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This cultural history examines representations of pleasure work during Japan's transformation into a modern nation-state. It traces the figure of the prostitute in the context of Japanese nation- and empire-building immediately before and during the Meiji era.

In Before They Left Us, Rosemary Davis explores all the twists and turns of San Francisco's streets on a mission to find her identity, both as a woman and as an artist. The Midwesterner finds herself in the warm embrace of a diverse community. She and her cronies experience not only the exhilarating final days of disco and the changing political scene, but also the jolting tremors of earthquakes and assassinations. Her sensuality and political...

Take a journey to find out how a small chipped green bottle pulls together a five generation family in the Legacy of the Green Bottles. Join Kate Sutton as she arrives in the tiny fishing village of Culverton, North Carolina, with her collection of green bottles and a lifelong dream of opening a tea room. From the first day as she meets her soon-to-be best friend, Jan Place, the much disliked Mrs. Farnsworth, and an old sea captain, Captain "C...

Does it seem like the 2016 US presidential election ushered in a reality where truth is merely a subjective reflection of its originator? But as the effects of the days following January 20, 2017 ripple across nations, might the truth be that we are experiencing the reality of a divine plan? Would you believe that the current day was predicted long ago and that your journey is not by chance? One evident truth is that those who are expected to ...

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Katie ist 16, als sie ein Missionswerk für Waisenkinder in Uganda gründet. Ihr Vertrauen auf Gott steht. Sie verschenkt alles, auch ihr Mutterherz: 14 Kinder hat sie adoptiert. Was für eine Glaubensheldin! Doch Großfamilie ist nicht nur Zuckerschlecken. Und so wird Katies Glaube auf die Probe gestellt. Passt ein Mann in ihr Leben? Muss sie eine ihrer Töchter aufgeben? Meint es Gott wirklich gut mit ihr?

This book offers an interpretation of money as a social institution. Money provides the link between the household and the firm, the worker and his product, making that very division seem natural and money as imminently practical. Money as a Social Institution begins in the medieval period, and traces the evolution of money alongside consequent implications for the changing models of the corporation and the state. This is then followed with a ...

New York Times bestsellerHow do you hold on to hope when you don't get the ending you asked for?When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip o...

New York Times bestsellerHow do you hold on to hope when you don't get the ending you asked for?When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip o...

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Brontes Yorkshire has changed and developed over the last century.

Marion Nicoll (1909-1985) is a widely acknowledged and important founder of Alberta art and certainly one of a dedicated few that brought abstraction into practice in the province. Her life and career is a story of determination, of dedication to her vision regardless of professional or personal challenges. Nicoll became the first woman instructor hired at the Provincial Institute of Art and Technology (now the Alberta College of Art and Desig...

Based on a true story, five friends will struggle with the consequences of their decisions concerning sex, friendships, money, and relationships. Tiffany is the glue of the four but loses control of herself in the middle of helping others. She is able to mature and learn from her errors, but there is one relationship that will cause a mistake that can never be erased. She must find a way to move forward in life without letting it mentally kill...

Do adoptions provide children for families or families for children? This book analyzes the complex interactions between adopters and adoptees using historical and current data. Who are the preferred parents and children, both domestically and internationally? How do the types of adoptions-domestic adoptions, private and public through the foster care system, and intercountry adoptions-differ? Domestic trends include a shift to open adoptions ...

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Eric Cameron is a major contemporary Canadian artist. Born in 1935 in Leicester, England, he arrived in Canada in the 1970s and has taught at the University of Guelph, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and at the University of Calgary. Over the y

During the first several months of U.S. participation in World War II, our East Coast was menaced by German's u-boats. The submarines were sinking an average of a ship-a-day and they had suffered no loses.But at midnight on April 13, 1942, the U.S.S. Roper discovered the U-85 recharging its batteries off the coast of North Carolina. The U-85 was the first U-boat sunk in American waters. The Roper would have been the most celebrated destroyer i...

During the first several months of U.S. participation in World War II, our East Coast was menaced by German's u-boats. The submarines were sinking an average of a ship-a-day and they had suffered no loses.But at midnight on April 13, 1942, the U.S.S. Roper discovered the U-85 recharging its batteries off the coast of North Carolina. The U-85 was the first U-boat sunk in American waters. The Roper would have been the most celebrated destroyer i...

Barkley AKA A Small Person In A Black Fur Coat is the story of our almost sixteen year old male cocker spaniel as he reflected upon his life and all it brought. It is told from Barkley's perspective, who for most of his years, has assumed the persona of a small person in a black fur coat. He has had five owners, all who loved him dearly, and as many AKA's and experiences. As his life nears its end, he realizes that maybe being the most loved d...