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Pocketbook Politics

Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America

By: Meg Jacobs

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Pocketbook Politics

Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America

By: Meg Jacobs

How much does it cost?" We think of this question as one that preoccupies the nation's shoppers, not its statesmen. But, as Pocketbook Politics dramatically shows, the twentieth-century American polity in fact developed in response to that very consumer concern. In this groundbreaking study, Meg Jacobs demonstrates how pocketbook politics provided the engine for American political conflict throughout the twentieth century. From Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon, national politics turned on public anger over the high cost of living. Beginning with the explosion of prices at the turn of the century, every strike, demonstration, and boycott was, in effect, a protest against rising prices and inadequate income. On one side, a reform coalition of ordinary Americans, mass retailers, and national politicians fought for laws and policies that promoted militant unionism, government price controls, and a Keynesian program of full employment. On the other, small businessmen fiercely resisted this low-price, high-wage agenda that threatened to bankrupt them. This book recaptures this dramatic struggle, beginning with the immigrant Jewish, Irish, and Italian women who flocked to Edward Filene's famous Boston bargain basement that opened in 1909 and ending with the Great Inflation of the 1970s. Pocketbook Politics offers a new interpretation of state power by integrating popular politics and elite policymaking. Unlike most social historians who focus exclusively on consumers at the grass-roots, Jacobs breaks new methodological ground by insisting on the centrality of national politics and the state in the nearly century-long fight to fulfill the American Dream of abundance.

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Princeton University Press

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0691130418

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9780691130415

So Far Away

A Novel

By: Meg Mitchell Moore

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So Far Away

A Novel

By: Meg Mitchell Moore

Thirteen-year-old Natalie Gallagher is trying to escape: from her parents' ugly divorce, and from the vicious cyber-bullying of her former best friend. Adrift, confused, she is a girl trying to find her way in a world that seems to either neglect or despise her. Her salvation arrives in an unlikely form: Bridget O'Connell, an Irish maid working for a wealthy Boston family. The catch? Bridget lives only in the pages of a dusty old 1920s diary Natalie unearthed in her mother's basement. But the life she describes is as troubling -- and mysterious -- as the one Natalie is trying to navigate herself, almost a century later. I am writing this down because this is my story. There were only ever two people who knew my secret, and both are gone before me. Who was Bridget, and what became of her? Natalie escapes into the diary, eager to unlock its secrets, and reluctantly accepts the help of library archivist Kathleen Lynch, a widow with her own painful secret: she's estranged from her only daughter. Kathleen sees in Natalie traces of the daughter she has lost, and in Bridget, another spirited young woman at risk. What could an Irish immigrant domestic servant from the 1920s teach them both? As the troubles of a very modern world close in around them, and Natalie's torments at school escalate, the faded pages of Bridget's journal unite the lonely girl and the unhappy widow . . . and might even change their lives forever.

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Reagan Arthur Books

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0316202452

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9780316202459

Sanctuary

By: Meg Cabot

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Sanctuary

By: Meg Cabot

Sixteen-year-old Jessica Mastriani knew she wasn't going to be able to hide her psychic powers from the U.S. government -- interested in utilizing her special skills for their own devices -- forever. But she never thought that she and Cyrus Krantz, the special agent brought in to "convince" Jess to join his elite team of "specially-gifted" crime solvers, would turn out to have something in common. But when a local boy's disappearance is attributed to a backwoods militai group, Jess's goal -- to find the missing child -- and Dr. Krantz's -- to stop a group of madmen before they kill again -- turn out to be one and the same. Suddenly Jess finds herself working with one enemy in order to stop a far worse one. In an atmosphere of hate and fear, can Jess and Dr. Krantz -- not to mention Jess's would-be boyfriend Rob -- work together to unite a community and save a life...without losing their own?

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Simon and Schuster

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1442407395

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9781442407398

Vanished Books Three & Four

Safe House; Sanctuary

By: Meg Cabot

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Vanished Books Three & Four

Safe House; Sanctuary

By: Meg Cabot

Ever since Jessica Mastriani was struck by lightning, she's had the ability to find missing people. But her amazing new power came at a cost: national fame and a crushing responsibility that Jess never asked for. The only way she knows how to get back her old life is to lie and say she’s lost her gift. But when Jess’s classmates start to disappear, she's accused of being involved. Jess’s only chance to clear her name is to use her powers. But this will only bring back all the old nightmares: the press, the FBI, everyone who seems to want a piece of her . . . including the guy she once gave her heart to. Time is running out, and it seems as if Jess is the only one who can save her friends. But even if she succeeds, will there be anyone to save her?

