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Ellipses

A Novel

By: Vanessa Lawrence

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Set in the glossy world of New York City media, this sharp and witty debut novel follows a young woman caught in a toxic mentorship with an older, powerful executive as she grapples with career, belonging, and the complexity of modern relationships in the digital age. Named a Best Book of 2024 So Far by Vogue, Elle, and Electric Lit One of Autostraddle's Most Anticipated Queer Books for Spring 2024 One of Chill Subs's 38 Books We Can't Wait to Read When cosmetics mogul Billie rolls down her town car window and offers Lily a ride home from a glitzy Manhattan gala, Lily figures this could be a useful professional connection. She’s heard of Billie’s storied rise as a business titan, the product of white New England privilege and one of the few queer women in a corner suite. Billie could be just the jolt Lily needs to manifest her next step. A magazine writer, Lily interviews influencers, actresses, and fashion designers for her publication’s stylish pages, all while navigating office microaggressions. Stalled at work, she worries that her dream print career will soon succumb to the rise of social media. She is at a standstill, too, in her relationship with her girlfriend Alison. And Lily feels unable to voice her authenticity when others’ sliding perceptions of her mixed race and bisexual identity repeatedly drown her out. Charming and hyperconfident, Billie seems invested in mentoring Lily out of her slump, from the screen of her phone. But their text exchanges and Billie’s relentless worldview begin to consume Lily’s life. Eager to impress her powerful guide, Lily is perpetually suspended in an ellipsis, waiting for those three gray dots to bloom into a new message from Billie. Ellipses explores one woman’s struggle for wholeness, in a world shaped by digital half-lives and aspirational fantasies. In the end, this stunning debut novel reveals the rewards and challenges of forging an uncharted path on one’s own terms.

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Penguin

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0593472772

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9780593472774

The Other Side of Goodness

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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The Other Side of Goodness

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

How far will faith and love go when an ambitious man finds himself in the fight of his life--with a woman who knows the other side of goodness all too well. . . Fifty-year-old Alabama congressman Lawrence Rudolph Simmons will do whatever it takes to get re-elected--even switch parties from Democrat to Republican. With the political tide turning, Lawrence feels it's his best shot--along with his charisma, solid twenty-nine year marriage, and three great kids. But a buried secret from his past is about to be resurrected.. . . It's been eight years since Gabrielle Mercedes gave up her baby for adoption. But when she learns the child desperately needs a bone marrow transplant, she doesn't hesitate to contact the congressman. Like Lawrence, Gabrielle will fight for what she wants, even if it means the truth could ruin someone else's life and career. . .. "There are enough tears, hugs, and lessons learned before summer's over to appease readers, young and adult, who like a good dose of faith with their fiction." --Publishers Weekly on Ray of Hope "Griggs address[es] the challenges of living by Biblical rules with homespun humor. Fans will be pleased." --Publishers Weekly on The Truth Is the Light "A smart novel that addresses an issue that many in the church shy away from--divorce--with frank realism."--Library Journal on Practicing What You Preach "I absolutely love Vanessa's unique writing style. She is one of a kind." --Mary Monroe, New York Times bestselling author

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Dafina Books

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0758273584

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9780758273581

The Other Side of Dare

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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The Other Side of Dare

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

Determined to adopt Jasmine Noble, who is currently in the custody of an ex-stripper, Paris Simmons-Holyfield, met with resistance from both her husband and her father, is plunged into a reality that is far more scandalous than she ever could imagined.

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Dafina Books

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0758273592

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9780758273598

Precarious Constructions

Race, Class, and Urban Revitalization in Toronto

By: Vanessa A. Rosa

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Precarious Constructions

Race, Class, and Urban Revitalization in Toronto

By: Vanessa A. Rosa

This sharply argued book posits that urban revitalization—making "better" city living spaces from those that have been neglected due to racist city planning and divestment—is a code word for fraught, state-managed gentrification. Vanessa A. Rosa examines the revitalization of two Toronto public housing projects, Regent Park and Lawrence Heights, and uses this evidence to analyze the challenges of racial inequality and segregation at the heart of housing systems in many cities worldwide. Instead of promoting safety and belonging, Rosa argues that revitalization too often creates more intense exclusion. But the story of these housing projects also reveals how residents pushed back on the ideals of revitalization touted by city officials and policymakers. Rosa explores urban revitalization as a window to investigate broader questions about social regulation and the ways that racism, classism, and dynamics of inclusion/exclusion are foundational to liberal democratic societies, particularly as scholars continue to debate the politics of gentrification at the local level and the politics of integration and multiculturalism at the national level.

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UNC Press Books

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9798890863362

The Other Side of Divine

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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The Other Side of Divine

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

Full of crazy church politics and a huge cast, Griggs keeps this on-going story alive by addressing the challenges of living by Biblical rules with homespun humor. --Publishers Weekly Paris Simmons-Holyfield is finally pregnant with the baby she's dreamed of for so long. There's just one complication: she's not sure who the father is. Apparently, after a night of drinking with her ex-coworker and ally Darius Connors, it could be him. Considering her husband's track record, chances are it is. Still, Paris prays it's not Darius, and decides to keep quiet about her worries. Especially because Darius isn't ready to give up on his crumbling marriage. . . Meanwhile, after a battle to keep her adopted daughter and an ugly confrontation with Paris's family, Gabrielle Mercedes has finally found love and happiness. But when her father shows up, paroled from prison, she fears she's in for another round of trouble. As all three navigate the path from sin to redemption, can they forgive their way to the other side? "I absolutely love Vanessa's unique writing style." --Mary Monroe, New York Times bestselling author

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Dafina Books

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0758273606

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9780758273604

The Tender Soldier

A True Story of War and Sacrifice

By: Vanessa M. Gezari

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The Tender Soldier

A True Story of War and Sacrifice

By: Vanessa M. Gezari

Part of the Pentagon's most daring and controversial attempt since Vietnam to bring social science to the Afghanistan battlefield, three tough-minded American civilians find their humanity tested and their lives forever changed by this little-known mission.

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369

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Simon and Schuster

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1439177392

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9781439177396

Shattered in a Split Second

By: Vanessa Richardson Bagby

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Shattered in a Split Second

By: Vanessa Richardson Bagby

In the summer of 2005, one of the most awful things that can happen to a family happened to the Bagbys. Their 25 year-old son Atiba, a motorcycle enthusiast, was clinging to life after a hit-and-run accident on the highway. As Atiba's family huddled together for support and sought comfort in their faith in God, they prayed that he would make it through the night. What they never expected was an enduring family saga that would stretch to every corner of their lives. Would his parents' marriage survive? How would his two kid brothers cope? What secrets did this family hold that would finally come to light? And who was driving the car that hit Atiba in the first place? Through her unbearable pain, a mother relives those awful moments in this heart-throbbing, true-life account of her family's survival. She teaches us all that with the Lord's good grace and the courage to stand tall, anything except death can be fixed. Part-mystery, part-love letter to her son, Shattered in a Split Second asks, when the world shuts down on you, and there's nowhere to turn, what do you do? Do you crumble to your knees, or do you stand tall? For more information please go to www.shatteredinasplitsecond.com

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251

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Hillcrest Publishing Group

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193760019X

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9781937600198

Virginia Woolf's Women

By: Vanessa Curtis

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Virginia Woolf's Women

By: Vanessa Curtis

This biography is to concentrate exclusively on Woolf's close and inspirational female friendships with the key women in her life. Curtis looks both at the effect of these relationships on her emotional life and the inspiration that each woman provided for the female protagonists in her fiction. The author begins by exposing the lesser-known details of Woolf's Victorian childhood, and continues with a study of the other unique women in Woolf's life: her sister Vanessa Bell; artist Dora Carrington; writer Katherine Mansfield; novelist Vita Sackville-West; and militant composer Ethel Smyth.

