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Tight, clean and unmarked- " Having started in earnest in 1997 in real estate with a single rental pooled condo, then growing to over $100M in assets with over 1000 tenants, then survivin… Mehr…

Tight, clean and unmarked- " Having started in earnest in 1997 in real estate with a single rental pooled condo, then growing to over $100M in assets with over 1000 tenants, then surviving and thriving through a brutal worldwide recession, one has some battle scars. Real estate is not only up up up but also down down down for a while and to attract over $40M in investor capital from 600+ investors without losing a cent one has to get a few things right. This book is about a few of the critical lessons learned - not only in real estate but also in life as a father and husband, in an IT career with a multinational corporation and a start-up software firm but also in a failed wireless and restaurant venture. Here's what two other mentors of Thomas Beyer and best-selling authors, Don R Campbell, and Greg Habstritt, have to say about the book: There is a hard and fast rule in life, business and personal relationships, a rule that governs my choices. This simple yet very effective rule helps me stay focused on what works and allows me to propel myself forward in all aspects of life, while at the same time keeping me away from unwanted and frankly dangerous distractions. Most importantly, it helps me choose who to listen to and whose advice to take. I call this rule "The Final 30 Feet Rule." The Final 30 Feet Rule states: Never take advice from someone who has not already successfully accomplished what you want to be successful at. For a comedian, it means do not listen to anyone who hasn't walked that final 30 feet from behind the curtain to standing alone in front of an audience. For investors or business owners, it means the only people worth listening to are those who have created a business or investing success that far surpasses yours. Who Is Your Trail Guide? By following this rule, you quickly eliminate most of the authors, advice givers or coaches because so many of them are theorists, with limited success in business. If I am on a dangerous and unfamiliar trail, I don't want a guide who just has an idea about the trail, I want a guide who knows the trail like the back of their hand. They've been on the trail many times and they know the twists, turns, and dangerous spots. Why is this important for you to understand as you consider this book? Simply, the author of this book, Thomas Beyer, is on my very small list of people who fit this description. I continually learn from him. To name just a few of the lessons included in this book: - Don't Confuse Getting Things Done with Doing Them Yourself - The Phases of "Cleaning Up Your Life Messes" - The Anatomy of Uncomfortable Change - Asking Questions Separates You from the Crowd - How to Choose a Partner - Green Money vs. Red & Blue Money When I look for insights into my business or investments I make sure that I speak with Thomas as part of my diligence. He is successful in business, in personal relationships and in real estate investing and in this book he shares 80 tips that will help propel you forward-as many of them have done along my journey. Pick up the book, listen to someone who has already cleared the path forward with his own hard work and your journey will become much clearer. Don R. Campbell Investor, Bestselling Author & Philanthropist =============== Having known Thomas and watched his investing closely for more than 7 years, I've had the pleasure of seeing him emerge as one of the most pragmatic, thoughtful and strategic investors in Canada. He's never afraid of making a tough decision, admitting a mistake, or helping a new investor learn the ropes. Not only is Thomas a role model for so many investors, but he's also both a mentor and a friend to me, and I'm thrilled to see him finally share his wisdom and insight with this book. It's a rare exception of a truly successful professional sharing the secrets of success not just in business and investing, but in life as well. Greg Habstritt, Best Selling Author, The RRSP Secret Founder.", Prestigious Properties, 2013, 3, A tight and unmarked copy-" Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals is affected -- and their abilities begin to dangerously misfire. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What -- or who -- will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin? For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it's not Lena -- and the mysterious figure is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself -- forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. He doesn't know why, and he's afraid to ask. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending. SPECIAL BONUS: Includes "Dream Dark," a thrilling short story set before Beautiful Chaos. When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. But he had no idea it would change his life forever. ", Little, Brown Books, 2012, 4, From award-winning author Tonya Bolden comes a biography of the first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party: Shirley Chisholm. | Before there was Barack Obama, before there was Kamala Harris, there was Fighting Shirley Chisholm. A daughter of Barbadian immigrants, Chisholm developed her political chops in Brooklyn in the 1950s and went on to become the first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. This "pepper pot," as she was known, was not afraid to speak up for what she thought was right. While fighting for a better life for her constituents in New York's 12th Congressional District, Chisholm routinely fought against sexism and racism in her own life and defied the norms of the time. As the first Black woman in the House and the first Black woman to seek the presidential nomination from a major political party, Shirley Chisholm laid the groundwork for those who would come after her.Extensively researched and reviewed by experts, this inspiring biography traces Chisholm's journey from her childhood in a small flat in Brooklyn where she read books with her sisters to Brooklyn College where she got her first taste of politics. Readers will cheer Chisholm on to victory from the campaign trail to the hallowed halls of the U.S. Capitol, where she fought for fair wages, equal rights, and an end to the Vietnam War. And while the presidential campaign trail in 1972 did not end in victory, Shirley Chisholm shows us how you can change a country when you speak up and speak out.Publisher, National Geographic Partners, 2022, 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 498 pages including index and with a few black and white photographs From jacket: "Was she a selfless political activist? A feminist heroine? A gifted writer who rose from poverty to become a leading journalist and author of the cult classic Daughter of Earth? A spy for the Soviet Union? Or all of these things? Drawing on fifteen years of intensive research and unprecedented access to previously unpublished documents, this vibrant book brings to life one of the twentieth century's most fascinating women. (The author) traces Agnes Smedley's unlikely trajectory from a small Missouri town to the coal country of Colorado; to Berkeley and Greenwich Village; to Berlin, Moscow, and China. Fueled by a fury at injustice, Smedley threw herself headlong into the crucial issues of the time, from Indian independence to birth control, women's rights, and the revolution in China... Perhaps most important, (the author) uncovers an astonishing truth: Smedley, long thought to be the unfair target of a Cold War smear campaign, was indeed guilty of the espionage charges leveled against her by General Douglas MacArthur and others." Ex-library with typical treatments. Mylar cover has been removed. Light wear to jacket, bumped head and heel of spine of jacket and book, first two pages and page 33 are creased, light soil to outside pages. The photograph on the front cover is unretouched, the jacket is not soiled. . First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library., Oxford University Press, 2005, 2.5, Crosby Lockwood, London, first edition, 1965. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies for sale in the UK and British Commonwealth. Decorated cloth-backed boards, small 8vo,. xii, 65 pp, 4 plates. From the blurb: "This work.. provides the first detailed, accurate bibliography of that most prolific family of prolific writers, chiefly of children's books.. Probably no other family wrote as much and yet remains as little known. At least three of the second generation might have become 'literary lions' in early nineteenth century England, but no member of the family attempted to acquire fame though they knew, and were known to, great men and writers of their time.Taylor books are scarce, some fetch high prices, some have not been traced for many years and there are consequent blanks in a bibliography, but where it has not been possible to trace a book for a collation the source for its existence is given with particulars of the earliest edition found. Writings only are included: reference to the many books illustrated by members of the family is omitted. The impact of the Taylors on the literature and culture of their age is so important that even if, individually, they might be thought no more than 'minor' figures, collectively they become a force no library can refuse to recognise. Copy No. 343. Top edge duststained, otherwise Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper., Crosby Lockwood, London, first edition, 1965, 1965, 3, IDB Productions, 2017-01-01. MP3 CD. New. This book about nature contains: Birds We Know; The Song of Birds; The Nests of Birds; Birds' Eggs; Baby Birds; Birds Feeding Their Young; Where Do Birds Sleep?; Feeding in Summer; Migrating in Autumn; Bird-Food in Winter; Other Small Birds; Birds of Prey; Rooks and Their Companions; Web-footed Birds; and Bird Enemies. </br></br>Arabella Buckley was a nature lover and yearned to inspire that compassion to kids. Birds of the Air will enthuse the young ones to view a flock of birds in the forests and observe the ways of every bird they see. </br></br>Arabella Burton Buckley was an author and science professor. Arabella was born in Brighton, England. Henry Buckley, her brother, became the 1st Baron Wrenbury. When she was 24 years old, she was an employee of Charles Lyell. </br></br>She has a good repute to teach her pupils. Some of her literary works, such as The Fairy-Land of Science, a non-fiction science book for the little learners. Her book was described as discourses apart from episodes epitomizing how she would become more