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Simon and Schuster

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1442406321

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9781442406322

Ethics and Education Research

By: Rachel Brooks,Kitty te Riele,Meg Maguire

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Ethics and Education Research

By: Rachel Brooks,Kitty te Riele,Meg Maguire

Part of the popular BERA/SAGE Research Methods in Education series, this is the first book to specifically focus on the ethics of Education research. Drawn from the authors’ experiences in the UK, Australia and mainland Europe and with contributions from across the globe, this clear and accessible book includes a wide range of examples The authors show how to: identify ethical issues which may arise with any research project gain informed consent provide information in the right way to participants present and disseminate findings in line with ethical guidelines All researchers, irrespective of whether they are postgraduate students, practising teachers or seasoned academics, will find this book extremely valuable for its rigorous and critical discussion of theory and its strong practical focus. Rachel Brooks is Professor of Sociology and Head of the Sociology Department at the University of Surrey, UK. Kitty te Riele is Principal Research Fellow in the Victoria Institute for Education, Diversity and Lifelong Learning, at Victoria University in Australia. Meg Maguire is Professor of Sociology of Education at King’s College London.

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SAGE

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1473908590

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9781473908598

Medium Well

By: Meg Benjamin

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Medium Well

By: Meg Benjamin

Real estate agent Danny Ramos has always had a knack for selling homes, but when his boss saddles him with a neglected carriage house, Danny discovers that his abilities are more than simple intuition... On his first visit to the house, Danny is confronted with visions of a violent murder. His assistant, Biddy Gunter, doesn’t seem affected, and Danny starts to think he’s going crazy—until he gets a visit from his mother, who suggests that Danny’s uncanny talent to sell old houses may stem from his family inheritance: psychic empathy. When Biddy reveals to Danny her own strange dream about the carriage house ghosts, they team up to investigate and discover both the house’s dark history and their own unexpected attraction. But as the hauntings turn from unsettling to downright dangerous, Danny and Biddy need to figure out how to rid the house of its ghostly inhabitants, before their budding romance meets an untimely end…

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Penguin

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1101599642

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9781101599648

Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

By: Jennifer OConnell,Meg Cabot,Beth Kendrick

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Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

By: Jennifer OConnell,Meg Cabot,Beth Kendrick

A collection of personal essays by popular young adult and women's fiction writers considers the ways in which the books of Judy Blume influenced their emotional, social, and physical developments.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439102651

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9781439102657

Solace Island

By: Meg Tilly

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Solace Island

By: Meg Tilly

A contemporary novel with a strong suspense element from Oscar-nominated actress Meg Tilly set on a peaceful island village in the Pacific Northwest. Dumped on the eve of her wedding and looking for a quiet place to lick her emotional wounds, Maggie Harris joins her sister on Solace Island, where she hopes to recover from the stunning betrayal. At first, Maggie resists Eve's impassioned argument about relocating permanently so the sisters can open their own local bakery. What she definitely doesn't need on her road to recovery are Eve's efforts to fix her up with their mysterious and alluring neighbor, Luke Benson--even if he is incredibly handsome and desirable. Just as Maggie starts to get comfortable in her new surroundings, a car tries to run her down in the middle of the street. If it weren't for Luke's extremely quick reflexes, Maggie could have been killed, leading her to wonder just who exactly Luke Benson really is... Luke thought he'd left the violence of the high risk security world behind. But he can't stand by while Maggie's life is threatened. Luke will do anything to keep her safe--even moving Maggie and her sister into his house with its state-of-the-art security features. But with the secrets between them and an unknown threat stalking her heels, Luke will have to think fast to prove to Maggie that she can trust him with her life--and with her heart.

