Maternal and Child

Praise for the Newport Gilded Age Mysteries&ldquo;Shelley Freydont does an excellent job of transporting the reader to the glamorous Gilded Age in&#160;A Golden Cage.&#160;Likable characters, a strong mystery, and a compelling setting make for a really enjoyable read.&rdquo;&mdash;Open Book Society&ldquo;The time period adds opulence and extravagance to the story as a young female sleuth finds her way in a constraining society. The mystery is well plotted with plenty of twists and turns and deviously flawed villains...It&rsquo;s an overall thrilling ride through a transformative time period.&rdquo;&mdash;RT Book Reviews&ldquo;Evoking the luxurious and extravagant world of the Gilded Age, Newport heiress and feisty amateur sleuth, Deanna Randolph, is a force to be reckoned with in this lively mystery.&rdquo;&mdash;Tessa Arlen, author of the Lady Montfort series &#160; &ldquo;Utterly captivating! Freydont skillfully combines the glittering excess of the Gilded Age and a believable upstairs-downstairs dynamic with a thrilling murder mystery. Readers will fall in love with this intrepid new sleuthing pair and the dashing young men they assist. A must read for fans of historical mystery.&rdquo;&mdash;Anna Lee Huber, bestselling author of the Lady Darby Mysteries &ldquo;Charming and colorful characters, a richly detailed setting, and a compelling mystery make&#160;A Gilded Grave&#160;a thoroughly captivating read.&rdquo;&mdash;Ashley Weaver, Edgar Award-nominated author of&#160;Murder at the Brightwell &#160; &ldquo;This well-crafted mystery is an absolute delight. Freydont has brought Gilded Age Newport to life with the skill of an historian and the insight of the keenest social observer. Deanna Randolph is my favorite new sleuth.&rdquo;&mdash;Tasha Alexander,&#160;New York Times&#160;bestselling author of&#160;The Counterfeit Heiress&ldquo;Richly atmospheric...Fans of romantic period pieces will find a lot to like.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly

A Golden Cage

"A compelling concept, and the mix of fragility, defiance, strength, and utter exhaustion that plays out in the girls feels authentic... A sequel will likely be eagerly anticipated, as these four together have only begun to find their groove, and it&rsquo;s clear there are more intriguing and disturbing details about this world to uncover."

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&ldquo;The real strengths of the book are the splendor of its imagery, the elegance of its prose, and the character of Cyan, whose own nobility, rather than anything external, holds the key to the success of his quest.&rdquo;&#8212;Booklist&ldquo;Mesmerizing and unforgettable&#8212;a true flowering of a major talent.&rdquo;&#8212;The Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;A new book from the pen of Patricia McKillip is always a thing of beauty, and&hellip;The Tower at Stony Wood is no exception&hellip;Ms. McKillip is in fine form indeed, creating one of her most appealing heroes and an ambiance of pure enchantment for lucky readers.&rdquo;&#8212;Romantic Times&ldquo;An elegant, eloquent fantasy&hellip;The Tower at Stony Wood, a beautiful fantasy about the power of story in our lives and how sometimes the purpose of a life is simply to live it, is McKillip at her best, and will only enhance her already impressive reputation.&rdquo;&#8212;Locus &ldquo;Filled with beautiful ideas and images&hellip;reads like a dream&hellip;Patricia A. McKillip is one of the best writers the genre has to offer.&rdquo;&#8212;SF Site&ldquo;Patricia A. McKillip weaves words like the lady in the tower weaves thread, making the mundane into a varicolored magical tapestry. Beautiful words and a fantastical story make The Tower at Stony Wood an ever new and always enduring faerie tale&hellip;She promises an heroic fantasy, and she more than delivers on her promise.&rdquo;&#8212;BookBrowser&ldquo;&#91;McKillip&#93; continues to produce compelling, finely crafted fantasy with an intimacy and lyricism few can match&hellip;&#91;Her&#93; latest fantasy presents a complex multi-storied plot which reveals as much about human nature as it does about magic and the truth behind illusions.&rdquo;&#8212;Millenium SF & Fantasy

The Tower at Stony Wood

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&ldquo;An anatomy of human life, vividly illustrated&hellip;.&#160;Awe-inspiring [and] sublimely uplifting.&rdquo; &mdash;Time &#160; &ldquo;Memorable&hellip;. A unique and worthy addition to the medical classics.&rdquo; &mdash;Boston Globe  &#160; &ldquo;Dramatic, lyrical.&hellip; The book is part medical thriller&hellip;. And part profession of faith in the beauty of human biology.&rdquo;&mdash;Wall Street Journal

