One of the soccer moms was a murderer and two of the soccer moms were already dead. Phyllis not only has a team of sixteen ten-year olds to coach, but two cases to solve plus a full time job. A friend with Asperger' syndrome may or may not prove the ideal helper.

Louisiana Taboo is a story of triumph, courage, and overcoming obstacles in her life. Are you ready for the ride? As you turn the pages you will be walking in the author's shoes. Can you feel the suspense? This wonderful experience will have you laughing, crying and swearing at the same time. What you think is going to happen will not. This story is a tragedy. As you become entwined! With the story! The readers will recognize the courage the author has to turn her life around. She might ma...

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Since the 1980s, Ireland has gone through a profound social, demographic, and religious disruption, the impact of which has been seen across recent fiction from Irish writers. Companion to the Contemporary Irish Novel traces this cultural shift and its impact by examining how modern novels have reckoned with a new conception of Irishness.Despite the heady mix of cultural and social destabilization, reform, and economic successes and challenges, this period of relentless di...

A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones'He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all'Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-read British authors. His influence on literature and the minds of his readers is singular. But how is it that the novelist who created some of the most memorable and modern female characters in literature had such troub...

Development of professional skills is central to good medical practice and is recognized as a priority by the NHS, the Academy of Royal Colleges, and General Medical Council. The Oxford Professional Practice Handbooks cover key areas which underpin clinical medicine. As practical, quick reference guides they are closely aligned to the Oxford Medical Handbooks with the familiar, concise and accessible format. Aimed at medical trainees, they also serve as useful quick reference guides for al...

Taking the visual arts as its focus, this anthology explores aspects of cultural exchange between Ireland and the United States.Art historians from both sides of the Atlantic examine the work of artists, art critics and art promoters. Through a close study of selected paintings and sculptures, photography and exhibitions from the nineteenth century to the present, the depth of the relationship between the two countries, as well as its complexity, is revealed.The book is int...

The story of Selina DeJong and her son Dirk, whom she affectionately calls So Big. After the death of her husband, Selina raises So Big on her own while managing her deceased husband's farm in Illinois. When So Big grows up, he moves to Chicago, where he finds himself drawn to the fast-money stock-broker lifestyle of the 1920s. So Big is conflicted: he wants to live in the world of speculation and finance, but he's aware that his mother (and his love interest, an artist) are disappointed t...