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Subject(s): Missing children -- Fiction | Abandoned children -- Fiction | Kidnapping -- Fiction | London (England) -- Fiction Summary: Frieda Klein is a solitary, incisive psychotherapist who spends her sleepless nights walking along the ancient rivers that have been forced underground in modern London. She believes that the world is a messy, u

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Subject(s): Assassins -- Fiction | Defection -- Fiction Summary: For two decades Cuchulain has created chaos in Ireland by targeting those opposed to terrorism on both sides of the border. But Cuchulain time is almost up. Only one person can identify him: Tanya Voroninova beautiful daughter of a KGB general, and the one person who can get her t

Subject(s): Sanati, Panteha | Iranian American women -- Biography | Iranian Americans -- Biography | Iran -- History -- Revolution,1979 | Iran -- Politics and government -- 1925-1979 | Iran -- Politics and government -- 20th century Summary: In telling her traditional Iranian mother's story, the author, who today is a United States citizen

Subject(s): Functional literacy -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain | Numeracy -- Study and teaching (Continuing education) -- Great Britain | English language -- Study and teaching Foreign speakers Summary: This work blends together research, theory and practical pedagogy of adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL. The level 4 subject specificati

Subject(s): Weather -- Fiction | Seasons -- Fiction Summary: When Asher's last desperate attempt to repair the damage to the weather map governing the seasons leaves him on his deathbed, Asher's son Rafel--who has been forbidden to use his inherited powers--must risk his life to save his countrymen from famine, devastation, and a rift i

Subject(s): Vocational education | Constructivism (Psychology) Contents:The narrative of constructivism and career counseling / Mark Watson and Mary McMahon -- Career counseling: what's the story? / Mary McMahon and Mark Watson -- The construction of agency in career counselling / Richard A. Young and José F. Domene -- Career meaning

Subject(s): Orientalism in art | Art, European -- 19th century | Art, European -- 20th century | Indonesia -- Civilization In art | Tropics -- In art | Indonesia -- Description and travel In art | Indonesia -- History In art -- 1798-1942 | Netherlands -- Colonies History In art Summary: "This publication critically examines Dutch colonial c

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