Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
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J. K. Rowling is the author of the beloved, bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing the series during a delayed Manchester to London King’s Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was published in the United States by Arthur A. Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. J. K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including an OBE for services to children’s literature, France’s Légion d’Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. She supports a wide number of causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children.
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About the Author
J. K. Rowling is the author of the beloved, bestselling, record-breaking Harry Potter series. She started writing the series during a delayed Manchester to London King’s Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was published in the United States by Arthur A. Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. J. K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including an OBE for services to children’s literature, France’s Légion d’Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. She supports a wide number of causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children. J. K. Rowling lives in Edinburgh with her husband and three children.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
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Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II and is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, Richard N. Goodwin.
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About the Author
Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II and is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, Richard N. Goodwin.
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Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House
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Robert Dallek is the author of Nixon and Kissinger, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, among other books. An elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of American Historians, for which he served as president from 2004 to 2005, Dallek lives in Washington, D.C.
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About the Author
Robert Dallek is the author of Nixon and Kissinger, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, among other books. An elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of American Historians, for which he served as president from 2004 to 2005, Dallek lives in Washington, D.C.
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The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies
The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies
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Jonathan Alter is an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. He is a former senior editor and columnist for Newsweek, where he worked for twenty-eight years, writing more than fifty cover stories. He has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, The New Republic, and other publications. He is the author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One and The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, both New York Times bestsellers, and Between the Lines, a collection of his Newsweek columns.
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About the Author
Jonathan Alter is an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. He is a former senior editor and columnist for Newsweek, where he worked for twenty-eight years, writing more than fifty cover stories. He has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, The New Republic, and other publications. He is the author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One and The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, both New York Times bestsellers, and Between the Lines, a collection of his Newsweek columns.
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The American Senate: An Insider's History
The American Senate: An Insider's History
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Neil MacNeil, a founding member of the PBS program Washington Week, first began to cover the Senate in 1949, and served as Time magazine's chief congressional correspondent for thirty years. He was also the author of Forge of Democracy: The House of Representatives and Dirksen: Portrait of a Public Man. He died in 2008, as this work was nearing completion.
Richard A. Baker was appointed the Senate's first official historian, a post he held from 1975 until his retirement in 2009. He produced a number of historical narratives, including 200 Notable Days: Senate Stories, 1787 to 2002 and Traditions of the United States Senate, and assisted Robert C. Byrd with The Senate, 1789-1989.
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About the Author
Neil MacNeil, a founding member of the PBS program Washington Week, first began to cover the Senate in 1949, and served as Time magazine's chief congressional correspondent for thirty years. He was also the author of Forge of Democracy: The House of Representatives and Dirksen: Portrait of a Public Man. He died in 2008, as this work was nearing completion.
Richard A. Baker was appointed the Senate's first official historian, a post he held from 1975 until his retirement in 2009. He produced a number of historical narratives, including 200 Notable Days: Senate Stories, 1787 to 2002 and Traditions of the United States Senate, and assisted Robert C. Byrd with The Senate, 1789-1989.
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Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America
Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America
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Dan Balz is Chief Correspondent at the Washington Post, and its former national editor, political editor, White House correspondent, and Southwest correspondent. He is the coauthor of two books, the New York Times bestseller The Battle for America 2008, and Storming the Gates. He is a regular panelist on PBS’s Washington Week and MSNBC’s Daily Rundown.
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Dan Balz is Chief Correspondent at the Washington Post, and its former national editor, political editor, White House correspondent, and Southwest correspondent. He is the coauthor of two books, the New York Times bestseller The Battle for America 2008, and Storming the Gates. He is a regular panelist on PBS’s Washington Week and MSNBC’s Daily Rundown.
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Double Down: Game Change 201
Double Down: Game Change 201
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MARK HALPERIN is an editor at large and a senior political analyst for Time magazine, and a senior political analyst for MSNBC. Halperin, who has covered seven presidential elections, received his B.A. from Harvard University and resides in New York City with Karen Avrich.
JOHN HEILEMANN is the national affairs editor for New York magazine and a political analyst for MSNBC. An award-winning journalist and author of Pride Before the Fall, he is a former staff writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. He lives in Brooklyn.
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About the Author
MARK HALPERIN is an editor at large and a senior political analyst for Time magazine, and a senior political analyst for MSNBC. Halperin, who has covered seven presidential elections, received his B.A. from Harvard University and resides in New York City with Karen Avrich.
JOHN HEILEMANN is the national affairs editor for New York magazine and a political analyst for MSNBC. An award-winning journalist and author of Pride Before the Fall, he is a former staff writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. He lives in Brooklyn.
