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The Missing Heiress

By: Robert Goldsborough

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The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation in this new mystery from the award–winning author. Archie Goodwin’s very good friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her time—and considerable financial resources—helping women in need, from underpaid workers to mistreated wives. But at the moment she’s particularly concerned about one woman: her best friend, Maureen, a beautiful socialite who’s been incommunicado for two weeks. After Archie helps Lily comb through Maureen’s deserted Park Avenue penthouse, and Lily contacts each of her friend’s well-heeled suitors, they still don’t know much more than when they started. Then Archie tries to track down Maureen’s estranged half-brother, but he seems to have vanished as well. Fortunately, Archie’s employer, Nero Wolfe, has a soft spot for Lily. He volunteers to step in—just in time, too, as this missing-person case soon becomes a murder case . . . “[Wolfe is] one of the two or three most beloved detectives in fiction.” —Publishers Weekly “Goldsborough has all of the late writer’s stylistic mannerisms down pat.” —The New York Times

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Open Road Media

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1504079876

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9781504079877

Waxed

A Novel

By: Robert Rave

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Waxed

A Novel

By: Robert Rave

Waxed is the story of three relationship-challenged sisters working together at New York's hottest waxing salon, catering to socialites, actresses, and regular folk alike. Yank. On the surface, glamorous Carolina Impresario---big sister and owner of Impresarios---unapologetically wants it all, but secretly she is caught between her successful boyfriend and the only man she has ever truly loved. Pluck. After a painful divorce, middle sister Anna reluctantly reenters the workforce and puts on a brave face while attempting to raise her children, one of whom is decidedly different. Tear. Newlywed Sofia is a hybrid of her two older sisters: She loves the idea of a domestic life like Anna's, but is entranced by New York nightlife and a new best friend, resulting in some major complications at home. Amid the sticky confines of a perfectly manicured world, these three sisters search for love, friendship, and better versions of themselves. Waxed is a funny and heartfelt novel that illustrates the lengths to which some women will go to present a seemingly flawless exterior, even when it involves pain. . . .

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1429938366

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9781429938365

Ten Methods of the Heavenly Dragon

By: Robert Sheaffer

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Ten Methods of the Heavenly Dragon

By: Robert Sheaffer

When he stumbles by chance into a backstreet teashop to shelter from the unrelenting Taipei rain, the author begins a journey that will lead him to the wisdom of the Adept Shun Yuan of the Heavenly Dragon sect, an order of esoteric Buddhism laced with Taoist practices. He discovers the internal arts of chi kung and bagua and diligently practises them, and begins to see the places and people around him in a new light. However, his journey with the Adept is not without its challenges, and the author has to look to his very core to overcome the obstacles that stand in his way. Will he be able to harness the transformative energy of the dragon? Or will the wisdom of this elusive creature be beyond his grasp? An intriguing, personal account, this book explores the author's experiences along the path to spiritual enlightenment. It will be of interest to students of the internal martial traditions as well as anyone interested in Taoism and Eastern philosophy.

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Singing Dragon

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0857011049

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Books Without Borders, Volume 1

The Cross-National Dimension in Print Culture

By: Robert Fraser,Mary Hammond

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Books Without Borders, Volume 1

The Cross-National Dimension in Print Culture

By: Robert Fraser,Mary Hammond

Where does the book belong? Does it enshrine the soul of a nation, or is it a means by which nations talk to one another, sharing ideas, technologies, texts? This book, the first in a two-volume set of original essays, responds to these questions with archive-based case studies of print culture in a number of countries around the world.

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Springer

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0230289118

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Spark and the Grand Sleuth

A Novel

By: Robert Repino

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Spark and the Grand Sleuth

A Novel

By: Robert Repino

An army of toys, a menacing threat, and a thrilling adventure collide in the high-stakes sequel to middle grade adventure Spark and the League of Ursus. Spark may be a cute and cuddly teddy bear, but she’s also a fierce protector. Weeks after rescuing her human owner—a budding young filmmaker named Loretta—from a hideous monster, everything seems to be returning to normal. But then Spark is summoned before the mysterious Grand Sleuth, the high council of teddy bears, who task her with a dangerous mission: locating the portal to the monster’s world. During her daring quest, Spark discovers a terrible secret that changes everything. In order to keep Loretta and their whole town safe, she must enlist the help of her loyal toy friends and team up with an unexpected ally. As the menace grows, Spark realizes that Loretta has a hidden power that may be the key to saving them all . . . This dark middle grade fantasy is perfect for fans of the Nightmares! series and Holly Black’s Doll Bones.

