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Author : Chandra Hoffman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062002457
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chosen LP written by Chandra Hoffman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chosen, a young caseworker becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of adoptive and birth parents, with devastating results. It all begins with a fantasy: the caseworker in her "signing paperwork" charcoal suit standing alongside beaming parents cradling their adopted newborn, set against a fluorescent-lit delivery-room backdrop. It's this blissful picture that keeps Chloe Pinter, director of the Chosen Child's domestic-adoption program, happy while juggling the high demands of her boss and the incessant needs of both adoptive and biological parents. But the very job that offers her refuge from her turbulent personal life and Portland's winter rains soon becomes a battleground involving three very different couples: the Novas, well-off college sweethearts who suffered fertility problems but are now expecting their own baby; the McAdoos, a wealthy husband and desperate wife for whom adoption is a last chance; and Jason and Penny, an impoverished couple who have nothing—except the baby everyone wants. When a child goes missing, dreams dissolve into nightmares, and everyone is forced to examine what he or she really wants and where it all went wrong. Told from alternating points of view, Chosen reveals the desperate nature of desire across social backgrounds and how far people will go to get the one thing they think will be the answer.

Author : George Sampson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1290 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boston Directory, Embracing the City Record, a General Directory of the Citizens and Business Directory written by George Sampson and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maurice D. Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
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Download or read book Manchester, a Brief Record of Its Past and a Picture of Its Present written by Maurice D. Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julia Fox
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345504631
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jane Boleyn written by Julia Fox and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner circle of King Henry VIII. As powerful men and women around her became victims of Henry’s ruthless and absolute power, including her own husband and sister-in-law, Queen Anne Boleyn, Jane’s allegiance to the volatile monarchy was sustained and rewarded. But the price for her loyalty would eventually be her undoing and the ruination of her name. For centuries, little beyond rumor and scandal has been associated with “the infamous Lady Rochford.” But now historian Julia Fox sets the record straight and restores dignity to this much-maligned figure whose life and reputation were taken from her. Born to aristocratic parents in the English countryside, young Jane Parker found a suitable match in George Boleyn, brother to Anne, the woman who would eventually be the touchstone of England’s greatest political and religious crisis. Once settled in the bustling, spectacular court of Henry VIII as the wife of a nobleman, Jane was privy to the regal festivities of masques and jousts, royal births and funerals, and she played an intimate part in the drama and gossip that swirled around the king’s court. But it was Anne Boleyn’s descent from palace to prison that first thrust Jane into the spotlight. Impatient with Anne’s inability to produce a male heir, King Henry accused the queen of treason and adultery with a multitude of men, including her own brother, George. Jane was among those interrogated in the scandal, and following two swift strokes from the executioner’s blade, she lost her husband and her sister-in-law, her inheritance and her place in court society. Now the thirty-year-old widow of a traitor, Jane had to ensure her survival and protect her own interests by securing land and income. With sheer determination, she navigated her way back into royal favor by becoming lady-in-waiting to Henry’s three subsequent brides, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, and Catherine Howard. At last Jane’s future seemed secure–until an unwitting misstep involving the sexual intrigues of young Queen Catherine destroyed the life and reputation Jane worked so hard to rebuild. Drawing upon her own deep knowledge and years of original research, Julia Fox brings us into the inner sanctum of court life, laced with intrigue and encumbered by disgrace. Through the eyes and ears of Jane Boleyn, we witness the myriad players of the stormy Tudor period. Jane emerges as a courageous spirit, a modern woman forced by circumstances to fend for herself in a privileged but vicious world.

Author : Felix Voigtlaender
Publisher : American Mathematical Society
ISBN 13 : 1470459906
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embeddings of Decomposition Spaces written by Felix Voigtlaender and published by American Mathematical Society. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View the abstract. https://www.ams.org/bookstore/pspdf/memo-287-1426-abstract.pdf

Author : Sir George Etherege
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
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Download or read book A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors.. written by Sir George Etherege and published by . This book was released on with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Archaeology
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 916 pages
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Download or read book Calendar of Manuscripts in Paris Archives and Libraries Relating to the History of the Mississippi Valley to 1803 written by Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Archaeology and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Svetlin G. Georgiev
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110657724
Total Pages : 402 pages
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Download or read book Functional Analysis with Applications written by Svetlin G. Georgiev and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on functional analysis covers all the basics of the subject (normed, Banach and Hilbert spaces, Lebesgue integration and spaces, linear operators and functionals, compact and self-adjoint operators, small parameters, fixed point theory) with a strong focus on examples, exercises and practical problems, thus making it ideal as course material but also as a reference for self-study.

Author : H. Kent Baker
Publisher : Financial Markets and Investme
ISBN 13 : 0199375879
Total Pages : 623 pages
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Download or read book Private Equity written by H. Kent Baker and published by Financial Markets and Investme. This book was released on 2015 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past few decades, private equity (PE) has attracted considerable attention from investors, practitioners, and academicians. In fact, a substantial literature on PE has emerged. PE offers benefits for institutional and private wealth management clients including diversification and enhancement of risk-adjusted returns. However, the lack of transparency, regulatory restrictions, and liquidity concerns that exist for some PE options limit their attractiveness for some investors. Private Equity: Opportunities and Risks offers a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical literature on PE in both emerging and developed markets. The book examines PE and provides important insights about topics such as major types of PE (venture capital, leveraged, buyouts, mezzanine capital, and distressed debt investments), how PE works, performance and measurement, uses and structure, and trends. Readers can gain an in-depth understanding about PE from academics and practitioners from around the world. Private Equity: Opportunities and Risks provides a fresh look at the intriguing yet complex subject of PE. A group of renowned experts take readers through the core topics and issues of PE, and also examine the latest trends and cutting-edge developments in the field. Additionally, discussion of research on PE permeates the book. The coverage extends from discussing basic concepts and their application to increasingly complex and real-world situations. Thus, this volume spans the gamut from theoretical to practical, while offering a useful balance of detailed and user-friendly coverage. This fresh and intriguing examination of PE is essential reading for anyone hoping to gain a better understanding of PE, from seasoned professionals to those aspiring to enter the demanding world of finance.

Author : Daniel Cremers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642036406
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition written by Daniel Cremers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, EMMCVPR 2009, held in Bonn, Germany in August 2009. The 18 revised full papers, 18 poster papers and 3 keynote lectures presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on discrete optimization and Markov random fields, partial differential equations, segmentation and tracking, shape optimization and registration, inpainting and image denoising, color and texture and statistics and learning.