productive as a professor. The Two Great Sculptures - Water and Ice, stresses how water and ice form peaks, gaps and dales as a sculptor will make a statuette by making use of a chisel. It also defines how water at all times must go elsewhere and always integrates the earth with it, creating precipices to fall into pieces resulting to a faulty structure. She beheld no inconsistency in utilizing whim to express the very details of our beautiful nature: "Can any magic tale be more marvelous, or any thought grander, or more sublime than this?". </br></br>She wrote using her maiden name though she was already married. She used her married name, Mrs Fisher in her Eyes and No Eyes. She also made two editions of Mary Somerville's Connexion of the Physical Sciences and Heinrich Leutemann's Animals from Life. Her writings were converted into Japanese, Polish and Swedish languages during her time., IDB Productions, 2017-01-01, 6, Crosby Lockwood, London, first edition, 1965. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies for sale in the UK and British Commonwealth. Decorated cloth-backed boards, small 8vo,. xii, 65 pp, 4 plates. From the blurb: "This work.. provides the first detailed, accurate bibliography of that most prolific family of prolific writers, chiefly of children's books.. Probably no other family wrote as much and yet remains as little known. At least three of the second generation might have become 'literary lions' in early nineteenth century England, but no member of the family attempted to acquire fame though they knew, and were known to, great men and writers of their time.Taylor books are scarce, some fetch high prices, some have not been traced for many years and there are consequent blanks in a bibliography, but where it has not been possible to trace a book for a collation the source for its existence is given with particulars of the earliest edition found. Writings only are included: reference to the many books illustrated by members of the family is omitted. The impact of the Taylors on the literature and culture of their age is so important that even if, individually, they might be thought no more than 'minor' figures, collectively they become a force no library can refuse to recognise. A few marginal pencil notes, otherwise Very Good in printed plastic dustwrapper., Crosby Lockwood, London, first edition, 1965, 1965, 3, WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD AND A NO.1 BESTSELLER IN THE TIMES'A tender and touching love story, beautifully told' Observer 'Hands-down the best debut I've read in years' The Times 'A beautiful and powerful novel about the true and sometimes painful depths of love' Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of QUEENIE 'An unforgettable debut... it's Sally Rooney meets Michaela Coel meets Teju Cole' New York Times'A love song to Black art and thought' Yaa Gyasi, bestselling author of HOMEGOING and TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists - he a photographer, she a dancer - trying to make their mark in a city that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence. At once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity, Open Water asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body, to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength, to find safety in love, only to lose it.With gorgeous, soulful intensity, Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential British debut of recent years. 'An amazing debut novel. You should read this book. Let's hear it for Caleb Azumah Nelson, also known as the future' Benjamin Zephaniah'A short, poetic and intellectual meditation on art and a relationship between a young couple' Bernardine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER'A very touching and heartfelt book' Diana Evans, award-winning author of ORDINARY PEOPLE'A lyrical modern love story, brilliant on music and art, race and London life, I enjoyed it hugely' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY and SWEET SORROW'Caleb is a star in the making' Nikesh Shukla, editor of THE GOOD IMMIGRANT and BROWN BABY'A stunning piece of art' Bolu Babalola, bestselling author of LOVE IN COLOUR'For those that are missing the tentative depiction of love in Normal People, Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is set to become one of 2021's unmissable books. Utterly transporting, it'll leave you weeping and in awe.' Stylist 'An exhilarating new voice in British fiction' Vogue'A poetic novel about Black identity and first love in the capital from one of Britain's most exciting young voices' Harper's Bazaar'An intense, elegant debut' GuardianWINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER OF THE BAD FORM BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE, THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE AND THE GORDON BURN PRIZE A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD '5 UNDER 35' HONOREE Pre-order Caleb Azumah Nelson's new novel SMALL WORLDS now, Penguin Books Ltd, 6, New York, NY Random House: Broadway Books, 2000. Paperback First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: no apparent wear, but the binding shos barely discernible lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean, but the pages show just a hint of tan, due to aging. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 431pp. Trade Paperback. Shunryu Suzuki was once asked to summarize Buddhism in a sentence. The audience laughed at the impossibility of that challenge. But the Zen master had a ready answer. "Easy," he said. "Everything changes." Easy was the way he was. Or seemed to be. He didn't tell neophytes they needed to learn much before setting out on the Zen path. "In the beginner's mind, there are many possibilities," he explained. "In the expert's mind, there are few." And, later, he was equally committed to the importance of whatever you were feeling, in the moment you were feeling it. There were no hard and fast truths. For him, the secret of Zen was: "Not always so." Which is just another way to say "Everything changes." You could almost say he didn't care about Zen. Sitting in the lotus position and watching your thoughts --- nice, but not crucial. Ditto walking meditation. "The most important thing is to be able to enjoy your life without being fooled by things," he said. Spoken like a very American Zen master. In fact, Suzuki lived in Japan most of his life. He came to San Francisco in 1959 and died there in 1971. Twelve years in America, that's all. But in those few years, he basically established Zen practice in this country. But forget the practice. Consider the life. There are very, very few biographies of Zen masters, mostly because that's the way they like it --- their practice is specific, geared to the student, as impermanent as smoke. Their lives erase themselves. David Chadwick, a longtime student of Suzuki's, thought of writing this biography. He went to ask the widow's permission. Her advice: "Tell many funny stories." Chadwick followed instructions. "Crooked Cucumber" is funny often, and where it is not, the writing is playful and light. Even if you don't care much about Zen, this book is a pleasure to read.And it's a great story. Suzuki began Zen training when he was 11. For all his gifts, his first master saw an inauspicious future for him. He nicknamed him "Crooked Cucumber" because a bent cucumber was useless --- Suzuki would become a teacher with no good disciples. But by 24, he had his own temple. He learned to run it like a small business at the same time as he taught the dharma. "If you have a flexible attitude, you can help people quite easily," he concluded. He needed a flexible attitude in San Francisco. When he arrived, Beatniks were hopped up about what they thought was Zen. A few years later, hippies were dropping LSD and hallucinating the Buddha. Through it all, Suzuki played the role of a simple monk with a sincere commitment. He barely taught. He didn't have to --- he embodied the teaching. When he had to, he became a giant. A beloved student died. He delivered a measured eulogy for her --- and then, Chadwick writes, he "let out a mighty roar of grief that echoed through the cavernous auditorium." Chadwick's account of Suzuki's final illness is equally powerful. "I have cancer," Suzuki told his students. "This cancer is my friend, and my practice will be to take care of this sickness." The scene in which, near death, Suzuki inaugurates his successor is a tour de force. As is his death. These are heavy moments. But necessary ones. "The point is to attain complete composure," he once said. Well, he knew exactly what he was talking about. The lovely thing about this book is that it's dotted with wry epigrams which, after your initial laughter, you might underline and consider. "In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves." "Once you say 'sex,' everything is sex." To a carpenter who seemed to have achieved self-realization: "Yes, you could call that enlightenment --- and how's your work coming?" To a vegan: "You have to kill vegetables too." We find ourselves surrounded by fire-and-brimstone preachers. There's a reason they exist. But it's a great help to know that holy men can also be funny and wry and human. Shunryu Suzuki was just a man and, as he liked to say, not a very good one at that. Maybe so. But you can, after reading this book, easily see him as a Buddha., Random House: Broadway Books, 2000., 0, "A wonderful exploration of the past and the future and, most importantly, of what it means to be present in the here and now. Full of the love of words, the love of family, and the love of falling in love, The Lost and Found Bookshop is a big-hearted gem of a novel that will satisfy and entertain readers from all walks of life. Lovely!"Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing In The RainIn this thought-provoking, wise and emotionally rich novel, New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs explores the meaning of happiness, trust, and faith in oneself as she asks the question, "If you had to start over, what would you do and who would you be?" There is a book for everything . . . Somewhere in the vast Library of the Universe, as Natalie thought of it, there was a book that embodied exactly the things she was worrying about.In the wake of a shocking tragedy, Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming but financially strapped bookshop in San Francisco. She also becomes caretaker for her ailing grandfather Andrew, her only living relativenot counting her scoundrel father.But the gruff, deeply kind Andrew has begun displaying signs of decline. Natalie thinks it's best to move him to an assisted living facility to ensure the