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Ghost Warrior Jimmy Morrill

by Laurence Murphy ...

The barque Peruvian was lost in a gale off the east coast of Australia in February 1846. When it was found wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef several months later there was evidence that some of the passengers and crew may have constructed a raft and abandoned ship. Nothing further was heard, however, and it was assumed all on board had perished. Seventeen years later a man claiming to be a sailor ... Read more

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The barque Peruvian was lost in a gale off the east coast of Australia in February 1846. When it was found wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef several months later there was evidence that some of the passengers and crew may have constructed a raft and abandoned ship. Nothing further was heard, however, and it was assumed all on board had perished. Seventeen years later a man claiming to be a sailor
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The Sound of Liberty

by Laurence Murphy ...

Felix Reitano arrived in Sydney, Australia from Naples, Italy in 1896 as a young teenager. He quickly learned to speak English after a chance meeting with an equally young aristocrat from England. Felix travelled to Queensland, first to the sugar cane town of Mossman and then to Halifax, a small cane farming settlement about 100km north of Townsville. In Halifax he met and fell in love with a ... Read more

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Felix Reitano arrived in Sydney, Australia from Naples, Italy in 1896 as a young teenager. He quickly learned to speak English after a chance meeting with an equally young aristocrat from England. Felix travelled to Queensland, first to the sugar cane town of Mossman and then to Halifax, a small cane farming settlement about 100km north of Townsville. In Halifax he met and fell in love with a
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Annie Bags - The Lady in Rags

by Laurence Murphy ...

Annie Ferdinand is believed to have been born into a noble family in Prussia in 1851. Her mother died when she was very young, a loss that affected both her and her father significantly. She travelled to London, England with him to support him while he sought to regain control of his estates after the Franco-Prussian war. Annie was devoted to her father but yearned for the company of someone who ... Read more

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Annie Ferdinand is believed to have been born into a noble family in Prussia in 1851. Her mother died when she was very young, a loss that affected both her and her father significantly. She travelled to London, England with him to support him while he sought to regain control of his estates after the Franco-Prussian war. Annie was devoted to her father but yearned for the company of someone who
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Under False Pretences; Bill (Girlie) Smith

by Laurence Murphy ...

Bill Smith slid unobtrusively into Cairns, North Queensland sometime in the early 1940's. He arrived with several packhorses, a pony that he rode and very little else. Bill fitted the category of the post-depression drifter perfectly. Nobody knew or cared where he came from. He gradually insinuated his small presence into the Cairns horse racing fraternity and began to earn a bit of money from ... Read more

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Bill Smith slid unobtrusively into Cairns, North Queensland sometime in the early 1940's. He arrived with several packhorses, a pony that he rode and very little else. Bill fitted the category of the post-depression drifter perfectly. Nobody knew or cared where he came from. He gradually insinuated his small presence into the Cairns horse racing fraternity and began to earn a bit of money from
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The Letters of Shirley Jackson

by Shirley Jackson, Bernice M. Murphy ...

A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill HouseNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS • “This biography-through-letters gives an intimate and warm voice to the imagination behind the treasury of uncanny tales that is Shirley Jackson’s legacy.”—Joyce Carol OatesShirley Jackson is one of ... Read more

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A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill HouseNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS • “This biography-through-letters gives an intimate and warm voice to the imagination behind the treasury of uncanny tales that is Shirley Jackson’s legacy.”—Joyce Carol OatesShirley Jackson is one of
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Public Service Accountability

Rekindling a Debate

by Peter Murphy, Laurence Ferry, Russ Glennon, Kirsten Greenhalgh ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
How we manage public services and hold them to account is critically important. Yet austerity, recent changes to accountability frameworks, and the loss of the Audit Commission have created a huge deficit in our understanding of how well services are delivered. The time is thus right to re-examine the state of our vital public services, as well as how we can make them more accountable. This book ... Read more

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How we manage public services and hold them to account is critically important. Yet austerity, recent changes to accountability frameworks, and the loss of the Audit Commission have created a huge deficit in our understanding of how well services are delivered. The time is thus right to re-examine the state of our vital public services, as well as how we can make them more accountable. This book
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Holding Government to Account

Democracy and the National Audit Office

by Henry C Midgley, Laurence Ferry, Aileen D Murphie ...

Series series Routledge Public Budgeting and Finance
The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK’s supreme audit institution, examines the very definition of accountability through both an historic and an academic lens, critically exploring questions about the role of audit in a democracy and ... Read more

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The National Audit Office has played an important role in the checks and balances of the UK parliamentary and political system over the last 40 years. This new book, more than just a history of the UK’s supreme audit institution, examines the very definition of accountability through both an historic and an academic lens, critically exploring questions about the role of audit in a democracy and
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Critical Axis

Consciousness of Choice in Times of Change

by Inely Cássia Cesna Esq. D.S.S., Laurence Lyons Murphy Ph.D. ...

