intensive care unit. And humorist Suzanne Schlosberg milks the logistics of nursing twins for laughs, while columnist Patricia Berry defends her decision to bottle - feed her three daughters. Linda Murray, editor - in - chief ofBabyCenter.com, contributes a thoughtful foreword. The essays are organized in a way that echoes the chronology of the nursing experience itself. In Part One, Latching On, women share their stories about starting breastfeeding; by Part Four, Letting Go, they've moved on to the sometimes - wistful, sometimes - welcome process of weaning. In these pages are laughter and tears, love and longing, tenderness and temper tantrums - and above all, a multifaceted portrait of what it means to nurture a baby. Unbuttoned makes a wonderful gift for new or expectant mothers, not to mention their partners. It's also an intriguing selection for book groups or moms' groups, who will surely find much to discuss among the essays. Even women whose nursing days are well behind (or ahead) of them will find food for thought in this insightful collection.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459605381

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9781459605381

MATERNITY BRIDE

Harlequin Comics

By: Maureen Child,Rio Fukuda

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MATERNITY BRIDE

Harlequin Comics

By: Maureen Child,Rio Fukuda

Denise, a prim and proper accountant, gets asked by rebel Mike to go out to dinner. She finds a good way to surprise Mike and changes out of her usual plain clothes into a sexy dress. But he comes to pick her up on a motorcycle and takes her to a pub. It seems that he shocked her more than she shocked him! “I’m not compatible with people like him after all,” thinks Denise. At the same time, her heart won’t stop thumping after being embraced by him in his leather jacket… She never anticipated such a life-changing romance!

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Harlequin / SB Creative

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4596286124

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Feminist Cultural Studies of Science and Technology

By: Maureen McNeil

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Feminist Cultural Studies of Science and Technology

By: Maureen McNeil

Feminist Cultural Studies of Science and Technology challenges the assumption that science is simply what scientists do, say, or write: it shows the multiple and dispersed makings of science and technology in everyday life and popular culture. This first major guide and review of the new field of feminist cultural studies of science and technology provides readers with an accessible introduction to its theories and methods. Documenting and analyzing the recent explosion of research which has appeared under the rubric of 'cultural studies of science and technology' it examines the distinctive features of the 'cultural turn' in science studies and traces the contribution feminist scholarship has made to this development. Interrogating the theoretical and methodological features it evaluates the significance of this distinctive body of research in the context of concern about public attitudes to science and contentious debates about public understanding of and engagement with science.

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Routledge

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1134065418

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9781134065417

Towards a Dark Horizon

By: Maureen Reynolds

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Towards a Dark Horizon

By: Maureen Reynolds

It is the 1930s and having survived the Great Depression the Neill family must now face up to the hardships of war. The legacy Ann Neill has inherited from her kindly employer has been a godsend but just as their lives seem set to improve, the threat of war with Germany looms and they seem headed for a similarly dark horizon. Full of dark family secrets, Towards A Dark Horizon tells the next part of the story of Ann and Lilly Neill, their father Johnny as well as the Ryan clan and the budding relationship between Danny and Maddie. But in the turbulent years before and after the start of the Second World War, no one can escape the conflict or what fate has in store. In Towards A Dark Horizon, Maureen Reynolds continues her compelling story describing the trials and tribulations of working-class life in the close-knit community of pre-war and wartime Dundee.

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1845026691

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9781845026691

Fashioning Globalisation

New Zealand Design, Working Women and the Cultural Economy

By: Maureen Molloy,Wendy Larner

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Fashioning Globalisation

New Zealand Design, Working Women and the Cultural Economy

By: Maureen Molloy,Wendy Larner

Drastic changes in the career aspirations of women in the developed world have resulted in a new, globalised market for off-the-peg designer clothes created by independent artisans. This book reports on a phenomenon that seems to exemplify the twin imperatives of globalisation and female emancipation. A major conceptual contribution to the literatures on globalisation, fashion and gender, analysing the ways in which women’s entry into the labour force over the past thirty years in the developed world has underpinned new forms of aestheticised production and consumption as well as the growth of ‘work-style’ businesses A vital contribution to the burgeoning literature on culture and creative industries which often ignores the significant roles taken by women as entrepreneurs and designers rather than mere consumers Introduces fashion scholars and economic geographers to a paradigmatic example of the new designer fashion industries emerging in a range of countries not traditionally associated with fashion Takes a fresh perspective on an industry in which Third World garment workers have been the subject of exhaustive analysis but first world women have been largely ignored

