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  • THE MOTHER'S RECOMPENSE
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    THE MOTHER'S RECOMPENSE
    EDITH WHARTON
    A feminist Oedipus, cut through with Wharton's usual condemnation of social class and high society. Kate Clephane was driven out of New York years ago for abandoning her husband and daughter, Anne, which is why she is so surprised to be asked by to America by the same daughter. ...

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  • THE WRITING OF FICTION
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    THE WRITING OF FICTION
    EDITH WHARTON
    Excerpt: "To treat of the practice of fiction is to deal with the newest, most fluid and least formulated of the arts. The exploration of origins is always fascinating; but the attempt to relate the modern novel to the tale of Joseph and his Brethren is of purely historic interest. Modern fiction really began when the “action” of the novel was transferred from the street to the...

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  • BROADCAST TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING PRACTICE
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    BROADCAST TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING PRACTICE
    WILLIAM WHARTON / SHAUN METCALFE / GEOFF C. PLATTS
    Broadcast Transmission Engineering Practice (1992) contains a wealth of technical knowledge and practical experience, as well as detailed guidance on how to initiate, supervise and bring transmission engineering projects to fruition. ...

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  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION, AND TECHNOLOGY
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    ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION, AND TECHNOLOGY
    OSWALDO LORENZO / PETER KAWALEK / LEIGH WHARTON
    The combination of entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology has become the source of disruptive business models that transform industries and markets. The integrative understanding of these three drivers of today’s economy is fundamental to business. Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology aims to connect core models and tools that are already created by well-known aut...

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  • WORKING IN AMERICA
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    WORKING IN AMERICA
    WHARTON, EDITOR, AMY S.
    This leading, comprehensive text for courses on the sociology of work covers many vital new topics since the last edition (2015), just as it continues to offer foundational writings and discusses different types of jobs, inequality and intersectionality, work and family, and more. New to this edition: • The gig economy and new digital platforms and their effects on how work is ...

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  • THE DESCENT OF MAN AND OTHER STORIES
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    THE DESCENT OF MAN AND OTHER STORIES
    EDITH WHARTON
    Edith Wharton's books are national treasures. Her sharp eye and dagger-wit takes on marriage, friendship, love and even a ghost in these collected short stories. (Amazon) ...

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  • THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY
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    THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY
    EDITH WHARTON
    The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by the American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society. ...

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  • XINGU
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    XINGU
    EDITH WHARTON
    A group of middle class ladies are members of a lunch club. They competitively and snobbishly concern themselves with issues of ‘culture’ without any really serious understanding of the works they read. ...

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  • TALES OF MEN AND GHOSTS
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    TALES OF MEN AND GHOSTS
    EDITH WHARTON
    Tales of Men and Ghosts collects ten short stories previously published in Scribner's Magazine and The Century during the years 1909 and 1910: "The Bolted Door," "His Father's Son," "The Daunt Diana," "The Debt," "Full Circle," "The Legend," "The Eyes," "The Blond Beast," "Afterward," and "The Letters." Set in Europe and New York City, the main characters usually are men--artis...

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  • ETHAN FROME
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    ETHAN FROME
    EDITH WHARTON
    Ethan Frome is an isolated farmer trying to scrape out a meager living while also tending to his frigid, demanding and ungrateful wife, Zeena. A ray of hope enters Ethan's life of despair when his wife's cousin Mattie arrives to help. ...

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  • THE OLD MAID (THE FIFTIES)
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    THE OLD MAID (THE FIFTIES)
    EDITH WHARTON
    The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her - the beautiful, upstanding Delia - and her true mother, her plain, unmarried ‘aunt’ Charlotte, who gave Tina up to provide her with a socially acceptable life. The three women live quietly together until Tina’s wedding day, when Delia’s and Charlotte’s hidden jealousies rush to the surf...

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  • TWILIGHT SLEEP
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    TWILIGHT SLEEP
    EDITH WHARTON
    Twilight Sleep is a novel by American author Edith Wharton and was first published in 1927 as a serial in the Pictorial Review before being published as a novel in the same year. The story, filled with irony, is centered around a socialite family navigating the New York of the Jazz Age and their relationships. This novel landed at number one on the best-selling list just two mo...

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  • THE DECORATION OF HOUSES
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    THE DECORATION OF HOUSES
    EDITH WHARTON
    Thousands of books on interior design have come and gone since the 1897 publication of this pioneering manual, but The Decoration of Houses remains, thanks to the insightful and inspiring advice of its co-authors. Before she became the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton was a society matron, remodeling a summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. Wi...

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  • BUNNER SISTERS
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    BUNNER SISTERS
    EDITH WHARTON
    Bunner Sisters, written in 1892 but not published until 1916 in Xingu and Other Stories, takes place in a shabby neighborhood in New York City. The two Bunner sisters, Ann Eliza the elder, and Evelina the younger, keep a small shop selling artificial flowers and small handsewn articles to Stuyvesant Square's "female population." Ann Eliza gives Evelina a clock for her birthday....

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  • SUMMER
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    SUMMER
    EDITH WHARTON
    Summer is about a young woman's pride, independence and honesty through the character of Charity Royall. Along with her story is that of Lawyer Royall. It is the story of two protagonists who must come to terms with destructive illusions in order to lead adult lives. ...

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  • THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
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    THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
    EDITH WHARTON
    The House of Mirth, novel by Edith Wharton, published in 1905. The story concerns the tragic fate of the beautiful and well-connected but penniless Lily Bart, who at age 29 lacks a husband to secure her position in society. ...

