A World of Ferns

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"The snow is coming!" said Mama Rabbit. Little Fern and her brother Bracken decide to play hide-and-seek while their mother prepares for the first snowfall. But wherever Fern hopes to hide, another creature needs the space for winter. And when it's Fern's turn to seek, she can't find Bracken anywhere! Then it starts to snow...this warm and reassuring tale will appeal to little ones all year long.

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Little Fern's Story is a Hit with Young Readers!.......2002-05-28

This is a charming story of a young rabbit who learns about winter and family love. Fern wants to play, but Mother Rabbit is building a nest in the burrow for the upcoming winter. Mother Rabbit sends Fern to play with her brother, Bracken. During a game of hide and go seek, Fern cannot find Bracken. While looking for him, she learns how many different animals prepare for the upcoming winter. As snow begins to fall, Fern frantically searches for Bracken. The outcome is pleasant, and the whole family settles down for winter. The illustrations are colorful and wonderfully done, and they help the reader walk through the story with ease. Suitable for young readers, this book has large, easy to read text and a delightful plot.

Little Fern's First Winter.......2002-01-24

This enchanting story with its expressive and charming illustrations make this title visually inviting and a sure favorite with 3 to 5 year olds. A beautifully made picture book and sure to delight the hearts of its readers. Simmons has another winner.

Petrified Wood : The World of Fossilized Wood, Cones, Ferns, and Cycads

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Can they be that beautiful?
Blaze of color
Petrified Wood: The World of Fossilized Wood

Petrified Wood : The World of Fossilized Wood, Cones, Ferns, and Cycads
Frank J. Daniels
Manufacturer: Western Colorado Pub Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0966293800

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176 pages with 430 full color photographs of some of the most beautiful fossil specimens in existence. Chapters include Paleobotany, Geology, Mineralogy, and Collecting Petrified Materials. Hundreds of specimens from private collections are for the first time available for public view.

Petrified Wood: The World of Fossilized Wood, Cones, Ferns, and Cycads presents photographs of fossil specimens from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Madagascar, Turkey, and Zimbabwe, and from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming in the United States.

Photographs include a variety of types and genera of wood, including Araucaria, Woodworthia, Schilderia, Pentoxylon, Hermanophyton, oak, maple, tamarack, and Ginkgo; cones of Araucaria, Pararaucaria, Cycadeoidea, and Sequoia; and the ferns Tietea singularis, Tempskya, and Osmundacaulis.

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Can they be that beautiful?.......2007-09-15

Iy you are a layman, you will certainly ask whether "rock like " items like these can be so pretty. When you read on and understand that nature is actually the artist behind them, then you will start to appreciate that their brilliant color, the pretty pattern as well as the variety of what used to be living trees in this planet millions of years ago are not any less beautiful than the common gems and precious stones which we are much more familiar with. The excellent photos will certainly tempt one to read the book again and again . The only regret is perhaps the lack of more publications on these gems, despite a second and equally attractive book by the same author.

Blaze of color.......2000-10-12

As the various reviews point out this book is a blaze of color. Excellently photographed and excellently printed this volume gives a good impression of how beautiful petrified wood can be. This work is perfectly suited as a coffee table book.

As a wood anatomist I cannot help feeling that an even more beautiful book could be produced by shifting the focus to anatomy: when magnified these woods would look even better. I guess a palaeobotanist would agree with me that this would make for, from a scientific point of view, a more usable and valuable book.

Nevertheless this is a magnificent piece of work: there are some quite stunning pictures in here.

Petrified Wood: The World of Fossilized Wood.......2000-02-01

The best photographic presentation of petrified wood I have every seen. Frank Daniels' love of the subject can be seen in his work as laid out between the covers of this superb book. I totally enjoy showing non palaeontologically minded people this book when they visit. If a person is looking for a photographic presentation of petrified wood, then this would have to be the book. I heartily recommend it. Congratulations Frank on a terrific book.

