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A Dad of His Own

A magical, comforting and emotional Christmas story

By: Minna Howard

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A Dad of His Own

A magical, comforting and emotional Christmas story

By: Minna Howard

A magical, comforting and emotional Christmas story. Perfect for the fans of Trisha Ashley and Katie Fforde. House-sitting in a castle over Christmas is a dream come true for Anna and her seven-year-old son Freddie. But there's one Christmas present Freddie wants more than anything, and it's the one thing Anna can't give him – his very own dad. As Anna settles into her new surroundings and a much slower pace of life, she is soon befriended by the local villagers and the castle workforce who provide a welcome distraction. Before even a Christmas cracker is pulled, Freddie shows a eager interest in the castle workforce; green-fingered Simon, salt of the earth Luke and charming castle manager Julius. Could one of them make Freddie's Christmas wish come true and repair Anna's broken heart? At the most magical time of the year, everyone needs a Christmas miracle if they're to make it to Christmas Day...

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1784975877

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9781784975876

Telling Genes

The Story of Genetic Counseling in America

By: Alexandra Minna Stern

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Telling Genes

The Story of Genetic Counseling in America

By: Alexandra Minna Stern

For sixty years genetic counselors have served as the messengers of important information about the risks, realities, and perceptions of genetic conditions. More than 2,500 certified genetic counselors in the United States work in clinics, community and teaching hospitals, public health departments, private biotech companies, and universities. Telling Genes considers the purpose of genetic counseling for twenty-first century families and society and places the field into its historical context. Genetic counselors educate physicians, scientific researchers, and prospective parents about the role of genetics in inherited disease. They are responsible for reliably translating test results and technical data for a diverse clientele, using scientific acumen and human empathy to help people make informed decisions about genomic medicine. Alexandra Minna Stern traces the development of genetic counseling from the eugenics movement of the early twentieth century to the current era of human genomics. Drawing from archival records, patient files, and oral histories, Stern presents the fascinating story of the growth of genetic counseling practices, principles, and professionals. -- Troy Duster, Chancellor

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JHU Press

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1421406675

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9781421406671

The New Meatways and Sustainability

Discourses and Social Practices

By: Minna Kanerva

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The New Meatways and Sustainability

Discourses and Social Practices

By: Minna Kanerva

Social practice theories help to challenge the often hidden paradigms, worldviews, and values at the basis of many unsustainable practices. Discourses and their boundaries define what is seen as possible, as well as the range of issues and their solutions. By exploring the connections between practices and discourses, Minna Kanerva develops a conceptual approach enabling purposive change in unsustainable social practices. Radical transformation towards new meatways is arguably necessary, yet complex psychological, ideological, and power-related mechanisms currently inhibit change.

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transcript Verlag

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3732854337

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9783732854332

Eugenic Nation

Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America

By: Alexandra Minna Stern

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Eugenic Nation

Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America

By: Alexandra Minna Stern

Many people assume that eugenics all but disappeared with the fall of Nazism, but as this sweeping history demonstrates, the idea of better breeding had a wide and surprising reach in the United States throughout the twentieth century. With an original emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation brings to light many little-known facts—for example, that one-third of the involuntary sterilizations in this country occurred in California between 1909 and 1979—as it explores the influence of eugenics on phenomena as varied as race-based intelligence tests, school segregation, tropical medicine, the Border Patrol, and the environmental movement. Eugenic Nation begins in the 1900s, when influential California eugenicists molded an extensive agenda of better breeding for the rest of the country. The book traces hereditarian theories of sex and gender to the culture of conformity of the 1950s and moves to the 1960s, arguing that the liberation movements of that decade emerged in part as a challenge to policies and practices informed by eugenics.

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Univ of California Press

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0520938666

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9780520938663

Richard Marsh

By: Minna Vuohelainen

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Richard Marsh

By: Minna Vuohelainen

‘Richard Marsh’ (Richard Bernard Heldmann, 1857–1915) was a bestselling, versatile and prolific author of gothic, crime, adventure, romantic and comic fiction. This book, the first on Marsh, establishes his credentials as a significant agent within the fin de siècle gothic revival. Marsh’s work spans a range of gothic modes, including the canonical fin de siècle subgenres of urban and imperial gothic and gothic-inflected sensation and supernatural fiction, but also rarer hybrid genres such as the comic gothic and the occult romance. His greatest success came in 1897 when he published his bestselling invasion narrative The Beetle: A Mystery, a novel that articulated many of the key themes of fin de siècle urban gothic and outsold its close rival, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, well into the twentieth century. The present work extends studies of Marsh’s literary production beyond The Beetle, contending that, in addition to his undoubted interest in non-normative gender and ethnic identities, Marsh was a writer with an acute sense of spatiality, whose fiction can be read productively through the lens of spatial theory.

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University of Wales Press

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1783163410

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9781783163410

Agreeable Agreement

An Examination of the Quest for Consensus in Ecumenical Dialogue

By: Minna Hietamäki

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Agreeable Agreement

An Examination of the Quest for Consensus in Ecumenical Dialogue

By: Minna Hietamäki

In recent bilateral ecumenical dialogue the aim of the dialogue has been to reach some form of doctrinal consensus. The three major chapters of the book discuss the variety of forms of doctrinal consensus found in ecumenical dialogues among Anglicans, Lutherans and Roman Catholics. In general, the dialogue documents argue for agreement/consensus based on commonality or compatibility. Each of the three dialogue processes has specific characteristics and formulates its argument in a unique way. The Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue has a particular interest in hermeneutical questions and proposes various forms of "differentiated" or perspectival forms of consensus. The Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue emphasises the correctness of interpretations. The documents consciously look towards a "common future", not the separated past.

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A&C Black

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0567074129

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9780567074126

I Sang the Unsingable

My Life in Twentieth-Century Music

By: Bethany Beardslee,Minna Zallman Proctor

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I Sang the Unsingable

My Life in Twentieth-Century Music

By: Bethany Beardslee,Minna Zallman Proctor

Memoir of Bethany Beardslee, the iconic American soprano known as the composer's singer.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1580469000

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9781580469005

Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate

How the Alt-Right Is Warping the American Imagination

By: Alexandra Minna Stern

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Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate

How the Alt-Right Is Warping the American Imagination

By: Alexandra Minna Stern

What is the alt-right? What do they believe, and how did they take center stage in the American social and political consciousness? Historian Alexandra Minna Stern excavates the alt-right memes that have erupted online and digs to the root of the far right’s motivations: their deep-seated fear of an oncoming “white genocide” that can only be remedied through aggressive action to reclaim white power. The alt-right has expanded significantly throughout America’s cultural, political, and digital landscapes: racist, sexist, and homophobic beliefs that were previously unspeakable have become commonplace, normalized, and accepted—endangering American democracy and society as a whole. When asked to address the Proud Boys and growing far right violence, President Trump directed the group to “stand back and stand by;” and just two weeks before President Joe Biden’s inauguration, a white supremacist mob breached the US Capitol—earning praise from the Proud Boys leader amongst threats of future violence. In order to dismantle the destructive movement that has invaded our public consciousness and threatens American democracy, we must first understand the core beliefs that drive the alt-right. Through careful analysis, Stern brings awareness to the underlying concepts that guide the alt-right and its overlapping forms of racism, xenophobia, and transphobia. She explains the key ideas of “red-pilling,” strategic trolling, gender essentialism, and the alt-right’s ultimate fantasy: a future where minorities have been “cleansed” from the body politic and a white ethnostate is established in the United States. By unearthing the hidden mechanisms that power white nationalism, Stern reveals just how pervasive the far right truly is.