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Quirk Books

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1683692225

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Secret Soldier

The True Life Story of Israel's Greatest Commando

By: Robert Rosenberg,Muki Betser

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Secret Soldier

The True Life Story of Israel's Greatest Commando

By: Robert Rosenberg,Muki Betser

“A revealing account of a 25-year career in the Israeli special forces . . . adds much to our understanding of Israel’s covert fighting arm.” —Kirkus Reviews Israel’s premier special warfare commander and counterterrorist specialist, Muki Betser, was born in Israel’s Jezreel Valley and grew up to become one of the leaders of his country’s most elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal. Newspapers refer to the sayeret, or special reconnaissance forces, as the “tip of the spear” of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). But Sayeret Matkal—or simply, the Unit—was the cream of that crop, carrying out some of the best-known antiterrorist raids of the last twenty-five years. In this riveting autobiography, Betser recounts the inner workings of Israel’s elite forces and provides an intimate firsthand account of Israel’s previously classified counterterrorist defense missions. “[Muki Betser] speaks eloquently of the role of commando units, but also deplores violence, capping his riveting combat stories with a paean to peace that’s all the more poignant because it’s penned by a warrior.” —Publishers Weekly

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802195210

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Our Kids

The American Dream in Crisis

By: Robert D. Putnam

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Our Kids

The American Dream in Crisis

By: Robert D. Putnam

The bestselling author of Bowling Alone offers [an] ... examination of the American Dream in crisis--how and why opportunities for upward mobility are diminishing, jeopardizing the prospects of an ever larger segment of Americans"--

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Simon and Schuster

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1476769907

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9781476769905

Trauma Impacts

The Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma

By: Jessica Stone,Robert J. Grant,Clair Mellenthin

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Trauma Impacts

The Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma

By: Jessica Stone,Robert J. Grant,Clair Mellenthin

A systems-oriented look at how unhealed trauma can prevent optimal functioning—and what to do about it Trauma Impacts: Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma explores the many ways that traumatic experiences affect people from diverse backgrounds, as individuals and in groups. In chapters contributed by experts in their fields, this book offers a systemic overview of how trauma impacts all humans, then delves into the manifestations of trauma in specific populations like BIPOC communities, neurodivergent children, and those in helping professions. The book's third and final section looks at emerging modalities for working with trauma and implications for the future of trauma-focused therapy. Ideal for anyone who works closely with individuals who have experienced trauma—therapists, educators, social workers, and beyond—Trauma Impacts will benefit from a thorough understanding on how trauma continues to influence lives, even long after the fact. Trauma can interfere with meeting basic needs, forming healthy relationships, and finding fulfillment in the pursuit of individual and collective goals. When we conceptualize these impacts, we become empowered to help people process their traumatic experiences, integrate the pain they have experienced, and lead more satisfying lives. Understand the intersectional effects of trauma on individuals and systems Discover hope for healing through real-world voices and current research Consider how collective trauma manifests in the lives of individuals Gain insights that can help you work more effectively with clients

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394179235

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Good People

By: Robert Lopez

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Good People

By: Robert Lopez

“Lopez has the ability to give the reader whiplash with his unconventional and bewitching stories.” —Los Angeles Times “Robert Lopez is the master of deadpan dread, of the elliptical koan, of the sudden turn of language that reveals life to be so wonderfully absurd. Always with Lopez, the voice is all his—enchanting, surprising, at times devastating.” —JESS WALTER, author of Beautiful Ruins “Robert Lopez’s strange, incantatory, visionary stories reveal the mysteries behind the ordinary world. You lift your head from this book and it’s as if a third eye has been opened.” —DAN CHAON, author of Await Your Reply and Stay Awake “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness,” claims Samuel Beckett. To this, we add: nothing is funnier than unhappiness with a heavy dose of amorality, as we learn from Robert Lopez’s unforgettable Good People. In these twenty stories, a motley cast of obsessive, self-deluded outsiders narrate their darker moments, which include kidnapping, voyeurism, and psychic masochism. As their struggles give way to the black humor of life’s unreason, the bleak merges with the oddly poetic, in a style as lean and resolute as Carver or Hemingway. Treading the fine line between confession and self-justification, the absurd violence of threatened masculinity, and the perverse joy of neurosis, Lopez’s stories reveal the compulsive suffering at the precarious core of our universal humanity. Robert Lopez is the author of two novels, Part of the World and Kamby Bolongo Mean River, and the story collection Asunder. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Bellevue Literary Press

