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Sister Betty! God's Calling You, Again!

By: Pat G'Orge-Walker

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Sister Betty! God's Calling You, Again!

By: Pat G'Orge-Walker

Provides messages about the gifts of God and the strength of African-American church traditions through seven humorous stories about the Bible-thumping Sister Betty and her friends at the Ain't Nobody Else Right But Us--All Others Goin' to Hell Church inPelzer, South Carolina.

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Kensington Books

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0758203780

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9780758203786

The Play Ethic

A Manifesto For a Different Way of Living

By: Pat Kane

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The Play Ethic

A Manifesto For a Different Way of Living

By: Pat Kane

‘Fizzes with intellectual curiosity. Kane writes engagingly and with a humility difficult to find among idea-entrepreneurs’ James Harkin, Independent We all think we know what play is. Play is what we do as children, what we do outside of work, what we do for no other reason than for pleasure. But this is only half of the truth. The Play Ethic explores the real meaning of play and shows how a more playful society would revolutionize and liberate our daily lives. Using wide and varied sources – from the Enlightenment to Eminem, Socrates to Chaos theory, Kierkegaard to Karaoke – The Play Ethic shows how play is fundamental to both society and to the individual, and how the work ethic that has dominated the last three centuries is ill-equipped to deal with the modern world. With verve, wit and intelligence, Pat Kane takes us on a tour of the playful world arguing that without it business, the arts, politics, education, even our family and spiritual lives are fundamentally impoverished. The Play Ethic seeks to change the way you look at your daily life, how you interact with others, how you view the world. It is a guidebook to new, exciting – and unsettling – times. Shocking, controversial, yet magnificently argued, The Play Ethic is a book no one who works, or has ever worked, can afford to be without. ‘Kane's Manifesto for a Different Way of Living is a brave attempt to inject a little playfulness . . . into the dull grind of the working stiff’ Iain Finlayson, The Times

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Pan Macmillan

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1447207114

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9781447207115

Global Airlines

By: Pat Hanlon

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Global Airlines

By: Pat Hanlon

Global Airlines: Competition in a Transnational Industry presents an overview of the changing scene in air transport covering current issues such as security, no frills airlines, ‘open skies’ agreements, the outcome of the recent downturn in economic activity and the emergence of transnational airlines, and takes a forward looking view of these challenges for the industry. Since the publication of the second edition in 1999 major changes have occurred in the industry. The ‘rules of the game’ in air transport are now beginning to change; and it is time to take the story forward. This third edition contains nine new chapters and tackles the following issues amongst others: * Security: The tragic events of 11 September 2001, followed by the war in Iraq, and the resultant heightened tensions over security and passenger safety. * Financial instability: the cyclical downturn in economic activity has led some airlines to the verge of bankruptcy. Even some large well-established carriers are not immune from this. How can the industry look to survive? * Attaining global reach: implications of transborder mergers, open skies agreements and the transatlantic Common Aviation area. Can full globalisation ever be reached? * Low-cost carriers and e-commerce: as both increase, how much the industry re-structure and deal with issues associated with increased passenger traffic and decreased labour requirements? * Airport capacity: Air traffic is estimated to grow at a long-term average annual rate of 5 per cent per annum. But many airports in many parts of the world are already reaching their capacity limits. How can this be overcome and are the environmental implications? Using up to date data and case studies from major international airlines such as United Airlines, British Airways, and Qantas amongst many others, Global Airlines provides a comprehensive insight into today’s global airline industry.

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Routledge

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1136400737

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9781136400735

Design to Survive

9 Ways an IKEA Approach Can Fix Health Care & Save Lives

By: Pat Mastors

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Design to Survive

9 Ways an IKEA Approach Can Fix Health Care & Save Lives

By: Pat Mastors

“Offers a foundation for both providers and consumers to find the balance, and move to a world from provider-centered care to patient-centered care.” —Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University The US spends the most in the world on health care and research, yet our outcomes are among the worst in industrialized nations. Hundreds of thousands die every year from medical harm. Imagine a world where health care took a page from the IKEA furniture company—where expenses were streamlined, quality was predictable, customers participated, and everyone shared in the cost savings. Through colorful analogies, stories from families and top doctors, and the author’s quest to find out what happened to her own father, Design to Survive serves up key strategies for patients, families and providers, with the conviction that we can do better. “Had me hooked from the first page . . . chock-full of stories, vital information, checklists, links, and resources . . . a must own for both clinicians and patients.” —Fred Lee, author of If Disney Ran Your Hospital “A tremendous toolkit for getting safe care . . . Mastors’ is a wonderfully pragmatic mind. There is a lot we physicians can learn from her.” —Marty Makary, New York Times–bestselling author of The Price We Pay “Brilliant . . . the ideas unfold superbly . . . this could be the book that changes things.” —“e-Patient Dave” deBronkart, author of Let Patients Help “I couldn’t put this book down . . . sensible and practical advice never before shared.” —Ilene Corina, The Cautious Patient Foundation

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Morgan James Publishing

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1614484341

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9781614484349

Fighter! Fighter! Corkscrew Port!

Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two

By: Pat Cunningham

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Fighter! Fighter! Corkscrew Port!

Vivid Memories of Bomber Aircrew in World War Two

By: Pat Cunningham

The young men who flew with RAF Bomber Command in World War Two were a complex mixture of individuals but they all shared the gift of teamwork. A crew of seven may have comprised all non-commissioned men and some crews included commissioned officers but not always flying as pilots. The outstanding fact was that each man relied on every other member of his crew to return from each mission safely.This book contains ten intriguing reminiscences of bomber aircrew; some were pilots, others navigators, flight engineers, bomb-aimers or gunners. They flew as both commissioned or NCO airmen. Understandably, a common problem was that of coping with fear. Many former aircrew hold that anyone who claims to have felt no fear on operations is either lying or has allowed the years to blank out that fear. But there are a few who do maintain that they never felt afraid. For the majority, though, handling fear was something to be worked out by the individual. Some hit the bottle, others womanized to excess; others tightened the gut and bit the lip; or drew the curtain and focused upon the plotting table or the wireless set. The passing years may have silvered what hair remains, dulled the eye that formerly registered on the merest speck; lent a quiver to the hand that once controlled the stick, penciled in the track, manipulated the tuning dial, set the bombsight, tapped the gauge, or rotated the turret. And yet for all the attributes of age their irrepressible youthfulness shines through.

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Casemate Publishers

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1783461470

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9781783461479

Wow The Dow!

The Complete Guide To Teaching Your Kids How To Invest In The Stock Market

By: Pat Smith,Lynn Roney

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Wow The Dow!

The Complete Guide To Teaching Your Kids How To Invest In The Stock Market

By: Pat Smith,Lynn Roney

In the tradition of "Learn to Earn", the founders of an innovative parent/child investment club present a cutting-edge, step-by-step guide for parents who want to teach their children to become stock market savvy. Charts, graphs & sidebars.

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Simon and Schuster

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0684871491

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9780684871493

Hot Property

The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization

By: Pat Choate

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Hot Property

The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization

By: Pat Choate

The problem of pirating and counterfeiting has grown from small-scale imitations of Levi’s jeans and Zippo lighters to a phenomenon that costs the United States an estimated $200 billion dollars per year. Pirated DVDs, computer software, designer clothes, and machinery flood global markets, inflicting heavy losses on U.S. businesses, while counterfeit medicines, auto and aircraft parts, and baby formula regularly cause fatalities around the world. The theft of artistic and scientific creation is draining our economy. It is the great economic crime of the twenty-first century. Pat Choate, the author of the best-selling Agents of Influence, examines the roots of conflicts over intellectual property and how the establishment of patent and copyright protections helped propel the American economy. He interweaves the stories of Eli Whitney, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison to illustrate how the United States transformed itself from a largely agricultural society into a manufacturing, scientific, and technological superpower, giving rise to further copyright and patent protection laws. He traces the emergence of Germany, Japan, and China as rivals to American primacy through copying, counterfeiting, and underpricing American products and media. He reveals the shockingly meager effectiveness of current efforts to defend American businesses, inventors, and artists from corporate espionage. And he sounds a powerfully convincing warning that the general indifference of our government toward the security of American intellectual property is already affecting job security and the economy in general (an estimated $24 billion is lost each year to pirated films, music recordings, books, and other merchandise in China alone). Hot Property is an impassioned, clear-eyed, and sound assessment of one of the most serious problems facing the American economy today, certain to be one of the most widely discussed books of the year.

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Knopf

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0307426270

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9780307426277

Reach For Infinity

By: Pat Cadigan,Hannu Rajaniemi,Alastair Reynolds

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Reach For Infinity

By: Pat Cadigan,Hannu Rajaniemi,Alastair Reynolds

HUMANITY AMONG THE STARS What happens when we reach out into the vastness of space? What hope for us amongst the stars? Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us fourteen new tales of the future, from some of the finest science fiction writers in the field. The fourteen startling stories in this anthology feature the work of Greg Egan, Aliette de Bodard, Ian McDonald, Karl Schroeder, Pat Cadigan, Karen Lord, Ellen Klages, Adam Roberts, Linda Nagata, Hannu Rajaniemi, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Ken MacLeod, Alastair Reynolds and Peter Watts.

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Solaris

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1849976740

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9781849976749

What Else You Got?

40 Years of Mis-spent Youth in the Ad Game

By: Pat Bryan,Patrick Michael Bryan

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What Else You Got?

40 Years of Mis-spent Youth in the Ad Game

By: Pat Bryan,Patrick Michael Bryan

What was a teenager doing carrying a $10,000 oil painting on a London tram? Why did this man risk life and limb standing in the centre of a downtown intersection in Toronto in rush hour? How did the author get Red Skelton's hat? Why was this middle-aged businessman wearing a skirt and carrying a spear? Find the answers to these and other questions in Pat Bryan's lively book that lifts the lid on the hard-driving, often hilarious world of advertising.

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iUniverse

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0595187803

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9780595187805

How to Be Like Jackie Robinson

Life Lessons from Baseball's Greatest Hero

By: Pat Williams

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How to Be Like Jackie Robinson

Life Lessons from Baseball's Greatest Hero

By: Pat Williams

Unlike other books on Jackie Robinson, this book not only profiles his amazing life, but also offers valuable lessons drawn from his experiences that can directly apply to practical, everyday improvements and personal success.

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Health Communications, Inc.

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0757301738

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9780757301735

Values-Based Health & Social Care

Beyond Evidence-Based Practice

By: Jill McCarthy,Pat Rose

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Values-Based Health & Social Care

Beyond Evidence-Based Practice

By: Jill McCarthy,Pat Rose

Is evidence-based practice really best practice? This is a hotly debated question in health and social care circles and the starting point for this book. Engaging firmly in the debate, Values-Based Health & Social Care calls into question the dominance of evidence-based practice and sets out an alternative vision of care which places holism, professional judgement, intuition and client choice at its centre. Bringing together writers from a range of health and social care backgrounds, the book describes the rise of evidence-based practice and explores major criticisms of the approach. It argues that evidence should be seen as part of a broader vision of practice which places equal value on: - a holistic vision of the needs of patients and clients. - professional knowledge and intuition, and - seeing patients and clients as partners in their care. Examples are used throughout the book to help readers link the concepts to practice. The book concludes with suggestions on how to develop a values-based approach in practice and through professional education. Values-Based Health & Social Care sets out key debates surrounding the nature of practice which will be of interest to students and practitioners alike.

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SAGE Publications

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1848602022

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9781848602021

Last Stop Sunnyside

A Dana Leoni Mystery

By: Pat Capponi

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Last Stop Sunnyside

A Dana Leoni Mystery

By: Pat Capponi

The Place: A rough rooming house in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood The Case: The terrible murder of a marginalized but beloved woman The Detectives: Dana Leoni and her rag-tag posse of down-and-out housemates Published to great acclaim and now available in mass-market format, Last Stop Sunnyside, by bestselling author Pat Capponi, introduces readers to Dana Leoni and the mean streets of Parkdale, Toronto. All Dana wants is to retreat from the traumas of her past, but when her mentally ill roommate turns up dead and the police quickly run out of clues, she and her housemates decide to take matters into their own hands. The only problem is that these amateur sleuths can’t synchronize their watches (because they share only one amongst them), and it’s hard to tail suspects when you don’t even have bus fare. Despite the many obstacles, the Leoni team is determined to solve the murder case of their dear but vulnerable friend. Truly a mystery like no other, Last Stop Sunnyside will thrill you with its original voice, gritty narrative and gripping plot twists.

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HarperCollins Canada

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1554689112

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9781554689118

HR and Marketing Power Partners

By: Will Ruch,Pat Nazemetz

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HR and Marketing Power Partners

By: Will Ruch,Pat Nazemetz

HR and Marketing have transformed themselves into disciplines with a strategic voice. Now it's time they team up for even greater business performance. HR and Marketing: Power Partners will energize a new relationship based on a shared interest in loyalty and engagement. Power Partners is the brainchild of real-life collaborators Patricia Nazemetz, former CHRO, Xerox Corporation and Will Ruch, CEO of Versant, a full-service branding and marketing firm. Nazemetz and Ruch joined forces on internal branding that inspired employee loyalty, commitment and 110% effort. Through in-depth interviews with the nation's top executives, Nazemetz and Ruch share the secrets to HR-Marketing collaboration and the business value it can bring to every organization. & ;& ;Social media has moved branding into the hands of individuals, leaving corporations to participate in, rather than control, their own reputation. How do organizations respond in this changing environment to ensure that customer loyalty and employee commitment will continue? & ;HR and Marketing: Power Partners shines light on the power HR and Marketing have to achieve these business goals by driving their corporate brand together. For HR professionals, Power Partners is a valuable resource on ways to re-invent the employee value proposition to reach today's talent pool. It's also a must-read for marketing executives and corporate leaders who recognize that talent is what ultimately fuels business success.& ;& ;For HR executives and frontline leaders& ;- Power up your talent acquisition and retention& ;- Inspire loyalty, commitment and 110% effort& ;- Drive talent strategy that adds direct business value& ;& ;For Marketing professionals& ;- Make your brand a talent magnet& ;- Engage employees that can reflect the brand& ;- Build customer loyalty& ;& ;For Corporate leaders& ;- Attract the talent that fuels business strategy& ;- Align employees with business goals& ;- Create your competitive advantage

