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Sipsworth

by Simon Van Booy ...

Narrated by Christine Rendel ...

Unabridged

5 hours 10 min

Sometimes a second chance comes in the most unexpected way . . .Following the loss of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. She retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit: "Each day was an impersonation of the one before with ... Read more

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Sometimes a second chance comes in the most unexpected way . . .Following the loss of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. She retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature of routine and habit: "Each day was an impersonation of the one before with
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Miss Winthorpe's Elopement

by Christine Merrill ...

Narrated by Simone Philips ...

Series series Mills & Boon Harlequin Historical
Unabridged

7 hours 57 min

Shy heiress Miss Penelope Winthorpe was only trying to escape her bullying brother - she didn't mean to wed a noble lord! Adam Felkirk, Duke of Bellston, had no intention of taking a wife. But then Penelope's plight moved him. Now the notorious rake has a new aim - to shock and seduce his prim and proper bride. But the gorgeous Duke will be taught a lesson of his own as scholarly Miss Winthorpe ... Read more

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Shy heiress Miss Penelope Winthorpe was only trying to escape her bullying brother - she didn't mean to wed a noble lord! Adam Felkirk, Duke of Bellston, had no intention of taking a wife. But then Penelope's plight moved him. Now the notorious rake has a new aim - to shock and seduce his prim and proper bride. But the gorgeous Duke will be taught a lesson of his own as scholarly Miss Winthorpe
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The Patron Saint of Second Chances

A Novel

by Christine Simon ...

The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the cost in this “charming farce that highlights the triumph of hope and community” (People).Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with 70,000 euros to fix the town’s pipes, the water commission will shut off ... Read more

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The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the cost in this “charming farce that highlights the triumph of hope and community” (People).Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with 70,000 euros to fix the town’s pipes, the water commission will shut off
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The Patron Saint of Second Chances

A Novel

by Christine Simon ...

Narrated by Tim Frances ...

Unabridged

7 hours 54 min

SELECTED FOR THE RUSA 2023 LISTEN LIST FOR OUTSTANDING AUDIOBOOK NARRATION!The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the cost in this “charming farce that highlights the triumph of hope and community” (People).Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with ... Read more

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SELECTED FOR THE RUSA 2023 LISTEN LIST FOR OUTSTANDING AUDIOBOOK NARRATION!The self-appointed mayor of a tiny Italian village is determined to save his hometown no matter the cost in this “charming farce that highlights the triumph of hope and community” (People).Vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor of Prometto, Italy (population 212) Signor Speranza has a problem: unless he can come up with
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Media Frictions

Edited by Annette Hill, Simon Dawes, Christine Geraghty, Joke Hermes ...

This edited collection presents new work by leading international scholars that addresses the multi-layered meaning of frictions within empirical and theoretical research across media and communications, digital technologies, culture and society.It brings together an impressive range of transnational scholars to offer original perspectives on the dynamics of media friction as social tensions, ... Read more

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This edited collection presents new work by leading international scholars that addresses the multi-layered meaning of frictions within empirical and theoretical research across media and communications, digital technologies, culture and society.It brings together an impressive range of transnational scholars to offer original perspectives on the dynamics of media friction as social tensions,
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Amsterdam Noir

by Herman Koch, Hanna Bervoets, Abdelkader Benali, Michael Berg, Simon de Waal, Christine Otten ...

Series series Akashic Noir
This anthology of new noir fiction set in the Dutch capital "features superior writing from authors largely unknown to an American audience" ( Publishers Weekly).From its numerous coffee shops where drugs are openly available, to its world-famous Red Light District where prostitutes display themselves in shop windows, Amsterdam is a city where almost anything goes in broad daylight. And yet, this ... Read more

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This anthology of new noir fiction set in the Dutch capital "features superior writing from authors largely unknown to an American audience" ( Publishers Weekly).From its numerous coffee shops where drugs are openly available, to its world-famous Red Light District where prostitutes display themselves in shop windows, Amsterdam is a city where almost anything goes in broad daylight. And yet, this
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High Spatio-Temporal-Spectral Thermal Remote Sensing

Research and Applications

Edited by Kerry Cawse-Nicholson, Jeffrey C. Luvall, Simon Hook, Christine Lee ...

