Mountain Bike America: Washington, D.C./ Baltimore, 3rd: An Atlas of Washington D.C. and Baltimore's Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides - Livro de bolso
2014, ISBN: 9780762707058
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240 pp. Tightly bound. Tip of lower right corner lightly … mais…
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240 pp. Tightly bound. Tip of lower right corner lightly bumped. Text is free of markings. NOTE: THIS IS AN EX-LIBRARY COPY. Please note: This book contains beautiful scale drawings of the Globe based upon the Adam's model. They are 1 to 160 scale. There are 15 scale drawings in fine condition at the end of the book., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965, 2.5, Lonely Planet. Good. 5.04 x 0.98 x 7.76 inches. Paperback. 2014. 672 pages. <br>Paperback. Pub Date :2014-05-01 Pages: 656 Languag e: English Publisher: Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Eastern USA is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on w hat to see. what to skip. and what hidden discoveries await you H it the streets of New York City. experience the magic of Walt Dis ney. or ascend the steps of the Lincoln Memorial;. all with your trusted travel companion Get to the heart of Eastern USA and begi n your journey now Inside.! Lonely Planets Eastern USA Travel Gui de: Color maps and images throughoutHighlights and itineraries sh ow you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interestsInsider tips save you time and money. and help you get around like a local. avoiding crowds and trouble spotsEs sential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation. p hone numbers. websites. transit tips. and pricesHonest re... Edi torial Reviews Book Description Lonely Planet will get you to th e heart of Eastern USA, with amazing travel experiences and the b est planning advice About the Author Karla Zimmerman vive en Chi cago, donde come rosquillas, grita en los bares y escribiendo en libros, revistas ywebs. Ha trabajado en mà s de 40 guÃas y antolog Ãas, cubriendo destinos en Europa, Asia, Africa, América del Nort e y el Caribe. Para saber mà s, se la puede seguir en Instagram y Twitter(@karlazimmerman). Nacido en Washington DC, Adam Karlin s e crió en la rural y costera Maryland. Con 17 años decidió salir a explorar el mundo y escribir sobre ello, llegando a colaborar e n docenas de guÃas de Lonely Planetcubriendo todo el alfabeto geo grà fico, desde las Andamà n hasta Zimbabue.Ãl mismo lo considera c omo una de las formas mà s interesantes - y divertidas - de vivir la propia vida y, siempre, con una misma norma: 'If we ever meet on the road, let's share a drink and a story'.Como periodista, ha escrito sobre viajes, sucesos, polÃtica, arqueologÃa y la guerra civil de Sri Lanka, entre otros temas. Ha enviado crónicas desde todos los continentes salvo la Antà rtida (¡ya llegarà !) y sus en sayos y artÃculos han aparecido en la BBC, en la NPR y en numeros as antologÃas. Adam vive a las afueras de Nueva Orleans, lo cual explica su afición por las marismas, la comida y la buena música. Mà s información en http:// walkonfine.com/, o en Instagram @adamw alkonfine. Amy Balfour ejercÃa de abogada en Virginia cuando se mudó a Los Ãngeles para buscarse la vida como guionista; todavÃa se oyen los gritos de horror de sus padres. Tras trabajar un tiem po como ayudante de guionista en Ley y orden, pasó a ser escritor a freelance especializada en viajes, gastronomÃa y actividades al aire libre. Ha recorrido a pie, en bicicleta y a remo el sur de California y el suroeste de EE UU. Recientemente, ha cruzado las Grandes Llanuras en busca de las mejores hamburguesas y barbacoas de la región. Escribe también guÃas para Lonely Planet. Mara Vo rhees, viajera-escritora, ha colaborado en docenas de tÃtulos de Lonely Planet y publicado en medios como Delta Sky, BBC Travel, V ancouver Sun y el Boston Globe, entre otros. En 20 años de viajes por Costa Rica, Mara Vorhees ha visto 162 especies de aves, las cuatro especies de platirrinos de Costa Rica, osos hormigueros, p erezosos, tapires, pecarÃes, coatÃes, agutÃes, un kinkajú y un ja guarundÃ. Mara lleva viajando a Moscú desde que la ciudad era la capital de un paÃs diferente. Cuando no està espiando a perezosos , vive en Somerville, Massachusetts, con su marido, sus dos hijos y sus dos gatos. Ahora viaja con sus gemelos de siete años (que adoran a los gatos de Kuklachev). Se pueden seguir sus aventuras enwww.havetwinswilltravel.com. Michael Grosberg ha trabajado en mà s de 45 guÃas de Lonely Planet. Cada proyecto, ya fuera en Birm ania o Nueva Jersey, ha enriquecido su ya de por sà compleja psiq ue y le ha quitado años de encima (aunque aún es relativamente jo ven). Antes de su carrera como escritor autónomo, trabajó en dife rentes paÃses: en planes urbanÃsticos en la isla de Rota, en el P acÃfico Occidental; investigando sobre la violencia polÃtica y ay udando a formar a los nuevos representantes gubernamentales de Su dà frica; en Quito, Ecuador, se dedicó a la enseñanza. Tiene un mà ster en Literatura Comparada y enseñó literatura y escritura como profesor adjunto en varias universidades de Nueva York. ., Lonely Planet, 2014, 2.5, Globe Pequot Pr. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages., Globe Pequot Pr, 3, 51 volumes complete with diagrams, illustrations, plates, maps, figures, indexes. Quarto (10 1/4" x 8 1/2") issued in wrappers. Some reprints, most first editions.Current Anthropology, whose first issue was launched in 1959, is one of the discipline's oldest and most distinguished journals, and has been sponsored since its founding by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. The journal was the first of its kind, championing an interdisciplinary approach alongside a commitment to international dialogue, while fostering a community of international scholars. It became known for its innovative format that combined major research papers with responses solicited from the field. The format, now known as the "CA treatment" was unique in its time and was copied by other journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences. While the journal has changed over the years, its original principles are still clearly present and can be traced back to the unique collaboration between the Foundation, led by Paul Fejos,and the anthropologist Sol Tax (University of Chicago). Fejos and Tax first worked together as organizers of a state of the art conference on Meso-American ethnology in 1949. Tax edited the volumes that resulted from this meeting. During the next decade, as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health in the United States directed their considerable resources towards the funding of large-scale research projects. Fejos explored alternative avenues to expand the reach and impact of the Foundation on the discipline. One shift was to direct funding towards activities that fostered international communication: meetings, with their subsequent publications, would encourage contacts among scholars and permit them to share their knowledge on a worldwide scale. With this in mind, Fejos organized an International Symposium on Anthropology in 1952 whose aim was to take a total inventory of the field and through this help the Foundation to set up new directions for funding. With this in mind, Fejos convened over 80 participants and the final proceedings (some 50 papers and transcripts of lengthy discussions) appeared in 1953 in two edited volumes published by