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Sudden Loss, Slow Grieving

A Clinical Psychologist's Experience of Grief

By: Vanessa Moore

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Sudden Loss, Slow Grieving

A Clinical Psychologist's Experience of Grief

By: Vanessa Moore

Vanessa's husband Paul dies suddenly and tragically on their regular Sunday morning swim. How will she cope with her dilapidated house, her teenage children, the patients who depend on her? Will therapy help? Why do mysterious white feathers start appearing in unexpected places? Beautifully written and honestly relayed, Vanessa uses her professional skills to explore the many questions posed by unanticipated death, and to try to find a way forwards. "This book is about a period of great loss in my life, a time when the tables were completely turned on me. I was a qualified therapist who suddenly found myself needing psychological therapy. I was a trained researcher who became my own research subject, as I tried to make sense of what was happening to me. I was an experienced manager who now struggled to manage the events taking place in my own life. Yet, throughout all this turmoil, my patients were always there, in the background, reminding me that there are many different ways to deal with loss and trauma and search for a way forwards." Vanessa Moore Originally published as One Thousand Days and One Cup of Tea.

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Kyle Books

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0857839578

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9780857839572

Lives, Letters, and Quilts

Women and Everyday Rhetorics of Resistance

By: Vanessa Kraemer Sohan

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Lives, Letters, and Quilts

Women and Everyday Rhetorics of Resistance

By: Vanessa Kraemer Sohan

How writers, activists, and artists without power resist dominant social, cultural, and political structures through the deployment of unconventional means and materials In Lives, Letters, and Quilts: Women and Everyday Rhetorics of Resistance, Vanessa Kraemer Sohan applies a translingual and transmodal framework informed by feminist rhetorical practice to three distinct case studies that demonstrate women using unique and effective rhetorical strategies in political, religious, and artistic contexts. These case studies highlight a diverse set of actors uniquely situated by their race, gender, class, or religion, but who are nevertheless connected by their capacity to envision and recontextualize the seemingly ordinary means and materials available to them in order to effectively persuade others. The Great Depression provides the backdrop for the first case study, a movement whereby thousands of elderly citizens proselytized and fundraised for a monthly pension plan dreamt up by a California doctor in the hopes of lifting themselves out of poverty. Sohan investigates how the Townsend Plan’s elderly supporters—the Townsendites—worked within and across language, genre, mode, and media to enable them for the first time to be recognized by others, and themselves, as a viable political constituency. Next, Sohan recounts the story of Quaker minister Eliza P. Kirkbride Gurney who met President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. Their subsequent epistolary exchanges concerning conscientious objectors made such an impression on him that one of her letters was rumored to be in his pocket the night of his assassination. Their exchanges and Gurney’s own accounts of her transnational ministry in her memoir provide useful examples of how, throughout history, women rhetors have adopted and transformed typically underappreciated forms of rhetoric—such as the epideictic—for their particular purposes. The final example focuses on the Gee’s Bend quiltmakers—a group of African American women living in rural Alabama who repurpose discarded work clothes and other cast-off fabrics into the extraordinary quilts for which they are known. By drawing on the means and materials at hand to create celebrated works of art in conditions of extreme poverty, these women show how marginalized artisans can operate both within and outside the bounds of established aesthetic traditions and communicate the particulars of their experience across cultural and economic divides.

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University Alabama Press

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0817320385

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9780817320386

Making a Place for Ourselves

The Black Hospital Movement, 1920-1945

By: Vanessa Northington Gamble

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Making a Place for Ourselves

The Black Hospital Movement, 1920-1945

By: Vanessa Northington Gamble

This study describes the attempts by black physicians government officials and health care organizations to create and maintain black hospitals in the USA. It emphasizes the central importance of black hospitals in the lives of black physicians.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195078896

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9780195078893

Against the Inevitable

By: Vanessa Loya

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Against the Inevitable

By: Vanessa Loya

This short story collection contains five short stories about death, one prose poem, and a memoir piece. All revolving around the subject of death.

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Lulu.com

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1365118665

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The Foley Grail

The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation

By: Vanessa Theme Ament

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The Foley Grail

The Art of Performing Sound for Film, Games, and Animation

By: Vanessa Theme Ament

This book teaches you how to master classic and cutting edge Foley techniques in order to create rich and convincing sound for any medium, be it film, television, radio, podcasts, animation, or games. Award-winning Foley artist Vanessa Theme Ament demonstrates how Foley is designed, crafted, and edited for any project, down to the nuts and bolts of spotting, cueing, and performing sounds. Various renowned sound artists provide a treasure trove of indispensable shortcuts, hot tips, and other valuable tricks of the trade. This updated third edition features the following: New chapters dedicated to Foley in games, television, broadcasting, and animation, as well as what is new in sound for media education A multitude of sound "recipes" that include proven Foley methods you can immediately use on your own projects A diverse range of case studies from well-known films, shows, games, and animation Interviews with current sound artists from around the world By exploring the entire audio post-production process, this book provides you with an excellent understanding of where Foley fits in the business of filmmaking and is a perfect guide for both newcomers and experienced sound designers wanting to learn more about this art. Accompanying the book are online resources featuring video demonstrations of Foley artists at work, video tutorials of specific Foley techniques, lectures from the author and more.

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Routledge

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1000461203

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9781000461206

Reliving the Past

By: Vanessa Espinosa

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Reliving the Past

By: Vanessa Espinosa

It’s Serena Snydes first day at the office. She’s beautiful; flawless to the unsuspecting and untrained eye. They don’t see the dark cloud of the past that hangs over her head or the scars that can be found in any randomly chosen spot on her dreamy figure. No one knows… but one… Jake Simmons is suddenly partnered with a mysterious woman from across the country and is given the biggest case being investigated since the year began. They find the culprit and raid his home. Everything goes great until one shot ruins his and his partner’s lives.

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iUniverse

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0595178928

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9780595178926

The Politics of Imprisonment

How the Democratic Process Shapes the Way America Punishes Offenders

By: Vanessa Barker

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The Politics of Imprisonment

How the Democratic Process Shapes the Way America Punishes Offenders

By: Vanessa Barker

The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an obvious but understudied aspect of criminal justice: there is no consistent punishment policy across the U.S. It is up to individual states to administer their criminal justice systems, and the differences among them are vast. For example, while some states enforce mandatory minimum sentencing, some even implementing harsh and degrading practices, others rely on community sanctions. What accounts for these differences? The Politics of Imprisonment seeks to document and explain variation in American penal sanctioning, drawing out the larger lessons for America's overreliance on imprisonment. Grounding her study in a comparison of how California, Washington, and New York each developed distinctive penal regimes in the late 1960s and early 1970s--a critical period in the history of crime control policy and a time of unsettling social change--Vanessa Barker concretely demonstrates that subtle but crucial differences in political institutions, democratic traditions, and social trust shape the way American states punish offenders. Barker argues that the apparent link between public participation, punitiveness, and harsh justice is not universal but dependent upon the varying institutional contexts and patterns of civic engagement within the U.S. and across liberal democracies. A bracing examination of the relationship between punishment and democracy, The Politics of Imprisonment not only suggests that increased public participation in the political process can support and sustain less coercive penal regimes, but also warns that it is precisely a lack of civic engagement that may underpin mass incarceration in the United States.

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Oxford University Press

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0199888078

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9780199888078

Coventry Murders

By: Vanessa Morgan

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Coventry Murders

By: Vanessa Morgan

This chilling collection of murder cases delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in Coventry during its long history. Among those featured are the niece who poisoned her uncle in 1831 to fund her 'love of nice dresses', a woman whose throat was slashed by her jealous husband in 1859, a mother who literally died of fright when her son attempted to poison her in 1910, and a double murder in 1906. Illustrated with a wide range of archive material and modern photographs, Coventry Murders is sure to fascinate both residents and visitors alike as these shocking events of the past are revealed for a new generation.

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The History Press

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0750955503

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9780750955508

Families

By: Vanessa May

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Families

By: Vanessa May

In this accessible and engagingly written book, Vanessa May invites readers into the rich world of thought, research and study of the highly diverse phenomenon of families and family life. The book explores what is and has been understood by ‘family’ in different sociocultural contexts and how family life intersects with social spheres such as the state, the labour market and the economy. Alongside broad social developments such as (post)colonialism and austerity and their connections with changing family patterns, the book engages interdisciplinary work on time, embodiment and materiality in order to offer a multidimensional perspective on the day-to-day lives of families. Drawing from research in the Global North and the Global South, the text carefully considers how people approach the study of families and thus offers insight into the shape of mainstream family studies today. The book offers a timely intervention into current debates within family studies and suggests avenues of investigation that deserve further attention, and will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars alike.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509518460

