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Call the Canaries Home

A Novel

by Laura Barrow ...

Narrated by Amy Bentley, Sophie Amoss, Janet Metzger, Arielle DeLisle ...

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Three estranged sisters reconnect in their Louisiana hometown to face an unresolved past in a heartfelt novel about family, grief, secrets, and forgiveness.Savannah was four years old when her twin sister, Georgia, went missing from their small Louisiana town, fracturing their family. Twenty-eight years later, Savannah convinces her estranged older sisters, Rayanne and Sue Ellen, to honor the pact ... Read more

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Three estranged sisters reconnect in their Louisiana hometown to face an unresolved past in a heartfelt novel about family, grief, secrets, and forgiveness.Savannah was four years old when her twin sister, Georgia, went missing from their small Louisiana town, fracturing their family. Twenty-eight years later, Savannah convinces her estranged older sisters, Rayanne and Sue Ellen, to honor the pact
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The Degree Generation

The Making of Unequal Graduate Lives

by Nicola Ingram, Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Jessie Abrahams, Laura Bentley, Harriet Bradley, Tony Hoare, Vanda Papafilippou, Richard Waller ...

What are the challenges for the current generation of graduate millennials? The role of universities and the changing nature of the graduate labour market are constantly in the news, but less is known about the experiences of those going through it.This book traces the transition to the graduate labour market of a cohort of middle-class and working-class young people who were tracked through seven ... Read more

$25.59 CAD

What are the challenges for the current generation of graduate millennials? The role of universities and the changing nature of the graduate labour market are constantly in the news, but less is known about the experiences of those going through it.This book traces the transition to the graduate labour market of a cohort of middle-class and working-class young people who were tracked through seven
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Selling Our Youth

Graduate Stories of Class, Gender and Work in Challenging Times

by Harriet Bradley, Richard Waller, Laura Bentley ...

Series series Great Debates in Higher Education
Selling Our Youth explores how the class origins of recent graduates continue to shape their labour market careers and thus reproduce class privilege and class disadvantage. It shows how class and gender combine to influence these young adults’ opportunities and choices, in an era when this generation has been characterized as the first likely to end up worse off economically than their parents ... Read more

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Selling Our Youth explores how the class origins of recent graduates continue to shape their labour market careers and thus reproduce class privilege and class disadvantage. It shows how class and gender combine to influence these young adults’ opportunities and choices, in an era when this generation has been characterized as the first likely to end up worse off economically than their parents
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Diversity and Welfare Provision

Tension and Discrimination in 21st Century Britain

by Dayo Eseonu, Aimee Grant, Eva Kasperova, Natalie Quinn – Walker, Edith England, Laura Bentley, David Beck, Hefin Gwilym, Gerardo Arriaga Garcia, Teresa Crew, Ilona Pinter ...

Recognising diverse groups within society is a vital part of policy research and analysis, yet few texts have drawn together the breadth of experiences of welfare provision from a diverse group of citizens.This book fills this gap, by exploring how diverse citizens experience welfare provision. It aims to promote debate about the importance of social divisions in society and to address the gaps in ... Read more

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Recognising diverse groups within society is a vital part of policy research and analysis, yet few texts have drawn together the breadth of experiences of welfare provision from a diverse group of citizens.This book fills this gap, by exploring how diverse citizens experience welfare provision. It aims to promote debate about the importance of social divisions in society and to address the gaps in
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Thomas Carlyle and the Idea of Influence

by Paul E. Kerry, Albert D. Pionke, Megan Dent, Mark Allison, Laura Beer, Michael Bentley, Laura H. Clarke, Elizabeth J. Deis0, Lowell T. Frye1, Stephanie Hicks2, Marylu Hill3, Ulrike I. Hill4, Ralph Jessop5, Tim Sommer6, Madeleine Emerald Thiele7, John M. Ulrich8, Chris R. Vanden Bossche9, Brian Young0, Kazuo Yokouchi1 ...

That Thomas Carlyle was influential in his own lifetime and continues to be so over 130 years after his death is a proposition with which few will disagree. His role as his generation’s foremost interpreter of German thought, his distinctive rhetorical style, his approach to history via the “innumerable biographies” of great men, and his almost unparalleled record of correspondence with ... Read more

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That Thomas Carlyle was influential in his own lifetime and continues to be so over 130 years after his death is a proposition with which few will disagree. His role as his generation’s foremost interpreter of German thought, his distinctive rhetorical style, his approach to history via the “innumerable biographies” of great men, and his almost unparalleled record of correspondence with
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Portrait of a Sister

by Laura Bradford ...

Narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley ...

Unabridged

10 hours 7 min

Katie Beiler was always the follower to her twin sister Hannah's lead. That is until Hannah left their Amish upbringing for an English life—leaving Katie to find her own footing in a world that no longer looks as it once did . . .Katie has always imagined her life being just like Mamm's. It's why she chose baptism and why she'll soon marry Abram Zook. But ever since Hannah left, the only thing ... Read more

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Katie Beiler was always the follower to her twin sister Hannah's lead. That is until Hannah left their Amish upbringing for an English life—leaving Katie to find her own footing in a world that no longer looks as it once did . . .Katie has always imagined her life being just like Mamm's. It's why she chose baptism and why she'll soon marry Abram Zook. But ever since Hannah left, the only thing
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Piece by Piece

by Laura Bradford ...

