Phoebe Hill's Books

Britain's Best Small Hills

A Guide to wild walks, short adventures, scrambles, great views, wild camping and more

By: Phoebe Smith

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Britain's Best Small Hills

A Guide to wild walks, short adventures, scrambles, great views, wild camping and more

By: Phoebe Smith

Hot on the success of Wilderness Weekends, one of the top selling guides in 2015, award-winning travel writer Phoebe Smith returns with more great outdoor experiences tailored not just for the hard-core wilderness enthusiast but for novices and newbie hillwalkers alike. Take a friend, or take the kids - or both! - and climb one of Phoebe's favourite hills. There are 60 of them detailed in this easy-to-follow guide which champions a new easy-access approach to hillwalking. With 20 hills each in England, Wales and Scotland, from just 120 metres to a manageable 609 metres, and from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands, there's bound to be a hill for you. 'When it comes to mountains society seems to be obsessed with height' says Phoebe Smith. 'But those who shun peaks based on measurement are truly missing out. Following on from the success of Wilderness Weekends, people are always asking me where they can take a friend, partner or young child that will help convince them that the outdoors - and hills - are worth the effort. Answering that need is this book, it's all about minimum effort for maximum results.' Each walk also includes tips on safety, kit, weather, walking responsibly, maps, tackling hills sensibly, and taking children, friends and reluctant walkers.

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Bradt Travel Guides

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1784770663

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The Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path

130 mile national trail - Norfolk's best inland and coastal scenery

By: Phoebe Smith

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The Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path

130 mile national trail - Norfolk's best inland and coastal scenery

By: Phoebe Smith

A guidebook to walking the 216 km (133 miles) Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Trail that combines Norfolk’s inland and coastal scenery. The route can be completed in eleven days with the possibility of breaking the walk into shorter sections. Described in 11 stages, the distance covered spans between 12 and 29 kms (6-18 miles) each day. The Peddars Way is followed from south to north, starting at Knettishall Heath in Suffolk and joining the Norfolk Coast Path at Holme-next-the-Sea. The route ends at Hopton-on-Sea on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. 1:50,000 OS mapping and step-by-step descriptions for each stage Centres include Knettishall, Little Cressingham, Castle Acre, Snettisham, Hunstanton, Brancaster, Wells next to the Sea, Blakeney, Sheringham, Cromer, Mundesley, Sea Palling and Great Yarmouth Information about local history and wildlife Easy access to public transport links throughout the route Handy route summary table, plus comprehensive planning information

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Cicerone Press Limited

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1783627786

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9781783627783

Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 3

Texts and Contexts

By: Laurie Garrison,Anne Anderson,Sibylle Erle,Verity Hunt,Peter West,Phoebe Putnam

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Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 3

Texts and Contexts

By: Laurie Garrison,Anne Anderson,Sibylle Erle,Verity Hunt,Peter West,Phoebe Putnam

The panorama is primarily a visual medium, but a variety of print matter mediated its viewing; adverts, reviews, handbills and a descriptive programme accompanied by an annotated key to the canvas. The short accounts, programs, reviews, articles and lectures collected here are the primary historical sources left to us.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040128629

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9781040128626

Village Housing

Constraints and opportunities in rural England

By: Nick Gallent,Iqbal Hamiduddin,Phoebe Stirling,Meiling Wu

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Village Housing

Constraints and opportunities in rural England

By: Nick Gallent,Iqbal Hamiduddin,Phoebe Stirling,Meiling Wu

Village Housing explores the housing challenge faced by England’s amenity villages, rooted in post-war counter-urbanisation and a rising tide of investment demand for rural homes. It tracks solutions to date and considers what further actions might be taken to increase the equity of housing outcomes and thereby support rural economies and alternate rural futures. Examining past, current and future intervention, the book’s authors analyse three major themes; the interwar reliance on landowners to provide tied housing and post-war diversification of responses to rising housing access difficulties (including from the public and third sectors); recent responses that are community-led or rely on flexibilities in the planning system; and actions that disrupt established production processes including self-build, low impact development and a re-emergence of council provision. These responses to the village housing challenge are set against a broader backdrop of structural constraint – rooted in a planning-land-tax-finance nexus – and opportunities, through reform, to reduce that constraint. Village Housing makes the case for planning, land and tax reforms that can broader the social inclusivity and diversity of villages, supporting their economic function and allowing them to play their part in post-carbon rural futures. It aims to contribute greater understanding of the village housing problem – framed by the wider cost crisis afflicting advanced economies – and offer glimpses of alternative relationships with planning and land.

