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Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City in Nineteenth-century Australia

By: Tim Murray,Penny Crook

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Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City in Nineteenth-century Australia

By: Tim Murray,Penny Crook

This book presents research into the urban archaeology of 19th-century Australia. It focuses on the detailed archaeology of 20 cesspits in The Rocks area of Sydney and the Commonwealth Block site in Melbourne. It also includes discussions of a significant site in Sydney – First Government House. The book is anchored around a detailed comparison of contents of 20 cesspits created during the 19th century, and examines patterns of similarity and dissimilarity, presenting analyses that work towards an integration of historical and archaeological data and perspectives. The book also outlines a transnational framework of comparison that assists in the larger context related to building a truly global archaeology of the modern city. This framework is directly related a multi-scalar approach to urban archaeology. Historical archaeologists have been advocating the need to explore the archaeology of the modern city using several different scales or frames of reference. The most popular (and most basic) of these has been the household. However, it has also been acknowledged that interpreting the archaeology of households beyond the notion that every household and associated archaeological assemblage is unique requires archaeologists and historians to compare and contrast, and to establish patterns. These comparisons frequently occur at the level of the area or district in the same city, where archaeologists seek to derive patterns that might be explained as being the result of status, class, ethnicity, or ideology. Other less frequent comparisons occur at larger scales, for example between cities or countries, acknowledging that the archaeology of the modern western city is also the archaeology of modern global forces of production, consumption, trade, immigration and ideology formation. This book makes a contribution to that general literature

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Springer Nature

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3030271692

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Constructing Girlhood

Popular Magazines For Girls Growing Up In England, 1920-1950

By: Penny Tinkler

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Constructing Girlhood

Popular Magazines For Girls Growing Up In England, 1920-1950

By: Penny Tinkler

This text explores the contribution of magazines to the social construction of female adolescence during a historical period of rapid change and locates the role of magazines in the lives of contemporary girls. In addressing this theme, the book explores the changing social, economic, political and cultural conditions which shaped, and continue to influence, the experience of girlhood. The author discusses key concepts such as adolescence and "girlhood" and outlines theories concerning the interpretation of gender relations, cultural production, meaning and reading.; The chapters use life-course events and changes such as schooling, work, entrance into relationships, marriage and motherhood as their main themes. The author discusses the importance attached to age and social class for the form and content of the magazines and explores the interlinked factors which contributed to decisions about what were legitimate concerns for girls - for example, publisher's objectives and culture; reader interests; and ideologies of femininity. The final chapter outlines the patterns of leisure consumption in this era, providing insights into the changing role of leisure in today's society.

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Taylor & Francis

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113534454X

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Late Roman Warlords

By: Penny MacGeorge

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Late Roman Warlords

By: Penny MacGeorge

Late Roman Warlords reconstructs the careers of some of the men who shaped (and were shaped by) the last quarter century of the Western Empire. There is a need for a new investigation of these warlords based on primary sources and including recent historical debates and theories. The difficult sources for this period have been analysed (and translated as necessary) to produce a chronological account, and relevant archaeological and numismatic evidence has been utilised. An overview of earlier warlords, including Aetius, is followed by three studies of individual warlords and the regions they dominated. The first covers Dalmatia and Marcellinus, its ruler during the 450s and 460s. A major theme is the question of Marcellinus' western or eastern affiliations: using an often-ignored Greek source, Penny MacGeorge suggests a new interpretation. The second part is concerned with the Gallic general Aegidius and his son Syagrius, who ruled in northern Gaul, probably from Soissons. This extends to AD 486 (well after the fall of the Western Empire). The problem of the existence or non-existence of a 'kingdom of Soissons' is discussed, introducing evidence from the Merovingian period, and a solution put forward. This section also looks at how the political situation in northern Gaul might throw light on contemporary post-Roman Britain. The third study is of the barbarian patrician Ricimer, defender of Italy, and his successors (the Burgundian prince Gundobad and Orestes, a former employee of Attila) down to the coup of 476 by which Odovacer became the first barbarian king of Italy. This includes discussion of the character and motivation of Ricimer, particularly in relation to the emperors he promoted and destroyed, and of how historians' assessments of him have changed over time.