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Will Ruch; Pat Nazemetz

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0985605308

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9780985605308

Montana

By: Pat Williams

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Montana

By: Pat Williams

Experience the glory and magnificence of the Big Sky state through the dramatic color photography of MONTANA. Noted photographer and longtime Montana resident Salvatore Vasapolli turns his lens on one of the most picturesque states in the country. Travel from spectacular Glacier National Park, through the majesty of the Rocky Mountains, to the grandeur of Custer National Forest and the sheer beauty of Yellowstone National Park. Exquisite photos reveal the state's breathtaking natural beauty in smooth-surfaced lakes, glistening glaciers, towering mountains, and twisting rivers. An essay by former United States Congressman Pat Williams evokes the magnificence of Montana with its open landscapes, untamed wilderness, and friendly people.

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Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.

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1558686967

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9781558686960

The Little Book That Builds Wealth

By: Pat Dorsey

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The Little Book That Builds Wealth

By: Pat Dorsey

A practical handbook explains how to build an economic moat--or competitive advantage--that can be applied to any investment situation to find companies that possess good growth fundamentals as well as an attractive stock price.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459607155

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9781459607156

Our Oldest Companions

The Story of the First Dogs

By: Pat Shipman

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Our Oldest Companions

The Story of the First Dogs

By: Pat Shipman

How did the dog become man’s best friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the history of both species. Dogs and humans have been inseparable for more than 40,000 years. The relationship has proved to be a pivotal development in our evolutionary history. The same is also true for our canine friends; our connection with them has had much to do with their essential nature and survival. How and why did humans and dogs find their futures together, and how have these close companions (literally) shaped each other? Award-winning anthropologist Pat Shipman finds answers in prehistory and the present day. In Our Oldest Companions, Shipman untangles the genetic and archaeological evidence of the first dogs. She follows the trail of the wolf-dog, neither prehistoric wolf nor modern dog, whose bones offer tantalizing clues about the earliest stages of domestication. She considers the enigma of the dingo, not quite domesticated yet not entirely wild, who has lived intimately with humans for thousands of years while actively resisting control or training. Shipman tells how scientists are shedding new light on the origins of the unique relationship between our two species, revealing how deep bonds formed between humans and canines as our guardians, playmates, shepherds, and hunters. Along the journey together, dogs have changed physically, behaviorally, and emotionally, as humans too have been transformed. Dogs’ labor dramatically expanded the range of human capability, altering our diets and habitats and contributing to our very survival. Shipman proves that we cannot understand our own history as a species without recognizing the central role that dogs have played in it.

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Harvard University Press

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0674269934

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9780674269934

Long Train Runnin'

Our Story of The Doobie Brothers

By: Pat Simmons,Tom Johnston

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Long Train Runnin'

Our Story of The Doobie Brothers

By: Pat Simmons,Tom Johnston

For the first time, the incredible true story of the legendary band, the Doobie Brothers, written by founding members Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston. Only a very few rock bands have had the longevity, success, and drama of the Doobie Brothers. Born out of late 1960s NorCal, and led by Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston, they stood alongside their contemporaries the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, and many others as an iconic American rock band. The train was rolling along, hits were flowing like wine, and arenas were packed with fans who wanted to see them live...then Tom Johnston, the band’s front man and lead guitarist, became ill and had to leave. The Doobies' train came to a screeching halt. All of a sudden the band started contemplating the end of the road only seven years into their career, just as things were taking off. But Pat Simmons made sure they were far from the end and began the process of keeping the band together through most of the next decade. A soul-steeped backup singer for Steely Dan named Michael McDonald took a shot at singing some of the Doobies' songs on tour, and just like that a new chapter in the Doobie Brothers' story began. The band expanded their sound and had even more hits with their new front addition. Tom recovered from his health issues, but the band had moved on. When it came time for a reunion concert in the ’80s, Tom got the call and was back in the mix. Led once again by Pat and Tom, the Doobie Brothers have been touring ever since and maintain a massive fan base the world over. Never before have Pat and Tom shared their story, in their own words. In Long Train Runnin’ they’ll change that.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250270065