University of Chicago Press: Anthropology Today: An Encyclopedic Inventory, A.L. Kroeber (ed.); and An Appraisal of Anthropology Today, Sol Tax, Loren Eiseley, Irving Rouse, and Carl Voegelin (eds.). With the success of this symposium and its volumes, Fejos decided to condense and update the findings into a volume published by the Foundation in 1955 as "The Yearbook of Anthropology." Inspired by this output, but frustrated by the logistics of publication, in 1957 Fejos invited Sol Tax to develop a plan that could enable worldwide exchange of ideas to continue, but which would be more immediate and flexible. While he had initially thought of publishing updates to the "Anthropology Today" proceedings in a series of books, he was adamant about the need to consult with anthropologists around the world and see what larger consensus might emerge. Intensive discussions began across the globe: Tax traveled to over 30 countries and organized a series of conferences at the Foundation in New York City. He continued to imagine the initiative primarily as a type of yearbook summarizing the current state of research until 1958. This changed after Burg Wartenstein was inaugurated by the Foundation. Its first scholarly event was a symposium dedicated to exploring new ideas for Current Anthropology. Tax, Fejos and twelve invited scholars gathered, and Tax's innovations were consolidated into a proposal that continues to represent the backbone of the journal to this day. Current Anthropology was to be a journal, not a yearbook. It was to address a worldwide community of anthropologists, and its goal would be to represent and unify the "anthropological sciences" by presenting articles across the discipline. Importantly, Tax envisioned a community of scholars rather then a representation of national traditions. The journal's purpose would not be to compete with national or specialist periodicals but, rather, to complement them by conveying knowledge to a broader interdisciplinary audience, including scholars from related social sciences and from the humanities. The journal would be a communication bridge, reliable and fast. Its content would include major reviews of broad scope, often summarizing new research, and all subdisciplines and scholarly traditions would be welcome. The journal also was to include current news, reference materials, conference reports, bibliographical guides and a classified section. The first issue was mailed in September 1959an enormous achievement in a short time, and one that proved Tax's commitment and energy. Along with its wide-ranging content, a newly created network of associates enabled the journal to reach a worldwide community of scholars. Tax began by inviting some 3000 individuals to join as associates. Associates were mailed each issue, and could respond to its content via a tear-reply letter addressed to the editor's office. In January 1960, Tax received 1,000 replies, validating his sense that anthropologists wanted a dialogue. By 1962, there were almost 2,500 associates, and 1,467 resided outside of North America. Associates contributed to the direction of the journal: they could nominate others, provide suggestions for articles, respond to what was published, and contribute with reviews, conference proceedings and commentaries. Through his duration as editor, Tax wrote regular letters to the associates, and would publish their replies as well. In this way, the journal mimicked some of the functions of a newsletter, and fulfilled the larger goals of communication and networking. Associates were asked to pay an annual fee, equivalent of $2 per individual associate (higher for institutions), and in countries with currency restrictions (such as in Eastern Europe) money was left in the country to be used for CA associated expenses. To encourage payment, The Viking Fund Publications also sponsored by the Foundation were added as a bonus to paying subscribers. Since its inception, the Wenner-Gren Foundation has sponsored Current Anthropology in different ways. After much deliberation, Current Anthropology kept English as its main language. However, submissions were (and still are) accepted in other languages, and all accepted items are fully edited and translated. In its earliest years, the journal offered, on the inside front cover, summaries of its submissions in different languages, including Arabic, French, German, Hindi , Russian and Serbo-Croatian. While more submissions come from North America then elsewhere and debate continues as to how to increase international submissions, Current Anthropology's forum-oriented method has proven fruitful. While the journal no longer relies on a network of associates, it continues an editorial policy that dates back to its early days, when associates were asked to comment on major research articles, and editors solicited responses to articles from the worldwide community. Current Anthropology Editors and their terms of service: Sol Tax 1959 1974; Cyril Belshaw 1975 1984; Adam Kuper 1985 1992; Richard G. Fox 1993 2001; Ben Orlove 2002 2008; Mark Aldenderfer 2009 presentCondition:Robert Van Kemper's stamp to some of the front wrappers. Some light edge wear with some corners bumped. A complete set shipping of this item, because of the volume, will be $250.00., University of Chicago Press, 1962, 3, Oni Press. Good. 5 x 0.6 x 7.5 inches. Paperback. 2006. 192 pages. <br>Ramona's third evil ex-boyfriend, Todd Ingram, is currently dating the former love of Scott Pilgrim's life! Envy Ad ams broke Scott's heart a year and a half ago. Now she and her ev il art-rock band are back, and they're getting Scott's band to op en a show two days from now! That's just enough time for Scott to fight Todd, keep Ramona happy, fend off demented ex-girlfriends, and practice that new setlist. Right?? Don't miss the latest cha pter in the graphic novel saga The Globe and Mail calls Canada's answer to Tank Girl! Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly O 'Malley's cult-favorite series about a Canadian slacker attemptin g to defeat his crush-object's seven evil ex-boyfriends is the we irdest, funniest and coolest Western variation on the manga aesth etic to date, and the third volume is even more hilarious than th e first twomostly because O'Malley's running gags are the kind th at improve with repetition. At their core, the Scott Pilgrim book s are outrageous allegories for coming to terms with a partner's former romantic relationships. This time, Scott's pitted against Todd Ingram, the current boyfriend of his ex, rock star Envy Adam s; they battle at a discount department store and a rock club. Un fortunately, Todd's got psychic powers, because he's a vegan (gra duated top of his class from vegan academy and everything), and h e's also a much better bass player. On top of that, Scott's band, Sex BobOmb, can't quite get it together; 17-year-old ninja Knive s Chau is still obsessed with him; and the mysterious Ramona Flow ers is becoming envious of Envy. O'Malley's story zooms through i ts slalom-course plot, peppered with delectably witty dialogue, a nd he pulls in wild ideas and images from manga, role-playing gam ing (Ramona's hipster handbag is actually a subspace suitcase fro m which she draws a large hammer, +2 against girls) and video gam es. (May) Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of R eed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. About the Author Bryan Le e O'Malley is a Canadian cartoonist best known for the bestsellin g, award-winning Oni Press series Scott Pilgrim (2004-2010). Scot t Pilgrim was adapted into a critically-acclaimed major motion pi cture (from Universal) and video game (from Ubisoft) in 2010. O'M alley lives in Los Angeles, where he continues to make comics. ., Oni Press, 2006, 2.5, In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Air Force One crashes into the sea, with the US President aboard. Is it an accident?Yellowstone National Park erupts in the most devastating volcanic catastrophe ever known. 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Mountain Bike America: Washington, D.C./ Baltimore, 3rd: An Atlas of Washington D.C. and Baltimore's Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides (Mountain Bike America Guides) - Livro de bolso
