Elementos Para Una Teoria General de La Contabilidad

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Leadership Games presents 25 practical, inexpensive experiential activities designed to be used in various leadership training and development programs. This book centers on those areas of primary concern to today's managers-team leadership, risking innovation, fostering collaboration, managing conflict, and using diversity. The exercises are grounded in the management and educational literature, and for each exercise there is a set of explicit directions, cues on strategic considerations, including appropriate timing, indicators of successful application, and a rich sample of proposed questions that point the way to fruitful post-exercise discussions with participants. Author Stephen S. Kaagan has extensive experience both in the academic and consulting worlds, including being a past president of the Outward Bound program in Rockland, Maine. Leadership Games is unique in that it: + Explores both leadership development theory and offers practical suggestions + Provides much more than bare bones instructions on how to facilitate experiential exercises + Shows the link between the exercises and critical organizational challenges This book will be an invaluable tool for professionals and students interested in leadership, organizational studies, management, human resources, communication, gender studies, sociology, psychology, and education.

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Cyberspace Law: Commentaries and Materials provides a comprehensive and detailed study of this fast moving field of law. It has been fully updates to reflect recent changes in legislation and includes new chapters on Internet Taxation, Univited Material and Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGS).

Global Intellectual Property Law: Commentary And Materials

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Global Intellectual Property Law: Commentary And Materials
Graham Dutfield
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Pub
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Binding: Hardcover

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The International Intellectual Property System: Commentary and Materials

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The International Intellectual Property System: Commentary and Materials
Frederick M. Abbott , and Thomas Cottier
Manufacturer: Kluwer Law Intl
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9041194223

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The 1990s will be remembered as an era of prodigious expansion in world trade. Suddenly -- for reasons encompassing irresistible new on-line technology, a vastly greater geographic reach, and sheer volume of goods and services -- the old intellectual property (IP) laws and protocols long respected by international business became woefully inadequate. As a result, this masterful one-volume introduction to the new global regime of IP law fills an urgent need. Immediately recognized as the landmark work in its field, The International Intellectual Property System gives business lawyers everywhere the organized materials and expert commentary they need to protect IP rights on a global scale -- and provides law students with an authoritative annotated survey of the relevant conventions, treaties, and laws both regional and national, as well as significant court interpretations in various jurisdictions. The book offers in-depth analysis of: + current international norms in the fields of patent, copyright, and trademark rights + national and most favored treatment in the granting of IP rights + regulation of IP rights in the European Union (EU) + enforcement under international legal instruments as well as under EU and US laws + such emerging areas as governance of IP rights on the Internet and in electronic commerce.

Personal Property: Commentary and Materials

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Personal Property: Commentary and Materials
R.G. Hammond
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0195582179

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Does one have a property right in one's body parts? Who "owns" the airwaves? Can entertainers' claims of exploitation of their personality be expressed as a property interest? Personal property has traditionally been confined to legal obligations with respect to tangible goods. But personal
property must today be understood in a wider and more dynamic context. Personal Property grapples with this new legal dimension by analysing the concepts of property rights in contemporary legal systems-- including property rights to information, personality interests, and body parts; the
traditional legal concepts, such as possession, ownership, assignments, gifts, sales, and bailments; and finally registered interests in personality covering the Chattels Transfer Act, the Motor Vehicles Security Act, and the proposals for a new personal security system in New Zealand.

Property Law: Commentary and Materials (Law in Context)

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Property Law: Commentary and Materials (Law in Context)
Alison Clarke , and Paul Kohler
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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An innovative examination of the law's treatment of property, this student textbook provides a readable account of general property law principles. It draws on a wide range of materials on property rights in general, and the English property law system in particular, looking at all kinds of property, not just land. It includes the core legal source materials in property law along with excerpts from social science literature, legal theory, and economics, many of which are not easily accessible to law students. These materials are accompanied by a critical commentary, as well as notes, questions and suggestions for further reading.