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1942658036

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Broken Cross

By: Robert Boucher

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Broken Cross

By: Robert Boucher

The Giordano family has controlled Riverside for decades. Their criminal enterprise has brought in millions from prostitution, drugs, gambling, extortion, and loan sharking. They have had a comfortable life in past years, but now, a new enemy has reared its head. A turf war, a murder, and an imposter are about to change everything. Detective JT Guner and his partner Gary Bronson are called out to investigate a dead body. They find scorched remains in the burned down remnants of Daniel’s supper club. This murder draws them into the city’s dark criminal underbelly. As bodies stack up in the community, their boss demands action. The pressure is on to take down warring families and clean up Riverside. With many surprises along the way, can they stop more bloodshed before it’s too late?

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LifeRich Publishing

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1489743693

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Seven Days

the instant Sunday Times bestseller: a gripping, high-octane crime thriller for 2024 - can Alice save her father from death row?

By: Robert Rutherford

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Seven Days

the instant Sunday Times bestseller: a gripping, high-octane crime thriller for 2024 - can Alice save her father from death row?

By: Robert Rutherford

Wow! An absolutely fantastic edge of your seat thriller. I could not turn the pages fast enough... Would be an amazing film or tv series. The ending was perfect... Highly recommended' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Your father is on death row. You have seven days to save him. But do you want to? Alice knows her father is guilty of many things. He's guilty of abandoning her. He's guilty of being unfaithful to her mother. But is he guilty of murder? Now on Death Row, he has seven days to live. Some people want him released. Others will kill to keep him just where he is. Alice has only one chance to save him. But should she? Readers are loving Seven Days: 'This was wild! Really enjoyed this. Good characters, good story line and it kept me guessing' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Compulsive and page turning read... lots of surprises' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A dark and atmospheric thriller that explores the complexities of family, trauma, and life, with a shocking ending, fantastic novel' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Twisty, tense and superbly characterised, this global race against time and across the world is a top read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Kept me hooked from start to finish!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A high-octane, high-stakes thriller about family dynamics, guilt and responsibility' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1399726412

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A Focus on Multiplication and Division

Bringing Mathematics Education Research to the Classroom

By: Elizabeth T. Hulbert,Marjorie M. Petit,Caroline B. Ebby,Elizabeth P. Cunningham,Robert E. Laird

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A Focus on Multiplication and Division

Bringing Mathematics Education Research to the Classroom

By: Elizabeth T. Hulbert,Marjorie M. Petit,Caroline B. Ebby,Elizabeth P. Cunningham,Robert E. Laird

The second edition of this book offers a unique approach to making mathematics education research on the teaching and learning of multiplication and division concepts readily accessible and understandable to preservice and in-service K-6 mathematics teachers. Revealing students’ thought processes with extensive annotated samples of student work and vignettes characteristic of classroom teachers’ experience, this book provides teachers a research-based lens to interpret evidence of student thinking, inform instruction, and ultimately improve student learning. Based on research gathered in the Ongoing Assessment Project (OGAP) and updated throughout, this engaging and easy-to-use resource also features the following: New chapters on the OGAP Multiplicative Reasoning Framework and Learning Progressions and Using the OGAP Multiplicative Progression to inform instruction and support student learning In-chapter sections on how Common Core State Standards for Math are supported by math education research Case Studies focusing on a core mathematical idea and different types of instructional responses to illustrate how teachers can elicit evidence of student thinking and use that information to inform instruction Big Ideas frame the chapters and provide a platform for meaningful exploration of the teaching of multiplication and division Looking Back Questions at the end of each chapter allow teachers to analyze student thinking and to consider instructional strategies for their own students Instructional Links to help teachers relate concepts from each chapter to their own instructional materials and programs Accompanying online Support Material that includes an answer key to Looking Back questions, as well as a copy of the OGAP Fraction Framework and Progression A Focus on Multiplication and Division is part of the popular A Focus on . . . collection, designed to aid the professional development of preservice and in-service mathematics teachers. As with the other volumes on addition and subtraction, ratios and proportions, and fractions, this updated new edition bridges the gap between what math education researchers know and what teachers need to know to better understand evidence in student work and make effective instructional decisions.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000886166

