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“andrew dawes”

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  • BRIGHTON BEACH MEMORY

    A short Story

    by Andrew Daws ...
    A chance encounter while swimming off the beach at Brighton, England results in frustration for Oliver as he longs for love.Funny and touching, Oliver visits Brighton Beach one hot summer's day with his best friend, and while swimming, meets Martin, a handsome man his own age. They get on, in the water and out of it, until Oliver begins to hope for more. As summer ends and they meet during a cold ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • The Underwater Man

    A Short Story

    by Andrew Daws ...
    A boy yearns for recognition from his father, but then soon realizes he is nothing like the kind of man he wants himself to be.On a boat off the coast of Devon, a boy waits with his father’s new wife as all the men, friends on one of their diving holidays, all descend to the depths. Rachel is uneasy, and the boy is bored, but as Rachel begins to talk, she reveals something of her relationship with ... Read more

    $1.84 CAD

  • VOYAGES

    A Novella

    by Andrew Daws ...
    Witty, funny, and highly observant, Voyages takes us across the Atlantic in the company of Miles, a seasoned traveller, a Countess recouperating from illness, a failed poet, and a host of other juicy characters, who all seem to think of Miles as a bit of a 'catch'. Will they net him, or will he be able to get away once more?Voyages is a comedy of manners set on board a liner. Miles, a seasoned ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • The Marble Boy

    Love and desire in the Mediterranean

    by Andrew Daws ...
    Lyrical, tender and sexually exhilarating, The Marble Boy is a record of a man's journey through the Mediterranean. Real and imaginary, Edmund tries to come to terms with lost love.When Edmund Payne ran from an unfulfilling marriage and a job as an art school teacher to tour the rich and evocative Classical landscapes of the Mediterranean, he began an ‘odyssey’ of the heart and the imagination. ... Read more

    $1.84 CAD

  • ABSOLUTE DEPTH

    A short story

    by Andrew Daws ...
    Reminiscences by a famous artist's son to a fatherless student are clouded when each has to confront the consequences of their past.Illuminating, and tender, this is a story of a young student student of art history, Andrew Ashton, who makes a long trek to a Greek island to visit Ben Burgess, son of famous artist Royston Burgess, a painter of vast, mysterious canvases that now sell for millions, ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa

    by William Murphy, Victoria de Menil, Theresa Betancourt, Rene Collignon, Ama de-Gaft Aikins, Andrew Dawes, Michael R. Reich, Seggane Musisi, Zuhayr Kafaar, Shoba Raja, Soroya Seedat, Katherine Sorsdahl, Elialilia S. Okello, Sarah Kippen Wood, Victor Christian Korley Doku, Crick Lund, Pamela Collins, Ursula Read, Bronwyn Meyers, Rita Gillian M. Thom, Guiseppe Raviola, Dan Stein, Vikram Patel ...
    In many African countries, mental health issues, including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma, have not been adequately addressed. These essays shed light on the treatment of common and chronic mental disorders, including mental illness and treatment in the current climate of economic and political instability, access to health care, access to medicines, and the impact of HIV-AIDS and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Tracing the Consequences of Child Poverty

    Evidence from the Young Lives Study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

    by Jo Boyden, Andrew Dawes, Paul Dornan, Colin Tredoux ...
    Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. What matters most in how poverty shapes children’s wellbeing and development? How can data inform social policy and practice approaches to improving the outcomes for poorer children?Using life course analysis from the Young Lives study of 12,000 children growing up in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam over the past 15 years, this book draws on evidence ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

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    by Kate Morton ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Homecoming—“An ambitious, compelling historical mystery with a fabulous cast of characters…Kate Morton at her very best.” —Kristin Hannah“An elaborate tapestry…Morton doesn’t disappoint.” —The Washington Post"Classic English country-house Goth at its finest.... ... Read more

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  • A Perilous Undertaking

    by Deanna Raybourn ...
    Series Book 2 - A Veronica Speedwell Mystery
    The “wickedly clever and devilishly amusing”* Veronica Speedwell returns for a rousing adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries.London, 1887. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible task—saving ... Read more

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  • A Treacherous Curse

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    Members of an Egyptian expedition fall victim to an ancient mummy’s curse in this thrilling Veronica Speedwell novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries.London, 1888. As colorful and unfettered as the butterflies she collects, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell can’t resist the allure of an exotic mystery—particularly one involving her enigmatic ... Read more

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  • The Skull Beneath the Skin

    by P. D. James ...
    Fading star Clarissa Lisle plans a spectacular comeback in a private performance of Webster’s bloodcurdling tragedy The Duchess of Malfi, to be staged in an island castle owned by the eccentric collector Ambrose Gorringe. When she begins to receive poison-pen letters—bearing death threats couched in Shakespearean quotations—her husband hires young private detective Cordelia Gray to ensure her ... Read more

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  • The End of the Alphabet

    by CS Richardson ...
    Ambrose Zephyr and his wife Zappora Ashkenazi (“Zipper”) have achieved a happy and balanced life together. The two live contentedly in a narrow London terrace full of books.That contentment is thrown into turmoil on Ambrose’s fiftieth birthday, when they receive the news that he has contracted a mysterious illness that will most certainly lead to his death within the month. In panicked delirium, ... Read more

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