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9781509518463

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 Performance Curve

Maximize Your Potential at Work while Strengthening Your Well-being

By: Laura Watkins,Vanessa Dietzel

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The Performance Curve

Maximize Your Potential at Work while Strengthening Your Well-being

By: Laura Watkins,Vanessa Dietzel

Shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2022 Many of us are striving to reach our full potential at work and beyond - to achieve our goals, rise to challenges and connect well with others. But how can we actively develop our performance, while also taking care of our well-being and life satisfaction? The Performance Curve is a ground-breaking guide to success and happiness in both work and life. Rather than telling you what to do, this book allows you to come up with a roadmap for evolving your inner operating system (your mindsets, emotions and habits) for your unique circumstances. Crucially, this book explores both how you can improve individual performance and how to build relationships and cultures that bring out the best others. By interweaving individual and collective development, this approach is transformational for building leadership and organizational performance. The Performance Curve is a powerful combination of neuroscience, psychological research and practical guidance. These concepts are then brought to life through the stories of remarkable individuals from different sectors, including business, the arts, academia and not-for-profits. Laura Watkins and Vanessa Dietzel draw upon their vast experience and research as consultants and leadership coaches to deliver a ground-breaking guide to enhancing your performance in your life and career.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472985516

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9781472985514

Nietzsche and the Becoming of Life

By: Vanessa Lemm

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Nietzsche and the Becoming of Life

By: Vanessa Lemm

Throughout his writing career Nietzsche advocated the affirmation of earthly life as a way to counteract nihilism and asceticism. This volume takes stock of the complexities and wide-ranging perspectives that Nietzsche brings to bear on the problem of life’s becoming on Earth by engaging various interpretative paradigms reaching from existentialist to Darwinist readings of Nietzsche. In an age in which the biological sciences claim to have unlocked the deepest secrets and codes of life, the essays in this volume propose a more skeptical view. Life is both what is closest and what is furthest from us, because life experiments through us as much as we experiment with it, because life keeps our thinking and our habits always moving, in a state of recurring nomadism. Nietzsche’s philosophy is perhaps the clearest expression of the antinomy contained in the idea of “studying” life and in the Socratic ideal of an “examined” life and remains a deep source of wisdom about living.

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Fordham University Press

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0823262898

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9780823262892

The Lost Education of Horace Tate

Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

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The Lost Education of Horace Tate

Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 “An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for schoolchildren and their teachers.” —Wall Street Journal In the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled southern school segregation and inequality For two years an aging Dr. Horace Tate—a former teacher, principal, and state senator—told Emory University professor Vanessa Siddle Walker about his clandestine travels on unpaved roads under the cover of night, meeting with other educators and with Dr. King, Georgia politicians, and even U.S. presidents. Sometimes he and Walker spoke by phone, sometimes in his office, sometimes in his home; always Tate shared fascinating stories of the times leading up to and following Brown v. Board of Education. Dramatically, on his deathbed, he asked Walker to return to his office in Atlanta, in a building that was once the headquarters of another kind of southern strategy, one driven by integrity and equality. Just days after Dr. Tate's passing in 2002, Walker honored his wish. Up a dusty, rickety staircase, locked in a concealed attic, she found the collection: a massive archive documenting the underground actors and covert strategies behind the most significant era of the fight for educational justice. Thus began Walker's sixteen-year project to uncover the network of educators behind countless battles—in courtrooms, schools, and communities—for the education of black children. Until now, the courageous story of how black Americans in the South won so much and subsequently fell so far has been incomplete. The Lost Education of Horace Tate is a monumental work that offers fresh insight into the southern struggle for human rights, revealing little-known accounts of leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson, as well as hidden provocateurs like Horace Tate.

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The New Press

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1620971062

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9781620971062

Goodness and Mercy

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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Goodness and Mercy

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

Vanessa is a superb storyteller. --ReShonda Tate Billingsley A Blessed Trinity Novel As Pastor George Landris welcomes a new member to the Followers of Jesus Faith Worship Center, jealousy begins to shake up the congregation. . .. Gabrielle Mercedes has dreamed of being a dancer since she was a little girl. But her life takes a very different turn, and it's not the future she'd envisioned for herself. Feeling a void she can't fill, she finds the salvation she's been seeking in church and decides to start anew. Learning that her church has a dance ministry, she's thrilled to have her first love back in her life. Then she meets the handsome and professionally accomplished Zachary Wayne Morgan, and finally everything seems to be falling into place--until a past secret threatens to tear it all apart, and her newfound faith is put to the ultimate test. . . Praise For Vanessa Davis Griggs "I absolutely love Vanessa's unique writing style. She is one of a kind." --Mary Monroe, New York Times bestselling author "Will make you laugh, cry, shout, and praise God. Goodness and Mercy was a true page-turner and will make you want more and more." --Urban Reviews

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Kensington Publishing Corp.

