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As a collector of myths and tales, Harvard-educated Jeremiah Curtin (1835-1906) had few peers. An outstanding linguist who worked as an ethnographer with the Smithsonian Institution, he studied and researched many different mythological systems around the world. In this comprehensive anthology, he compiled a rich cross-section of American Indian myths dealing with the origin of the world, and the peoples and creatures that populate it. The tales in...
2) Delight your customers: 7 simple ways to raise your customer service from ordinary to extraordinary
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If you want to know how strong your company's customer service is, ask your employees to describe what their work entails. Then pay attention to whether they simply list their duties and tasks or if they speak to the true essence of their job--to create delighted customers who will be less price sensitive, have higher repurchase rates, and enthusiastically recommend the company or brand to others. The latter should be every employee's highest priority,...
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Once upon a time all of the legends of Fin MacCool, an ancient hero of Gaelic mythology, were written down for posterity. Saint Patrick, however, was obliged to order two-thirds of them destroyed. The tales were so entertaining, said he, that the people of Erin would do nothing but listen to them. Fortunately for us, many Fenian tales survive, as this captivating collection features 24 tales of super-human heroes and their adventures Compiled by an...
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Rich, spoilt, high-maintenance Eva Gordon likes fancy, sophisticated things so when her parents sell their sell their holiday home and their expensive car Eva can't understand why.
But when Eva's dad loses his job and she has to move house and change schools, she realises life has changed for good. She's determined to hate her new life, until a chance visit to a fortune teller gives her the idea that doing good may help her to get her old life back....
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This book is a detailed account of the political affairs of the Mongol Empire and its immense impact on geopolitics and the shape of global power. Primarily covering the Mongol Empire wars with the empires of Persia, Islam, China, and its internal struggles and feuds. The reason and results of the slaughters that took place. The strategies that were used. The betrayals and acts of revenge. The tools used for war. Regions conquered by the Mongols had...
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By the 14th Century, the Mongol Empire extended from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific; and what was always seen as their richest lands was 'the land of the Rus' - Kievan Rus - the land of the Rus of Kiev - a medieval political federation located in modern-day Belarus, Ukraine, and part of Russia. (Goodreads)
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What does it mean to live a life in pursuit of art? In 1906, Kathleen O'Connor left conservative Perth, where her famous father's life had ended in tragedy. She had her sights set on a career in thrilling, bohemian Paris. More than a century later, novelist Amanda Curtin faces her own questions, of life and of art, as she embarks on a journey in Kate's footsteps. Part biography, part travel narrative, this is the story of an artist in a foreign land...
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Join the author in her four-year investigation into the life and death of Norma Rhys McLeod in 1920s Melbourne, Australia. Examine the case files, meet family members and modern-day experts, exploring themes of class, corruption, secrecy and abuse. Take a glimpse into the researcher's personal journey and her growing connection to Norma. It's a journey of hope, loss, remembrance and resilience … The case … On 9 September 1929, in the wealthy suburb...
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Sound experimentation by avant-garde theatre artists of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries is an important but ignored aspect of theatre history. Curtin explores how artists engaged with the sonic conditions of modernity through dramatic form, characterization, staging, technology, performance style, and other forms of interaction.
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Twenty folk tales representing hundreds of years of the collective Irish imagination transport readers to a world where everything is alive and anything can happen! Vivid descriptions of battles with giants, dead men who come back to life, humans imprisoned in animals' bodies, heroes with incredible strength, and more.
12) The Sinkings
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In 1882, dismembered human remains were, discovered at a lonely campsite called 'The Sinkings' near Albany, Western Australia. The surgeon conducting the autopsy claimed they were, those of a woman. Why, then, was the victim identified as Little Jock, a sandalwood-cutter and former convict? And, why was the murder so brutal, so gruesome? More than a hundred years later, Willa Samson embarks on a search to find out.
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If you enjoy having your sensibilities tested, please join Callahan and me, the narrator, as we deliver the story of his origin. This story is an artfully unusual satirical medieval fantasy with undertones of dark tragedy that grips readers attention with offensive quip and brutal violence. It tells the tale of a wayward boy who rises to assassin, then onward to revolutionary and beyond. Beware, this tale is not for the faint of heart and contains...
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A funny short story from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written and illustrated by two great Irish talents in children's fiction today When Lorcan Browne's class are told to write to someone they admire, all his friends choose soccer stars and boy band singers, but Lorcan chooses the richest person in town instead, because he could never write to the person he REALLY admires – his Grandda. Will Lorcan's plan to help save his Grandda from his...
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Roughly a century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt said, 'I think there is only one thing in the world I can't understand, and that is Ohio politics.' If The Ohio Politics Almanac had existed then, Roosevelt still might not have understood Ohio politics, but it wouldn't have been for lack of information. A comprehensive and authoritative resource, The Ohio Politics Almanac sheds light on the complexity of Ohio's electoral statistics. This third edition...
16) Great Joy
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Frances is worried about the monkey and organ grinder who play near her window, especially after she sees them sleeping outside on the cold street after midnight. To express her compassion, she finds just the right thing to say at the local Christmas pageant.
17) Maybe Baby
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A 57-year-old business man's yearning to begin settling down and taking things easy gets derailed when his 39-year-old wife, Julia, changes her longstanding stance about having children. The issue becomes a prominent topic of disagreement, ultimately coming to a head when Julia discovers that she is pregnant despite the slim odds.
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Jeremiah Curtin was an American born translator and folklorist. In "Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland" Curtin turns his attention to the tales of the island nation of Ireland. In this collection you will find the following tales: "The Son of the King of Erin and the Giant of Loch Lein," "The Three Daughters of King O'Hara," "The Weaver's Don and the Giant of the White Hill," "Fair, Brown and Trembling," "The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome...