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[ "\"London is a very fine place,\" announced Pooh.When Winnie-the-Pooh ventures to London he's most surprised to encounter a blustery bus, a wobbly bridge and huge lions But the greatest excitement of all is when he stands in front of the gates at Buckingham Palace and a very important lady comes out to meet the crowd ...Featuring the Shard, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and many other famous London landmarks this is a wonderful celebration of a great city as seen through the eyes of the Bear of Very Little Brain.Mark Burgess's illustrations, true to the spirit of the original drawings by E. H. Shepard, perfectly capture this incredibly special meeting.Pooh ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage.Whether youre 5 or 55, Pooh is the bear for all ages." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Humor & Satire" ]

[ "Was the 1994 crash of the American Eagle flight 4184 the inevitable result of an appalling lack of concern among government and airline officials? This account, by a key player in the subsequent FAA-ordered grounding of all ATR-72 aircraft, probes every aspect of the disaster. The author weaves together technical information culled from aircraft performance experts; FAA, NTSB, AARS, and ALPA findings; the airline and aircraft manufacturer; accident recovery reports; and personal interviews with the victims' families and associates." ]

[ "Review", "\"It was a crash that did not have to happen.\" --", "New York Times, February 26, 1995", "From the Inside Flap", "In this book, professional airline pilot Stephen A. Fredrick offers an inside account of Flight 4184 - an accurate, balanced, sensitive investigation of an air disaster over Indiana in the fall of 1994 that holds cautionary lessons for every reader.The aircraft involved in the crash of Flight 4184 was an ATR-72 turboprop.  This model, designed and manufactured by a European consortium, had a history of performance problems in icing conditions - the same conditions that prevailed on the day of the Indiana crash.  Despite this knowledge, aviation officials downplayed the ATR-72's troubles, even after the tragedy, but eventually grounded the aircraft.  This action by the government had happened only one other time in U.S. aviation history.When the crash occurred, Stephen A. Fredrick, himself an American Eagle pilot, could not remain silent.  Fredrick knew three of the four crew members on Flight 4184, and had once experienced a close call while piloting an ATR on an icy day.  In this riveting account, he tells the technical and human story of Flight 4184 for the first time.  To proved a complete and accurate picture, he incorporates information culled from aircraft performance experts; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); accident recovery reports; and poignant personal interviews with the victims' families and associates.  This book is an exploration in search of answers to the questions that must be asked:Does the ATR-72 have a design flaw?Were the checks and balances in quality control and testing in place and effective?Are foreign-made aircraft subject to the same FAA scrutiny and testing applied to planes manufactured in the Unites States?What is being done to prevent similar tragedies?Carefully factual as well as moving, Unheeded Warning is provocative reading for both the aviation community and the general public.", "From the Back Cover", "\"The National Transportation Safety Board Monday night issued an emergency recommendation that the type of plane that crashed in northern Indiana last week, killing all 68 aboard, be grounded whenever there are icing conditions , pending a special government review.\"  The Washington Post - November 8, 1994\"...American Eagle advised two pilots who refused to fly ATRs to report to the company's employee-assistance program to talk about their fears.  Whether the action constituted strong-arming is debatable.\"  Newsweek - December 12, 1994\"The onset of the roll was so rapid and so violent that it was beyond the ken of any pilot to do anything about it.\"  Captain Paul McCarthy, Chairman of the Accident Investigation Board of the Air Line Pilots Association  - Indianapolis Star - February 26, 1995\"Plane Maker Says It Misunderstood Problems with Ice\"\"Officials Agree with Hearing Questioner That Industry Was Too Complacent\"The New York Times - March 3, 1995", "About the Author", "Stephen Fredrick is married and lives on Maui with his wife, Shelly.  He is a businessperson, realtor, author, former airline pilot, and internationally recognized aviation safety and air crash victims' rights advocate and speaker.  His aviation safety analysis has appeared in print, on radio, and in television programs around the world, most recently on Russian National Television in 2012 when he was sought out for his technical expertise following the loss of a Russian airliner.  He's also getting back to flying after a 17 year hiatus. In 1996, McGraw-Hill published his first book, the nonfiction Unheeded Warning - The Inside Story of American Eagle Flight 4184. From 1997 through 1998, he served as president of the National Air Disaster Alliance (NADA), an organization consisting of survivors and families of victims of international aviation and airline crashes.  NADA was founded in 1995 by the families of American Eagle Flight 4184, and was instrumental in the origination, passing through Congress, and ultimate signing into law by President Clinton the Assistance to Families of Aviation Disasters Act of 1996, which codified the rules for humane treatment, both by government and the airlines, of the victims and families of aviation accidents. He founded and ran a business in Wisconsin for 27 years prior to embarking on writing, real estate, and a return to the cockpit. His first fiction novel, Cassandra's Crossing was published in 2011.  It was the premier William Langdon novel.  In 2012, he published Fortunate Son, the second in the series. Stephen has three daughters, Rebecca, Rachel, and Stephanie and two grandchildren, Morgan and William.  His mother remains his biggest fan, and though he claims to be an only child, his brother David, and sister Cheri, do, in fact, exist.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Politics & Social Sciences", "Politics & Government" ]

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[ "Books", "Sports & Outdoors", "Miscellaneous" ]

[ "From the bestselling author of", "God Stories", ", this “mysterious and faith-inspiring” (", "Publishers Weekly", ") book shares the uplifting stories of people who have encountered the divine through their dogs.", "The Divinity of Dogs", "is about the moments we learn something profound about life from an experience with a dog. In this inspiring collection of true dog stories, you’ll hear dramatic firsthand accounts from people whose lives have been transformed by a dog’s love. From everyday blessings to lifealtering miracles, these stories confirm what many of us have always known: dogs are the ultimate gift, sent here to help us on our journey. You’ll meet Mazie, the Lab who was rescued from a shelter only to return the favor by rescuing her new family; Luna, the Retriever who pulled her person to safety after she collapsed in a field; Little Bit, the Chihuahua who detected cancer in her owner’s breast; Emma, the Rottweiler who stopped a troubled man from taking his life; Bo, the Boxer who helped comfort a mother after the loss of her son; and other amazing, heroic dogs you’ll never forget. Filled with heartwarming anecdotes, adorable dog photos, and the author’s moving personal story,", "The Divinity of Dogs", "reminds us that we’re not alone and will always have joy in our lives as long as we have dogs by our sides." ]

[ "Review", "\"Reader advisory: Must be read with tissues! You don't have to be a pet lover to fall in love with these stories.", "The Divinity of Dogs", "captures the unconditional love and loyalty of dogs and delivers it with one big wet kiss.\" —Carole Tomko, President of MyDiscovery \"", "The Divinity of Dogs", "is a fascinating read - bringing to life the very special, sometimes incredible, aspects of dogs, with whom we have the privilege to share our lives.\" —Clarissa Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer of Dogs Trust - A Dog Is For Life “Every dog I’ve had the privilege of knowing has imparted some special lesson, insight or transcendent gift to me. It’s what they do.", "The Divinity of Dogs", "captures the essence of dogs and their many gifts to humankind. Wonderful stories.” —Francis Battista, Co-founder of Best Friends Animal Society “This wonderful book is a treasure trove of fascinating stories that will entertain, inspire, enlighten, and amaze you. Soul-enriching.” —Lewis Regenstein, President of the Interfaith Council for the Protection of Animals and Nature \"I loved this book.", "The Divinity of Dogs", "captures the beautiful non-verbal messages between people and their pets. It's a powerful page-turner!\" —Debi Boies, co-founder of Pilots N Paws \"Do yourself a favor, read this book, adopt a dog and join the rest of us who know the secret of a happy life.\" —Karen Rhodes, President, Dogs' Refuge Home“Jennifer Skiff’s miraculous book is filled with happy dog faces and inspiring stories that touch the canine-human bond.” ―", "Blue Heron Journal", "“It can be easy to lose sight of the humanity we all share when so much turmoil exists over resources and money and power. But with something as easy as a book filled with love stories about dogs, it can be much easier to remember the kind of people we should all strive to be -- the kind who listen to our dogs a little more and the rest of the noise a little less.” -- Jenny Block ―", "The Huffington Post", "“A perfect read for dog lovers and those wishing to adopt. An uplifting collection of stories about people who have had other-worldly experiences through their relationships with dogs.\" ―", "Shelf Awareness", "“A fabulous collection of personal accounts of how dogs have helped people. Ranging from near miracles to simply providing love and companionship, these accounts are all heartwarming… a fabulous holiday gift for a dog loving friend or as a party exchange gift at your local dog club.” ―", "Examiner.com", "“This is an uplifting book, perfect for this time of year. Many of these true stories are heartwarming and filled with pure joy - exploring the kind of innocent and absolute joy dogs offer and inspire,” ―", "Chicago Tribune", "“...tells true stories of love, miracles and personal transformations involving dogs.” ―", "Sun Journal (Lewiston-Auburn, ME)", "\"One of the most inspiring collections of dog stories assembled.\" ―", "Iron Mountain Daily News (Michigan)", "“This book should come with it's own box of tissues, because, trust me, you won't get through it without needing several. Some stories make you smile through your tears, some bring a tear because of the obvious bond between human and dog, but all of them will touch you in some way.” ―", "Post Journal (Jamestown-NY)", "“Tissue alert, but in a good way. This is an uplifting book, perfect for this time of year. All these inspiring ‘touched by a dog’ true stories are heartwarming, and filled with pure joy – the kind of innocent and absolute joy which dogs offer and inspire.” ―", "USA Weekend", "“packed full of inspiring, heartwarming, feel good to your bones stories about dogs and their people, and will definitely warm your heart and give you paws to just how much dogs help, love, comfort, uplift, guide, amaze, inspire and change people’s lives.” ―", "Johann the Dog", "About the Author", "Jennifer Skiff", "is an award-winning television producer, journalist, and author of", "God Stories", ". An advocate for animals, she is a Trustee of the Dogs’ Refuge Home in Australia. She lives in Maine and Australia.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "The Divinity of Dogs", "“I had no reason to live” Scott Thornsley It was Christmas morning, 1995. My wife had left me in August, and two weeks later, I lost my job of nineteen years. I was alone, without anyone to turn to. Worst of all, no one needed me anymore—my workplace or the wife I loved. I’d just gotten my PhD and was looking forward to enjoying the success that would come with it. Instead, the hunt for a new job was futile. Because of my new degree, I couldn’t get the most menial of jobs. Most people said I was overeducated. I felt like a total failure. I thought long and hard and came to the conclusion that my life was not worth living. I decided to commit suicide. The moment came. I’d decided on a method and was committed to carrying it out. At that very moment, my four-year-old Rottweiler, Emma, bounded into the study. Her leash was in her mouth, which was not unusual. What was unusual was what she did next. She grabbed my hand with her mouth and ferociously pulled me toward the front door, tugging and yanking me out of my chair. She had never done this before. There was a hard-falling snow, which would make even the", "shortest of walks difficult. Her tugging continued. I decided to grant her one more walk. Once we were outside, she wouldn’t let me go home. She continued, just ahead, leading me through neighborhoods and school athletic fields. Emma wandered without direction, refusing to let me turn around. A couple of hours passed, and during that time, my mind cleared, and I realized my life was not over. I had much to be thankful for, and someone really did need me—even if it was a female Rottweiler named Emma. There is no doubt in my mind that Emma saved my life that day. In the darkest of moments, a dog can make your life worth living. Emma & Scott North East Rottweiler Rescue & Referral", "rottrescue.org", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Pets & Animal Care" ]

[ "Exciting New Series by Beloved Author Lauraine SnellingAddy Lockwood's mother died when she was little, so Addy traveled with her father's Wild West Show and became an amazingly skillful trick rider, likened by some to the famous Annie Oakley. When her father died, she continued to work with the show, having nowhere else to go.Now Addy has discovered that \"Uncle\" Jason, the show's manager, has driven the show into debt, and he's absconded with what little money was left. Devastated, Addy decides to try to find the hidden valley where here father had dreamed of putting down roots. She has only one clue. She needs to find three huge stones that look like fingers raised in a giant hand. With Chief, a Sioux Indian who's been with the show for twenty years, and Micah, the head wrangler, she leaves both the show and a bundle of heartache behind and begins a wild and daring adventure." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "WILD WEST WIND--EXCITING New Series from Bestselling Author Lauraine Snelling When Cassie Lockwood's mother died, Cassie began travelling with her father's Wild West Show. Along the way, she became an amazingly skillful trick rider and sharpshooter, likened by some to the famous Annie Oakley. When her father passed away, she continued to work with the show, having nowhere else to go. Now Cassie has discovered that \"Uncle\" Jason, the show's manager, has driven the show into debt, and he's absconded with what little money was left. Devastated, Cassie decides to try to find the hidden valley in the Black Hills of South Dakota where her father had dreamed of setting down roots. She has only one clue. She needs to find three huge stones that look like fingers on a giant hand. With Chief, a Sioux Indian who's been with the act for twenty years, and Micah, the head wrangler, she leaves the show and a bundle of heartache behind and begins a wild and daring adventure.Will they find the valley before winter closes in on them?", "About the Author", "Lauraine Snelling is the awardwinning author of over 60 books for adults and young adults. Her books have sold over 2 million copies. Besides writing books and articles, she teaches at writers' conferences across the country. She and her husband make their home in Tehachapi, California." ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Literature & Fiction" ]

[ "When the next King of country music offers to take you under his wing, what's a girl to do? Pinch herself, of course. Repeatedly. Then take the offer! Quinn Winters is tired of being the actress known for most killed off characters. After discovering her love of music when her last role portrayed a country singer on a daytime soap opera, she's making a much needed change in life. Quinn is unprepared for the demands and expectations needed to succeed in Music City. One pleading call from her sister puts her in an all too familiar, but unwanted position. Five years ago, Tucker McGinnis auditioned for a reality singing show, never expecting to win. His sudden fame and popularity comes as a major surprise. After a multi platinum debut, his second album is suffering the dreaded sophomore jinx. His musical muse becomes elusive when guilt plagues him over an accident which affects his family. He is blown away by Quinn when he overhears her audition at his record label, singing his most personal song. An attraction builds, and a connection through music is formed. But when life gets in the way, Tucker makes another offer - A temporary marriage which will benefit both of them, until things become too real. Two souls destined for the stage, two hearts blending together to create beautiful music as individuals, but even better as country music's next power couple- if they can shed the images of who they used to be." ]

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[ "Books", "Romance", "Contemporary" ]

[ "The excitement continues for twins Nathan and Aria as they crawl under the cultural hall stage and through the Enchanted Tunnel into two new adventures. In book 3, Journey to Jerusalem, Nathan and Aria head to the Far East and Solomon s Temple, where they hear twelve-yearold Jesus teaching the priests." ]

[ "About the Author", "Marianne Monson has a bachelor s degree in English Literature from BYU and an MFA from Vermont College s Writing for Children program. She currently teaches creative writing at Portland Community College. She has published poetry and short stories in several national magazines, including Highlights and the Friend." ]

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[ "This is the story of one of baseball's great major league managers. He was fair and faithful with his players and well respected with them and the fans. He took no guff from the umpires and stuck with his truth. Also a good family man, he was dedicated to his family and friends. This book is full of priceless life lessons that he left as his legacy." ]

[ "About the Author", "Carl Paul Maggio is retired from a successful real estate career and resides in Sedona, Arizona. In addition to being a member of the 1951 American League championship team, he also played baseball for the University of Southern California Trojans for four years, in the Canadian League and during his service in the United States Navy. He enjoys acting, photography and traveling." ]

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[ "Books", "Sports & Outdoors", "Baseball" ]

[ "Biscuit, everyone’s favorite sweet puppy, loves adventures. Whether he’s meeting the class pet, Nibbles, visiting the farm, or reading his favorite stories at the library, there is always loads of fun in store for Biscuit and his friends.", "These twelve beloved stories can each be read in five minutes—making them a great addition to your story-time tradition. A perfect read-aloud, complete with over 190 pages of full-color illustrations, this collection is a treasure to be read again and again at bedtime, storytime, or anytime!", "If you're looking for 5-minute bedtime stories, Biscuit is a good choice for snuggling with your little puppy.", "The collection includes lightly adapted versions of 12 classic stories:", "Meet Biscuit!", "Meet Biscuit!", "Biscuit Meets the Class Pet", "Biscuit Meets the Class Pet", "Biscuit's First Trip", "Biscuit's First Trip", "Biscuit in the Garden", "Biscuit in the Garden", "Biscuit Takes a Walk", "Biscuit Takes a Walk", "Biscuit's Big Friend", "Biscuit's Big Friend", "Biscuit and the Baby", "Biscuit and the Baby", "Biscuit's Day at the Farm", "Biscuit's Day at the Farm", "Biscuit Plays Ball", "Biscuit Plays Ball", "Biscuit Loves the Library", "Biscuit Loves the Library", "Biscuit's First Sleepover", "Biscuit's First Sleepover", "Biscuit's First Beach Day", "Biscuit's First Beach Day" ]

[ "About the Author", "Alyssa Satin Capucilli is the author of the first story about Tulip and Rex,", "Tulip Loves Rex", ", as well as the bestselling Biscuit books and many other beloved children's books. She lives in a book-filled home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.", "Pat Schories's engaging illustrations of the puppy Biscuit are modeled on her own dog. In addition to having illustrated all the Biscuit books, she is also the artist and author of", "He's Your Dog", "and", "Mouse Around.", "Ms. Schories lives in Cold Spring, NY." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life" ]

[ "Homicidal harlot", "I am guilty of unimaginable sins, and I feel no remorse for a single one of them.I’m the whore my people are all ashamed of. A monster forged by a world that’s cruel and corrupt.Life has tried to break me down time and time again, but I’ve always overcome anything that fickle bitch has thrown my way.The day I landed at the devil’s feet like some kind of weak damsel in distress, everything changed.One taste of his sickly-sweet poison and nothing for me was ever the same again.", "Living Nightmare", "I’ve been called lots of things.The Devil.Deranged.A psychopathic savage.It’s hard to deny any of those titles when I built an empire around them.In my hellish paradise, we live by a code created for rebel souls. We’re sinners and thieves that make no apologies for taking whatever the fuck we want by whatever means.When a ghost from my past falls into my hands, it’s my intention to make good use of her.The crazy reflected in her eyes gives me other ideas. I can’t deny we’re a match made in hell.And that changes everything.Forewarning, our story is more than a little fucked up." ]

[ "Review", "\"", "Holy shit this book is hot as hell hands down. It is not for the faint of heart, this book is pretty graphic,and very tense. My heart way pounding with all the suspense. I'm seriously fanning myself over Romero🖤\"-", "Danielle, Goodreads Reviewer", "\"What did I just read!!!!!", "It is very dark very twisted... please read the short trigger warning THIS book will not be for EVERYONE it isn't hearts and flowers it isn't romance, it is Raw, Dark, Gritty....\"", "-", "Charlie WLTB Blog", "\"This is a book unlike anything I have ever read before. Its got enough crazy to fill an asylum with a hot dose of sexy to mix it all up. We've got cultists, cannibals and satanists, a little something for everyone. This was hard to put down it was so addictive a story that I read it in one sitting.\"-", "Ally's Book Reviews" ]

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[ "Books", "Science Fiction & Fantasy", "Science Fiction" ]

[ "The highly anticipated release of the most personal novel by Kyung-Sook Shin, who first burst on to the literary scene with the", "New York Times", "bestseller,", "Please Look After Mom", ".", "Homesick and alone, a teen-aged girl has just arrived in Seoul to work in a factory. Her family, still in the countryside, is too impoverished to keep sending her to school, so she works long, sun-less days on a stereo-assembly line, struggling through night school every evening in order to achieve her dream of becoming a writer.", "Korea’s brightest literary star sets this complex and nuanced coming-of-age story against the backdrop of Korea’s industrial sweatshops of the 1970’s and takes on the extreme exploitation, oppression, and urbanization that helped catapult Korea’s economy out of the ashes of war. But it was girls like Shin’s heroine who formed the bottom of Seoul’s rapidly changing social hierarchy, forgotten and ignored.", "Richly autobiographical,", "The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness", "lays bare the conflict and confusion Shin faces as she confronts her past and the sweeping social change of the past half-century. Cited in Korea as one of the most important literary novels of the decade, this novel cements Shin’s legacy as one of the most insightful and exciting writers of her generation." ]

[ "Review", "“Shin writes about a time and setting that may seem remote to many Americans, but in many ways her specificity is universal; we all have a monster that has no face, and which we try to avoid. Shin paints her own monster for us.” -", "New York Times Book Review", "“Kyung-sook Shin's work often inhabits the space between story and reality. Though the autobiographical novel is a well-worn genre, Shin handles it with the sort of effortless ruthlessness a story like this requires, without letting either the narrator or the reader rest easy about the line between truth and fiction. It's no wonder that despite being grounded in signposts of the everyday,", "The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness", "has the tenor of a ghost story. Shin anchors her narrator in vivid details rather than narrative absolutes. A haunting, remarkable novel.” -", "NPR", "“In", "The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness", ", Shin opens her nation's transition and her people's struggle to the world that looked away for all those years.", "Please Look After Mom", ", Ms. Shin's poignant examination of how Korea's evolution has impacted the different generations, gave birth to these other translations. But her later works are still more profound. While South Korea is but a whisper of its former self, Ms. Shin's writing grabs hold of those memories and brings them loudly to the surface.” -", "The Economist", "“Intimate and hauntingly spare. A raw tribute.” -", "The New York Times Book Review", "“Shin's unemotional delivery and understated yet devastating perspective on her country's expectations and norms are familiar from her earlier novels, but this book's grim glimpse into the lives of factory girls is notably haunting. There's a hypnotic quality to this melancholy coming-of-age story described as 'not quite fact and not quite fiction.' Allusive and structurally sophisticated, it melds Shin's characteristic themes of politics, literature, and painful experience into a mysteriously compelling whole.” -", "Kirkus Reviews", "“This work stands the test of time. Isolation and suicide among young adults worldwide have only tragically multiplied, making", "The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness", "urgently auspicious. Described at beginning and end as “not quite fact and not quite fiction,” this book is essential reading.” -", "Library Journal, starred review", "“Affecting. How does an author write about a troubled land when her sorrow is so great? Shin's novel provides a powerful record of the time.” -", "The Minneapolis Star Tribune", "“The most moving and accomplished, and often startling, novel in translation I’ve read in many seasons. Every sentence is saturated in detail.” -", "The Wall Street Journal", "“Haunting. The novel’s language, so formal in its simplicity, bestows a grace and solemnity.” -", "The Boston Globe", "“A moving portrayal of the surprising nature, sudden sacrifices, and secret reveries of motherhood.” -", "Elle", "“The tone is as dreary as its topic, but it is a fictional account of what absolutely must be told and known. Intense but revealing historical fiction that the author calls something between ‘not quite fact, not quite fiction.’” -", "Historical Novels Society", "About the Author", "Kyung-Sook Shin", "is one of South Korea’s most widely read and acclaimed novelists. She is the author of", "The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness, I'll Be Right There,", "and", "Please Look After Mom", ", which was a", "New York Times", "bestseller and a Man Asian Literary Prize winner.", "Ha-Yun Jung", "'s writing has appeared in", "The Harvard Review, Best New American Voices,", "and other publications.  She is the recipient of a PEN Translation Fund Grant and a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study fellowship.  She is on the faculty at Ewha Womens University in Seoul, Korea." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]

