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The Moslem Wife and Other Stories

By: Mavis Gallant

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The Moslem Wife and Other Stories

By: Mavis Gallant

Internationally celebrated as among the finest stories written in English today, Mavis Gallant's fiction offers a penetrating and powerful vision of contemporary human relationships in Europe and North America. The Moslem Wife and Other Stories brings together eleven of Gallant's best stories from over three decades. These embody the beauty, irony, and compassion of a master writer's fictional universe. Amid the complex perceptions of the past that haunt her characters, Gallant deploys her sharp comic eye to superb effect: in the figures who move through her stories, we catch troubling, fleeting glimpses of our own lives. Selected and with an afterword by Mordecai Richler.

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New Canadian Library

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1551996324

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9781551996325

The Espionage Filmography

United States Releases, 1898 through 1999

By: Paul Mavis

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The Espionage Filmography

United States Releases, 1898 through 1999

By: Paul Mavis

From Sean Connery to Roy Rogers, from comedy to political satire, films that include espionage as a plot device run the gamut of actors and styles. More than just "spy movies," espionage films have evolved over the history of cinema and American culture, from stereotypical foreign spy themes, to patriotic star features, to the Cold War plotlines of the sixties, and most recently to the sexy, slick films of the nineties. This filmography comprehensively catalogs movies involving elements of espionage. Each entry includes release date, running time, alternate titles, cast and crew, a brief synopsis, and commentary. An introduction analyzes the development of these films and their reflection of the changing culture that spawned them.

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McFarland

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1476604274

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9781476604275

Engraved Prints of Texas

1554 - 1900

By: Mavis Parrott Kelsey,Robin Brandt Hutchison

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Engraved Prints of Texas

1554 - 1900

By: Mavis Parrott Kelsey,Robin Brandt Hutchison

A collection of illustrated black-and-white engravings depicting the history of Texas from 1554 to 1900 presented chronologically and featuring a brief introduction to the historical background of each era.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1585442704

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9781585442706

The Relationship Code

Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development

By: David Reiss,Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics Robert Plomin,University Jenae M Neiderhiser,E Mavis Hetherington

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The Relationship Code

Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development

By: David Reiss,Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics Robert Plomin,University Jenae M Neiderhiser,E Mavis Hetherington

The Relationship Code is the report of a longitudinal study, conducted over a ten-year period, of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent development. The sample for this landmark study included 720 pairs of same-sex adolescent siblings--including twins, half siblings, and genetically unrelated siblings--and their parents. Using a clear expressive style, David Reiss and his coinvestigators identify specific mechanisms that link genetic factors and the social environment in psychological development. They propose a striking hypothesis: family relationships are crucial to the expression of genetic influences on a broad array of complex behaviors in adolescents. Moreover, this role of family relationships may be very specific: some genetic factors are linked to mother-child relationships, others to father-child relations, some to relationship warmth, while others are linked to relationship conflict or control. The specificity of these links suggests that family relationships may constitute a code for translating genetic influences into the ontogeny of behaviors, a code every bit as important for behavior as DNA-RNA.

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Harvard University Press

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0674042662

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9780674042667

Appraisal and the Transcreation of Marketing Texts

Persuasion in Chinese and English

By: Nga-Ki Mavis Ho

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Appraisal and the Transcreation of Marketing Texts

Persuasion in Chinese and English

By: Nga-Ki Mavis Ho

This book contributes to growing debates on transcreation, applying an appraisal framework to texts from luxury brands in Chinese and English to reveal new insights into marketing transcreation and set out transcreation as an area of study in its own right. The volume charts the origins of the term "transcreation", emerging from the interplay of established concepts of translation, creation, localisation, and adaptation and ongoing debates on what should be transcreated and how. Using these dialogues as a point of departure, Ho outlines a way forward for transcreation research by advocating for the use of an appraisal framework, taken from work in systemic functional linguistics and employed to evaluate persuasion in language. In focusing on marketing texts from the websites of three luxury brands in English and Chinese, the book explores how this approach can surface fresh perspectives on the different ways in which the processes and practices of marketing transcreation are used to generate persuasion across languages. The volume looks ahead to the implications for other language pairs and the applications of the appraisal framework to understand transcreation practice of other genres, such as literary texts. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation studies and marketing studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000984001

