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A Right to Life

By: Yvonne Stirling

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The potato famine had a devastating effect on Ireland, killing millions and leaving the land unfit to grow crops. James, a tenant farmer, finally decided he could no longer support his family, and so, hitching the farm horses to a caravan, and with the milk cow tied on behind, crossed to Liverpool where, with his surviving children, and an old lady from the village, they made their way down to the west country, suffering hardship and indignity along the way. This book is a testament to one man’s struggle for a right to life.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1035832801

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Stolen Life

The Journey of a Cree Woman

By: Yvonne Johnson,Rudy Wiebe

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Stolen Life

The Journey of a Cree Woman

By: Yvonne Johnson,Rudy Wiebe

Written with primal intensity, touched with redeeming compassion, Rudy Wiebe--has explored our history, our roots and the secrets of our hearts with moral seriousness and great feeling." Governor General's Award for Fiction Citation, 1994 A powerful, major work of non-fiction, beautifully written, from the twice winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, and the great-great-granddaughter of Big Bear. This is a story about justice, and terrible injustices, a story about a murder, and a courtroom drama as compelling as any thriller as it unravels the events that put Yvonne Johnson behind bars for life, first in Kingston's Federal Prison for Women until the riot that closed it, and presently in the Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge in the Cypress Hills. But above all it is the unforgettable true story of the life of a Native woman who has decided to speak out and break the silence, written with the redeeming compassion that marks all Rudy Wiebe's writing, and informed throughout by Yvonne Johnson's own intelligence and poetic eloquence. Characters and events spring to life with the vividness of fiction. The story is told sometimes in the first person by Rudy Wiebe, sometimes by Yvonne herself. He tracks down the details of Yvonne's early life in Butte, Montana, as a child with a double-cleft palate, unable to speak until the kindness of one man provided the necessary operations; the murder of her beloved brother while in police custody; her life of sexual abuse at the hands of another brother, grandfather and others; her escape to Canada - to Winnipeg and Wetaskiwin; the traumas of her life that led to alcoholism, and her slow descent into hell despite the love she found with her husband and three children. He reveals how she participated, with three others, in the murder of the man she believed to be a child abuser; he unravels the police story, taking us step by step, with jail-taped transcripts, through the police attempts to set one member of the group against the others in their search for a conviction - and the courtroom drama that followed. And Yvonne openly examines her life and, through her grandmother, comes to understand the legacy she has inherited from her ancestor Big Bear; having been led through pain to wisdom, she brings us with her to the point where she finds spiritual strength in passing on the lessons and understandings of her life. How the great-great-granddaughter of Big Bear reached out to the author of The Temptations of Big Bear to help her tell her story is itself an extraordinary tale. The co-authorship between one of Canada's foremost writers and the only Native woman in Canada serving life imprisonment for murder has produced a deeply moving, raw and honest book that speaks to all of us, and gives us new insight into the society we live in, while offering a deeply moving affirmation of spiritual healing.

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Vintage Canada

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0307367134

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9780307367136

Soldiers' Stories

Military Women in Cinema and Television Since World War II

By: Yvonne Tasker

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Soldiers' Stories

Military Women in Cinema and Television Since World War II

By: Yvonne Tasker

A comprehensive analysis of the changing representations of military women in American and British movies and TV programs from the Second World War to the present.

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Duke University Press

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0822348470

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9780822348474

Materials Technology

By: Yvonne Dean

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Materials Technology

By: Yvonne Dean

Materials Technology clearly identifies materials and technology as the fundamental generators of buildings and examines how they determine the structure, overall form and quality. It examines the issues that determine the choice of materials, and argues that the decision-making of architects, engineers and designers should take account of the environmental impact of sourcing the basic materials, and of the energy implications of their processing and use in manufacturing. Materials Technology is an essential resource for Materials Technology units in building, architecture and surveying degree and postgraduate courses; and students of BTEC HNC/D building and surveying. It will also be a useful reference tool for Advanced GNVQ Construction and the Built Environment courses and Built Environment NVQs at levels 3 and 4.