[ "A blend of history, etymology, anecdotes, origins and culture of food.", "How often have you found yourself in the kitchen in the middle of preparing a recipe when you come across an unfamiliar term? Not recognizing a word and its meaning can diminish or slow down the pleasure of preparing a dish. Or perhaps you have a love of words and are intrigued by their historical background and linguistic origins.", "Cooking is a wonderful adventure especially when the terms, definitions and historical origins of words in recipes are familiar.", "The Cook's Essential Kitchen Dictionary", "defines 4,500 key food words and provides a wealth of historical background for many of them. For anyone who cooks or who simply loves food, this book is a vital reference source and an outstanding cookbook supplement.", "The book includes:", "Food and alcohol terms listed alphabetically for easy reference", "Food and alcohol terms listed alphabetically for easy reference", "Illustrations throughout particularly for fruits and vegetables", "Illustrations throughout particularly for fruits and vegetables", "British, American and many foreign language cooking terms", "British, American and many foreign language cooking terms", "Complete pasta appendix", "Complete pasta appendix", "Wonderful selection of fascinating food quotes and anecdotes", "Wonderful selection of fascinating food quotes and anecdotes", "Basic cooking methods.", "Basic cooking methods.", "The rich and rare culinary information describes subjects as varied as Humble Pie and Hanger Steak to Squawroot and Stracchino.", "The Cook's Essential Kitchen Dictionary", "is an excellent resource to have on hand in the kitchen and makes for delightful armchair reading as well." ]

[ "Review", "A great resource for anyone who appreciates food, cooking, or linguistics. -- Anne-Marie Seltzer ―", "Arlington Advocate", "Published On: 2004-11-04", "About the Author", "Jacques Rolland", "has a degree in Culinary Art and Hotel Management from the Hotel School of Thonon-les-Bain. He lives in Las Vegas.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Introduction", "\"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.\"", "Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin", "The Physiology of Taste", "(", "La Physiologie du Goût", "), 1825", "Although all animals eat, only humans discuss and write about this most basic need. Our survival and ability to thrive depend upon the nutrients food provides, and what we eat, not to mention how it is prepared, appreciated and remembered, is as deep and complex as any work of art. To learn about ourselves as consumers of food is to be in touch with the deepest aspects of our humanity.", "Ever since Eve ate the apple in the Garden of Eden, our taste buds have influenced the course of world events. \"The fate of nations depends upon the way they eat,\" concluded the French gourmand and epicurian Brillat-Savarin. Thoughts about the way we eat permeate culture, from literature, religion, philosophy and anthropology to science and medicine. In fact, food is such a fundamental part of our lives, we're likely to take it for granted, which would be a terrible mistake. The journey from our ancestors' discovery of fire to the fine art of gastronomy is the story of the human race, an eventful romp, loaded with lively anecdotes and startling information. Often it makes great bedtime reading.", "Whether you're looking for an entertaining read or the answer to a specific culinary question,", "The Cook's Essential Kitchen Dictionary", "offers a unique vantage point from which to expand your knowledge of food and your appreciation of cooking. Food words, such as the names of fruits and vegetables, recipe titles and cooking techniques or terminology, rarely come about by chance. Insight into their historical origins is not only interesting -- it makes the adventure of cooking all the more enjoyable.", "You likely recognize restaurant as a place to eat. But do you know its fascinating history? For the answer, turn to page 319.", "Based on many years of research from a wide range of sources and containing more than 4,000 definitions of key food and beverage terms, as well as a wealth of historical background, this treasury of food lore is much more than an excellent resource. It's a book to browse through, one that will take both the interested amateur and the professional cook on a delightful journey through the world of food.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Introduction", "\"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.\"", "Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin", "The Physiology of Taste", "(", "La Physiologie du Goût", "), 1825", "Although all animals eat, only humans discuss and write about this most basic need. Our survival and ability to thrive depend upon the nutrients food provides, and what we eat, not to mention how it is prepared, appreciated and remembered, is as deep and complex as any work of art. To learn about ourselves as consumers of food is to be in touch with the deepest aspects of our humanity.", "Ever since Eve ate the apple in the Garden of Eden, our taste buds have influenced the course of world events. \"The fate of nations depends upon the way they eat,\" concluded the French gourmand and epicurian Brillat-Savarin. Thoughts about the way we eat permeate culture, from literature, religion, philosophy and anthropology to science and medicine. In fact, food is such a fundamental part of our lives, we're likely to take it for granted, which would be a terrible mistake. The journey from our ancestors' discovery of fire to the fine art of gastronomy is the story of the human race, an eventful romp, loaded with lively anecdotes and startling information. Often it makes great bedtime reading.", "Whether you're looking for an entertaining read or the answer to a specific culinary question,", "The Cook's Essential Kitchen Dictionary", "offers a unique vantage point from which to expand your knowledge of food and your appreciation of cooking. Food words, such as the names of fruits and vegetables, recipe titles and cooking techniques or terminology, rarely come about by chance. Insight into their historical origins is not only interesting -- it makes the adventure of cooking all the more enjoyable.", "You likely recognize restaurant as a place to eat. But do you know its fascinating history? For the answer, turn to page 319.", "Based on many years of research from a wide range of sources and containing more than 4,000 definitions of key food and beverage terms, as well as a wealth of historical background, this treasury of food lore is much more than an excellent resource. It's a book to browse through, one that will take both the interested amateur and the professional cook on a delightful journey through the world of food.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Cookbooks, Food & Wine", "Cooking Education & Reference" ]

[ "This manual contains completely worked-out solutions for all the odd-numbered exercises in the text." ]

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[ "Albert Carlson, a Swedish emigrant, recounts his experiences starting a new life in Southern California during the twenties" ]

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[ "A contemporary coming-of-age lesbian novel about discovering who you want to be and finding how to live with your past—without repeating it.", "City girl Luce May’s first year out of high school has been the worst. When she escapes her turbulent life in Sydney to start over at a university in the middle of nowhere, the last thing she wants is anyone in her new life to know of her past. Especially that to escape her chaotic, alcoholic mother, Luce also had to abandon her teenage sister.", "As Luce slowly starts to find another version of herself in this place, she also finds a new family in her eclectic group of friends. She even begins to find solace and possibility in her budding relationship with Eva, the girl who loves trees so much she travelled across the world to live among them.", "But when Luce’s sister back home starts to follow Luce’s own wild footsteps, and Luce’s guilt starts to grow, she finds it harder to keep her old and new worlds apart. Can Luce find a way to embrace this new life and take care of her family without returning to her old destructive ways?" ]

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[ "Books", "Romance", "LGBTQ+ Romance" ]

[ "Mark Bennett’s vision of transforming a garbage-filled swamp infested with water moccasins and alligators into a place of great natural beauty was considered an impossible dream. This is a story of the author's struggle to transform it into a beautiful, unique golf experience on the Savannah River." ]

[ "Review", "This man's vision of transforming a garbage-filled swamp infested with water moccasins and alligators into a place of great natural beauty was considered an impossible dream...and yet, it defied all the odds. Mark's determined pursuit of his vision became a journey of discovery that would plumb the depths of financial risk, reveal the destructive nature of human greed-and challenge the limits of his ability to endure. At its core, this is the account of a man's journey of self-discovery and the heavy price he paid for pursuing a goal that wouldn't let him go; who ultimately found his greatest treasure in family and faith that gave him the strength to continue when all was lost. An amazing read!\" -Jack Fallow, CEO Ministries" ]

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[ "Remaining in Argentina to tie up loose ends pertaining to the UN food-for-oil scandal, Delta Force officer Charley Castillo learns about the disappearance of a key DEA agent who has become a casualty of diplomatic complacency and the international drug trade. 400,000 first printing." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "When DEA Special Agent Byron J. Timmons is kidnapped in Asunción, Paraguay, at the start of bestseller Griffin's rousing fourth presidential agent novel (after", "The Hunters", "), Timmons's grandfather asks his friend, the mayor of Chicago, for help. The mayor passes the request on to the U.S. president, who assigns his personal in-house expert, Lt. Col. C.G. Castillo, to rescue agent Timmons. Castillo is familiar with the territory, having sorted out various terrorist and drug dealer threats in South America in earlier books in the series. Castillo spends a lot of time in meetings and flying around the globe in the course of setting up the big shoot-out. After the brief, long-awaited climax, everyone pats each other on the back and gets ready for the next adventure, which is sure to pick up the loose threads left untied from the just-completed mission. In less accomplished hands, this would be a recipe for boredom, but Griffin pulls it off, leaving satisfied thriller readers hankering for more.", "(Jan.)", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "About the Author", "W. E. B. Griffin is the author of five other bestselling series: The Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, and Honor Bound." ]

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[ "Cory Wohlford has won several championships and is a Hall of Fame athlete in football and baseball. A car wreck paralyzed him in college but couldn't keep him off the football field. He is recognized as one of the top football coaches in America. Cory will warm your heart with his amazing story, his struggle to live and the love that finds him." ]

[ "About the Author", "Bob Davidson lives at the beach with his beautiful wife and blue eyed dog. Among his many interests is writing about people who overcome the odds." ]

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[ "Books", "Medical Books", "Medicine" ]

[ "This hardcover full-color graphic novel retells the exciting story of", "Disney Encanto—", "now streaming on Disney+!", "Disney Encanto", "tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope. The animated feature film is all retold in this full-color hardcover graphic novel that's perfect for girls and boys ages 6 to 9." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life" ]

[ "\"One of the most entertaining mysteries of the year. It’s also one of the most stimulating, as it ponders such questions as: Which is of greater interest to the reader, the crime or the detective? And: Is the pencil truly mightier than the butcher knife?” —", "Wall Street Journal", "New York Times", "bestselling author of", "Magpie Murders", "and", "Moriarty", ", Anthony Horowitz has yet again brilliantly reinvented the classic crime novel, this time writing a fictional version of himself as the Watson to a modern-day Holmes.", "A woman crosses a London street. It is just after 11 a.m. on a bright spring morning, and she is going into a funeral parlor to plan her own service. Six hours later the woman is dead, strangled with a crimson curtain cord in her own home.", "Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric man as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. And Hawthorne has a partner, the celebrated novelist Anthony Horowitz, curious about the case and looking for new material. As brusque, impatient, and annoying as Hawthorne can be, Horowitz—a seasoned hand when it comes to crime stories—suspects the detective may be on to something, and is irresistibly drawn into the mystery.", "But as the case unfolds, Horowitz realizes that he’s at the center of a story he can’t control, and his brilliant partner may be hiding dark and mysterious secrets of his own." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper—the wealthy mother of a famous actor—enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service.", "Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home.", "Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who’s as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life—a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz.", "Drawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself at the center of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, tem-peramental, and annoying; but even so, his latest case, with its many twists and turns, proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own.", "A masterful and tricky mystery that springs many surprises,", "The Word Is Murder", "is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "Review", "“Actually, the word is not murder, it’s ingenious. . . . A masterful meta-mystery.” —", "Booklist", "(starred review)", "“Sharp-witted readers who think they’ve solved the puzzle early on can rest assured that they’ve opened only one of many dazzling Christmas packages Horowitz has left beautifully wrapped under the tree.” —", "Kirkus Reviews", "(starred review)", "“Deduction and wit are well-balanced, and fans of Peter Lovesey and other modern channelers of the spirit of the golden age of detection will clamor for more.” —", "Publishers Weekly", "(starred review)", "“Horowitz is undeniably brilliant.” —", "Metro London", "\"The beguiling whodunit plot is dispatched with characteristic élan as Horowitz blurs the line between fiction and reality… there is no denying the sheer ingenuity of the central notion.” —", "The Financial Times", "“", "The Word Is Murder", "is an intriguing labyrinth of whodunnits and a true page-turner throughout .” —", "Real Crime Magazine", "“An ingenious funhouse mirror of a novel sets a vintage ‘cozy’ mystery inside a modern frame.” —", "Wall Street Journal", "“Irresistible … What can’t this supremely versatile writer do?” —", "USA Today", "“Horowitz succeeds with", "The Word Is Murder", "by simultaneously adhering to and defying the rules of a traditional mystery.” —", "Christian Science Monitor", "“", "The Word Is Murder", "is full of surprises and suspense…hugely entertaining. It is a special treat for those who want to read crime mysteries.” —", "Washington Post Book Review", "\"", "The Word Is Murder", ", with its dry tone and insider anecdotes about publishing and the movie business, is certainly one of the most entertaining mysteries of the year. It’s also one of the most stimulating, as it ponders such questions as: Which is of greater interest to the reader, the crime or the detective? And: Is the pencil truly mightier than the butcher knife?” —", "Wall Street Journal", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From the Inside Flap", "One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper--the wealthy mother of a famous actor--enters a funeral parlor. She is there to plan her own service.", "Six hours later she is found dead, strangled with a curtain cord in her own home.", "Enter disgraced police detective Daniel Hawthorne, a brilliant, eccentric investigator who's as quick with an insult as he is to crack a case. Hawthorne needs a ghost writer to document his life--a Watson to his Holmes. He chooses Anthony Horowitz.", "Drawn in against his will, Horowitz soon finds himself at the center of a story he cannot control. Hawthorne is brusque, tem-peramental, and annoying; but even so, his latest case, with its many twists and turns, proves irresistible. The writer and the detective form an unusual partnership. At the same time, it soon becomes clear that Hawthorne is hiding some dark secrets of his own.", "A masterful and tricky mystery that springs many surprises,", "The Word Is Murder", "is Anthony Horowitz at his very best.", "--Kirkus Reviews", "(starred review)", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "About the Author", "ANTHONY HOROWITZ is the author of the US bestselling", "Magpie Murders", "and", "The Word is Murder", ", and one of the most prolific and successful writers in the English language; he may have committed more (fictional) murders than any other living author. His novel", "Trigger Mortis", "features original material from Ian Fleming. His most recent Sherlock Holmes novel,", "Moriarty", ", is a reader favorite; and his bestselling Alex Rider series for young adults has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide. As a TV screenwriter, he created both", "Midsomer Murders", "and the BAFTA-winning", "Foyle’s War", "on PBS. Horowitz regularly contributes to a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines, and in January 2014 was awarded an OBE.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Mystery, Thriller & Suspense", "Thrillers & Suspense" ]