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UCL Press

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1800083033

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9781800083035

Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 1

Texts and Contexts

By: Laurie Garrison,Anne Anderson,Sibylle Erle,Verity Hunt,Peter West,Phoebe Putnam

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Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 1

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By: Laurie Garrison,Anne Anderson,Sibylle Erle,Verity Hunt,Peter West,Phoebe Putnam

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Taylor & Francis

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1040128963

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9781040128961

Thames Path in London

From Hampton Court to Crayford Ness: 50 miles of historic riverside walk

By: Phoebe Clapham

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Thames Path in London

From Hampton Court to Crayford Ness: 50 miles of historic riverside walk

By: Phoebe Clapham

A completely new Trail Guide dedicated to the London section of the Thames Path from Hampton Court to the Thames Barrier. Until now, Aurum’s popular one-volume Thames Path guide has had all too little room to cover the endlessly rich array of sights and history along its London section – something to look at literally every yard of the way. Now, Aurum publishes a completely new walker’s guide just to the London Thames, laid out to its new full-colour Trail Guide design, and including the extension to Crayford . Here is all the history along the river from the Mesolithic Period timber piles near Vauxhall Bridge to the new Shard skyscraper shooting skywards at London Bridge. It covers all the folklore from the famous frost fairs to the much-lamented beach near Tower Bridge, not forgetting the poignant recent visit of a large whale to the centre of London. The Thames winds all the way through London’s history and culture, from Henry VIII’s Hampton Court to the chequered fate of the Dome/O2: the London resident as much as the visiting tourist will find in this guide something new every step of the way.

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Aurum

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1781318190

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9781781318195

The Book of the Bothy

By: Phoebe Smith

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The Book of the Bothy

By: Phoebe Smith

A guidebook celebrating the bothies of England, Scotland and Wales: a network of huts, cottages and shelters – often in remote mountainous locations – that are completely free to use. The author presents a selection of 26 of her favourite bothies, with notes on access, water, facilities, history and wildlife-spotting opportunities. Includes advice on how to use bothies and bothy etiquette Routes (with mapping) to all of the 26 bothies featured, plus suggestions for what to do when you get there (including nearby hills you might climb) A history of bothies Personal recollections of visits to the 26 bothies Taigh Seumas a' Ghlinne (Glen Coe), Ben Alder Cottage, Ruigh Aiteachain, Ryvoan, Shenavall, Warnscale Head, Greg's Hut and Nant Syddion The majority of bothies are in the Scottish Highlands, but the guide also includes bothies in Dumfries and Galloway, Northumberland, the Pennines, the Lake District, Snowdonia, Mid-Wales and the Brecon Beacons

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Cicerone Press Limited

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1783622245

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Always One Step Ahead of the Storm

An 8-Year-Old’s Down Under Adventure

By: Phoebe Wilby

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Always One Step Ahead of the Storm

An 8-Year-Old’s Down Under Adventure

By: Phoebe Wilby

With cyclones Wanda and Tracy acting as bookends, the O'Briens swap their comfortable suburban home in Brisbane for a 17.5-foot caravan and the adventures of a lifetime. Travel along with Phoebe, her mum, Stephanie, and the rest of her family, as she takes us along for the ride, travelling across Western New South Wales, into Victoria, through South Australia and across The Nullarbor Plain into Western Australia - and then back home and up the Queensland coast! Although decades have passed since that trip, Phoebe relies on her own memories, flavoured with a little Google research and seasoned with her mother's memories, to describe travelling across the vast country of Australia. In her owns words: "When all is said and done, my memory of 1974 is of a fun-filled, educational trip across the bottom half of this great country I still call home, wherever I happen to live." Perhaps her story can inspire you to live your dream, whatever it is, and wherever it will take you.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1664112758

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Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 5

Texts and Contexts

By: Laurie Garrison,Anne Anderson,Sibylle Erle,Verity Hunt,Peter West,Phoebe Putnam

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Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 5

Texts and Contexts

By: Laurie Garrison,Anne Anderson,Sibylle Erle,Verity Hunt,Peter West,Phoebe Putnam

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Taylor & Francis

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1040128971

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9781040128978

African American and Cherokee Nurses in Appalachia

A History, 1900-1965

By: Phoebe Ann Pollitt

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African American and Cherokee Nurses in Appalachia

A History, 1900-1965

By: Phoebe Ann Pollitt

Few career opportunities were available to minority women in Appalachia in the first half of the 20th century. Nursing offered them a respected, relatively well paid profession and--as few physicians or hospitals would treat people of color--their work was important in challenging health care inequities in the region. Working in both modern surgical suites and tumble-down cabins, these women created unprecedented networks of care, managed nursing schools and built professional nursing organizations while navigating discrimination in the workplace. Focusing on the careers and contributions of dozens of African American and Eastern Band Cherokee registered nurses, this first comprehensive study of minority nurses in Appalachia documents the quality of health care for minorities in the region during the Jim Crow era. Racial segregation in health care and education and state and federal policies affecting health care for Native Americans are examined in depth.

