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Saints as Intercessors between the Wealthy and the Divine

Art and Hagiography among the Medieval Merchant Classes

Edited by Emily Kelley, Cynthia Turner Camp ...

Series series Sanctity in Global Perspective
Offering snapshots of mercantile devotion to saints in different regions, this volume is the first to ask explicitly how merchants invoked saints, and why. Despite medieval and modern stereotypes of merchants as godless and avaricious, medieval traders were highly devout – and rightly so. Overseas trade was dangerous, and merchants’ commercial activities were seen as jeopardizing their souls. ... Read more

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Offering snapshots of mercantile devotion to saints in different regions, this volume is the first to ask explicitly how merchants invoked saints, and why. Despite medieval and modern stereotypes of merchants as godless and avaricious, medieval traders were highly devout – and rightly so. Overseas trade was dangerous, and merchants’ commercial activities were seen as jeopardizing their souls.
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Recognising Human Rights in Different Cultural Contexts

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Edited by Emily Julia Kakoullis, Kelley Johnson ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book explores the journey of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it is interpreted and translated from International Human Rights Law into domestic law and policy in different cultural contexts. Beginning with reflections on ‘culture’, ‘disability’ and ‘human rights’ from different disciplinary perspectives, the work is then organised as ... Read more

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This book explores the journey of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it is interpreted and translated from International Human Rights Law into domestic law and policy in different cultural contexts. Beginning with reflections on ‘culture’, ‘disability’ and ‘human rights’ from different disciplinary perspectives, the work is then organised as
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The College Lecture Today

An Interdisciplinary Defense for the Contemporary University

by Karen Burke, Paul Corey, Monika Dix, Warren Fincher, James Fiste, Eric Michael French, Emily Kelley, Paul Krause, Hyrum Lewis, Mike Mosher, Taryn Okuma0, Elizabeth Rich1, Caroline Sherman2, Brendon Westler3, John Craig4, Lee Trepanier5 ...

In an age of online education and educational philosophies like “flipping the classroom,” does the lecture have any role in today’s university? Drawing from the humanities and social sciences and from a range of different types of schools, The College Lecture Today makes the affirmative case for the lecture in the humanities and social and political sciences. These essays explore how to lecture ... Read more

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In an age of online education and educational philosophies like “flipping the classroom,” does the lecture have any role in today’s university? Drawing from the humanities and social sciences and from a range of different types of schools, The College Lecture Today makes the affirmative case for the lecture in the humanities and social and political sciences. These essays explore how to lecture
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High Jinx

by Kelley Armstrong ...

Narrated by Carly Robins, Emily Durante ...

Series series Cursed Luck
Unabridged

12 hours 42 min

Curse weaver Kennedy Bennett has resettled into her beloved hometown and opened a shop selling previously hexed antiques. When she fails to win an online auction for a notorious cursed painting, Aiden Connolly—the wealthy and swoon-worthy luck worker she is not dating—swoops in to buy it for her.Crying Girl is one of a quartet of haunted legendary paintings. Kennedy knows that the "ghosts" are ... Read more

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Curse weaver Kennedy Bennett has resettled into her beloved hometown and opened a shop selling previously hexed antiques. When she fails to win an online auction for a notorious cursed painting, Aiden Connolly—the wealthy and swoon-worthy luck worker she is not dating—swoops in to buy it for her.Crying Girl is one of a quartet of haunted legendary paintings. Kennedy knows that the "ghosts" are
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Baltimore Revisited

Stories of Inequality and Resistance in a U.S. City

by Lawrence Brown, Daniel L. Buccino, Michael Casiano, Sam Collins, Shannon Darrow, Matthew Durington, Nicole Fabricant, Aiden Faust, Jennifer A. Ferretti, Leif Fredrickson, Robert Gamble, Marisela Gomez, April K. Householder, Jodi Kelber- Kaye, Louise Parker Kelley, Emily Lieb, Jacob R. Levin, Teresa Méndez, Ashley Minner, Elizabeth M. Nix, Richard E. Otten, Eli Pousson, Mary Rizzo, Fred Scharmen, Aletheia Hyun-Jin Shin, Linda Shopes, Michelle L. Stefano, Joe Tropea, Amy Zanoni, Denise Meringolo, Robert Headley, Shawntay Stocks ...

Nicknamed both “Mobtown” and “Charm City” and located on the border of the North and South, Baltimore is a city of contradictions. From media depictions in The Wire to the real-life trial of police officers for the murder of Freddie Gray, Baltimore has become a quintessential example of a struggling American city. Yet the truth about Baltimore is far more complicated—and more fascinating.To help ... Read more

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Nicknamed both “Mobtown” and “Charm City” and located on the border of the North and South, Baltimore is a city of contradictions. From media depictions in The Wire to the real-life trial of police officers for the murder of Freddie Gray, Baltimore has become a quintessential example of a struggling American city. Yet the truth about Baltimore is far more complicated—and more fascinating.To help
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A Twist of Fate

by Kelley Armstrong ...

Narrated by Gemma Dawson ...