[ "Why is 2009 (5769) Such a Special Year for Jews Worldwide?", "Because this year our sun returns to the exact spot it occupied at the time of Creation - something that happens only once every 28 years!", "To celebrate this special occasion, the Jewish people across the world recite \"The Sun's Special Blessing\" which is known as \"Birkat Hachamah\" in Hebrew. Every twenty-eight years this Hebrew blessing for the sun is recited. The next date set is April 8, 2009 in the Hebrew year, 5769.", "At this time, the sun returns to the position that it was, when the Universe was first created. Every 28 years, as the Jewish community celebrates the return of the sun to its original place in the heavens at the precise time and day of its creation, this prayer is universally accepted as part of Jewish law.", "The Sun's Special Blessing (Pitspopany Press, March 2009) tells the story of a third grade class learning about this special blessing with their teacher Mr. Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs tells the class that when he was in third grade, his class buried a time capsule that they filled with wonderful mementos from 1981. As they buried their time capsule, his class recited the special blessing on the sun.", "With shovels in hand, Mr. Jacobs marches his third grade class outside to find the exact spot where he helped bury the time capsule. When they open it, the class discovers the \"ancient\" artifacts that were so popular in the world 28 years earlier.", "Now it's their turn to say the special blessing on the sun and put into the time capsule what they think represents their world of 2009.", "What would you put into the time capsule?" ]

[ "About the Author", "Sandy Wasserman has taught Gifted and Talented students in NYC and Long Island for many years. The sun and the moon have always intrigued her. Travel, paleontology and genealogy are among her varied interests. She lives with her husband on Long Island, NY, where she enjoys reading and swimming as much as possible, though not at the same time.", "In 1981 Sandy's third grade students buried their time capsule for the 2009 \"Sun's Special Blessing.\"" ]

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[ "Harborview Illustrated Tips and Tricks in Fracture Surgery", "presents techniques developed by orthopaedic surgeons at the University of Washington Harborview Hospital, the leading orthopaedic trauma center in the world. The book focuses exclusively on detailed descriptions of technical tips and tricks for fracture reduction and fixation, implant management, implant placement, and patient positioning. The easy-to-follow format features succinct bulleted text and hundreds of illustrations." ]

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[ "Books", "New, Used & Rental Textbooks", "Medicine & Health Sciences" ]

[ "Hang on for the ride: with characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Their good-humored search yields surprising discoveries about turkey sex life and overly zealous zucchini plants, en route to a food culture that's better for the neighborhood and also better on the table.", "Part memoir, part journalistic investigation,", "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle", "makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life, and diversified farms at the center of the American diet." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "In her engaging though sometimes preachy new book, Kingsolver recounts the year her family attempted to eat only what they could grow on their farm in Virginia or buy from local sources. The book's bulk, written and read by Kingsolver in a lightly twangy voice filled with wonder and enthusiasm, proceeds through the seasons via delightful stories about the history of their farmhouse, the exhausting bounty of the zucchini harvest, turkey chicks hatching and so on. In long sections, however, she gets on a soapbox about problems with industrial food production, fast food and Americans' ignorance of food's origins, and despite her obvious passion for the issues, the reading turns didactic and loses its pace, momentum and narrative. Her daughter Camille contributes recipes, meal plans and an enjoyable personal essay in a clear if rather monotonous voice. Hopp, Kingsolver's husband and an environmental studies professor, provides dry readings of the sidebars that have him playing Dr. Scientist, as Kingsolver notes in an illuminating interview on the last disc. Though they may skip some of the more moralizing tracks, Kingsolver's fans and foodies alike will find this a charming, sometimes inspiring account of reconnecting with the food chain. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From", "Booklist", "Living the American consumerist's good life in Arizona's desert makes abundantly obvious how everyday existence depends on nearly limitless consumption of fossil fuel. It's not just the ubiquitous automobile guzzling gas. Even more gas is consumed by trucks that must deliver most foodstuffs, since so very little of what Arizonans eat grows locally. Those plants that manage to thrive in the desert fields require irrigation through massive diversion of rivers. Despite their genuine love of life in the Southwest, the Kingsolver family moved back to reconnect with ancestral roots in Appalachia, to a farm that has been in the author's family for years. There they have at least some chance of re-creating a profounder and more intimate relationship with the foods they put on the table. Kingsolver's passionate new tome records in detail a year lived in sync with the season's ebb and flow. Starting with spring's first asparagus, summer's chickens, and the fall's surfeit of vegetables, Kingsolver's family consumes what they and their farming neighbors produce. Writing with her usual sharp eye for irony, she urges readers to follow her example and reconnect with their food's source. To that end, she provides a bibliography, Web sites, and a listing of organizations supporting sustainable agriculture.", "Mark Knoblauch", "Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved", "About the Author", "Barbara Kingsolver is the author of ten bestselling works of fiction, including the novels", "Unsheltered", ",", "Flight Behavior", ",", "The Lacuna", ",", "The Poisonwood Bible", ",", "Animal Dreams", ", and", "The Bean Trees", ", as well as books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction. Her work of narrative nonfiction is the influential bestseller", "Animal,", "Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life", ". Kingsolver’s work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has earned literary awards and a devoted readership at home and abroad. She was awarded the National Humanities Medal, our country’s highest honor for service through the arts, as well as the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for the body of her work. She lives with her family on a farm in southern Appalachia.", "Camille Kingsolver graduated from Duke University in 2009 and currently works in the mental health field. She is an active advocate for the local-food movement, doing public speaking for young adults of her own generation navigating food choices in a difficult economy. She lives in Asheville, N.C., and grows a vegetable garden in her front yard.", "Steven L. Hopp was trained in life sciences and received his PhD from Indiana University. He has published papers in bioacoustics, ornithology, animal behavior and more recently in sustainable agriculture. He is the founder and director of the Meadowview Farmers Guild, a community development project that includes a local foods restaurant and general store that source their products locally. He teaches at Emory & Henry College in the Environmental Studies department. He coauthored", "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle", "with Barbara Kingsolver and Camille Kingsolver.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle", "A Year of Food Life", "By Barbara Kingsolver Camille Kingsolver Steven L. Hopp", "HarperAudio", "Copyright © 2007", "Barbara KingsolverAll right reserved.", "ISBN: 978-0-06-085357-0", "Chapter One", "Called Home", "This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market. It was our family's last day in Arizona, where I'd lived half my life and raised two kids for the whole of theirs. Now we were moving away forever, taking our nostalgic inventory of the things we would never see again: the bush where the roadrunner built a nest and fed lizards to her weird-looking babies; the tree Camille crashed into learning to ride a bike; the exact spot where Lily touched a dead snake. Our driveway was just the first tributary on a memory river sweeping us out.", "One person's picture postcard is someone else's normal. This was the landscape whose every face we knew: giant saguaro cacti, coyotes, mountains, the wicked sun reflecting off bare gravel. We were leaving it now in one of its uglier moments, which made good-bye easier, but also seemed like a cheap shot-like ending a romance right when your partner has really bad bed hair. The desert that day looked like a nasty case of prickly heat caught in a long, naked wince.", "This was the end of May. Our rainfall since Thanksgiving had measured less than", "one inch", ". The cacti, denizens of deprivation, looked ready to pull up roots and hitch a ride out if they could. The prickly pears waved good-bye with puckered, grayish pads. The tall, dehydrated saguaros stood around all teetery and sucked-in like very prickly supermodels. Even in the best of times desert creatures live on the edge of survival, getting by mostly on vapor and their own life savings. Now, as the southern tier of U.S. states came into a third consecutive year of drought, people elsewhere debated how seriously they should take global warming. We were staring it in the face.", "Away went our little family, like rats leaping off the burning ship. It hurt to think about everything at once: our friends, our desert, old home, new home. We felt giddy and tragic as we pulled up at a little gas-and-go market on the outside edge of Tucson. Before we set off to seek our fortunes we had to gas up, of course, and buy snacks for the road. We did have a cooler in the back seat packed with respectable lunch fare. But we had more than two thousand miles to go. Before we crossed a few state lines we'd need to give our car a salt treatment and indulge in some things that go crunch.", "This was the trip of our lives. We were ending our existence outside the city limits of Tucson, Arizona, to begin a rural one in southern Appalachia. We'd sold our house and stuffed the car with the most crucial things: birth certificates, books-on-tape, and a dog on drugs. (Just for the trip, I swear.) All other stuff would come in the moving van. For better or worse, we would soon be living on a farm.", "For twenty years Steven had owned a piece of land in the southern Appalachians with a farmhouse, barn, orchards and fields, and a tax zoning known as \"farm use.\" He was living there when I met him, teaching college and fixing up his old house one salvaged window at a time. I'd come as a visiting writer, recently divorced, with something of a fixer-upper life. We proceeded to wreck our agendas in the predictable fashion by falling in love. My young daughter and I were attached to our community in Tucson; Steven was just as attached to his own green pastures and the birdsong chorus of deciduous eastern woodlands. My father-in-law to be, upon hearing the exciting news about us, asked Steven, \"Couldn't you find one closer?\"", "Apparently not. We held on to the farm by renting the farmhouse to another family, and maintained marital happiness by migrating like birds: for the school year we lived in Tucson, but every summer headed back to our rich foraging grounds, the farm. For three months a year we lived in a tiny, extremely crooked log cabin in the woods behind the farmhouse, listening to wood thrushes, growing our own food. The girls (for another child came along shortly) loved playing in the creek, catching turtles, experiencing real mud. I liked working the land, and increasingly came to think of this place as my home too. When all of us were ready, we decided, we'd go there for keeps.", "We had many conventional reasons for relocation, including extended family. My Kingsolver ancestors came from that county in Virginia; I'd grown up only a few hours away, over the Kentucky line. Returning now would allow my kids more than just a hit-and-run, holiday acquaintance with grandparents and cousins. In my adult life I'd hardly shared a phone book with anyone else using my last name. Now I could spend Memorial Day decorating my ancestors' graves with peonies from my backyard. Tucson had opened my eyes to the world and given me a writing career, legions of friends, and a taste for the sensory extravagance of red hot chiles and five-alarm sunsets. But after twenty-five years in the desert, I'd been called home.", "There is another reason the move felt right to us, and it's the purview of this book. We wanted to live in a place that could feed us: where rain falls, crops grow, and drinking water bubbles right up out of the ground. This might seem an abstract reason for leaving beloved friends and one of the most idyllic destination cities in the United States. But it was real to us. As it closes in on the million-souls mark, Tucson's charms have made it one of this country's fastest-growing cities. It keeps its people serviced across the wide, wide spectrum of daily human wants, with its banks, shops, symphonies, colleges, art galleries, city parks, and more golf courses than you can shake a stick at. By all accounts . . .", "(Continues...)", "Excerpted from", "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle", "by", "Barbara Kingsolver Camille Kingsolver Steven L. Hopp", "Copyright © 2007 by Barbara Kingsolver. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.", "From", "AudioFile", "Eaters must understand that how we eat determines how the world is used. They will with the help of this book from the Kingsolver-Hopp family. And why not make the narration of this book a family affair--since its a chronology of a year of conscious food choices involving abstinence from industrial food? The process includes vegetable growing and canning, cheese-making, poultry-raising and -slaughtering, and locovore shopping. Hopp, Kingsolvers husband, supplies scientific asides and practical suggestions on how to make better use of the world around us. Daughter Camille suggests recipes and meal plans. The book is so jam-packed with information that listeners will want to take notes. Theres a Web site, as well. And the farmyard sound effects are not to be missed. D.P.D. AudioFile Best Audiobook of 2007 © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine--", "Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Gardening & Landscape Design" ]