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9781250270061

Containment and Credibility

The Ideology and Deception That Plunged America into the Vietnam War

By: Pat Proctor

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Containment and Credibility

The Ideology and Deception That Plunged America into the Vietnam War

By: Pat Proctor

Is it possible that a president and his administration would purposefully mislead the American public so that they could commit the United States to a war that is not theirs to fight? Anyone with even a remote memory of the phrase “weapons of mass destruction” probably finds such a question naive. On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War, those with longer memories would consider the unquestioning acceptance of Saddam Hussein’s “gathering threat” even more naive. Providing historical context that highlights how the decision to use force is made, as well as how it is “sold,” Containment and Credibility explores how the half-truths and outright lies of both the Johnson and Nixon administrations brought us into a conflict that cost more than fifty thousand American lives over eight years. As we consider how best to confront the growing threat of ISIS, it is increasingly important for the public to understand how we were convinced to go to war in the past. In the 1960s, the domino theory warning of the spread of communism provided the rationale for war, followed by the deception of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the resulting resolution that essentially gave LBJ a blank check. This book will show how this deception ultimately led to the unraveling of the Johnson presidency and will explore the credibility gap that led to the public political debate of that time. Containment and Credibility applies the lessons of the sixties to today’s similar debates regarding military involvement. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Skyhorse

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1631440578

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9781631440571

Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada

International Perspectives

By: Pat Armstrong

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Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada

International Perspectives

By: Pat Armstrong

Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada explores why health care is a woman's issue and seeks to address gender equity in health services. Written by members of Women and Health Care Reform (WHCR), this collection establishes the importance of including gender in discussions and decisions surrounding health sector reform. In twelve concise chapters, Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada addresses a wide range of issues, including obesity, maternity care, mental health of health care workers, and private health insurance. This thought-provoking collection is an essential read for students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, health sciences, sociology, and nursing, as well as for anyone who is looking for a new picture of health care in Canada.

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Canadian Scholars’ Press

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0889614857

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9780889614857

100 Things Florida Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By: Pat Dooley

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100 Things Florida Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By: Pat Dooley

This guidebook to all things Gators reveals the most critical moments and important facts about past and present players, coaches, and teams that are part of the storied history that is Florida football. Throughout the pages, readers will find pep talks, records, and Gators lore to test their knowledge, including Steve Spurrier's 1966 Heisman Trophy season and how the quarterback-turned-head coach returned to build one of the nation's elite programs in the 1990s; the teams' unforgettable 1996 championship season, when Spurrier and quarterback Danny Wuerffel led one of the most prolific offenses in college football history; and the Gators' return to the top in 2006 and 2008 behind head coach Urban Meyer and legendary quarterback Tim Tebow. Die-hard fans from the days of Spurrier behind center and new supporters of head coach Will Muschamp's squad alike will appreciate this book that contains everything University of Florida fans should know, see, and do in their lifetime.

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Triumph Books

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1623682932

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9781623682934

Fergus

A Scottish Town By Birthright

By: Pat Mestern

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Fergus

A Scottish Town By Birthright

By: Pat Mestern

Pat Mestern, author of several earlier books and an ardent booster of her hometown, has produced an entertaining personal account of Fergus, while maintaining the historical perspective and utilizing the rich oral history of the area. Her lighter look at some of the characters and the escapades that add flavour to life in small-town Ontario make this a delightful read. Ghost stories and "the legacy of the one-legged chickens" are memorable examples of her Fergus. The settlement of Fergus, originally known as Little Falls, was founded by two Lowland Scots, Adam Fergusson and James Webster, both advocates by profession. The practice they introduced of giving all new streets Scottish names is still maintained by the local council. "I first met Pat Mestern back in 1988 when I arrived in Fergus, Ontario, to perform at the Highland Games. Her gracious reception was the aperture to a community which directly conveyed to me a sense of 'The Auld Country.' The charm of the town and its surroundings along with the enthusiastic greeting I received from the audience is remembered well and has endeared the people of Fergus to me. I am delighted that this community now has a publication to portray its history so that kindred Celts can discover this 'Wee Bit o' Scotland' in Canada." - Alex Beaton, Glenfinnan Music Ltd., Woodland Hills, California.

