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The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

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The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley is a sparkling historical novel of wild and wonderful mechanical automata, love in a variety of forms, and gentle themes of identity, with a cast of fabulous characters. In 1755, Abel Cloudesley, a London watchmaker and creator of remarkable mechanical automata, is mourning his wife, Alice, who died giving birth to their son, Zachary. Six years later, Abel is further devastated when a freak workshop accident takes Zachary’s eye. With his new eye made of gold and lapis by Abel’s soft-spoken apprentice Tom, Zachary, now with an astonishing gift of second sight, is sent to live with his eccentric Aunt Franny in the country. Abel buries himself in work until he is coerced by shadowy figures into designing a chess-playing automaton and delivering it to Constantinople to spy on the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. After meeting the Sultan, Abel is not heard from again. Years later, teenage Zachary receives a letter suggesting that his father is still alive, a prisoner of the Sultan. Zachary sets off on a perilous journey to the Levant, determined to find Abel and bring him safely home. A BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick and London Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month, for fans of Pandora, The Essex Serpent, and The Night Circus. Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2023 and the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2023.

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Union Square & Co.

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1454950447

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9781454950448

Rethinking Public Strategy

By: Sean Lusk,Nick Birks

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Rethinking Public Strategy

By: Sean Lusk,Nick Birks

Strategy is vital to effective and efficient public service delivery as well as successful governance and leadership. This new text provides a concise yet systematic overview of the achievements, downfalls and complexities of public strategy in today's globalized and often market-driven world. It describes the place of strategy in civic societies whose citizens are more interconnected and vocal than ever. It shows that successful strategic planning goes well beyond problem-solving to developing adaptable plans that can evolve as requirements and circumstances change. And it explains why muddling through simply won't work. Emphasizing the importance of applying a variety of techniques to the process of strategy-creation, Rethinking Public Strategy reassesses the key factors that can deliver significant improvements in public services and build public value. It looks at why public strategy is distinctive, as well as the principles it has in common with the corporate domain. This text includes numerous case studies from around the globe – from South Africa to Singapore, the USA to Germany, and from China to the Czech Republic – that ground the exposition in real experience. Based on state-of-the-art research by two expert practitioners in the field, it offers an essential guide to the art of strategy in the contemporary public sector, and encourages readers to evaluate critically the various approaches to strategy.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350311928

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Rebel Ireland:From Easter Rising to Civil War

By: Sean McMahon

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Rebel Ireland:From Easter Rising to Civil War

By: Sean McMahon

The stories of these conflicts, with their scores of killings, torture, reprisals and long- lasting bitterness are told concisely in this book. &newpara;Easter 1916 – the rebellion which took place in Ireland 90 years ago was arguably the most momentous event in this country's history. &newpara;The War of Independence – the guerrilla war, characterised by marvellous courage and miserable cruelty. &newpara;The Civil War – few episodes in Irish history are as poignant, bloody and unnecessary. &newpara;This book traces the causes, events and consequences of these events. It will help a peaceful generation for which the bloody birth of modern Ireland is ancient history, to gain a better understanding of the essence of their nation.

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146

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Mercier Press Ltd

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1856357309

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9781856357302

The Little Review "Ulysses"

By: James Joyce,Mark Gaipa,Sean Latham,Robert Scholes

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The Little Review "Ulysses"

By: James Joyce,Mark Gaipa,Sean Latham,Robert Scholes

James Joyce’s Ulysses first appeared in print in the pages of an American avant-garde magazine, The Little Review, between 1918 and 1920. The novel many consider to be the most important literary work of the twentieth century was, at the time, deemed obscene and scandalous, resulting in the eventual seizure of The Little Review and the placing of a legal ban on Joyce’s masterwork that would not be lifted in the United States until 1933. For the first time, The Little Review “Ulysses” brings together the serial installments of Ulysses to create a new edition of the novel, enabling teachers, students, scholars, and general readers to see how one of the previous century’s most daring and influential prose narratives evolved, and how it was initially introduced to an audience who recognized its radical potential to transform Western literature. This unique and essential publication also includes essays and illustrations designed to help readers understand the rich contexts in which Ulysses first appeared and trace the complex changes Joyce introduced after it was banned.