Series series Stitch in Time
Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

Three years ago, Rosalind Courtenay stumbled from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, where she has been trapped ever since, leaving her husband and infant son behind. Now she's found her way back.The problem, of course, is how to explain her absence to her husband. Does he think she abandoned him? Has he remarried? Is he happy in a new life? Rosalind decides to don a disguise in hopes of ... Read more

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Three years ago, Rosalind Courtenay stumbled from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, where she has been trapped ever since, leaving her husband and infant son behind. Now she's found her way back.The problem, of course, is how to explain her absence to her husband. Does he think she abandoned him? Has he remarried? Is he happy in a new life? Rosalind decides to don a disguise in hopes of
... Read more
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The Deepest of Secrets

A Rockton Novel

by Kelley Armstrong ...

Narrated by Thérèse Plummer ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Casey Duncan Novels
Unabridged

10 hours 5 min

#1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong returns to the captivating town of Rockton in The Deepest of Secrets, the next installment in one of the most imaginative crime series on shelves today."This is a series that covers all the bases.” —St. Louis Post DispatchIt’s not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand. Tucked away in the ... Read more

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#1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong returns to the captivating town of Rockton in The Deepest of Secrets, the next installment in one of the most imaginative crime series on shelves today."This is a series that covers all the bases.” —St. Louis Post DispatchIt’s not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand. Tucked away in the
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A Stranger in Town

A Rockton Novel

by Kelley Armstrong ...

Narrated by Thérèse Plummer ...

Series Audiobook 6 - Casey Duncan Novels
Unabridged

10 hours 46 min

In A Stranger in Town, the next riveting thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, the paranoia increases – along with the stakes – as the town of Rockton tries to solve the latest mystery at their door.Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewer and fewer residents coming in to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions being granted. Her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, ... Read more

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In A Stranger in Town, the next riveting thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, the paranoia increases – along with the stakes – as the town of Rockton tries to solve the latest mystery at their door.Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewer and fewer residents coming in to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions being granted. Her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton,
... Read more

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Broken Bonds

by Keri Arthur ...

Narrated by Katherine Littrell ...

Series Audiobook 8 - The Lizzie Grace Series
Unabridged

9 hours

The winds of change are finally whispering through the Faelan Werewolf Reservation…Lizzie Grace is doing her utmost to ignore the portents of doom, wanting nothing more than enjoy her life and her time with Aiden O’Connor while she still can. But the song of the once unprotected and very powerful wellspring still washes across the distant shores of darkness, and it continues to draw evil to the ... Read more

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The winds of change are finally whispering through the Faelan Werewolf Reservation…Lizzie Grace is doing her utmost to ignore the portents of doom, wanting nothing more than enjoy her life and her time with Aiden O’Connor while she still can. But the song of the once unprotected and very powerful wellspring still washes across the distant shores of darkness, and it continues to draw evil to the
... Read more
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The Wicche Glass Tavern

by Seana Kelly ...

Narrated by Samantha Desz ...

Series series Sam Quinn
Unabridged

11 hours 45 min

I'm Sam Quinn, the werewolf book nerd owner of the Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar. Clive, my vampire gentleman caller, has asked me to marry him. His nocturne is less than celebratory. Unfortunately, for them and the sexy vamp doing her best to seduce him, his cold, dead heart beats only for me.As much as my love life feels like a minefield, it has to take a backseat to a far more pressing ... Read more

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I'm Sam Quinn, the werewolf book nerd owner of the Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar. Clive, my vampire gentleman caller, has asked me to marry him. His nocturne is less than celebratory. Unfortunately, for them and the sexy vamp doing her best to seduce him, his cold, dead heart beats only for me.As much as my love life feels like a minefield, it has to take a backseat to a far more pressing
... Read more

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Booked for Kidnapping

by R.J. Blain ...

Narrated by Keira Grace ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Vigilante Magical Librarians
Unabridged

10 hours 59 min

Following the assassination of Senator Maybelle, widespread rioting and unrest transform the presidential campaign into a lethal circus. With protests raging over the new bill, the government scrambles to restore peace and order.Armed with a probationary private investigation license, Janette and her friends race against time to prevent the next murder. On the surface, the motive for the killings ... Read more

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Following the assassination of Senator Maybelle, widespread rioting and unrest transform the presidential campaign into a lethal circus. With protests raging over the new bill, the government scrambles to restore peace and order.Armed with a probationary private investigation license, Janette and her friends race against time to prevent the next murder. On the surface, the motive for the killings
... Read more
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A Rip Through Time

A Novel

by Kelley Armstrong ...

Narrated by Kate Handford ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Rip Through Time Novels
Unabridged

14 hours 11 min

In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland—in an unfamiliar body—with a killer on the loose."A great read." —Charlaine HarrisMay 20, 2019: Homicide detective Mallory is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother. While out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress. She’s drawn to ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

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In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland—in an unfamiliar body—with a killer on the loose."A great read." —Charlaine HarrisMay 20, 2019: Homicide detective Mallory is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother. While out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress. She’s drawn to
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