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Out Standing in the Field

A Memoir by Canada's First Female Infantry Officer

By: Sandra Perron

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Out Standing in the Field

A Memoir by Canada's First Female Infantry Officer

By: Sandra Perron

Some books are catalysts. Shake Hands with the Devil was one. For 2017, that book is Out Standing in the Field. In her memoir, Sandra Perron describes her experience of the Canadian Military - one of the most important institutions of our nation. What she has to say is exactly what the top brass has been paying lip-service to for years, and doing nothing to improve. In 2016, the Auditor General's Report noted that the military had no strategy to recruit women, even though they are required to meet a target that 25% of the uniformed personnel be women. According to Statistics Canada, 1,000 members of our military say they have been sexually assaulted in the past year. In her revealing and moving memoir, Sandra Perron, Canada's first female infantry officer and a member of the Royal 22e Régiment - the legendary "Van Doos" - describes her fight against a system of institutional sexism. Though repeatedly identified as top of her class throughout her training, she was subject to harassment by her male colleagues. Her military experience, however, wasn't all negative. Through two deployments to Bosnia and Croatia, Perron forged lasting friendships with men and women, serving her country with courage and compassion, and her determination helped pave the way for women's inclusion in the Armed Forces. Out Standing in the Field is the story of a soldier who refused to let her comrades or her country down, even while serving a military institution that failed her repeatedly. Beautifully written, Perron's memoir is a testament to her fortitude and patriotism, and serves as proof that the spirit of a true hero cannot be bent or broken.

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Out Standing in the Field

A Memoir by Canada's First Female Infantry Officer

By: Sandra Perron

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A Memoir by Canada's First Female Infantry Officer

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Living with the Enemy

By: Sandra Ott

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Living with the Enemy

By: Sandra Ott

This book reconstructs the trials and tribulations of the colorful individuals accused of collaboration with the Germans in southwestern France.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107178207

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9781107178205

Actuarial Modelling of Claim Counts

Risk Classification, Credibility and Bonus-Malus Systems

By: Michel Denuit,Xavier Marechal,Sandra Pitrebois,Jean-Francois Walhin

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Actuarial Modelling of Claim Counts

Risk Classification, Credibility and Bonus-Malus Systems

By: Michel Denuit,Xavier Marechal,Sandra Pitrebois,Jean-Francois Walhin

There are a wide range of variables for actuaries to consider when calculating a motorist’s insurance premium, such as age, gender and type of vehicle. Further to these factors, motorists’ rates are subject to experience rating systems, including credibility mechanisms and Bonus Malus systems (BMSs). Actuarial Modelling of Claim Counts presents a comprehensive treatment of the various experience rating systems and their relationships with risk classification. The authors summarize the most recent developments in the field, presenting ratemaking systems, whilst taking into account exogenous information. The text: Offers the first self-contained, practical approach to a priori and a posteriori ratemaking in motor insurance. Discusses the issues of claim frequency and claim severity, multi-event systems, and the combinations of deductibles and BMSs. Introduces recent developments in actuarial science and exploits the generalised linear model and generalised linear mixed model to achieve risk classification. Presents credibility mechanisms as refinements of commercial BMSs. Provides practical applications with real data sets processed with SAS software. Actuarial Modelling of Claim Counts is essential reading for students in actuarial science, as well as practicing and academic actuaries. It is also ideally suited for professionals involved in the insurance industry, applied mathematicians, quantitative economists, financial engineers and statisticians.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470517417