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Yale University Press

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0300213492

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9780300213492

A Visitation of God

Northern Civilians Interpret the Civil War

By: Sean A. Scott

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A Visitation of God

Northern Civilians Interpret the Civil War

By: Sean A. Scott

When Abraham Lincoln expressed gratitude for the northern churches in the spring of 1864, it had nothing to do with his appreciation of doctrine, liturgy, or Christian fellowship. Collectively, the churches earned the president's admiration with rabid patriotism and support for the war. Ministers publicly proclaimed the righteousness of the Union, condemned slavery, and asserted that God favored the federal army. Yet all of this would have amounted to nothing more than empty bravado without the support of the men and women sitting in the pews. This outstanding book examines the Civil War from the perspective of the northern laity, those religious civilians whose personal faith influenced their views on politics and slavery, helped them cope with physical separation and death engendered by the war, and ultimately enabled them to discern the hand of God in the struggle to preserve the national Union.From Lincoln's election to his assassination, the book weaves together political, military, social, and intellectual history into a religious narrative of the Civil War on the northern home front. Packed with compelling human interest stories, this account draws on letters, diaries, newspapers and church records along with published sources to conclusively demonstrate that many devout civilians regarded the Civil War as a contest imbued with religious meaning. In the process of giving their loyal support to the government as individual citizens, religious Northerners politicized the church as a collective institution and used it to uphold the Union so the purified nation could promote Christianity around the world. Christian patriotism helped win the war, but the politicization of religion did not lead to the redemption of the state.

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OUP USA

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0195395999

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9780195395990

A Short History of Ireland

By: Sean McMahon

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A Short History of Ireland

By: Sean McMahon

Change is constant in human affairs and Ireland has seen its fair share over the centuries. If we are to understand Ireland's current challenges then we must grasp the complexity of its past. This concise and even-handed account describes the history of Ireland from early times. Based upon up-to-date research, the narrative covers all political, social and cultural issues of importance, right up to the autumn of 1995 with the visit of President Clinton and the end of the first year of peace in Northern Ireland.

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Mercier Press Ltd

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1856357317

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The History of Australian Corrections

By: Sean O'Toole

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The History of Australian Corrections

By: Sean O'Toole

Beginning with the punishment systems of the ancient world, Sean O'Toole investigates the birth of the modern prison, the transportation process, the convict era and finally the creation of Australia’s various State and Territory prisons and community corrections systems.

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UNSW Press

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0868409154

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The War of Independence

By: Sean McMahon

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The War of Independence

By: Sean McMahon

One of the book's charms is the necessary focus on anecdotes and pen portraits of participants in the battles. These bring to life some of the conflicts, like the story of Lieutenant Bartholomew Teeling and Irish men serving in General Humbert's French forces in September 1798 who showed immense courage yet was executed by the British after the Battle of Ballinamuck. McMahon reaches a high point if the style in the brief chapter on Knockanross when he discusses the life and times of Murrough O'Brien, Lord Inchiquin." - The Irish Story. Like all guerrilla wars, the Irish War of Independence was characterised by great courage and ruthless brutality. It created many heroes and spawned two of the most hated forces that a British government had ever inflicted on Ireland: the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries. This book traces the cause, development and consequences of the war, which led to the bloody birth of modern Ireland.

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1781177198

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Making the American Religious Fringe

Exotics, Subversives, and Journalists, 1955-1993

By: Sean McCloud

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Making the American Religious Fringe

Exotics, Subversives, and Journalists, 1955-1993

By: Sean McCloud

In an examination of religion coverage in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Ebony, Christianity Today, National Review, and other news and special interest magazines, Sean McCloud combines religious history and social theory to analyze how and why mass-market magazines depicted religions as "mainstream" or "fringe" in the post-World War II United States. McCloud argues that in assuming an American mainstream that was white, middle class, and religiously liberal, journalists in the largest magazines, under the guise of objective reporting, offered a spiritual apologetics for the dominant social order. McCloud analyzes articles on a wide range of religious movements from the 1950s through the early 1990s, including Pentecostalism, the Nation of Islam, California cults, the Jesus movement, South Asian gurus, and occult spirituality. He shows that, in portraying certain beliefs as "fringe," magazines evoked long-standing debates in American religious history about emotional versus rational religion, exotic versus familiar spirituality, and normal versus abnormal levels of piety. He also traces the shifting line between mainstream and fringe, showing how such boundary shifts coincided with larger changes in society, culture, and the magazine industry. McCloud's astute analysis helps us understand both broad conceptions of religion in the United States and the role of mass media in American society.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807863661

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9780807863664

Ireland Handbook

By: Sean Sheehan,Patricia Levy

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Ireland Handbook

By: Sean Sheehan,Patricia Levy

Footprint's Ireland Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the whole of Ireland from the Glens of Antrim to the bays of West Cork. This travel guide is for those who want to gain an insight into the culture and traditions of both the Republic and Northern Ireland. Book jacket.

