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So Mammy Said Patrick Burke
 Book Description So Mammy Said is a powerful chronicle of a young Irish Catholic boy's life in a small village in Southern Ireland detailing the trials he faces and the triumphs he enjoys along the way to adulthood. Each chapter gives deeper insights into young Pat, his parents, his thirteen brothers and sisters, and the members of his small community, including a cantankerous schoolteacher and a priest with a short fuse. Filled with Irish wit and mishaps, the adventures of Pat's colorful childhood rivalthose of Huckleberry Finn. Walk with Pat as he journeys through the rites of passage that made him the man he is today. In the midst of abject poverty, hunger, illness, filth, and deprivation, Pat magically finds humor, dignity and love. What makes thisbook so rich is the raw honesty of Pat's thoughts and feelings and the way he tells the story without a shred of self-pity. Written in a fresh, conversational voice, this true story will surprise and shock you. It will make you laugh......
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Defects of Secretion in Cystic Fibrosis (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
 Book Description Defects in Secretion of Cystic Fibrosis presents an overview on current research from leading experts in North America and Europe. This update on cystic fibrosis provides in depth original work as well as review material on many of the relevant physiological and molecular topics in the field. Subjects covered include the interplay of the various epithelial ion channels, the underlying intracellular signal transduction, mucus secretion, and novel approaches to develop drugs against cystic fibrosis. This book brings together physicians, physiologists, and other scientists involved in basic research, from molecular biology to drug design and introduces novel investigative and therapeutic aspects of secretion disorders relevant in cystic fibrosis and related diseases. This book will be of interest to Molecular biologists, physiologists, scientists working in pharmaceutical research and drug developement, physicians and researchers in Cystic......
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Get Carter: A British Film Guide Steve Chibnall
 Book Description Mike Hodges’ bleak gangster film was released in 1971 to controversy and mixed reviews. Three decades later in the British Film Institute’s millennial poll, the film was voted one of the 20 best British films of all time.Steve Chibnall’s enjoyable and fresh account relates the film to others in its genre like Point Blank and Dirty Harry , profiles the people involved in its making and presents a fascinating analysis of the film text itself. He completes the story-so-far, looking at the critical reception, and cultural context and the two remakes: the 1972 blaxploitation film Hit Man and the new Stephen T. Kay movie, set in the US....
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Beyond the Cayenne Wall : Collection of Short Stories Shaila M Abdullah
 Book Description?Abdullah takes us into the hearts and minds, realities and yearnings, and daily existence of women young and aged in and from South Asia. Her stunningly beautiful prose and elegant iridescent descriptions of the land that these women love is juxtaposed with the brutality and coarseness of their everyday existence.? ?Dr. Shirley Hord, author of Implementing Change Beyond the Cayenne Wall captures the cultural chasm?and sometimes the collision between the East and the West?as the characters struggle to find their individualities despite the barriers imposed by society. Tannu refuses to give up her firstborn to the caretakers of the shrine of Shah Daullah as tradition dictates. Dhool is a defiant, spirited woman who confronts the five mistakes in her life and ventures out among the wolves in human clothing to make ends meet. In a striking account of alienation and the clash of two worlds, Mansi faces some tough choices......
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Stuart Symington: A Life James C. Olson
 University of Missouri Press. Stuart Symington is the first full-length biography of one of Missouri's most influential and effective twentieth-century political leaders. It tells the story of a remarkable man whose adult life was spent at or near the center of power in America, a man who was talented and ambitious, yet maintained a realistic touch that enabled him to connect with ordinary people. "Talented and ambitious, Stuart Symington parlayed his personal charm, social and political connections, and excellentorganizational skills to claim a succession of important posts in business, government and politics. His story is as fascinating as it is complicated, and James C. Olson tackles the Herculean task of sorting it all out. This well-crafted book provides the first comprehensive portrait of Symington and his multifaceted career. The writing is clear and to the point. The research is impressive. Olson's access to personal papers still in the hands of the family afforded him valuable insights about......
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