2002, ISBN: 9781860469732

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Paperback. New. Vanquish Your Writing Doubts & ObstaclesWriting is a vulnerable occupation; it is both personal and intimate. The act of writing, cycles of revision, and the conf… Mehr…

Paperback. New. Vanquish Your Writing Doubts &amp; ObstaclesWriting is a vulnerable occupation; it is both personal and intimate. The act of writing, cycles of revision, and the confusing publishing industry can shatter a writer's confidence, leaving you feeling like an imposter, overcome with rejection. Survival--, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1983. 281 Pages Indexed. No defects noted. Interior text pages are flawless. Employment in the services is a critical issue for industrial countries in the 1980s. Until quite recently, it was almost universally assumed that, even if jobs were increasingly lost in manufacturing and other traditional industries, the expansion of the services would easily maintain employment levels. This view is still held by many, who regard the current levels of unemployment as a temporary product. of recession. But growing doubt has been cast upon the notion of a smooth transition to a full employment service economy or post-industrial society. The continued expansion of employment is uncertain. Furthermore, it has come to be widely recognised that new information technologies (IT) have the potential for displacing labour in the delivery of many service products. To understand the prospects for employment in the services and to identify the possible scope of job creation in this sector over the coming decades, it is necessary to investigate a very wide range of social and economic phenomena. That is the purpose of this book. Contents in Four Parts: Introduction, Understanding Employment in the Services, The Future of Services, and Conclusions.. First Edition. Hard Back. As New/Near Fine. 6 1/2" X 9 1/4"., Praeger Publishers, 1983, The Harvill Press. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.The Harvill Press,2002.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small tear,some creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and slightly tainted on the outer edges,crease and nick on the edges of the pages.Price un-clipped.454pp. This is another paragraph Product Description: And to my daughter in France, I bequeath the remainder of my Estate. These words, read from the will of Irish academic Richard Kirwan, come as a complete surprise to his grieving family. In France, 24-year-old Solange de Valnay's world is equally shattered: she loves the man she calls Papa and the Languedoc vineyard in which she had the happiest of childhoods; Celine, her adored mother, is dead. Just as she is about to embark on married life with her fiance Guy, all her certainties are undercut with doubt. She resolves to spurn her new-found Irish half-siblings. But once revealed, the truth of Richard Kirwan's liaison cannot be so easily buried. The grief and anger of the Kirwan children impels them to ask searching questions - of their vibrant, artist mother Helena, and of Seamus, the saintly uncle whose life in Connemara seems perplexingly loveless. And though Solange might try to run from the past, it lives on in the memory of her remarkable, surprising grandmother, Charlotte. What emerges is an extraordinary tale of an irresistible but impossible love affair, of passion and blind heroism, of sacrifices made for love and honour and of four families whose resistance to the German forces occupying France during Second World War binds them across borders and cultures and through war and peace., The Harvill Press<

2002, ISBN: 1860469736

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[EAN: 9781860469732], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: The Harvill Press], INHERITANCE AND SUCCESSION --FICTION, ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN IRELAND FRANCE --FICTION KEATING, STEPHANIE TO MY DAUGHTER IN FRANCE., Fiction|General, Jacket, VGC.The Harvill Press,2002.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small tear,some creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and slightly tainted on the outer edges,crease and nick on the edges of the pages.Price un-clipped.454pp. This is another paragraph Product Description: And to my daughter in France, I bequeath the remainder of my Estate. These words, read from the will of Irish academic Richard Kirwan, come as a complete surprise to his grieving family. In France, 24-year-old Solange de Valnay's world is equally shattered: she loves the man she calls Papa and the Languedoc vineyard in which she had the happiest of childhoods; Celine, her adored mother, is dead. Just as she is about to embark on married life with her fiance Guy, all her certainties are undercut with doubt. She resolves to spurn her new-found Irish half-siblings. But once revealed, the truth of Richard Kirwan's liaison cannot be so easily buried. The grief and anger of the Kirwan children impels them to ask searching questions - of their vibrant, artist mother Helena, and of Seamus, the saintly uncle whose life in Connemara seems perplexingly loveless. And though Solange might try to run from the past, it lives on in the memory of her remarkable, surprising grandmother, Charlotte. What emerges is an extraordinary tale of an irresistible but impossible love affair, of passion and blind heroism, of sacrifices made for love and honour and of four families whose resistance to the German forces occupying France during Second World War binds them across borders and cultures and through war and peace., Books<

2002, ISBN: 9781860469732

The Harvill Press. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.The Harvill Press,2002.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt letter… Mehr…

The Harvill Press. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.The Harvill Press,2002.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small tear,some creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and slightly tainted on the outer edges,crease and nick on the edges of the pages.Price un-clipped.454pp. This is another paragraph Product Description: And to my daughter in France, I bequeath the remainder of my Estate. These words, read from the will of Irish academic Richard Kirwan, come as a complete surprise to his grieving family. In France, 24-year-old Solange de Valnay's world is equally shattered: she loves the man she calls Papa and the Languedoc vineyard in which she had the happiest of childhoods; Celine, her adored mother, is dead. Just as she is about to embark on married life with her fiance Guy, all her certainties are undercut with doubt. She resolves to spurn her new-found Irish half-siblings. But once revealed, the truth of Richard Kirwan's liaison cannot be so easily buried. The grief and anger of the Kirwan children impels them to ask searching questions - of their vibrant, artist mother Helena, and of Seamus, the saintly uncle whose life in Connemara seems perplexingly loveless. And though Solange might try to run from the past, it lives on in the memory of her remarkable, surprising grandmother, Charlotte. What emerges is an extraordinary tale of an irresistible but impossible love affair, of passion and blind heroism, of sacrifices made for love and honour and of four families whose resistance to the German forces occupying France during Second World War binds them across borders and cultures and through war and peace., The Harvill Press<

ISBN: 9781860469732

"And to my daughter in France, I bequeath the remainder of my Estate." These words, read from the will of Irish academic Richard Kirwan, come as a complete surprise to his grieving family… Mehr…

"And to my daughter in France, I bequeath the remainder of my Estate." These words, read from the will of Irish academic Richard Kirwan, come as a complete surprise to his grieving family. In France, 24-year-old Solange de Valnay's world is equally shattered: she loves the man she calls "Papa" and the Languedoc vineyard in which she had the happiest of childhoods; Celine, her adored mother, is dead. Just as she is about to embark on married life with her fiance Guy, all her certainties are undercut with doubt. She resolves to spurn her new-found Irish half-siblings. But once revealed, the truth of Richard Kirwan's liaison cannot be so easily buried. The grief and anger of the Kirwan children impels them to ask searching questions - of their vibrant, artist mother Helena, and of Seamus, the saintly uncle whose life in Connemara seems perplexingly loveless. And though Solange might try to run from the past, it lives on in the memory of her remarkable, surprising grandmother, Charlotte.What emerges is an extraordinary tale of an irresistible but impossible love affair, of passion and blind heroism, of sacrifices made for love and honour and of four families whose resistance to the German forces occupying France during Second World War binds them across borders and cultures and through war and peace.; Contemporary Fiction, The Harvill Press<