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South of Somewhere

Wine, Food, and the Soul of Italy

By: Robert V. Camuto

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South of Somewhere

Wine, Food, and the Soul of Italy

By: Robert V. Camuto

Robert V. Camuto sets out across modern Southern Italy in search of the “South-ness” that defined his youthful experience and views the world through wine, food, and families.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496225961

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9781496225962

The Hunter from the Woods

By: Robert McCammon

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The Hunter from the Woods

By: Robert McCammon

The New York Times–bestselling author presents five paranormal adventures featuring the lycanthropic British spy introduced in The Wolf’s Hour. Roaming the globe in a fight against Nazi Germany, shapeshifter Michael Gallatin stars in stories that are “tremendous fun as McCammon mashes 007 and the Wolfman in a League of Extraordinary Gentleman fashion” (SFcrowsnest). “The Great White Way” In 1927, the wife of the star wrestler in a Russian traveling circus suffers at her husband’s hand. She finds solace in the arms of the boy who cares for the animals, a young man whose true nature is yet to be revealed . . . “The Man from London” A British Secret Service operative follows rumors of a shapeshifter to a small Russian village. There, he comes face to face with someone who can be fashioned into a unique weapon. A man whose name is Mikhail Gallatinov. “Sea Chase” Arriving in Danzig, Michael Gallatin gets a job as a seaman. His mission: to infiltrate the crew. The ship harbors a weapons expert fleeing the Nazis, and the Germans will stop at nothing to halt his escape. “The Wolf and the Eagle” After their planes crash over the Libyan desert, Gallatin finds himself in the company of a German Messerschmitt ace. Together, they struggle to survive the heat, the scorpions, and a warlike tribe of scavengers . . . “Death of a Hunter” At forty-eight, Gallatin is no longer the man—or the wolf—he once was. But what he faces at the hands of deadly ninja warriors may be a fate worse than death . . .

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Open Road Media

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1504074289

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9781504074285

Spark and the League of Ursus

A Novel

By: Robert Repino

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Spark and the League of Ursus

A Novel

By: Robert Repino

“Grab a flashlight and burrow under the covers! Spark and the League of Ursus is the perfect bedtime adventure, with a fierce, fluffy hero you'll want by your side when the lights go out.”—Kirsten Miller, New York Times bestselling co-author of Nightmares! Toy Story meets Stranger Things in this epic tale of warrior teddy bears and the children they protect. Spark is not your average teddy bear. She’s soft and cuddly, sure, but she’s also a fierce warrior. At night she fulfills her sacred duty: to protect the household from monsters. But Spark’s owner Loretta is growing up and thinks she doesn’t need her old teddy anymore. When a monster unlike any other descends on the quiet home, everything changes. Children are going missing, and the monster wants Loretta next. Only Spark can stop it. She must call upon the ancient League of Ursus—a secret alliance of teddy bears who are pledged to protect their human friends. Together with an Amazon-princess doll and a timid sock monkey, the bears are all that stands between our world and the one that lies beneath. It will be a heroic chapter in the history of the League . . . if the bears live to tell the tale. The adventure continues in Spark and the Grand Sleuth

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Quirk Books

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1683691679

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The Lighter Side of Mathematics: Proceedings of the Eugene Strens Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics and Its History

By: Richard K. Guy,Robert E. Woodrow

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The Lighter Side of Mathematics: Proceedings of the Eugene Strens Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics and Its History

By: Richard K. Guy,Robert E. Woodrow

In August of 1986, a special conference on recreational mathematics was held at the University of Calgary to celebrate the founding of the Strens Collection. Leading practitioners of recreational mathematics from around the world gathered in Calgary to share with each other the joy and spirit of play that is to be found in recreational mathematics. It would be difficult to find a better collection of wonderful articles on recreational mathematics by a more distinguished group of authors. If you are interested in tessellations, Escher, tilings, Rubik's cube, pentominoes, games, puzzles, the arbelos, Henry Dudeney, or change ringing, then this book is for you.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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1470457318

