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Natalie, 60, Looking For... What?

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Natalie, 60, Looking For... What?

By: Val Erasmus

Natalie, facing retirement, returns to the UK from South Africa to care for her elderly mother, whose mischievous ways have caused nothing but trouble amongst her three daughters. Unsure about what her future holds, Natalie wonders if she is still young enough to have a life. She reunites with her old friend Maggie, a wickedly cynical veteran of the ‘36-year marriage-gone-stale’ club, who cannot fathom why Natalie would consider introducing another man into her life, let alone actively seek one out on the internet. Especially since, according to Maggie, Natalie has always been a terrible judge of men! But when Natalie meets 59-year-old Richard, she believes she has found the one: a softy spoken, gentle giant who wines and dines her, takes her on a Caribbean cruise, and enjoys time on the beautiful South African south coast with her. But is Richard too good to be true? And will Maggie be proven right?

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1835741797

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9781835741795

It’S Not Aspirin

By: Val Jewell

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It’S Not Aspirin

By: Val Jewell

Victoria discovers a talent for solving murder mysteries but incurs the wrath of a major drug trafficker. The trail touches Cornwall, Venice and Spain. The reader will meet people who should be found again and those best forgotten.

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149

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1467896136

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9781467896139

The Unification of German Education

By: Val D. Rust,Diane Rust

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The Unification of German Education

By: Val D. Rust,Diane Rust

Originally published in 1995. This study of the integration of East and West German education following the collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1989 focuses on policy formation and implementation during this period of great social and political turbulence. It is the result of a research project undertaken shortly after the unification. The authors lived in East Germany for a full year, looking carefully at individual schools, vocational training centers, teacher colleges, and universities. The book considers questions of how education policy is successfully formulated, conditions in which that policy is implemented and the consequences of the implemented educational reform. The first chapters present the context and history of German education and the later chapters discuss the unification and the formation of the new school laws and the successes and failures. The authors' research shows that even before the unification East Germans had already opted for a system consistent with West German education law. However, the West Germans disregarded these changes and imposed their own version of reform on East Germany. The German situation at this time is of great interest to all educators, particularly students of educational policy making, as well as researchers in political science, economics, and sociology.

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Routledge

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1351004646

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9781351004640

Like Catching Water in a Net

Human Attempts to Describe the Divine

By: Val Webb

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Like Catching Water in a Net

Human Attempts to Describe the Divine

By: Val Webb

National Best Books 2007 Award-Winner in Religion "Insightful, imaginative, and provocative! Val Webb's new book has freed the Divine from the religious. A striking achievement."-John Shelby Spong, author of Jesus for the Non-Religious In Like Catching Water in a Net, Val Webb is not out to prove the existence of a God or the Divine, but to set out intuitions or intimations of the Divine nature and attributes from the stories and literature of the world's religions. Casting her net more widely than Karen Armstrong in The History of God or Jack Miles in God: A Biography, Webb delves deeply into the poetry and sayings of Sufi, Buddhist, and Hindu mystics, the nature religion of the ancient Mesopotamians, their kin the Israelites, and the Aboriginal people of her own beloved Australia.

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269

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0826430058

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9780826430052

Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis

By: Xianglin Shi,Vince Castranova,Val Vallyathan,William G. Perry

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Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis

By: Xianglin Shi,Vince Castranova,Val Vallyathan,William G. Perry

These proceedings focus on the latest research in molecular mechanisms of metal-induced toxicity and carcinogenesis. The conference promoted a multidisciplinary investigative approach and included presentations from international experts on state-of-the-art information in this field.

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232

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461507936

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9781461507932

Lost Portland, Oregon

By: Val C. Ballestrem

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Lost Portland, Oregon

By: Val C. Ballestrem

As Portland has grown and changed, so has its architectural landscape. Once prominent landmarks have disappeared--the Marquam Building collapsed during 1912 renovations, the massive chamber of commerce building became a parking lot and the Corbett Building became a shopping mall. The city skyline was shaped by architects like Justus F. Krumbein and David L. Williams, only to drastically change in the face of urban renewal and the desire for modernization. Discover the stories behind some of Portland's most iconic buildings, including the Beth Israel Synagogue and the first East Side High School, both lost to fire. Join historian Val C. Ballestrem as he explores the city's architectural heritage from the 1890s to the present, as well as the creative forces behind it.

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Arcadia Publishing

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146713953X

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9781467139533

Designing Interface Animation

Improving the User Experience Through Animation

By: Val Head

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Designing Interface Animation

Improving the User Experience Through Animation

By: Val Head

Effective interface animation deftly combines form and function to improve feedback, aid in orientation, direct attention, show causality, and express your brand’s personality. Designing Interface Animation shows you how to create web animation that balances purpose and style while blending seamlessly into the user’s experience. This book is a crash course in motion design theory and practice for web designers, UX professionals, and front-end developers alike.