Another Side of World War II: A Coast Guard Lieutenant in the South Pacific

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An intimate and vivid detailing of events from the perspective of someone deeply involved with the progression of the war

Another Side of World War II: A Coast Guard Lieutenant in the South Pacific
Jules J. Fern , and Juliana Fern Patten
Manufacturer: Burd Street Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1572493771

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Lieutenant Fern's warm and personable letters, spanning two years at sea in the South Pacific, offer an alternative view of life aboard ship during World War II. Seizing every opportunity for an adventure, he muses upon his assignment living at sea and its inherent challenges. His varied duties aboard three different ships afford Fern numerous vantage points regarding his unique war experiences. Lieutenant Fern's letters are descriptive, intriguing, and amusing, often evoking smiles and laughter from the reader as he reveals his quick adjustment to life at sea, the camaraderie he readily establishes with his fellow officers and crewmates, and his opportune ventures to the surrounding islands. He embraces every situation with an eagerness for novelty and excitement.

Fern's gift for language, marked not only by scholarliness but lightheartedness as well, is a refreshing blend of fluency and vitality. His appreciation and extensive knowledge of nature enhance his eloquent descriptions of the islands, the sky, and the sea. His narrative is enticing and entertaining while at the same time informative and educational.

These letters present a stimulating view of the events of WWII constructed by a person who lived them during his assignment in the South Pacific. They speak to us across time, offering a personal perspective of living history. One need not be a military buff to appreciate this first-person war story. Another Side of World War II will hold the attention of a wide audience.

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An intimate and vivid detailing of events from the perspective of someone deeply involved with the progression of the war.......2006-04-06

Another Side Of World War II: A Coast Guard Lieutenant In The South Pacific by Juliana Fern Patten is the engaging personal story of one man's experiences of World War II in the South Pacific Theatre. Compiled from letters, logs, and photographs of the time, Another Side Of World War II provides readers with an intimate and vivid detailing of events from the perspective of someone deeply involved with the progression of the war. A welcome contribution to the growing library of World War II military memoirs an and biographies, Another Side Of World War II is very highly recommended to all readers with an interest in first-hand accounts, as well as those in search of a better understanding of World War II and America's participation in the South Pacific combat zones.

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Timely book - spiritual forces at work!

Unseen Forces Beyond This World
Fern Halverson , and Phillip Halverson
Manufacturer: Harrison House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1577942531

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Timely book - spiritual forces at work!.......2002-03-30

This book is a first hand account of numerous supernatural occurrences, ...real adventures with the Holy Ghost! The book of Acts was not just for the 1st century, but this book gives details of the author's supernatural experiences. It is a timely book because more than ever people need to experience the real and personal relationship with God like the Halversons describe in this book. This is a must read regardless of your beliefs!

New Hampshire's Cornish Colony (NH) (Images of America)

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New Hampshire's Cornish Colony: Highly Recommended

New Hampshire's Cornish Colony (NH) (Images of America)
Fern K. Meyers , and James B. Atkinson
Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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A Place of Beauty: The Artists and Gardens of the Cornish Colony

ASIN: 0738537535
Release Date: 2005-04-27

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New HampshireÂ's Cornish Colony illustrates this distinguished American art colony. First settled in 1885 by colleagues of AmericaÂ's Michelangelo, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Cornish Colony was a retreat for sculptors, painters, writers, and musicians. They were attracted to this peaceful valley nestled in the New Hampshire hills in the shadow of VermontÂ's Mount Ascutney. Known as Â“the Athens of America,Â” the Cornish Colony was a lively, glamorous society during its heyday from 1885 to 1925. One outstanding member, the famous artist Maxfield Parrish, was called a Â“chickadeeÂ” because he spent the entire year in Cornish, not merely the summer. In New HampshireÂ's Cornish Colony, discover a portrait of the colonistsÂ' society and the fascinating people who contributed to AmericaÂ's cultural legacy.