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0758273738

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9780758273734

The Mother Blame Game

By: Vanessa Reimer

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The Mother Blame Game

By: Vanessa Reimer

The Mother-Blame Game is an interdisciplinary and intersectional examination of the phenomenon of mother-blame in the twenty-first century. As the socioeconomic and cultural expectations of what constitutes “good motherhood” grow continually narrow and exclusionary, mothers are demonized and stigmatized—perhaps now more than ever—for all that is perceived to go “wrong” in their children’s lives. This anthology brings together creative and scholarly contributions from feminist academics and activists alike to provide a dynamic study of the many varied ways in which mothers are blamed and shamed for their maternal practice. Importantly, it also considers how mothers resist these ideologies by engaging in empowered and feminist mothering practices, as well as by publicly challenging patriarchal discourses of “good motherhood.”

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Demeter Press

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1772580333

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9781772580334

Health, Culture and Society

Conceptual Legacies and Contemporary Applications

By: Elizabeth Ettorre,Ellen Annandale,Vanessa M. Hildebrand,Ana Porroche-Escudero,Barbara Katz Rothman

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Health, Culture and Society

Conceptual Legacies and Contemporary Applications

By: Elizabeth Ettorre,Ellen Annandale,Vanessa M. Hildebrand,Ana Porroche-Escudero,Barbara Katz Rothman

This book traces the history of formative, enduring concepts, foundational in the development of the health disciplines. It explores existing literature, and subsequent contested applications. Feminist legacies are discussed with a clear message that early sociological and anthropological theories and debates remain valuable to scholars today. Chapters cover historical events and cultural practices from the standpoint of ‘difference’; formulate theories about the emergence of social issues and problems and discuss health and illness in light of cultural values and practices, social conditions, embodiment and emotions. This collection will be of great value to scholars of biomedicine, health and gender.

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Springer

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3319607863

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The Mindful Musician

Mental Skills for Peak Performance

By: Vanessa Cornett

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The Mindful Musician

Mental Skills for Peak Performance

By: Vanessa Cornett

In The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance, author Vanessa Cornett offers guidelines to help musicians cultivate artistic vision, objectivity, freedom, quiet awareness, and self-compassion, both on- and offstage in order to become more resilient performers. Contrary to modern culture's embrace of busyness and divided attention, Cornett's contemplative techniques provide greater space for artistic self-expression and satisfaction. With the aid of a companion website that includes audio files and downloadable templates, The Mindful Musician provides a method to promote attentional focus, self-assessment, emotional awareness, and creativity. The first of its kind to combine mindfulness practices with research in cognitive and sport psychology, this book helps musicians explore the roots of anxiety and other challenges related to performance, all through the deliberate focus of awareness.

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Oxford University Press

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019086463X

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9780190864637

Bank Debt in Europe

“Are Funding Models Broken”

By: Mrs.Vanessa Le Lesle

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Bank Debt in Europe

“Are Funding Models Broken”

By: Mrs.Vanessa Le Lesle

The crisis in Europe has underscored the vulnerability of European bank funding models compared to international peers. This paper studies the drivers behind this fragility and examines the future of bank funding, primarily wholesale, in Europe. We argue that cyclical and structural factors have altered the structure, cost, and composition of funding for European banks. The paper discusses the consequences of shifting funding patterns and investor preferences and presents possible policy options and bank actions to enhance European bank funding models’ robustness.

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International Monetary Fund

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1475522037

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Isaiah 26:3-4 "Perfect Peace V"

2541

By: Vanessa Rayner

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Isaiah 26:3-4 "Perfect Peace V"

2541

By: Vanessa Rayner

Do you know how many books in the Bible have a 25th chapter with a 41st verse? Biblical information revealed in an "Unique and Profound" way concerning these three verses will draw you nearer to God. This book is written to help you stay in God's Perfect Peace in a holy, informative, and unique way. The number 2541 is my earthly parents resting place, to them I dedicate this book to. This book is part of the Isaiah 26:3-4, "Perfect Peace" series. It's the fifth book with the subtitle 2541. It spotlight three verses, Leviticus 25:41, 1 Samuel 25:41, and Matthew 25:41. The words in these passage of scriptures will forever relate to you in a more meaningful and spiritual way. You will be enlightened, and I'm sure of that in Jesus Name. Amen.