COMMENTARY: Patent or Perish?(Intelluctual Property)(Editorial): An article from: Nanoparticle News

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COMMENTARY: Patent or Perish?(Intelluctual Property)(Editorial): An article from: Nanoparticle News

Manufacturer: Business Communications Company, Inc.
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Nanoparticle News, published by Business Communications Company, Inc. on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 631 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: COMMENTARY: Patent or Perish?(Intelluctual Property)(Editorial)
Publication: Nanoparticle News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Business Communications Company, Inc.
Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Page: NA

Article Type: Editorial

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Attorney's Dictionary of Patent Claims: Legal Materials & Practice Commentaries, Set

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Attorney's Dictionary of Patent Claims: Legal Materials & Practice Commentaries, Set
Irwin M. Aisenberg
Manufacturer: International Institute of Technology, Incorp
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Ring-bound

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ASIN: 0820515469

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Real Property: Commentary & Materials
G. L. Certoma , P. J. Butt , and C. M. Sappideen
Manufacturer: Gaunt Inc.
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Sextant, octant, armillary sphere; sundial, moondial, astrolabe. Premodern scientific instruments seem romantic and mysterious. Romantic because they can be very beautiful, works of art the like of which cannot be found among more practical, goal-oriented modern instruments. Mysterious because most of us no longer have any idea which instruments were which, or how they were used.

At the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Stephenson, Bolt, and Friedman help curate one of the best collections of astronomy instruments in the world. The Universe Unveiled is a dazzling catalog of the most beautiful, ancient, and important objects from the Adler (the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere) and other museums. Alongside hundreds of gorgeous, clear photographs, they have written a text that gives a real, though brief, idea of how the instruments, maps, and charts were actually used. Most of the objects were made in Europe between 1450 and 1800, but the authors also do a creditable job of discussing Chinese and Islamic astronomy. Altogether, the book is a rare combination of eye candy and intellectual nutrition, which could only really be bettered if it were packaged with the actual instruments. As is, it can make your hands itch with a kind of tactile curiosity, while it caters to your eyes and mind. --Mary Ellen Curtin

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The search for understanding creates more than answers; it also produces instruments, books, maps, and other tools made and used by those seeking knowledge. The Universe Unveiled uniquely focuses on these artifacts and devices resulting from the attempts to decipher the Universe from the late fifteenth to the early twentieth century. Beautiful, full-color photographs capture these extremely rare and sometimes unusual curios. Beginning with the discovery of ways to keep time, The Universe Unveiled depicts the shift from an Earth-centered understanding of the Universe to a Sun-centered view, the mapping of the stars, and the ever-expanding knowledge of the heavens using telescopes. It also examines the developing technologies of navigation and of the measuring and mapping of the Earth. In addition to rare European curios, the book is illustrated with non-Western and American works. With more than 250 full-color images, this unique volume will delight the inventive as well as the curious.

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Delightful!.......2001-04-24

Anybody with even the remotest interest in astronomy or the histroy of science is going to love looking at the pictures in this book!
Anybody who's familiar with Stephenson's other books, The Music of the Heavens and Kepler's Physical Astronomy, are likely to be disappointed with the text. Those other books are masterpieces of definitive scholarship. The present book is intended to be a popular book, but I was still expecting better explanations. But you will probably be too busy admiring the pictures to notice!

The Universe Unveiled.......2001-03-11

Truly beautiful photographs--truly dreadful writing.

More Than A Coffee Table Book.......2000-12-16

THE UNIVERSE UNVEILED: Instruments and Images Through History is so much more than a 'coffee table book.' The extraordinary photographs of the rare instruments and maps housed in the Adler Planetarium in Chicago illustrate how many are works of art in their own right. The text is concise and richly informative without being overly 'academic.' With all the current emphasis on the space station, exploration of our solar system and the universe itself, this is an excellent chance to see how the fifteenth through nineteenth century people set the stage for our present explorations. Anyone with an interest in the history of astronomy, maritime navigation or earth and planetary mapping will count this as a special addition to their library.

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A clear, concise manual on how to run a quality control testing laboratory efficiently and in compliance with all regulations, this book provides hundreds of tips and techniques that help the reader focus on the essential elements of good laboratory management. It presents thirty-nine useful SOPs that have evolved from the author's years of practical experience. Fifteen case studies describe typical laboratory problems and offer possible solutions. From how to train analysts, to how to lay out the laboratory, to how to assure that samples are processed in a systematic manner, Managing the Analytical Laboratory: Plain and Simple covers it all.

