Pamela Russell
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How to Write a Précis is designed to teach students how to read and comprehend a text, and then reduce its length without omitting the essential details or radically altering the style of the original. It contains theoretical background, practical step-by-step instructions on how to write a précis, sample précis, and a variety of exercises. Also included are sections on popularizing and abstracting.
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This is the untold story of Liverpool's children in the Second World War. Whilst everyone is familiar with the tales of evacuees who were rushed out of the cities once the bombs started falling, many of us are unaware that many stayed behind, either by choice or necessity, as the city of their childhood disintegrated and burned around them. In the words of those who experienced the Liverpool Blitz first-hand, we hear of their adventures and misadventures,...
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The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Liverpool offers an intimate portrayal of the town and its people living in the shadow of the Great War for five years. Written in association with Liverpool Central Library & Record Office, with content and illustrations drawn from their archives, this highly accessible volume explores the county's regiments, the background...
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From seeing ghostly apparitions, to having out-of-body experiences, contact with deceased loved ones and visions of the future, Pamela Russell's life has never been ordinary. However, it was not, until she began healing that she fully understood the meaning of the messages that were being, sent to her throughout her life. Written with her son Barry, this book provides a glimpse into the unusual events that resulted in her finding her path as a spiritual...
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"The poems are so deliciously bad that they're fun . . . it might just be that there's a little bit of serious poetry play giggling behind the scenes." -Los Angeles Times
Forget Shakespeare. Don't count on Donne. Shelley and Keats: banished! And there's absolutely no poet laureate from the golden or any other age. So fawning PhDs in love with little-understood verses by long-dead writers should go elsewhere. This is poetry for the rest of us-bad...
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Nestled against the Massachusetts and Vermont borders are six New Hampshire communities largely unconnected with the rest of their home state. The picturesque bedroom and summer vacation communities of Swanzey, Ashuelot, Winchester, Richmond, Fitzwilliam, and Hinsdale all developed from industrial or agricultural economies, although this fact is less than apparent today. The factories have nearly all vanished, and so has the extreme wealth and glamorous...