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0440000521

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9780440000525

Billie Holiday

A Biography

By: Meg Greene

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Billie Holiday

A Biography

By: Meg Greene

Billie Holiday (1915-1959), the legendary jazz singer whose vocal stylings were deeply affecting, continues to enthrall. This biography conveys her hard-luck youth, career triumphs, and then decline and early death. At age 14, despite growing up with an absentee musician father, little schooling, a rape at 10, and jail time for prostitution, this extraordinary girl moved to New York City to find work as a dancer or singer. She soon became the toast of Harlem and went on to tour and record with the biggest names in jazz. Holiday's career took off in the 1930s, during the Depression, and the biography evokes the era and atmosphere of the jazz club scene. The state of race relations in the country is discussed as Holiday tours with white bandleaders such as Artie Shaw and even as she sings about lynching in the controversial Strange Fruit. The narrative further chronicles Holiday's relationships, descent into drug addiction, the subsequent diminishment of her talent, and tragic early death. Readers today will then want to seek out Holiday's recordings to more fully appreciate her interpretations of the songs of that classic era.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313055742

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9780313055744

A Way to Remember

By: Meg Hudson

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A Way to Remember

By: Meg Hudson

A Way To Remember by Meg Hudson released on Jan 23, 1987 is available now for purchase.

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Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Superromance 90s

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0373702507

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9780373702503

Rake's Gambit

By: Meg-Lynn Roberts

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Rake's Gambit

By: Meg-Lynn Roberts

Heiress Ann Forester did not care that she was plain. She prided herself on her skill at the pianoforte and her superior intellect. She certainly would not let a dashing rake outwit her. Lord Robert Lyndhurst had challenged her to a contest--he would try to seduce her, and she must try to reform him. But neither realized how dangerous it was to play with desire.

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Zebra Books

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0821756877

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9780821756874

Harlequin Blaze November 2013 Bundle

An Anthology

By: Isabel Sharpe,Cara Summers,Meg Maguire,Candace Havens

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Harlequin Blaze November 2013 Bundle

An Anthology

By: Isabel Sharpe,Cara Summers,Meg Maguire,Candace Havens

Harlequin Blaze brings you four new red-hot reads for one great price, available now for a limited time only from November 1 to November 30! This Harlequin Blaze bundle includes Back in Service by Isabel Sharpe, No Desire Denied by Cara Summers, Driving Her Wild by Meg Maguire and Her Last Best Fling by Candace Havens. Look for four new sexy, steamy stories every month from Harlequin Blaze!

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Harlequin

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1460325028

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9781460325025

Second Sight

By: Meg Henderson

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Second Sight

By: Meg Henderson

The moving story of a woman sending her pilot son away to fight in the Second World War - from one of Scotland's bestselling, best-loved storytellers. Nancy MacLeod's great-great-grandfather brought his family to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia from Raasay, a tiny Scottish island, in the 1840s, in hope of a better life. They prospered in this new world, despite the harsh and unforgiving winters, but clung on to their old traditions and customs for comfort. Born at the beginning of a new century, Nancy has no patience with the old ways. She declares herself a Canadian and ignores the signs that she has inherited the family's Second Sight. But when her brothers leave home to serve in the First World War, she experiences strange things that she neither understands nor wants to, so when she marries she moves far away from superstitious Cape Breton. Then the Second World War breaks and her eldest son, Calli, goes to England to pursue his dream of being a bomber Command pilot. Calli's plane is shot down and his body never found. Nancy is unable to accept his death. She can still sense a feeling of life attached to him, a branch of the family tree that grows unstoppably while all hope seems lost. And Annie, a girl growing up in Glasgow, has always seen a man in the corner, a young pilot she doesn't know but somehow feels a strange connection with...

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Birlinn

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0857901966

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9780857901965

Sydney

By: Meg Mundell

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Sydney

By: Meg Mundell

Beautifully situated on a magnificent harbor, Sydney is Australia's most exciting and stylish city. This indispensable guide will help visitors on any budget discover Sydney's many attractions from the historic Rocks and the lively neighborhoods to the famous beaches and wonderful national parks on the city's doorstep. Full color. 18 maps.

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0864427247

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9780864427243

Confessions of a Southern Baby-Boomer

How I Survived Crack Cocaine Addiction, the Mafia and Other Totally True Tales

By: Meg Henderson Wade

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Confessions of a Southern Baby-Boomer

How I Survived Crack Cocaine Addiction, the Mafia and Other Totally True Tales

By: Meg Henderson Wade

With her Unsinkable Molly Brown, Meg wondered, "Where are all the other white middle-class cocaine addicts who turn themselves into Rehab?" There weren't any-just court ordered people were there...so that's why Meg wrote "CONFESSIONS OF A SOUTHERN BABY-BOOMER-How I Survived Crack Cocaine Addiction, the Mafia & Other Totally True Tales." She knew that there were other Baby-Boomers who had this secret too and as AA and NA say, "You're only as sick as your secrets." So that's why Meg Speaks today-to tell her story so others know that you can overcome addiction and come out of the dark. By telling her deepest secret, Meg learned they can't hurt her anymore.

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1452026513

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Chasing Angels

By: Meg Henderson

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Chasing Angels

By: Meg Henderson

Kathy Kelly, born in the heart of Glasgow's East End, comes from a family torn apart by conflict. She grows up with a sharp wit and a quick temper, constantly challenging those who cross her: her reproving grandmother, Con, her hard-drinking father, even the local priest - Kathy takes no prisoners. But at least she copes, unlike her older brother Peter, who disappears as fast as he can. Kathy also escapes - to the Highlands. Here she finds work and a home with the Macdonalds, an eccentric, easy-going couple. But Con's death drags Kathy back to Glasgow, where she is forced to look at things afresh, at past events and the people she knew so well - and begin the search for her missing brother, a search which will result in an extraordinary, devastating discovery.

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Birlinn

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0857901923

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9780857901927

Daisy's Wars

By: Meg Henderson

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Daisy's Wars

By: Meg Henderson

A young woman escapes her stifling home town to become a WAAF, little realising the life she will lead as World War Two breaks. Daisy grows up in a Geordie family of Irish descent, which has just one interest: her older sister, a precociously talented singer. Daisy learns early on how to cope with disappointment and rejection, but she also develops a rare resilience and determination. This stands her in good stead when a despicable act of violence gives her no choice but to leave home. The WAAFs want recruits and Daisy signs up, full of trepidation but hope too. Now she can be the person she's always wanted to be -- but who exactly is that? Through the dangers of the war, the raids, the heightened camaraderie, the emotional tension, Daisy comes to realise that she need not put up a front as a good-time girl or an ice queen. But by then, it's too late for the one pilot who almost broke through her reserve!

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0007201591

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9780007201594

Finding Peggy

By: Meg Henderson

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Finding Peggy

By: Meg Henderson

*Now features never-before-published extra chapter* Glasgow in the 1950s was a deprived and often violent place. Meg Henderson was part of a large family, and when the tenement block in which they lived collapsed they had to move to the notorious Blackhill district where religious sectarianism and gang warfare were part of daily life. Yet despite appalling conditions , there was warmth, laughter and a remarkable spirit, andMeg's mother and her Aunt Peggy, both idealistic and emotional women, shielded her from the effects of her father's heavy drinking. A hopeless romantic, Peggy searched for a husband until late in life and then endured a harsh, unhappy marriage. When she died horrifically in childbirth her death devastated the family and destroyed Meg's childhood. Only later, after the death of her own mother, was Meg able to discover the shocking facts behind the tragedy.

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Random House

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1446421031

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A Scent of Bluebells

By: Meg Henderson

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A Scent of Bluebells

By: Meg Henderson

Family prejudice forces a young couple to flee to Glasgow in World War One, where tragedy and deceit shapes their future. They called her Auld Nally - the local moneylender in one of Glasgow's roughest areas, Inchcraig. But once she'd been Alice McInally from Belfast, beautiful and beloved by her childhood sweetheart. Though his family was Catholic and her Protestant, their families had been close for generations, and the young couple were too naive to anticipate the angry opposition their marriage plans would unleash. Their only hope is to leave Ireland, knowing they will be cast out by their well-to-do families and can never go home again. But the couple's dream of a bright future founders in the realities of war-torn Glasgow, and Alice ends up struggling to make ends meet in the only way she can. Somehow she must protect the children in her care, even if that means relying on the man Inchcraig knows as 'him', and living among people far from her background, people she comes to like and admire and doesn't want to leave. Every day, though, she must live with a lie told many years ago with the best of intentions, a lie that could unravel and destroy everything, unless she can find the exact time to put it right...

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Birlinn

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0857901958

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9780857901958

Ruby

By: Meg Henderson

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Ruby

By: Meg Henderson

Ruby Maclean's family live respectably in a close-knit community in Glasgow. With their fair share of trouble and laughter, the Macleans, unknowingly are in crisis As the Second World War looms, Ruby, at seventeen, falls pregnant and marries Gerry Reilly, a drinker. When Gerry goes to war, Ruby must cope alone. And when Sarah, her mother dies, a series of events almost tears the family apart. Then, after Gerry's return from the war - their marriage ended by drink - Ruby builds a new life for herself and her daughter. Many years later, living by the sea, Ruby discovers, by chance, the many secrets in her family. But the final pieces in her family jigsaw, are a shocking realisation of its deceptions and lies...

