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Tracy Patrick

A debut collection of searingly honest poems. After being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy at aged 42, Patrick looks for a poetic language, form and expression that could help give meaning to her lifechanging experiences. The result is funny, challenging and inventive, a reckoning with mortality that captures the fear of dying, vicissitudes of change, and the sheer the joy of being alive.'It is safe to say that there is not one dishonest sentence in this dazzling and long overdue debu...

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Tracy Patrick

A collection of thirty-seven original poems by Tracy Patrick, based on works by World War One artists, including Percy Wyndham Lewis, John Lavery, C R W Nevison, Anna Airy, Paul Nash, Otto Dix, and Norah Neilson-Gray. Features four colour plates of paintings from the Imperial War Museum collection. Cover painting: Heavy Artillery by Colin U Gill (1919) © Imperial War Museum 2274

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Tracy Patrick

A collection of original poems written by the people of Renfrewshire during the First World War. Sourced from the OneRen Heritage Centre archives, these are the authentic voices of soldiers, mothers, poets and friends, who put their thoughts and experiences onto paper for others to read. Chosen for their skill, language, Scots dialect, and even humour, these poems bring the reader as close as possible to the experiences of those who lived in Renfrewshire during the war, and whose lives wer...

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Tracy Patrick

A debut collection of searingly honest poems written after the author’s diagnosis with cardiomyopathy at aged 42. Patrick's poetic language and unusual forms give expression to her lifechanging experiences. The result is funny, challenging and inventive, a reckoning with mortality that captures the fear of dying, vicissitudes of change, and the sheer the joy of being alive.

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Tracy Patrick

'Intelligent, funny and irreverent, this is one of finest collections of poems ever made in modern Scotland... Her voice captures uniquely the fragile joy of being alive.' Dr Jim Ferguson 'It is safe to say that there is not one dishonest sentence in this dazzling and long overdue debut collection... truthful, inventive and constantly surprising... Do read it.' A C Clarke. 'In sickness and in health, these smart, wry, confiding poems, some of them in Scots, adopt a tough but tender, often ...

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Tracy Patrick

Paisley mill girl, Jean McParland, has always had big ideas. Stifled by her small-town existence and increasingly frustrated by her humdrum job, she longs for a better future for herself and her daughter, Ava. So when old flame Billy re-enters her life, she’s easily seduced by his dreams of escape – an association which will have disastrous results. Fifty years later, and Ava is now a high-flying executive in Vancouver. But the death of her aunt, who brought her up, triggers a chain of eve...

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Tracy Patrick

Paisley mill girl, Jean McParland, is increasingly frustrated by her humdrum job and longs for a better future for herself and her daughter, Ava. So when old flame Billy re-enters her life, she's easily seduced by his dreams of escape - an association which will have disastrous results.Fifty years later, and Ava is now a high-flying executive in Vancouver. But the death of her aunt, who brought her up, triggers a chain of events which, ultimately, leads her back to the town of her b...

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Tracy Patrick

Paisley mill girl, Jean McParland, has always had big ideas. Stifled by her small-town existence and increasingly frustrated by her humdrum job, she longs for a better future for herself and her daughter, Ava. So when old flame Billy re-enters her life, she’s easily seduced by his dreams of escape – an association which will have disastrous results.Fifty years later, and Ava is now a high-flying executive in Vancouver. But the death of her aunt, who brought her up, triggers a chain...

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Tracy Patrick

This anthology of poetry from the Renfrewshire archives charts the history of the Great War through the eyes of those who lived it. Published in the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 1914-1918, these are the voices of those who experienced the front line, and those who waited at home. Poignant, heartfelt, witty and uniquely Renfrewshire, this is the first time these poems have been aired since they were read by the people of the district over one hundred years ago. In putting this collection ...

This anthology of poetry from the Renfrewshire archives charts the history of the Great War through the eyes of those who lived it. Published in the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 1914-1918, these are the voices of those who experienced the front line, and those who waited at home. Poignant, heartfelt, witty and uniquely Renfrewshire, this is the first time these poems have been aired since they were read by the people of the district over one hundred years ago. In putting this collection ...

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Rhiannon Held

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A Full Cast, Colleen Delany, Thomas Keegan, Blythe Coons, Nick DePinto, Michael John Casey, Eva Wilhelm, Bradley Smith, Michael Glenn, Todd Scofield, David Harris, Drew Kopas, David Jourdan, Nanette Savard, Elizabeth Jernigan, Eric Messner, Ren Kasey, Casie Platt, Tracy Olivera, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Kimberly Gilbert

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Silver (Held)

Andrew Dare is a werewolf. He's the enforcer for the Roanoke pack, and responsible for capturing or killing any Were intruders in Roanoke's territory. But the lone Were he's tracking doesn't smell or act like anyone he's ever encountered. And when he catches her, it doesn't get any better. She's beautiful, she's crazy, and someone has tortured her by injecting silver into her veins. She says her name is Silver, and that she's lost her wild self and can't shift any more.The packs in...

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Patrick Snow

A motivational speaker and entrepreneur presents the ultimate ten-step road map for personal and professional success!This book is for anyone who wants more out of life. Most people want more time, money, freedom, while other seek better health, deeper love, and more sustainable happiness in life. Creating Your Own Destiny shows you how to get all these things through a simple ten-step step success road map. This book not only helps you soul-search for you...