Narrated by Teri Schnaubelt ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

Danielle Parker is a gold-medal mom—the kind who volunteers in her children's classrooms, shuttles them between activities, throws legendary birthday parties, and has a remedy on hand for any emergency. Whatever her husband, Jeff, and their children need, Dani is there, always. Except for one day.On that day—the day that Dani reluctantly takes some "me time" while her mom and Jeff drive the ... Read more

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Danielle Parker is a gold-medal mom—the kind who volunteers in her children's classrooms, shuttles them between activities, throws legendary birthday parties, and has a remedy on hand for any emergency. Whatever her husband, Jeff, and their children need, Dani is there, always. Except for one day.On that day—the day that Dani reluctantly takes some "me time" while her mom and Jeff drive the
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Abiding Mercy

by Ruth Reid ...

Narrated by Callie Beaulieu ...

Series series Amish Mercies
Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

Sixteen-year-old Faith has worked full-time in her parents' restaurant since she finished eighth grade. She loves her Amish community—and the romantic attentions of her longtime friend, Gideon.When her sister seems to be getting too friendly with Englischers, and her parents are in a buggy accident, Faith wants to escape into her dream of joining the church and getting married.But then a local ... Read more

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Sixteen-year-old Faith has worked full-time in her parents' restaurant since she finished eighth grade. She loves her Amish community—and the romantic attentions of her longtime friend, Gideon.When her sister seems to be getting too friendly with Englischers, and her parents are in a buggy accident, Faith wants to escape into her dream of joining the church and getting married.But then a local
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The Sound of Distant Thunder

by Jan Drexler ...

Narrated by Amy Melissa Bentley ...

Series series Amish of Weaver's Creek
Unabridged

10 hours 31 min

Katie Stuckey and Jonas Weaver are both romantics. Seventeen-year-old Katie is starry-eyed, in love with the idea of being in love, and does not want to wait to marry Jonas until she is eighteen, despite her parents' insistence. So much can happen in a year. Twenty-year-old Jonas is taken in by the romance of soldiering, especially in defense of anti-slavery, even though he knows war is at odds ... Read more

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Katie Stuckey and Jonas Weaver are both romantics. Seventeen-year-old Katie is starry-eyed, in love with the idea of being in love, and does not want to wait to marry Jonas until she is eighteen, despite her parents' insistence. So much can happen in a year. Twenty-year-old Jonas is taken in by the romance of soldiering, especially in defense of anti-slavery, even though he knows war is at odds
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The Outcast

by Jolina Petersheim ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

Rachel Stoltzfus never imagined she’d be the talk of her Old Order Mennonite community until whispers stir the moment her belly swells with new life. Unmarried and refusing to repent by naming the partner in her sin, Rachel feels the wrath of the religious sect as she is shunned by those she loves most and eventually forced to leave — driven out by her twin sister’s husband, the bishop.But secrets ... Read more

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Rachel Stoltzfus never imagined she’d be the talk of her Old Order Mennonite community until whispers stir the moment her belly swells with new life. Unmarried and refusing to repent by naming the partner in her sin, Rachel feels the wrath of the religious sect as she is shunned by those she loves most and eventually forced to leave — driven out by her twin sister’s husband, the bishop.But secrets
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A Daughter’s Truth

by Laura Bradford ...

Narrated by Vanessa Daniels ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

Emma Lapp tries to be the perfect daughter, to earn the loving embrace of her family and her Amish community in Pennsylvania. Yet she can't quite win her mother's smile—or her forgiveness for a transgression Emma can't quite place . . .Emma knows she's a reminder of her mother's greatest sorrow, having been born on the same day Mamm lost her beloved sister. The one bright spot has been the odd ... Read more

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Emma Lapp tries to be the perfect daughter, to earn the loving embrace of her family and her Amish community in Pennsylvania. Yet she can't quite win her mother's smile—or her forgiveness for a transgression Emma can't quite place . . .Emma knows she's a reminder of her mother's greatest sorrow, having been born on the same day Mamm lost her beloved sister. The one bright spot has been the odd
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A Wells Landing Christmas

by Amy Lillard ...

Narrated by Rebecca Mitchell ...

Series series Wells Landing
Unabridged

10 hours 20 min

As the most joyous of seasons comes to the Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, one young woman gets a chance to start again—and rediscover the gift of true love . . .Families rejoicing together, caroling parties full of cheer, and church get-togethers brimming with delicious cooking and warm fellowship. Ivy Weaver would give anything to be a part of Christmas in Wells Landing. But one ... Read more

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As the most joyous of seasons comes to the Amish community of Wells Landing, Oklahoma, one young woman gets a chance to start again—and rediscover the gift of true love . . .Families rejoicing together, caroling parties full of cheer, and church get-togethers brimming with delicious cooking and warm fellowship. Ivy Weaver would give anything to be a part of Christmas in Wells Landing. But one
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