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This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America's Gilded Capital
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America's Gilded Capital
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Mark Leibovich is The New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. In 2011, he received a National Magazine Award for his story on Politico's Mike Allen and the changing media culture of Washington. Prior to coming to the Times Magazine, Leibovich was a national political reporter in the Times' DC bureau. He has also worked at The Washington Post, The San Jose Mercury News and The Boston Phoenix, and is the author of The New Imperialists, a collection of profiles on technology pioneers. Leibovich lives with his family in Washington.
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About the Author
Mark Leibovich is The New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. In 2011, he received a National Magazine Award for his story on Politico's Mike Allen and the changing media culture of Washington. Prior to coming to the Times Magazine, Leibovich was a national political reporter in the Times' DC bureau. He has also worked at The Washington Post, The San Jose Mercury News and The Boston Phoenix, and is the author of The New Imperialists, a collection of profiles on technology pioneers. Leibovich lives with his family in Washington.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything (Bloomberg)
The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything (Bloomberg)
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Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends: The Massive Federal Crackdown on Insider Trading--and Why the Markets Always Work Against the Little Guy
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Charles Gasparino is a senior correspondent for the Fox Business Network and the Fox News Channel, where he reports on major developments in the world of finance and politics. A former writer for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, he has also served as a columnist for the New York Post and The Huffington Post as well as a contributor to The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, and Forbes. Gasparino is a recipient of numerous business journalism awards, including the prestigious Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for The Sellout. His other noteworthy books include Blood on the Street and King of the Club.
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Charles Gasparino is a senior correspondent for the Fox Business Network and the Fox News Channel, where he reports on major developments in the world of finance and politics. A former writer for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, he has also served as a columnist for the New York Post and The Huffington Post as well as a contributor to The Daily Beast, New York Magazine, and Forbes. Gasparino is a recipient of numerous business journalism awards, including the prestigious Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for The Sellout. His other noteworthy books include Blood on the Street and King of the Club.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
What's Wrong with Sin
What's Wrong with Sin: Sin in Individual and Social Perspective from Schleiermacher to Theologies of Liberatio
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Derek Nelson is Assistant Professor of Religion and Co-Director of the Thiel Global Institute, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Derek Nelson is Assistant Professor of Religion and Co-Director of the Thiel Global Institute, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Theologians in Their Own Words
Theologians in Their Own Words
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Derek R. Nelson is associate professor of Religion at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He is the author of Sin: A Guide for the Perplexed (2011) and What's Wrong with Sin: Sin in Individual and Social Perspective from Schleiermacher to Theologies of Liberation (2009) as well as many articles in theology and the philosophy of religion.
Joshua M. Moritz is managing editor of the journal Theology and Science and post-doctoral research associate at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He is also director of the Considering God's Works project of the Templeton Foundation funded Scientists in Congregations Initiative at Berkeley Covenant Church.
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Derek R. Nelson is associate professor of Religion at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He is the author of Sin: A Guide for the Perplexed (2011) and What's Wrong with Sin: Sin in Individual and Social Perspective from Schleiermacher to Theologies of Liberation (2009) as well as many articles in theology and the philosophy of religion.
Joshua M. Moritz is managing editor of the journal Theology and Science and post-doctoral research associate at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He is also director of the Considering God's Works project of the Templeton Foundation funded Scientists in Congregations Initiative at Berkeley Covenant Church.
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The Gospels' Veiled Agenda: Revolution, Priesthood and The Holy Grail
The Gospels' Veiled Agenda: Revolution, Priesthood and The Holy Grail
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Academic and entrepreneur, Harry Freedman has promoted a critical view of Judaism's development. He now uses his knowledge of ancient Jewish texts to challenge the Church's view of Jesus's true ambitions.
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Academic and entrepreneur, Harry Freedman has promoted a critical view of Judaism's development. He now uses his knowledge of ancient Jewish texts to challenge the Church's view of Jesus's true ambitions.
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A Global History of Christians: How Everyday Believers Experienced Their World
A Global History of Christians: How Everyday Believers Experienced Their World
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Paul R. Spickard (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Kevin M. Cragg (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is professor of history at Bethel College.
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Paul R. Spickard (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Kevin M. Cragg (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is professor of history at Bethel College.
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Jesus Christ and Christian Vision
Jesus Christ and Christian Vision
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Douglas F. Ottati is an elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Craig Family Distinguished Professor in Reformed Theology and Justice Ministry at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. He is the author of Meaning and Method in H. Richard Niebuhr's Theology, Jesus Christ and Christian Vision, Reforming Protestantism: Christian Commitment in Today's World, and Hopeful Realism: Reclaiming the Poetry of Theology.He is also a general editor of the Library of Theological Ethics series.