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Redeeming Waters

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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Redeeming Waters

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

Must a young woman choose between her commitment to her marriage. . .and to God? Brianna was ten years old when she first met twenty-five year old David R. Shepherd, a devout and gifted gospel recording artist who would ultimately become world renowned megastar, King d.Avid. He left an impression on Brianna she would never forget. And they were destined to meet again. . . Brianna's best friend, Alana Norwood, hasn't had the best encounters with men, but she's always been a good friend to Brianna, no matter what situation the two may find themselves in. But despite their bond, the next time Brianna encounters King, she's a lonely young wife seeking solace in religious studies. While Alana's quest for fame has her living a life that seems to be going nowhere fast, King's companionship offers Brianna the deep emotional connection she longs for. But when both a tragedy and a blessing enters Brianna's life, she finds herself wrestling with questions of faith, fidelity, forgiveness, and the sovereignty of God. . .like never before. "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

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Kensington Books

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075825962X

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Blood Profits

How American Consumers Unwittingly Fund Terrorists

By: Vanessa Neumann

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Blood Profits

How American Consumers Unwittingly Fund Terrorists

By: Vanessa Neumann

International smuggling has exploded, deepening and accelerating the collaboration of transnational organized crime and terrorist groups. Attacks like the Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan shootings in Paris, the kidnappings and murders by Boko Haram in Nigeria, and the San Bernardino shooting were partially funded by seemingly harmless illegal goods such as cheap cigarettes, smuggled oil, prostitution, fake Viagra, fake designer bags, and even bootleg DVDs. But how can this be? In Blood Profits, Vanessa Neumann, an expert on dismantling illicit trade, explains how purchasing illegal goods translates to supporting organized crime and terrorists. Neumann shows how the effects of the collapsed Iron Curtain, USSR scientists and intelligence agents left without work, regional trade pacts, the dissipation of the East-versus-West mentality, and new-age technology have all led to an intricate network of illegal trade. She leads the reader through a variety of cases, both by geography and by industry (selecting industries where illicit trade is generally poorly understood), before extracting lessons learned into some policy recommendations that we can all embrace.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250089360

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9781250089366

Sing Like No One's Listening

By: Vanessa Jones

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Sing Like No One's Listening

By: Vanessa Jones

Nettie Delany has just been accepted into a cutthroat performing arts school, but she hasn't been able to sing a single note since her mother died. Duke's Academy of Performing Arts isn't for the weak-willed or easily intimidated; the school has mentored plenty of big names, including Nettie's own mother—a ballerina superstar. With the shadow of grief haunting her every step, Nettie has her work cut out for her if she plans to stay enrolled in a highly coveted program. No room for error. Nettie must work through the pain of the past, horrible classmates, and vicious teachers to find her voice again and deliver a showstopper. If not, she faces expulsion. With the help of her friends and a new romance, can Nettie get it together in time? Everyone is watching. Former West End performer and author Vanessa Jones delivers a well-crafted journey of grief and healing in this contemporary young adult novel. An ideal read for fans of theater and Broadway musicals.

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Holiday House

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1682632695

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9781682632697

Practicing What You Preach

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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Practicing What You Preach

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

The wedding between Angela Gabriel and Brent Underwood promises to be the Birmingham event of the year--and aspiring event planner Melissa Anderson has been working feverishly to make it happen. During this hectic time, she even agrees to go out on a date with a most unlikely prospect: Marcus Peeples. When it came to Marcus, it definitely wasn't love at first sight. But after a lovely evening together of Bible study at Followers of Jesus Faith Worship Center, Melissa has a change of heart. She learns not only is Marcus a successful investor, but he's also a gifted minister. There's just one hitch: He's divorced--a fact Melissa can't reconcile with scripture even though she knows he's a good man and father. But when Marcus's diva ex-wife decides she wants him back, Melissa soon discovers love, divorce, and faith have quite a bit in common. . . Praise for Vanessa Davis Griggs and her novels. . . "This inspirational novel leaves the reader eager to know what Griggs plans next for this spiritual family." --Publishers Weekly on Blessed Trinity

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Kensington Books

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0758232225

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Forever Soul Ties

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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Forever Soul Ties

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

When one woman is caught in the act of her greatest transgression, it's the beginning of her greatest transformation. . . It started innocently: a coincidental meeting between old high school friends--first loves--at Butterfly's business, The Painted Lady Flower Shop. Then came lunch, then confessions of unhappy marriages, loneliness. It went on that way for years between Butterfly and Ethan. That's how they built the soul tie--the bond that, despite their devotion to God, has now led to adultery. And as with all things done in secret, they've been found out. Well, Butterfly has. As a leader in her church, Butterfly is suddenly cast into the spotlight. But she soon realizes she's being used as a pawn to bring down a new pastor--a young man who is upsetting tradition by preaching about real-life issues real people deal with. People like Butterfly. And as she faces a challenging search for truth, forgiveness, and the real meaning of love, she may finally break out of her cocoon. . . "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 "Vanessa's rich stories of faith in action always hit the writing trifecta--they make you laugh, cry, and yearn for more." --Angela Benson, National bestselling author "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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Julian Barnes from the Margins