2012, ISBN: 9780762707058
Anchor. Good. 4.15 x 1.15 x 6.95 inches. Mass Market Paperback. 2010. 564 pages. Cover worn. Spine frayed<br>New York Times Bestseller A story of patients and staff, family, and f… mais…
Anchor. Good. 4.15 x 1.15 x 6.95 inches. Mass Market Paperback. 2010. 564 pages. Cover worn. Spine frayed<br>New York Times Bestseller A story of patients and staff, family, and friends who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old Ireland a nd the new. Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on f or a year. She has plenty on her plate already--two difficult adu lt daughters and the unwanted attentions of her ex-husband--but s he assembles a wonderfully diverse staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients. Before long the clinic is established as an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, co urage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self-pity. Good-hearted and entertaining.... Offers many honest pleasures. --The Washington Post Editorial Reviews Review Good -hearted [and] entertaining . . . [Heart and Soul] reflects a per vasive generosity of spirit [and] offers many honest pleasures. - The Washington Post Sweet indulgence. . . . Heart and Soul is a delicious delight. -Las Vegas Review-Journal Heart and Soul is a pleasant escape into an entertaining fantasy world across the oc ean. . . . [Binchy] once again paints a delightful picture of Ire land that elevates the everyday joys and tragedies of her charact ers to ones of pure romance. -Woodbury Magazine A new Maeve Binc hy novel is always welcome. . . . Binchy has a true gift of creat ing characters we either know or wish we knew . . . Heart and Sou l creates a perfect escape. -The Plain Dealer At the end of a lo ng week, a long winter, a long economic downturn, [Maeve Binchy's Heart and Soul is] exactly what we need. -Minneapolis Star Tribu ne Warm and comfy. . . . Reading Heart and Soul is not unlike ge tting a hug from your mother. -The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Oh, the bliss. . . . Maeve's back, on top form. -The Times (London) [Maeve Binchy] knows how to fashion a minor drama into a crisis, and the book rattles along from one gripping story to another, le aving the reader with a satisfying glow. . . . It does exactly wh at it says on the tin: gives heart and soul. -Daily Mail [Heart and Soul] brings together the secret hopes and dreams of a dispar ate group of characters . . . with [Binchy's] trademark warmth an d empathy. -Irish Sunday Independent Maeve Binchy's latest novel is packed as usual with wonderful characters. . . . Full of warm th, caring and commonsense. -CHOICE About the Author MAEVE BINCH Y was born in County Dublin and educated at the Holy Child conven t in Killiney and at University College, Dublin. After a spell as a teacher she joined The Irish Times. Her first novel, Light a P enny Candle, was published in 1982, and she went on to write more than twenty books, all of them best sellers. Several have been a dapted for film and television, most notably Circle of Friends an d Tara Road, which was an Oprah's Book Club selection. She was ma rried to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell for thirty-five years, and died in 2012 at the age of seventy-two. www.maevebinc hy.com Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Mountainview, despite its pleasant name, was one of the tough are as of Dublin. Some of the big estates were home to drug dealers a nd it wasn't a place to walk alone at night. The school had its u ps and downs, but it was lucky enough to have a headmaster, Tony O'Brien, who could deal with toughness head-on.Some of the older teachers found the change difficult. Things used to be different. The place had been shabby but they'd had respect. The children c ame from homes where money was short, but they were all keen to m ake something of themselves. Today they only cared about money, a nd if someone's big brother was driving a smart car and wearing a n expensive leather jacket, it was hard to get interested in havi ng a job in a bank or an office where you might never make enough to have your own house or car and a leather jacket was just a dr eam. No wonder so many of them joined gangs. And as for respect?A idan Dunne told his wife, Nora, all about it.Big fellows would pu sh past you in the corridor and sort of nudge the books out of yo ur hand. Then they would laugh and say that sir must be losing hi s grip. Aidan remembered when they would rush to pick up the book s. Not now. Now they called him Baldy, or asked him if he remembe red the First World War.It was the same with the women teachers. If they weren't married, some of the really rough fellows would a sk them were they frigid or lesbian. If they were married, they w ould ask them how many times a night did they do it.And what do y ou say? Nora wondered.I try to ignore them. I tell myself that th ey're only insecure kids like always-it's just they have a differ ent way of expressing it. Still, it doesn't make the day's work a ny easier.And how do the women cope?The younger ones are on top o f it, they say things like, 'Oh, you'd never be able to satisfy m e like my old man does,' or else that, sure, they are gay because the only alternative is horrible spotty boys with filthy fingern ails. Aidan shook his head. By the time I get to the classroom I' m worn out, he said sadly.Why don't you give it up? Nora said sud denly. She taught Italian at an evening class and organized a yea rly outing to Italy for the group. She had several other small jo bs, but she had no interest in money or pensions or the future. S he sat in one of the basket chairs she had bought at a garage sal e and tried to persuade Aidan to join her in this carefree lifest yle.But he was a worrier. It would be idiotic to leave his school now several years before retirement date. It would mean no prope r pension; if he were to amount to anything he had to provide for Nora and his family from an earlier marriage.Oh, you've well pro vided for them, Nora said cheerfully.You've given Nell most of th e money you got for the house, Grania is married to the headmaste r of Mountainview School, Brigid has been made a partner in the t ravel agency. They should be providing for you, if you come to th ink of it.But you, Nora, what about you? I want to look after you , give you some comfort and pleasures.You give me great comfort a nd pleasures, she said.But some security, Nora, he pleaded.I neve r had security before, I don't want it now.I have to finish out m y time there.Not if you don't like it. What about this lovely lif e we promised each other and we have mainly had?It depends on my having a good safe job, Nora, he said.No-it doesn't. Not