[ "After Alex Kemp is betrayed, he is forced to take on a suicidal mission back into the hellish nightmare he has rescued his family from. With his wife and daughter held captive, Alex has no choice but to accept, and trust in, his instincts to survive and get back to his family. Alex must now rely on his friends, Liam and Dr. Cahn, in order to rescue the family of their captor from the zombie hordes that stand between them and freedom for themselves and their families." ]

[ "From the Author", "Undead Nation: Rescue is part two of the Undead Nation series. Eachpart is written as a novella, approximately 50,000 words each. Outbreakand the followup novella, Rescue, were both written during the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writting Month) challenge to write a 50,000 word novelin 30 days.", "About the Author", "Brent Acuff is a teacher and weekend writer living in Cedar Park, TX. He teaches music during the day, wrangles his kid by night, and scribblesin a journal with a fountain pen whenever he can. His first novel, \"", "Undead Nation: Outbreak,\" and followup novel,", "\"Undead Nation: Rescue,\"", "are available as ebooks from Amazon, or as free downloads at his blog, UndeadNation.wordpress.com. Additional drabbles and short stories can be found at aethuel.wordpress.com (", "a - eth - oo -eel). Brent's many influences include such writers and podcasters as Scott Sigler, Mur Lafferty, Tee Morris and Patrick E. McLean.So come on over and enjoy some free fiction, and maybe drop a buck or twoif you're entertained. Everyone has a story to write. You just have toget the ink on the paper." ]

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[ "Positive Parenting for Those Important Teen Years", "Adolescence is often a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for you, their parents as well. During the teen years, kids aggressively begin to explore a new sense of freedom, which often leads to feelings of resentment and powerlessness for parents who increasingly are excluded from their children's lives. This revised edition of", "Positive Discipline for Teenagers", "shows you how to break the destructive cycle of guilt and blame and work toward greater understanding and communication with your adolescents. Inside, you'll: ·Find out how to encourage your teen and yourself ·Grow to understand how your teen still needs you, but in different ways ·Learn how to get to know who your teen really is ·Discover how to develop sound judgment without being judgmental ·Learn how to use follow-through—the only surefire way to get chores done Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust the classic", "Positive Discipline", "series for its consistent, commmonsense approach to child rearing. Inside, you'll discover proven, effective methods for working with your teens. Over 1 million", "Positive Discipline", "books sold! \"I highly recommend this book to parents, teachers, and all others who work with young people. It is one of the best books I have seen on helping adults and adolescents turn their conflict into friendship. Remarkably, it shows how to accomplish this while helping young people develop courage, confidence, responsibility, cooperation, self-respect, and trust. I urge you to read it.\" —", "H. Stephen Glenn, Ph.D., coauthor of", "Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World", "." ]

[ "Review", "Positive Parenting for Those Important Teen Years", "From the Inside Flap", "Positive Parenting for Those Important Teen Years", "Adolescence is often a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for you, their parents as well. During the teen years, kids aggressively begin to explore a new sense of freedom, which often leads to feelings of resentment and powerlessness for parents who increasingly are excluded from their children's lives. This revised edition of", "Positive Discipline for Teenagers", "shows you how to break the destructive cycle of guilt and blame and work toward greater understanding and communication with your adolescents. Inside, you'll: ·Find out how to encourage your teen and yourself ·Grow to understand how your teen still needs you, but in different ways ·Learn how to get to know who your teen really is ·Discover how to develop sound judgment without being judgmental ·Learn how to use follow-through—the only surefire way to get chores done Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust the classic", "Positive Discipline", "series for its consistent, commmonsense approach to child rearing. Inside, you'll discover proven, effective methods for working with your teens. Over 1 million", "Positive Discipline", "books sold! \"I highly recommend this book to parents, teachers, and all others who work with young people. It is one of the best books I have seen on helping adults and adolescents turn their conflict into friendship. Remarkably, it shows how to accomplish this while helping young people develop courage, confidence, responsibility, cooperation, self-respect, and trust. I urge you to read it.\" —", "H. Stephen Glenn, Ph.D., coauthor of", "Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World", ".", "From the Back Cover", "Positive Parenting for Those Important Teen Years", "About the Author", "Jane Nelsen, Ed.D.,", "coauthor of the bestselling Positive Discipline series, is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist. Her books have sold over a million copies. She lives in Salt Lake City.", "Lynn Lott, M.F.C.C.,", "is the author and co-author of over a dozen books, including Positive Discipline A-Z and Positive Discipline for Teenagers. A popular speaker and therapist in Northern California, she has appeared on the Today show and other national broadcasts. She is the mother of two children and the stepmother of two more.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "New, Used & Rental Textbooks", "Humanities" ]

[ "“The Veil” is a historical novel about four generations of women, grandmothers, mothers and daughters, who use the veil to cope with the pressures of womanhood. Each woman is forced to cope with their own choices as they struggle to live as a woman in America. In 1887, Hannah emigrates to America with the dream of practicing her Lutheran faith freely. Hannah tells her story and what lies beneath the veil as historical events shape her life. Her youngest daughter, Mina, tells her story as she struggles with the lack of choices for women of her generation. Margaret is Mina’s oldest daughter, and like women of her generation, she veils her innermost pain with denial. The fourth generation of women is Ann, Margaret’s middle daughter. Ann learns the importance of the veil as a young girl growing up in the 60s. These are the personal stories told by four American women, Hannah, Mina, Margaret and Ann. To survive, they each use the veil to protect their pain and disappointment from anti-immigrant sentiment, lack of women’s rights, predetermined roles for women, sexual assault and racism. The veil is passed down from generation to generation and each woman must meet the demands and expectations of their generation." ]

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[ "Ruby on Rails Enterprise Application Development: Plan, Program, Extend" ]

[ "About the Author", "Elliot Smith", "Elliot Smith has worked in IT since 1996, and currently works at Talis, as a software developer working on library systems. Prior to that, he worked at OpenAdvantage (an open-source solutions center) as a business analyst; as a learning technologist and web developer at the University of Birmingham, England; and as a technical writer for Armada Computer Publications. He has an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham. His personal website is", "townx.org", ".", "He thanks Nicola, his wife, for giving him the time and space to write a book; Madeleine, his daughter, for keeping him sane while doing it; and Rob Nichols for giving him the opportunity in the first place.", "Rob Nichols", "Rob Nichols first started using computers during his apprenticeship at Rolls-Royce in the early 1980s. At 23 he decided to change direction and started a degree in Geology and Geography at Cardiff University. By 1995 he had gained a Ph.D. from Bristol University, studying the behavior of quicksand. During his time in Bristol and in a subsequent lectureship at Leeds University, he started using the fledgling Internet to communicate with co-workers, gather information, and present Geological information in the form of his first web pages. Following his return to Britain from a lectureship in U.S.P. Fiji, Rob found himself without another lectureship position to go on to. So, changing direction again, he started working for a U.K. computer manufacturer, where he rose to the position of Engineering Manager, managing a team of seventy maintenance and networking engineers, and support staff. Following the collapse of the U.K. computer market in 2002 he moved on to the role of IT manager for a small business providing products and services to the water industry. In this role, Rob has had great success developing intranet-based business applications that streamline business processes, save time, and increase efficiency. In so doing he has transformed the IT department from a business cost to a profit generator by reducing costs and thereby increasing margins. When not working with computers, Rob and his wife reside happily in a small Midlands town in England, where he writes scripts for the local movie-makers club, and photographs the local wildlife.", "For Diane, for putting up with my disappearances into the study to \"work on the book\"." ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Programming" ]

[ "The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning, but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering, but fighting well.-Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic GamesTRACKING HEROES is about the dreams, goals, challenges, and values of thirteen track and field stars who sought the best in themselves, honored their sport, and enriched their world. Through these profiles you will meet athletes whose determination, drive, character, and courage led to success in sports and in their lives-men and women who overcame personal obstacles, experienced the excitement of competition, and savored the satisfaction of achievement." ]

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[ "Books", "Sports & Outdoors", "Miscellaneous" ]

[ "The Raspberry Pi makes an ideal match for the Internet of Things. But to put it to good use in IoT you need two areas of expertise, electronics and programming and, because of the way hardware and software engineering tend to occupy separate niches, you may need help with combining the two. This book teaches you to think like an IoT programmer.", "In", "Raspberry Pi IoT in C", "you will find a practical approach to understanding electronic circuits and datasheets and translating this to code, specifically using the C programming language. The main reason for choosing C is speed, a crucial factor when you are writing programs to communicate with the outside world. If you are familiar with another programming language, C shouldn't be hard to pick up. This Second Edition has been brought up-to-date and focuses mainly on the Pi 4 and the Pi Zero. There is new material on the recently introduced GPIO character driver and using the Pi 4’s additional ports and scheduling.", "Although NetBeans is used to develop programs, VS Code is now considered an alternative remote development environment and all the book’s code, which is available for download, has been tested with VS Code.", "The main idea in this book is to not simply install a driver, but to work directly with the hardware using the Raspberry Pi's GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) to connect with off-the-shelf sensors. It explains how to use its standard output with custom protocols, including an in-depth exposition of the 1-wire bus. You will also discover how to put the Internet into the IoT using sockets.", "After reading this book you will be in a better position to tackle interfacing anything-with-anything without the need for custom drivers and prebuilt hardware modules.", "Harry Fairhead", "has worked with microprocessors and electronics in general for many years and is an enthusiastic proponent of the IoT. As well as being the Editor of IoT-Programmer.com, he is a regular contributor to I‑Programmer.info, where he covers all aspects of hardware. His other recent books include", "Applying C For The IoT With Linux", "as well as", "Fundamental C: Getting Closer To The Machine", "and", "Micro:bit IoT in C", "." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life", "Health", "Diet & Nutrition" ]

[ "DaySpring's best collection of Bible verses for guidance, comfort, and caring. Arranged alphabetically, these topics range from compassion to healing to loneliness. Focused on God's truth, these verses will bring encouragement to those who are going through times of trial and need to be reminded of the great Scriptures focused on God timeless, unconditional love. This classic black leather cover is perfect for anyone who wants to be empowered by God's unwavering truth and reminded of His steadfast promises." ]