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118295765

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9781118295762

Homework Helpers: English Language & Composition

By: Maureen Lindner

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Homework Helpers: English Language & Composition

By: Maureen Lindner

Essential preparation for the new SAT Writing and Grammar Section. Homework Helpers: English Language & Composition is a user-friendly review book that will make any student—or those trying to help them—feel like he or she has a private tutor. Each chapter includes detailed questions that allow students to assess how well they've mastered each idea. Not only does the author provide the right answers to these self-study questions, but also detailed explanations of why the wrong answers are wrong. When is a comma used? Why are some titles capitalized? How are dangling modifiers prevented? There are hundreds of grammatical and compositional rules, many of them difficult to understand and memorize. And just as many exceptions to the rules! Homework Helpers: English Language and Composition focuses on all aspects of writing, with clear lessons and exercises on:• Parts of speech• Punctuation• Tone• The writing process• Types of sentences• Types of essays• Revisions• Common errors to avoid Students from high school through college will find this book to be an essential writing tool. Younger students can follow the lessons from beginning to end to learn everything they need to know about language and composition. The more experienced student can pick and choose lessons and exercises according to need—especially if they're facing the new SAT. The Homework Helpers Series is just what students need to boost their confidence and give them the help they need to ace even the most challenging classes and tests.

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1601638485

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9781601638489

Assessing Children's Well-Being

A Handbook of Measures

By: Sylvie Naar-King,Deborah A. Ellis,Maureen A. Frey,Michele Lee Ondersma

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Assessing Children's Well-Being

A Handbook of Measures

By: Sylvie Naar-King,Deborah A. Ellis,Maureen A. Frey,Michele Lee Ondersma

Behavioral medicine has now matured as a field to the point where all recognize that different populations are presented with different issues. Psychological reactions and patterns affect the health and well-being of children, as well as adults, and numerous standardized instruments for the assessment of a variety of areas of children's functioning are currently available. Yet, it can be difficult for practitioners and researchers searching through general compendia of resources for child assessment--which are frequently focused on general techniques rather than specific instruments--to identify the optimal ones to meet their particular needs and to choose among them. This practical and comprehensive reference guide is the first to sort, present, and review all the measures that can be used to evaluate the behavioral, cognitive, and emotional aspects of children's health. It organizes the measures under eight general headings, such as quality of life, adherence, pain management, and patient satisfaction. Each chapter begins with a leading authority's overview of the underlying theoretical construct and any concerns about how to measure it. Descriptions and reviews of relevant instruments follow; these include information on administration, scoring, psychometric properties, and ordering, as well as comments by the instruments' developers. Assessing Children's Well-Being: A Handbook of Measures will be welcomed by all those professionals and scientists who seek to assess and effectively address the complex interactions between physical health and mental health in children.

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1135671524

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Coding Democracy

How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance, and Authoritarianism

By: Maureen Webb

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Coding Democracy

How Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance, and Authoritarianism

By: Maureen Webb

Hackers as vital disruptors, inspiring a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens take back democracy. Hackers have a bad reputation, as shady deployers of bots and destroyers of infrastructure. In Coding Democracy, Maureen Webb offers another view. Hackers, she argues, can be vital disruptors. Hacking is becoming a practice, an ethos, and a metaphor for a new wave of activism in which ordinary citizens are inventing new forms of distributed, decentralized democracy for a digital era. Confronted with concentrations of power, mass surveillance, and authoritarianism enabled by new technology, the hacking movement is trying to "build out" democracy into cyberspace.