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OUP Oxford

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0191530913

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Beard in Hiding

By: Penny Reid

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Beard in Hiding

By: Penny Reid

Propositioning the Iron Wraiths’ money man seemed like a good idea at the time… Diane Donner—recently divorced pillar of polite society—is craving danger. She’s tired of playing it safe and she knows just the sexy criminal motorcycle man to proposition for a good time. Problem is, she doesn’t actually know his name. Jason “Repo” Doe never takes risks. So when the queen of local commerce walks into his club, looking to get risky and frisky, Jason knows the smartest thing to do is save himself a headache while saving the new divorcee from her worst impulses. But then one thing leads to another, and the memory of just-one-night doesn’t feel like enough. Theirs is a story with no future, because how can a dangerous criminal win (and keep) a queen? ‘Beard In Hiding’ is book #4.5 in the Winston Brothers series, is a full length contemporary romantic comedy about two lost souls in their 40s, and is a companion novel to the Winston Brothers and Solving for Pie series. If you want to get the full immersive Green Valley world experience, I recommend reading ‘Truth or Beard,’ ‘Beard Science,’ ‘Engagement and Espionage,’ and ‘Marriage and Murder’ beforehand. ‘Beard In Hiding’ contains spoilers for these four books (in specific).

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Cipher-Naught

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1942874790

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Roads

An Anthropology of Infrastructure and Expertise

By: Penny Harvey,Hannah Knox

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Roads

An Anthropology of Infrastructure and Expertise

By: Penny Harvey,Hannah Knox

Roads matter to people. This claim is central to the work of Penny Harvey and Hannah Knox, who in this book use the example of highway building in South America to explore what large public infrastructural projects can tell us about contemporary state formation, social relations, and emerging political economies.Roads focuses on two main sites: the interoceanic highway currently under construction between Brazil and Peru, a major public/private collaboration that is being realized within new, internationally ratified regulatory standards; and a recently completed one-hundred-kilometer stretch of highway between Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon, and a small town called Nauta, one of the earliest colonial settlements in the Amazon. The Iquitos-Nauta highway is one of the most expensive roads per kilometer on the planet.Combining ethnographic and historical research, Harvey and Knox shed light on the work of engineers and scientists, bureaucrats and construction company officials. They describe how local populations anticipated each of the road projects, even getting deeply involved in questions of exact routing as worries arose that the road would benefit some more than others. Connectivity was a key recurring theme as people imagined the prosperity that will come by being connected to other parts of the country and with other parts of the world. Sweeping in scope and conceptually ambitious, Roads tells a story of global flows of money, goods, and people—and of attempts to stabilize inherently unstable physical and social environments.

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Cornell University Press

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0801456452

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My Dozen Divorces Finding Heavenly Bliss After the Fiery Abyss

By: Penny Powell

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My Dozen Divorces Finding Heavenly Bliss After the Fiery Abyss

By: Penny Powell

A true story of a woman taking her journey through life and the foundation that imprints on her choices. Beginning with her childhood, you see the world through her eyes. She makes life altering decisions quickly without considering the consequences. Impetuous, she leaps forward, focused on the present and without any concern for the future. With complete lack of confidence, she begins to fall down into the pit of destruction and despair. She runs faster and faster searching for peace. Alcohol and drugs become her escape, until she realizes she is on a dead end path.

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1499071493

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Shrapnel of the Soul and Redemption

By: Pepper Martin, Penny Lane

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Shrapnel of the Soul and Redemption

By: Pepper Martin, Penny Lane

This story is a personal reflection on the life of Pepper Martin, professional wrestler, football player, actor, producer, writer, husband, father, and grandfather and the guy next door. Pepper is a self-made man with little formal education whose life was marked by violence, controversy, physical pain, and emotional suffering. The shrapnel of his soul began for him at age seven and a half and his journey through redemption to the Lord will resonate with most anyone who recognizes the similarities in their own lives. The story of his childhood as the son of a Canadian bootlegger, life on the road as a professional athlete, the many women who crossed his path, the stars he befriended as an actor, his ties to organized crime both in the United States and Asia, the love of his family, and his eventful relationship with the Lord in his attempt to remove the shrapnel from his soul will astound the reader.

