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  • Tennis Talk of a Nobody
    Gail Wilson Kenna
    Gail Wilson Kenna’s Tennis Talk of a Nobody is an insightful account of the author’s lifelong passion for tennis. Gail began playing competitive tennis at ten. Now in her eighties, she remains an active, committed player, who also teaches literature and writes books. 'Warm-up' begins with Emily Dickinson’s famous poem, followed by three sets of compelling narratives, old photos...
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    10,18 €

  • A Soul-Making Keats Collection
    Gail Wilson Kenna
    This collection includes five fiction and eight non-fiction works, of varied length: flash fiction, novel excerpt, short story, international essay, humor, memoir vignette, creative non-fiction. The subject matter covers the world, from countries where the author lived: Germany, Malaysia, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru. The writing reflects diversity of settings, a style both comic ...
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    13,69 €

  • Beyond the Wall
    Gail Wilson Kenna
    A provocative drawing of Venezuela’s Lady Justice replaced Abe Lincoln’s words on the lawyer’s room of Reten La Planta, a prison in Caracas. The time was 1995, Gail Kenna’s last day in country after four years there. Her non-fiction work, initially printed through a 2000 Puffin Foundation grant, explores a country that satirizes greed and depravity, and mocks unequal administra...
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    12,63 €

  • Here to There and Back Again
    Gail Wilson Kenna
    In a prologue the author explains how her fact-fiction book is based on her great-great grandfather’s 1849 Gold Rush letters.Against his parents’ wishes, Eugene Chase makes plans with boyhood friend Leal to leave Vermont and seek their fortunes in California.  Eugene’s sister Hortense understands her oldest brother’s desire; and she makes him promise to write letters home, addr...
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    12,22 €

  • The Story of a Contrary, Contumacious Cat
    Gail Wilson Kenna
    What happens when GRRR, a contrary, contumacious cat keeps pooping on a Persian rug in a military household? The man of the house, Army Major Wiley, loves dogs but does not like cats. He threatens to make GRRR, “dust in the wind.”How does this domestic problem get resolved? Unlikely help comes from an assertive female roofing contractor devoted to the SPCA. Miss Strum reaches a...
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    11,22 €

  • Teachers in Blended Learning Environments
    Gail Wilson
    This study reports on recent doctoral research focused on six academic staff working in early blended learning environments in campus-based contexts at a large Australian university. The case-based research reports on how information and communications technology (ICT) was used by each of these staff, all early adopters of new technologies, to enhance their face-to-face teachin...
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    72,81 €

  • Understanding Old Age
    Gail Wilson
    Providing a comprehensive overview of themes of ageing from a global perspective, this ambitious text introduces the reader to a wide range of issues and policies on ageing. Topics examined include: theoretical perspectives on ageing in society; demographic trends; roles played by older people as political actors; migration; health; pensions; family and institutional care; and ...
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    151,24 €