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Joyful

By: Robert Hillman

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Joyful

By: Robert Hillman

Joyful is a remarkable, razor-sharp comedy of grief from one of Australia's most dynamic writers. Leon Joyce's years with Tess Wachowicz began with an Emanuel Ungaro taffeta ballgown, part of his collection of women's attire kept in three wardrobes at the South Yarra house. The collection took in Givenchy, Jacques Fath, Schiaparelli, Madae Gres, Helmut Lang, Claire McCardell, Mainbocher, Miyake, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Dior, Travis Banton, Pucci and Antony Price. Leon is a man unburdened by sexual desire. Nonetheless he adores his wife - only partly for the way she wears his exquisite collection of haute couture - and when she becomes ill and dies he is completely shattered. Then he discovers her correspondence with an unknown lover, and his suffering veers towards madness. Leon hunkers down at his neglected country property, Joyful, with the entire local supply of scotch whisky and a bizarre plan to retrieve (posthumously) Tess's devotion. In this extraordinary comedy of grief, Robert Hillman evokes his characters, from the merely unconventional to the frankly deranged, with kindness, grace and wit. Joyful is a gift that will leave the reader deeply moved and filled with delight. Robert Hillman has written a number of books including his 2004 memoir The Boy in the Green Suit, which won the National Biography Award. He lives in Warburton in Victoria's Yarra Valley. 'Hillman allows both men the grace of redemption and the prospect of a better kind of happiness, complete with its scars. Joyful is exactly as it says, a great joy of a book. Robert Hillman is not making fun of grief but rather of his characters' determination to wallow in their sorrow. It is a constant balancing act, skillfully enforced by Hillman and it makes reading Joyful an act of absolute pleasure.' Hoopla 'A detailed work that portrays an entire, sealed world of complex and ultimately connected storylines. The cultural setting is realised in a wonderfully rich Victorian style. Extended studies of social manners, quotes from journals and letters, and the aligning of characters with their passions for books, poetry and music, clothing, all produce a social world that is not only vivid but also ripe for commentary and debate.' Australian Book Review 'A deft and original portrayal of grief, longing and forgiveness.' Gideon Haigh 'A story about redemption and negotiating a place of peace inside despair.' Saturday Paper ‘Hillman has a carefully calibrated sense of the line between mourning and madness, and he plays it to the hilt... Hillman’s prose is a pleasure to read, elegantly alert to the paradox of strong feeling, full of poetry yet never entirely convinced by the absurd rhetorical gestures favoured by ruined men.’ Weekend Australian ‘This calamitous work, brassy with the vigour of life in a specifically Australian, specifically contemporary way, singles Hillman out from the crowd. There is nothing around quite like it; no genre, no homage to acknowledge. Leon, in his journey towards acceptance of the duality of one life, is a memorable, even dear character, and I would have been happy to have read this glittering, noisy work for Leon alone. And for Susie...and for the happy ending.’ Sydney Morning Herald ‘Slightly crazed, this unconventional story is essentially two similar struggles, at once both funny and sad. They finally merge and find resolution.’ Otago Daily Times ‘Ravishing, compelling prose...It’s a strangely funny, compelling, and sad novel, the beauty of which is found in searching for what remains once beauty has disappeared.’ Bookslut

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Text Publishing

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1921961635

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Eavesdropping on Hell

Historical Guide to Western Communications Intelligence and the Holocaust, 1939-1945

By: Robert J. Hanyok

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Eavesdropping on Hell

Historical Guide to Western Communications Intelligence and the Holocaust, 1939-1945

By: Robert J. Hanyok

This recent government publication investigates an area often overlooked by historians: the impact of the Holocaust on the Western powers' intelligence-gathering community. A guide for researchers rather than a narrative study, it explains the archival organization of wartime records accumulated by the U.S. Army's Signal Intelligence Service and Britain's Government Code and Cypher School. In addition, it summarizes Holocaust-related information intercepted during the war years and deals at length with the fascinating question of how information about the Holocaust first reached the West. The guide begins with brief summaries of the history of anti-Semitism in the West and early Nazi policies in Germany. An overview of the Allies' system of gathering communications intelligence follows, along with a list of American and British sources of cryptologic records. A concise review of communications intelligence notes items of particular relevance to the Holocaust's historical narrative, and the book concludes with observations on cryptology and the Holocaust. Numerous photographs illuminate the text.