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1682894517

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Under the Queen's Colours

Voices from the Forces, 1952-2012

By: Penny Legg

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Under the Queen's Colours

Voices from the Forces, 1952-2012

By: Penny Legg

In 1952, Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne and became the Sovereign Head of the Armed Forces. In the sixty years of her reign so far, there have been thousands of conscripts and regular service personnel who have served under her Colours all over the globe. This book is not just about war, but the everyday lives of those who serve on land, sea and in the air. Service men and women recall their experiences from the years after the Second World War to the Falklands War in 1982, through to modern military service at the end of a millennium and into the first years of the twenty-first century. From life in barracks at home and overseas, in a variety of hot and not-so-hot spots, to being on the frontline in major conflicts worldwide, from Kenya to Afghanistan. Male and female service personnel talk candidly about their experiences, offering a unique glimpse into a world in which they often risk their lives at a moment's notice. Their stories are often laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes deeply moving and always inspiring. Under the Queen's Colours is both a celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and a salute to the men and women who have served and continue to serve her.

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The History Press

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0752486551

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9780752486550

A Widow’s Kiss

By: Penny Benjamin

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A Widow’s Kiss

By: Penny Benjamin

Cara Danforth, a beautiful young woman with a fiery temper and the tenacity to match, is setting out to save her beloved home, Danforth House, and protect her three siblings from the ruination left in the wake of their father’s death. Piecing together reasons for their current economic state, Cara devises a plan to take back what was rightfully theirs. Arriving home after years in the field, Roland Acworth, the Duke of Fairhaven, pondered his current situation. He was a spy not a guardian. What on earth was he going to do with four small children? It would appear, he would have time to figure it out. For before he could venture to Danforth Estates, Roland’s superiors tasked him with finding the thief responsible for a string of robberies amongst England’s elite.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1638294232

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Holford

A study in architecture, planning and civic design

By: Gordon Cherry,L. Penny

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A study in architecture, planning and civic design

By: Gordon Cherry,L. Penny

Through a biography of this major architect, planner and civic designer, the authors provide a fascinating analysis of the developments in British architecture and planning from the 1930's to the 1970's.

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Routledge

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1135753490

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The God of the Mountain

The True Story Behind the Discoveries at the Real Mount Sinai

By: Penny Cox Caldwell

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The God of the Mountain

The True Story Behind the Discoveries at the Real Mount Sinai

By: Penny Cox Caldwell

The Exodus Conspiracy, Mountain of Fire, and numerous other films have been produced about the search for and amazing discovery of the real Mt. Sinai, but there has been a hidden source of evidence for all of them. Penny Cox Caldwell and her family have been investigating Mt. Sinai since 1992, and have more boots on the ground time in Arabia than any other explorers known. The God of the Mountain is the true story of their discoveries, taken right from Penny's journal.

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Bridge Logos Foundation

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0882706055

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9780882706054

Beard Necessities

A Small Town Romantic Comedy

By: Penny Reid

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Beard Necessities

A Small Town Romantic Comedy

By: Penny Reid

Billy Winston’s family is going to see him happy and in love if it’s the last thing they do. No one deserves a happily-ever-after quite as much as the second oldest Winston brother and his lady love, Claire McClure (aka Scarlet St. Claire). Cruelty and circumstance tore them apart almost twenty years ago. Secrecy and bitterness kept them separated. But you know who’s tired of their separation and stubbornness? Everyone. Especially Billy Winston’s family. And now they’re going to do something about it. Well-meaning interference means the star-crossed lovers can’t stop tripping over each other in the hills of Tuscany, the catacombs of Rome, and the waterways of Venice. Billy and Claire find themselves thrown together and at the mercy of the Winston siblings’ shenanigans. But will their forced proximity bring them together? Or push them even further apart? This second-chance romance brings back the entire Winston gang, playing cupid in one last story of love, hi-jinks, and family collusion. BEARD NECESSITIES is a full-length contemporary romantic comedy, and can be read as a stand-alone, but it’s probably best read after books 0.5, 2, 3, 5, and 6 of the Winston Brothers series.

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Cipher-Naught

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1942874456

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Invasion: Eris

A Chuck, Yu, and Farley Book

By: Penny L. Samms

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Invasion: Eris

A Chuck, Yu, and Farley Book

By: Penny L. Samms

It has been a little over a month since aliens began attacking humans on Earth, forever changing Chuck Holloways adolescent life. Now, the aliens are abducting more humans than ever. Chuck, who has recently learned shocking secrets about his Grammys past and her connection with the aliens, continues on his terrifying adventure as he and his friend, Farley, flee from Earth to the safety of Yus dojo on planet Eris. As Chuck grieves over the loss of his good friend in the last battle with the aliens, he considers a future with the Planetary Space Agency. He and Farley regroup with the other humans to formulate a plan of retaliation against the aliens. Unfortunately, their plan is thwarted when they realize they have been tracked to Eris. When Chuck and Farley find themselves in unknown territory, they discover that Eris is not the safe haven they once believed. As an unexpected ally surfaces and presents Yu with what could be their only way of fighting the aliens, the humans prepare for the last stand against their enemy. Invasion: Eris is a suspenseful, action-packed story about battles, courage, fear, love, and death, as aliens plot to kill two teenagers and everyone they love.

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iUniverse

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1532016433

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Though This Be Madness

By: Penny Richards

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Though This Be Madness

By: Penny Richards

For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dazzling world of America’s 19th century elite in this lush, page-turning saga… Shakespearean actress turned Pinkerton detective Lilly Long and her reluctant partner, Cade McShane, travel to New Orleans to save a young widow from a fate worse than death… 1881, Chicago. Assigned to her second case as a Pinkerton, Lilly still needs to prove herself—both as a novice detective and as a woman in a man’s world. Ordered to once again work with Lilly, Cade needs to redeem himself for conduct unbecoming to a Pinkerton—a grief-driven drunken brawl. As if their forced partnership wasn’t bad enough, the agents must pose as husband and wife servants in the troubled household of a wealthy New Orleans family. An acting challenge if ever there was one… The elderly matriarch of the Fortenot family is convinced her grandson’s former widow has been unjustly committed to an insane asylum by her second husband. She believes the man is attempting to wrest the family fortune away from his new wife. Soon, behind the beautiful façade of the Fortenot mansion, the detectives uncover secrets, betrayal, voodoo curses—and murder. Even as Lilly and Cade chafe against their roles, they must work together to expose the true villain of this tragedy before the hapless widow faces her final curtain call.

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Kensington Books

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1496706056

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The Darkening Hour

By: Penny Hancock

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The Darkening Hour

By: Penny Hancock

Who do you trust? Meet Theodora. And Mona. Two women, from completely different walks of life, forced by circumstances to live together under one roof. Both women are at their wits' end, scared of losing the one thing that's most precious to them. So when tensions boil over, who will go to the most extreme lengths to survive? Will it be Theodora, finally breaking under the pressure? Or Mona, desperate to find a way out? In a tale of modern day slavery and paranoia, two women tell their sides of the story. Who do you trust? 'The author skilfully plays with [the two narrators'] versions of reality as this dark and brooding novel races towards its genuinely scary conclusion' Sunday Mirror 'Penny Hancock cranks up the tension in The Darkening Hours, so when a murder is committed we don't know who to believe. This thriller about a stressed-out radio presenter who demands more and more from her elderly father's put-upon carer is frighteningly plausible' Thriller of the Month, Good Housekeeping

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Simon and Schuster

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0857206265

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9780857206268

Linked

By: Penny Benjamin

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Linked

By: Penny Benjamin

Life has thrown a lot at Emma, is it any wonder she has found solace in the bottom of a bottle? Knowing she had to find a way back to the present, Emma fights her way to the surface only to find that love and future is steeped in the past. Dan was not looking for love when he went to DC to fight for the release of his ships. However, one look at the woman sitting across from him and he knew she was the part of him he had been searching for. His missing piece. Now, to convince someone he’d just met, someone with an obvious distaste for human connection, that she could not live without him.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1647506794

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Murder Will Speak

By: Penny Richards

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Murder Will Speak

By: Penny Richards

For fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dazzling world of America’s 19th century elite in this lush, page-turning saga… In 1880s Chicago, Shakespearean actress turned Pinkerton detective Lilly Long must play the part of a soiled dove to find a missing friend . . . As one of a handful of female operatives employed by legendary crime fighter Allan Pinkerton, Lilly draws on her theatrical training to go undercover in situations inaccessible to male detectives—much to the discomfort of her partner, Cade McShane. Their latest case takes them to the rough and rowdy bordellos that line Hell’s Half Acre in Fort Worth, Texas—truly the Wild West. This time the case is deeply personal. Lilly’s friend, Nora Nash, who traveled to Fort Worth as a mail-order bride, has instead been forced into prostitution. After a desperate call for help, Nora has gone missing. To find her, Lilly must revamp herself as a vamp and expose a seamy underworld of unspeakable secrets where anything goes. But she and Cade soon discover firsthand that lives are cheap in Hell’s Half Acre—including their own . . . Praise for Penny Richards and An Untimely Frost “A strong heroine and the intriguing Pinkertons make this historical mystery a cozy way to spend a weekend. Lilly Long’s independence and stubborn spirit will immediately endear her to many readers.” —RT Book Reviews (4 Stars) “Penny Richards has created a fascinating heroine, a great mystery,and an exceptional play on history.” —New York Times bestselling author, Heather Graham