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Routledge

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1315504286

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9781315504285

Employment Relations and Global Governance

The Dialogue between the Global Unions and the IFIs

By: Yvonne Rueckert

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Employment Relations and Global Governance

The Dialogue between the Global Unions and the IFIs

By: Yvonne Rueckert

Globalisation has created many opportunities for economic development, but it is also associated with rising income inequality and poverty. International crises such as the international financial and economic crisis of 2008, and more recently the global health pandemic, have led to a rise in unemployment and income losses for workers and a surge in the violation of workers’ rights. At global level intergovernmental organisations including the World Bank and the IMF are influential actors and policy makers which promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals. However, the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have been criticised for their internal political power imbalances and macroeconomic policy prescriptions based on neo-liberal principles. The Global Unions and their affiliates as well as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) regularly comment on the negative impact of the IFI’s policies in regard to labour flexibilisation and the privatisation of public and social services. In 2002 a formalised dialogue was established between the Global Unions and the IFIs which addresses labour, social and environmental issues. This dialogue takes place at three levels: the country level, the sector level, and the headquarters level. The ILO maintains its own dialogue with the IFIs, but it also participates at the headquarters-level dialogue between the Global Unions and the IFIs. Employment Relations and Global Governance focuses on the headquarters-level dialogue which can be considered as a strategic instrument that helps the Global Unions and their affiliates to exercise influence over the policies of the IFIs, especially those policies which concern workers. The book describes and analyses the development of the dialogue since its establishment with a particular focus on factors which promote and hinder the dialogue. The book provides important insights into the real-world functioning of the institutions of economic global governance and its broader impact on the world of work. It is likely to be key reading for academics, researchers and students studying global employment relations, political economy, and international organisations. It will also be of interest to international and national trade unions, non-governmental organisations, and policy makers.

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Routledge

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131545839X

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9781315458397

Just the Perfect Name

The Complete Name Book

By: Yvonne De La Paix

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Just the Perfect Name

The Complete Name Book

By: Yvonne De La Paix

With more than 20,000 culturally diverse names, their origins, a pronunciation guide, meanings, tips, and trivia, this is the hippest, most comprehensive baby name guide on the market today.

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0451205316

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9780451205315

Finishes

By: Alan Everett,Yvonne Dean

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Finishes

By: Alan Everett,Yvonne Dean

The fourth edition of this well established text brings the subject up-to-date with environmental legislation and provides a thorough understanding of the surface technologies of all materials used for finishes. It also aims to minimise the use of finishes which have shorter lives and hence need renewing more frequently. As the variety of materials used for finishes is so large, they have been grouped into their engineering categories of ceramics, polymers, metals and composites to aid understanding of their structure, behaviour and ability to resist degradation. Finishes is an essential textbook for Materials units on building, architecture, surveying and related degree and postgraduate courses, and for students of BTEC HNC/D building and surveying.

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Routledge

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131789006X

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9781317890065

Survival of the Unfittest

A Study of Geriatric Patients in Glasgow

By: Bernard Isaacs,Maureen Livingstone,Yvonne Neville

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Survival of the Unfittest

A Study of Geriatric Patients in Glasgow

By: Bernard Isaacs,Maureen Livingstone,Yvonne Neville

Originally published in 1972, this book is an analytical account of the socio-medical tribulations suffered by Glasgow’s east-end elderly leading to referral to geriatric wards. It examines why so many old people suffer from physical, mental and social deprivation in the final years of their lives. It shows by statistical studies and illustrative case histories that the basic cause is the survival into old age of people who are unfit to care for themselves, in such numbers that help from families, neighbours, the social services and the NHS is insufficient. From this study the expression the "geriatric giants" or the four I’s was coined: impairment of intellect (cerebral dysfunction), incontinence, immobility and instability (falls). The term ‘giant’ is seen to refer both to statistical frequency and to the huge personal burden of sufferers, escalating the need for socio-medical intervention. Prophetic in its predictions that the huge and complex social care problem would grow in the future much of this book remains relevant today.