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False Impressions

A Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

By: Sandra Nikolai

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False Impressions

A Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

By: Sandra Nikolai

Her cheating husband was murdered and she's the prime suspect. Proving her innocence is one thing; evading a killer who wants her dead is something else. BETRAYAL. JEALOUSY. REVENGE. Montreal ghostwriter Megan Scott falls under police suspicion when her husband and a female friend are found murdered. In what a Quebec detective calls a crime passionnel, startling evidence surfaces to implicate Michael Elliott, a young investigative reporter who'd rather rub elbows with scumbags than live the posh lifestyle he inherited. Clutched out of her comfort zone, Megan is flung into Michael's dark world of criminal investigation. As they make a last-ditch attempt to prove their innocence, an elusive enemy closes in and threatens their lives. Who wants them out of the way and why? Their only path to freedom is to catch the twisted killer before they become the next victims. But not knowing who to trust or where to turn can have consequences that are just as lethal... Reviews: "Psychological twists and turns make this a heart-pounding read!" "A stunning debut; this deserves a much wider publication." "Fast-paced, plot-driven action with sharp, realistic dialogue." "A skillfully crafted story. Makes a great movie." Books by Sandra Nikolai in the Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery series: (Each book can be read as a standalone) False Impressions (Book 1) Fatal Whispers (Book 2) Timely Escape (Short story prequel to Book 3) Icy Silence (Book 3) Dark Deeds (Book 4) Broken Trust (Book 5) Cold Revenge: A Psychological Thriller (Book 6) Box Set: Books 1 - 3 Box Set: Books 4 - 6 Keywords: crime, crime of passion, mystery, mysteries, mystery books, mystery novels, mystery thriller, mystery series, murder mystery, international mystery, general mystery, bookclub, cosmopolitan city, cosy, cozy mystery, clean thriller, crime drama, books, eBooks, series, first in a series, whodunit, cliffhanger, female sleuth, female protagonist, private investigator, murder investigation, crime reporter, news coverage, investigative reporter, autopsy, forensics, medical examiner, gold digger, media, pathologist, ghostwriter, police detective, police procedural, police investigation, police surveillance, videotape, record, interrogation, justice, legal, paralegal, lawyer, inheritance, money, poison, cyanide, murder, crime thriller, thriller, thrillers, hero, heroine, suspense, betrayal, jealousy, revenge, action, adventure, stalker, secrets, stalking, liar, lies, psychopath, white collar crime, cheating husband, technological thriller, trespasser, witness, suspect, contemporary, romance, psychological suspense, romantic suspense, light romance, noir, film noir, infidelity, broken marriage, women's fiction, popular mystery books, best seller, bestsellers, witness, mystery author, Sandra, Nikolai, Agatha Christie, David Baldacci, Diane Capri, Donna Leon, Janice Frost, Jeffrey Archer, Linwood Barclay, Chris Collett, Deborah Hawkins, Gregg Bell, Charlaine Harris, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Scottoline, Leighann Dobbs, j d robb, Fiona Barton, Kathy Reichs, Louise Penny, Tana French, M A Comley, j a jance, Joy Fielding, Kendra Elliot, Lee Child, Sue Grafton, Harlan Coben, Iris Johansen, Mary Higgins Clark, Melinda Leigh, Nora Roberts, Renee Pawlish, Robert Bryndza, Sarah Wray, Tess Gerritsen, Teresa Driscoll, Jana Deleon, Canada, Canadian authors, Canadian mystery writer, Montreal, Old Montreal, Quebec.

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Vemcort Publishing

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0988038978

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9780988038974

Memories of the Mansion

The Story of Georgia’s Governor’s Mansion

By: Sandra D. Deal,Jennifer W. Dickey,Catherine M. Lewis

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Memories of the Mansion

The Story of Georgia’s Governor’s Mansion

By: Sandra D. Deal,Jennifer W. Dickey,Catherine M. Lewis

Designed by Atlanta architect A. Thomas Bradbury and opened in 1968, the mansion has been home to eight first families and houses a distinguished collection of American art and antiques. Often called “the people’s house,” the mansion is always on display, always serving the public. Memories of the Mansion tells the story of the Georgia Governor’s Mansion—what preceded it and how it came to be as well as the stories of the people who have lived and worked here since its opening in 1968. The authors worked closely with the former first families (Maddox, Carter, Busbee, Harris, Miller, Barnes, Perdue, and Deal) to capture behind-the-scenes anecdotes of what life was like in the state’s most public house. This richly illustrated book not only documents this extraordinary place and the people who have lived and worked here, but it will also help ensure the preservation of this historic resource so that it may continue to serve the state and its people.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820348597

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9780820348599

Using Evidence

How Research Can Inform Public Services

By: Nutley, Sandra M.,Walter, Isabel,H. T. O. Davies

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Using Evidence

How Research Can Inform Public Services

By: Nutley, Sandra M.,Walter, Isabel,H. T. O. Davies

Using Evidence' provides a multidisciplinary framework for understanding the research use agenda. The book considers how research use & the impact of research can be assessed. It is useful for university & government researchers, research funding bodies, public service managers & professionals, & students of public policy & management.

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Policy Press

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1861346646

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A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Weight Management and Obesity

By: Sandra Gibson Hassink

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A Clinical Guide to Pediatric Weight Management and Obesity

By: Sandra Gibson Hassink

This handy, practical guide provides clinicians with a comprehensive approach to the medical management of overweight children and adolescents. Coverage begins with the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and developmental aspects of child and adolescent obesity and a guide to evaluation of obese children. Subsequent chapters address respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, metabolic, orthopaedic, gastrointestinal, renal, and neurologic complications and comorbid conditions as well as mental health issues, acute obesity-related emergencies, and obesity as part of genetic syndromes. Pathophysiology is linked to clinical presentation, evaluation, and treatment, and lifestyle issues are discussed where appropriate. Highlighted boxes and algorithms help clinicians find and digest information quickly.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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0781764807