Exploring the Writer's Archives

By: Vanessa Guignery

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Julian Barnes from the Margins

Exploring the Writer's Archives

By: Vanessa Guignery

Exploring the archives of the Man Booker prize-winning novelist Julian Barnes – including notebooks, drafts, typescripts and publishing correspondence – this book is an extraordinary in-depth study of the creative practice of a major contemporary novelist. In Julian Barnes from the Margins, Vanessa Guignery charts the genesis and publication history of all of Barnes's major novels, from his debut with Metroland, through Flaubert's Parrot and A History of the World in 10 1⁄2 Chapters to The Sense of an Ending.

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Surviving Southampton

African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community

By: Vanessa M. Holden

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Surviving Southampton

African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner's Community

By: Vanessa M. Holden

The local community around the Nat Turner rebellion The 1831 Southampton Rebellion led by Nat Turner involved an entire community. Vanessa M. Holden rediscovers the women and children, free and enslaved, who lived in Southampton County before, during, and after the revolt. Mapping the region's multilayered human geography, Holden draws a fuller picture of the inhabitants, revealing not only their interactions with physical locations but also their social relationships in space and time. Her analysis recasts the Southampton Rebellion as one event that reveals the continuum of practices that sustained resistance and survival among local Black people. Holden follows how African Americans continued those practices through the rebellion’s immediate aftermath and into the future, showing how Black women and communities raised children who remembered and heeded the lessons absorbed during the calamitous events of 1831. A bold challenge to traditional accounts, Surviving Southampton sheds new light on the places and people surrounding Americas most famous rebellion against slavery.

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Dance Like No One's Watching

By: Vanessa Jones

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Dance Like No One's Watching

By: Vanessa Jones

The show must go on. It’s back to show business as usual at Duke’s Academy of Performing Arts. Things are finally working out for Nettie, with her voice restored, her gorgeous boyfriend, Fletch, by her side and the lead role in the college musical. That is, until Fletch is offered the opportunity of a lifetime miles away from London and a TV company invades Dukes, pitting Nettie against old enemy Jade Upton and pulling her friends apart. As she tries to juggle the impossible pressure to perform and following her heart, Nettie discovers secrets about her mother that make her question everything she ever knew. Will Fletch come back? Will the stage ever feel like home? And will she ever find out the truth about her mother? Nettie is determined to find out. Dance Like No One's Watching by Vanessa Jones will show that Nettie is not helpless, and we'd better listen.

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Pan Macmillan

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Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom

By: Vanessa Kelly

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Confessions of a Royal Bridegroom

By: Vanessa Kelly

An illegitimate royal with a rakish reputation finds that responsibility can come with tantalizing benefits in this Regency romance. Some men are born into scandal. Others pursue it with a passion. Griffin Steele, secret son of the Duke of Cumberland, is guilty on both counts. Yet somehow London's most notorious scoundrel has been saddled with an abandoned baby boy—and with the unflappable, intriguing spinster summoned to nurse him . . . Justine Brightmore may be a viscount's niece, but she's also a spy's daughter, determined to safeguard the infant when his suspected royal parentage makes him a target. Yet how will she protect herself from the rakish Griffin? Marriage might shield her reputation, but it can only imperil her heart, especially with a groom intent on delicious seduction . . .

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Legal Pluralism in European Contract Law

By: Vanessa Mak

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Legal Pluralism in European Contract Law

By: Vanessa Mak

This book deals with lawmaking in consumer markets, focusing on the increased importance of contracts and self-regulation which have become primary instruments for designing and monitoring legal relationships between businesses and consumers. It asks how common values and objectives of EU law can be protected when lawmaking shifts beyond state law.