if it's making you worry, and panic about these louts. We don't need it, Aidan. Not if it's affecting your health.It's not affecting my he alth, Aidan said firmly.A week later Aidan and Nora were in one o f their favorite secondhand bookshops; they were each browsing se parately when she suddenly looked over at him. His hand was at hi s throat and he seemed to be having difficulty catching his breat h.Aidan? she called.Sorry, is it very stuffy in here?No, indeed-t here's a lazy wind coming in from the canal.A lazy wind? he asked distractedly.You know-a wind that doesn't bother to make the tim e to go round you so it goes through you . . . Nora smiled.He did n't smile back.She was alarmed now. Is there something wrong?I do n't seem to be able to breathe in, he said. Oh, Nora, dear Nora, I hope that I'm not going to faint or anything.No, of course you' re not. Just sit down there. She was brisk and practical. First, she spoke to the shop owner.Where's the nearest hospital? she ask ed.St. Brigid's. Is there a problem?I think my husband is having some kind of seizure. Taxi rank?Don't bother. I'll drive you, he said.Nora didn't question it. There would be time to thank him la ter.Right, Aidan, Dara is giving us a lift, she said.Where to? he gasped.To somewhere that will help you breathe properly, my darl ing, she said.And he closed his eyes in relief.At the A&E in St. Brigid's the nurses moved him wordlessly into a cubicle. They had given him oxygen and the house doctor had been called.Take off h is trousers, the doctor said.What? Nora was taken aback.Please, m adam. The Chinese doctor was very courteous. His lungs are floode d, we need to drain the liquid from him, we have to put him on a catheter . . .Nora explained this to Aidan.That's extraordinary-I don't feel as if I need to go to the loo at all, he said.The oxy gen was helping. He was much calmer. Nora looked at a huge contai ner and saw it filling up with what looked like gallons of fluid. How could that happen? she asked.The heart is failing to pump, th e Chinese doctor explained.He is in heart failure at the moment.N ora felt all the strength leave her body. The good, kind man that she adored and who loved her too had a heart that had failed him . Life as they knew it was over.In about an hour Aidan felt so mu ch better he was ready to come home. He was surprised when he hea rd that they were getting a bed for him in St. Brigid's.But I'm p erfectly fine now, he protested.Nora went home for his pajamas, d ressing gown and a sponge bag. She remained calm and reassuring o n the outside, but inside she felt that she had lost the will to live.The next few days passed in a blur: visits from teams of sen ior doctors, their younger assistants with clipboards, nurses, ca rers, cleaners, trolleys of food. Visitors coming in with anxious faces. And among them was Nora Dunne, tall, wild-eyed, her long red hair with its gray streaks tied back with a black ribbon.She sat beside Aidan's bed and they played chess happily together. If people had been watching them closely they would have noticed th at they never talked about household things, bills, repairs, shop ping. They didn't talk about neighbors or family or friends. They just lived for each other. And if people had been watching very carefully they would have realized that Nora was behaving like a robot. She was keeping the show on the road for Aidan.When he was discharged after a week they talked to him seriously about level s of stress in his life. When he told them about life up at the s chool, the cardiologist advised him to give up the job. Aidan wou ldn't even consider discussing it. He would take his medication, he would take long rests each day. But he would not give up his j ob. It was the only thing he had to offer his wife, some stabilit y. He had not been a good provider. There had been other calls on his finances. A previous family. No, in all honor he had to stay on until his pension was assured.The medical team spoke to Nora too and found her hard to fathom. Over and over she said she wasn 't remotely interested in possessions or pensions. They lived in a small and simple rented flat. She could easily go out to work a nd make the rent. Their needs were not great.So will you encourag e him to retire? the cardiologist suggested.No, not if he doesn't want to, Doctor. Why should I stand between him and what he want s to do? Aidan always loved teaching. He would feel such a failur e if we took him out of that school.Could he not teach at home? G ive private tuition, maybe?No. Aidan doesn't approve of people ha ving to pay for extra education. We couldn't ask him to go agains t his principles.But you are such a strong personality, Mrs. Dunn e. I am sure that you could persuade him.I'm sure I could if I tr ied-but it would not be honest to make him give up what he truly wants to do.Even if it's killing him?But he's going to die anyway , isn't he?We all are, but with care he has plenty of life left.N ora's face was still empty. A life of fear and anxiety and thinki ng that choking will return.We can help him make sure that it doe sn't. As sure as can be.Which isn't totally sure, is it? Her voic e was hard.No, no more than we can be sure that you won't both be hit by a bus on your way home. But we have a very good record in keeping people alive and well and in normal life after a heart a ttack. Your husband will be in that number. We have referred him to a heart failure clinic which he will have to attend regularly. It's a heart clinic attached to this hospital. Patients go there to be monitored, to have blood tests, check their medication.And why do you call it heart failure?Because that's what their heart s are doing: failing to work at the optimum levels.And Aidan has to come here every week, is that it?To start with, yes. Then as h e progresses, less often. He will findit a great reassurance.Nora was silent.Truly he will, Mrs. Dunne. All our research has shown that it makes people much more confident and positive, which is exactly what they need at this time.And is it funded by a drug co mpany? Do they do experiments on the patients?Absolutely not. It is operated under the aegis of this hospital and we are very prou d of it. He bristled with resentment at her suspicions.I'm sorry, Doctor. To you Aidan is a patient you are looking after. To me h e is my whole life. I'm not thinking straight.He will need you to think straight now more than ever before, the doctor said. Clear ly, this woman had to be brought on board.Go to the heart clinic with him, get to know the people there; you may both get a lot fr om it.For the first time, the tight, pained look left Nora Dunne' s face.She was a handsome woman, the doctor realized.We'll give i t a chance, she said with a hint of a smile.Excerpted from HEART AND SOUL by Maeve Binchy Copyright © 2009 by Maeve Binchy. Excerp ted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or rep rinted without permission in writing from the publisher. ., Anchor, 2010, 2.5, Globe Pequot. Used - Like New. Like New condition. New 3rd edition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects., Globe Pequot, 5<
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Mountain Bike America Washington,Baltimore: An Atlas of Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Dc's Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides: An Atlas of Washington ... Bicycle Rides (Outside America Guides) - Livro de bolso
2000, ISBN: 9780762707058