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McFarland

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1476622167

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9781476622163

A Southern Woman's Story

By: Phoebe Yates Pember

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A Southern Woman's Story

By: Phoebe Yates Pember

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3368925628

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9783368925628

Musculoskeletal MRI E-Book

By: Clyde A. Helms,Nancy M. Major,Mark W. Anderson,Phoebe Kaplan,Robert Dussault

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Musculoskeletal MRI E-Book

By: Clyde A. Helms,Nancy M. Major,Mark W. Anderson,Phoebe Kaplan,Robert Dussault

Whether you are a resident, practicing radiologist, or new fellow, this authoritative resource offers expert guidance on all the essential information you need to approach musculoskeletal MRI and recognize abnormalities. The updated second edition features new illustrations to include the latest protocols as well as images obtained with 3 Tesla (T) MRI. See normal anatomy, common abnormalities, and diseases presented in a logical organization loaded with practical advice, tips, and pearls for easy comprehension. Follows a template that includes discussion of basic technical information, as well as the normal and abnormal appearance of each small unit that composes each joint so you can easily find and understand the information you need. Depicts both normal and abnormal anatomy, as well as disease progression, through more than 600 detailed images. Includes only the essential information so you get all you need to perform quality musculoskeletal MRI without having to wade through too many details. Presents the nuances that can be detected with 3 Tesla MRI so you can master this new technology Includes “how to technical information on updated protocols for TMJ, shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, spine, hips and pelvis, knee, and foot and ankle. Features information boxes throughout the text that highlight key information for quick review of pertinent material.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437720919

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9781437720914

African American Hospitals in North Carolina

39 Institutional Histories, 1880-1967

By: Phoebe Ann Pollitt

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African American Hospitals in North Carolina

39 Institutional Histories, 1880-1967

By: Phoebe Ann Pollitt

Untold thousands of black North Carolinians suffered or died during the Jim Crow era because they were denied admittance to white-only hospitals. With little money, scant opportunities for professional education and few white allies, African American physicians, nurses and other community leaders created their own hospitals, schools of nursing and public health outreach efforts. The author chronicles the important but largely unknown histories of more than 35 hospitals, the Leonard Medical School and 11 hospital-based schools of nursing established in North Carolina, and recounts the decades-long struggle for equal access to care and equal opportunities for African American health care professionals.

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McFarland

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1476667241

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9781476667249

Wilderness Weekends

By: Phoebe Smith

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Wilderness Weekends

By: Phoebe Smith

Bed down among some of the most dramatic landscapes in the world and discover your own bolthole in one of Britain's rugged corners. Wilderness Weekends reveals the 26 best places for wild camping from the south coast of England to Scotland's far north. Each weekend includes practical advice, detailed maps and inspiring photographs to help the camping enthusiast take the next adventurous step. With a host of hard-won tips on what to take and when to go, this is the helping hand needed to unlock your outdoor potential.

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Bradt Travel Guides

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184162912X

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9781841629124

Wild Destiny (The Hearts of Liberty Series, Book 4)

By: Phoebe Conn

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Wild Destiny (The Hearts of Liberty Series, Book 4)

By: Phoebe Conn

Falcon Hunter is a half-Seneca, half-white sniper with sights set on proving himself as a warrior by helping to free America from British rule. Belle wants love, and the care-free Falcon she once knew. When Falcon leaves with the Colonial army, Belle's sister convinces her to follow him, and tend the American wounded. Along the way, she's captured by the British. Pretending to be politically aligned with her captors, Belle sees first-hand what war does to men and her heart longs to care for the soul-weary man Falcon has become. All she needs now is for him to find her. Previously Titled: Wild Legacy REVIEWS: "Phoebe Conn weaves family life and high passion... 4 stars!" RT Magazine THE HEARTS OF LIBERTY, in series order Savage Destiny Defiant Destiny Forbidden Destiny Wild Destiny Scarlet Destiny

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ePublishing Works!

