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  • Jean Rhys at "World's End"

    Novels of Colonial and Sexual Exile

    The Caribbean Islands have long been an uneasy meeting place among indigenous peoples, white European colonists, and black slave populations. Tense oppositions in Caribbean culture—colonial vs. native, white vs. black, male conqueror vs. female subject—supply powerful themes and spark complex narrative experiments in the fiction of Dominica-born novelist Jean Rhys. In this pathfinding study, Mary ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Rural Development

    Sustainable livelihoods and the Community Capitals Framework

    Series series Community Development – Current Issues Series
    This book brings together several systems-level approaches to the consideration of the interaction of livelihood choices, natural resource management and participatory action research on sustainable development. By focusing on these approaches to community change, the volume hopes to encourage readers to consider how they might adopt methods such as Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), ... Read more

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  • Food & Fitness Community Partnerships

    Series series Community Development – Current Issues Series
    This book describes many of the unique contributions of the Food & Fitness program including a number of early successes, drawing lessons from efforts to form and maintain partnerships, and from the strategies employed to create structural change in communities. This important study introduces the Food and Fitness community partnerships and their work to increase access to healthy, locally grown ... Read more

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  • Innovative Measurement and Evaluation of Community Development Practices

    Series series Community Development – Current Issues Series
    Finding innovative and useful measurement practices for community development projects is gaining in importance as policymakers increase the demands for accountability. This book examines some of the latest efforts to document the effectiveness of local development efforts. The types of documentation differ by types of project, jurisdiction, and country but they have a common focus of recognizing ... Read more

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  • Office-Based Gynecologic Surgical Procedures

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Recent trends in medicine have pushed many gynecologic procedures to the outpatient setting, whether in-office, in small medical ambulatory surgery centers, or in procedure rooms. Office-Based Gynecologic Surgical Procedures covers both basic and advanced procedures, from biopsy and saline ultrasound to cystoscopy. It answers the "How?", "What?", and "When?" of setting up, preparing for, and ... Read more

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  • Bungalow Modernity

    A Study of Twentieth Century Fictions of Home

    Despite its cozy image, the bungalow in literature and film is haunted by violence even while fostering possibilities for personal transformation, utopian social vision and even comedy. Originating in Bengal and adapted as housing for colonialist ventures worldwide, the homes were sold in mail-order kits during the "bungalow mania" of the early 20th century and enjoyed a revival at century's end. ... Read more

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  • DETECTIVE HAMILTON CLEEK MYSTERIES – 8 Thriller Classics in One Premium Edition

    Enriched edition. Sleuth Adventures and Thriller Classics: A Collection of Mystery Novels

    The "Detective Hamilton Cleek Mysteries 'Äì 8 Thriller Classics in One Premium Edition" is a masterful compendium that delves into the thrilling and cerebral world of classic mystery narratives. Encompassing a medley of eight carefully chosen tales, the collection presents a kaleidoscope of intricate plots and intriguing characters, each meticulously woven to challenge and captivate. The range of ... Read more

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  • English Folk-Song and Dance

    Enriched edition. Harmonies of English Folklore: A Melodic Journey Through Tradition and Culture

    In the compelling anthology 'English Folk-Song and Dance,' editors Mary Neal and Frank Kidson weave together a rich tapestry of traditional English culture. This collection uniquely captures the vibrant essence of folk songs and dances, showcasing an array of literary styles from lyrical ballads to evocative narrative poems. The compilation reflects a reverence for the oral traditions and musical ... Read more

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    Gretchen (UNABRIDGED)

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    Rich and sophisticated Arthur Tracy returns to Tracy Park after several years abroad confused and mentally unstable. Initially claiming that Gretchen accompanied him on the boat and train back he then expects her to arrive at any moment. Meanwhile a child is found at the side of a woman frozen to death in the Tramp House nearby. Arthur's brother Frank believes he knows the child's identity but ... Read more

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    Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), was a Spanish colonist in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the city through her own private efforts. A lay member of the Dominican Order, she was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized by the Catholic Church. ... Read more

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  • The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 1

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