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Dundurn

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1770706399

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9781770706392

Celtic: Pride and Passion

By: Jim Craig,Pat Woods

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Celtic: Pride and Passion

By: Jim Craig,Pat Woods

Celtic Football Club’s story is laced with drama and excitement, featuring a host of colourful individuals and a social history matched by few, if any, football clubs. In Celtic: Pride and Passion, Lisbon Lion Jim Craig and Pat Woods, a historian of the club, take a fresh look at several lesser-known episodes in Celtic’s history, including: the fascinating link between Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and a dramatic Ne’erday match at Celtic Park; the unforgettable night the ‘playboy of the Eastern world’ lit up Parkhead with a performance that helped to sow the seeds for a revolution at the club; the remarkable story of a trophy that was such a source of friction that the club kept it locked in a safe; and the pivotal year in which the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers took on a darker hue. They also recount the revealing story, told through the eyes of the European press, of how Celtic captivated a continent in the annus mirabilis of 1967. Celtic: Pride and Passion is a book that no discerning fan of Celtic Football Club will want to be without.

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Random House

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178057763X

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Hotel Convention Sales, Services and Operations

By: Pat Golden-Romero

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Hotel Convention Sales, Services and Operations

By: Pat Golden-Romero

This text provides a comprehensive look at the fast growing meetings and convention market segment. A useful “how- to” guide, it takes students through all aspects of selling and servicing a convention at a hotel or other group meeting facility. In addition, it profiles the customer for meetings and conventions, the planners in charge of site selection, and facilities they commonly use. Also includes “Industry Insiders” planning tips and case studies direct from professionals in Convention Services departments.

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The Magic of Teamwork

Proven Principles for Building a Winning Team

By: Pat Williams

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The Magic of Teamwork

Proven Principles for Building a Winning Team

By: Pat Williams

In his motivational and easy-to-read style, Pat Williams once again articulates the universal lessons to be learned from the world of sports. As an 'old QB,' I was reminded of my won experiences and the valuable lessons on the 'fields of friendly strife.' Anyone committed to being a part of a team or building a team must read The Magic of Teamwork." Jack Kemp, Vice President Candidate 1996 and Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

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Chicago Street Cop

Amazing True Stories from the Mean Streets of Chicago and Beyond

By: Pat McCarthy

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Chicago Street Cop

Amazing True Stories from the Mean Streets of Chicago and Beyond

By: Pat McCarthy

Surviving a career in law enforcement involves a considerable amount of natural instinct, skill, luck, and intellect. Fortunately for Pat McCarthy, he possessed all of these, some more than others, at different times.

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The Boo

A Tribute to the Man Who Ruled the Citadel

By: Pat Conroy

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The Boo

A Tribute to the Man Who Ruled the Citadel

By: Pat Conroy

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s story about life at the Citadel in the 1960s, a profound exploration of what it means to be a man of honor. Lt. Col. Nugent Courvoisie, known to the cadets as “the Boo,” is an imposing and inspiring leader at the South Carolina military academy, the Citadel. A harsh disciplinarian but a compassionate mentor, he guides and inspires his young charges. Cadet Peter Cates is an anomaly. He is a gifted writer, a talented basketball player, and a good student, but his outward successes do little to impress his abusive father. The Boo takes Cates under his wing, but their bond is threatened when they’re forced to confront an act of violence on campus. Drawn from Pat Conroy’s own experiences as a student at the Citadel, The Boo is an unforgettable story about duty, loyalty, and standing up for what is right in the face of overwhelming circumstances.

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Enhancing the Managerial DNA of Your Small Business

By: Pat Roberson-Saunders,Barron H. Harvey

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Enhancing the Managerial DNA of Your Small Business

By: Pat Roberson-Saunders,Barron H. Harvey

Most people who start businesses do so with little or no experience and no formal education in business or management training. If this sounds familiar, this book has been written expressly for you and anyone who aspires to create a business. This book fills some critical gaps in managerial knowledge that cause many of the problems that small business owners face as they try to navigate the business world with inadequate knowledge of how to manage a business. Inside, you will learn five core topics that will make the difference between success and failure: strategic planning, financing, marketing, managing cash flow, and managing costs. This book also incorporates three topics that are very important to small businesses: break-even analysis, legal business structures, and intellectual property protection.

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Business Expert Press

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1606495518

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Nothing Good Happens After Midnight

By: Pat and Jack Stewart

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Nothing Good Happens After Midnight

By: Pat and Jack Stewart

A house full of five teenagers and two preteens is a recipe for trouble anywhere, anytime. but when the Stewarts move their clan from mid-America to live in central France, it becomes rip-roaring hilarious, too funny for words. The boisterous high-jinks carry on when the family returns to the deep South to lead a "normal" life. Until grandchildren come along. New challenges arise on each page for this quirky but lovable family. Side-splitting humor is balanced with a strong dose of how to raise kids that will benefit today's modern parents.