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9781000984002

The Promise and Practice of University Teacher Education

Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand

By: Alexandra C. Gunn,Mary F. Hill,David A. G. Berg,Mavis Haigh

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The Promise and Practice of University Teacher Education

Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand

By: Alexandra C. Gunn,Mary F. Hill,David A. G. Berg,Mavis Haigh

Centering on the theme of university-based teacher education at a time of system change and its connections with broader global political issues, this book investigates the changing nature of initial teacher education (ITE) as it amalgamated into universities in the New Zealand context. The New Zealand government, like many across the world is seeking improvement in education system performance, with a particular interest in meeting the needs of those traditionally disadvantaged through education. As a result, over the last 20 years, most ITE has been relocated into universities and teacher qualifications have changed. Not immune to international discourses about the criticality of the teacher workforce to system performance, Aotearoa New Zealand provides a bounded yet connected case of ITE development and reform. The authors draw from a study of teacher education practice in Aotearoa New Zealand and also look at recent research carried out in other jurisdictions to consider how ITE and the academic category of teacher educator is constructed, maintained and practiced within the institution of the university. They highlight the promise of university-based ITE provision, noting areas for development and provide an opportunity to better understand how student teachers within ITE respond to and engage with teacher educators' work in the service of their own learning.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350073504

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9781350073500

Denison

By: Donna Hord Hunt,Mavis Anne Bryant

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Denison

By: Donna Hord Hunt,Mavis Anne Bryant

Denison is known as Katys Baby, The Infant Wonder, and The Gateway City to Texas. Founded in 1872 as the first Lone Star stop on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad, the city rapidly grew to 3,000 residents in its first 100 days. Citizens of the new town wanted a quality education for their children, and in 1873 they opened the first free, graded public school in the state. From Denison came many influential people, including Allied Forces supreme commander and U.S. president Dwight David Eisenhower, born here in 1890. The Perrin Air Force Base served as an important military training facility from 1941 until the 1970s. Denison is now home to numerous industries and major providers of medical services, and the Denison Dam across the Red River has formed a major recreation area for local citizens.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439626030

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9781439626030

The Midwife-Mother Relationship

By: Mavis Kirkham

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The Midwife-Mother Relationship

By: Mavis Kirkham

The foundation between midwife and mother is the foundation upon which maternity care depends. Covering completely new topics areas, the new edition of this ground-breaking text brings together classic and current research to establish key tenets for maternity care within hospital and home. This ground-breaking essential text reaffirms the fragility and the power of the relationship between midwife and mother and remains the definitive guide to the complex area of midwife-mother relations. New to this Edition: - Fully revised and expanded to reflect key developments in midwifery philosophy over the past decade, applying a theoretical approach to emerging concepts such as emotional labour and midwifery partnership - Covers completely new topics areas, including the effects of emotional labour, poverty and health policy - Combines new works from the previous edition with new chapters on innovative midwifery practice - Brings together classic and current research to establish key tenets for maternity care within hospital and home

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296

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137041331

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9781137041333

The Courthouses of Texas

By: Mavis P. Kelsey,Donald H. Dyal

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The Courthouses of Texas

By: Mavis P. Kelsey,Donald H. Dyal

A county courthouse stands not only as the center of government, but also as the center of civic pride. Some with stately towers and arched doors or windows, some with high brick chimneys and mansard roofs, some in modern concrete and glass, the 254 courthouses of Texas provide an invitation to public life, a testament to the ideal of justice, and an introduction to period architecture. It is no wonder, then, that many tourists each year visit these edifices. This new edition of a classic, indispensable, full-color guide—a true collector’s item for Texas history fans—will help travelers choose which courthouses they want to add to their trips and view them knowledgeably. For each county a color photograph pictures the courthouse and an account sketches the sequence of the seats of government, the location and style of the current building, and tidbits of fascinating lore about county and county seat names and history. Courthouses and the “squares” around many of them offer a bonanza for history buffs, antique collectors, genealogists, architecture enthusiasts, and photographers. Many of them house or are near local history museums, and many display historical markers that introduce the area to visitors. Especially in many smaller county seats, the courthouse square offers a genre scene of a special moment in Texas’ life. Included in this updated edition are the latest views of some of Texas’ most historic and architecturally significant courthouses, including those restored under the Texas Historical Commission’s Historic Courthouse Preservation Program. For all those who plan their travels to see courthouses, and all those who in their travels for other reasons enjoy detours into the heritage and pride of a people, this beautiful and informative book opens the way.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1585445495