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0262542285

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Public Policy and Mental Health

Avenues for Prevention

By: Maureen A. Pirog,Emily M. Good

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Public Policy and Mental Health

Avenues for Prevention

By: Maureen A. Pirog,Emily M. Good

This book is part of the 'Prevention practice kit : action guides for mental health professionals, ' a collection of eight books each authored by scholars in the specific field of prevention and edited by Dr. Robert K. Conyne and Dr. Arthur M. Horne. The books in the collection conform to the editors' outline to promote a consistent reading experience. Designed to provide human services practitioners, counselors, psychologists, social workers, instructors, and students with concrete direction for spreading and improving the practice of prevention, the series provides thorough coverage of prevention application including a general overview of prevention, best practices, diversity and cultural relevance, psychoeducational groups, consultation, program development and evaluation, evidence base, and public policy. This book is endorsed by the Prevention Section of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Fifty percent of all royalties are donated to Division 17 of the APA."--Back cover

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Harlequin Desire January 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Maureen Child,Karen Booth,Sara Orwig

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Harlequin Desire January 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Maureen Child,Karen Booth,Sara Orwig

Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles for one great price! A BABY FOR THE BOSS (Pregnant by the Boss) Maureen Child Is his one-time fling and current employee guilty of corporate espionage? Billionaire boss Mike Ryan believes so, but he'll need to reevaluate everything when he learns she's carrying his child… PREGNANT BY THE RIVAL CEO Karen Booth Anna Langford wants the deal—even though it means working with the guy she's never forgotten. But what starts as business turns into romance—until Anna learns of Jacob's ruthless motives and her unplanned pregnancy! THAT NIGHT WITH THE RICH RANCHER (Lone Star Legends) Sara Orwig Tony can't believe the vision in red who won him at the bachelor auction. One night with Lindsay—his stubborn next-door neighbor—is all he'd signed up for. But her makeover has him forgetting all about their family feud! Look for Harlequin® Desire's January 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!

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Left Out

By: Maureen Holohan

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Left Out

By: Maureen Holohan

A girl doesn't belong on the all-star team. She isn't tough enough." The coaches and parents didn't even bother to whisper. To them, I was not an all-star. I was the girl playing shortstop. I was the girl up to bat. I was the easy out. For weeks, I went to practice and stared down a coach who lobbed me the ball and stuck me on the bench. Then I went home to a father who told me I needed to play harder and study more. Nothing I did on the field or in school was ever enough. One day I stood up at the plate with what felt like three strikes already against me. It came down to one pitch, one swing...one moment to prove them all wrong. -- Rosie

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0743427246

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Don't Stop

By: Maureen Holohan

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Don't Stop

By: Maureen Holohan

Be strong, Angel. Be strong. I sprinted from soccer to cross-country practice, quietly reminding myself what I had to do to make it through the season. Staying in motion was the only way to keep the pain in my feet under control. If my friends or coaches found out how badly my feet hurt, they'd prevent me from playing both sports, from doing the only things that could take my mind off my other big secret: the problems my parents were having. -- Angel

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The Sunday Girls

By: Maureen Reynolds

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The Sunday Girls

By: Maureen Reynolds

A moving family saga from the author of the bestselling Voices in the Street It is the time of the Great Depression and jobs are scarce. Like many others in Dundee, the Neill family are struggling just to make ends meet. Ann would love to stay at school but, following the tragic death of her mother, she is forced to take a job as a housemaid to support her family. Her employer, Mrs Barrie, couldn't be kinder but the spiteful housekeeper, Miss Hood, has a guilty secret and is determined to make Ann's like a misery. Ann's desperation to provide for her family keeps her going through hard times until she meets Maddie, the daughter of a prosperous Dundee solicitor. The only thing they seem to have in common is that they were both born on a Sunday but soon the girls become firm friends and discover that, despite these being the hardest of hard times, they can still find fun and laughter to help them through good times and bad. Following the runaway success of Voices in the Street, Maureen Reynolds new trilogy starts with The Sunday Girls, a compelling story describing the trials and tribulations of working-class life, family and a close-knit community in pre-war Dundee.

