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What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a
terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the streets of
Glasgow. Maybe she doesn't believe in serendipity, but a rare
moment of kindness and a lost ring conspire to call her home,
returning to the small town she fled so many years ago.
Angell at 100: A Century of Compassionate Care for Animals and
Their Families at Angell Animal Medical Center chronicles the
achievements of one of the foremost clinical veterinary
institutions in the world. Angell Animal Medical Center is the
first and largest animal hospital in New England. This book is a
celebration of one hundred years of groundbreaking innovation and
heartfelt compassion. Founded in 1868 by George Angell, the MSPCA
is the second oldest humane organization in America. Its flagship
hospital, Angell Animal Medical Center, was founded in 1915, and
was the first animal hospital in New England. The MSPCA Angell has
expanded from advocacy and protection to healing and advancing the
practice of veterinary medicine. Over the past century the
organization has seen vast changes in society, the environment, and
the attitude to the animals in our lives. It has helped make laws
and set standards that have fundamentally shaped our sense of
kindness and care for animals and for one another. In the 21st
century, MSPCAAngell continues to rescue, shelter, protect, heal,
and advocate for animals, giving special care to tens of thousands
of animals each year. It also provides emergency assistance and
strategic planning help for animal protection groups across the
United States and around the globe. This book is a portrait of
Angell Animal Medical Center from its founding in 1915 to the
present day, and tells the stories of the dedicated doctors, the
creative medical innovations, and of course the tales of the
diverse patients and their families. Today the hospital has
specialties ranging from acupuncture to ophthalmology, from
behavioral services to nutrition, from dentistry to neurology and
neurosurgery, as well as general medicine. Although the majority of
the patients are dogs and cats, birds and rabbits are not uncommon,
and there is sometimes even the occasional tortoise.
'Moving, complex, romantic, and beautifully written, Karen
Campbell's saga ... is a triumph' Allan Massie, Scotsman Divided by
loyalties, brought together by war September, 1943. Tuscany, Italy.
In the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds their breath. Even the
bells fall silent. Everything Vittoria Guidi knows and loves is at
risk. German troops occupy the mountains around her home, as
America's Buffalo Soldiers prepare to invade. As Vittoria's country
is torn in two, so is her conscience. Should she side with her
Scots-Italian father or her Fascist mother? Should she do what she
is told - or what she believes in? Frank Chapel, a young, black
American soldier fighting with the Buffalo soldiers for a country
that refuses him the vote, is unlike anyone Vittoria has ever met.
In the chaos, they find each other - but can their growing love
overcome prejudice and war?
What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a
terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the city streets
of Glasgow. Maybe she doesn't believe in serendipity, but a rare
moment of kindness and a lost ring conspire to call her home. As
Kelly vows to reunite the lost ring with its owner, she must return
to the small town she fled so many years ago. On her journey from
Glasgow to the south-west tip of Scotland, Kelly encounters ancient
pilgrim routes, hostile humans, hippies, book lovers and a friendly
dog, as memories stir and the people she thought she'd left behind
forever move closer with every step. Full of compassion and hope,
Paper Cup is a novel about how easy it can be to fall through the
cracks, and what it takes to turn around a life that has run off
course.
'Moving, complex, romantic, and beautifully written, Karen
Campbell's saga ... is a triumph' Allan Massie, Scotsman Divided by
loyalties, brought together by war September, 1943. Tuscany, Italy.
In the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds their breath. Even the
bells fall silent. Everything Vittoria Guidi knows and loves is at
risk. German troops occupy the mountains around her home, as
America's Buffalo Soldiers prepare to invade. As Vittoria's country
is torn in two, so is her conscience. Should she side with her
Scots-Italian father or her Fascist mother? Should she do what she
is told - or what she believes in? Frank Chapel, a young, black
American soldier fighting with the Buffalo soldiers for a country
that refuses him the vote, is unlike anyone Vittoria has ever met.
In the chaos, they find each other - but can their growing love
overcome prejudice and war?
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Rise (Paperback)
Karen Campbell
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R288
R237
Discovery Miles 2 370
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Justine is running for her life. Escaping a city and a man who
between them have almost broken her she heads north to the
mountains and the valleys of the Highlands. She is looking for
somewhere to hide. Michael and Hannah are also running. With their
two sons and their tattered marriage they have come to the village
of Kilmacarra. They are looking for somewhere they can once again
call home. In a place of standing stones - an ancient landscape in
a country on the brink of change - a shocking accident causes their
lives to intertwine. Tangled together in threads of guilt and love,
with Scotland rushing towards a referendum and the community around
them fracturing, each must question where they truly belong. And,
as the ground beneath their feet begins to give up its secrets, and
the darkness Justine fled grows close, each must also find a way to
face their ghosts.
PERFECT FOR FANS OF SUSIE STEINER You are a police officer. This is
what you do. You speak for the dead, and the desperate living. When
Anna Cameron is promoted to Chief Inspector and moved to a new
division, it should be a turning point for her. But if she thought
having a female boss would make things easier, she'd reckoned
without the fearsome 'JC' Hamilton. Then, her mother goes into a
coma in a foreign country and an old woman disappears from a
Glasgow care home under suspicious circumstances, and Anna's career
and personal life both threaten to implode. The gang-related murder
of a young Asian boy and an assault on one of her officers only
serve to turn the screws tighter - can Anna be both a good cop and
a good person? The explosive third novel from Karen Campbell, Gold
Dagger-shortlisted author of AFTER THE FIRE and THE TWILIGHT TIME.
Praise for Karen Campbell 'Gritty as all hell, shot through with
black humour and with enough pace and atmosphere to give the likes
of Denise Mina a run for their money. All this and the chutzpah to
create a seedy and unpleasant superintendent named Rankin!' font
size="+1">Mark Billingham 'The plot is wonderful, the
characterisation of a family in crisis is both sharp and
sympathetic, and the author does not shy away from examining the
less palatable aspects of relations between the police and the
public' Guardian 'I loved it . . . Anna is a great, original
character and Karen Campbell has a great way with images' Kate
Atkinson 'Karen Campbell deserves to be admitted to membership of
what's becoming a very large club - Scottish crime writers of
excellence . . . As to be expected from a former police officer,
Campbell portrays her milieu with harsh authenticity, and Anna
Cameron is wholly believable in her unheroic role. Glasgow and its
citizens are described with vivid passion' The Times
When recently widowed Deborah Maxwell is assigned by the Scottish
Refugee Council to act as mentor to Abdi Hassan, a Somali refugee,
the two are drawn into an awkward friendship. They must spend a
year together, meeting once a month in different parts of Glasgow.
As recently-widowed Deborah opens Abdi's eyes to her beloved city
and its people, he teaches her about the importance of family - and
of laying your ghosts to rest. All Abdi has brought with him is his
four-year-old daughter, Rebecca, who lives in a silence no one can
reach. Until, one day, she starts talking. And they discover why
she had stopped...
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