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9780781764803

An Oak Spring Pomona

A Selection of the Rare Books on Fruit in the Oak Spring Garden Library

By: Sandra Raphael

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An Oak Spring Pomona

A Selection of the Rare Books on Fruit in the Oak Spring Garden Library

By: Sandra Raphael

An Oak Spring Pomona is the second in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. The Pomona describes one hundred books and manuscripts about fruit, with illustrations taken from some of the most beautiful books on the subject as well as from original drawings and paintings. The earliest book described is Bussatos Giardino di Agricoltura of 1592, the latest The Herefordshire Pomona, an encyclopedia of apples and pears from the 1870s. In between there are fruit books large and small: La Quintinie's Instruction pour les Jardins fruitiers, Duhamel's Traite des arbres fruitiers, and many others. The book is divided into sections on fruit-growing in France and Britain, fruit elsewhere in Europe, and fruit in America, as well as citrus fruit, apples and pears, peaches and soft fruit, grapes, melons, and tropical fruit. Each description gives the background of the book and its relationship to others and is accompanied by illustrations of its contents in color and black and white. The Pomona includes not only brief bibliographical summaries of each book but also background wssays that place the books in a historical setting.

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Yale University Press

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0300242549

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9780300242546

Bearing Witness

Violence and Collective Responsibility

By: Sandra L Bloom,Michael Reichert

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Bearing Witness

Violence and Collective Responsibility

By: Sandra L Bloom,Michael Reichert

Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective Responsibility offers a unique layperson’s introduction to the scope and causes of violence and trauma theory and suggests ways we can all work to attack these causes. Upon completing this work, you will have a better understanding of the social causes of the violence epidemic and concrete suggestions for its long-term control.Bearing Witness addresses the cycle of violence by discussing some of the biological, psychological, social, and moral issues that go into determining whether a person will end up as a victim, perpetrator, or bystander to violent events and what happens to us when we are in one or all three of these roles. The authors look at a number of intersecting factors that play interdependent roles in creating a culture that promotes, supports, and even encourages violence. Specifically, you’ll gain invaluable insight into: trauma theory and traumatogenic forces--backdrops against which the chances of exposure to violence and the use of violence as a problemsolver are increased normal human development in the context of attachment theory and what occurs as a result of disrupted attachment bonds how rapid changes in modern society and the breakdown of the traditional family structure contribute to a level of social stress that promotes violence violence in the family, in the workplace, and in the schools--all places to which people turn for security social responses to violence--the ways in which certain responses decrease or increase the likelihood of violence the unhealthy balance of power between the genders and how violence or the threat of violence maintains this imbalance how our cultural standard of disavowing our normal emotional experience sets the stage for repeated and regular empathic failure, which leads to violenceA framework for understanding the various aspects of the problem of violence, Bearing Witness delves into the various aspects of trauma--what trauma does to the body, the mind, the emotions, and relationships--before beginning to formulate proposals for initiating processes that lead to problemsolving. Once this knowledge base has been established, the authors give you the beginnings of an outline for reorganizing society with the aim of establishing a community that is responsive to the basic human need for safety and peace.

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368

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Routledge

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1317790278

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9781317790273

Contexts of Nursing

An Introduction

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

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Contexts of Nursing

An Introduction

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

- Content updated to reflect national registration and standards for practice of the NMBA and NCNZ - 'Stories' throughout – featuring case studies on chapter content - Reflection points throughout the chapters to encourage personal reflection - New chapters, including:- Nursing and social media- Health disparities: the social determinants of health- Mental health promotion- Global health and nursing - Includes eBook with print purchase on evolve

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441

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729585832

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9780729585835

Crafting Identity

The Development of Professional Fine Craft in Canada

By: Sandra Alfoldy

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Crafting Identity

The Development of Professional Fine Craft in Canada

By: Sandra Alfoldy

By contrasting American experience with the Canadian context, which includes a unique Quebec identity and a Native dimension, Sandra Alfoldy argues that the development of organizations, advanced education for craftspeople, and exhibition and promotional opportunities have contributed to the distinct evolution of professional craft in Canada over the past forty years. Alfoldy focuses on 1964-74 and the debates over distinctions between professional, self-taught, and amateur craftspeople and between one-of-a-kind and traditional craft objects. She deals extensively with key people and events, including American philanthropist Aileen Osborn Webb and Canadian philanthropist Joan Chalmers, the foundation of the World Crafts Council (1964) and the Canadian Crafts Council (1974), the Canadian Fine Crafts exhibition at Expo 67, and the In Praise of Hands exhibition of 1974. Drawing upon a wealth of previously unexploited materials, this richly documented survey includes descriptions and illustrations of significant works and identifies the challenges that lie ahead for professional crafts in Canada.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773572643

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9780773572645

Treating Children with Chinese Dietary Therapy

By: Sandra Robertson

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Treating Children with Chinese Dietary Therapy

By: Sandra Robertson

Chinese Dietary Therapy is one of the pillars of Chinese medicine and has a large role to play in health. This comprehensive book allows practitioners to add this important element to their paediatric practice and to advise parents on positive food choices for their children. With childhood allergies, asthma, ADHD, obesity and childhood diabetes on the rise, this indispensable resource provides advice on using food as medicine for particular common ailments - such as chronic coughs, colds, stomach aches and constipation. It describes how to use food to prevent illness in children and for long-term health benefits, with a focus on strengthening digestion for a resilient immune system. It also demonstrates how diet can bring the body closer to a state of balance by living in accordance with seasons and the world around us, and listening to the body's intuitions. Focusing on the pivotal role of digestion in a resilient and better immune system for optimal health, Treating Children with Chinese Dietary Therapy gives practitioners of Chinese medicine a resource to bring this ancient awareness to today's parents.

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Singing Dragon

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1787753190

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9781787753198

Abrams' Clinical Drug Therapy

Rationales for Nursing Practice

By: Geralyn Frandsen,Sandra Smith Pennington

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Abrams' Clinical Drug Therapy

Rationales for Nursing Practice

By: Geralyn Frandsen,Sandra Smith Pennington

This popular core nursing pharmacology textbook provides unique coverage of nursing interventions for drug therapy with related rationales. Highly praised for its organized and readable presentation, the text explains the "why" behind each nursing action, and emphasizes how drugs work differently in different patients. The 10th edition has a new fresh design and approach with an added focus on patient safety integrated into the text.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1609137116

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9781609137113

Leadership and Nursing

Contemporary perspectives

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

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Leadership and Nursing

Contemporary perspectives

By: John Daly,Sandra Speedy,Debra Jackson

Leadership is fundamental to the nature of nursing to ensure the development of safe practice, interdisciplinary relationships, education, research and ultimately, the delivery of quality healthcare. Leadership and Nursing: Contemporary Perspectives 2e presents a global perspective of leadership issues within the Australian context. It builds on the premise that nursing leadership is for all nurses — not just those who are authorised to hold a position within an organisation. In addition, this book explores how leadership is not possible until one has an understanding of self and what motivates others. The text is aimed at senior undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students making the transition to practice as well as professional nurses seeking to strengthen their clinical practice and governance. Nine entirely new chapters exploring the most up-to-date leadership issues and themes including: • Leadership and its influence on patient outcomes • Leadership: Developing and sustaining self • Indigenous leadership in nursing: speaking life into each other’s spirits • Leadership and empowerment in nursing • Leadership in the era of Inter-professional education in healthcare • Leading development of health policy • Leadership and the role of Professional Organisations • Leading nursing in the Academy • Avoiding derailment: Leadership strategies for identity, reputation and legacy management

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0729581535

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9780729581530

The Biology of Multiple Sclerosis

By: Gregory Atkins,Sandra Amor,Jean Fletcher,Kingston Mills

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The Biology of Multiple Sclerosis

By: Gregory Atkins,Sandra Amor,Jean Fletcher,Kingston Mills

Multiple sclerosis is the most common debilitating neurological disease in people under the age of forty in the developed world. Many publications cover medical and clinical approaches to the disease; however, The Biology of Multiple Sclerosis provides a clear and concise up-to-date overview of the scientific literature on the various theories of MS pathogenesis. Covering the main elements of scientific research into multiple sclerosis, the book contains chapters on the neuropathology of the disease as well as an account of the most extensively used animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. The book contains chapters regarding the role of viruses in the development of multiple sclerosis. Viruses have long been implicated and chapters on animal models based on virus infection, as well as their possible role in the etiology of MS, are included. Of interest to MS researchers, the book is written to also be of value to postgraduate and medical students.

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141

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Cambridge University Press

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1139851063

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9781139851060

Walking in France

By: Sandra Bardwell

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Walking in France

By: Sandra Bardwell

Savour the delights of rural France far from the autoroutes and the TGV. This book reveals a wealth of trails linking nature's tranquil oases, pastoral villages and epicurean pleasures -- all at walking pace. -- the most renowned and scenic walks in 13 regions, including the GR20 Corsican trail -- a range of picturesque day walks within easy distance of Paris -- information on architecture, restaurants and vineyards along the trails -- easy-to-follow walk descriptions with accurate contour maps -- practical advice on local customs, language, equipment and travel -- illustrated section on flora and fauna

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0864426011

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