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9781585445493

The WI

A Centenary History

By: Mavis Curtis

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The WI

A Centenary History

By: Mavis Curtis

A centenary history of the WI

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445617048

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9781445617046

The Kingship-Cross Interplay in the Gospel of John

Jesus’ Death as Corroboration of His Royal Messiahship

By: Mavis M. Leung

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The Kingship-Cross Interplay in the Gospel of John

Jesus’ Death as Corroboration of His Royal Messiahship

By: Mavis M. Leung

Recent studies of the Christology of John's Gospel have agreed in recognizing the centrality of the concept of messianism, but differ markedly in their interpretation of its character. Alongside the traditional understanding of messiahship in terms of a kingly role related to that of David, there is a newer understanding that is related to the role of Moses and has little or no Davidic background. Despite the broad scholarly consensus regarding the Johannine connection between crucifixion and messianism, little attention has been paid to the role of crucifixion in relation to the nature of messiahship and in particular to the possibility that this may shed light on whether or not John's messianism is decisively shaped by the kingly or royal background. In The Kingship-Cross Interplay in the Gospel of John Mavis Leung contends that the cross motif plays a major role in authenticating the royal character of messiahship in John over against views that deny or play down this element.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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149826977X

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9781498269773

The Law and Child Development

By: Mavis Maclean

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The Law and Child Development

By: Mavis Maclean

This volume asks what legal and socio legal scholarship can contribute to understanding the role of law in the care and development of children. The editors have selected key articles ranging from theoretical analysis to empirical data based research that address the law's approach in the United States and the United Kingdom to resolving parenting disputes after separation, protecting children from abuse and neglect, and affording children procedural protections in the juvenile justice system. Their introduction to these important and often distressing areas of the law confirms the importance of understanding how law works in practice, and reaffirms that law itself remains responsible for articulating and protecting society's values.

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935

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Routledge

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1351887025

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9781351887021

Family Justice

The Work of Family Judges in Uncertain Times

By: John Eekelaar,Mavis Maclean

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Family Justice

The Work of Family Judges in Uncertain Times

By: John Eekelaar,Mavis Maclean

This book is about the delivery of family justice in England and Wales, focusing on the work of the family judiciary in the lower courts. The policy context is moving so rapidly that the authors have gone beyond presenting their empirical findings to offer a broader consideration of the nature and role of the family justice system, as these are in danger of being lost amid present reform proposals. The first four chapters are historical and comparative, examining assumptions about family justice and offering a defence of the role of legal rights in family life, and the importance of good policy-making balancing outcome- and behaviour-focused approaches to family justice. Comparative examples from the US and Australia show how new approaches to family justice can be successfully deployed. The next three chapters are empirical, including a typology of the roles played and tasks addressed by the judges, overturning the commonly held assumption that the central judicial role is adjudication, emphasising the extent to which judges integrate outcome- and behaviour-focused approaches to family justice, and giving a detailed account of the daily work of circuit and district judges and legal advisers. The conclusion is that there is a trend across jurisdictions, driven by technological innovation and by economic constraints, to reduce the role of courts and lawyers in favour of individual choices based on private or government-funded information sources. While these developments can be beneficial, they also have dangers and limitations. The final chapter argues that despite the move to privatised forms of dispute resolution, family justice still demands a sound judicial structure.

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238

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1782251588

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9781782251583

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Made Simple

A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Relationships

By: Gareth Holman,Jonathan W. Kanter,Mavis Tsai,Robert Kohlenberg

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Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Made Simple

A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Relationships

By: Gareth Holman,Jonathan W. Kanter,Mavis Tsai,Robert Kohlenberg

Cowritten with the founders of functional analytic psychotherapy, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy Made Simple offers a practical, behavioral treatment approach focused on client interpersonal relationships and the therapeutic relationship. Functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) is a research-based treatment for mental health disorders and has been shown to enhance the quality of interpersonal relationships. If you’re a therapist, how you relate to your clients can have a profound impact on treatment outcomes. This book integrates the latest research on the importance of the therapist-client relationship with the new science of social connection into a user-friendly, flexible clinical framework. In this book, you’ll find an introduction to the conceptual foundations and clinical practice of FAP, with an emphasis on practical clinical scenarios and personal reflection. You’ll learn the theoretical basis of FAP in contextual behavioral science and how to apply functional analysis—the core assessment method of behavior therapy—to the therapeutic relationship. You’ll learn to understand the therapeutic relationship and social connection in terms of the Awareness, Courage, and Love model. You’ll also learn how to balance authenticity and compassion with strategy and case conceptualization to make your therapeutic relationships more compassionate, flexible, and effective. And finally, you’ll discover how to apply principles to effectively cope with challenging moments in the therapeutic relationships—such as how to address ineffective behavior happening in the therapy interaction from the first moment of therapy, what to do when therapy does not seem to be progressing, and how to end therapy well. No matter your treatment background, this book will provide invaluable strategies for adopting functional analytic psychotherapy in your practice, enhancing relationships with your clients, and improving overall treatment outcomes.

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350

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New Harbinger Publications

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1626253536

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9781626253537

Memory Made, Hacked, and Outsourced

How the 21st Century Anglophone Novels Remember and Forget

By: Chia-Chieh Mavis Tseng

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Memory Made, Hacked, and Outsourced

How the 21st Century Anglophone Novels Remember and Forget

By: Chia-Chieh Mavis Tseng

This book probes the complex relationship between memory and storytelling in contemporary literature. It not only examines how memory is constantly made and remade through words and stories but also explores how literary practices and imagination are shaping new concepts of memory in the 21st century. By analyzing the selected novels – Penelope Lively’s The Photograph, Tom McCarthy’s Remainder, Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending and The Only Story, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, and Felicia Yap’s Yesterday – this book explores the dynamic interplay of remembering and forgetting, and redefines the relationship between fiction and memory in the 21st century.

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152

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Springer Nature

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9811992517

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9789811992513

The Management of Failing DipSW Students

Activities and Exercises to Prepare Practice Teachers for Work with Failing Students

By: Mavis Sharp,Hazel Danbury

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The Management of Failing DipSW Students

Activities and Exercises to Prepare Practice Teachers for Work with Failing Students

By: Mavis Sharp,Hazel Danbury

First published in 1999, this book focuses on the process of failure, when necessary with DipSW students on assessed placements. It addresses some of the difficulties and dilemmas which can occur when working with students who fail. It is written for practice teachers and their mentors and it attempts to redress the scant attention paid to this topic in practice teaching trailing. This book makes suggestions as to some ways forward on situations presented in placements where students fail. It provides activities and exercises for use with practice teachers and placement colleagues involved in managing the process.

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187

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Routledge

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0429808011

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9780429808012

Traditional Quilting - Its Story And Its Practice

By: Mavis Fitzrandolph

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Traditional Quilting - Its Story And Its Practice

By: Mavis Fitzrandolph

This vintage book provides a detailed history and overview of the quilting industry, exploring its routes, developments, popularity, and revival. It also provides extensive descriptions and explanations as to how quilts have been produced, making it ideal for those with an interest in traditional quilt making. Contents include: “The Background”, “The Quilters”, “The Work of the Rural Industries Bureau in Reviving and Developing the Quilting Industry”, “How Quilts are Made”, “The Materials”, “The Patterns”, “The Uses of Quilting”, “The Future of Traditional Quilting”, “References to Quilting From the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Century”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on quilt making.

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185

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Read Books Ltd

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1447483324

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9781447483328

Murder Underground

By: Mavis Hay

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Murder Underground

By: Mavis Hay

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "In terms of plot, the novel is almost pure puzzle, making it a prime example of a Golden Age mystery, but Hay injects humor and keen characterization into the mix as well." —Booklist STARRED review When Miss Pongleton is found murdered on the stairs of Belsize Park station, her fellow-boarders in the Frampton Hotel are not overwhelmed with grief at the death of a tiresome old woman. But they all have their theories about the identity of the murderer, and help to unravel the mystery of who killed the wealthy 'Pongle'. Several of her fellow residents—even Tuppy the terrier—have a part to play in the events that lead to a dramatic arrest. This classic mystery novel is set in and around the Northern Line of the London Underground. It is now republished for the first time since the 1930s, with an introduction by award-winning crime writer Stephen Booth.

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