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Beacon Press

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0807063363

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9780807063361

Satellite and Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Ṭūr ’Abdīn, Turkey

Final Report of the Finnish Swedish Archaeological project in Mesopotamia (FSAPM), 2014-2016

By: Kenneth Silver,Minna Silver,Raffaella Pappalardo

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Satellite and Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Ṭūr ’Abdīn, Turkey

Final Report of the Finnish Swedish Archaeological project in Mesopotamia (FSAPM), 2014-2016

By: Kenneth Silver,Minna Silver,Raffaella Pappalardo

Presents results from the Finnish-Swedish Archaeological Project in Mesopotamia (FSAPM) pilot study of Tūr Abdin, Turkey. Aiming to record and document sites in this endangered area to save its cultural heritage, the sites consist of fortified remains in an ancient border zone between the Graeco-Roman/Byzantine world and Parthia/Persia.

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1803277130

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Show Pekingese - Origin, History, Standard of Points, How to Breed, Rear, Treat, and Prepare for Exhibition

By: Minna Loftus Allen

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Show Pekingese - Origin, History, Standard of Points, How to Breed, Rear, Treat, and Prepare for Exhibition

By: Minna Loftus Allen

“Show Pekingese” is a classic guide to owning and breeding Pekingese dogs for the purpose of competing and exhibiting. It explores every aspect of the subject from history to selection, rearing, and winning. This comprehensive volume will be of considerable utility to owners and breeders alike, and it would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: “Origin and History”, “Pekingese Genealogy”, “Clubs and Their Foundations and Standard of Points”, “The Brood Bitch and Stud Dog”, “The Rearing and Feeding of Puppies, and Short Notes on Kennelling”, “Some Common Ailments”, and “Preparation for Exhibition”. 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 dog breeding.

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Read Books Ltd

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1528784774

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Two Short Stories

The Artwork and Seven Days with Miljana

By: Minna Tumbuleri

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Two Short Stories

The Artwork and Seven Days with Miljana

By: Minna Tumbuleri

In her Two Short Stories, Minna Tumbuleri takes you on a mysterious journey across diverse cultures and places, as her two main characters Jane and Suwei confront life in its most intriguing forms. From Hong Kong to Melbourne and war-torn Yugoslavia, you will be entranced by the roller coaster of emotions of the characters in her gripping narration. With her simple style of writing, she sends a powerful message from each story that will keep you thinking, long after you have finished reading the book.

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1467038229

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Fiction on Wheels 1882-1885

Stories Written by Five Women Authors

By: Lost Century of Sports Collection,M. H. Catherwood,Minna Caroline Smith,Belle Campbell,Florine Thayer McCray,Esther Louise Smith

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Fiction on Wheels 1882-1885

Stories Written by Five Women Authors

By: Lost Century of Sports Collection,M. H. Catherwood,Minna Caroline Smith,Belle Campbell,Florine Thayer McCray,Esther Louise Smith

This volume of the Sports She Wrote series showcases a collection of fictional works by pioneering women authors who creatively incorporated the rising popularity of cycling into their narratives between 1882 and 1885 (118,000 words). While the stories do not offer substantial technical insights into cycling, they intricately weave tricycles and bicycles into tales of exploration, self-discovery, and personal freedom. A notable contributor is M. H. Catherwood, renowned for her romantic historical novels. Her serialized story, Castle Trundle, was published in The Wheelman from November 1883 to January 1884.The same publication featured two stories by Minna Caroline Smith, who wrote under the pseudonym "Minimum": I Wait for My Story (November 1882) and A Flying Dutchman (serialized from December 1882 to May 1883). A New Ixion; or, The Man on the Wheel, was published in March 1883, written by Belle Campbell, featuring a thrilling chase scene between a bicycle and a horse to earn a woman’s affections. The centerpiece of this anthology is the 1884 novel Wheels and Whims, co-authored by Florine Thayer McCray and Esther Louise Smith. It follows four young women on a tricycle tour along the Connecticut River, delving into themes of sisterhood, romance, women's rights, and societal norms. The text is accompanied by several illustrations. These captivating stories not only reflect the Victorian-era fascination with cycling but also serve as a testament to the ingenuity of women authors, offering readers a glimpse into a bygone era when wheeling was more than just a means of transportation—it was a muse for transformative storytelling. Sports She Wrote is a 31-volume time-capsule of primary documents written by more than 500 women in the 19th century, including nine volumes on cycling.