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019885448X

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If Memory Serves

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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If Memory Serves

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

Secrets threaten the faithful as Pastor George Landris, the charismatic leader of the Followers of Jesus Faith Worship Center, faces a tough choice, and a troubled woman learns that uncovering the past can test one's deepest faith. . . Memory Patterson has been hiding from her family for much too long. Her instinct has always been to run, and never more so than when a chance meeting with Pastor Landris and his pregnant wife, Johnnie Mae, leads to a shocking revelation about Memory's mother. For all those involved, secrets have done nothing but tear them apart and destroy their families. And for Memory's family, only hope and the power of faith can mend their shattered, fractured lives . . . Praise For Vanessa Davis Griggs "Vanessa's rich stories of faith in action always. . .make you laugh, cry, and yearn for more." --Angela Benson, National Bestselling Author "Vanessa's books are fascinating, full of wisdom, occasional humor, [and] a little romance." --Cheryl Robinson, author of Sweet Georgia Brown

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Infancy

The Development of the Whole Child

By: Lisa M. Oakes,Vanessa Lobue,Marianella Casasola

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Infancy

The Development of the Whole Child

By: Lisa M. Oakes,Vanessa Lobue,Marianella Casasola

Topically organized and written in a conversational tone, Infancy: The Development of the Whole Child unites cutting-edge theories and research to illustrate the development of the whole child from birth to age three.

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1071831011

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I Go Hard

By: Vanessa Morgan

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I Go Hard

By: Vanessa Morgan

My son had dreams of becoming a rapper and was living a lifestyle not reflective of his upbringing. He was shot on March 6, 2009. As a parent, I was consumed with guilt. I questioned my parental worth. I Go Hard is a story of a young man in search of a dream and found a nightmare.

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1452075980

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Connecting Self to Society

Belonging in a Changing World

By: Vanessa May

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Connecting Self to Society

Belonging in a Changing World

By: Vanessa May

Belonging is often overlooked in its relationship to society and social change, and yet it forms the bedrock of how we relate to the world around us. Through the work of Marx, Giddens and Goffman, this book covers the familiar terrain of identity theory, while going beyond it to other sites of identification and social change.

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1350314579

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Blessed Trinity

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

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Blessed Trinity

By: Vanessa Davis Griggs

Part Terry MacMillan, part Jan Karon, Blessed Trinity is the first book in an exciting trilogy from bestselling author Vanessa Davis Griggs. Faith Alexandria Morrell, the oldest of a mysterious trio of sisters, lives a troubled life and guards a horrifying secret. Yet few, least of all her new church family, would believe this always impeccably dressed woman is so utterly lost. But what lies beneath the surface of Faith's carefully constructed veneer could completely destroy her. Needing help, Faith and her sisters, Hope and Charity, join Followers of Jesus Faith Worship Center. This new mega church, led by the dreadlock-wearing, Holy Ghost-filled Pastor George Landris, just may offer the solace she needs. But Faith soon discovers that all is not well in her new church home. Vanessa Davis Griggs offers an incisive and affecting look at the inner-workings of mega churches and the transformative power of faith ...

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Dafina Books

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0758249705

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The Teaching Brain

An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education

By: Vanessa Rodriguez,Michelle Fitzpatrick

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The Teaching Brain

An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education

By: Vanessa Rodriguez,Michelle Fitzpatrick

“A significant contribution to understanding the interaction among teachers, students, the environment, and the content of learning” (Herbert Kohl, education advocate and author). What is at work in the mind of a five-year-old explaining the game of tag to a new friend? What is going on in the head of a thirty-five-year-old parent showing a first-grader how to button a coat? And what exactly is happening in the brain of a sixty-five-year-old professor discussing statistics with a room full of graduate students? While research about the nature and science of learning abounds, shockingly few insights into how and why humans teach have emerged—until now. Countering the dated yet widely held presumption that teaching is simply the transfer of knowledge from one person to another, The Teaching Brain weaves together scientific research and real-life examples to show that teaching is a dynamic interaction and an evolutionary cognitive skill that develops from birth to adulthood. With engaging, accessible prose, Harvard researcher Vanessa Rodriguez reveals what it actually takes to become an expert teacher. At a time when all sides of the teaching debate tirelessly seek to define good teaching—or even how to build a better teacher—The Teaching Brain upends the misguided premises for how we measure the success of teachers. “A thoughtful analysis of current educational paradigms . . . Rodriguez’s case for altering pedagogy to match the fluctuating dynamic forces in the classroom is both convincing and steeped in common sense.” —Publishers Weekly

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1620970228

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The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection

9 Women Dream of Perfect Christmases during the Victorian Era

By: C.J. Chase,Susanne Dietze,Rita Gerlach,Kathleen L. Maher,Gabrielle Meyer,Carrie Fancett Pagels,Vanessa Riley,Lorna Seilstad,Erica Vetsch

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The Victorian Christmas Brides Collection

9 Women Dream of Perfect Christmases during the Victorian Era

By: C.J. Chase,Susanne Dietze,Rita Gerlach,Kathleen L. Maher,Gabrielle Meyer,Carrie Fancett Pagels,Vanessa Riley,Lorna Seilstad,Erica Vetsch

Experience a Dickens of a Christmas Faced with the daily extremes of gluttony and want in the Victorian Era, nine women seek to create the perfect Christmas celebrations. But will expectations and pride cause them to overlook imperfect men who offer true love? One Golden Ring by C.J. Chase 1855 Devonshire, England Wounded soldier Tristram Nowell returns home to indulge his mother’s wish for a family Christmas—and encounters Marianna Granville. Can he forgive the former heiress who jilted him years before? Star of Wonder by Susanne Dietze 1875 County Durham, England This Yuletide, Bennet Hett, Lord Harwood, offers Lady Celeste Sidwell matrimony and the Star of Wonder diamond necklace, as their fathers arranged. When the diamond disappears, will they find a greater treasure? The Holly and the Ivy by Rita Gerlach 1900 near Washington, DC A glass ornament. Love letters tied in red Christmas ribbon. Lily Morningstar and British antiquities expert Andrew Stapleton are drawn into a family secret that binds their hearts together. Love Brick by Brick by Kathleen L. Maher 1857 Elmira, New York SarahAnn Winnifred overcomes orphanhood apprenticing with pioneering doctors. Rufus Sedgwick, relocating his English estate, seeks help for his ailing Mum. Christmas reveals the secret wish of both hearts—for love. A Christmas Vow by Gabrielle Meyer 1899 Cambrigeshire, England Lady Ashleigh Arrington is hosting a houseful of guests for Christmas when railroad executive Christopher Campbell unexpectedly arrives from America with a mysterious agreement signed by their fathers before their birth. The Sugarplum Ladies by Carrie Fancett Pagels 1867 Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and Detroit, Michigan When Canadian barrister Percy Gladstone finds his aristocratic British family unexpectedly descending upon him for Christmas, he turns to American social reformer Eugenie Mott and her fledgling catering crew for help. Paper Snowflake Christmas by Vanessa Riley 1837 Framlingham, England How can widow Ophelia Hanover give her son a perfect Christmas when his guardian, the Earl of Litton, arrives early to take permanent custody of the boy? Father Christmas by Lorna Seilstad 1880 Blackpool, England Widowed harpist Beatrix Kent believes love can only come once in a lifetime, but this Christmas, carpenter Hugh Sherman hopes to pull on the musician’s heartstrings and prove her wrong. The Perfect Christmas by Erica Vetsch 1887 London, England Melisande Verity might be in over her head trying to create the perfect Christmas window display, but if she succeeds, will she finally attract the attention of her boss, Gray Garamond?

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Barbour Publishing

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1683229185

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In It for the Long Run

A Decade with the Darkside Running Club

By: Vanessa Stroud,Scott Ludwig

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In It for the Long Run

A Decade with the Darkside Running Club

By: Vanessa Stroud,Scott Ludwig

Multiple races of marathon distance or greater in a month...or perhaps in a weekend. Several unsupported runs of 50 and 100 miles through the mountains and forests several times a year. Have you ever considered running through a desert, across a frozen tundra or over multiple mountain ranges? Why not run for three days straight to see how many miles you can accrue? Welcome to a place where no locale is too inhospitable and no distance impossible. Welcome...to the Darkside. The Darkside Running Club, established in 2002 is a place where runners meet to express their love for distance running and camaraderie by spending countless hours and miles committed to doing what they enjoy most. They share a singular focus towards achieving goals far off in the distance, both literally and figuratively. With their dedication and commitment you may believe the Darksider to be a professional athlete, or perhaps an Olympian. But you would be wrong: they are simply ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the sport they love: running. Highly competitive while never taking themselves too seriously, they strive to shave off minutes or perhaps hours while adding a mile or two...or twenty while pushing their limits further and further. The impossible becomes possible; dreams become reality. They wont take no for an answer as they persevere to move beyond physical and emotional discomfort to finish what they started. Excuses dont exist. Their passion is contagious. So reader be warned: theyre in it for the long run.

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1475938683

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Long Time Coming

By: Vanessa Miller

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Long Time Coming

By: Vanessa Miller

Deidre Clark-Morris has a loving husband and beautiful home, but no children. Kenisha Smalls lives in poverty and has three children by three different men. After Kenisha is told she has inoperable cervical cancer, the relationship between these two women becomes a catalyst of hope.

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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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1445672413

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