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»Keiner schreibt faszinierender über den Sog des Erinnerns als Patrick Modiano.« Peter Körte / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung»Der Meister der zeitgenössischen Erinnerungsliteratur.« Joseph Hanimann / Süddeutsche Zeitung»Auf wenigen Seiten entdeckt man den ganzen Patrick Modiano.« L’Obs, Paris»Nirgends wird Paris so wehmütig, so schön und so französisch besungen wie bei Patrick Modiano.« Alex Capus»Memory Lane ist ein kleines Bändchen, was einen Eintritt in die Welt [des] großen französischen Schriftstellers [Modiano] bietet.« Manuela Reichart / rbb»Eine fein illustrierte Erzählung Patrick Modianos.« Alexander Kluy / Buchkultur»[Memory Lane] präsentiert uns einen Modiano, wie wir ihn kennen und lieben.« Nürnberger Nachrichten»Mit welcher unaufdringlich simplen Eleganz das erzählt wird, ist betörend und schmerzhaft zugleich.« Ulrich Rüdenauer / Chemnitzer Zeitung»Die Essenz von Patrick Modianos Werk ist hier bereits in ihrer Raffinesse und lapidaren, offenen Verschwiegenheit zu finden […].« Judith von Sternburg / Frankfurter Rundschau»Sehr trist, aber so humorvoll, dass man es nicht weglegen will. « Adam Soboczynski / Zeit Online»Alles, was sein unvergleichliches Werk als Ganzes ausmacht, ist hier bereits präsent: der süchtig machende Sound seiner Sätze und auch die unverwechselbare Schönheit seiner der Vergangenheit abgelauschten Bilder.« Peter Hennig / SR»Man muss Modiano auch für diesen schmalen, von Pierre Le-Tan mit stilisierter Wehmut illustrierten Roman lieben, in dem er die Geschichte von der großen Verlassenheit und dem Überlebenswillen der Kriegsgeneration so anrührend traurig erzählt, dass sie beinahe so etwas wie Trost spendet.« Iris Radisch / ZEIT»Eine Erzählminiatur des französischen Nobelpreisträgers, der die Kunst der Erinnerung wie wenig andere beherrscht – mit wunderbaren, fein schraffierten Zeichnungen von Pierre Le-Tan.« Linda Stift / Die Presse

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Memory Lane

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&ldquo;The finest book out on the air wars of the past 20 years.&rdquo;&mdash;Warbirds&ldquo;Should be considered important reading, establishing perhaps the base level of education required for public sector discussion of its important subject.&rdquo;&mdash;Combat Weapons

Air Warfare in the Missile Age

&ldquo;This is a powerful tale about growing into a wisdom that is one&rsquo;s birthright. It is a call to return to a life where the heart tells the mind what to do.&rdquo;&mdash;Anna Jedrziewski,&#160;Retailing Insight

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"A beautifully crafted memoir that elevates the ordinary with intelligence and humility." &mdash;Leslie Feist, musician

A Year of Observation

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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Corpora

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Office Lean

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Aesthetics in Grief Minor

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&ldquo;A powerful new autobiography...It&rsquo;s hard to imagine that there have been many younger divorc&eacute;es&mdash;or braver ones&mdash;than a pint-size third grader named Nujood Ali.&rdquo; &mdash;Nicholas Kristof, New York Times&ldquo;Shocking...captures the social challenges facing Yemen better than any scholarly work could hope to do.&rdquo;&mdash;Washington Post&ldquo;Her case has brought international exposure to the archaic practice of robbing girls of their youth.&rdquo; &mdash;People&#160;(Four Stars)&ldquo;An international icon of tenacity and courage.&rdquo;&mdash;New Yorker&ldquo;One of the greatest women I have ever seen . . . She set an example with her courage.&rdquo;&mdash;Hillary Clinton&#160;&ldquo;This book took my breath away. It broke my heart but put it back together again with a renewed hope in the staggering power of the human spirit. What Nujood did to save her life was a miracle; that she did it as a ten-year-old child is, quite simply, astounding.&rdquo;&mdash;Carolyn Jessop, author of Escape and Triumph&ldquo;Nujood and all other girls like her who are traded like objects deserve to be heard. This important book gives them a voice and sheds light on an ugly secret that has destroyed the lives of children for centuries.&rdquo;&mdash;Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran &ldquo;Simple and straightforward in its telling, this is an informative and thoroughly engaging narrative.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly

A Memoir

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

&#8220;A powerful tale . . . a skillful interweaving of complicated relationships to family and history.&#8221; &#8211;The Washington Post Book World &#8220;A compelling look at moral courage. . . . The place, events, and emotions are so authentic, it&#8217;s hard to believe the story is fiction.&#8221; &#8211;USA Today &#8220;Invites comparison with Faulkner&#8217;s greatest novels.&#8221; &#8211;The Atlanta Journal-Constitution&#8220;Perceptive, finely wrought . . . captures post-Reconstruction Mississippi, caught between the promise of progress and a lament for the antebellum order.&#8221; &#8211;Vogue

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Visible Spirits

&#8220;White&#8217;s focus on the known 50 &#173;superfoods will get everyone off to a great start. Bon Appetit!&#8221;&#8212;Library Journal

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