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    by Sarah Rubin ...
    A ballerina tale with a thoroughly modern twist! Casey Quinn has got more grace in her pinkie toe than all those prissy ballet-school girls put together, even if you'd never guess it from the looks of her too-long legs and dirty high-top sneakers. It's 1959, and freckle-faced Casey lives in the red-dust countryside of South Carolina. She's a farm girl: Her family can't afford ballet lessons. But ... Read more

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  • The Impossible Clue

    by Sarah Rubin ...
    A compelling and funny new whodunit with a strong girl heroine--for fans of Book Scavenger, Greenglass House, and The Mysterious Benedict Society.Math whiz Alice Jones has already cracked a mystery or two. She's smart and she's fearless, so who else would her classmates turn to? But when a famous local scientist vanishes from a locked room, Alice and her detective skills graduate to the big ... Read more

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  • Alice Jones: The Impossible Clue

    by Sarah Rubin ...
    Maths-whizz Alice Jones has already solved a mystery or two. Persuaded by super-fan and wannabe sidekick, Sammy, to investigate a disappearing scientist, she's soon entangled in her trickiest case yet. Is whacky science really to blame for his vanishing? Or is something more sinister afoot? ... Read more

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  • A Shattered Nation

    The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868

    Series series Civil War America
    Historians often assert that Confederate nationalism had its origins in pre–Civil War sectional conflict with the North, reached its apex at the start of the war, and then dropped off quickly after the end of hostilities. Anne Sarah Rubin argues instead that white Southerners did not actually begin to formulate a national identity until it became evident that the Confederacy was destined to fight ... Read more

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  • The Guide to COIL Virtual Exchange

    Implementing, Growing, and Sustaining Collaborative Online International Learning

    Edited by Jon Rubin, Sarah Guth ...
    This is the authoritative guide to implementing COIL Virtual Exchange, conceived, and co-edited by one of the originators of this innovative approach to internationalization, Jon Rubin. COIL, the acronym for Collaborative Online International Learning, is a central modality of what has come to be known as virtual exchange. Since its first iteration in 2002, it has gradually established itself as a ... Read more

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  • Housing in African Cities

    A Lens on Urban Governance

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited collection from across the African continent offers a diverse set of analytical accounts that engage with the urban governance dynamics, drivers and impacts of a wide variety of housing initiatives. These include insights into the relationships between parties and actors undertaking developments, or whose housing activities impact on the city. The book illustrates issues of power ... Read more

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  • Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, UK Edition

    Many of us, at the best of times, struggle for inspiration when it comes to cooking – and that’s without a medical condition that may affect our eating habits and require careful management. The right diet is the foundation of a healthy lifestyle and all the more important for the successful management of diabetes.Fully updated for a UK audience Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies will include the ... Read more

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  • Thyroid For Dummies, UK Edition

    Includes information on the latest thyroid treatmentsUnderstand and manage your thyroid conditionDon't get pushed around by the little gland in your neck. Whether you suffer from an underactive or overactive thyroid, nodules, or a goitre, Thyroid For Dummies has all the jargon-free information you need to get to grips with the problem and expert advice on how to get your condition under control ... Read more

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  • Through the Heart of Dixie

    Sherman's March and American Memory

    Series series Civil War America
    Sherman’s March, cutting a path through Georgia and the Carolinas, is among the most symbolically potent events of the Civil War. In Through the Heart of Dixie, Anne Sarah Rubin uncovers and unpacks stories and myths about the March from a wide variety of sources, including African Americans, women, Union soldiers, Confederates, and even Sherman himself. Drawing her evidence from an array of media ... Read more

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  • Violence and Justice in Bologna

    1250–1700

    This collection of essays offers a unique contribution to the study of violence and justice in a late medieval and early modern Italy by combining a multivocal perspective with a case-study focus on the city-state of Bologna. Drawing on the city’s singularly rich archival resources, the authors explore various facets of violence—ranging from the interpersonal to the less frequently studied ... Read more

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  • Sherman and the Burning of Columbia

    An investigation into who burned South Carolina's capital in 1865Who burned South Carolina's capital city on February 17, 1865? Even before the embers had finished smoldering, Confederates and Federals accused each other of starting the blaze, igniting a controversy that has raged for more than a century. Marion B. Lucas sifts through official reports, newspapers, and eyewitness accounts, and the ... Read more

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  • The Perfect Scout

    A Soldier’s Memoir of the Great March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas

    A rare and dramatic first-person account by a Union scout who served General William Tecumseh Sherman on his “march to the sea”After his father-in-law passed away, Stephen Murphy found, among the voluminous papers left behind, an ancestral memoir. Murphy quickly became fascinated with the recollections of George W. Quimby (1842–1926), a Union soldier and scout for General William Tecumseh Sherman ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD