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The Rite of Spring

by Gillian Moore ...

Series Book 16 - The Landmark Library
The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series.On 29 May 1913, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, a new ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, received its premiere. Many of the cultural big names of Paris were there, or were rumoured to have ... Read more

$13.99 USD

The story behind the scandalous first performance of one of the most influential works in the history of music, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series.On 29 May 1913, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, a new ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, received its premiere. Many of the cultural big names of Paris were there, or were rumoured to have
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Contemporary American Fiction and Cultures of Self-Help

by Gillian Moore ...

Series series Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture
This is a book about the encounters that contemporary North American fiction stages with distinct strands of self-help. Its central argument is that the varied practices of ever-expanding and diversifying self-help cultures are generatively elastic sites of inspiration as well as antagonism for contemporary authors: spaces where they can explore what it means to be better on personal, ethical, and ... Read more

$98.99 USD

This is a book about the encounters that contemporary North American fiction stages with distinct strands of self-help. Its central argument is that the varied practices of ever-expanding and diversifying self-help cultures are generatively elastic sites of inspiration as well as antagonism for contemporary authors: spaces where they can explore what it means to be better on personal, ethical, and
... Read more
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Helen Hath No Fury

by Gillian Roberts ...

Narrated by Christina Moore ...

Series Audiobook 10 - Amanda Pepper
Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

In the stately nineteenth-century homes on Philadelphia’s Delancey Street, the wilder passions scarcely ruffle the peace. Murder is unthinkable, particularly a murder involving an upscale book discussion group, of which schoolteacher Amanda Pepper is a devoted member.Nevertheless, on the day after a heated discussion of a fictional heroine’s suicide, book group member Helen Coulter falls to her ... Read more

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In the stately nineteenth-century homes on Philadelphia’s Delancey Street, the wilder passions scarcely ruffle the peace. Murder is unthinkable, particularly a murder involving an upscale book discussion group, of which schoolteacher Amanda Pepper is a devoted member.Nevertheless, on the day after a heated discussion of a fictional heroine’s suicide, book group member Helen Coulter falls to her
... Read more
Introduction to Journalism

by Carole Fleming, Emma Hemmingway, Gillian Moore, Dave Welford ...

′The book does what it says on the label. It is punctuated throughout with useful and relevant quotes from working journalists - their opinions, tips and warnings - a technique that drives home the message and adds life and colour′ -THES Textbook GuideThe job of a journalist has changed dramatically over the past few decades with satellite links, 24 hour rolling news, and the Internet creating ... Read more

$87.29 USD

′The book does what it says on the label. It is punctuated throughout with useful and relevant quotes from working journalists - their opinions, tips and warnings - a technique that drives home the message and adds life and colour′ -THES Textbook GuideThe job of a journalist has changed dramatically over the past few decades with satellite links, 24 hour rolling news, and the Internet creating
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Adam and Evil

by Gillian Roberts ...

Narrated by Christina Moore ...

Series series Amanda Pepper
Unabridged

8 hours 18 min

In Gillian Roberts's captivating novels of Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, with its narrow streets and venerable architecture, can suddenly shiver in the icy winds of menace. Then it becomes a startlingly deceptive place, where evildoers masquerade as Old Philadelphians and law-abiding folk stand accused of unspeakable crimes.Philly Prep English teacher Amanda Pepper isn't sure what ... Read more

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In Gillian Roberts's captivating novels of Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, with its narrow streets and venerable architecture, can suddenly shiver in the icy winds of menace. Then it becomes a startlingly deceptive place, where evildoers masquerade as Old Philadelphians and law-abiding folk stand accused of unspeakable crimes.Philly Prep English teacher Amanda Pepper isn't sure what
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The Mummer's Curse

by Gillian Roberts ...

Narrated by Christina Moore ...

Series series Amanda Pepper
Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

In her new novel starring Philadelphia schoolteacher Amanda Pepper, Gillian Roberts once again mixes mystery and mirth. This time Roberts explores Philadelphia's unique flesh and blood "historical monument"—the Mummers, who live (and perhaps are willing to die) for a few hours of glory every New Year's Day.The famous Mummers' Parade is an extravaganza that draws enormous crowds who cheer through ... Read more

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In her new novel starring Philadelphia schoolteacher Amanda Pepper, Gillian Roberts once again mixes mystery and mirth. This time Roberts explores Philadelphia's unique flesh and blood "historical monument"—the Mummers, who live (and perhaps are willing to die) for a few hours of glory every New Year's Day.The famous Mummers' Parade is an extravaganza that draws enormous crowds who cheer through
... Read more
Achieving High Quality Care

Practical Experience from NICE

Edited by Gillian Leng, Val Moore, Sasha Abraham ...

Drawing on the experience of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Achieving High Quality Care is a practical guide on how to recognise and implement high quality evidence and guidance.This new title provides an overview of the evidence behind successful initiatives designed to change practice and improve the quality of health care. It provides an overall picture of change ... Read more

$35.95 USD

Drawing on the experience of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Achieving High Quality Care is a practical guide on how to recognise and implement high quality evidence and guidance.This new title provides an overview of the evidence behind successful initiatives designed to change practice and improve the quality of health care. It provides an overall picture of change
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Bright Morning

by Jeffrey A. Carver, Amy Sterling Casil, Leah Cutter, Doranna Durgin, Steven Harper, Nancy Jane Moore, Pati Nagle, Gillian Polack, Madeleine E. Robins, Deborah J. Ross, Judith Tarr ...

Vonda N. McIntyre preferred to keep her author's biography short and sweet: "Vonda N. McIntyre writes science fiction." While true, this modest claim conceals accomplishments that earned her multiple accolades and an enduring place among the most influential fantasy and science fiction writers of the 20th and 21st centuries.Even more important to the authors of this tribute anthology, McIntyre was ... Read more

$5.99 USD

Vonda N. McIntyre preferred to keep her author's biography short and sweet: "Vonda N. McIntyre writes science fiction." While true, this modest claim conceals accomplishments that earned her multiple accolades and an enduring place among the most influential fantasy and science fiction writers of the 20th and 21st centuries.Even more important to the authors of this tribute anthology, McIntyre was
... Read more

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Till the End of Tom

by Gillian Roberts ...

Narrated by Susan Denaker ...

Unabridged

8 hours 52 min

Traditionally, Old Philadelphians keep a low profile. They associate with one another and leave life as discreetly as they have lived it. So Philly Prep English teacher Amanda Pepper, who thinks her only current problems are keeping her well-meaning family from hijacking her wedding, is understandably stunned to discover a perfect specimen of the species dying at the foot of the school’s marble ... Read more

$20.00 USD

Traditionally, Old Philadelphians keep a low profile. They associate with one another and leave life as discreetly as they have lived it. So Philly Prep English teacher Amanda Pepper, who thinks her only current problems are keeping her well-meaning family from hijacking her wedding, is understandably stunned to discover a perfect specimen of the species dying at the foot of the school’s marble
... Read more
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Caught Dead in Philadelphia

by Gillian Roberts ...

Narrated by Diane Warren ...

Series series Amanda Pepper
Unabridged

7 hours 29 min

Who killed Liza Nichols? Was it her fiancé, the would-be senator with a shocking secret to hide? Or the senator’s mother, a society matron determined to find the best of everything—including a wife—for her son? Who was the intended recipient of the Winnie-the-Pooh necklace Liza had purchased before her death? And, most important, what was the secret that had cost Liza her life?When the beautiful ... Read more

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Who killed Liza Nichols? Was it her fiancé, the would-be senator with a shocking secret to hide? Or the senator’s mother, a society matron determined to find the best of everything—including a wife—for her son? Who was the intended recipient of the Winnie-the-Pooh necklace Liza had purchased before her death? And, most important, what was the secret that had cost Liza her life?When the beautiful
... Read more
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Bones to Pick

by Carolyn Haines ...

Narrated by Kate Forbes ...

Series series Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries
Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

Mississippi native Carolyn Haines writes spicy mysteries teeming with all the eccentricities of Southern society. Bones to Pick continues the adventures of sassy P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney. Quentin McGee, author of a sensational exposE, has been murdered, and her lover Allison is charged with the crime. Sarah is hired to find the real culprit, but the investigation won't be easy. Quentin has so many ... Read more

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Mississippi native Carolyn Haines writes spicy mysteries teeming with all the eccentricities of Southern society. Bones to Pick continues the adventures of sassy P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney. Quentin McGee, author of a sensational exposE, has been murdered, and her lover Allison is charged with the crime. Sarah is hired to find the real culprit, but the investigation won't be easy. Quentin has so many
... Read more

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Clammed Up

by Barbara Ross ...

Narrated by Dara Rosenberg ...

Series series Maine Clambake Mystery
Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

Summer has come to Busman's Harbor, Maine, and tourists are lining up for a taste of authentic New England seafood, courtesy of the Snowden Family Clambake Company. But there's something sinister on the boil this season. A killer has crashed a wedding party, adding mystery to the menu at the worst possible moment . . .Julia Snowden returned to her hometown to rescue her family's struggling ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Summer has come to Busman's Harbor, Maine, and tourists are lining up for a taste of authentic New England seafood, courtesy of the Snowden Family Clambake Company. But there's something sinister on the boil this season. A killer has crashed a wedding party, adding mystery to the menu at the worst possible moment . . .Julia Snowden returned to her hometown to rescue her family's struggling
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