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New Hampshire's Cornish Colony: Highly Recommended.......2005-05-10

In the late nineteenth century, an American cultural center that arose in New Hampshire Village became known as the Cornish Colony. A summer retreat of the famous sculptor Augustus St. Gaudens, the Colony became the center of an American renaissance that lured notables in the arts, literature, music, and theatre such as Maxfield Parish, Paul Manship, Witter Bynner, Walter Damrosch, Isadora Duncan, Marie Dressler -- and even President Woodrow Wilson. From the 1880s to the 1920s, the Colony comprised an elite center of cultural communication but in the remainder of the twentieth century it was largely ignored by cultural historians. Fortunately, especially for lovers of the arts and history who live far from New England, Fern Meyers and James Atkinson have collected a stunning set of photographs that evoke the ambiance of a community of artists inspired by a setting in the high hills alongside the broad Connecticut River. Their detailed comments encapsulate the history and ethnography of the Colony with an intimate view of residents' personalities and activities at work and play. Men and women artists are given equal time, and even children get a share in the description of their pageants and plays, one of them directed by Ethel Barrymore. A delightful collection of photographs depicts a remarkable group of talented individuals and families in "the Gilded Age" of American culture. Highly recommended for cultural historians, critics, and all lovers of the arts.

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Alaska at War
Fern Chandonnet
Manufacturer: Alaska Humanities Forum
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Amistad Y Progreso
Rodrigo Fern
Manufacturer: Aventine Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1593300824

Argentina, (Nations of the modern world)

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Argentina, (Nations of the modern world)
H. S Ferns
Manufacturer: Benn
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Binding: Unknown Binding

The Book of Knowledge Annual 1969: The Young Peoples Book of the Year (403092)

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The Book of Knowledge Annual 1969: The Young Peoples Book of the Year (403092)
Cleveland Amory , Burton Benedict , Guy Birch , Bruce Bohle , Arnold Brackman , Hugh Brooks , Leonard Buder , Dick Button , Jerry Carlson , and Roderick Craib
Manufacturer: Grolier Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0717206009

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Frommer’s is the name you can trust for great travel bargains. Our acclaimed $-a-Day series is not for backpackers who want to rough it, but for travelers with taste, who’ve outgrown their student lifestyle and demand comfortable accommodations and good, authentic meals at a reasonable price. Each guide is loaded with detailed listings for mom-and-pop motels, B&Bs, comfortable guesthouses, good-value bistros, and ethnic restaurants. You’ll find a bargain-hunter’s shopping guide, affordable fun after dark, and complete sightseeing coverage, including the best things to do for free (or almost).

Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go—they’ve done the legwork for you, and they’re not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. Every Frommer’s $-a-Day Guide is up-to-date, with dozens of color maps and exact prices for every single expense, so you can accurately plan each day’s budget. Frommer’s knows that affordable travel doesn’t have to mean making sacrifices. It’s about having fu n and getting a great deal!

Frommer’s San Francisco from $70 a Day has everything you’ll need plan an affordable but unforgettable vacation in the City by the Bay. Our expert author, Matthew Richard Poole, a longtime resident, has written a highly personal and opinionated guide, full of neighborhood finds and hidden gems. It’s like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best and showing you the real heart of the city. You’ll learn everything from how to get the best airfare to where to find cheap parking.

Inside you’ll find a terrific selection of affordable accommodations and great deals on dining, from burritos to dim sum, from spicy Vietnamese to bargain Italian fare in North Beach. We’ll take you shopping for great deals on affordable fashion, CDs, low-cost gifts, and more, and show you how to experience San Francisco’s nightlife without spending a fortune. You’ll get detailed walking tours; accurate neighborhood maps; and side trips to Berkeley, Sausalito, Muir Woods, and Point Reyes. There’s also a detailed chapter on the nearby Wine Country, with the best winery tours and a selection of affordable inns in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys.

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The collection of British pewter at Colonial Williamsburg is remarkable for its breadth and detail. It illustrates the development of basic forms and types of decoration from the first decades of the seventeenth century through those of the nineteenth, and includes a complementary admixture of American examples, which often exhibit readily identifiable regional and individual preferences. This catalog is divided into sections based on use, including dining wares, drinking vessels, and religious objects. This organization allows for the juxtaposition of related forms and for the appreciation of their chronologies and development.

