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English
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"From one of our most beloved authors, a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home--now richly illustrated with almost four hundred images. A national bestseller, At Home is Bill Bryson's epic chronicle of domestic history. In this lavish new edition, his riveting room-by-room journey of discovery around his house--a Victorian parsonage in southern England--is enhanced by some four hundred carefully selected full color and...
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David Pelzer trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Health Communications
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
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Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining -- he has no place to call home. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questions and reveals new adventures through...
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David Pelzer trilogy volume 3
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English
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A man who suffered horrific abuse as a child speaks of his adult life and how he learned to love, trust, and pursue his dreams.
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Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? How do we create community? When can we say that we truly belong? The issues of place and belonging are the subject of this book. Moving from past to present, the author charts a journey in which she moves from place to place, from country to city and back again, only to end where she began in her native place, Kentucky. She explores a geography of the heart,...
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New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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"Inspired by their own unique birth experiences, producer Ricki Lake and director Abby Epstein team up to provide a nation of mothers-to-be with insight into the process of childbirth and the various options available when preparing for this special event."--Container. Provides insights into pregnancy and childbirth for parents-to-be. Provides historical insights and comparative statistics for use of midwives and delivery by Cesarean section in the...
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000"
Karen Chase, Professor of English at the University of Virginia, is the author of Eros and Psyche: The Representation of Personality in Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. She has also written a book-length critical study of Middlemarch.
Michael Levenson is also Professor of English at the University of Virginia. He is the author of A Genealogy of Modernism: A Study...