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161417475X

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9781614174752

My Darling Mick

The Life of Granville Ryrie, 1865-1937

By: Phoebe Vincent

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My Darling Mick

The Life of Granville Ryrie, 1865-1937

By: Phoebe Vincent

My Darling Mick is an engaging biography of a colourful Australian personality, General Sir Granville Ryrie. Much of Ryrie's story is told through a series of candid letters, written to his wife, Mary, whom he affectionately called Mick, which describing the gruelling conditions endured by Australian troops during the Boer War and the First World War.

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National Library Australia

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0642106673

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9780642106674

New Money in Rural Areas

Land Investment in Europe and Its Place Impacts

By: Nick Gallent,Iqbal Hamiduddin,Meri Juntti,Nicola Livingstone,Phoebe Stirling

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New Money in Rural Areas

Land Investment in Europe and Its Place Impacts

By: Nick Gallent,Iqbal Hamiduddin,Meri Juntti,Nicola Livingstone,Phoebe Stirling

This book examines the flow of investment into rural land assets in Europe, particularly farmland, woodland and wineries, but extending also to leisure uses such as golf courses and theme parks. It explores the characteristics of investors in rural land and their motivations before undertaking an analysis of the place impacts of investment, viewing ‘new money’ as a potential development opportunity, delivering a variety of outcomes for local landscapes and communities. After providing introductory insights into rural land investment and the measurement of associated impacts, ten case studies – from different European locations – explore actual investment motives and local impacts. The book concludes with a synthesis of investment experiences and an assessment of the transformative changes brought to rural areas by the flow of new money.

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Springer

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9811307709

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9789811307706

The Romeo and Juliet Code

By: Phoebe Stone

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The Romeo and Juliet Code

By: Phoebe Stone

A sudden trip to a seaside house. A boy with brown sugar eyes. And then , a mysterious letter.Felicity's glamorous parents have a secret. When they leave her with distant relatives in Maine, far away from the battles of WWII, Felicity hopes they won't be gone for long. Her new Uncle Gideon hides things. Her Aunt Miami is star-crossed. And Derek, a kid her age, refuses to leave his room.But Felicity needs Derek's help. Gideon is getting coded letters from Felicity's parents, and she's sure they're in trouble. Can Felicity crack the code, heal the family and save her parents, all while surviving her first crush? It's a tall order for a small girl, but Felicity is up for the challenge.

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Scholastic Inc.

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0545443091

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9780545443098

HELEN: The Wine Dark Sea

By: Phoebe Conn,Stickel, Ph.D., E. Garry,

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HELEN: The Wine Dark Sea

By: Phoebe Conn,Stickel, Ph.D., E. Garry,

The willful daughter of Zeus and a mortal queen, she's the beautiful wife of the Spartan king. But her great love for the lost Trojan prince will beget bloody devastation, and spill her tears into the Wine-Dark Sea. ALSO BY PHOEBE CONN: The Hearts of Liberty, in series order Savage Destiny Defiant Destiny Forbidden Destiny Wild Destiny Scarlet Destiny Hearts of California, in series order Hearts of Gold No Sweeter Ecstasy Tempt Me With Kisses Star Pilot Series, in order Outlaw Rising Starfire Rising Cyborg Rising

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ePublishing Works!

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1614178445

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9781614178446

The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture

An Episode in Taste, 1840-1856

By: Phoebe B. Stanton

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The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture

An Episode in Taste, 1840-1856

By: Phoebe B. Stanton

This illustrated account of the impact of the English Gothic revival on American church architecture in the mid-nineteenth century finds that this fundamentally conservative movement provided the foundation for a new, influential aesthetic. With meticulous research and carefully chosen illustrations, Phoebe Stanton here explores the influence of the English Gothic revival on American church architecture in the mid-nineteenth century, arguing that this fundamentally conservative movement provided a foundation for a new aesthetic. Examining the writings of the movement's leading proponents as well as a variety of important buildings, Stanton offers a comprehensive survey of the architectural principles and models that became most influential in America. She also confirms the importance of the Cambridge Camden Society, which provided the theoretical atmosphere and practical examples that helped to establish new standards of excellence in American architecture.