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Douglas F. Ottati is an elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Craig Family Distinguished Professor in Reformed Theology and Justice Ministry at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. He is the author of Meaning and Method in H. Richard Niebuhr's Theology, Jesus Christ and Christian Vision, Reforming Protestantism: Christian Commitment in Today's World, and Hopeful Realism: Reclaiming the Poetry of Theology.He is also a general editor of the Library of Theological Ethics series.
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Toy / Game Amazing LeapFrog LeapPad Ultra eBook
Toy / Game Amazing LeapFrog LeapPad Ultra eBook: Cinderella - Appropriate for children ages 4 to 6 years
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Aiming at Amazon
Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Your Books with Print on Demand and Online Book Marketing on Amazon.com
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Aaron Shepard is the award-winning author of numerous children's books, as well as books on reader's theater, children's writing, and publishing. He lives with his wife and fellow author, Anne L. Watson, in Friday Harbor, Washington.
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Aaron Shepard is the award-winning author of numerous children's books, as well as books on reader's theater, children's writing, and publishing. He lives with his wife and fellow author, Anne L. Watson, in Friday Harbor, Washington.
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Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking
Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking
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The Therapist Writer: Helping Mental Health Professionals Get Published
The Therapist Writer: Helping Mental Health Professionals Get Published
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Sylvia Cary, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and the author of five published books, five produced educational videos and dozens of articles which have appeared in national magazines. She was awarded the Clark Vincent Award by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to honor her literary contributions to the mental health profession. She has a “book-doctor” business which focuses on helping mental health professionals get published. In addition to the The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, she is also a member of The Scriptwriters Network, Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC), Book Publicists of Southern California (BPSC) and Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). Married to a Danish-born computer programmer, she has two adult daughters and three adult step-sons.
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Sylvia Cary, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and the author of five published books, five produced educational videos and dozens of articles which have appeared in national magazines. She was awarded the Clark Vincent Award by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to honor her literary contributions to the mental health profession. She has a “book-doctor” business which focuses on helping mental health professionals get published. In addition to the The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, she is also a member of The Scriptwriters Network, Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC), Book Publicists of Southern California (BPSC) and Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). Married to a Danish-born computer programmer, she has two adult daughters and three adult step-sons.
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Double Down: Game Change 2012
Double Down: Game Change 2012
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MARK HALPERIN is an editor at large and a senior political analyst for Time magazine, and a senior political analyst for MSNBC. Halperin, who has covered seven presidential elections, received his B.A. from Harvard University and resides in New York City with Karen Avrich.
JOHN HEILEMANN is the national affairs editor for New York magazine and a political analyst for MSNBC. An award-winning journalist and author of Pride Before the Fall, he is a former staff writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. He lives in Brooklyn.
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MARK HALPERIN is an editor at large and a senior political analyst for Time magazine, and a senior political analyst for MSNBC. Halperin, who has covered seven presidential elections, received his B.A. from Harvard University and resides in New York City with Karen Avrich.
JOHN HEILEMANN is the national affairs editor for New York magazine and a political analyst for MSNBC. An award-winning journalist and author of Pride Before the Fall, he is a former staff writer for The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. He lives in Brooklyn.
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This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America's Gilded Capital
This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-in America's Gilded Capital
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Mark Leibovich is The New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. In 2011, he received a National Magazine Award for his story on Politico's Mike Allen and the changing media culture of Washington. Prior to coming to the Times Magazine, Leibovich was a national political reporter in the Times' DC bureau. He has also worked at The Washington Post, The San Jose Mercury News and The Boston Phoenix, and is the author of The New Imperialists, a collection of profiles on technology pioneers. Leibovich lives with his family in Washington.
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Mark Leibovich is The New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. In 2011, he received a National Magazine Award for his story on Politico's Mike Allen and the changing media culture of Washington. Prior to coming to the Times Magazine, Leibovich was a national political reporter in the Times' DC bureau. He has also worked at The Washington Post, The San Jose Mercury News and The Boston Phoenix, and is the author of The New Imperialists, a collection of profiles on technology pioneers. Leibovich lives with his family in Washington.
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Garlands, Conkers and Mother-Die: British and Irish Plant-lore
Garlands, Conkers and Mother-Die: British and Irish Plant-lore
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Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London for over 30 years, as the museum's curator of vascular plants. He has published five books on plant folklore and is a former Honorary Secretary of the Folklore Society.