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Rosenfeld Media

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1933820160

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9781933820163

The Holistic Inspirations of Physics

The Underground History of Electromagnetic Theory

By: Val Dusek

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The Holistic Inspirations of Physics

The Underground History of Electromagnetic Theory

By: Val Dusek

While many books have claimed parallels between modern physics and Eastern philosophy, none have dealt with the historical influences of both Chinese traditional thought and non-mechanistic, holistic western thought on the philosophies of the scientists who developed electromagnetic field theory. In The Holistic Inspirations of Physics, R. Valentine Dusek asks: to what extent is classical field theory a product of organic and holistic philosophies and frameworks? Electromagnetic theory has been greatly influenced by holistic worldviews, Dusek posits, and he highlights three alternative scientific systems that made the development of electromagnetic theory possible: medieval Chinese science, Western Renaissance occultism, and the German romantic traditions. He situates these "alternative" approaches in their social context and background, and traces their connection with components of "accepted" physical science in relation to a number of social movements and philosophical theories. Readers will learn of specific contributions made by these alternative traditions, such as the Chinese inventing the compass and discovering the earth's magnetic field and magnetic declination. Western alchemical ideas of active forces and "occult" influences contributed to Newton's theory of gravitation force as action at a distance, rather as a result of purely mechanical collisions and contact action. Dusek also describes the extent to which women's culture supplied (often without credit) the philosophical background ideas that were absorbed into mainstream field theory.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813526353

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9780813526355

Radical Origins

Early Mormon Converts and Their Colonial Ancestors

By: Val Dean Rust

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Radical Origins

Early Mormon Converts and Their Colonial Ancestors

By: Val Dean Rust

Val D. Rust's Radical Origins investigates whether the unconventional religious beliefs of their colonial ancestors predisposed early Mormon converts to embrace the (radical( message of Joseph Smith Jr. and his new church. Utilizing a unique set of meticulously compiled genealogical data, Rust uncovers the ancestors of early church members throughout what we understand as the radical segment of the Protestant Reformation. Coming from backgrounds in the Antinomians, Seekers, Anabaptists, Quakers, and the Family of Love, many colonial ancestors of the church(s early members had been ostracized from their communities. Expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, some were whipped, mutilated, or even hanged for their beliefs. Rust shows how family traditions can be passed down through the generations, and can ultimately shape the outlook of future generations. This, he argues, extends the historical role of Mormons by giving their early story significant implications for understanding the larger context of American colonial history. Featuring a provocative thesis and stunning original research, Radical Origins is a remarkable contribution to our understanding of religion in the development of American culture and the field of Mormon history.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252029100

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9780252029103

Patterns Of Change In Developing Rural Regions

By: Dafna Schwartz,Raphael Bar-El,Avrom Bendavid-Val,Gerald Karaska

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Patterns Of Change In Developing Rural Regions

By: Dafna Schwartz,Raphael Bar-El,Avrom Bendavid-Val,Gerald Karaska

Development specialists often overlook the feet that the towns of a rural region play as essential a role in the region's economy as does agriculture, and they design and implement broad strategies without due recognition of the unique and dynamic character of each individual region. Proper analysis requires consideration of the changing nature of rural regions and the principal agents of change. The contributors to this volume argue that development strategists should focus on processes rather than on products by taking the nonfarm aspects, as well as the farm aspects, of rural development into account and by recognizing that land, labor, water, and technology do not alone lead to balanced regional and agricultural development. The analytical approaches presented in this book incorporate wide-ranging variables from the urban space of rural regions—markets, towns, service industries, and organizations—that have major impacts on the rural regional economy. These methodologies aim at improving rural regional development processes.

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Routledge

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1000313484

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9781000313482

Natalie, 60, Looking For... What?

By: Val Erasmus

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Book's by Val Erasmus

Natalie, 60, Looking For... What?

Natalie, 60, Looking For... What?

It’S Not Aspirin

It’S Not Aspirin

The Unification of German Education

The Unification of German Education

Like Catching Water in a Net

Like Catching Water in a Net

Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis

Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Toxicity and Carcinogenesis

Lost Portland, Oregon

Lost Portland, Oregon

Designing Interface Animation

Designing Interface Animation

The Holistic Inspirations of Physics

The Holistic Inspirations of Physics

Radical Origins

Radical Origins

Patterns Of Change In Developing Rural Regions

Patterns Of Change In Developing Rural Regions

Natalie, 60, Looking For... What?

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