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Kensington Books

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1496706072

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Drama King

By: Penny Reid

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Drama King

By: Penny Reid

Stuck with her off-limits, taciturn, hunky movie star client during a sudden snowstorm on Christmas Eve, an extremely capable and highly professional bodyguard must keep him alive and warm without letting the tension building between them get too hot. Bathsheba (Beth) Ryan can’t thank her best friend enough for helping her land the job of her dreams. After being relegated to second-string security for politicians in DC, being hired as an undercover personal security specialist by a giant Hollywood studio is exactly the kind of action she's always wanted. Until she meets her first assignment. Cyrus Malcom can’t thank his agent enough for arranging a blind date with seemingly the woman of his dreams. After spending the past several years playing all the parts and climbing all the ladders, the lonely mega movie star finds himself actually enjoying a night on the town for the first time in ages when he meets the gorgeous, funny, and genuine Ryaine O’Rourke. Until she shows up at his studio meeting the next day with a completely different name. A world-wide press tour and too many late-night parties later, Beth simply needs to get through a short, one-day visit during the Christmas holiday, and then she’ll be free of Cyrus Malcom’s confusing hot looks and cold shoulders for good. But just as they leave the airport, it starts to snow . . . ‘Drama King’ is the second book in the Three Kings Series, is a full-length, contemporary romantic comedy, and can be read as a complete standalone.

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1942874863

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Minneapolis Madams

The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront

By: Penny A. Petersen

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Minneapolis Madams

The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront

By: Penny A. Petersen

Sex, money, and politics—no, it’s not a thriller novel. Minneapolis Madams is the surprising and riveting account of the Minneapolis red-light district and the powerful madams who ran it. Penny Petersen brings to life this nearly forgotten chapter of Minneapolis history, tracing the story of how these “houses of ill fame” rose to prominence in the late nineteenth century and then were finally shut down in the early twentieth century. In their heyday Minneapolis brothels were not only open for business but constituted a substantial economic and political force in the city. Women of independent means, madams built custom bordellos to suit their tastes and exerted influence over leading figures and politicians. Petersen digs deep into city archives, period newspapers, and other primary sources to illuminate the Minneapolis sex trade and its opponents, bringing into focus the ideologies and economic concerns that shaped the lives of prostitutes, the men who used their services, and the social-purity reformers who sought to eradicate their trade altogether. Usually written off as deviants, madams were actually crucial components of a larger system of social control and regulation. These entrepreneurial women bought real estate, hired well-known architects and interior decorators to design their bordellos, and played an important part in the politics of the developing city. Petersen argues that we cannot understand Minneapolis unless we can grasp the scope and significance of its sex trade. She also provides intriguing glimpses into racial interactions within the vice economy, investigating an African American madam who possibly married into one of the city’s most prestigious families. Fascinating and rigorously researched, Minneapolis Madams is a true detective story and a key resource for anyone interested in the history of women, sexuality, and urban life in Minneapolis.

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0816688605

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Call of the Kingfisher

By: Nick Penny

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Call of the Kingfisher

By: Nick Penny

Call of the Kingfisher is the enchanting debut from composer and wildlife recordist, Nick Penny. This love letter to a short stretch of Northamptonshire’s River Nene celebrates all the wild things that live there, especially the kingfishers. Uniquely, it comes with bonus audio content to complement the text, accessed via QR codes. Nick has walked beside the river at Oundle for four decades. But for a whole year he gave the waterway all the time it asked for. The more attention he gave it, the more he saw the kingfishers and heard their high whistling calls. Set in a lovely but little-known part of England, Call of the Kingfisher relates a year by the river, the author’s experiences there and the different people he meets. Other strands are woven around the elusive feathered protagonist: explorations of local history and landscape, from Roman and Bronze Age sites to watermills and centuries-old stone churches; visits at different times and to different places in the valley; homages to naturalists who lived nearby; forest dawns and dusks listening to the precious song of nightingales. But the background tapestry is the sights and sounds, and greens and browns, of the riverbank, shot through with the blue and orange threads of a kingfisher’s glowing feathers. As a composer and wildlife recordist, Nick has a deep interest in sounds in the natural environment. He both uses the local landscape and wildlife sounds as inspiration, and brings fresh insights into the sounds of the countryside. The book includes access to a number of high-quality birdsong recordings made alongside the River Nene - audio soundbites of nature’s riches, from kingfishers and nightingales to owls and cuckoos. This is a book about the things that can be seen and heard when we approach nature with patience and curiosity. It celebrates people who have used that focus to help preserve wildlife and pass on their knowledge to future generations. Above all, Call of the Kingfisher serves as a call to appreciate what we’ve got, wherever we are, and to use our ears as much as our eyes when we experience the natural world.