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Globe Pequot Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: 3, 307 Seiten, Publiziert: 2000-04-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Freizeit, Haus & Garten, Kategorien, Bücher, Reiseführer, Reise & Abenteuer, Sport allgemein, Sport & Fitness, Radsport & Biken, Taschenbücher, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Globe Pequot Press, 2000<
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New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240 pp. Tightly bound. Tip of lower right corner lightly bumped. Text is free of markings. NOTE: THIS IS AN EX-LIBRARY COPY. Please note: This book contains beautiful scale drawings of the Globe based upon the Adam's model. They are 1 to 160 scale. There are 15 scale drawings in fine condition at the end of the book., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965, 2.5, Lonely Planet. Good. 5.04 x 0.98 x 7.76 inches. Paperback. 2014. 672 pages. <br>Paperback. Pub Date :2014-05-01 Pages: 656 Languag e: English Publisher: Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Eastern USA is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on w hat to see. what to skip. and what hidden discoveries await you H it the streets of New York City. experience the magic of Walt Dis ney. or ascend the steps of the Lincoln Memorial;. all with your trusted travel companion Get to the heart of Eastern USA and begi n your journey now Inside.! Lonely Planets Eastern USA Travel Gui de: Color maps and images throughoutHighlights and itineraries sh ow you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interestsInsider tips save you time and money. and help you get around like a local. avoiding crowds and trouble spotsEs sential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation. p hone numbers. websites. transit tips. and pricesHonest re... Edi torial Reviews Book Description Lonely Planet will get you to th e heart of Eastern USA, with amazing travel experiences and the b est planning advice About the Author Karla Zimmerman vive en Chi cago, donde come rosquillas, grita en los bares y escribiendo en libros, revistas ywebs. Ha trabajado en mà s de 40 guÃas y antolog Ãas, cubriendo destinos en Europa, Asia, Africa, América del Nort e y el Caribe. Para saber mà s, se la puede seguir en Instagram y Twitter(@karlazimmerman). Nacido en Washington DC, Adam Karlin s e crió en la rural y costera Maryland. Con 17 años decidió salir a explorar el mundo y escribir sobre ello, llegando a colaborar e n docenas de guÃas de Lonely Planetcubriendo todo el alfabeto geo grà fico, desde las Andamà n hasta Zimbabue.Ãl mismo lo considera c omo una de las formas mà s interesantes - y divertidas - de vivir la propia vida y, siempre, con una misma norma: 'If we ever meet on the road, let's share a drink and a story'.Como periodista, ha escrito sobre viajes, sucesos, polÃtica, arqueologÃa y la guerra civil de Sri Lanka, entre otros temas. Ha enviado crónicas desde todos los continentes salvo la Antà rtida (¡ya llegarà !) y sus en sayos y artÃculos han aparecido en la BBC, en la NPR y en numeros as antologÃas. Adam vive a las afueras de Nueva Orleans, lo cual explica su afición por las marismas, la comida y la buena música. Mà s información en http:// walkonfine.com/, o en Instagram @adamw alkonfine. Amy Balfour ejercÃa de abogada en Virginia cuando se mudó a Los Ãngeles para buscarse la vida como guionista; todavÃa se oyen los gritos de horror de sus padres. Tras trabajar un tiem po como ayudante de guionista en Ley y orden, pasó a ser escritor a freelance especializada en viajes, gastronomÃa y actividades al aire libre. Ha recorrido a pie, en bicicleta y a remo el sur de California y el suroeste de EE UU. Recientemente, ha cruzado las Grandes Llanuras en busca de las mejores hamburguesas y barbacoas de la región. Escribe también guÃas para Lonely Planet. Mara Vo rhees, viajera-escritora, ha colaborado en docenas de tÃtulos de Lonely Planet y publicado en medios como Delta Sky, BBC Travel, V ancouver Sun y el Boston Globe, entre otros. En 20 años de viajes por Costa Rica, Mara Vorhees ha visto 162 especies de aves, las cuatro especies de platirrinos de Costa Rica, osos hormigueros, p erezosos, tapires, pecarÃes, coatÃes, agutÃes, un kinkajú y un ja guarundÃ. Mara lleva viajando a Moscú desde que la ciudad era la capital de un paÃs diferente. Cuando no està espiando a perezosos , vive en Somerville, Massachusetts, con su marido, sus dos hijos y sus dos gatos. Ahora viaja con sus gemelos de siete años (que adoran a los gatos de Kuklachev). Se pueden seguir sus aventuras enwww.havetwinswilltravel.com. Michael Grosberg ha trabajado en mà s de 45 guÃas de Lonely Planet. Cada proyecto, ya fuera en Birm ania o Nueva Jersey, ha enriquecido su ya de por sà compleja psiq ue y le ha quitado años de encima (aunque aún es relativamente jo ven). Antes de su carrera como escritor autónomo, trabajó en dife rentes paÃses: en planes urbanÃsticos en la isla de Rota, en el P acÃfico Occidental; investigando sobre la violencia polÃtica y ay udando a formar a los nuevos representantes gubernamentales de Su dà frica; en Quito, Ecuador, se dedicó a la enseñanza. Tiene un mà ster en Literatura Comparada y enseñó literatura y escritura como profesor adjunto en varias universidades de Nueva York. ., Lonely Planet, 2014, 2.5, Globe Pequot Pr. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages., Globe Pequot Pr, 3, 51 volumes complete with diagrams, illustrations, plates, maps, figures, indexes. Quarto (10 1/4" x 8 1/2") issued in wrappers. Some reprints, most first editions.Current Anthropology, whose first issue was launched in 1959, is one of the discipline's oldest and most distinguished journals, and has been sponsored since its founding by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. The journal was the first of its kind, championing an interdisciplinary approach alongside a commitment to international dialogue, while fostering a community of international scholars. It became known for its innovative format that combined major research papers with responses solicited from the field. The format, now known as the "CA treatment" was unique in its time and was copied by other journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences. While the journal has changed over the years, its original principles are still clearly present and can be traced back to the unique collaboration between the Foundation, led by Paul Fejos,and the anthropologist Sol Tax (University of Chicago). Fejos and Tax first worked together as organizers of a state of the art conference on Meso-American ethnology in 1949. Tax edited the volumes that resulted from this meeting. During the next decade, as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health in the United States directed their considerable resources towards the funding of large-scale research projects. Fejos explored alternative avenues to expand the reach and impact of the Foundation on the discipline. One shift was to direct funding towards activities that fostered international communication: meetings, with their subsequent publications, would encourage contacts among scholars and permit them to share their knowledge on a worldwide scale. With this in mind, Fejos organized an International Symposium on Anthropology in 1952 whose aim was to take a total inventory of the field and through this help the Foundation to set up new directions for funding. With this in mind, Fejos convened over 80 participants