Catherine Marshall

Red-gold flames licked at the stars. The air grew acrid with the smell of burning wood. . . Before long, they could hear the sound of desperate shouts. Bob Allen and many of the residents of Cutter Gap are upset because a black family moves into the Cove and their three children attend the Mission school. As tensions rise and threatening incidents escalate, Christy's concern for the safety of her new students deepens. When Christy discovers a surprising link to Cutter Gap's past, is it too late to make a difference and return peace to the Cove? Based on Catherine Marshall's novel Christy - a New York Times bestseller - The Christy(R) of Cutter Gap series contains expanded adventures filled with romance, intrigue, and excitement.

"We ain't sayin' we're better, Miz Christy. But the whole truth is, we are different now. Can't help it." When Ruby Mae, Bessie, and Clara discover gold in Dead Man's Creek, they form an exclusive group calling themselves "The Princess Club." Christy watches in dismay as the girls, and soon the whole town, are torn apart by greed and envy. Will Christy find a way to heal the bitter divisions caused by a handful of gold? Based on Catherine Marshall's novel Christy - a New York Times bestseller-The Christy(R) of Cutter Gap series contains expanded adventures filled with romance, intrigue, and excitement.

This book explores the concept of deference as used by historians and political scientists. Often confused and judged to be outdated, it shows how deference remains central to understanding British politics to the present day. This study aims to make sense of how political deference has functioned in different periods and how it has played a crucial role in legitimising British politics. It shows how deference sustained what are essentially English institutions, those which dominated the Union well into the second half of the twentieth century until the post-1997 constitutional transformations under New Labour. While many dismiss political and institutional deference as having died out, this book argues that a number of recent political decisions – including the vote in favour of Brexit in June 2016 – are the result of a deferential way of thinking that has persisted through the democratic changes of the twentieth century. Combining close readings of theoretical texts with analysesof specific legal changes and historical events, the book charts the development of deference from the eighteenth century through to the present day. Rather than offering a comprehensive history of deference, it picks out key moments that show the changing nature of deference, both as a concept and as a political force.

Offering clear, easy-to-understand guidance on designing qualitative research, this fully updated Seventh Edition of Marshall and Rossman’s bestselling text retains the useful examples, tools, and vignettes that makes it such an outstanding resource. The book takes students from selecting a research genre through building a conceptual framework, data collection and interpretation, and arguing the merits of the proposal. Now featuring a new co-author, Gerardo L. Blanco, this edition includes more on the history and new emerging genres of qualitative inquiry, as well as a more sustained and deeper focus on social media and other digital applications in conducting qualitative research. New application activities provide opportunities for students to try out ideas, while timely vignettes illustrate the methodological challenges posed by the intellectual, ethical, political, and technological advances affecting society. PowerPoints to accompany this text are available on an instructor site at: https://edge.sagepub.com/marshall7e

Nathaniel Armstrong and Sarah Roberts have grown up together in the small East Yorkshire village of Alderby, but fate tears them apart when Sarah is orphaned and sent into service at Ravenswood Hall. Nathaniel leaves Alderby to work on a farm in the Dales and the years pass. With childhood behind them, they meet again and realise the depths of their feelings for each other. Nathaniel asks Sarah to marry him and Sarah accepts. Their plans are shattered when Nathaniel is accused of compromising his employer's daughter. If he refuses to marry Gilda Garrowby, her father threatens both Nathaniel and his family with financial ruin. But someone is watching over the pair. Old Eleni the gypsy foretells their future together and reveals to Sarah her gypsy heritage. It becomes clear to Sarah where her gift of clairvoyance comes from-Eleni herself, Sarah's grandmother. In an attempt to keep the two together, Eleni persuades them to participate in a traditional gypsy betrothal ceremony, but afterwards Sarah and Nathaniel quarrel bitterly and go their separate ways. Sarah, falsely accused of stealing from her employer, flees south to London where life becomes a struggle to survive on the streets. Nathaniel finds himself on board a ship bound for Australia, dressed in the garb of an escaped convict. Life in the young colony is harsh and he despairs of ever returning to his native land, let alone achieve his mission to reclaim Strathvoe, the Armstrongs' ancestral home. Ten thousand miles lies between them. Grinding poverty holds them captive. Will Eleni's prophecy prove true, or are the two doomed to live their lives apart?