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Explorer's Guide Vermont (Fifteenth Edition)

By: Lisa Halvorsen,Pat Goudey O'Brien,Christina Tree

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Explorer's Guide Vermont (Fifteenth Edition)

By: Lisa Halvorsen,Pat Goudey O'Brien,Christina Tree

Guiding you to the best of everything in Vermont for over 30 years! Back in its fifteenth edition, Explorer’s Guide Vermont endures as the most comprehensive and up- to- date guide to this popular New England state. With it in hand, experience the many natural and cultural wonders that make Vermont such a timeless, year- round vacation destination. Although Explorer’s Guide Vermont covers the entire Green Mountain State, the authors pride themselves on their detailed coverage of the less- traveled areas, especially the Northeast Kingdom. You’ll also find in- depth descriptions of major Vermont destinations like Burlington, Brattleboro, Manchester, and Woodstock. They highlight the most interesting and rewarding places to visit, whether on back roads or in bigger cities— artists’ studios, family farms, and historic sites among them. This guide provides great recommendations for every activity—biking; hiking and swimming; skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding; horseback riding, fishing, and paddling— and many more, both on and off the beaten track.

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168268167X

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Final Countdown

NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program

By: Pat Duggins

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Final Countdown

NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program

By: Pat Duggins

The Space Shuttle was once the cornerstone of the U.S. space program. However, each new flight brings us one step closer to the retirement of the shuttle in 2010. Final Countdown is the riveting history of NASA's Space Shuttle program, its missions, and its impending demise. It also examines the plans and early development of the space agency’s next major effort: the Orion Crew Exploration Capsule. Journalist Pat Duggins, National Public Radio's resident "space expert," chronicles the planning stages of the shuttle program in the early 1970s, the thrills of the first flight in 1981, construction of the International Space Station in the 1990s, and the decision in the early 2000s to shut it down. As a rookie reporter visiting the Kennedy Space Center hangar to view the Challenger wreckage, Duggins was in a unique position to offer a poignant eyewitness account of NASA's first shuttle disaster. In Final Countdown, he recounts the agency's struggle to rebound after the Challenger and Columbia tragedies, and explores how politics, scientific entrepreneurship, and the human drive for exploration have impacted the program in sometimes unexpected ways. Duggins has covered eighty-six shuttle missions, and his twenty-year working relationship with NASA has given him unprecedented access to personnel. Many spoke openly and frankly with him, including veteran astronaut John Young, who discusses the travails to get the shuttle program off the ground. Young's crewmate, astronaut Bob Crippen, reveals the frustration and loss he felt when his first opportunity to go into space on the first planned space station was taken away. As the shuttle program winds down, more astronauts may face similar disappointments. Final Countdown is a story of lost dreams, new hopes, and the ongoing conquest of space.

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University Press of Florida

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0813040787

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Protect Your Digital Privacy!

Survival Skills for the Information Age

By: Glee Harrah Cady,Pat McGregor

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Protect Your Digital Privacy!

Survival Skills for the Information Age

By: Glee Harrah Cady,Pat McGregor

Discusses such electronic privacy concerns as what privacy is, how it relates to individuals, laws and regulations, identity theft, monitoring devices, and how to protect Internet transactions.

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Que Publishing

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0789726041

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Showtime

The Inside Story of Fianna Fáil in Power

By: Pat Leahy

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The Inside Story of Fianna Fáil in Power

By: Pat Leahy

In boom and in bust, Ireland has been led by Fianna Fáil. Showtime gets behind the party's remarkable dominance of the political landscape and leading political writer Pat Leahy, tells the gripping story of how it won, kept and has used power since the mid-1990s. Showtime explains how Fianna Fáil operated during the boom years - from November 1994, when Bertie Ahern assumed leadership of a battered party, expecting to become Taoiseach but instead finding himself cast into opposition, to the day he relinquished the party leadership on the brink of the bust. For a decade after it achieved power in 1997, Fianna Fáil led the government during an unprecedented economic boom and enjoyed riches beyond the wildest dreams of any previous administration. Showtime reveals how government really worked in these years: the favours, the grudges, the backroom deals, the political strokes, the policy compromises and the choices that have led the country to where it is today. Showtime is politics in the raw: the exciting, enlightening and sometimes disturbing story of a remarkable era that changed the face of modern Ireland.