and the final proceedings (some 50 papers and transcripts of lengthy discussions) appeared in 1953 in two edited volumes published by University of Chicago Press: Anthropology Today: An Encyclopedic Inventory, A.L. Kroeber (ed.); and An Appraisal of Anthropology Today, Sol Tax, Loren Eiseley, Irving Rouse, and Carl Voegelin (eds.). With the success of this symposium and its volumes, Fejos decided to condense and update the findings into a volume published by the Foundation in 1955 as "The Yearbook of Anthropology." Inspired by this output, but frustrated by the logistics of publication, in 1957 Fejos invited Sol Tax to develop a plan that could enable worldwide exchange of ideas to continue, but which would be more immediate and flexible. While he had initially thought of publishing updates to the "Anthropology Today" proceedings in a series of books, he was adamant about the need to consult with anthropologists around the world and see what larger consensus might emerge. Intensive discussions began across the globe: Tax traveled to over 30 countries and organized a series of conferences at the Foundation in New York City. He continued to imagine the initiative primarily as a type of yearbook summarizing the current state of research until 1958. This changed after Burg Wartenstein was inaugurated by the Foundation. Its first scholarly event was a symposium dedicated to exploring new ideas for Current Anthropology. Tax, Fejos and twelve invited scholars gathered, and Tax's innovations were consolidated into a proposal that continues to represent the backbone of the journal to this day. Current Anthropology was to be a journal, not a yearbook. It was to address a worldwide community of anthropologists, and its goal would be to represent and unify the "anthropological sciences" by presenting articles across the discipline. Importantly, Tax envisioned a community of scholars rather then a representation of national traditions. The journal's purpose would not be to compete with national or specialist periodicals but, rather, to complement them by conveying knowledge to a broader interdisciplinary audience, including scholars from related social sciences and from the humanities. The journal would be a communication bridge, reliable and fast. Its content would include major reviews of broad scope, often summarizing new research, and all subdisciplines and scholarly traditions would be welcome. The journal also was to include current news, reference materials, conference reports, bibliographical guides and a classified section. The first issue was mailed in September 1959an enormous achievement in a short time, and one that proved Tax's commitment and energy. Along with its wide-ranging content, a newly created network of associates enabled the journal to reach a worldwide community of scholars. Tax began by inviting some 3000 individuals to join as associates. Associates were mailed each issue, and could respond to its content via a tear-reply letter addressed to the editor's office. In January 1960, Tax received 1,000 replies, validating his sense that anthropologists wanted a dialogue. By 1962, there were almost 2,500 associates, and 1,467 resided outside of North America. Associates contributed to the direction of the journal: they could nominate others, provide suggestions for articles, respond to what was published, and contribute with reviews, conference proceedings and commentaries. Through his duration as editor, Tax wrote regular letters to the associates, and would publish their replies as well. In this way, the journal mimicked some of the functions of a newsletter, and fulfilled the larger goals of communication and networking. Associates were asked to pay an annual fee, equivalent of $2 per individual associate (higher for institutions), and in countries with currency restrictions (such as in Eastern Europe) money was left in the country to be used for CA associated expenses. To encourage payment, The Viking Fund Publications also sponsored by the Foundation were added as a bonus to paying subscribers. Since its inception, the Wenner-Gren Foundation has sponsored Current Anthropology in different ways. After much deliberation, Current Anthropology kept English as its main language. However, submissions were (and still are) accepted in other languages, and all accepted items are fully edited and translated. In its earliest years, the journal offered, on the inside front cover, summaries of its submissions in different languages, including Arabic, French, German, Hindi , Russian and Serbo-Croatian. While more submissions come from North America then elsewhere and debate continues as to how to increase international submissions, Current Anthropology's forum-oriented method has proven fruitful. While the journal no longer relies on a network of associates, it continues an editorial policy that dates back to its early days, when associates were asked to comment on major research articles, and editors solicited responses to articles from the worldwide community. Current Anthropology Editors and their terms of service: Sol Tax 1959 1974; Cyril Belshaw 1975 1984; Adam Kuper 1985 1992; Richard G. Fox 1993 2001; Ben Orlove 2002 2008; Mark Aldenderfer 2009 presentCondition:Robert Van Kemper's stamp to some of the front wrappers. Some light edge wear with some corners bumped. A complete set shipping of this item, because of the volume, will be $250.00., University of Chicago Press, 1962, 3, Oni Press. Good. 5 x 0.6 x 7.5 inches. Paperback. 2006. 192 pages. <br>Ramona's third evil ex-boyfriend, Todd Ingram, is currently dating the former love of Scott Pilgrim's life! Envy Ad ams broke Scott's heart a year and a half ago. Now she and her ev il art-rock band are back, and they're getting Scott's band to op en a show two days from now! That's just enough time for Scott to fight Todd, keep Ramona happy, fend off demented ex-girlfriends, and practice that new setlist. Right?? Don't miss the latest cha pter in the graphic novel saga The Globe and Mail calls Canada's answer to Tank Girl! Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly O 'Malley's cult-favorite series about a Canadian slacker attemptin g to defeat his crush-object's seven evil ex-boyfriends is the we irdest, funniest and coolest Western variation on the manga aesth etic to date, and the third volume is even more hilarious than th e first twomostly because O'Malley's running gags are the kind th at improve with repetition. At their core, the Scott Pilgrim book s are outrageous allegories for coming to terms with a partner's former romantic relationships. This time, Scott's pitted against Todd Ingram, the current boyfriend of his ex, rock star Envy Adam s; they battle at a discount department store and a rock club. Un fortunately, Todd's got psychic powers, because he's a vegan (gra duated top of his class from vegan academy and everything), and h e's also a much better bass player. On top of that, Scott's band, Sex BobOmb, can't quite get it together; 17-year-old ninja Knive s Chau is still obsessed with him; and the mysterious Ramona Flow ers is becoming envious of Envy. O'Malley's story zooms through i ts slalom-course plot, peppered with delectably witty dialogue, a nd he pulls in wild ideas and images from manga, role-playing gam ing (Ramona's hipster handbag is actually a subspace suitcase fro m which she draws a large hammer, +2 against girls) and video gam es. (May) Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of R