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Christian Churches and Their Peoples, 1840-1965: A Social ...

Christian Churches and Their Peoples, 1840-1965: A Social ...

Nancy Christie

By shifting their focus beyond the internal dynamics of institutions, Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau address broad social issues such as the ways in which religion is linked to changing mores, the key role of laypeople in shaping ...
Cultures of Citizenship in Post-war Canada, 1940 - 1955

Cultures of Citizenship in Post-war Canada, 1940 - 1955

Nancy Christie

Contributors include Denyse Baillargeon (Université de Montréal), P.E. Bryden (Mount Allison University), Nancy Christie, Michael Gauvreau, Karine Hebert (Carleton University), Len Kuffert (Carleton University), and Peter S. McInnis (St ...
British Dramatists Since World War II

British Dramatists Since World War II

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... The Mystery of Agatha Christie (Garden City: Doubleday, 1978); Randall Toye, comp., The Agatha Christie Who's Who (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980); Nancy Blue Wynne, An Agatha Christie Chronology (New York: Ace, 1976 ).
The Poetics of murder: detective fiction and literary theory

The Poetics of murder: detective fiction and literary theory

Glenn W. Most

... for the longest uninterrupted run in theater history. (See Nancy Blue Wynne: An Agatha Christie Chronology [New York: Ace Books, 1976].) 1Agatha Christie, Curtain (New York, Dodd, Mead, 1975). Curtain was Agatha Christie: Containment ...
Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada

Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada

Nancy Christie

Christie makes a major contribution to the fields of gender and family studies, public policy, labour history, and political sociology.'
Mystery and its fictions: from Oedipus to Agatha Christie

Mystery and its fictions: from Oedipus to Agatha Christie

David I. Grossvogel

... uninterrupted run in theater history. (See Nancy Blue Wynne: An Agatha Christie Chronology [New York: Ace Books, 1976].) 2. Agatha Christie, Curtain ( New York; Dodd, Mead, 1975). Curtain 40 MYSTERY AND ITS FICTIONS.
An Agatha Christie Chronology

An Agatha Christie Chronology

Nancy Blue Wynne

Wynne lists in chronological order, the English titles, American titles, plot outlines and character analyses of every Christie work through 1975.
Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement: Life on the Home ...

Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement: Life on the Home ...

Linda S. Peavy

For an overview of James Christie's life, see Bonnie Palmquist, "The Journey to Canaan: Letters of the Christie Family." M.A. thesis, Hamline University, 1990. 6. Alexander Christie (hereafter abbreviated as AC) to Sarah Christie (hereafter ...
Murder She Wrote: A Study of Agatha Christie's Detective Fiction

Murder She Wrote: A Study of Agatha Christie's Detective Fiction

Patricia D. Maida

This book explores the inter-relationships between Agatha Christie and her works to seek the wholeness in the Christie experience.
The Hollow (Poirot)

The Hollow (Poirot)

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
4.50 from Paddington (Miss Marple)

4.50 from Paddington (Miss Marple)

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
Zachys Christie's East

Zachys Christie's East

Christie's East (Firm)

A letter of authenticity from J.J. Fernier of the Association of Friends of Gustave Courbet accompanies this lot See color illustration ♢Christie's and the Seller assume no risk, liability or responsibility for the authenticity of authorship of this lot— ...
Mapping the Margins: The Family and Social Discipline in ...

Mapping the Margins: The Family and Social Discipline in ...

Nancy Christie

A re-evaluation of the history and historiography of the Canadian family.
The Sixties and Beyond: Dechristianization in North America ...

The Sixties and Beyond: Dechristianization in North America ...

Nancy Christie

The Sixties and Beyond is an excellent contribution to the burgeoning scholarship on the 1960s as well as to the history of Christianity in the western world.
Goodness Gracious Green

Goodness Gracious Green

Judy Pace Christie

Theaward is shared byGinger Hamilton, Freda Jones, Carol Lovelady, Paul Christie, Pat Lingenfelter, Jack Pace, Steve Pace, David Pace, Suzanne Christie Zitto, Tony Zitto, Craig Durrett, Peggy Camerino, Alisa Stingley,Martha Fitzgerald,  ...
Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie

Bruce Pendergast

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie is a reference book covering Christie's 238 stories.
The Gifts Of Change

The Gifts Of Change

Nancy Christie

The Gifts of Change encourages readers to push beyond self-imposed boundaries, using the changes that come into their lives as a way to develop new abilities as well as find those that have lain dormant.
52 Best Day Trips from Vancouver: Fourth Edition

52 Best Day Trips from Vancouver: Fourth Edition

Jack Christie

Jack Christie has been sharing his enthusiasm for the outdoors since the 1980s.
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Soccer Mania

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Soccer Mania

Jane O''Connor

All Nancy wants is to be mediocre—or maybe even a little better than average. Will she reach her goal? Written with plenty of humor and sports action, this story is perfect for kids like Nancy who aren’t the stars of their teams.
Elusion aforethought: the life and writing of Anthony ...

Elusion aforethought: the life and writing of Anthony ...

Malcolm J. Turnbull

Like the loving surveys of Agatha Christie's work compiled by Nancy Blue Wynne and Robert Barnard/ it grew out of my own intense enjoyment and enthusiasm for the Berkeley and Iles novels (and my fascination with the contradictory ...
Clues: A Journal of Detection

Clues: A Journal of Detection

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While Nancy Blue Wynne rates it as the first in a series of top-flight mystery novels (25), most recent critics rate Blue Train as a successful second tier novel ( Osborne 62-65). Christie's dislike for this novel undoubtedly resulted from the difficult ...
Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer

Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer

Jane O'Connor

Fans of Fancy Nancy will delight in joining Nancy Clancy as she takes on love in the second chapter book in the series. As always, the central theme of all the Nancy Clancy books shines through, showing the beauty of friendship and love.
The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia

The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia

Matthew Bunson

Offers biographical details about the mystery writer's life, A-to-Z plot summaries of her novels, character listings, and film and television listings.
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

Laura Thompson

Her book is a superb piece of biography' Literary Review 'Affectionate, admiring, perceptive and absolutely convincing' Sunday Telegraph 'This splendid account of [Christie's] life and work is unlikely to be bettered' Evening Standard 'A ...
The Ageless Agatha Christie: Essays on the Mysteries and the ...

The Ageless Agatha Christie: Essays on the Mysteries and the ...

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Patricia D. Maida and Nicholas B. Spornick assert that “Harley Quin and Mr. Satterthwaite continue to spark interest perhaps because they are so different from [Christie's] other detectives” (p. 121). 6. Cook, Detective Fiction and the Ghost Story ...
A Full-Orbed Christianity: The Protestant Churches and ...

A Full-Orbed Christianity: The Protestant Churches and ...

Nancy Christie

A Full-Orbed Christianity calls on historians to rethink the role of Protestantism in Canadian life and to see it not as the garrison of anti-modernity but as the chief harbinger of cultural change before 1940.
Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie

Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie

Richard Hack

Duchess of Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth and scandal as any mystery that Christie ever crafted.
Households of Faith: Family, Gender and Community in Canada, ...

Households of Faith: Family, Gender and Community in Canada, ...

Nancy Christie

Households of Faith examines a variety of religious traditions with a particular focus on the way in which religious communities define gender identities.
Agatha Christie: Murder in four acts : a centenary ...

Agatha Christie: Murder in four acts : a centenary ...

Peter Haining

Profiles the adaptations of Agatha Christie detective fiction for performance in various media, including accounts of the actors who have played Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Tommy and Tuppence Beresford

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