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Penguin UK

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0141931906

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Diagnosis

Interpreting the Shadows

By: Pat Croskerry,Karen Cosby,Mark L. Graber,Hardeep Singh

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Diagnosis

Interpreting the Shadows

By: Pat Croskerry,Karen Cosby,Mark L. Graber,Hardeep Singh

Despite diagnosis being the key feature of a physician's clinical performance, this is the first book that deals specifically with the topic. In recent years, however, considerable interest has been shown in this area and significant developments have occurred in two main areas: a) an awareness and increasing understanding of the critical role of clinical decision making in the process of diagnosis, and of the multiple factors that impact it, and b) a similar appreciation of the role of the healthcare system in supporting clinicians in their efforts to make accurate diagnoses. Although medicine has seen major gains in knowledge and technology over the last few decades, there is a consensus that the diagnostic failure rate remains in the order of 10-15%. This book provides an overview of the major issues in this area, in particular focusing on where the diagnostic process fails, and where improvements might be made.

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CRC Press

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135165019X

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The Power of the Social Brain

Teaching, Learning, and Interdependent Thinking

By: Arthur L. Costa,Pat Wilson O'Leary

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The Power of the Social Brain

Teaching, Learning, and Interdependent Thinking

By: Arthur L. Costa,Pat Wilson O'Leary

Cooperative learning has been demonstrated by research to be one of the most highly effective teaching strategies, but simply putting students in a group is not enough. The authors of The Power of the Social Brain see interdependent thinking as the missing piece of the collaborative puzzle. This authoritative book provides research from the neurosciences and education along with practical strategies to help groups function more effectively and thoughtfully. By adding the cognitive dimension to cooperative learning, this book will help readers apply strategies of successful group work in classrooms and professional educational learning communities.

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Teachers College Press

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0807771627

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The Pyramid Cookbook

Pleasures of the Food Guide Pyramid

By: Pat Baird

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The Pyramid Cookbook

Pleasures of the Food Guide Pyramid

By: Pat Baird

Americans want to put the pleasure back into food and Pat Baird will show you how to make the Food Guide Pyramid work for you.

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Macmillan

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0805071121

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The Perfect Distance

Ovett and Coe: The Record Breaking Rivalry

By: Pat Butcher

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The Perfect Distance

Ovett and Coe: The Record Breaking Rivalry

By: Pat Butcher

The definitive, fully authorised story of the record-breaking rivalry between London Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett. Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe presided over the golden era of British athletics. Between them they won three Olympic gold medals, two silvers, one bronze and broke a total of twelve middle-distance records. They were part of the landscape of the late seventies and early eighties -- both household names, their exploits were watched by millions. As far apart as possible in terms of class and upbringing -- Ovett is the art student, the long-haired son of a market-trader from Brighton, a natural athlete; Coe's formative years were spent under the rigorous training routine of Peter Coe, a self-taught trainer who referred to his son as 'my athlete' -- their rivalry burned as intense on the track as away from it. The pendulum swung between the pair of them -- each breaking the other's records, and, memorably, triumphing in each other's events in Moscow in 1980 -- for the best part of a decade, until the final showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 . . . The Perfect Distance is both a detailed re-creation and a fitting celebration of the greatest era of British athletics.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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1780225318

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Indy 500 Recaps

The Short Chute Edition

By: Pat Kennedy

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Indy 500 Recaps

The Short Chute Edition

By: Pat Kennedy

This book started as a self-serving exercise to personally organize the major details and interesting facts of each Indianapolis 500 over the hundred-plus-year history of the greatest race in the world. For many of us passionate racing fans who have attended a multitude of 500s, there is a tendency for the details of the races to (somewhat) blend together. I hope this book will help to provide clarity in this regard as well as educate. During high school, many of us chose to use CliffsNotes to assist in the education process. This book is somewhat patterned after that concept. It falls somewhere between Donald Davidson and Rick Schaffer—the best and by far the most detailed book on the history of the Indianapolis 500—and a multitude of pictorial books with limited information. I hope it will prove to be an easy read with entertaining and educational information.

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1728348404

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Ruth

By: Pat Mosel

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Ruth

By: Pat Mosel

I shook my head . . . not wanting . . . not able to open my mouth because if I did, I was afraid I would scream." These were Ruth's words when she was invited to party on reaching the Rhodesian-South African Border in an armed convoy in wartime, prior to Zimbabwean independence in 1980. Before Ruth left her homeland, an African witch doctor--a woman dressed all in white--threw the bones for her. the witch doctor's wild eyes said it all. She recoiled and refused to interpret what she saw in the scattering of bones, seeds, and pods in front of her. Ruth was left anticipating an unspeakable future. Living in the Scottish Borders years later, married to the devious and hardhearted Max, who subjects her to psychological abuse, Ruth faces both the disintegration of her marriage and the death of her husband. She will have to leave the marital home in its idyllic setting . . . "leave all that is familiar and all that belongs in places, in corners of a room." She had done this before--lost an environment and a history.

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