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February 2022Neuanfang in Little Cove
Roman
by Damhnait Monaghan, Monika Köpfer
Weil die Französischlehrerin mit dem Priester durchgebrannt ist, sucht Little Cove nun eine neue Lehrkraft. Rachel O’Brien vom Festland bekommt den Job: theoretisch Katholikin (immerhin getauft), theoretisch Lehrerin (immerhin abgeschlossenes Studium). Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters braucht sie dringend einen Neuanfang – und den möglichst weit weg. Dass ihre Schülerinnen kein Französisch lernen wollen, überrascht Rachel nicht. Dass sie deren Englisch kaum versteht, schon. Und doch ist sie fasziniert von der Kultur und Musik der Insel. Mit ihrem Kollegen Doug geht sie zum Fischen und ins örtliche Pub. Während sie sich in Little Cove zunehmend wohler fühlt, kommt sie auch Doug immer näher. Doch der ist vergeben … Als sie einer Schülerin mit einem vermeintlich guten Ratschlag zur Seite steht und damit die sehr katholische Moral einiger Dorfbewohner verletzt, steht ihr neues Leben wieder auf der Kippe. Ist sie zu weit gegangen? Gibt es für sie eine Zukunft in Little Cove – und vielleicht auch mit Doug? Ein Roman wie eine warme Umarmung – das Debüt von Damhnait Monaghan ist voller Romantik, Charme und Inselgefühl. Lassen Sie sich von Rachel und Neufundland verzaubern!
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February 2022Neuanfang in Little Cove
Roman
by Damhnait Monaghan
Weil die Französischlehrerin mit dem Priester durchgebrannt ist, sucht Little Cove nun eine neue Lehrkraft. Rachel O’Brien vom Festland bekommt den Job: theoretisch Katholikin (immerhin getauft), theoretisch Lehrerin (immerhin abgeschlossenes Studium). Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters braucht sie dringend einen Neuanfang – und den möglichst weit weg. Dass ihre Schülerinnen kein Französisch lernen wollen, überrascht Rachel nicht. Dass sie deren Englisch kaum versteht, schon. Und doch ist sie fasziniert von der Kultur und Musik der Insel. Mit ihrem Kollegen Doug geht sie zum Fischen und ins örtliche Pub. Während sie sich in Little Cove zunehmend wohler fühlt, kommt sie auch Doug immer näher. Doch der ist vergeben … Als sie einer Schülerin mit einem vermeintlich guten Ratschlag zur Seite steht und damit die sehr katholische Moral einiger Dorfbewohner verletzt, steht ihr neues Leben wieder auf der Kippe. Ist sie zu weit gegangen? Gibt es für sie eine Zukunft in Little Cove – und vielleicht auch mit Doug? Ein Roman wie eine warme Umarmung – das Debüt von Damhnait Monaghan ist voller Romantik, Charme und Inselgefühl. Lassen Sie sich von Rachel und Neufundland verzaubern!
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Animal pathology & diseasesJune 2013Encyclopedia of Medical and Veterinary Entomology
by Richard C Russell, Domenico Otranto, Richard Wall
Arthropod transmitted infections continue to be a front-line issue in all regions of the world. Understanding the insects that transmit diseases, the mechanisms of infection and the resulting diseases is vital to doctors, veterinarians, public health workers and disease control agencies. This major reference examines the biology, classification and control of arthropods that cause disease in animals and humans. The morphology, taxonomy and phylogeny of fleas, flies, lice, mites, midges, mosquitoes and ticks are described, with descriptions of their medical and veterinary significance, diseases they cause, insect distribution and global disease spread. Updated, developed and reworked from Doug Kettle's seminal Medical and Veterinary Entomology, this major new reference presents vital information in encyclopedia format, with alphabetical entries and an extensive index to make key facts easy to find. This new treatment of the subject provides accessible content and up-to-date research, illustrated by line drawings and colour photographs.
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HorticultureMarch 2007Postharvest
An introduction to the physiology and handling of fruit, vegetables and ornamentals, 5th edition
by Ron Wills, Barry McGlasson, Doug Graham, Daryl Joyce
Effective postharvest handling is critical in maintaining the quality and freshness of crops from the time when they are harvested to when they are sold to the consumer.Presented in a new larger format with an expanded colour section, this broad-based introductory level textbook covers the key concepts and practical technologies to slow the inevitable deterioration of harvested produce, including handling, packaging, transport, temperature management and the control of pests and diseases.The 5th edition is updated with current industry developments and practices, including:- A review of ethylene synthesis with mention of genetic control.- Trucking practices updated.- A review of pathology technologies for current relevance to industry; greater emphasis is given to non-chemical methods such as heat treatments, UV radiation and elicitors for wastage control.- A new section on organic produce.
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Development economicsDecember 2009Next Rural Economies
Constructing Rural Place in Global Economies
by Neil Argent, Claire Aragau, Chris Bryant, Mary Cawley, Jean-Paul Charvet, Deborah Che, Owen Furuseth, Hugh Gayler, Lisa Harrington, Bruno Jean, Salma Loudiyi, Masatoshi Ouchi, Doug Ramsey, Bill Reimer, David Storey, Kelly Vodden, Nigel Walford, Mike Woods. Edited by Greg R Halseth, Sean Markey, David Bruce.
Rural policy in industrialized countries is currently undergoing significant change. 'Place-based economies', where the unique attributes and assets of individual places determine their attractiveness for particular types of activities and investments, are increasingly important for rural development. The Next Rural Economies debates the future of rural development and highlights successes and failures to inform research, policy and community action. Case studies present discussions of the current state of rural community and economic restructuring and provide research and policy directions for constructing resilient and sustainable rural economies.
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October 2020Go Ahead and Shoot Me!
And other True Cases About Ordinary Criminals
by Doug Heckbert
Go Ahead and Shoot Me is a collection of stories written by former probation officer Doug Heckbert about real people who have been convicted of real crimes and who have been on probation, on parole, or in prison. The title story is of a woman who shot her husband upon his insistence and who, like many other subjects in the book, have come to see their offences as being “pretty stupid.” Some stories might be described as ordinary crimes and some are stunningly extraordinary, but all stories show the human side of criminals that Heckbert worked with and came to know, not just the nature of the crimes they committed. By getting inside glimpses of offender’s backstories, motivations, and personalities, Go Ahead and Shoot Me shows there is much more to an offender than their criminal behavior. Says Heckbert, “I have always been guided by the mantra, “The criminal is not the crime.”
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2018Big Lonely Doug
The Story of One of Canada's Last Great Trees
by Harley Rustad
In the tradition of John Vaillant’s modern classic The Golden Spruce comes the story of Big Lonely Doug, one of the largest trees in Canada whose unlikely survival and discovery sheds light on the turbulence of the logging industry, the fight for preservation, the contention surrounding ecotourism, First Nations land and resource rights, and the fraught future of the ancient forests. To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/2zl2V1p
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Vietnam War fictionSeptember 2012DEROS Vietnam
Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle
by Doug Bradley
DEROS Vietnam: Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle presents a unique, fictional montage of the war, and postwar, experiences of Vietnam support troops. Structurally based on Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time, DEROS Vietnam (the acronym stands for Date Eligible for Return from Over Seas) is a riveting collection of 16 short stories and 16 interlinears about the GIs who battled boredom, racial tensions, the military brass, drugs, alcohol—and occasionally the enemy. From cooks and correspondents to clerks and comptrollers, DEROS Vietnam distills the essence of life for soldiers in the rear during the war and, later, back home in a divided America. Vietnam veteran Doug Bradley, a former Army journalist who served in the air-conditioned jungle at U. S. Army Headquarters near Saigon in 1970-71, tells these compelling stories with wit, intensity, and empathy. In doing so, he provides a gateway to a Vietnam experience that has been largely ignored and whose reverberations still echo across America.
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Business, Economics & LawResurrecting Retail
The Future of Business in a Post-Pandemic World
by Doug Stephens
Few crises in modern history have so completely disrupted every aspect of daily life as has the COVID-19 pandemic. What began as a small medical ripple in Wuhan, China, a city many of us had never heard of, quickly erupted into a tsunami of epic proportions. Every market, industry, vertical, profession, service, and category of product was in some way rocked by its impact. And, for the first time in recorded history, every wheel, cog and gear in the global retail industry ground to a halt. From two-time, international best-selling author and futurist Doug Stephens, Resurrecting Retail is not just a riveting story of the unprecedented crash of an industry during this time of crisis, but a roadmap for its rebirth. Meticulously researched in real time from inside the crisis, Resurrecting Retail provides a comprehensive and surprising vision of how COVID-19 will reshape every aspect of consumer life, including the very essence of why we shop. Above all, Resurrecting Retail provides an inspirational and actionable future vision for any business leader looking not only to survive but to thrive in a very different post-pandemic retail world. Founder of the global advisory firm Retail Prophet, Doug Stephens is one of the world’s foremost retail industry futurists, thought leaders and business influencers. His intellectual work and creativity have shaped the strategies of many of the world’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands, including IKEA, Walmart, Estée Lauder, BMW and Google.
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Reengineering Retail
Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World
by Doug Stephens
More than 50,000 copies sold worldwide in five languages In his first book, The Retail Revival, author and internationally renowned consumer futurist Doug Stephens correctly predicted the end of an era in retailing and the dizzying growth of online giants like Amazon and Alibaba.com. Change in the global retail sector continues to accelerate at an exponential pace, surpassing even the boldest forecasts. In fact, retail is being entirely reengineered—every aspect of the retail experience as we know it will soon be radically transformed. Picking up where The Retail Revival left off, Reengineering Retail explores the coming retail revolution, which will affect retailers of all sizes— and any business with a stake in the global retail industry. Stephens paints a bold vision of the future, where the very concept of what a store is, how consumers shop and even what retail’s core revenue model is will all be profoundly reinvented, and he illustrates the vast opportunities available for courageous brands and business leaders with the foresight to begin adapting to the new realities now. Hundreds of well-known brick and mortar retailers have already closed their doors, and brands and retailers across categories are struggling to understand consumers’ shifting needs and expectations. Infused with real-world examples and insights from industry disruptors, Reengineering Retail offers retail executives an essential roadmap to the future. Author: Recognized as one of the world’s foremost retail futurists, Doug Stephens is the founder of Retail Prophet, a global consultancy. His intellectual work has influenced many of the world’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands including Walmart, Home Depot, Disney, BMW, Salesforce, Google and Intel.
