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Synopsis A re-evaluation of Florence Nightingale's reputation as the founder of modern nursing. By examining her theories within the context of her life and times and scrutinizing the effect they had on subsequent models, the author argues that her influence comes mainly from factors other than the model of nursing which bears her name. Nightingale's principal texts, on which the book is based, are reproduced in full as appendices.
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The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known... of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul... of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame... and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother. A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's historical masterpiece.
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Black social comedy at its most bitingly perceptive.The dark, wicked. hilarious story of three very different people whose lives become linked by the sudden, egocentric, power-hungry widow, discovers that her late husband's fortune us bequeathed to a crass, vulgar Texan mistress. Felicity herself is the creator of Craven's Hotel - an exclusive boutique style haunt of the rich and famous - but the hotel actually belongs to her brother Sebastian, an idle playboy whom she despises. When he is exposed in a rent-boy scandal, she sets out to destroy him.Meanwhile Claire, the dead tycoon's secretary, deiscovers she is pregnant with his child after a moment of inebraited folly - but she is also diagnosed with leukaemia. These are only three of a marvellous cast of memorable characters in a wickedly enthralling social comedy where fortaune doesn't necessarily smile on the most grasping and devious.
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Walk in my Soul Oorspronkelijke Titel Het levensverhaal van een sterke Indiaanse vrouw van de Cherokeestam in Tennessee aan het begin van de 19e eeuw. Na een zorgeloze jeugd groeit de mooie Tiana op als een zelfbewuste, door velen gerespecteerde vrouw, die al vroeg blijk geeft over bijzondere genezende en voorspellende gaven te beschikken. Ondanks tragedies in haar persoonlijke leven, blijft zij strijdbaar voor haar volk wanneer dat keer op keer door de blanken uit hun gebied wordt verjaagd. De laatste barre tocht naar het Westen, over de Mississippi het spoor der tranen, zal ze niet overleven. Lijvige, boeiende roman gebaseerd op uitgebreid onderzoek van historische gegevens.