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Bradt Travel Guides

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1804691119

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9781804691113

The Dilemma

By: Penny Vincenzi

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The Dilemma

By: Penny Vincenzi

Treachery and blackmail shake up a real estate mogul’s marriage in this debut novel by the #1 international–bestselling author of Sheer Abandon. All Francesca Channing must do in order to keep her marriage alive, her children safe, her life intact, is to tell a lie. One simple, straightforward lie. But it isn’t that simple or straightforward at all. Her husband is charismatic, powerful and rich—and he adores her. He’s also manipulative and scheming, with a family as large and complex as his business—Francesca is his third wife, after all. But it was an emotional crisis of her own which finally put Francesca’s dilemma into perspective, that made her wonder if she loved him enough to lie for him, that made her wonder how far she could go . . . Praise for Penny Vincenzi “Penny Vincenzi is poised to fill the gap in the American realm of Cinderella fiction. With so few current writers able to summon the quaint allure of such women's fiction without stooping to sensation.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times “Penny Vincenzi writes with verve and heart, immersing the reader in a world of engrossing and unforgettable glamour and passion.” —Dominick Dunne “Nobody writes smart, page-turning commercial women’s fiction like Vincenzi.” —USA Today “Satisfaction guaranteed.” —The Washington Post Book World

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1590207920

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Baby's Favorite Rhymes to Sign

By: Penny Warner

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Baby's Favorite Rhymes to Sign

By: Penny Warner

Features illustrations and instructions for learning how to augment a baby's pre-verbal communication and social skills by signing popular nursery rhymes and songs.

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0307460436

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Dream Angel How Stella Got Her Wings

By: Patricia Penny

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Dream Angel How Stella Got Her Wings

By: Patricia Penny

Stella sprout her wings to protect the family she loves all while she is pregnant. She learns how to forgive as well as how to fly; and how to mend broken hearts.

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1499064993

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It Happened at Christmas

An Anthology

By: Penny Jordan,Helen Brooks,Carol Wood

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It Happened at Christmas

An Anthology

By: Penny Jordan,Helen Brooks,Carol Wood

Experience the love, warmth and magic Christmas brings, with this heartwarming collection from three favorite Harlequin authorsSo much stands between Lancashire mill owner Haywood Denshaw and his new housekeeper Marianne Brown. But even disparate social standing and rumors of disreputable pasts can't get in the way of their love. Only Marianne's refusal to compromise her principles can, in a captivating story by PENNY JORDAN. Wealthy farmer Luke Hudson gets more than he bargained for when he plucks a destitute young woman from the workhouse. He may have rescued Connie Summers from a life of penury and hard labor, but her spirit and warmth give him a new outlook—and a second chance at love, in an enthralling story by HELEN BROOKS. Modern-thinking doctor Harry Fleet and compassionate but old-school nurse Tilly Dainty clash at the Tap House surgery in 1920s East London. But working together to care for the sick and needy turns out to be a healing balm on both their hearts, in an emotional story by CAROL WOOD.

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1426807392

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9781426807398

The Beach at Doonshean

By: Penny Feeny

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The Beach at Doonshean

By: Penny Feeny

In Ireland, the past never dies... Long ago, on a windswept Irish beach, a young father died saving the life of another man's child. Thirty years later, his widow, Julia, decides to return to this wild corner of Ireland to lay the past to rest. Her journey sparks others: her daughter Bel, an artist, joins her mother in Ireland, while son Matt and daughter-in-law Rachel, at home in Liverpool, embark on some soul-searching of their own. As the threads of past and present intertwine, Julia's family confront long-buried feelings of guilt, anger, fear and desire. Only then can they allow the crashing waves of the beach at Doonshean to bond them together once again. This is a grown-up, thoughtful family drama for fans of Maeve Binchy and Patricia Scanlan.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1788547322