[ "From the Inside Flap", "This classic black leather cover is perfect for anyone who", "wants to be empowered by God's unwavering truth and", "reminded of His steadfast promises.", "4.5\" x 6.75\" Bible Promise Book", "[¬‚¬[ Casebound", "[¬‚¬[ 2-Color Interior", "[¬‚¬[ Hot Foil on Leather-wrapped Cover", "[¬‚¬[ Ribbon Bookmark" ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Christian Living" ]

[ "A visit to Trinidad and Tobago has introduced countless birders to the astonishingly rich South American avifauna. Members of nearly all the families of South American birds can be found in these two beautiful West Indian Islands, where the climate is pleasant and the habitats varied.", "This easy-to-use book is the second edition of a comprehensive yet compact field guide to more than 420 species of the islands' birds. First published in 1973, it has been brought up to date―and a new color plate and redrawn illustrations have been added. In his introduction, Richard ffrench offers a full treatment of the history of ornithology in Trinidad and Tobago, and then sets the scene by describing the environment of the islands, including physiography, climate, and vegetation. Thirteen photographs depic the variety of habitats found on the islands.", "The author also details the destribution of species, their breeding and migration, as well as local conservation and protection measures. Individual species accounts, arranged by family, make up the core of this practical identification guide, covering habtitat and status, range and subspecies, field description and basic measurements, voice, food, nesting, and behavior. They are illustrated by 29 color plates, nine color portraits, and 24 drawings―the work of two of the foremost artists in Neotropical ornithology. A comprehensive bibliography lists more than 300 titles from the ornithological literature on birds of the area. This book will be welcomed with enthuasiasm by birders and other naturalists, professional ornithologists, and travelers to the Neotropics." ]

[ "About the Author", "The late Richard ffrench first went to the West Indies in 1955, and pursued his avocation of ornithology for the rest of his life; after returning to the UK he frequently led field trips to the neotropics.", "John P. O'Neill is an acclaimed bird artist." ]

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[ "Books", "Science & Math", "Biological Sciences" ]

[ "After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel." ]

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[ "Books", "Politics & Social Sciences", "Politics & Government" ]

[ "During Christmas time, when you're at home with your family, do you ever wonder what monsters get for Christmas. In this book, you will see what most monsters generally get for Christmas. You'll see Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, Big foot, and many other monsters that you might just want to learn about." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths" ]

[ "The first book is titled \"Adventurous Jenna-Finds a Home\". In this, the original book about an adventurous puppy, we are introduced to six month old Jenna. After an adventurous morning she is rescued from the pound by a nine year old boy Jordan! Though trying to be cautious, Jenna is still so very adventurous. It is almost like adventure finds her. She races down a hill in a sled, rides in the back of a pick up truck, runs a muck in a supermarket, goes for a swim down a creek, and flies down the street in Santa's sleigh. This soon to be classic is where it all began for the adventurous, lovable puppy." ]

[ "About the Author", "David grew up in North Edison, NJ where he always had a pet dog. It was his love of dogs that motivated him to convince his wife, with the help of his son, to get their first dog. That dog was Jenna. It was his life as an educator that inspired him to write a children's picture book to help children learn to love to read and continue that love. He currently lives in Bayonne, NJ with his amazing wife and awesome son and second family dog, Bart." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]

[ "A swashbuckling adventure sailing the high seas from the West Indies to Scotland, perfect for Pirates of the Caribean fans", "'The boy looks about seven or eight years old and should weigh next to nothing. And yet it takes four men to drag him out of the water. We soon realize why. Padlocked around his ankle is a thick metal chain, which plummets right down to the sea's bottom. If we want to save him, we have to pull up the chain. And whatever is at the end of it.'", "Silas Orr, an 11-year-old runaway from Greenock, is saved from certain death by Captain Jon Harkin, aka the infamous pirate Black Johnnie. Choosing to stay aboard, he becomes pirate's boy on the feared ship Tenacity. Now the crew have rescued another drowning boy, but this one has a lead box chained to his ankle. What could be precious enough to keep safe with a human buoy? Whatever it is, someone will come looking for it.", "Silas must help Johnnie discover the child's secret and outwit their pursuers. But life on the high seas isn't easy. Silas' adventures become more and more dangerous as he escapes from an erupting volcano, navigates through treacherous coral reefs, and encounters a knife-wielding, cartwheeling girl. The pirates' exploits take them from Jamaica to Glasgow -- but what awaits Silas there?" ]

[ "From", "Booklist", "Silas, an 11-year-old Scottish orphan laboring on a Jamaican sugar plantation, is rescued from his 7-year indenture by an unknown hand and placed on a ship headed back across the Atlantic. After the ship sinks and he is rescued by pirates, he joins Captain Black Johnnie’s crew as his cabin boy aboard the Tenacity. Later, another boy is pulled from the sea, mysteriously chained to a lead box he guards. Traveling from the Caribbean to Scotland and back again, Silas narrates a vivid adventure story filled with unexpected treasures, mortal dangers, and resourceful characters, including several kids. Small, repeated illustrations (a sailing ship, a compass rose, crossed swords, a ship’s wheel) appear at the beginnings and ends of chapters. The book is available only in paperback, but its relatively sturdy cover, larger size, and handsome design elements make it an attractive choice for many libraries. The enticingly piratical cover ensures that the well-paced, rewarding novel won’t sit on the shelf for long. Grades 4-7. --Carolyn Phelan", "Review", "'Blackmail, mutiny and an erupting volcano all contribute to the page-turner, but it is the bond between the captain and Silas that makes this story a page-earner. An exciting adventure with a tender heart.'– Kirkus Reviews", "'[T]his swashbuckling adventure... offers a story of interesting characters, darkest villains and a rattling good pace that keeps the surprises coming thick and fast... Its plot, pace and characters make this story live and brings new impetus to an old genre. Recommended.'– Armadillo", "'This is a terrific swashbuckling adventure which combines a vivid sense of place with page-turning urgency and a roster of charismatic characters, particularly the pyrates. This is quite simply a novel of most excellent storytelling, transporting the reader across oceans and back in time at pace which never flags and always surprises.'– Catherine Forde, author of", "Sugarcoated", "and", "Fatboy Swim", "About the Author", "E. B. Colin (1963-2019) was a journalist and lecturer in Creative Writing at Strathclyde University. She wrote novels and short stories for children and adults, and BBC radio plays. Her work was shortlisted for a British Book Award, a Saltire Award and a Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award.", "Read more" ]

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[ "A Dictionary of Journalism", "is an accessible and authoritative quick reference dictionary. It covers over 1,400 wide-ranging entries on the terms that are likely to be encountered by students of the subject, and aims to offer a broad, accessible point of reference on an ever-topical and constantly-changing field that affects everyone's knowledge and perception of the world. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of the subject, it covers terminology relating to the practice, business, and technology of journalism, as well as its concepts and theories, organizations and institutions, publications, and key events. Related topic areas are covered where they impact on or offer explanations of journalism: for example in law, where legislation affects journalistic activity; and where sociological studies seek to aid the understanding of journalism. Appendices include a timeline of journalistic developments, contextualising the ever-evolving nature of journalism, as well as an index of significant individuals in the field." ]

[ "Review", "\"[A] solid primer for those new to the field . . . A very affordable resource for journalism schools and reference collections in large public libraries.\" --", "Library Journal", "About the Author", "Tony Harcup", "is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield." ]

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[ "Books", "Reference", "Writing, Research & Publishing Guides" ]

[ "Kaila's first experience at overnight camp proved to be more of a learning experience then anything else. Through the many challenges that she had faced during the three weeks at camp, Kaila learned a lot about herself and how to triumph over defeat." ]

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[ "Books", "Teen & Young Adult" ]

[ "Chess Training Pocket Book II: How to spot tactics and how far ahead to calculate", "gives you the knowledge and training you need to become a master-strength player.", "Chess Training Pocket Book II", "is a sequel to the best-selling", "Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas.", "In the same tradition, this follow-up volume will save you years of hit-and-miss reading and sporadic improvement because it gathers together for you the crucial, game-winning knowledge in one easy-to-carry book.", "It will test, train, and sharpen your thinking skills. Each carefully chosen position offers a crucial building block in your chess knowledge.", "324 Illustrations" ]

[ "Review", "Amazing! Pocket Book contains all the essential knowledge! --GM Boris Gulko, former U.S. and U.S.S.R. Champion\"Lev Alburt is a brilliant teacher, and his books capture that brilliance! --Charles Murray, author of Human Accomplishment\"", "About the Author", "International Grandmaster Lev Alburt", ", three-time U.S. champion and former European champion, is one of the most sought-after chess teachers in the world. He lives in New York.New Yorker", "Al Lawrence", "is one of the most popular modern chess authors. A former high school and college teacher with advanced degrees in instructional techniques, he specializes in applying modern teaching theory to chess. He is also a recipient of the Chess Journalist of the Year award." ]

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[ "Books", "Humor & Entertainment", "Puzzles & Games" ]

[ "T. E. Lawrence remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of the 20th century. This account, composed of his remarkable epistles to contemporaries such as Lady Astor, Noel Coward, Robert Graves, Mrs. Thomas Hardy, and Mrs. George Bernard Shaw, discloses both the inner man and the political and military visionary often obscured behind the mystery and myth of \"Lawrence of Arabia.\" Among the letters is a wealth of intriguing correspondence that divulges the true nature of Lawrence's role in the Arab Revolt, his anxieties about his illegitimacy, and his secret feelings on women and sexuality. In their entirety, these letters describe a remarkable but tragic life and provide ample proof of a gifted literary mind." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Essays & Correspondence" ]

[ "Claudia Emerson has a good friend who shares the same first name and last name. That friend unfortunately dies in a tragic accident during homecoming dance. Claudia is distraught at the loss of her friend, but is even more disturbed by her dreams, which seem to take her to another place called Crossroads. Unknown to her, Crossroads is like a second heaven, a place between heaven and earth. It is where the souls of humans in comas or near death experiences may wander. There, Claudia meets Michael, a nephilim, a half angel, half human, whom she often meets in her dreams. It turns out that this isn't her first visit to Crossroads, which is an enigma for no human can ever travel there until Claudia. Now the fallen and demons are after her, suspecting she must be special and it is up to Michael and the other nephilims to protect her. Can Michael fight his growing feelings for Claudia and protect her as a guardian angel should? The answer awaits you! Follow the exciting path to Crossroads! \"Crossroads is a lovely, heartwarming story about young love and hope. It is a wonderful escape into the world of an ordinary girl, an extraordinary love, and the forces of evil that try to keep them apart. We loved it!\" -Michelle De La Vara, Owner of http://www.inspiredbytwilight.com/" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]

[ "FRANKENSTEIN: THE DEAD TOWN The war against humanity is raging. As the small town of Rainbow Falls, Montana, comes under siege, scattered survivors band together to weather the onslaught of the creatures set loose upon the world. As they ready for battle against overwhelming odds, they will learn the full scope of Victor Frankenstein’s nihilistic plan to remake the future — and the terrifying reach of his shadowy, powerful supporters. Now the good will make their last, best stand. In a climax that will shatter every expectation, their destinies and the fate of humanity hang in the balance. “Koontz is a master of the edge-of-your-seat, paranoid thriller and perhaps the leading American practitioner of the form.” —The Star-Ledger “Koontz writes first-rate suspense, scary and stylish.” —Los Angeles Times “A rarity among bestselling writers, Koontz continues to pursue new ways of telling stories, never content with repeating himself. He writes of hope and love in the midst of evil in profoundly inspiring and moving ways.” —Chicago Sun-Times" ]

[ "About the Author", "The books of Dean Koontz are published in 38 languages, and worldwide sales top 400 million copies. Eleven of his novels have risen to number one on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list, and several have been adapted into feature films and TV miniseries. Dean and Gerda Koontz live in southern California with their golden retriever, Anna, grand-niece of the famous and beloved Trixie." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]