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183

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1000442144

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9781000442144

Sharing a Lifetime Passion for Europe

By: Yvonne D'Amico,Victor D'Amico

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Sharing a Lifetime Passion for Europe

By: Yvonne D'Amico,Victor D'Amico

The book is part memoir, adventure, travel book, multi-cultural manual and window into a marriage and family. It records experiences that made Yvonne and Victor’s lives unique by describing happenings that were poignant and rewarding. It starts with Yvonne’s early trips to Italy as a teenager, and then her return to live there, as a mother with three small children while Victor was off working in remote eastern Turkey. Escaping for three weeks allowed him to write about discovering with Yvonne the charms of Western Europe. Ten years later, Victor’s part-time assignment to explore the Italian aerospace industry led to other travel adventures, and a six-week family odyssey that wandered through Italy, Switzerland, France and England. Years later, he became a frequent traveler to NATO countries, and his air mile awards allowed Yvonne and he to share many pleasing adventures. His career path next led to being appointed to a four-nation consortium, and they moved and lived in Munich for four years. Their lives were then filled with many exciting activities, as they learned to live and enjoy life as Europeans.

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iUniverse

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0595198244

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9780595198245

A Mother's War

One Woman's Fight for the Truth Behind Her Son's Death at Deepcut

By: Yvonne Collinson Heath

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A Mother's War

One Woman's Fight for the Truth Behind Her Son's Death at Deepcut

By: Yvonne Collinson Heath

Yvonne Collinson Heath will never forget the telephone call that changed her life for ever. On 23 March 2002, her eldest son, James – a private with the Royal Logistic Corps – was found dead in mysterious circumstances at the notorious Deepcut barracks. He had a single gunshot wound to the head. It was a tragedy that to this day raises questions. A Mother’s War recounts Yvonne’s anguish at losing her son, a boy who dreamed of serving his country but died before he had even reached his 18th birthday. It is also the powerful story of an extraordinary woman who overcame adversity – including the hurt of being abandoned by her father, bullied as a child and abused by a trusted uncle – to find love and raise a son, only to see him cruelly taken from her within weeks of his joining the Army. It reveals how her decade-long quest for answers uncovered sinister secrets and a series of cover-ups that went right to the heart of Whitehall. Above all else, A Mother’s War is the story of how Yvonne’s grief triggered a search for the truth that took her to Downing Street and captured the hearts of the nation.

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Random House

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1780577427

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9781780577425

A-Z of Rochester

Places-People-History

By: Yvonne Moxley

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A-Z of Rochester

Places-People-History

By: Yvonne Moxley

Explore the Kent town of Rochester in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1398117102

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9781398117105

TRANSLATING Coaching Codes of Practice - Leading the way into the personal knowledge bases of everyday practitioner

By: Yvonne Thackray

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TRANSLATING Coaching Codes of Practice - Leading the way into the personal knowledge bases of everyday practitioner

By: Yvonne Thackray

-SPECIAL EDITION-HARDBACK- Leading the way into the personal knowledge bases of every day practitioners is the third book in the Translating Coaching Codes of Practice series. Our latest edited volume continues to be packed with refreshingly candid and insightful experiences. Over thirty established practitioners, both new and regular, share their realised insights, and patterns, from their unique code of practice. They report on key events that have influenced how they practice. They may be working from within an organisation. They may be working from a portfolio of service contracts with professionals in various organisations. They are all working with an individual - directly, with groups and/or teams - in different locations all around the world. Their insights and patterns of practice will be valuable to anyone seeking to make sense of how their coaching approach works in their own space. Importantly, the real knowledge of how coaching works lives in the heads of practitioners.

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Lulu.com

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0995489556

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9780995489554

A Right to Life

By: Yvonne Stirling

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By: Yvonne Stirling

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Book's by Yvonne Stirling

A Right to Life

A Right to Life

Stolen Life

Stolen Life

Soldiers' Stories

Soldiers' Stories

Materials Technology

Materials Technology

Employment Relations and Global Governance

Employment Relations and Global Governance

Just the Perfect Name

Just the Perfect Name

Finishes

Finishes

Survival of the Unfittest

Survival of the Unfittest

Sharing a Lifetime Passion for Europe

Sharing a Lifetime Passion for Europe

A Mother's War

A Mother's War

A-Z of Rochester

A-Z of Rochester

TRANSLATING Coaching Codes of Practice - Leading the way into the personal knowledge bases of everyday practitioner

TRANSLATING Coaching Codes of Practice - Leading the way into the personal knowledge bases of everyday practitioner

A Right to Life

A Right to Life

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