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NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company

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0658003690

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9780658003691

Ireland

A Travel Survival Kit

By: John Murray,Sean Sheehan,Tony Wheeler

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Ireland

A Travel Survival Kit

By: John Murray,Sean Sheehan,Tony Wheeler

Ireland is green, pleasant and relaxed, but behind the smiling faces and noisy pubs lies a long and tragic history. Lonely Planet provides solid travel information on where to stay, what to see and how to get around for varying schedules along with realistic background on history, culture, and politics. Color insert.

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Lonely Planet

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086442194X

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The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

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Footprint Ireland

By: Pat Levy,Patricia Levy,Sean Sheehan

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Footprint Ireland

By: Pat Levy,Patricia Levy,Sean Sheehan

Written by local authors, "Footprint Ireland" explores grand houses and splendid gardens, along with opportunities to walk, fish, or play golf. Includes extensive coverage of the pub scene. Two-color art throughout. 20 color photos. 70 maps.

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Footprint Handbooks

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1904777368

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A Woman of Opinion

The brand new spellbinding historical novel from the bestselling author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

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A Woman of Opinion

The brand new spellbinding historical novel from the bestselling author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley

By: Sean Lusk

From the bestselling author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, discover the illuminating historical novel about the extraordinary life of pioneering writer, poet and feminist, Mary Wortley Montagu. 'This book is a triumph - vivid, exquisite, enthralling and revealing' Kate Griffin, author of Fyneshade 'Lusk conjures prose of a spell-binding elegance and charm - as charismatic as the woman who he brings so vividly into life upon the page' Essie Fox, author of The Fascination --- 'I shall be a thousand different Marys and, in such manner, shall find the one I wish to be...' Lady Mary Wortley Montagu longs for adventure, freedom and love, believing that only by truly living can she ever escape the stalking crow of Death... An aristocratic woman in 18th century England is expected to act in certain ways. But Mary has never let society's expectations stifle her: she writes celebrated poetry and articles advocating for equality, as well as endless, often scandalous, letters to her many powerful friends. However, Mary wants more from the world. Using her charm and connections, she engineers a job offer for her husband as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Travelling to Constantinople, Mary finally discovers the autonomous life she dreams of. And when she observes Turkish women 'engrafting' children against smallpox, she resolves to bring the miracle cure back to England. Despite this, Mary's reputation becomes increasingly tainted. Her inability to abide by the rules, her outspoken opinions on women's rights, and her search for love and desire at all costs gains her powerful enemies. While Mary tries to ensure her name will live on by arranging the publication of her diaries after her death, her own daughter works against her, afraid of what they might contain... An illuminating and beautiful novel, A Woman of Opinion gives a voice to the tragically unremembered yet extraordinary life of pioneering poet and feminist, Mary Wortley Montagu. --- Praise for The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley: 'One of the best books I've read this year . . . completely unforgettable' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry 'Inventive, fantastical . . . memorable' The Times 'So powerful . . . like the love child of Charles Dickens and Isabel Allende' Ruth Jones, Sunday Times bestselling author of Love Untold ‘Beautifully written, ingeniously crafted . . . absolutely enthralling’ Sunday Express

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Random House

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1473594405

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9781473594401

Rethinking Public Strategy

By: Sean Lusk,Nick Birks

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Shadow Hills

By: Sean Ford

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Shadow Hills

By: Sean Ford

L'histoire suit deux soeurs, Anne et Dana, qui sont séparées enfants lorsque Dana disparaît. Nous suivons chaque soeur dans des chronologies distinctes : Dana dans le passé et Anne dans le présent. Jusqu'au jour où une peste éclate et cette épidémie semble avoir un lien avec l'entreprise de fracturation hydraulique où une grande partie de la ville, Shadow Hills, est employée...

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2413061436

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The Little Review "Ulysses"

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A Visitation of God

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The History of Australian Corrections

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Making the American Religious Fringe

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Ireland Handbook

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Footprint Ireland

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