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Soft cover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Brown glossy wraps. Binding is tight. Spine is straight. Corners are sharp. Content is clean. No markings. No shelf wear. Includes: Contents. List of Authors: Mills, Charli; Amore, Anthony; Bell, Georgia; Black, Sacha; Colvin, Norah; Fanning, Pete; Ferry, C. Jai; Glaessner, Rebecca; Goodwin, Anne; Gray, Luccia; Humienik, Urszula; Khanna, Ruchira; LaForge, Larry; Pard, Geoff Le; Lombardo, Jeanne Belisle; Matthews, Sherri; Mills, Allison; Moyer, Paula; Paige, Jules; Prince, Amber; Reiter, Lisa; Edall-Robson, Ann; Rose, Christina; Shipp, Roger; Spencer, Kate; Unsicker, Sarah; Waters, Irene; Woods, Sarrah J.; Zutautas, Susan. …

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - ECCLESIATICAL ROBOTS written by Ann Ferry, explores the Irish reluctance to face up to thelegacy of widespread institutional abuse has been remarkable in the long crisis in the CatholicChurch. Instead of principled stock taking, defensiveness and even blaming the victims havebeen the norm.The reflexive field of fiction has long been used by the Irish to consider history. ECCLESIASTICALROBOTS is based on factual stories reminding us that the life for the training of postulantsentering the convent to become nuns was frequently a truly traumatic and dehumanizingprocess exposing oppression by authority within religious orders often with sad results. Thebook explores a dysfunctional and controlling culture where rules were to be obeyed at anycost and cruelty was imposed for the slightest infraction. The book highlights that life in manyreligious entities became robotic and obedience to every schedule and routine summonedautomatic responses.The public perception of religious institutions is that the people who enter them are good andcaring and compassionate. Though ECCLESIASTICAL ROBOTS is a work of fiction it is based onreality and supports the premise that very frequently, all is not what it seems.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. ECCLESIATICAL ROBOTS written by Ann Ferry, explores the Irish reluctance to face up to thelegacy of widespread institutional abuse has been remarkable in the long crisis in the CatholicChurch. Instead of principled stock taking, defensiveness and even blaming the victims havebeen the norm.The reflexive field of fiction has long been used by the Irish to consider history. ECCLESIASTICALROBOTS is based on factual stories reminding us that the life for the training of postulantsentering the convent to become nuns was frequently a truly traumatic and dehumanizingprocess exposing oppression by authority within religious orders often with sad results. Thebook explores a dysfunctional and controlling culture where rules were to be obeyed at anycost and cruelty was imposed for the slightest infraction. The book highlights that life in manyreligious entities became robotic and obedience to every schedule and routine summonedautomatic responses.The public perception of religious institutions is that the people who enter them are good andcaring and compassionate. Though ECCLESIASTICAL ROBOTS is a work of fiction it is based onreality and supports the premise that very frequently, all is not what it seems. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 112 pages. Features: Cover illustration of Red-Shafted Flicker by Fenwick Lansdowne; Colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; Classy one-page colour ad for James Richardson & Sons celebrates their 100th anniversary; Half-page colour ad for GE electric blankets; "We don't have to put up with rock 'n' roll"; Beverley Baxter column talks about Lord Altrincham; Nice one-page colour ad for RCA Victor hi-fi products; Joseph Tucker's Triumphant Retreat from the Twentieth Century - he lives in the log cabin he built in Kuroki, Saskatchewan 46 years ago - great photo-illustrated article; Rosa Tremblay and her Seven Sets of Twins! - photo-illustrated article; The Dance of the Bells (short story); What Kind of Man Was Herbert Norman? - did the brilliant diplomat take his own life? - photo-illustrated article; Hangover at the OK Coral - what would happen if Hollywood stars really drank that much alcohol?; Seven gorgeous colour pages of bird illustrations by Fenwick Lansdowne; The Comedian Who Made the House of Commons - Photo-illustrated article on John Pratt; William Lawrence and his wonderful windjammer; The Unseen World of Taste and Smell; Vintage NCR one-page colour ad features supermarket checkout with huge old cash register; Lovely colour-photo two-page ad for Del Monte canned foods; Eight-page colour celebration of the 100th anniversary of the House of Seagram; Eva-Lis Wuorio describes her most memorable meal; Nice one-page colour-photo Caterpillar ad features Manitoba's Highway 1E before and after it was modernized; Nostalgic colour-photo Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank ad shows classic teller scene with glass barrier along counter; Colour-photo one-page Canadian Club ad features Charles Fidani who snatches ribbons (rosettes) from the forelock of charging bulls in Saliers, France (The Ribbon Game); Attractive one-page ad for Philips Styline TVs; One-page ad for Dictaphone shows executive speaking into microphone in his impressive office; Nice colour-photo Old Vienna beer ad shows man reaching for tray; Pilkington Glass colour-photo ad with scene in home of E.C. Vandervoort, Kingston, Ontario; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Simmons Hide-A-Beds; One-page colour-photo ad for Youngstown Kitchens; Trans-Canada Air Lines one-page ad shows Venice scene; Crown & Anchor beer ad features colour photo of golf scene; Vintage colour-photo Samsonite luggage ad features beautiful Miss Canada 1957, Joan May Fitzpatrick; Vintage one-page A.V. Roe ad entitled "Belgium Chooses the Avro CF-100", with two photos; Back cover colour Coke ad with illustration in Germany's Black Forest; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Lansdowne, J.Fenwick (cover art); Hill, James; Macpherson, Duncan; Arbuckle, Franklin; Price, Arthur; King, Ronald (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. ECCLESIATICAL ROBOTS written by Ann Ferry, explores the Irish reluctance to face up to thelegacy of widespread institutional abuse has been remarkable in the long crisis in the CatholicChurch. Instead of principled stock taking, defensiveness and even blaming the victims havebeen the norm.The reflexive field of fiction has long been used by the Irish to consider history. ECCLESIASTICALROBOTS is based on factual stories reminding us that the life for the training of postulantsentering the convent to become nuns was frequently a truly traumatic and dehumanizingprocess exposing oppression by authority within religious orders often with sad results. Thebook explores a dysfunctional and controlling culture where rules were to be obeyed at anycost and cruelty was imposed for the slightest infraction. The book highlights that life in manyreligious entities became robotic and obedience to every schedule and routine summonedautomatic responses.The public perception of religious institutions is that the people who enter them are good andcaring and compassionate. Though ECCLESIASTICAL ROBOTS is a work of fiction it is based onreality and supports the premise that very frequently, all is not what it seems. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…