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  • Ghosts of Northwestern New Jersey

    by Robert Oakes ...
    Series series Haunted America
    Among the rolling hills, picturesque farms and lush highlands of Northwestern New Jersey lurk haunting mysteries and unexplained apparitions.A historic recluse who practiced witchcraft generations ago is said to be still spinning misdeeds as the Sussex Sorcerer on Sunrise Mountain. The ghost of Reverend O'Malley walks the woods around Mount Allamuchy as the Purple Bishop, seeking vengeance against ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ghostly Tales of the Berkshires

    by Robert Oakes ...
    Series series
    Ghost stories from the Berkshires have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery!Welcome to the spooky Berkshires!Stay Alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms.Did you know that at the Mount, the former home of famous author Edith Wharton, a shadowy phantom haunts the halls? Or that a ghost train still steams through the ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ghosts of Berkshires

    by Robert Oakes ...
    Series series Haunted America
    "You'll never look at the region the same way again after reading about the tunnel from hell, toe-tugging spirits, and the curse of the mummy." — The Boston GlobeBefore it became a haven for arts and culture, the Berkshires was a rugged, sparsely populated frontier. From the early days of Revolutionary fervor and industrial enterprise to today's tourism, many chilling stories remain. A lost girl ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What I Am Living For

    Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton

    by Robert Ellsberg, Daniel P. Horan, Kaya Oakes, Rev. James Martin S.J. ...
    "If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for."—Thomas MertonSome of today's most popular spiritual writers—including Rev. James Martin, S.J.; Bishop Robert Barron; Robert Ellsberg; Rev. Daniel P. Horan; and Kaya ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Pilot Mental Health Assessment and Support

    A practitioner's guide

    Edited by Robert Bor, Carina Eriksen, Margaret Oakes, Peter Scragg ...
    The presentation of mental illness at work has different implications and consequences depending on the specific nature of the job, work context, regulatory framework and risks for the employee, organisation and society. Naturally there are certain occupational groups where human factors and/or mental illness could impair safety and mental acuity, and with potentially devastating consequences. For ... Read more

    $321.99 CAD

  • San Francisco's Fillmore District

    by Robert F. Oaks ...
    Series series Images of America
    Today�s Fillmore District, while one of San Francisco�s most diverse neighborhoods, bears little resemblance to the cosmopolitan place it once was. This district, which has arguably changed more than any other in the city, once held a large Jewish settlement, replete with synagogues, bakeries, and kosher markets. It also had a huge Japanese community, now centered in Japantown but not as extensive ... Read more

    $17.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hawai'i

    A History of the Big Island

    by Robert F. Oaks ...
    Series series Making of America
    Although its soils are the youngest in the Hawaiian chain, the Big Island's chronicles are at times epic, tragic, and heroic, but always fascinating. Modern Hawai'i is filled with tradition and mythology, accommodating influences as diverse as its inviting landscape. Kamehameha stood tall to mold this nascent region into a unified kingdom and others fought to sustain it, while outside forces ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Theology of Grace in Six Controversies

    by Edward T. Oakes ...
    Series series Interventions (INT)
    Few topics in theology are as complex and multifaceted as grace: over the course of centuries, many seemingly arbitrary distinctions and arcane debates have arisen around it. Edward Oakes, however, argues that all of these distinctions and debates are ultimately motivated by one central question: What are God's intentions for the world?In A Theology of Grace in Six Controversies Oakes examines ... Read more

    $44.17 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Climate, Migration and Health Nexus

    Opportunities for Interregional Cooperation

    Edited by Ilse Ruyssen, Charlotte Scheerens, Sonja Fransen, Robert Oakes ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book offers innovative contributions to the climate-migration-health nexus and the role of regional governance in this nexus, emphasizing the importance of interregional cooperation in addressing these challenges. It considers climate change as an intensifier of leading to rising of migration and displacement, in interaction with economic, political, and social factors. These in ... Read more

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    Homegrown Treasures of Hawai'i

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  • Hawaii: From Origins To The End Of The Monarchy

    by Brien Foerster ...
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  • Under the Hawthorn Tree

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    by Ai Mi ...
    Series series Anansi Book Club Editions
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