eed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. About the Author Bryan Le e O'Malley is a Canadian cartoonist best known for the bestsellin g, award-winning Oni Press series Scott Pilgrim (2004-2010). Scot t Pilgrim was adapted into a critically-acclaimed major motion pi cture (from Universal) and video game (from Ubisoft) in 2010. O'M alley lives in Los Angeles, where he continues to make comics. ., Oni Press, 2006, 2.5, In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Air Force One crashes into the sea, with the US President aboard. Is it an accident?Yellowstone National Park erupts in the most devastating volcanic catastrophe ever known. But, when evidence points to foreign terrorists, vengeance is swift and merciless.Guided by ruthless commercial interests, a new American President imposes martial law on a starving, demoralized population and plunges the nation into an overseas race against Russia and China to seize control of the world's most valuable remaining natural resources.Darkness falls across the globe, society collapses, liberty vanishes, and soon forces wielding unfettered power are transforming the United States into the greatest threat to global survival.After months of isolation in the Sudanese desert, Lieutenant Adam Burch learns that his parents have gone missing. Risking execution, he deserts his post and journeys back home to a shocking new American landscape. There he uncovers the chilling truth behind an imperialistic agenda responsible for casually extinguishing the lives of millions - through starvation, enforced slavery and nuclear reprisal. Despite what Adam learns, it may already be too late, to rescue the world from its...DARKEST DAYS, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 2007, 2.5, Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2000. 307 clean, unmarked pages. 3rd. Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by B/W Photos; Maps. 12 vo., Globe Pequot Press, 2000, 4<
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Anchor. Good. 4.15 x 1.15 x 6.95 inches. Mass Market Paperback. 2010. 564 pages. Cover worn. Spine frayed<br>New York Times Bestseller A story of patients and staff, family, and friends who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old Ireland a nd the new. Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on f or a year. She has plenty on her plate already--two difficult adu lt daughters and the unwanted attentions of her ex-husband--but s he assembles a wonderfully diverse staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients. Before long the clinic is established as an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, co urage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self-pity. Good-hearted and entertaining.... 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Reading Heart and Soul is not unlike ge tting a hug from your mother. -The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Oh, the bliss. . . . Maeve's back, on top form. -The Times (London) [Maeve Binchy] knows how to fashion a minor drama into a crisis, and the book rattles along from one gripping story to another, le aving the reader with a satisfying glow. . . . It does exactly wh at it says on the tin: gives heart and soul. -Daily Mail [Heart and Soul] brings together the secret hopes and dreams of a dispar ate group of characters . . . with [Binchy's] trademark warmth an d empathy. -Irish Sunday Independent Maeve Binchy's latest novel is packed as usual with wonderful characters. . . . Full of warm th, caring and commonsense. -CHOICE About the Author MAEVE BINCH Y was born in County Dublin and educated at the Holy Child conven t in Killiney and at University College, Dublin. After a spell as a teacher she joined The Irish Times. Her first novel, Light a P enny Candle, was published in 1982, and she went on to write more than twenty books, all of them best sellers. Several have been a dapted for film and television, most notably Circle of Friends an d Tara Road, which was an Oprah's Book Club selection. She was ma rried to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell for thirty-five years, and died in 2012 at the age of seventy-two. www.maevebinc hy.com Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Mountainview, despite its pleasant name, was one of the tough are as of Dublin. Some of the big estates were home to drug dealers a nd it wasn't a place to walk alone at night. The school had its u ps and downs, but it was lucky enough to have a headmaster, Tony O'Brien, who could deal with toughness head-on.Some of the older teachers found the change difficult. Things used to be different. The place had been shabby but they'd had respect. The children c ame from homes where money was short, but they were all keen to m ake something of themselves. Today they only cared about money, a nd if someone's big brother was driving a smart car and wearing a n expensive leather jacket, it was hard to get interested in havi ng a job in a bank or an office where you might never make enough to have your own house or car and a leather jacket was just a dr eam. No wonder so many of them joined gangs. And as for respect?A idan Dunne told his wife, Nora, all about it.Big fellows would pu sh past you in the corridor and sort of nudge the books out of yo ur hand. Then they would laugh and say that sir must be losing hi s grip. Aidan remembered when they would rush to pick up the book s. Not now. Now they called him Baldy, or asked him if he remembe red the First World War.It was the same with the women teachers. If they weren't married, some of the really rough fellows would a sk them were they frigid or lesbian. If they were married, they w ould ask them how many times a night did they do it.And what do y ou say? Nora wondered.I try to ignore them. I tell myself that th ey're only insecure kids like always-it's just they have a differ ent way of expressing it. Still, it doesn't make the day's work a ny easier.And how do the women cope?The younger ones are on top o f it, they say things like, 'Oh, you'd never be able to satisfy m e like my old man does,' or else that, sure, they are gay because the only alternative is horrible spotty boys with filthy fingern ails. Aidan shook his head. By the time I get to the classroom I' m worn out, he said sadly.Why don't you give it up? Nora said sud denly. She taught Italian at an evening class and organized a yea rly outing to Italy for the group. She had several other small jo bs, but she had no interest in money or pensions or the future. S he sat in one of the basket chairs she had bought at a garage sal e and tried to persuade Aidan to join her in this carefree lifest yle.But he was a worrier. It would be idiotic to leave his school now several years before retirement date. It would mean no prope r pension; if he were to amount to anything he had to provide for Nora and his family from an earlier marriage.Oh, you've well pro vided for them, Nora said cheerfully.You've given Nell most of th e money you got for the house, Grania is married to the headmaste r of Mountainview School, Brigid has been made a partner in the t ravel agency. They should be providing for you, if you come to th ink of it.But you, Nora, what about you? I want to look after you , give you some comfort and pleasures.You give me great comfort a nd pleasures, she said.But some security, Nora, he pleaded.I neve r had security before, I don't want it now.I have to finish out m y time there.Not if you don't like it. What about this lovely