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Roy Vickery worked as a botanist at the Natural History Museum, London for over 30 years, as the museum's curator of vascular plants. He has published five books on plant folklore and is a former Honorary Secretary of the Folklore Society.
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Theatre for Children
Theatre for Children: A Guide to Writing, Adapting, Directing, and Acting
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David Wood has been writing, adapting, directing, and acting in plays for children for more than twenty-five years. His best-known work has enjoyed international success and has entered the repertory of amateur companies and school dramatic societies. "Wood's great quality as a playwright is his confidence in his audience’'s ability to make giant imaginative leaps, coupled with a refusal to shortchange them artistically."—Financial Times.
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David Wood has been writing, adapting, directing, and acting in plays for children for more than twenty-five years. His best-known work has enjoyed international success and has entered the repertory of amateur companies and school dramatic societies. "Wood's great quality as a playwright is his confidence in his audience’'s ability to make giant imaginative leaps, coupled with a refusal to shortchange them artistically."—Financial Times.
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The Southern African Birdfinder
The Southern African Birdfinder: Where to Find 1,400 Bird Species in Southern Africa and Madagascar
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Callan Cohen is Director of Birding Africa, a specialist bird tour company, and was the youngest person at the time to see the landmark 800 bird species in southern Africa. He is the co-author of Essential Birding, Western South Africa (2000) with Claire Spottiswoode. Claire Spottiswoode is a Doctoral student at Cambridge University, with a strong interest in evolutionary biology. She has professionally led birding tours for the foreign market on a part-time basis and these activities have afforded her intimate knowledge of the region's best birding sites. Jonathan Roussouw's passion for birding originated in KwaZulu-Natal and he has travelled to all the corners of the earth, amassing over 6 000 species on his life-list!
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Callan Cohen is Director of Birding Africa, a specialist bird tour company, and was the youngest person at the time to see the landmark 800 bird species in southern Africa. He is the co-author of Essential Birding, Western South Africa (2000) with Claire Spottiswoode. Claire Spottiswoode is a Doctoral student at Cambridge University, with a strong interest in evolutionary biology. She has professionally led birding tours for the foreign market on a part-time basis and these activities have afforded her intimate knowledge of the region's best birding sites. Jonathan Roussouw's passion for birding originated in KwaZulu-Natal and he has travelled to all the corners of the earth, amassing over 6 000 species on his life-list!
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A Birders Guide to Belize
A Birders Guide to Belize
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Bert Frenz, a birder since childhood, developed his birding skills when he moved to Texas as a postdoctoral student in crystallography and began organizing and/or leading hundreds of trips for the Audubon Society and Texas Ornithological Society. In addition to birding Belize, Bert has led RV birding tours to the Canadian Maritimes, Newfoundland, Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Alaska, Australia, New Zealand, and throughout Central America and Mexico. For a decade Bert was on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ornithological Society. He continues as subregional editor for East Texas for North American Birds and as eBird reviewer for Belize and Tikal, and is a regular contributor to the Belize birders forum. Bert Frenz maintains an extensive web site, which includes birding information about Texas and Belize, as well as travel journals.
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Bert Frenz, a birder since childhood, developed his birding skills when he moved to Texas as a postdoctoral student in crystallography and began organizing and/or leading hundreds of trips for the Audubon Society and Texas Ornithological Society. In addition to birding Belize, Bert has led RV birding tours to the Canadian Maritimes, Newfoundland, Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Alaska, Australia, New Zealand, and throughout Central America and Mexico. For a decade Bert was on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ornithological Society. He continues as subregional editor for East Texas for North American Birds and as eBird reviewer for Belize and Tikal, and is a regular contributor to the Belize birders forum. Bert Frenz maintains an extensive web site, which includes birding information about Texas and Belize, as well as travel journals.
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The Cuckoo's Calling
The Cuckoo's Calling
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After several years with the Royal Military Police, Robert Galbraith was attached to the SIB (Special Investigative Branch), the plain-clothes branch of the RMP. He left the military in 2003 and has been working since then in the civilian security industry. The idea for Cormoran Strike grew directly out of his own experiences and those of his military friends who returned to the civilian world. 'Robert Galbraith' is a pseudonym.
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After several years with the Royal Military Police, Robert Galbraith was attached to the SIB (Special Investigative Branch), the plain-clothes branch of the RMP. He left the military in 2003 and has been working since then in the civilian security industry. The idea for Cormoran Strike grew directly out of his own experiences and those of his military friends who returned to the civilian world. 'Robert Galbraith' is a pseudonym.
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
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