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248

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299183408

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9780299183400

Great British Gardeners

From the Early Plantsmen to Chelsea Medal Winners

By: Vanessa Berridge

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Great British Gardeners

From the Early Plantsmen to Chelsea Medal Winners

By: Vanessa Berridge

Through the stories of twenty-six inspiring figures - from ‘Capability’ Brown, Humphry Repton and Vita Sackville-West to lesser known figures, and present-day gardeners such as Beth Chatto and John Brookes - this book brings the colourful history of British gardening to life.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445672413

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9781445672410

Thinking Without Thinking in the Victorian Novel

By: Vanessa L. Ryan

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Thinking Without Thinking in the Victorian Novel

By: Vanessa L. Ryan

In Thinking without Thinking in the Victorian Novel, Vanessa L. Ryan demonstrates how both the form and the experience of reading novels played an important role in ongoing debates about the nature of consciousness during the Victorian era. Revolutionary developments in science during the mid- and late nineteenth century—including the discoveries and writings of Herbert Spencer, William Carpenter, and George Henry Lewes—had a vital impact on fiction writers of the time. Wilkie Collins, George Eliot, George Meredith, and Henry James read contributions in what we now call cognitive science that asked, "what is the mind?" These Victorian fiction writers took a crucial step, asking how we experience our minds, how that experience relates to our behavior and questions of responsibility, how we can gain control over our mental reflexes, and finally how fiction plays a special role in understanding and training our minds. Victorian fiction writers focus not only on the question of how the mind works but also on how it seems to work and how we ought to make it work. Ryan shows how the novelistic emphasis on dynamic processes and functions—on the activity of the mind, rather than its structure or essence—can also be seen in some of the most exciting and comprehensive scientific revisions of the understanding of "thinking" in the Victorian period. This book studies the way in which the mind in the nineteenth-century view is embedded not just in the body but also in behavior, in social structures, and finally in fiction.

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JHU Press

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1421405911

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9781421405919

Headstarts

100 tips for raising clever, confident, creative kids

By: Cindy Pan,Vanessa Woods

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Headstarts

100 tips for raising clever, confident, creative kids

By: Cindy Pan,Vanessa Woods

Headstarts outlines 100 practical tips to help provide your child with major advantages in both the classroom and the playground. Cindy Pan and Vanessa Woods distil key findings from the very latest international cognitive science research into short, easy-to-understand pieces covering an array of areas, including: * the importance of teaching your child positive thinking patterns * the benefits of hugs on brain development * how to help your child tackle maths and science * the best age to learn a new language, and; * the benefits of good nutrition. Headstarts provides you with the best possible information for raising clever, confident and creative kids.

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209

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Allen & Unwin

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1741766311

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9781741766318

The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage

From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan

By: Kevin Butcher,Matthew Ponting,Jane Evans,Vanessa Pashley,Christopher Somerfield

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The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage

From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan

By: Kevin Butcher,Matthew Ponting,Jane Evans,Vanessa Pashley,Christopher Somerfield

A new account of the role of coinage in the finances and economy of the Roman Empire.

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841

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Cambridge University Press

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1107027128

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9781107027121

Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship

Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice

By: Donna McDaniel,Vanessa Julye

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Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship

Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice

By: Donna McDaniel,Vanessa Julye

Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye document three centuries of Quakers who were committed to ending racial injustices yet, with few exceptions, hesitated to invite African Americans into their Society. Addressing racism among Quakers of yesterday and today, the authors believe, is the path toward a racially inclusive community.

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Quakerpress of Fgc

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1888305800

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9781888305807

Book's by Vanessa Lawrence

Ellipses

Ellipses

The Other Side of Goodness

The Other Side of Goodness

The Other Side of Dare

The Other Side of Dare

Precarious Constructions

Precarious Constructions

The Other Side of Divine

The Other Side of Divine

The Tender Soldier

The Tender Soldier

Shattered in a Split Second

Shattered in a Split Second

Virginia Woolf's Women

Virginia Woolf's Women

Great British Gardeners

Great British Gardeners

Thinking Without Thinking in the Victorian Novel

Thinking Without Thinking in the Victorian Novel

Headstarts

Headstarts

The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage

The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage

Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship

Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship

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