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Best practical work on managing an analytical chemistry lab.......1998-07-16

Covers all aspects of running an analytical lab from daily operations to long-term planning. It is written in a down-to-earth chemist-to-chemist style that is concise and to the point. No theories or high-brow stuff; just plain common sense how-to-do-it techniques that work. This book is a fast read and can be used as a ready reference. It includes 39 laboratory standard operating procedures that can be used by the reader to enhance his or her laboratory operation and which serve as an additional teaching tool.

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This volume contains papers presented by New Zealand and American philosophers of biology during a recent visit to New Zealand by Elliott Sober. Some of the papers reveal a unique local perspective on current debates. Robin Craw's highly original contribution to the `evolutionary' philosophy of science initiated by David Hull, applies to intellectual evolution the strongly biogeographic approach to the evolution of life that is a recognised New Zealand speciality. Other papers reflect past intellectual exchange between the two countries. Susan Oyama and Russell Gray's papers on the `developmental systems' approach to evolution, for example, are the outcome of several years of fruitful exchange. The remaining papers in the volume cover a wide range of topics. In addition to Sober's own discussion of post-sociobiological treatments of cultural evolution the volume includes Kim Sterelny's evaluation of `macroevolution', Paul Griffiths' analysis of adaptation and vestigiality, John Morss on the notion of ontogeny and Timothy Shanahan on the concept of drift.

The Kindness of Strangers: A Novel
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Disturbing Subject Matter

A book you can't put down

Haunting, stirring read

Beautifully written

Disappointing

The Kindness of Strangers: A Novel
Katrina Kittle
Manufacturer: William Morrow
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Binding: Hardcover

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Torch Torch

ASIN: 0060564741
Release Date: 2006-01-31

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On a quiet street in the suburban Midwest, a popular, seemingly stable family keeps a terrible, dark secret behind closed doors -- a secret that will have life-changing consequences for all who know them

Sarah Laden, a young widow and mother of two, struggles to keep her family together. Since the death of her husband, her high-school-age son, Nate, has developed a rebellious streak, constantly falling in and out of trouble. Her kindhearted younger son, Danny, though well behaved, struggles to pass his remedial classes. All the while, Sarah must make ends meet by running a catering business out of her home. But when a shocking and unbelievable revelation rips apart the family of her closest friend, Sarah finds herself welcoming yet another young boy into her already tumultuous life.

Jordan, a quiet and reclusive elementary-school boy and classmate of Danny's, has survived a terrible tragedy, leaving him without a family. When Sarah becomes Jordan's foster mother, a relationship develops that will force her to question the things of which she thought she was so sure. Yet Sarah is not the only one changed by this young boy, and as the delicate balance that holds her family together begins to falter, the Ladens will all face truths about themselves and one another -- and discover the power of love to forgive and to heal.

Powerful and poignant, The Kindness of Strangers is a shocking look at how the tragedy of a single family in a small suburban town can affect so many. Katrina Kittle has created a haunting vision of the secret lives of the people we think we know best. Through gripping and heartrending storytelling, The Kindness of Strangers shows that even after the most grave injuries, redemption is always possible.

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Disturbing Subject Matter.......2007-09-26

I think this book was well written but as the parent of a young child I had a hard time getting past the delicate subject matter.

A book you can't put down.......2007-09-21

I picked this book up at the book store without any prior knowledge of its story line or popularity. Once I began reading it, I couldn't put it down. It deals with child abuse by describing the impact it has on all who it involves -- the victim, parent, caretaker, victim's friends, etc. I thought the impact was thoughtfully and realistically described. At the same time, the story line is absolutely compelling. You are kept guessing about the true involvement of the mother. I loved Sarah as a character as well as the detailed manner in which her culinary skills were relayed. This was a great read.

Haunting, stirring read.......2007-08-11

"The Kindness of Strangers" is about the looming specter of child abuse. It paints a vivid portrait of suffering and healing, offering readers an unflinching look at the devastating effects of sexual abuse, and how it can happen even in "good" neighborhoods.

Two years after her husband's death, Sarah Laden's family is barely holding together. Her oldest Nathan is reckless and irresponsible; while her youngest son Danny is withdrawn and quiet. Sarah herself struggles; and if it wasn't for the unflagging friendship of her best friend Courtney Kendrick, she'd be lost and alone.

Everything she knows about the Kendricks is shattered when Sarah interrupts young Jordan Kendrick's bizarre suicide attempt. In the aftermath, the police uncover shocking evidence of an underground pedophile ring - with the Kendricks at its head - and the neighborhood is plunged into a maelstrom of betrayal, outrage, and scandal. Meanwhile, the Ladens are confronted with the daunting task of reaching out to Jordan in the midst of their own grief.

"The Kindness of Strangers" is sometimes difficult to endure, because Kittle doesn't mince words in portraying the devastation of child molestation. Her bluntness deflates our preferred assumption that this could never happen in our neighborhoods, and forces us to consider a subject most would rather ignore. However, this is a novel of recovery and healing, and though the narrative displays realistic failures, setbacks, and denial, it shows that time can heal wounds - but only when there are willing hands to apply the necessary balm of selfless kindness.

Beautifully written.......2007-08-11

It's one thing to hear about child abuse in the news...and quite another to learn that your neighbor's 11-year-old son has been molested for years by his own parents. That's exactly what happens to Sarah Laden, a recently widowed caterer struggling with her own grief and two adolescent sons.

After the traumatized young Jordan is hospitalized following a botched suicide attempt, Sarah's son convinces her that it's their duty to become his foster family. Although Sarah feels they have enough of their own problems -- least of all being Jordan's sudden unexplained falling-out with his former best friend, Sarah's younger son Danny -- she also feels a need to figure out what's happened, within her own mind. Since she, a grown woman and an outsider, cannot truly fathom the things that the Kendricks did, both with their own son and other children, it's little wonder that Jordan feels completely violated and without hope.

I think the author did a fine job, combining a fictitious account of a young boy's horrors with factual information, allowing the readers to come away feeling like they've gained some insight on a very real situation that affects all too many innocent children in our society.

Disappointing.......2007-08-08

I worked with abused children for a number of years, and I was impressed by the research that Kittle did for her book. However, I would have appreciated a more tightly knit story. Throughout the book, I kept wishing that the author would get out of the way of the story, and that the editor had cut out at least 100 pages, if not more. In a well written book, we don't have to be told how someone feels - a good writer knows how to show the characters' emotions through their actions. Maybe that's why I didn't find the characters very believable. Yes, things like this happen in good neighborhoods and in normal-looking families, but it seemed to me that the author just trotted out some stereotypical characters and tried to find motivation for them. For example, it's pretty darn unusual for a neighbor to adopt a child when there are relatives who could take him in, and frankly I don't think that a real-life Sarah would have volunteered to care for Jordan. Her boys were cookie-cutter children, and Mark was a caricature of a pedophile. Courtney was semi-believable until she showed up to snatch Jordan from Sarah's house - that scene was a bit over-the-top. Jordan was the most believable character, but Kittle just used way too much verbiage to describe his emotions. And, really, was it absolutely necessary to give us quite that much detail about what went on in that house? It's one thing to bring a sensitive subject out in the open, and quite another to beat us over the head with it.

Kindness of Strangers (Skip Langdon Novels (Paperback))

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Steamy New Orleans and vivid characters
Dreadful. Julie Smith Doesn't Miss a Cliche in this One
Gripping and engrossing
Never depend on the kindness of strangers
Skip Langdon meets Evil, Greed and Corruption in New Orleans

Kindness of Strangers (Skip Langdon Novels (Paperback))
Julie Smith
Manufacturer: Fawcett
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0804112738
Release Date: 1997-05-28

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"A BREATHLESS THRILLER . . . Smith pushes her protagonist to the breaking point and the series to a new high water mark of suspense."
--Los Angeles Times

On temporary leave of absence from the force, Police Detective Skip Langdon becomes obsessed with exposing the frightening figure beneath the good-guy image of Errol Jacomine--a liberal-minded, civic-spirited preacher who is running for mayor of New Orleans.

Immediately, an anonymous army of hatchet men go to work on Skip, who learns that opposing Jacomine is dangerous business. And when the only witness to the preachers crimes turns up dead, Skip follows her instincts to the dark center of bayou country . . . where dead cops tell no tales.