lif e we promised each other and we have mainly had?It depends on my having a good safe job, Nora, he said.No-it doesn't. Not if it's making you worry, and panic about these louts. We don't need it, Aidan. Not if it's affecting your health.It's not affecting my he alth, Aidan said firmly.A week later Aidan and Nora were in one o f their favorite secondhand bookshops; they were each browsing se parately when she suddenly looked over at him. His hand was at hi s throat and he seemed to be having difficulty catching his breat h.Aidan? she called.Sorry, is it very stuffy in here?No, indeed-t here's a lazy wind coming in from the canal.A lazy wind? he asked distractedly.You know-a wind that doesn't bother to make the tim e to go round you so it goes through you . . . Nora smiled.He did n't smile back.She was alarmed now. Is there something wrong?I do n't seem to be able to breathe in, he said. Oh, Nora, dear Nora, I hope that I'm not going to faint or anything.No, of course you' re not. Just sit down there. She was brisk and practical. First, she spoke to the shop owner.Where's the nearest hospital? she ask ed.St. Brigid's. Is there a problem?I think my husband is having some kind of seizure. Taxi rank?Don't bother. I'll drive you, he said.Nora didn't question it. There would be time to thank him la ter.Right, Aidan, Dara is giving us a lift, she said.Where to? he gasped.To somewhere that will help you breathe properly, my darl ing, she said.And he closed his eyes in relief.At the A&E in St. Brigid's the nurses moved him wordlessly into a cubicle. They had given him oxygen and the house doctor had been called.Take off h is trousers, the doctor said.What? Nora was taken aback.Please, m adam. The Chinese doctor was very courteous. His lungs are floode d, we need to drain the liquid from him, we have to put him on a catheter . . .Nora explained this to Aidan.That's extraordinary-I don't feel as if I need to go to the loo at all, he said.The oxy gen was helping. He was much calmer. Nora looked at a huge contai ner and saw it filling up with what looked like gallons of fluid. How could that happen? she asked.The heart is failing to pump, th e Chinese doctor explained.He is in heart failure at the moment.N ora felt all the strength leave her body. The good, kind man that she adored and who loved her too had a heart that had failed him . Life as they knew it was over.In about an hour Aidan felt so mu ch better he was ready to come home. He was surprised when he hea rd that they were getting a bed for him in St. Brigid's.But I'm p erfectly fine now, he protested.Nora went home for his pajamas, d ressing gown and a sponge bag. She remained calm and reassuring o n the outside, but inside she felt that she had lost the will to live.The next few days passed in a blur: visits from teams of sen ior doctors, their younger assistants with clipboards, nurses, ca rers, cleaners, trolleys of food. Visitors coming in with anxious faces. And among them was Nora Dunne, tall, wild-eyed, her long red hair with its gray streaks tied back with a black ribbon.She sat beside Aidan's bed and they played chess happily together. If people had been watching them closely they would have noticed th at they never talked about household things, bills, repairs, shop ping. They didn't talk about neighbors or family or friends. They just lived for each other. And if people had been watching very carefully they would have realized that Nora was behaving like a robot. She was keeping the show on the road for Aidan.When he was discharged after a week they talked to him seriously about level s of stress in his life. When he told them about life up at the s chool, the cardiologist advised him to give up the job. Aidan wou ldn't even consider discussing it. He would take his medication, he would take long rests each day. But he would not give up his j ob. It was the only thing he had to offer his wife, some stabilit y. He had not been a good provider. There had been other calls on his finances. A previous family. No, in all honor he had to stay on until his pension was assured.The medical team spoke to Nora too and found her hard to fathom. Over and over she said she wasn 't remotely interested in possessions or pensions. They lived in a small and simple rented flat. She could easily go out to work a nd make the rent. Their needs were not great.So will you encourag e him to retire? the cardiologist suggested.No, not if he doesn't want to, Doctor. Why should I stand between him and what he want s to do? Aidan always loved teaching. He would feel such a failur e if we took him out of that school.Could he not teach at home? G ive private tuition, maybe?No. Aidan doesn't approve of people ha ving to pay for extra education. We couldn't ask him to go agains t his principles.But you are such a strong personality, Mrs. Dunn e. I am sure that you could persuade him.I'm sure I could if I tr ied-but it would not be honest to make him give up what he truly wants to do.Even if it's killing him?But he's going to die anyway , isn't he?We all are, but with care he has plenty of life left.N ora's face was still empty. A life of fear and anxiety and thinki ng that choking will return.We can help him make sure that it doe sn't. As sure as can be.Which isn't totally sure, is it? Her voic e was hard.No, no more than we can be sure that you won't both be hit by a bus on your way home. But we have a very good record in keeping people alive and well and in normal life after a heart a ttack. Your husband will be in that number. We have referred him to a heart failure clinic which he will have to attend regularly. It's a heart clinic attached to this hospital. Patients go there to be monitored, to have blood tests, check their medication.And why do you call it heart failure?Because that's what their heart s are doing: failing to work at the optimum levels.And Aidan has to come here every week, is that it?To start with, yes. Then as h e progresses, less often. He will findit a great reassurance.Nora was silent.Truly he will, Mrs. Dunne. All our research has shown that it makes people much more confident and positive, which is exactly what they need at this time.And is it funded by a drug co mpany? Do they do experiments on the patients?Absolutely not. It is operated under the aegis of this hospital and we are very prou d of it. He bristled with resentment at her suspicions.I'm sorry, Doctor. To you Aidan is a patient you are looking after. To me h e is my whole life. I'm not thinking straight.He will need you to think straight now more than ever before, the doctor said. Clear ly, this woman had to be brought on board.Go to the heart clinic with him, get to know the people there; you may both get a lot fr om it.For the first time, the tight, pained look left Nora Dunne' s face.She was a handsome woman, the doctor realized.We'll give i t a chance, she said with a hint of a smile.Excerpted from HEART AND SOUL by Maeve Binchy Copyright © 2009 by Maeve Binchy. Excerp ted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or rep rinted without permission in writing from the publisher. ., Anchor, 2010, 2.5, Globe Pequot. Used - Like New. Like New condition. New 3rd edition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects., Globe Pequot, 5<
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Autor do livro: fernandez, martin scott, adams
Título do livro: baltimore washington, bike guide, off road, road atlas america, atlas leerboek
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