The important Colonial Williamsburg collection that has been formed over the past seventy-five years. It highlights the many purposes pewter served in early American history, assisting in the transfer of culture from Europe and in the shaping of distinctive American attitudes and artifacts, and is also illustrative of the broad distribution of British wares, especially apparent in Virginia and the lower Chesapeake region, where there were relatively few practicing pewterers and where there was a decided dependence on imported pewter.

Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg (Colonial Williamsburg Decorative Arts Series)

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Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg (Colonial Williamsburg Decorative Arts Series)
John D. Davis
Manufacturer: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation / University Press of New England
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000ORCQYC

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The Fruit grower's Bible.......2002-06-15

A must have for the fruit grower

Modern Fruit Science: Orchard and Small Fruit Culture

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Modern Fruit Science: Orchard and Small Fruit Culture
Norman Childers
Manufacturer: Horticultural Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000UU4KTM

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Modern Fruit Science Orchard and Small Fruit Culture
Norman Franklin Childers
Manufacturer: Horticultural Pub Rutgers University
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VMIQ8A

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MODERN FRUIT SCIENCE. ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUIT CULTURE.
N. Childers
Manufacturer: Horticultural Publications
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WQFKP2

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In 1996, a small Irish press approached Nuala O'Faolain, then a writer for The Irish Times, to publish a collection of her opinion columns. She offered to compose an introduction for the volume, and that undertaking blossomed into an "accidental memoir of a Dublin woman" and a book called Are You Somebody? that was published around the world and embraced so wholeheartedly in the U.S. that it reached the number-one position on the New York Times bestseller list and launched Nuala O'Faolain on a new career.

Hailed universally for her unflinching eye ("A beautiful exploration of human loneliness and happiness, of contentment and longing."-Alice McDermott, The Washington Post Book World); her wisdom ("A remarkable memoir, poignant, truthful, and imparting that quiet wisdom which suffering brings."-Edna O'Brien); and her boldness ("An immensely courageous undertaking."-The Irish Times), Are You Somebody? took readers from O'Faolain's harrowing childhood, through decades defined by passion and a ferocious hunger for experience, to a middle age notable for its unbroken solitude and longing. The success of the book's publication robbed O'Faolain of her obscurity, but the traits that defined her life remained obstinately intact.

In Almost There, O'Faolain begins her story from the moment her life began to change in all manner of ways-subtle, radical, predictable, and unforeseen. It is a provocative meditation on the "crucible of middle age"-a time of life that forges the shape of the years to come, that clarifies and solidifies one's relationships to friends and lovers (past and present), family and self. It is also a story of good fortune chasing out bad-of an accidental harvest of happiness.

Almost There, like its predecessor, is a crystalline reflection of a singular character, utterly engaged in life. Intelligent, thoughtful, hilarious, fierce, moving, generous, and most of all, full of surprises.

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Brutal, disturbing, honest.......2007-08-05

This is my first book by this author and thus have nothing else to compare this memoir to. My first impression was her honesty, with herself and with others: her alcoholic mother, her own drinking (a bottle of wine a night), her relationship failures both with men and women, and her regrets in life. Had she been an American publishing this book it would have been a sensation, but alas, because she is Irish and Catholic and an unknown in the US, the book made little waves here.

She mentions her first book "Are You Somebody" a lot in this memoir and this seems to be a sequel. It's the book that shot her to fame, which brought her interviews in the more progressive US Northeast where many Irish live. She ponders her success almost to the point of insanity, rather than enjoying her success for her efforts. It's that typical Catholic guilt feeling.

Her honesty with her seemingly gay relationship had me at first stumped. I almost stopped reading after her first mention of her ex-partner leaving her, but I overcame that after I continued her chapter. Then I realized that subject is just too tabu in the US. So I congratulate her for bringing that subject out in the open.

Her candor of her first book caused some heartache to others in her life, others who may have hurt her in the past. Was she trying to get even with them by publishing the events as they happened according to her? She's honest and covers the other person's point of view, which was a courageous act. Most people who write memoirs mention the people who hurt them, but few take the time to ask themselves why they hurt them, or the reasons for the behavior. Different people, different perspectives, says Nuala. Who's right?