"Displays the writing skills of one of the genres leading exponents . . . The climax, a frantic rescue effort in the teeth of Hurricane Hannah, will stay with you."
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Steamy New Orleans and vivid characters.......2004-06-02

Struggling with depression over a shooting from her last case, New Orleans police detective Skip Langdon is forced to take a leave of absence, freeing her to pursue her obsession with mayoral candidate Errol Jacomine in Edgar Award-winner Smith's sixth in the series.

Jacomine, a liberal, civic-minded preacher in almost everybody's book, strikes Langdon as a dangerous psychopath. When her initial probes spur a relentless telephone campaign against her, complete with innuendo, slander and heated defenses of Jacomine, even Langdon is taken aback. But not deterred.

Smith's narrative weaves among the viewpoints of various characters, giving the reader an inside view of Jacomine's headquarters, civic projects and a converging subplot involving a doomed romance between an unhappy teenager and Jacomine's new press secretary.

As Langdon exposes Jacomine's past, the press secretary's misgivings about his boss and his illicit love collide. The climax rushes toward murder and kidnapping, culminating in a harrowing chase through bayou country in the midst of a hurricane.

Smith delves deeply into the hearts and psyches of her characters, letting their human motivations drive the plot. Her New Orleans is, as always, a vividly evoked cauldron of beauty, political corruption, cultural richness and steamy heat. Her plot hums with tension but it's Smith's seamlessly perceptive writing that sets this novel apart from the crowd.

Dreadful. Julie Smith Doesn't Miss a Cliche in this One.......2000-04-21

Smith's cardboard characters include a perky gay man (ooh, he cooks, how original), foul mouthed alcoholic mom and her thoroughly dislikeable teenage daughter, raving psychopath bad guy (honestly, could she make it a little clearer that he's evil?), and chronically depressed main character, Skip Langdon. Okay, Skip, here's some advice -- lose 20 pounds and take a vacation.

I found few redeeming features in this poorly written, badly plotted exercise in tedium.

Gripping and engrossing.......1999-03-22

This is less a whodunit than a thriller, since it's clear from the start who the Bad Guy is. But that doesn't make it any less entertaining.

It's true, as another reveiwer says, that Skip is less confident in this novel. But to me, this adds rather than detracts. Skip's uncertainty, false starts, and growing fear are realistic, and her sense of doubting her own reality increases the tension in the novel.

As often happens when reading series novels, the side plots and secondary characters often are more interesting than the primary puzzle. Smith's teenagers are particularly good -- she seems to me to be that rare adult who hasn't been struck with nostalgic amnesia about the pain of being a 15-year-old girl.

Beware, the ending does not "sew up" all the loose ends, so you'll have to be ready to move on to the next one in a hurry!

Never depend on the kindness of strangers.......1998-04-11

Officer Skip Langdon is back, but she's not quite who she used to be, she's on a leave of absence from the New Orleans Police Department. A recent assignment has left her a bit tattered and torn. She's lost some of her humor and strength, characteristics that made Skip so lovable. Now she's tormented by a new evil, a preacher running for Mayor, that she is convinced is a cold blooded killer. Enter Errol Jaccomine, a charismatic man, leading his flock. His followers are more cultists than parishoners and his expectations of them are way beyond that of a traditional religious leader. And while many see him as a savior for the corrupt New Orleans, Skip sees a sadistic manipulator who just wants more power.

Smith has created a complex villian. who we will no doubt see again, as he embodies everything Skip is not. His character is evil incarnate and every scene he is in is at once riviting and repulsive. My reservation is that Skip seems to be losing herself in this latest story and that would be a crime.

Skip Langdon meets Evil, Greed and Corruption in New Orleans.......1998-04-11

Errol Jacomine is running for mayor. Jacomine is a preacher who many hope to be the savior who will unite a New Orleans divided by race, greed and corruption. New Orleans Police Detective Skip Langdon has met Jacomine and can see his evil. On temporary leave from the force, New Orleans Police Detective Skip Langdon becomes obsessed with exposing Errol Jacomine. As she battles an invisible army conspiring to keep his name unsullied we are introduced to more of New Orleans' colorful milieu. Skip is a fragile, complex, tough woman who has the unforgiving and unheralded vocation of serving and protecting a community that oftentimes does not seem to care to be protected.

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The Kindness of Strangers : A Novel
Katrina Kittle
Manufacturer: William Morrow
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OF0V78

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