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G.K. Chesterton

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Steven Smith, Sinead Dixon, Sean Murphy, Paul Smith, Claire Walsh

G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style CONTAINS CHAPTER I.—THE DICKENS PERIOD CHAPTER II.—THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS CHAPTER III.—THE YOUTH OF DICKENS CHAPTER IV.—"THE PICKWICK PAPERS" CHAPTER V.—THE GREAT POPULARITY CHAPTER VI.—DICKENS AND AMERICA PART TWO CHAPTER VII.—DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS CHAPTER VIII.—THE TIME OF TRANSITION CHAPTER IX.—LATER LIFE AND WORKS CHAPTER X.—THE GREAT ...

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Steven Murphy

Steven Murphy spent his formative years in Sydney's Redfern.Abandoned by his mother when only weeks old, his father left him in the care of a cruel, alcoholic stepmother while he himself was in jail. Unbelievably, the child they dubbed the "Pyjama Boy" fought his way through life to achieve his ultimate goal. His story is a poignant and haunting one that captivates its reader from the very beginning and remains long after the book has been closed.AN...

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Steven A. Murphy

Brian Murdock is on a quest to reconnect with the guru, John Baba, he first met 30 years before. His journey takes him to the High Sierra, Mt. Shasta, Sedona, Arizona, and beyond. Along the way, Brian encounters a wild Palomino in the Nevada desert, meets the journalist out to discredit John Baba, searches the skies over Mt. Shasta for UFO's, and finally gets his private audience with the guru.

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Kelly Starrett, TJ Murphy

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Steven Haggin

Are You Ready to Run?Is there a bridge from the injury-ridden world of the modern runner to the promised land that barefoot running and Born to Run have led us to believe exists? Can we really live the running life free from injury? Is there an approach designed to unlock all the athletic potential that may be hidden within? Can we run faster, longer, and more efficiently?In a direct answer to the modern runner’s needs, Dr. Kelly Starrett, author o...

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Steven A. Murphy

It's the summer of 1980 and Ardley Moore has landed his first radio DJ gig - in the tropical paradise of Maui! He's on a mission to spread the gospel of rock & roll, but his boss is hassling him over music selection, and not all the locals are showing this mainland "Haole" transplant their aloha. Then the long-legged blonde arrives with her jealous boyfriend, and the danger and the romance get turned up to 11! Will Ardley get lost in those seductive blue eyes?Aloha Jukebox...

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Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

Community-Based Health Interventions in an Institutional Context examines challenges of "institutionalizing" community-based health care. While the community-based or localized model is growing in popularity and importance in the United States, in practice it must often be brought in to larger institutions in order to grow to scale. The typical goals of an institution—standardization, formalization, and control—may be seen as antithetical to those of a community-based healthcare p...

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Jack London, Evelyn Waugh, Norman Maclean, Redmond O’Hanlon, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, H.M. Tomlinson, Algernon Blackwood; Steven Callahan, Mark Twain, Virginia Reed Murphy, J. Ross Browne, Lennard Bickel, Richard Cunningham, Herman Melville, Jack London, Daniel Zalewski, Patrick O'Brian

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Albert Coia, Richard Rohan, Nick Sampson; Colleen Delany, Nick Sampson, Erik Synnestvedt, Gary Telles

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An Audio Bundle

. YALSA Award Winner - Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults · Publishers Weekly 'Listen Up' Award Winner. The wilderness--forest, desert, glacier, jungle--has been the scene of the past century's most exciting stories, inspiring many of its greatest writers, including Jack London, Norman Maclean, Evelyn Waugh, Redmond O'Hanlon, Sir Wilfred Thesiger, H.M. Tomlinson and Algernon Blackwood. Selections from these authors' most gripping works are delivered by equally compelling narration produc...

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Social Sciences (R0)

This book looks at the symbolic side of globalization, development, and aging. Many of the dimensions that are discussed represent updates of past debates but some are entirely new. In particular, globalization is accompanied by subtle social imagery that profoundly shapes the way institutions and identities are imagined. The process of aging and persons sense of identity is no exception. The underlying assumptions that pervade globalization inform how critical dimensions of aging are disc...

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Social Sciences (R0)

This salient reference grounds readers in the theoretical basis and day-to-day practice of community-based health care programs, and their potential as a transformative force in public health. Centering around concepts of self-determination, empowerment, and inclusiveness, the book details the roles of physicians, research, and residents in the transition to self-directed initiatives and greater community control. Community-focused interventions and methods, starting with genuine dialogue ...

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Julie Murphy

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Eileen Stevens

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Dumplin’

Now a popular Netflix feature film, starring Jennifer Aniston, Danielle Macdonald, and Dove Cameron, as well as a soundtrack from Dolly Parton!The #1 New York Times bestseller and feel-good YA of the year—about Willowdean Dixon, the fearless, funny, and totally unforgettable heroine who takes on her small town’s beauty pageant.Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in h...

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Janica Anderson, Steven Zahavi Schwartz

Explore two lives—and a relationship—that profoundly shaped American Zen.Ruth Fuller Sasaki and Sokei-an Shigetsu Sasaki: two pioneers of Zen in the West. Ruth was an American with a privileged life, even during the height of the Great Depression, before she went to Japan and met D. T. Suzuki. Sokei-an was one of the first Zen priests to come to America; he brought the gift of the Dharma to the United States but in 1942 was put in an internment camp. One made his w...

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Steven Jones, M. Lynne Murphy, Carita Paradis, Caroline Willners

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Studies in English Language

The study of antonyms (or 'opposites') in a language can provide important insight into word meaning and discourse structures. This book provides an extensive investigation of antonyms in English and offers an innovative model of how we mentally organize concepts and how we perceive contrasts between them. The authors use corpus and experimental methods to build a theoretical picture of the antonym relation, its status in the mind and its construal in context. Evidence is drawn from natura...