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The Untold Story of Britains First Female Special Agent of World War IIIn June 1952 a woman was murdered by an obsessed colleague in a hotel in the South Kensington district of London Her name was Christine Granville That she died young was perhaps unsurprising that she had survived the Second World War was remarkableThe daughter of a feckless Polish aristocrat and his wealthy Jewish wife Granville would become one of Britains most daring and highly decorated special agents Having fled to Britain on the outbreak of war she was recruited by the intelligence services and took on mission after mission She skied over the hazardous High Tatras into occupied Poland served in Egypt and North Africa and was later parachuted behind enemy lines into France where an agents life expectancy was only six weeks Her courage quick wit and determination won her release from arrest more than once and saved the lives of several fellow officersincluding one of her many loversjust hours before their execution by the Gestapo More importantly the intelligence she gathered in her espionage was a significant contribution to the Allied war effort and she was awarded the George Medal the OBE and the Croix de GuerreGranville exercised a mesmeric power on those who knew her In The Spy Who Loved acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley tells the extraordinary history of this charismatic difficult fearless and altogether extraordinary woman
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The Untold Story of Britains First Female Special Agent of World War IIIn June 1952 a woman was murdered by an obsessed colleague in a hotel in the South Kensington district of London Her name was Christine Granville That she died young was perhaps unsurprising that she had survived the Second World War was remarkableThe daughter of a feckless Polish aristocrat and his wealthy Jewish wife Granville would become one of Britains most daring and highly decorated special agents Having fled to Britain on the outbreak of war she was recruited by the intelligence services and took on mission after mission She skied over the hazardous High Tatras into occupied Poland served in Egypt and North Africa and was later parachuted behind enemy lines into France where an agents life expectancy was only six weeks Her courage quick wit and determination won her release from arrest more than once and saved the lives of several fellow officersincluding one of her many loversjust hours before their execution by the Gestapo More importantly the intelligence she gathered in her espionage was a significant contribution to the Allied war effort and she was awarded the George Medal the OBE and the Croix de GuerreGranville exercised a mesmeric power on those who knew her In The Spy Who Loved acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley tells the extraordinary history of this charismatic difficult fearless and altogether extraordinary woman
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Christine Morris is awakened early on a chill November morning by a phone call from one of her colleagues forensic psychiatrist Dr Leo Forgach His daughter Deirdre is missing Despite the fact that she and the doctor have never seen eye to eye Christine agrees to help him search for Deirdre only to discover her brutally strangled body in the lake Heartbroken Leo tells Christine that his daughter was deaf and had recently given birth to a child she had deliberately ensured would be deaf As a militant suporter of the Deaf Culture Deirdre wanted a deaf child to make a political statement Although some people supported her stand many did not including Deirdres own father Christine must use her new kills as a forensic profiler to discover the killer
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Like a particularly good detective story this richly textured book follows tantalizing clues in its hunt for a group of missing artistic masterpieces Susan Bell recounts both her long search for a series of sixteenthcentury tapestries that celebrated women and her efforts to understand their meaning for Queen Elizabeth I of England and the other powerful women who owned them Opening a new window on the lives of noblewomen in the Renaissance the brilliantly colored tapestries that were the ultimate artistic luxury of the day and the popular and influential fourteenthcentury writer Christine de Pizan Bell pursues a compelling tale that moves from centuries past to todayThe tapestries around which this story revolves are linked to Christine de Pizans Book of the City of Ladies 1405 orginally published six hundred years ago in 1405 The book is a tribute to women that honors two hundred female warriors scientists queens philosophers and builders of cities Though twentyfive manuscripts of the City of Ladies still exist references to tapestries based on the book are elusive Bell takes us along as she tracks down records of six sets of tapestries whose owners included Elizabeth I of England Margaret of Austria and Anne of Brittany Queen of France Bell examines the intriguing details of these womens livestheir arranged marriages their power their affairs of stateasking what interest they had in owning these particular tapestries Could the tapestries have represented their thinking As she reveals the historical linguistic and cultural aspects of this unique story Bell also gives a fascinating account of medieval and earlyRenaissance tapestry production and of Christine de Pizans remarkable life and legacy
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Like a particularly good detective story this richly textured book follows tantalizing clues in its hunt for a group of missing artistic masterpieces Susan Bell recounts both her long search for a series of sixteenthcentury tapestries that celebrated women and her efforts to understand their meaning for Queen Elizabeth I of England and the other powerful women who owned them Opening a new window on the lives of noblewomen in the Renaissance the brilliantly colored tapestries that were the ultimate artistic luxury of the day and the popular and influential fourteenthcentury writer Christine de Pizan Bell pursues a compelling tale that moves from centuries past to todayThe tapestries around which this story revolves are linked to Christine de Pizans Book of the City of Ladies 1405 orginally published six hundred years ago in 1405 The book is a tribute to women that honors two hundred female warriors scientists queens philosophers and builders of cities Though twentyfive manuscripts of the City of Ladies still exist references to tapestries based on the book are elusive Bell takes us along as she tracks down records of six sets of tapestries whose owners included Elizabeth I of England Margaret of Austria and Anne of Brittany Queen of France Bell examines the intriguing details of these womens livestheir arranged marriages their power their affairs of stateasking what interest they had in owning these particular tapestries Could the tapestries have represented their thinking As she reveals the historical linguistic and cultural aspects of this unique story Bell also gives a fascinating account of medieval and earlyRenaissance tapestry production and of Christine de Pizans remarkable life and legacy