There have been numerous advances in thermal infrared (TIRS) sensors, analytical techniques and applications in recent years. A number of new satellite platforms have launched with TIR capabilities, and others will be ready for launch in the near future. This book builds upon the book Thermal Remote Sensing in Land Surface Processing and provides new and updated information on thermal remote ... Read more

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There have been numerous advances in thermal infrared (TIRS) sensors, analytical techniques and applications in recent years. A number of new satellite platforms have launched with TIR capabilities, and others will be ready for launch in the near future. This book builds upon the book Thermal Remote Sensing in Land Surface Processing and provides new and updated information on thermal remote
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Simulation Training through the Lens of Experience and Activity Analysis

Healthcare, Victim Rescue and Population Protection

Edited by Simon Flandin, Christine Vidal-Gomel, Raquel Becerril Ortega ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book offers various ways in which analyzing professional experience and activity in simulation training makes it possible to describe practice-based learning affordances and processes. Research has been conducted in various simulation programs in the domains of healthcare, victim rescue and population protection, involving healthcare workers, firemen, policemen, servicemen, and civil security ... Read more

$134.09 USD

This book offers various ways in which analyzing professional experience and activity in simulation training makes it possible to describe practice-based learning affordances and processes. Research has been conducted in various simulation programs in the domains of healthcare, victim rescue and population protection, involving healthcare workers, firemen, policemen, servicemen, and civil security
... Read more
Journalism in Crisis

Bridging Theory and Practice for Democratic Media Strategies in Canada

Edited by Colette Brin, Christine Crowther, Gretchen KIng, Errol Salamon, Simon Thibault, Mike Gasher ...

Journalism in Crisis addresses the concerns of scholars, activists, and journalists committed to Canadian journalism as a democratic institution and as a set of democratic practices. The authors look within Canada and abroad for solutions for balancing the Canadian media ecology.Public policies have been central to the creation and shaping of Canada’s media system and, rather than wait for new ... Read more

$31.69 USD

Journalism in Crisis addresses the concerns of scholars, activists, and journalists committed to Canadian journalism as a democratic institution and as a set of democratic practices. The authors look within Canada and abroad for solutions for balancing the Canadian media ecology.Public policies have been central to the creation and shaping of Canada’s media system and, rather than wait for new
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The Girl on the Velvet Swing

Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

by Simon Baatz ...

Narrated by Christine Lakin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder that shocked the world.In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus girl in the musical Florodora, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his townhouse on 24th Street in New York. Nesbit, just sixteen years old, had recently moved to the city. White was forty-seven and a principal in the prominent ... Read more

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From New York Times bestselling author Simon Baatz, the first comprehensive account of the murder that shocked the world.In 1901 Evelyn Nesbit, a chorus girl in the musical Florodora, dined alone with the architect Stanford White in his townhouse on 24th Street in New York. Nesbit, just sixteen years old, had recently moved to the city. White was forty-seven and a principal in the prominent
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Their Last Breath

by Sibel Hodge ...

Narrated by Simon Vance, Henrietta Meire, Christine Tawfik ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

Detective Carter knows all about torture—but he’s never known a case as dark as this one.The Six…An abandoned building goes up in flames. Six women are chained inside and left to die—the truth is left to burn with them. Only one piece of evidence remains, but will it be enough to find their killer?The Detective…Retired detective Warren Carter has been suffocated by grief for his wife and is ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Detective Carter knows all about torture—but he’s never known a case as dark as this one.The Six…An abandoned building goes up in flames. Six women are chained inside and left to die—the truth is left to burn with them. Only one piece of evidence remains, but will it be enough to find their killer?The Detective…Retired detective Warren Carter has been suffocated by grief for his wife and is
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The Art of Touch

A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond

by Faye Rapoport DesPres, Magdalena Ball, Bonnie Boucher, Anne Casey, Joy Castro, Quintin Collins, Paula Coomer, Laura Crucianelli, María Luisa Arroyo Cruzado0, Linda DeFruscio-Robinson1, Erika Dreifus2, Raphael Frumkin3, Nicole Hardy4, Will Jennings5, Meg Kearney6, Becky Kennedy7, Sarah Kotchian8, Rocco Lo Bosco9, Sarah McElwain0, Damian McNicholl1, Lynda Miller2, Lynn C. Miller3, Sarah Moon4, Kate Niles5, Anne-Marie Oomen6, Alicia Ostriker7, Christine Page8, Judith Simon Prager9, Robert Root0, Paul Singer1, Phyllis M Skoy2, Donna Baier Stein3, Grace Anne Stevens4, Alison Stone5, Daniel B. Summerhill6, Deborah Swift7, Beatriz Terrazas8, Meg Tuite9, Susan J. Tweit0 ...

In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch.Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able ... Read more

$22.79 USD

In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch.Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able
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