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John Bowen

Also known as: John Griffith Bowen

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John Torrence Bowen, Jr. joined Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington (CWU), in 2008 after ten years teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. A native of New England, John graduated with a BA from Dartmouth College in 1988 and a Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1993. Apart from his work in academia, John also has real-world business experience: he was a cargo marketing executive at Singapore Airlines’ headquarters in Singapore for three years in the 1990s. As an economic geographer and a transportation geographer, his particular areas of expertise include the airline industry, the aircraft industry, and Southeast Asia. At CWU, he is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography. John has published his research in journals such as Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Transport Geography, and Professional Geography. John is the author of The Economic Geography of Air Transportation: Space, Time, and the Freedom of the Sky (Routledge, 2010), and Low-Cost Carriers in Emerging Countries (Elsevier, 2019). Source: [Central Washington University](

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IN HER YOUTH FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE dreamed of a life of heroic action, and by strange chance her dream was realised during the Crimean War.

— from Florence Nightingale, 2003

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After the Rain

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Freelance photographer Suzanne Paris has been on her own since she was fourteen—and she has no intention of settling down, especially not in a tiny town like Walton. She’s here to hide out for a little while, not to form connections. Her survival depends on her ability to slip in and out of people’s lives, on never staying in one place for too long. But Walton is a town where everyone knows everyone else—and they all seem intent on making Suzanne feel right at home. She can’t help but feel drawn to this tight-knit community—or to the town’s mayor, Joe Warner, and his six kids. But Suzanne can’t afford to stick around, even if she’s finally found a place where she belongs. Because someone is looking for her—someone who won’t stop until her life is destroyed…

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Florence Nightingale

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Begun in the reign of George IV and ended in that of Edward VII, her life more than spanned the whole Victorian era. "Do you think you are improving?" had asked the Aga Khan. She would not have hesitated for an instant in her reply. Life for the majority had improved, was improving and would continue to improve. Grieved greatly by his imperfections, she still believed in the ultimate perfectibility of man. Few of the great Victorians brought about by their personal efforts more of the material improvements of the era than Florence Nightingale. Probably in her own mind the betterment of the soldiers' lot, in sickness and in health, that she had helped to bring about would have rated highest. Next to that would have come her efforts to better the health of the peasants of India. Today she is remembered first and foremost as the founder of the nursing profession in its modern form. Her 38 ragtag-and-bobtail women, who coped with the shambles at Scutari, and the 15 young ladies introduced into St. Thomas' in 1860, were the start of one of the greatest of all services to mankind. This was her achievement, and almost hers alone. - p. 246.

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Plays, One

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A volume of plays from John Bowen, one of the twentieth century's leading novelists and playwrights. Includes: After the Rain, The Disorderly Women, Little Boxes, and Singles. Bowen’s plays, like his novels, are preoccupied with myth, manipulation and self-deceit.

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