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Job search is and always has been an integral part of peoples working lives Whether one is brand new to the labor market or considered a mature experienced worker job seekers are regularly met with new challenges in a variety of organizational settings Edited by UteChristine Klehe and Edwin AJ van Hooft The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search provides readers with one of the first comprehensive overviews of the latest research and empirical knowledge in the areas of job loss and job search Multidisciplinary in nature Klehe van Hooft and their contributing authors offer fascinating insight into the diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives from which job loss and job search have been studied such as psychology sociology labor studies and economics Discussing the antecedents and consequences of job loss as well as outside circumstances that may necessitate a more rigorous job hunt this Handbook presents indepth and uptodate knowledge on the methods and processes of this important time in ones life Further it examines the unique circumstances faced by different populations during their job search such as those working jobtojob the unemployed mature job seekers international job seekers and temporary employed workersJob loss and unemployment are among the worst stressors individuals can encounter during their lifetimes As a result this Handbook concludes with a discussion of the various types of interventions developed to aid the unemployed Further it offers readers important insights and identifies best practices for both scholars and practitioners working in the areas of job loss unemployment career transitions outplacement and job search
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An accessible exploration of a burgeoning new field the incredible evolution of language The first popular book to recount the exciting very recent developments in tracing the origins of language The First Word is at the forefront of a controversial compelling new field Acclaimed science writer Christine Kenneally explains how a relatively small group of scientists that include Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker assembled the astounding narrative of how the fundamental process of evolution produced a linguistic apein other words us Infused with the wonder of discovery this vital and engrossing book offers us all a better understanding of the story of humankind
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An awardwinning journalist vividly reports her twoyear 60000mile global odyssey in the company of exceptional women who choose to dedicate their lives to Buddhism nbsp In 2011 Christine Toomey met an unforgettable group of Tibetan Buddhist nuns After hearing their storiesof prison extreme hardship and ultimately fleeing across the Himalayas into exileshe resolved to learn more about the private courageous women of Buddhism who they are their experience of suffering what motivates them to seek enlightenment and what stands in their way Toomeys quest took on even greater urgency with the sudden deaths of her father and then her mother and her own search for healing wisdom in the aftermath of lossIn Search of Buddhas Daughters introduces us to women from around the worldNepal India Burma and Japan as well as the US the UK and Francewho have come to the ordained life from every faith and career a former policewoman a princess a Bollywood star and a concert violinist Toomey meets a Harvard graduate who sometimes breaks into hiphop moves after meditating a Japanese nun who has written bestselling erotica and a Nepalese order of nuns who practice kung fu for spiritual and physical empowerment Through insightful conversations with over thirty women Toomey investigates Buddhism as an antidote to the problems of life in the twentyfirst century and considers the status of women todayworldwide and within one of our oldest wisdom traditions In a world numbed by the amount of attention paid to violence terrorism and political and religious power struggles she writes I find it profoundly refreshing to come across women whose lives are dedicated to nurturing the opposite
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Job search is and always has been an integral part of peoples working lives Whether one is brand new to the labor market or considered a mature experienced worker job seekers are regularly met with new challenges in a variety of organizational settings Edited by UteChristine Klehe and Edwin AJ van Hooft The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search provides readers with one of the first comprehensive overviews of the latest research and empirical knowledge in the areas of job loss and job search Multidisciplinary in nature Klehe van Hooft and their contributing authors offer fascinating insight into the diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives from which job loss and job search have been studied such as psychology sociology labor studies and economics Discussing the antecedents and consequences of job loss as well as outside circumstances that may necessitate a more rigorous job hunt this Handbook presents indepth and uptodate knowledge on the methods and processes of this important time in ones life Further it examines the unique circumstances faced by different populations during their job search such as those working jobtojob the unemployed mature job seekers international job seekers and temporary employed workersJob loss and unemployment are among the worst stressors individuals can encounter during their lifetimes As a result this Handbook concludes with a discussion of the various types of interventions developed to aid the unemployed Further it offers readers important insights and identifies best practices for both scholars and practitioners working in the areas of job loss unemployment career transitions outplacement and job search