[ "This Workout Log Book", "is perfect for recording", "workouts", "and tracking your progress.", "Including space for over", "90 full workouts", ". Each workout log page allows you record up to 8 exercises with up to 6 sets each. There is an additional space for up to 3", "cardio exercises", "with space to record d", "uration, distance, calories and heart rate", ". There is extra space for notes after each workout.", "In addition there are 15 pages to track your progress by loggin your", "body measurements", "and your", "personal records", "/ rep maximums for each exercise.", "Workout Logbook Features:", "Perfectly Sized - 6\" x 9\"", "Perfectly Sized", "- 6\" x 9\"", "Loads of Pages - 90 pages / Record over 90 Workouts", "Loads of Pages", "- 90 pages / Record over 90 Workouts", "Includes Body Measurement and Personal Record Trackers - 15 Pages", "Includes Body Measurement and Personal Record Trackers -", "15 Pages", "Premium Matte Colour Cover", "Premium Matte Colour Cover" ]

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[ "Books", "Sports & Outdoors", "Individual Sports" ]

[ "Has your family recently changed with the addition of stepparents or stepsiblings? Have you found that your child is jealous or resentful of the new family structure?", "Sometimes, children find themselves in blended families. Whether a child’s divorced parent is remarrying or the child is moving into a house with another group of people, this can be a stressful and confusing time filled with many conflicting emotions. Twice the Love is an activity book for parents to help support children who are adjusting to a new blended family.Using", "Twice the Love,", "parents can guide their children (ages 6 to 10) through the changes that are brought about when new families are formed.", "With", "engaging drawings to capture children’s interest", "engaging drawings to capture children’s interest", "activities designed to help them understand that their feelings are normal and that accepting the new family structure is not betraying the former family structure", "activities designed to help them understand that their feelings are normal and that accepting the new family structure is not betraying the former family structure", "exercises to help them learn more about their new family and find things in common", "exercises to help them learn more about their new family and find things in common", "visual journaling and art therapy that helps children view their new family structure in a positive light while acknowledging the memories, good and bad, of how their family used to be", "visual journaling and art therapy that helps children view their new family structure in a positive light while acknowledging the memories, good and bad, of how their family used to be", "daily reflection journal to implement what they've learned", "daily reflection journal to implement what they've learned", "By spending just ten minutes a day", "engaged with the more than thirty-five activities in this book, your child will learn to visualize their new family structure in a helpful way and find ways to accept the changes while building their self-esteem. Get started today and help your child navigate the challenges of a blended family!", "What parents are saying", "“When my husband and I divorced our son who is ten stayed pretty quiet and didn’t talk much about how he was feeling. When my husband remarried a year later our son began throwing tantrums and yelling at his new stepmother. His teacher recommended Twice the Love and my son and I use it as a special time each night to talk about his new family. It gives me the chance to show him that I am also working through the changes and that we can do it together.”", "“I dated my boyfriend for four years after my divorce before we got married. My daughter, who is now eight, did not have trouble adjusting since she really doesn’t remember when her dad lived with us. But we just had a new baby, and my daughter is very jealous. I don’t think she would harm the baby, but she seems to want to pretend the baby isn’t there. My husband is a middle school counselor and he got a copy of Twice the Love. We’ve been working in it together for two months now, and my daughter has started letting the new baby be part of her life. I am so relived. Thank you.”", "“My twelve-year-old child has been very sad since I got remarried. He recently told me he had been hoping his dad and I would get back together but now he knew we wouldn’t. We started talking about it more and working in this book together. It’s been a wonderful journey for me and him together.”" ]

[ "About the Author", "Child education and counseling expert Erainna Winnett brings more than 20 years of experience in teaching, counseling, and raising children to the hot-button issues every child faces today. Helping Kids Heal is a series of activity books written with healing in mind. Each book addresses real world problems children face on a daily basis. Through therapeutic art and writing exercises, kids can express their feelings and learn how to deal with those feelings in appropriate ways. Designed for children ages 6-12, these activity books are meant to be used as a counseling tool to foster a positive self-image and healthy coping strategies and to provide parents, educators, and counselors with tools to assist children as they process and work through some of today's toughest issues. Erainna was born and raised in central Louisiana. The oldest of five children she always yearned to be a teacher and forced her siblings to play school year round. Naturally, she graduated with a teaching degree in 1995 and earned her Master's degree in 2000. Five years later she earned her Education Specialist degree in early childhood education. After fifteen years in the classroom, she moved to the role of school counselor and has never been happier. While serving as school counselor at an elementary school in northeast Texas, she frequently uses children's books as therapy to help her students heal, learn and grow. Ideas for her books come from the students she works with on a daily basis. Her goal, as an author, is to touch the hearts of children, one story at a time. Erainna has written over thirty books designed to guide parents, teachers, and counselors as they help children to become their best self. Erainna lives on a 300 acre cattle ranch near the Red River with her husband, two daughters, three dogs, two horses, and one ill-tempered cat." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life" ]

[ "In March 1970, Odysseas Andronikos, a chief petty officer in the Royal Hellenic Navy, is prepared to reap the benefits of his intense studies. After learning English and details of the American culture, he receives his orders to report to the Navy Seabee base in Rhode Island. Odysseas is more than ready to escape the Greek military dictatorship and begin a new adventure in America.", "After Odysseas arrives in Rhode Island, he slowly adjusts to the ways of American life. Soon he meets Melina Spencer-a beautiful woman trapped in an abusive marriage to a United States naval officer. Desperate to escape her situation and find a better life for her children, Melina begins a torrid, forbidden affair with Odysseas. Despite obvious political and immigration barriers, Melina and Odysseas fall in love-but it is not long before Odysseas is sent back to Greece. Desperate and alone in his country, Odysseas is willing to risk everything to be with the only woman he has ever loved.", "Based on true events,", "Steadfast", "weaves suspense with governmental power, corruption, torture, and even death-and proves that love is the most powerful emotion of all." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Dramas & Plays" ]

[ "No longer an adolescent, Ken McLaughlin falls in love with a girl who shares his passionate affection for horses" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Contemporary" ]

[ "Nineteen-year-old Jovan Mosley, a good kid from one of Chicago’s very bad neighborhoods, was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn’t commit. Charged with murder, he spent five years and eight months in a prison for violent criminals. Without a trial.", "Jovan grew up on the rough streets of Chicago’s Southeast Side. With one brother dead of HIV complications, another in jail for arson and murder, and most kids his age in gangs, Jovan struggled to be different. Until his arrest, he was. He excelled in school, dreamed of being a lawyer, and had been accepted to Ohio State. Then on August 6, 1999, Jovan witnessed a fight that would result in a man’s death. Six months later, he was arrested, cruelly questioned, and forced into a confession. Sent to a holding jail for violent criminals, he tried ceaselessly to get a trial so he could argue his case. He studied what casework he could, rigorously questioning his public defenders. But time after time his case was shoved aside. Amiable, bright, and peaceable, he struggled to stay alive in prison. As the years ground on, he’d begun to lose hope when, by chance, he met Catharine O’Daniel, a successful criminal defense lawyer. Although nearly all cases with a signed confession result in a conviction, she was so moved by him, and so convinced of his innocence, that Cathy accepted Jovan as her first pro bono client. Cathy asked Laura Caldwell to join her and together they battled for Jovan’s exoneration. Here is Laura’s firsthand account of their remarkable journey.This is a harrowing true story about justice, friendship, failure, and success. A breakdown of the justice system sent a nice kid to one of the nation’s nastiest jails for nearly six years without a trial. It would take a triumph of human kindness, ingenuity, and legal jousting to give Jovan even a fighting chance.Deeply affecting, Long Way Home is a remarkable story of how change can happen even in a flawed system and of how friendship can emanate from the most unexpected places." ]

[ "Review", "\"A gripping portrait of a man wrongly accused, who, despite his experiences within a flawed justice system, maintained his sense of dignity and hope.\"", "--Booklist", "\"Caldwell eloquently evokes Mosley's struggles to have faith in a justice system that had so obviously failed him.\"--Publishers Weekly", "\"Part courtroom drama, part Eat, Pray, Love-style memoir, part social-injustice expose. The story of a powerful friendship.\"--Chicago Magazine\"A gripping portrait of a man wrongly accused, who, despite his experiences within a flawed justice system, maintained his sense of dignity and hope.\"--Booklist\"Caldwell eloquently evokes Mosley's struggles to have faith in a justice system that had so obviously failed him.\"--Publishers Weekly\"Part courtroom drama, part Eat, Pray, Love-style memoir, part social-injustice expose. The story of a powerful friendship.\"--Chicago Magazine\"An absolute page turner, full of vitality and bristling with savvy insights about the workings of the criminal justice system.\" -- Scott Christianson, author of \"The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the Gas Chamber\"\"Part courtroom drama, part \"Eat, Pray, Love\"--style memoir, part social-injustice expose. The story of a powerful friendship.\"--\"Chicago Magaz\"ine\"So you think you would never confess to a murder you did not commit, that no innocent person would? \"Long Way Home\" will make you think again. Laura Caldwell's riveting tale about Jovan Mosley's false confession to a crime he had nothing to do with reads like a thriller, but it's absolutely and frightfully true. This book will rattle your foundations.\" --David R. Dow, University of Houston law professor and author of \"The Autobiography of an Execution\"", "About the Author", "Laura Caldwell, a former trial lawyer, is currently a professor and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She is the author of eleven novels and one non-fiction book. She is a nation-wide speaker and the founder of Life After Innocence, which helps innocent people begin their lives again after being wrongfully imprisoned. Laura has been published in thirteen languages and over twenty countries. To learn more, please visit www.lauracaldwell.com." ]

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[ "Books", "Politics & Social Sciences", "Social Sciences" ]

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[ "Combining unique travel choices, outdoor adventures, and little-known locales into guides where vacations meet adventures, each title in the", "Hidden", "series also offers readers the comfort of detailed maps, Internet information for each listing, author picks, suggested itineraries, and walking and driving tours. In", "Hidden San Francisco and Northern California,", "award-winning travel writer and Bay Area resident Ray Riegert guides readers to little-known gems in his personal stomping grounds. The guide also features expanded coverage of the Napa and Sonoma wine country with reviews of over 50 wineries. 52 maps are included." ]

[ "About the Author", "Ray Riegert is the author of nine travel books. He lives in Berkeley, CA." ]

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[ "Books", "Travel", "United States" ]

[ "The Green Bay & Western Steam Era contains 169 photos from the extensive Roy Campbell steam locomotive photo collection, covering early predecessor roads, tributary lines, and locomotives of the Green Bay & Western and affiliates Kewaunee, Green Bay & Western and Ahnapee & Western. Most have never been published. This material was originally published as a CD, but has been reformatted here in book form." ]

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[ "Firefighting: Basic Skills and Techniques is a comprehensive text that reflects the diversity of the firefighter's activities and provides the background needed for effective functioning as a member of the “fire team.” The text provides clear, easy-to-understand content, ranging from the physics of combustion to the specific procedures required in hazardous materials incidents." ]

[ "About the Author", "Goodheart-Willcox is the premier publisher for Technical, Trades, and Technology; Family & Consumer Sciences; and Business, Marketing & Career Education. Goodheart-Willcox products are designed to train everyone from students through practicing professionals. Our books and supplements contain a wealth of information on the latest theories, techniques, tools, and operations for these subject areas. Whether the subject is automotive or child care, you will find numerous features throughout our textbooks to make learning easier. High-quality presentation, authoritative content, sound topic sequence, an abundance of illustrations, involving pedagogy, real-world examples, and appropriate readability are hallmarks of Goodheart-Willcox products." ]

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[ "Books", "Engineering & Transportation", "Engineering" ]