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JHU Press

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0801856221

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9780801856228

Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 2

Texts and Contexts

By: Laurie Garrison,Anne Anderson,Sibylle Erle,Verity Hunt,Peter West,Phoebe Putnam

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Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 2

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By: Laurie Garrison,Anne Anderson,Sibylle Erle,Verity Hunt,Peter West,Phoebe Putnam

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Taylor & Francis

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1040128807

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9781040128800

The July Girls

An absolutely gripping and emotional psychological thriller

By: Phoebe Locke

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The July Girls

An absolutely gripping and emotional psychological thriller

By: Phoebe Locke

Every year, on the same night, another girl disappears without a trace. 'A stunningly good crime novel - tender and totally gripping' Sunday Mirror Lex's wife is missing. She left for work the morning of a terror attack in London, and no one's seen her since. Was Olivia among the victims or did she meet a different fate? Addie has a secret. That same day, her dad came home covered in blood. Addie thought he'd been hurt in the attacks, but her sister Jessie found the missing woman's purse in his room. Jessie says she wants to help. She takes a job as a nanny at Lex's house, looking after his baby. But she's not telling him the truth. And she's getting a little too comfortable living Olivia's life... 'An incredibly tense and gripping thriller' Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange 'Stunning' Jane Fallon, author of Faking Friends 'Intensely atmospheric and creepy' Heat 'Chilling, gripping and unputdownable, with a wonderful protagonist - a must-read this summer' Karen Hamilton, bestselling author of The Perfect Girlfriend 'Extraordinary. Shocking, yet subtle, the menace drips off every page . . . an almost unbearably good read' Caz Frear, bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies 'Phoebe Locke has knocked it out of the park once again with The July Girls. Atmospheric and beautifully written, it really is stunningly good' Cass Green, bestselling author of In a Cottage In a Wood

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Wildfire

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1472249275

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9781472249272

Camping Grounds

Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement

By: Phoebe S.K. Young

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Camping Grounds

Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement

By: Phoebe S.K. Young

An exploration of the hidden history of camping in American life that connects a familiar recreational pastime to camps for functional needs and political purposes. Camping appears to be a simple proposition, a time-honored way of getting away from it all. Pack up the car and hit the road in search of a shady spot in the great outdoors. For a modest fee, reserve the basic infrastructure--a picnic table, a parking spot, and a place to build a fire. Pitch the tent and unroll the sleeping bags. Sit under the stars with friends or family and roast some marshmallows. This book reveals that, for all its appeal, the simplicity of camping is deceptive, its history and meanings far from obvious. Why do some Americans find pleasure in sleeping outside, particularly when so many others, past and present, have had to do so for reasons other than recreation? Never only a vacation choice, camping has been something people do out of dire necessity and as a tactic of political protest. Yet the dominant interpretation of camping as a modern recreational ideal has obscured the connections to these other roles. A closer look at the history of camping since the Civil War reveals a deeper significance of this American tradition and its links to core beliefs about nature and national belonging. Camping Grounds rediscovers unexpected and interwoven histories of sleeping outside. It uses extensive research to trace surprising links between veterans, tramps, John Muir, African American freedpeople, Indian communities, and early leisure campers in the nineteenth century; tin-can tourists, federal campground designers, Depression-era transients, family campers, backpacking enthusiasts, and political activists in the twentieth century; and the crisis of the unsheltered and the tent-based Occupy Movement in the twenty-first. These entwined stories show how Americans camp to claim a place in the American republic and why the outdoors is critical to how we relate to nature, the nation, and each other.

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Oxford University Press

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0190093579

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9780190093570

Embodied Nostalgia

Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and the Choreographing of Broadway Musical Theatre

By: Phoebe Rumsey

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Embodied Nostalgia

Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and the Choreographing of Broadway Musical Theatre

By: Phoebe Rumsey

Embodied Nostalgia is a collection of interlocking case studies that focus on how social dance in musical theatre brings forth the dancer on stage as a site of embodied history, cultural memory, and nostalgia, and asks what social dance is doing performatively, dramaturgically, and critically in musical theatre. The case studies in this volume are all Broadway musicals set during the Jazz Age (1910-1950), however, performed and produced after that time, creating a spectrum of nostalgic impulses that are interrogated for social and political resonance and meaning. All reflect the fractures or changes in the social dance when brought to the stage and expose the complexities of the embodied nostalgia – broadly interpreted as the physicalizing of community memories, longings, and historical meaning – the dances carry with them. Particular attention is focused on the Black ownership of the social dances and the subsequent appropriation, cultural theft, and forgotten legacies. By approaching musical theatre through this lens of social dance––always already deeply connected to notions of class and race––and the politics of choreography therein, a unique and necessary method to describing, discussing, and critically evaluating the body in motion in musical theatre is put forth.

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1000909875

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9781000909876

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