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Courier Corporation

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0486310442

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Trouble at the Brownstone

By: Robert Goldsborough

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Trouble at the Brownstone

By: Robert Goldsborough

Archie Goodwin goes undercover on the waterfront in a new mystery by the author who “does a masterly job with the Wolfe legacy” (Booklist). Archie Goodwin is not overly fond of Theodore Horstmann, who takes care of the orchids on the rooftop of Nero Wolfe’s West Thirty-Fifth Street brownstone. But as loyal assistant to the legendary private detective, Archie will put his animosity aside when the surly orchid-keeper stumbles through the front door beaten within an inch of his life. While the gardener lies in a coma, Nero sends Archie to poke around his apartment near the river. The place is neatly kept, if not quite as elegant as the brownstone, but across the street on Tenth Avenue Archie quickly discovers the longshoremen’s watering hole in whose back room Horstmann has been playing a lot of bridge lately. The smoky tavern is packed with tough dockworkers and recent European immigrants, and Archie does his best to blend in, filling the victim’s empty seat in his running card game, as he attempts to learn what sort of shady business might have led to attempted murder. But when one of his new bridge partners is killed, Archie finds himself caught up in something much bigger than a bar fight . . . Trouble at the Brownstone serves up postwar New York City atmosphere in a fast-paced mystery featuring Nero Wolfe, “one of the two or three most beloved detectives in fiction” (Publishers Weekly). “Mr. Goldsborough has all of the late writer’s stylistic mannerisms down pat.” —The New York Times

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Open Road Media

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1504066618

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9781504066617

Stalin In Power

By: Robert C Tucker

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Stalin In Power

By: Robert C Tucker

Explains the motivations, personality, and actions of the man under whose rulership millions of Russians perished.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393308693

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Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946

2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed

By: Leonard M. Skinner,Robert G.P. Verhoeven

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Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946

2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed

By: Leonard M. Skinner,Robert G.P. Verhoeven

This is by far the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player: an exhaustive catalog the result of many years of digging--an effort unparalleled in the history of chess game collections. Many of the games are annotated by Alekhine and range from his earliest correspondence tournaments in 1902 through his final match with Francisco Lupi at Estoril, Portugal, in January 1946.

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McFarland

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1476639582

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Whitewash

...about an NSA Contractor

By: Robert Landori

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Whitewash

...about an NSA Contractor

By: Robert Landori

He spoke six languages, had an exceptional memory, hated the Soviet system and thirsted for revenge, was fit as a fiddle, a dead shot, enthusiastic and eminently malleable. So they recruited him at age 22. After training him, they let him loose on Canada, the US, Cuba, the Caribbean, Uruguay, Central America and Switzerland. Tom Karas served his masters in Washington for forty loyal years in many iterations: student, accountant, secret agent, military advisor, arms dealer and off-shore banker. At age sixty, he decided to seek his own fortune. THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY

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1039104673

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9781039104679

Powerful Parent Partnerships

Rethinking Family Engagement for Student Success

By: Robert Dillon,Melissa Nixon

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Powerful Parent Partnerships

Rethinking Family Engagement for Student Success

By: Robert Dillon,Melissa Nixon

It is essential that we work together to craft powerful parent-teacher partnerships that meet the needs of today’s students and schools. In this important new book, authors Robert Dillon and Melissa Nixon explain how schools and families can work together so that the needs of children are always met. Whether you’re a parent hoping to work more effectively with your child’s teacher, or a principal or teacher looking for ways to understand families’ needs, you’ll be able to use the strategies in this resource to improve your communication and build deeper connections. Loaded with practical takeaways and sample stories, this book will help you: Clearly communicate a child’s educational goals; Make connections with other schools and school districts to build community and broaden your range of resources; Hold educators accountable without alienating them; Develop communication strategies to address difficult topics like underperformance and misbehavior; Show compassion and gratitude; And more! With the practical suggestions in this book, you’ll be able to rekindle more engagement and excitement into students' learning at school and at home.

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134

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Routledge

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1351186094

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9781351186094

The Vanquished

Why the First World War Failed to End

By: Robert Gerwarth

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The Vanquished

Why the First World War Failed to End

By: Robert Gerwarth

An "account of the continuing ethnic and state violence after the end of WWI--conflicts that more than anything else set the stage for WWII"--Provided by publisher.

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465

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Macmillan

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0374282455

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9780374282455

This Love Is Not For Cowards

Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Ju�rez

By: Robert Andrew Powell

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This Love Is Not For Cowards

Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Ju�rez

By: Robert Andrew Powell

Traces a season in the infamous Mexican border city where in spite of brutal violence its citizens are held together by a shared love for its hard-luck soccer team, providing coverage of such topics as local drug and human trafficking issues and the contributions of such figures as midfielder Marco Vidal, team owner Francisco Ibarra and mayor José Reyes Ferriz.

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272

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1608197182

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9781608197187

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