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  • LEADING ON INCLUSION
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    LEADING ON INCLUSION
    MHAIRI C. BEATON / GERALDENE N. CODINA / JULIE C. WHARTON
    This comprehensive resource provides a range of perspectives on inclusion, giving Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) the opportunity to consider the principles and practice that underpin their leadership role. Offering a blend of academic and professional knowledge, each chapter explores different aspects of the role of the SENCO and supports areas that will be co...

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  • OLD NEW YORK
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    OLD NEW YORK
    EDITH WHARTON
    The events in 'Old New York' are set in the same New York as Wharton’s 'The Age of Innocence', making this a prequel. In 'Old New York' Wharton once again explores the manners and morals of 19th century New York upper-class society. Unsurprisingly Old New York is reminiscent of 'The Age of Innocence'. Once again Wharton is at her very best weaving stories full of truth and powe...

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  • A SON AT THE FRONT
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    A SON AT THE FRONT
    EDITH WHARTON
    'A Son at the Front' is Edith Wharton’s extremely personal novel about love, loss, and the intersection of war and art. It’s a powerful, moving portrait of empathy and loss. One of Wharton’s very best novels. ...

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  • SUMMER
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    SUMMER
    EDITH WHARTON
    Edith Wharton's Controversial Coming-of-Age Novel A story full of spirit and scandal… Charity Royall longs for more in life. She can't stand her sleepy little village or the people who walk its streets. Then, Lucius Harney strolls into town. He awakes an excitement within Charity that can't be chastened. They have no shortage of valid excuses to meet together, but it doesn't ta...

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  • PHOENIX RISING
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    PHOENIX RISING
    KRISTEN MOELLER / LESLIE ALPIN WHARTON
    How do you go on after you've lost everything? True stories of surviving the Colorado wildfires and finding hope for the future.   Over several terrifying summers, deadly wildfires raged across Colorado. Lives were lost, and the flames destroyed thousands of homes. When the smoke cleared and only rubble remained, survivors were left trying to find a way forward against devastat...

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  • GROWING LIVELIHOODS
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    GROWING LIVELIHOODS
    RHONDA PHILLIPS / CHRIS WHARTON
    Community planning is starting to include a broader food systems focus, spanning topics such as nutrition and health outcomes, sustainable farming practices, economic and social implications of local food production, distribution, and consumption. Together, these issues are a driving force for the passions of those seeking positive change in their communities through healthy fo...

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  • NORTHERN IRELAND: AN AGONY CONTINUED
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    NORTHERN IRELAND: AN AGONY CONTINUED
    KEN WHARTON
    This book is called 'An Agony Continued' because it was simply that: an agony. It was an agony which commenced at the end of the 1960s and as the new decade of the 80s arrived, so the pain, the grief, the loss and the economic destruction of Northern Ireland continued. Little did any of us know at the time, but it was to do so for almost a further two decades. Between January 1...

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  • AN ENCOUNTER WITH REGGIO EMILIA
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    AN ENCOUNTER WITH REGGIO EMILIA
    LINDA KINNEY / PAT WHARTON
    The documentation of young children's learning plays a vital role in the pre-schools of Reggio Emilia. This leading edge approach to bringing record-keeping and assessment into the heart of young children's learning is envied and emulated by educators around the world. The fully revised 2nd edition of An Encounter with Reggio Emilia is based upon a documentary approach to child...

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  • SABINA SPIELREIN:
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    SABINA SPIELREIN:
    COVINGTON, COLINE / WHARTON, BARBARA
    Sabina Spielrein is perhaps best known for her love affair with her doctor, Carl Gustav Jung. Their intense therapeutic relationship led to a mutual fascination that lasted, for Spielrein, for the rest of her life. It is debatable whether Spielrein and Jung’s relationship was consummated, but it did give birth to some of the most important ideas within psychoanalysis and analyt...

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  • MANAGERIAL FLOW
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    MANAGERIAL FLOW
    VECCHI, VERONICA / FARR-WHARTON, BEN / FARR-WHARTON, RODNEY / BRUSONI, MANUELA
    When globalization affects jobs and economies, policy makers strive to plan, design and implement actions to support their communities and businesses (Ansell and Gash 2007). Furthermore, local development policies are at the core of international cooperation programs or more in general represent a challenge for emerging countries. They could refer to infrastructure, entrepreneu...

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  • ADVERTISING
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    ADVERTISING
    CHRIS WHARTON
    Advertising: Critical Approaches explores a broad range of critical theories and perspectives to shed new light on the organisation, workings and effects of the advertising industry today. Chris Wharton presents the social, cultural and economic role of advertising across history, with chapters tracking the process of advertising from production to reception. Split into three s...

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  • WASTED YEARS, WASTED LIVES, VOLUME 2
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    WASTED YEARS, WASTED LIVES, VOLUME 2
    KEN WHARTON
    Volume 2 does what it says on the can - it continues from where the first volume left off. It looks at the bloody years of 1978 and 1979. It covers eyewitness accounts from soldiers on the ground and there is the occasional comment from civilians who were living in the troubled province at the time. There are accounts from the IRA atrocity at the la Mon Restaurant when the terr...

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  • THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
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    THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
    EDITH WHARTON
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of desire and duty in Gilded Age New York A respected lawyer and scion of one of Manhattan's most important families, Newland Archer knows what people expect of him and is eager to comply. The first step on the path to happiness is to wed May Welland, a beautiful young woman of fine social standing. But the arrival of the worldly and exotic Coun...

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  • THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
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    THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
    ALBERT N. GRECO / JIM MILLIOT / ROBERT WHARTON
    The Book Publishing Industry focuses on consumer books (adult, juvenile, and mass market paperbacks) and reviews all major book categories to present a comprehensive overview of this diverse business. In addition to the insights and portrayals of the U.S. publishing industry, this book includes an appendix containing historical data on the industry from 1946 to the end of the t...

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