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The Graphic Novel Classroom

POWerful Teaching and Learning with Images

By: Maureen Bakis

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The Graphic Novel Classroom

POWerful Teaching and Learning with Images

By: Maureen Bakis

Every teacher knows that keeping adolescents interested in learning can be challenging—The Graphic Novel Classroom overcomes that challenge. In these pages, you will learn how to create your own graphic novel in order to inspire students and make them love reading. Create your own superhero to teach reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem solving! Secondary language arts teacher Maureen Bakis discovered this powerful pedagogy in her own search to engage her students. Amazingly successful results encouraged Bakis to provide this learning tool to other middle and high school teachers so that they might also use this foolproof method to inspire their students. Readers will learn how to incorporate graphic novels into their classrooms in order to: Teach twenty-first-century skills such as interpretation of content and form Improve students’ writing and visual comprehension Captivate both struggling and proficient students in reading Promote authentic literacy learning Develop students’ ability to create in multiple formats This all-encompassing resource includes teaching and learning models, text-specific detailed lesson units, and examples of student work. An effective, contemporary way to improve learning and inspire students to love reading, The Graphic Novel Classroom is the perfect superpower for every teacher of adolescent students!

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Maureen Lee - Ten Great Novels

By: Maureen Lee

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Maureen Lee - Ten Great Novels

By: Maureen Lee

Ten heart-warming tales set during the post-war years, from an author at the top of her genre. Comprises: STEPPING STONES; LIGHTS OUT LIVERPOOL; PUT OUT THE FIRES; THROUGH THE STORM; LIVERPOOL ANNIE; DANCING IN THE DARK; THE GIRL FROM BAREFOOT HOUSE; LACEYS OF LIVERPOOL; THE HOUSE BY PRINCES PARK; LIME STREET BLUES.

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After the War is Over

A heart-warming story from the queen of saga writing

By: Maureen Lee

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After the War is Over

A heart-warming story from the queen of saga writing

By: Maureen Lee

A heart-warming tale set in Liverpool and London during the post-war years, from bestselling author Maureen Lee 'Queen of saga writing' My Weekly Liverpool, 1945. Three women, firm friends, return home from the war and try to fit back into their old lives after they've been demobbed. They've been thrown together by the war, and have shared all sorts of good and bad times. Now their old lives seem dull in comparison. But not for long... The younger women, Maggie and Nell, are both twenty-one and are full of hope and excitement; Iris, on the other hand, is feeling apprehensive about returning to civilian life. At the age of thirty, her only wish in life is to have a baby, but sadly this wish has yet to come true. When one of the women falls pregnant, there begins a dramatic sequence of events so far-reaching that the three friends' lives will become more intricately interwoven than they could ever have imagined. Over the next quarter of a century, this story of three remarkable - and very different - women unfolds into an uplifting tale of how three ordinary families become extraordinary.

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1409140245

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Snowbound with the Boss

By: Maureen Child

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Snowbound with the Boss

By: Maureen Child

Baby on the way? Blame it on the blizzard!"--Page 4 of cover.

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Dying Bad

By: Maureen Carter

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Dying Bad

By: Maureen Carter

A hardhitting Sarah Quinn police procedural Detective Inspector Sarah Quinn and her team are not having a good week. A series of horrifying, vicious street attacks have left the police baffled, with no leads to follow. Random acts of mindless violence? Or is there more to it than that? Meanwhile, a local businessman is threatening to sue the police for wrongful arrest, and Quinn’s professional nemesis, journalist Caroline King, is on the case in search of a story. But does Caroline have any idea what she’s getting herself into?

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178010362X

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Irish America

Coming Into Clover

By: Maureen Dezell

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Irish America

Coming Into Clover

By: Maureen Dezell

Old-time politics, piety, and St. Patrick’s Day parades loom large when the Irish come to the American mind. None truly represents the complex legacy or contributions of the nation’s oldest ethnic group, who rank among the most highly educated and affluent Americans today. In Irish America, Maureen Dezell takes a new and invigorating look at Americans of Irish Catholic ancestry—who they are, and how they got that way. A welcome antidote to so many standard-issue, sentimental representations of the Irish in the United States, Irish America focuses on popular culture as well as politics; the Irish in the Midwest and West as well as the East; the “new Irish” immigrants; the complicated role of the Church today; and the unheralded heritage of Irish American women. Deftly weaving history, reporting, and the observations of more than 100 men and women of Irish descent on both sides of the Atlantic, Dezell presents an insightful and highly readable portrait of a people and a culture.