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Just weeks after Germany invaded her homeland Christine Granville born Krystyna Skarbek the daughter of a Polish aristocrat arrived in London and demanded to work for the British Secret Service Described in an intelligence report as a great adventuress and absolutely fearless she became one of the SOEs most daring determined and highly decorated agents This biography tells the story of a charismatic woman who loved men and sex adrenalin and adventure but found it hard to adjust to postwar life Offmint
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The book RENNY by R A Chattick Jr is an uplifting and enlightening story of a young Native American boy who embarks on a quest to find out why a spiritual messenger has enticed him to travel clear across the highline of Montana in search of answers to a perplexing riddle Renny Granville is a humble fella who lives on his grandpas farm which lies on the droughtravaged prairie of western North Dakota One day a mysterious messenger coaxes Renny and his mother to take their family and head for the land of the Blackfeet Their journey takes them across the rolling plains of the vast Montana highline and eventually to his mothers birthplacethe small town of Heart Butte which is nestled in the shadows of the great Rocky Mountains It is there that the matriarch of Rennys family Red Antelope Woman reveals a clue from the past which further intensifies Rennys desire to find the reason for the messengers arrival Join Renny as he delves into the spiritual realm and follow him into the past as Red Antelope Womans tale transports him back to the time when the Native people hunted the endless herds of buffalo along the wide expanses of the Montana prairie It was in that distant era when the trail of clues actually began but it is the future that young Renny must prepare for Fighting against personal insecurities and self doubt Renny remains diligent and solves the mystery which helps him to unlock the key to true happiness
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Texas Ranger Ethan Bodine and horticulturist Wilhemina Granville are both after Rafe Bodine a man with a considerable bounty on his head Ethan is on Rafes trail because hes his brother and Wilhemina is in pursuit to get the bounty money to save her family home But as Ethan and Wilhemina search for the fugitive they find they have far more in common than they first thoughtand that love can blossom in the most dangerous of circumstances
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The book RENNY by R A Chattick Jr is an uplifting and enlightening story of a young Native American boy who embarks on a quest to find out why a spiritual messenger has enticed him to travel clear across the highline of Montana in search of answers to a perplexing riddle Renny Granville is a humble fella who lives on his grandpas farm which lies on the droughtravaged prairie of western North Dakota One day a mysterious messenger coaxes Renny and his mother to take their family and head for the land of the Blackfeet Their journey takes them across the rolling plains of the vast Montana highline and eventually to his mothers birthplacethe small town of Heart Butte which is nestled in the shadows of the great Rocky Mountains It is there that the matriarch of Rennys family Red Antelope Woman reveals a clue from the past which further intensifies Rennys desire to find the reason for the messengers arrival Join Renny as he delves into the spiritual realm and follow him into the past as Red Antelope Womans tale transports him back to the time when the Native people hunted the endless herds of buffalo along the wide expanses of the Montana prairie It was in that distant era when the trail of clues actually began but it is the future that young Renny must prepare for Fighting against personal insecurities and self doubt Renny remains diligent and solves the mystery which helps him to unlock the key to true happiness
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First Novel in the St Simons TrilogyA compelling vibrant saga of conflict love and a young mans search to fulfill his dreamsIn this enthralling first novel of the St Simons Trilogy Eugenia Price shares the compelling story of James Gould a young man with a passionate dream Raised in postRevolution Granville Massachusetts Gould could only imagine the beauty and warmth of lands to the south It was there that he longed to build bridges and lighthouses from his very own design and plans The gripping story unfolds as Gould follows his dream to the raw settlement of Bangor on the Penobscot River to St Simons Island off the coast of Georgia to lawless Spanish East Florida and backat last and finallyto St Simons Along the way he encounters hardship peril failure and success but it is the unwavering love of Janie Harris an especially beautiful and strongwilled young woman that fulfills his deep need for someone who can share the dream and the life he has chosen
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First Novel in the St Simons TrilogyA compelling vibrant saga of conflict love and a young mans search to fulfill his dreamsIn this enthralling first novel of the St Simons Trilogy Eugenia Price shares the compelling story of James Gould a young man with a passionate dream Raised in postRevolution Granville Massachusetts Gould could only imagine the beauty and warmth of lands to the south It was there that he longed to build bridges and lighthouses from his very own design and plans The gripping story unfolds as Gould follows his dream to the raw settlement of Bangor on the Penobscot River to St Simons Island off the coast of Georgia to lawless Spanish East Florida and backat last and finallyto St Simons Along the way he encounters hardship peril failure and success but it is the unwavering love of Janie Harris an especially beautiful and strongwilled young woman that fulfills his deep need for someone who can share the dream and the life he has chosen
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