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The Lost Century of Sports Collection

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1964197619

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9781964197616

Enchanted by Lohans

Osvald Siren’s Journey into Chinese Art

By: Minna Törmä

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Enchanted by Lohans

Osvald Siren’s Journey into Chinese Art

By: Minna Törmä

Finnish-Swedish art historian Osvald Sirén (1879–1966) was one of the pioneers of Chinese art scholarship in the West. This biography focuses on his four major voyages to East Asia: 1918, 1921–23, 1929–30 and 1935. This was a pivotal period in Chinese archaeology, art studies and formation of Western collections of Chinese art. Sirén gained international renown as a scholar of Italian art, particularly with his books on Leonardo da Vinci and Giotto. But when he was almost 40 years old, he was captivated by Chinese art (paintings of Lohans in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston) to such an extent that he decided to start his career anew, in a way. He has left his mark in several fi elds in Chinese art studies: architecture, sculpture, painting and garden art. The study charts Sirén’s itineraries during his travels in Japan, Korea and China; it introduces the various people in those countries as well as in Europe and North America who defined the field in its early stages and were influential as collectors and dealers. It also explores the impact of theosophical ideas in his work.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9888139843

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9789888139842

Edhina Ekogidho – Names as Links

The Encounter between African and European Anthroponymic Systems among the Ambo People in Namibia

By: Minna Saarelma-Maunumaa

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Edhina Ekogidho – Names as Links

The Encounter between African and European Anthroponymic Systems among the Ambo People in Namibia

By: Minna Saarelma-Maunumaa

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Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura

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9522228168

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9789522228161

Talk in Interaction

Comparative Dimensions

By: Markku Haakana,Minna Laakso,Jan Lindström

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Talk in Interaction

Comparative Dimensions

By: Markku Haakana,Minna Laakso,Jan Lindström

Talk in interaction - Comparative dimensions is a collection of current conversation analytical work on interactional practices. How do speakers correct the errors made by other speakers? How is disappointment expressed in interaction? How are disputes constructed in different kinds of interaction? Do girls and boys construct play interaction in the same way? These are among the topics addressed in the volume. The central theme of the volume is comparative analysis of interactional practices. The authors analyse the specific phenomena through different kinds of comparative perspectives. Some of the studies analyse the different ways of construction a certain conversational action, some compare the realization of certain activities in different kinds of interactions (e.g. everyday vs. institutional interaction), and some explore the culture- and language-specific aspects of interaction. In addition, the articles address the issues of gender and the change in interactional practices over the time. Furthermore, the volume explores the possibilities and challenges of comparative analysis within conversation analysis in general.

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9522221341

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9789522221346

Complicity and Responsibility in Contemporary African Writing

The Postcolony Revisited

By: Minna Johanna Niemi

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Complicity and Responsibility in Contemporary African Writing

The Postcolony Revisited

By: Minna Johanna Niemi

This book investigates the many ways in which contemporary African fiction has reflected on themes of responsibility and complicity during the postcolonial period. Covering the authors Ayi Kwei Armah, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nuruddin Farah, Michiel Heyns, and J. M. Coetzee, the book places each writer’s novels in their cultural and literary context in order to investigate similarities and differences between fictional approaches to individual complicity in politically unstable situations. In doing so, the study focuses on these texts’ representations of discomforting experiences of being implicated in harm done to others in order to show that it is precisely during times of political crisis that questions of moral responsibility and implicatedness in compromised conduct become more pronounced. The study also challenges longstanding western amnesia concerning responsibility for historical and present-day violence in African countries and juxtaposes this denial of responsibility with the western literary readership’s consumption of narratives of African “suffering.” The study instead proposes new reading habits based on an awareness of readerly complicity and responsibility. Drawing insights from across political philosophy and literary theory, this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature, postcolonial studies, and peace and conflict studies.