care he needs. To pay for it, she plans to close the bookstore and sell the derelict but valuable building on historic Perdita Street, which is in need of constant fixing. There's only one problemGrandpa Andrew owns the building and refuses to sell. Natalie adores her grandfather; she'll do whatever it takes to make his final years happy. Besides, she loves the store and its books provide welcome solace for her overwhelming grief.After she moves into the small studio apartment above the shop, Natalie carries out her grandfather's request and hires contractor Peach Gallagher to do the necessary and ongoing repairs. His young daughter, Dorothy, also becomes a regular at the store, and she and Natalie begin reading together while Peach works.To Natalie's surprise, her sorrow begins to dissipate as her life becomes an unexpected journey of new connections, discoveries and revelations, from unearthing artifacts hidden in the bookshop's walls, to discovering the truth about her family, her future, and her own heart. Author Susan Wiggs's life is all about family, friendsand fiction. She lives at the water's edge on an island in Puget Sound, and in good weather, she commutes to her writers' group in a 21-foot motorboat. She's been featured in the national media, including NPR, PRI, and USA Today, has given programs for the US Embassies in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, and is a popular speaker locally, nationally, internationally, and on the high seas.From the very start, her writings have illuminated the everyday dramas of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. Her books celebrate the power of love, the timeless bonds of family and the fascinating nuances of human nature. Today, she is an international best-selling, award-winning author, with millions of copies of her books in print in numerous countries and languages. According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with "refreshingly honest emotion," and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is "one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book." Booklist characterizes her books as "real and true and unforgettable."Her novels have appeared in the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List, and have captured readers' hearts around the globe with translations into more than 20 languages and 30 countries. She is a three-time winner of the RITA Award,. Her recent novel, The Apple Orchard, is currently being made into a film, and The Lakeshore Chronicles has been optioned for adaptation into a series.The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier and terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. She lives on an island in Puget Sound, where she divides her time between sleeping and waking.This is the LARGE PRINT EDITION! Harper Large Print, HarperCollins Publishers, 6, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012. Trade Paperback. Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms ravage Gatlin as Ethan and Lena struggle to understand the impact of Lena's Claiming. Even Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals is affected -- and their abilities begin to dangerously misfire. As time passes, one question becomes clear: What -- or who -- will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin? For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it's not Lena -- and the mysterious figure is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself -- forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. He doesn't know why, and he's afraid to ask. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending. SPECIAL BONUS: Includes Dream Dark, a thrilling short story set before Beautiful Chaos. When Link joined his best friend, Ethan Wate, on a quest through a mysterious network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, he knew the journey would be dangerous. But he had no idea it would change his life forever., Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012, 0, Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, 2015. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. 304 p. Emancipation in exile: Perspectives on the empowerment of migrant women. Whereas labour migration had primarily been a male phenomenon throughout history, large numbers of women began to migrate from the South in order to find work in the North of Europe in the 1970's. In the case of Turkey, women of rural or small town background who had never been employed, who were mentally unprepared, and to some degree unwilling to leave their homes, were suddenly urged by their mail relatives to take up industrial or service jobs in foreign countries. By 1974 there were almost three times as many Turkish women working in Germany compared to the number of women in Turkish industry.At that time, Professor Nermin Abadan Unat raised a question on the potential influence that this migration could have on the emancipation or pseudoemancipation- of these women who were leaving Turkey to become industrial workers abroad. Four decades later, this volume analyses how social, political and religious changes in the home and host countries of the immigrant women, influenced the predicted processes of change. Has there been a significant increase in individual autonomy, self-determination and gender equality? Or has a hasty modernization created a false climate of liberation or "pseudo-emancipation", without significantly increasing self-determination and independence? How has the very concepts of "emancipation" and "migration" evolved in the meantime? How do the women themselves perceive their own situation? Nineteen experts in social science, and migration and gender studies have contributed to this study of the processes of emancipation and the pathways to empowerment of women who thought they were leaving temporarily but ended up spending their lives in exile., Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, 2015, 6, Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, 2015. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. 304 p. Emancipation in exile: Perspectives on the empowerment of migrant women. Whereas labour migration had primarily been a male phenomenon throughout history, large numbers of women began to migrate from the South in order to find work in the North of Europe in the 1970's. In the case of Turkey, women of rural or small town background who had never been employed, who were mentally unprepared, and to some degree unwilling to leave their homes, were suddenly urged by their mail relatives to take up industrial or service jobs in foreign countries. By 1974 there were almost three times as many Turkish women working in Germany compared to the number of women in Turkish industry.At that time, Professor Nermin Abadan Unat raised a question on the potential influence that this migration could have on the emancipation or pseudoemancipation- of these women who were leaving Turkey to become industrial workers abroad. Four decades later, this volume analyses how social, political and religious changes in the home and host countries of the immigrant women, influenced the predicted processes of change. Has there been a significant increase in individual autonomy, self-determination and gender equality? Or has a hasty modernization created a false climate of liberation or "pseudo-emancipation", without significantly increasing self-determination and independence? How has the very concepts of "emancipation" and "migration" evolved in the meantime? How do the women themselves perceive their own situation? Nineteen experts in social science, and migration and gender studies have contributed to this study of the processes of emancipation and the pathways to empowerment of women who thought they were leaving temporarily but ended up spending their lives in exile., Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayinlari, 2015, 6, INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!"A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hoperead with us." Jenna Bush HagerA luminous, spirit-lifting blockbuster for readers of The Midnight Library. Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice.It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out.But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live.From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise?As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they'll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge?The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn't have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything.Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is a sweeping, ambitious, and invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest., 3, London/New York/Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co.. Fair. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a reading/reference copy only; a well-worn book, hinges cracked but holding, slight exposure of boards at several corners, some staining to the first few pages; an ex-library book (rental library?), with the jacket blurb affixed to the front pastedown, the remnants of a removed circulation label on the front endpaper, and a pocket with circulation card on the rear pastedown]. Novel about a middle-aged Jewish lawyer in an unnamed American city (the only clue we're given is that it's next to one of the Great Lakes), whose "family has been rooted in an American community" for generations, and who "has been married for twenty years to a gentile, and [whose] two children are of the Protestant American world." In the course of the novel, triggered by a near-tragedy in his family, he gradually has his eyes opened to societal prejudice against Jews, and becomes involved in several cases -- a Jewish student denied entrance to a university, a Jewish contractor who's in a dispute with the city over his work on a bridge, and a Jewish woman seeking a divorce from her Gentile husband -- that compel him to put his Jewish heritage front and center. Despite the fact that it incorporates a lot of controversial themes, this book doesn't seem to have been much discussed (if at all) by scholars of Jewish-American literature, nor was it given much notice upon its original publication: the New York Times didn't review it, although it garnered some praise in the Jewish-American press, including a particuarly lengthy and laudatory notice in the Brooklyn Daily Times. (Hanna (3653) summarizes it rather blandly as "problems of an American Jew married to a Gentile.") It was apparently the only novel by this American-born author (1895-1976), who was more at home as a biographer of various figures in English and European history (Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor, Catherine de Medici, Sir Walter Raleigh, etc.). He eventually ended up in England as a literary advisor and editor, where he secured a small (and not particularly honorable) place in literary history by declining to help J.R.R. Tolkien secure a publisher for "The Lord of the Rings," which Waldman had thought "too long." ., Longmans, Green and Co., 1929, 2, Chivers P. First Large Print edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition.Chivers Press,1991.First Large Print edition.Tan hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with plastic cover over the Dj cover(some creases and nicks on the plastic cover),both in fine condition.Nice and clean pages with two small creases and nicks on the edges of pages,pencil mark impression on the edge of the edge of the first blank page of the book.611pp including The Easter Family Tree.Heavy book. This is another paragraph Product Description: From the bestselling author of Tuppenny Times and Fourpenny Flyer As England basked in the golden years of Queen Victoria's reign, the Easter empire, begun half a decade back with Nan Easter's newspaper walk, is growing from strength to strength. But then tragedy strikes, threatening to take all of Nan's hard-earned achievements away. For John, Nan's son and heir, is killed in an accident, and so Nan has to entrust the vital task of running the business to someone else within the family. The natural choice is John's daughter, Caroline. Although still young, Caroline is spirited and forthright, brimming with new ideas for A. Easter and Sons - the most important being the introduction of books onto their newspaper stalls. But although Caroline proves to be as brilliant a business woman as Nan Easter herself, her weak-willed and ambitious cousin Edward, envious of her success and aghast at the thought that a girl should be managing things, allows himself to become involved in a plot to cause her downfall. He thus sows the seeds of a scandal which not only threatens Caroline's idyllic marriage but the future of the Easter empire itself. However, Caroline, a born fighter, is prepared to meet this unexpected challenge head-on., Chivers P, 5, Dutton Adult, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of the world's most beloved authors returns with the story of a man who found everything he thought he was missing in the family he already had. Robert Harlan has three loves in his life: his wife, Allyson, his daughter, Carson, and his writing. As a sales rep for a small radio station, he has hopes of one day leaving it all behind for a successful writing career. When he is unexpectedly laid off from his job, Allyson encourages him to pursue his dream of writing. He writes a novel entitled "A Perfect Day," based on the last few months Allyson and her father spent together as he died of cancer. The story becomes a huge success and Robert finds himself swept into a new world far from his wife and home. In time Robert loses track of the things he loves most...until he meets a stranger who begins telling him intimate details about his past, his present and, most important, the brevity of his future. Thinking that he has just months to live, Robert begins to discover the truth about himself; who he has become, what he has lost and what it will take to find love again. "A Perfect Day" is a novel of love and awakening from one of the world's most beloved storytellers., Dutton Adult, 2003, 6, Ballantine Books, 2017. Trade Paperback. A new copy. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE "[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book."--Booklist (starred review) Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene? Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy's counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family--especially her teenage son--as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other's trust, and come to see that what they've been taught their whole lives about others--and themselves--might be wrong. With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion--and doesn't offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game. Praise for Small Great Things "Small Great Things is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written. . . . It will challenge her readers . . . [and] expand our cultural conversation about race and prejudice."--The Washington Post "A novel that puts its finger on the very pulse of the nation that we live in today . . . a fantastic read from beginning to end, as can always be expected from Picoult, this novel maintains a steady, page-turning pace that makes it hard for readers to put down."--San Francisco Book Review, Ballantine Books, 2017, 0, Headline Book Publishing. First edition-first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mint condition.Headline Book,2004.First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Large format hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small crease,nick and two scratches on the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with many colour,b/w photos.The book is new with a small pencil mark impression inside the edge of the first blank page of the book.214pp.Price un-clipped.Heavy book. 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1982, ISBN: 0747242763

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