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Rose by Any Other Name

By: Maureen McCarthy

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Rose by Any Other Name

By: Maureen McCarthy

Don'tcha just hate the way you get caught up in stuff without really wanting to? Then it goes a bit further, and suddenly you're one of those jerks you hate because . . . you can't be trusted. ROSE WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO GET AWAY. Last year she'd had it all: pre-law in the fall, a budding romance, and her best friend, Zoe. Now Zoe will never forgive her, her family is crumbling, and the secret that's been boiling up inside her is bubbling a little too close to the surface. All Rose needs to escape are an old van, her surfboard, the road, the ocean, and . . . mom? When Rose's mother jumps in the passenger seat right as Rose is about to set off, her trip takes an unexpected turn, filled with nagging memories of last year, and the looming scandal that refuses to be ignored. A twisting plot that keeps you guessing, told from the viewpoint of a realistically flawed yet snarky main character, makes this a book that just can't be put down.

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Roaring Brook Press

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1429976705

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Face Off

By: Maureen Ulrich

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Face Off

By: Maureen Ulrich

Just when she feels like she has life under control, Jessie McIntyre makes one wrong choice that changes everything.

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Coteau Books

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1550505068

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Nightmare of a Trip

By: Maureen Kilmer

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Nightmare of a Trip

By: Maureen Kilmer

This is one family getaway they’ll never forget . . . Leigh Somerset wants to spend some quality time with her kids before they grow up, and her husband has always fancied himself sort of a Clark Griswold figure. So the Somersets will be spending their family vacation on the road, driving from suburban Milwaukee to Orlando, Florida. Already off to a rocky start, they stumble upon an abandoned, half-burned down farmhouse in Indiana, and the Somersets inadvertently unleash an eerie history that will follow them the rest of their trip. From creepy indoor waterparks to paranormally plagued Cracker Barrels, it’s one thing after another in the pursuit of the great American summer road trip. Will the Somersets be able to shake these bad vibes and get on with the family bonding? Or will the road less traveled quite literally become the highway to hell?

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Penguin

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0593718607

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Life Stories

A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries

By: Maureen O'Connor

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Life Stories

A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries

By: Maureen O'Connor

Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told—and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing titles that range from travel and adventure classics and celebrity autobiographies to foodie memoirs and environmental reads, Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically addresses the needs of readers' advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.

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1610691466

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Neale's Disorders of the Foot

By: Paul Frowen,Maureen O'Donnell,J. Gordon Burrow

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Neale's Disorders of the Foot

By: Paul Frowen,Maureen O'Donnell,J. Gordon Burrow

Neale’s Disorders of the Foot remains the essential resource for students and practitioners of podiatry. All the common conditions encountered in day-to-day podiatric practice are reviewed and their diagnoses and management described along with areas of related therapeutics. Students will find in this one volume everything they need to know about foot disorders and their treatment in order to pass their examinations, while practitioners will continue to appreciate the book’s accessibility and relevance to their daily practice. The new eighth edition is more indispensable than ever before with all contributions revised and brought up to date, colour photographs throughout, an all-new clear and accessible full colour design, and its own website including a full image library, video clips of key techniques and interactive self-assessment questions. Whether you need quick reference or more detailed information, the new and improved Neale’s Disorders of the Foot is ready to serve the needs of a new generation of podiatry students and practitioners.

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0702044288

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9780702044281

Harlequin Desire March 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Andrea Laurence,Maureen Child,Kristi Gold

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An Anthology

By: Andrea Laurence,Maureen Child,Kristi Gold

Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles for one great price! THE CEO'S UNEXPECTED CHILD (Billionaires and Babies) Andrea Laurence When a fertility clinic makes a mistake, a recent widow discovers her infant daughter doesn't belong to her late husband, but to a billionaire set on claiming his new family…by any means. SNOWBOUND WITH THE BOSS (Pregnant by the Boss) Maureen Child When gaming tycoon Sean Ryan is stranded with irascible, irresistible contractor Kate Wells, the temptation to keep each other warm proves overwhelming. Dealing with unexpected feelings is hard enough, but what about an unexpected pregnancy? They're about to find out… THE RANCHER'S MARRIAGE PACT (Texas Extreme) Kristi Gold Marrying his sexy interior designer is convenient enough for rich rancher Dallas Calloway. He'll get his inheritance and she'll get a new lease on life. Then the business arrangement turns into more than they bargain for… Look for Harlequin® Desire's March 2016 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!

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