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Charnwood

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1444806165

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9781444806168

The Last Wanderer

By: Meg Henderson

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The Last Wanderer

By: Meg Henderson

This rich and moving saga tells the story of Ina, Margo and Rose - grandmother, daughter and granddaughter - from the small fishing community of Acarsaid on the west coast of Scotland. Each has led a very different existence, but all three find themselves, despite their restless spirits, caught up in the life of the sea. Told with great understanding and infectious wit, The Last Wanderer is a fascinating story of the ups and downs, the laughs and tragedies of families bound together by an extraordinary shared history.

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0857901931

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The Man in the Corner

By: Meg Henderson

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The Man in the Corner

By: Meg Henderson

The moving story of a woman sending her pilot son away to fight in the Second World War -- from one of Scotland's bestselling, best-loved storytellersNancy MacLeod's great-great-grandfather brought his family to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia from Raasay, a tiny Scottish island, in the 1840s, in hope of a better life. They prospered in this new world, despite the harsh and unforgiving winters, but clung on to their old traditions and customs for comfort. Born at the beginning of a new century, Nancy has no patience with the old ways. She declares herself a Canadian and ignores the signs that she has inherited the family's Second Sight. But when her brothers leave home to serve in the First World War, she experiences strange things that she neither understands nor wants to, so when she marries she moves far away from superstitious Cape Breton. Then the Second World War breaks and her eldest son, Calli, goes to England to pursue his dream of being a bomber Command pilot. Calli's plane is shot down and his body never found. Nancy is unable to accept his death. She can still sense a feeling of life attached to him, a branch of the family tree that grows unstoppably while all hope seems lost.

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HarperCollins

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0002261898

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A Little Bit Super

With Small Powers Come Big Problems

By: Gary D. Schmidt,Jarrett J. Krosoczka,Leah Henderson,Pablo Cartaya,Nikki Grimes,Remy Lai,Kyle Lukoff,Meg Medina,Daniel Nayeri,Linda Sue Park,Mitali Perkins,Pam Muñoz Ryan,Brian Young,Ibi Zoboi

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A Little Bit Super

With Small Powers Come Big Problems

By: Gary D. Schmidt,Jarrett J. Krosoczka,Leah Henderson,Pablo Cartaya,Nikki Grimes,Remy Lai,Kyle Lukoff,Meg Medina,Daniel Nayeri,Linda Sue Park,Mitali Perkins,Pam Muñoz Ryan,Brian Young,Ibi Zoboi

In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young character is coping with a minor superpower—while also discovering their power to change themselves and their community, find their voice, and celebrate what makes them unique. The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they’re learning to live with. One can shape-shift—but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store! But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists “owning” a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their place in the world, that shows them a potential they might not have imagined. Because if you really think about it, we all have something special and unique about ourselves that makes us a little bit super. We all have the power to change as an individual, to change our communities for the better, to have a voice and to speak up. These playful, thought-provoking tales from some of today’s top middle grade authors prompt readers to consider what their own superpower might be, and how they can use it. Written by Pablo Cartaya, Nikki Grimes, Leah Henderson, Jarrett Krosoczka, Remy Lai, Kyle Lukoff, Meg Medina, Daniel Nayeri, Linda Sue Park, Mitali Perkins, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Gary D. Schmidt, Brian Young, and Ibi Zoboi; coedited by Leah Henderson and Gary D. Schmidt.

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HarperCollins

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0358659531

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9780358659532

John McNamee

An Autobiography

By: John McNamee,Meg Henderson

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John McNamee

An Autobiography

By: John McNamee,Meg Henderson

John McNamee played football for Celtic, Hibs and Newcastle United in the golden era of the 1960s but, while famous names from the game's glory days pepper the pages, this book is about much more than football. John McNamee tells the story of the Coatbridge family in which he grew up, the illegitimate son of a girl who had already brought up her own siblings after the death of their parents. It is a snapshot, too, of a mining village in the decades running up to the death of an industry that had always been the backbone of the community.

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