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Gillespie and I

by Jane Harris ...

As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame she maintains he deserved.Back in 1888, the young, art-loving, Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter ... Read more

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As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance, nearly four decades previously, with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame she maintains he deserved.Back in 1888, the young, art-loving, Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter
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The Observations

by Jane Harris ...

'Vastly original. Bessy is surely one of the most striking characters in recent fiction: cynical, disruptive, tender and very, very funny.' Independent on SundayShortlisted for the Orange PrizeScotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job working as a maid in a big country house. But when Arabella, her beautiful mistress, asks her to undertake a series of bizarre ... Read more

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'Vastly original. Bessy is surely one of the most striking characters in recent fiction: cynical, disruptive, tender and very, very funny.' Independent on SundayShortlisted for the Orange PrizeScotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job working as a maid in a big country house. But when Arabella, her beautiful mistress, asks her to undertake a series of bizarre
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Discipline by Subtraction

The Art of Strategic Laziness

by James R Snoddy ...

What if the real key to productivity isn't doing more-but doing less on purpose?Discipline by Subtraction: The Art of Strategic Laziness is a provocative manifesto for anyone drowning in overload, addicted to optimization, or caught in institutional inertia. Drawing from two decades in combat zones, diplomatic trenches, and federal bureaucracy, James Snoddy delivers a field-tested doctrine for ... Read more

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What if the real key to productivity isn't doing more-but doing less on purpose?Discipline by Subtraction: The Art of Strategic Laziness is a provocative manifesto for anyone drowning in overload, addicted to optimization, or caught in institutional inertia. Drawing from two decades in combat zones, diplomatic trenches, and federal bureaucracy, James Snoddy delivers a field-tested doctrine for
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CALLED FORWARD

When Fear Says Stay but Faith Leads You to Freedom

by Debbie-Jane Harris ...

What do you do when everything in you knows it’s time to go — but fear is making a very convincing case for staying? Called Forward is for anyone standing at the edge of a life-changing decision. The person lying awake at 3am running the same loop. The one who has outgrown their career, their relationship, or the version of themselves that everyone around them has already decided they are. The one ... Read more

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What do you do when everything in you knows it’s time to go — but fear is making a very convincing case for staying? Called Forward is for anyone standing at the edge of a life-changing decision. The person lying awake at 3am running the same loop. The one who has outgrown their career, their relationship, or the version of themselves that everyone around them has already decided they are. The one
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Placement Learning in Community Nursing

A guide for students in practice

by Jane Harris, Sheila Nimmo, Karen Holland ...

Series series Placement Learning
Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. - A logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a ... Read more

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Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. - A logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a
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Finding Home in the Promised Land

A Personal History of Homelessness and Social Exile

by Jane Harris-Zsovan ...

Finding Home in the Promised Land is the fruit of Jane Harris’ journey through the wilderness of social exile after a violent crime left her injured and tumbling down the social ladder toward homelessness — for the second time in her life — in 2013. Her Scottish great-great grandmother Barbara’s portrait opens the door into pre-Confederation Canada. Her own story lights our journey through 21st ... Read more

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Finding Home in the Promised Land is the fruit of Jane Harris’ journey through the wilderness of social exile after a violent crime left her injured and tumbling down the social ladder toward homelessness — for the second time in her life — in 2013. Her Scottish great-great grandmother Barbara’s portrait opens the door into pre-Confederation Canada. Her own story lights our journey through 21st
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The Observations

by Jane Harris ...

Narrated by Jane Harris ...

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15 hours 31 min

Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but puzzled by her increasingly strange requests and her insistence that Bessy keep a journal of her most intimate thoughts. And it seems that Arabella has a few secrets of her own - including her near ... Read more

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Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but puzzled by her increasingly strange requests and her insistence that Bessy keep a journal of her most intimate thoughts. And it seems that Arabella has a few secrets of her own - including her near
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Gillespie and I

by Jane Harris ...

Narrated by Anna Bentinck ...

Unabridged

19 hours

Sitting in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame he deserved. Back in 1888, after a chance encounter, young Harriet befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes, the certainties of this ... Read more

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Sitting in her Bloomsbury home, with her two birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the fame he deserved. Back in 1888, after a chance encounter, young Harriet befriends the Gillespie family and soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes, the certainties of this
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Sugar Money

by Jane Harris ...

Narrated by James Goode ...

Unabridged

12 hours 36 min

Martinique, 1765: Brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back the 42 slaves claimed by English invaders at the hospital plantation in Fort Royal. While Lucien, barely in his teens, sees the trip as a great adventure, the older and worldlier Emile has no illusions about ... Read more

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Martinique, 1765: Brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back the 42 slaves claimed by English invaders at the hospital plantation in Fort Royal. While Lucien, barely in his teens, sees the trip as a great adventure, the older and worldlier Emile has no illusions about
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The Observations & Gillespie and I

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Jane Harris ...

Narrated by Phyllis Logan, Liam Brennan, Lucy Paterson, Candida Benson, Full Cast, Kate Dickie ...

Unabridged

4 hours 46 min

Full-cast adaptations of two of Jane Harris’s gripping novels - plus an interview with the authorListen now to these two stunning, suspenseful historical dramas, performed by a full cast and based on the novels by best-selling author, Jane Harris.The Observations transports listeners to Scotland, 1863. A young Irish girl, Bessy Buckley, escapes her former life as a prostitute when she's hired as a ... Read more

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Full-cast adaptations of two of Jane Harris’s gripping novels - plus an interview with the authorListen now to these two stunning, suspenseful historical dramas, performed by a full cast and based on the novels by best-selling author, Jane Harris.The Observations transports listeners to Scotland, 1863. A young Irish girl, Bessy Buckley, escapes her former life as a prostitute when she's hired as a
... Read more

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The Somnambulist

The stunning Victorian Gothic novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of CATHERINE: A RETELLING OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS.

by Essie Fox ...

Narrated by Annie Aldington ...

Unabridged

11 hours 49 min

Every heart holds a secret...But some secrets are better left buried.When seventeen-year old Phoebe Turner visits Wilton's Music Hall to watch her Aunt Cissy performing on stage, she risks the wrath of her mother Maud who marches with the Hallelujah Army, campaigning for all London theatres to close. While there, Phoebe is drawn to a stranger, the enigmatic Nathaniel Samuels.When offered the ... Read more

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Every heart holds a secret...But some secrets are better left buried.When seventeen-year old Phoebe Turner visits Wilton's Music Hall to watch her Aunt Cissy performing on stage, she risks the wrath of her mother Maud who marches with the Hallelujah Army, campaigning for all London theatres to close. While there, Phoebe is drawn to a stranger, the enigmatic Nathaniel Samuels.When offered the
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The Wicked Cometh

The addictive historical mystery

by Laura Carlin ...

Narrated by Sophie Ward ...

Unabridged

12 hours 50 min

'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sortbecause WE are the bad sort . . .''This newspaper has taken note that the past month has been remarkable for the prevalence of cases where men, women and children are declared missing. Scarcely a week passes without the occurrence of an incident of this type' - The Morning Herald*,* Tuesday 13 September 1831Down the murky alleyways of London, ... Read more

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'We have no need to protect ourselves from the bad sortbecause WE are the bad sort . . .''This newspaper has taken note that the past month has been remarkable for the prevalence of cases where men, women and children are declared missing. Scarcely a week passes without the occurrence of an incident of this type' - The Morning Herald*,* Tuesday 13 September 1831Down the murky alleyways of London,
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