We are entities capable of creativity, beauty, choice, courage, and intelligence, as well as entities capable of almost unimaginable capacity for self- destruction, both individually and collectively. Which side of our nature will define us turns on the edge of the axis. Like a coin spinning in the air, not knowing whether it will land on heads or tails, in our search for ourselves in time, we are ... Read more

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We are entities capable of creativity, beauty, choice, courage, and intelligence, as well as entities capable of almost unimaginable capacity for self- destruction, both individually and collectively. Which side of our nature will define us turns on the edge of the axis. Like a coin spinning in the air, not knowing whether it will land on heads or tails, in our search for ourselves in time, we are
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Instant Insights: Improving the sustainability of dairy production

by Various authors, Ms Sophie Bertrand, Dr J. Upton, E. Murphy, Dr Laurence Shalloo, M. Murphy, I. J. M. De Boer, Professor Peter Groot Koerkamp, Dr Stephanie A. Terry, Dr Carlos M. Romero, Dr Alex V. Chaves, Dr Tim McAllister, Dr Elie Jami, Dr Itzhak Mizrahi, Dr Jack B. Hetherington, Dr Pablo Juliano, Dr Rodolfo Garcia-Flores ...

Series Book 98 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on best practices for improving the sustainability of dairy production. The first chapter reviews the main, internationally accepted methods available to evaluate the environmental impact of dairy farming, identify levers of action and set environmental targets.The second chapter considers how dairy farms can manage both energy consumption and water in ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on best practices for improving the sustainability of dairy production. The first chapter reviews the main, internationally accepted methods available to evaluate the environmental impact of dairy farming, identify levers of action and set environmental targets.The second chapter considers how dairy farms can manage both energy consumption and water in
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The Letters of Shirley Jackson

by Shirley Jackson, Bernice M. Murphy ...

Narrated by Kirsten Potter, Gary Bennett, Linda Jones ...

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18 hours 57 min

A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill Housei must stop writing letters and get to writing a novel.Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American authors of the last hundred years and among our greatest chroniclers of the female experience. This extraordinary compilation of personal ... Read more

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A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill Housei must stop writing letters and get to writing a novel.Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American authors of the last hundred years and among our greatest chroniclers of the female experience. This extraordinary compilation of personal
... Read more

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Achieving sustainable production of milk Volume 2

Safety, quality and sustainability

by Dr Ram Pratim Deka, Dr P. Moroni, Dr F. Welcome, M. F. Addis, Dr Bernadette O'Brien, Kieran Jordan, Erastus Kang'ethe, Jagger Harvey, Prof. Pamela L. Ruegg, Dr Réjean Bouchard, Claire Verraes, Helen Dornom, Anne-Charlotte Dockès, Nicole Sillett, Jamie Jonker, Emeritus Prof. Norman R. Scott, Curt Gooch, Ms Sophie Bertrand, Margaret E. Graves, Dr Ralph Martin, Dr J. Upton, Sabine Cardoen, E. Murphy, Dr Laurence Shalloo, M. Murphy, I. J. M. De Boer, Ben Tyson, Liza Storey, Dr Nick Edgar, Jonathan Draper, Christine Unson, Wendie Claeys, Prof. Florian Leiber, Dr A. Muller, Dr Veronika Maurer, Dr C. Schader, Anna Bieber, Dr Alison Bailey, Dr J. P. Hill, Dr John Moran, Dr J. M. K. Ojango, R. Mrode, Dr Lieve Herman, A. M. Okeyo, J. E. O. Rege, M. G. G. Chagunda, D. R. Kugonza, Dr Gidi Smolders, Dr Mette Vaarst, Dr Delia Grace, Silvia Alonso, Dr Johanna Lindahl, Sara Ahlberg, Professor Peter Groot Koerkamp ...

Series Book 9 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world ... Read more

$231.99 CAD

Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world
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Heads of the Colored People

Stories

by Nafissa Thompson-Spires ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo ...

Series series Award-Winning Short Story Collection
Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * Winner of the Whiting Award * Longlisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize * Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize * Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Los Angeles Times Book PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by Refinery29, NPR, The Root, HuffPost, V... ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

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Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * Winner of the Whiting Award * Longlisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize * Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize * Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Los Angeles Times Book PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by Refinery29, NPR, The Root, HuffPost, V...
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