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Routledge

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0429639279

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9780429639272

Principles and Practice of Lung Cancer

The Official Reference Text of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)

By: Harvey I. Pass,David P. Carbone,David H. Johnson,John D. Minna,Giorgio V. Scagliotti,Andrew T. Turrisi

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Principles and Practice of Lung Cancer

The Official Reference Text of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)

By: Harvey I. Pass,David P. Carbone,David H. Johnson,John D. Minna,Giorgio V. Scagliotti,Andrew T. Turrisi

Thoroughly revised and updated, this Fourth Edition is the most comprehensive, current reference on lung cancer, with contributions from the world's foremost surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, pulmonologists, and basic scientists. Coverage includes complete information on combined modality treatments for small cell and non-small cell lung cancer and on complications of treatment and management of metastases. Emphasis is also given to early detection, screening, prevention, and new imaging techniques. This edition has expanded thoracic oncology chapters including thymus, mesothelioma, and mediastinal tumors, more detailed discussion of targeted agents, and state-of-the-art information on newer techniques in radiotherapy. Other highlights include more international contributors and greater discussion of changes in lung cancer management in each region of the world. A new editor, Giorgio Scagliotti, MD from the University of Turin, has coordinated the accounts of European activities. A companion website includes the full text online and an image bank.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1451152965

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9781451152968

A Winter Affair

By: Minna Howard

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A Winter Affair

By: Minna Howard

A wonderful warm, seasonal treat, whisking you on a magical adventure to the Swiss Alps. Full of food, laughter and fun. Perfect for the fans of Trisha Ashley. With a recent divorce and empty nest Eloise Brandon is facing Christmas alone until a harried phone call from her godfather changes everything. Accepting his challenge, Eloise finds herself en-route to Verbier and to her godfather's chalet in the beautiful Swiss Alps to help cater for some seriously rich, high rolling guests. What ensues makes it a Christmas to remember. A heady alpine mixture of old friends, ex-husbands, mega-rich, super demanding guests, a dishevelled proprietor and Bert the dog. What people are saying about A WINTER AFFAIR: 'This is the perfect winter read' 'Really exciting and page turning' 'Magical, wonderful and Christmassy' 'A truly fantastic festive tale about love and family' 'Loved it from the first page

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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178854448X

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9781788544481

Mothers and Daughters

A wonderful warm novel about family, secrets, and new beginnings

By: Minna Howard

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Mothers and Daughters

A wonderful warm novel about family, secrets, and new beginnings

By: Minna Howard

A wonderfully warm novel to curl up with about family loss, hidden secrets and new beginnings. Perfect for fans of Trisha ashley. 'Fabulously enjoyable, warm, uplifting and the perfect escape' TRISHA ashLEY. Alice finds herself suddenly widowed in her early forties, leaving her with an empty house and a lonely heart. Laura and Evie, her twenty-something daughters announce their separate and unexpected news, which ploughs Alice straight out of grieving and into the prospect of planning a wedding and becoming a reluctant – yet glamorous – granny, to not one, but three grandchildren. Frank, an old family friend returns to give his godchild Laura away at her wedding. A whole host of secrets unfold that rock the family's foundations and set Alice free to finally begin a new, exciting chapter of her life with no regrets. What readers are saying about Mothers and Daughters: 'If you like a good family story, you will definitely love this book' 'A wonderful story, would thoroughly recommend' 'A nice sentimental story, leaving you with a feel good factor' 'Brilliant read' 'A great read with many twists in the tale which kept you interested all the way to the end' Minna Howard's latest novel, A WINTER AFFAIR, is available now! Search: 9781784975869.

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1784975850

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A Mother's Secret

By: Minna Howard

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A Mother's Secret

By: Minna Howard

Verity seems to have it all. A beautiful home, two grown-up sons and a husband who has always been her rock. But one day, the doorbell rings. And it changes Verity's life forever. Saskia has nowhere else to go. Before she died, her mother left her with her father's name and nothing else. The only way for Saskia to take care of herself – and her unborn baby – is to find the father she never knew. And the family that didn't know she existed. This family secret means the end of everything they've ever known. But could it also be the chance for a new beginning?