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Her Shock Pregnancy Secret

By: Penny Jordan

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Her Shock Pregnancy Secret

By: Penny Jordan

Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author PennyJordan, originally published as Potential Danger in 1988 On holiday in Yorkshire with her daughter, London schoolteacher Kate Seton is shockedto see Silas Edwards. She didn't expect to see the father of her child again, but now he'srunning a project on a nearby estate there's no escaping his molten gaze. But Kate can't tell him the truth about the secret she carried, nor why she had lefthim suddenly eleven years before. Because surely after all this time she can't dare to dream that their youthful romancemight get a second chance…

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1488032130

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Deer Wedding

By: Penny Simpson

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Deer Wedding

By: Penny Simpson

Set in Split, Zagreb and Hvar in the Forties and the Nineties, sculptor Antun and student Dagmar are separately seeking truths about their parents. The novel explores how a country like Croatia could implode into violence; how history is still a living (and unspent) force for many, and how, when so much has been destroyed, may a future re-emerge.

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Y Lolfa

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1847717772

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9781847717771

Olympic Housing

A Critical Review of London 2012's Legacy

By: Penny Bernstock

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Olympic Housing

A Critical Review of London 2012's Legacy

By: Penny Bernstock

One of the distinguishing characteristics of London's bid to host the games was its commitment to legacy where it was argued that ’the legacy would lead to the regeneration of an entire community for the direct benefit of everyone who lives there’. This book adopts a critical approach to the concept of 'legacy' focussing specifically on housing. It argues there will be a range of both intended and unintended legacy outcomes and an urgent need for revised strategies if those original objectives are to be achieved. The concept of legacy is explored in a number of ways, including an overview of housing legacy in other host cities; the experiences and perspectives of those residents decanted to make way for the Olympic Park; a critical review of legacy plans; a detailed analysis of the conversion of the Athletes’ Village into housing; and a case study of the emerging area ’Stratford High Street’, which explores issues of social class change and the limitation of planning policies. Whilst taking housing as its focus, this book adopts a sociological perspective by exploring the likelihood of social class change in order to draw conclusions about 'gentrification', 'social polarisation' and the extent to which 'social inclusion' is reflected in housing legacies.

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Routledge

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1317085892

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9781317085898

Nurturing Yesterday's Child

A Portrayal of the Drake Collection of Paediatric History

By: Mary Spaulding,Penny Welch

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Nurturing Yesterday's Child

A Portrayal of the Drake Collection of Paediatric History

By: Mary Spaulding,Penny Welch

A true collector's item, Nurturing Yesterday's Child offers an illustrated history of the care of children from early Greek, Roman and Egyptian times to the present -- a history that will inform you and touch your heart. There is much to fascinate a parent and particularly those with medical connections and interests. Dr. Theodore Drake (1891-1959), co-inventor of Pablum, collected feeding vessels, rattles and teethers, amulets, furniture, books, stamps, and coins during a lifetime of medical studies and practice in Canada and abroad. His collection encompasses some 3,000 artifacts, 1,500 rare books, 1,000 prints, 1,000 coins and medals, and all child welfare stamps up to the 1950s. Nurturing Yesterday's Child is a remarkable tribute to a remarkable man who showed the same amount of care and thoughtfulness when amassing this vast collection as he showed for the health of children throughout a long and distinguished medical career.

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Dundurn

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1459721152

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9781459721159

Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts

A History of Burial

By: Penny Colman

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Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts

A History of Burial

By: Penny Colman

Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews with people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman examines the compelling subjects of death and burial across cultures and societies. The text, enriched with stories both humorous and poignant, includes details about the decomposition and embalming processes (an adult corpse buried six feet deep without a coffin will usually take five to ten years to turn into a skeleton) and describes the various customs associated with containing remains (the Igala people in Nigeria have a custom of burying people in as many as twenty-seven layers of clothing). Intriguing facts are revealed at every turn; for example, in Madagascar winter was considered the corpse-turning season. This comprehensive book also includes a list of burial sites of famous people, images in the arts associated with death, fascinating epitaphs and gravestone carvings, a chronology and a glossary, and over a hundred black-and-white photographs, most of which were taken by the author. Penny Colman writes with compassion and intelligence and humanizes the difficult subjects of death and burial. The result is a powerful look at an inevitable part of life--death.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466801352

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9781466801356

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