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Historical fictionTo the Great Sea
A Story for Christmas
by Doug Thompson
A literary interpretation of the Christmas story, To The Great Sea imaginatively extends, probes, conjectures about and questions the original version to provide a much fuller and more humanly plausible version. What is this man afraid of? What is he fleeing from? Where is he going? Who, indeed, is he? Having crossed the great river, he has vague notions of heading westwards towards the Great Sea – until chance intervenes. On a whim, he changes direction to follow a moving star that can stop men dead in their tracks. Crossing the vast, empty desert, he encounters another much larger group of travellers, led by a ‘seeker after truth’; the fabled magus Melichior of Ninevah. The unfolding story this man’s life spent wandering, endlessly searching, and the wisdom he has acquired, enthral the fugitive and they agree to travel on together. Melichior is also following the star, though apparently with far more knowledge about it. After strange, coincidental and inexplicable encounters, they eventually end up at an encampment of travellers outside a small town. They go up into this town to see what they can find – anything that might point to the fulfilment of the age-old prophecies of the coming of a king who will conquer and rule the whole Earth... Doug is influenced by Eliot’s poems The Journey of the Magi and Four Quartets. He also takes inspiration from Cesare Pavese, John Fowles and William Golding. To The Great Sea is a work of well-crafted prose that will be enjoyed by high-brow readers.
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Literary FictionCheckmate
Portraits of Power
by Doug Thompson
Three novellas which focus on the abusive uses of power in very varied circumstances, two of them 'contemporary', the third one historical (Renaissance Italy).
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FictionMay 2013A Casual Weekend Thing
by A.J. Thomas, Brooke Albrecht
Least Likely Partnership: Book OneDoug Heavy Runner left the life of an openly gay Miami police officer and returned to his home on the Salish-Kootenai Indian Reservation when his mother got sick. In the two years since she passed, he’s carved out an empty life as a small-town deputy, relying on out-of-town one-night stands to keep him sane. Then he meets Detective Christopher Hayes, and they share a wild night so incredible Doug breaks his own rule and allows a one-night stand to grow into a weekend of amazing sex.When Christopher travels from San Diego to Montana to deal with his abusive brother’s suicide, he doesn’t expect to find the man he spent the weekend with to be handling his brother’s case. He certainly doesn’t mind spending more time with Doug—but then an arsonist destroys the house Christopher inherited from his brother, and Christopher and Doug discover they are the primary suspects.As they investigate, they discover Christopher’s dead brother has set them on the trail of a psychotic pedophile who will stop at nothing to silence his last victim. However, the search for the victim goes horribly wrong, leaving Doug hospitalized and Christopher at the mercy of the killer…. Winner in the 2013 Rainbow Awards.Tenth (tie): Best Gay Debut ;
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March 2011Wilderness
A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska - Including Extensive Hitherto Unpublished Passages from the Original Journal
by Rockwell Kent, other Doug Capra
A new paperback edition of Kent's first book, often referred to as "Alaska's Walden."
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March 2011A Northern Christmas
by Rockwell Kent, other Doug Capra
How a father and son find the spirit of Christmas in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Humanities & Social SciencesWhat Does This Look Like In The Classroom?
Bridging The Gap Between Research And Practice
by Carl Hendrick (Author, Editor), Robin Macpherson (Author, Editor), Oliver Caviglioli (Illustrator)
Educators around the world are uniting behind the need for the profession to have access to more high-quality research and evidence to do their job more effectively. But every year thousands of research papers are published, some of which contradict each other. How can busy teachers know which research is worth investing time in reading and understanding? And how easily is that academic research translated into excellent practice in the classroom? In this thorough, enlightening and comprehensive book, Carl Hendrick and Robin Macpherson ask 18 of today's leading educational thinkers to distill the most up-to-date research into effective classroom practice in 10 of the most important areas of teaching. The result is a fascinating manual that will benefit every single teacher in every single school, in all four corners of the globe. Contributors: Assessment, marking & feedback: Dylan Wiliam & Daisy Christodoulou; Behaviour: Tom Bennett & Jill Berry; Classroom talk and questioning: Martin Robinson & Doug Lemov; Learning myths: David Didau & Pedro de Bruyckere; Motivation: Nick Rose & Lucy Crehan; Psychology and memory: Paul Kirschner & Yana Weinstein; SEN: Jarlath O Brien & Maggie Snowling; Technology: Jose Picardo & Neelam Parmar; Reading and literacy: Alex Quigley & Dianne Murphy
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August 2018Fresh Eyes on Jesus’ Parables
by Newton, Doug
Reading with new eyes about the lost son, the Good Samaritan, the shrewd manager, and more will equip readers to find new insights themselves that are relevant to their lives.