It's definitely not an easy read or one that one laughs out loud reading. It's one more of the "Damn, that hurt!" reaction that, after more thought, allows the reader to gain greater respect for the author, and allows the readers to look deeper into themselves.

NOT HALFWAY THERE YET ................2007-06-09

first off i want to say i shouldn't complain too much as i bought an autographed hard copy of this book for just $1.00 . Thank God for small favors . to begin with i really was enjoying this book in the beginning and too quick to imagine myself buying her first memoir .

what bothered me the most was her having an illicit affair with a man who even she described as not being educated, nor really a " looker " . yet time and again she would drive miles, hours, and pay for their trysts .
he'd bring hard candy ....lol.
like, didn't she wonder why she never heard nor saw this gink on holidays such as xmas . not even a card ? I think she knew in her deepest being. she's just the type of woman for some reason needs to be exploited as that's all she feels she truly deserves . it was sickening .

she's lucky to have found someone who cares . but, i didn't give a damn about her during this entire fiasco of a book . she saw the inside of more motels then " the gideon bible " .

my advice to her ...go back to column writing . she ought be ashamed to have her siblings read this as well as everybody else .

i don't believe in bookburning ..but, i'm tempted .

A brutally honest book read by the author.......2007-04-18

I could really relate to her life's reflections in relation to her own personal experiences as well as her perspective on universal family situations. Nuala's frank proclamation revealing her loneliness was quite powerful. The fact that she read this book on CD herself with wit and prose makes me want others to listen to her gift of gab.

How Did Oprah Miss This One?.......2006-11-25

Yes, ma'am, this `analyze my life and then tell-all' book seems like the sort of fare on which Oprah could chew for several shows. It was ready-made for her book club and would have instantly been embraced by her angst-loving fan base, but somehow it stayed outside that sort of recognition. But that's not a cheap shot, I mean it, this is a book for those who like the sort of reading material common in Oprah's book club. So Oprah readers, go get this!

I don't know if I was supposed to, exactly, but I found this book gloomy, and mostly only liked the rare parts where Irish Times writer Nuala O'Faolain wasn't speaking so personally. Her reports on the state of Northern Ireland, her experiences in America (page 195, " 'America' was always the word for promise." Boy have I ever heard that before...) the compare and contrast moments that dealt with Ireland in relation to other places she's been, these were a lot more likely to hold my interest, I found, than her oft-murky forays into her own allegedly bleak childhood, her controversial romantic life, or her stark realizations at her own failings, failures, and foibles.

Still there's something endearing about a woman whose best mate is her dog, Molly, and whose singlemost passion in life seems to be her readiness to delve into self-deprecation as if it is also her salvation.

I don't regret reading Almost There, but I don't plan on seeking out any of Nuala O'Faolain's other published books, either.

Redemption.......2006-05-15

I love this book. While her first, Are you Somebody, was so full of darkness, this is full of hope. It is a book about redemption. She is not there yet, but almost there. She writes BEAUTIFULLY. A real wordsmith. The way she writes alone makes it worthwhile. I am in my 30s and male, and I found that I could relate to the themes she raises. They really are universal.

Almost There - Onward Journey Of A Dublin Woman

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Almost There - Onward Journey Of A Dublin Woman
Nuala O'faolain
Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WI6SLU

Almost There, the Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman, a Memoir

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Almost There, the Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman, a Memoir
Nuala O'Faolain
Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NDMWIC

Grabbing at life.(Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman)(Book Review): An article from: Irish Literary Supplement

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Grabbing at life.(Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman)(Book Review): An article from: Irish Literary Supplement
Audrey S. Eyler
Manufacturer: Irish Studies Program
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Irish Literary Supplement, published by Irish Studies Program on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 993 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Grabbing at life.(Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman)(Book Review)
Author: Audrey S. Eyler
Publication: Irish Literary Supplement (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: Irish Studies Program
Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Page: 25(2)

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