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1789541573

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Second Chances

A wonderful, warm novel about finding love where you least expect it

By: Minna Howard

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Second Chances

A wonderful, warm novel about finding love where you least expect it

By: Minna Howard

Ready to roll the dice again on love? A warm novel about starting again and finding love when you least expect it. Perfect for fans of Trisha ashley and Katie Fforde. Succumbing to a rather clichéd midlife crisis, Dan Haywood swaps his family for an expensive red sports car and a younger woman. After 24 years of marriage, his wife Sarah is left to pick up the pieces. Trying her best to re-style her life, comfort hurt children, make time for 'helpful' friends and maintain her burgeoning career as a dress designer, Sarah feels pulled in a hundred directions. And it doesn't help that obstacles – mostly in the form of other middle-aged men – seem to conspire against her. Proud of herself for moving house and starting to build an independent life, she is shocked when Robert Maynard, her rather dashing new next-door neighbour, insists that the house was promised to him. Now she is destined to be pulled into his life by events beyond her control. After one failed marriage, will she be able to find happiness again? And do second chances really come to those who wait? This book was previously published as The Orchid Lover under the name Mary De Laszlo.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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178669686X

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9781786696861

The Christmas Menagerie

a heartwarming Christmas romance

By: Minna Howard

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The Christmas Menagerie

a heartwarming Christmas romance

By: Minna Howard

Amelia usually loves Christmas, but this year is her first one alone since her husband passed away – though she's not quite by herself. Somehow, she's been lumbered with a menagerie of pets over the holidays, no thanks to the new village vet closing the local kennels. Between a parrot, two tortoises and god-knows-how-many baby mice, Amelia ends up seeing a lot more of Jules the vet than she planned to. And despite her neighbours' fury for the man who shut down a local institution, she can't help enjoying every moment she spends with Jules. She tells herself it doesn't really matter as surely Jules will be driven out of the village by this time next year. But as Amelia's about to discover... ...love isn't just for Christmas!

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1789541581

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9781789541588

Homelands and Diasporas

Greeks, Jews and Their Migrations

By: Minna Rozen

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Homelands and Diasporas

Greeks, Jews and Their Migrations

By: Minna Rozen

The Greek and Jewish diasporas are the most significant diasporas of Western civilisation. "Homelands and Diasporas" is the first book to explore the similarities and differences between these two experiences. In the process it sheds fascinating light on their fundamental importance for both Greek and Jewish societies. The authors examine Greek and Jewish diasporas throughout history, from classical and Biblical times to the present, and all over the world - in Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, Russia, the Near and Middle East, Spain and the US. They analyse the very nature of diaspora, examining both the Greek concept of noble expansion and the Jewish idea of enforced exile, and analyse community structures as well as social and religious networks, combining Scriptural analysis with cultural and political history. Diaspora is a difficult and emotive concept but "Homelands and Diasporas" offers a balanced and perceptive guide to the connected histories of these two peoples away from their homelands.

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0857713329

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9780857713322

Edhina Ekogidho - Names as Links

The Encounter between African and European Anthroponymic Systems among the Ambo People in Namibia

By: Minna Saarelma-Maunumaa

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Edhina Ekogidho - Names as Links

The Encounter between African and European Anthroponymic Systems among the Ambo People in Namibia

By: Minna Saarelma-Maunumaa

What are the most popular names of the Ambo people in Namibia? Why do so many Ambos have Finnish first names? What do the African names of these people mean? Why is the namesake so important in Ambo culture? How did the nation's long struggle for independence affect personal naming, and what are the latest name-giving trends in Namibia? This study analyses the changes in the personal naming system of the Ambo people in Namibia over the past 120 years, starting with 1883, when the first Ambos received biblical and European names on baptism. The central factors in this process were the German and South African colonisation and European missionary work on the one hand, and the rise of African nationalism on the other. Eventually, this clash between African and European naming practices led to a new, dynamic naming system which includes elements of both African and European origin. "Within the field of onomastics, i.e. the scientific study of names, this study is a remarkable and extremely important one. ... I suspect that it will become a major and standard reference work in the future, not only regarding Ambo anthroponymy, but anthroponymy in general, particularly where cultures interact." Professor S. J. Neethling, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

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Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura

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9517465297

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