[ "I Killed Zoe Spanos", "meets", "The Cheerleaders", "in this “atmospheric and multi-layered mystery” (Kara Thomas, author of", "The Cheerleaders", ") about an island town with a history of unsolved deaths—and a girl desperate to uncover the mystery behind it all.", "Luca Laine Thomas lives on a cursed island. To the outside world, Parris is an exclusive, idyllic escape accessible only to the one percent. There’s nothing idyllic about its history, though, scattered with the unsolved deaths of young women—deaths Parris society happily ignores to maintain its polished veneer. But Luca can’t ignore them. Not when the curse that took them killed her best friend, Polly, three years ago. Not when she feels the curse lingering nearby, ready to take her next. When Luca comes home to police cars outside her house, she knows the curse has visited once again. Except this time, it came for Whitney, her sister. Luca decides to take the investigation of Whitney’s death into her own hands. But as a shocking betrayal rocks Luca’s world, the identity of Whitney’s killer isn’t the only truth Luca seeks. And by the time she finds what she’s looking for, Luca will come face to face with the curse she’s been running from her whole life." ]

[ "Review", "“An atmospheric and multi-layered mystery that surprises until the haunting end.” ―", "Kara Thomas, author of The Cheerleaders and That Weekend", "“Compelling and compulsive. Barrow expertly crafts a dark tale of sun-drenched dread that lays bare both the long-reaching impact of trauma and loss as well as the ways in which tragedy can so easily be disguised as destiny.” ―", "Stephanie Kuehn, Morris Award-winning author of Charm & Strange", "“Beyond pristine beaches and the sparkling curtain of privilege lies a chilling mystery and a story of girlhood stolen too soon.", "Bad Things Happen Here", "will stay with you long after the final page.” ―", "Kit Frick, author of Very Bad People and I Killed Zoe Spanos", "* \"With short chapters and a sparse, present-tense narrative, this contemporary novel fuses elements of mystery and romance as Luca’s beautifully told coming-of-age story unfolds against a dark backdrop of death. Luca’s grief, trauma, and mental illness are deftly explored and, juxtaposed with her strong sense of identity as a fat, Black, mixed-race, queer girl, provide a rich, empowering voice that carries this haunting story to a satisfying conclusion....Not a word wasted.\" ―", "Kirkus Reviews, starred review", "\"[A] carefully plotted, character-driven mystery.\" ―", "Publishers Weekly", "\"With effortless, atmospheric prose, Barrow buries us in a world that is as foreign as it is familiar--where Black teenage girls are ignored and vilified, where grief settles on shoulders like rain, and where bad things happen in a beautiful place. I wish I could read this book for the first time again and again.” -- Ashley Woodfolk, Acclaimed author of Nothing Burns As Bright As You", "About the Author", "Rebecca Barrow is the critically acclaimed author of", "Interview with the Vixen", ",", "This Is What It Feels Like", ",", "You Don’t Know Me But I Know You", ",", "Bad Things Happen Here", ", and", "And Don’t Look Back", ". She is a lover of sunshine, Old Hollywood icons, and all things high femme. She lives and writes in England. Visit her at Rebecca-Barrow.com.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Chapter 1 1 Parris, the island where it seems girls go to die. And like always, Luca is the only one to remember Polly on her birthday. Luca drives with the windows down, air twisting her curls around her face. Maybe that isn’t true. Maybe people do go to Polly’s grave, put down flowers that will sit and rot among the headstones. Perhaps they stop to clean off the photograph Polly’s mom chose, the one with her hair slicked back in a ballet bun and red-painted lips hiding her braces. Luca wouldn’t know, because she never goes there. That’s not where Polly is, to her. It’s just a box in the ground and a stone in a place far too somber for a girl like the one Polly was. It’s still early enough that the island is quiet as she drives across it. Not that it’s ever busy, really, but the roads are almost completely empty, every light green as she heads toward the bridge. It rises up into the blue sky, the only way out of this place. Luca doesn’t drive across, though, but pulls to the side and turns the engine off. She gets out of the car, the stems of the orange carnations she brought with her pressed between her palms. Then Luca steps down, beside the bridge, onto the uneven rocky ground where nobody’s really supposed to go.", "But we did,", "she thinks. Her and Polly, climbing down these rocks, so they could reach the water below. That’s why she comes here. Or that’s mostly why. Below her the ocean swirls, a calmness to the waves that’s unusual for this spot, and Luca throws out the carnations one by one, the bright blooms drifting down and down and down until they meet the water. “There you go, P,” she says. “Happy birthday.” Three years she’s done this. She brings the flowers, she sits for a while; she starts to tell Polly something that’s happening and then stops, because what could she ever say that would mean anything now?", "School is shitty. Our favorite breakfast place closed. I realized I was in love with Jada right after you died and I told her about the curse and then she stopped speaking to me.", "What does any of that matter to Polly now? What does any of it matter when Luca is alive and she’s dead? She was scared, the first time, to come back. To return to this place where the curse had surfaced. But then she had realized that really, this might be the safest place for her to go. After all, the curse never strikes the same place twice. So she came, the first year, and the next, and now. And Luca will come back in a year and do it all again, like the ritual can change anything. But it means something to her, to do it. It means something that there’s somebody to remember Polly who really", "knew", "her. After all, Polly’s parents left the island soon after she died. Jada hasn’t talked to Luca in almost three years, acts like she and Luca and Polly were never even friends. And everybody else, well, they didn’t", "know", "her, and they don’t talk about her. She’s sure they have their reasons. Thinking about her is unnerving; they don’t like to look death in the face so close. Something like that. Luca closes her eyes and remembers that last year, that last birthday. Fourteen years old. Polly is fourteen and Luca is seventeen now, will be eighteen in two short months. There was always that distance between them, Luca being born in the long days of summer and Polly coming so much later, arriving in the world during the spring bloom. She waits there for as long as she can bear. Maybe it’s an hour, maybe it’s a minute. But when she’s done, Luca opens her eyes and looks down at the water again. She kisses her fingers and then holds them out to the air, her only goodbye to the girl she’s let down the most. “I love you,” she says, words she never said when Polly was alive. “I’ll see you next year.” And she leaves. She’s always leaving Polly behind, further and further with each day.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Teen & Young Adult", "Literature & Fiction" ]

[ "Give a kid a classic!", "Cozy Classics", "is a new board book series that presents well-loved stories to children aged 0+ through twelve child-friendly words and twelve needle-felted illustrations.", "Les Misérables", "is Victor Hugo's sweeping French saga about one man's search for redemption in a world of hardship and misery, and is one of the world's most beloved classics. Now you can share this classic with children of any age.mycozyclassics.com" ]

[ "Review", "\"Remarkable.\" -", "The Telegraph", "(UK)\"Quite simply, delightful.\" -", "The Paris Review", "\"Beautifully illustrated... Personally, as an artist and photographer, I love the 'felt' characters that are part of the illustrations. The lighting and the setting are very well done. As a dad, I appreciate the simplicity in the presentation but I also love that it can inspire a love of story and setting as part of the reading experience.\"", "~ The Designer Dad - Stephen Saint-Onge (contributing editor, Family Circle magazine)", "\"Enchanting... Jack and Holman Wang have done a service to literate families everywhere with their", "Cozy Classics\" ~ The Wall Street Journal", "\"...a child-appropriate retelling of the original story, so adorable it makes our hearts hurt.\" -", "Vulture.com", "\"", "The photos are exquisite. They would be 100% frameworthy. I'm actually considering getting a second copy just to cut it up and frame it. They're gorgeous.\" -", "Trundlebed Tales Blog", "\"Though the series may be developed for children, I have to say these might be too adorable (and adultly ironic) not to pick up for myself.\"", "- eNotes Blog", "\"They will always be in baby's book collection!\" - A List Baby\"Brilliantly charming!\" - NewPages Blog", "From the Author", "Cozy Classics", "uses a simple one word/one image format to help babies and toddlers build vocabulary and learn everyday concepts such as body parts, emotions, animals, relationships, actions, and opposites. However,", "Cozy Classics", "organizes everyday words in a more unique way: through story. By putting words in the context of a story, our books help children find further meaning through a growing sense of narrative. As children get older, parents can expand on the stories in ever more elaborate ways.", "About the Author", "Jack and Holman Wang are twin brothers who grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. They first began writing and illustrating books together in the third grade. Jack earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Florida State University. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Writing at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, where he specializes in fiction writing and serves as chair. Holman, an artist and former middle school teacher, holds a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in architecture history, both from the University of British Columbia. He is the author of", "Bathroom Stuff", ", a nonfiction coffee table book on the history of everything in your bathroom, published by SourceBooks in 2001. His work has been featured in newspapers and on TV and radio, including NPR and the CBC. Jack has four and two year-old daughters. Holman has a three year-old daughter and a one year-old son. They both love reading to their children, and they're both eager to pass on the classics.", "Read more" ]

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[ "A survey of 178 cemeteries containing over 19,000 marked graves in Emanuel County, Georgia. Indexed." ]

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[ "The focus of Greer's study is why two geniuses of economics placed the concept of uncertainty at the center of their theory, and yet arrived at radically different policies. Greer (business and economics, Milligan College, Tennessee) considers both the intellectual and the theological influences on Keynes and Knight, as well as the role of uncertainty in defining the purpose and method of economics and leading to their divergent outlooks. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)" ]

[ "About the Author", "William Greer, Chair, Area of Professional Learning and J. Henry Kegley Associate Professor of Business and Economics, Milligan College, Tennessee" ]

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[ "Books", "New, Used & Rental Textbooks", "Business & Finance" ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Professionals & Academics" ]

[ "Joan Jacobs is a wise and experienced grandma. She wants grandmothers everywhere to love what they do and to grow in faith. She brings her theological training, life experience, good humor, and imagination together in an inspiring reflection on one of life's greatest opportunities--being a grandma. Jacobs explores the grandmother/grandchild relationship, showing grandmothers how to offer practical guidance and spiritual wisdom in a way that encourages the development of their grandchildren." ]

[ "About the Author", "Joan Jacobs", "graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and Fuller Theological Seminary. She lives in southern California and has five children and nine grandchildren." ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Christian Living" ]

[ "You've never seen your favorite movie posters like this! Feline superstars headline classics like Cattyshack, The Big Meowski, The Sound of Mew-sic and more! This large format wall calendar features grids with ample room for jotting notes and begins with six bonus months of July through December of 2018. Also included are moon phases (CST), along with U.S. and international holidays." ]

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[ "Books", "Humor & Entertainment", "Humor" ]

[ "The Order of Things: The Realism of the Principle of Finality", "is an exploration of the metaphysical principle, \"Every agent acts for an end. \"", "In the first part, Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange sets forth the basics of the Aristotelian metaphysics of teleology, defending its place as a central point of metaphysics. After defending its", "per se nota", "character, he summarizes a number of main corollaries to the principle, primarily within the perspective established by traditional Thomistic accounts of metaphysics, doing so in a way that is pedagogically sensitive yet speculatively profound.", "In the second half of", "The Order of Things", ", Garrigou-Lagrange gathers together a number of articles which he had written, each having some connection with themes concerning teleology. Thematically, the texts consider the finality and teleology of the human intellect and will, along with the way that the principle of finality sheds light on certain problems associated with the distinction between faith and reason. Finally, the text ends with an important essay on the principle of the mutual interdependence of causes,", "causae ad invicem sunt causae, sed in diverso genere", "." ]

[ "Review", "\"Being and finality―these principles account for all of reality. Nothing is without them. Nothing makes sense without them. And this is why", "The Order of Things", "is so important: it introduces readers to the dynamics of real being. In this book, Father Garrigou-Lagrange teaches his readers how to think. Dr. Minerd's editorial notes reveal that he is not only a faithful translator of Garrigou's words but also an insightful expositor of Garrigou's thought. Thus, we rejoice in the fact that this 'handbook of wisdom' is once again available to a world that continues to search―rather desperately―for the order of things.\" ―Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. Dominican House of Studies", "\"Maritain described the conditions in which Garrigou-Lagrange wrote this work to Yves Simon as laboring 'without a secretary, crushed by courses to teach, in the", "Collegio Angelico", "in isolation from everyone, facing exhausting work all alone, ' saying further, 'If we have understood something regarding Thomism, it is thanks to him…'In", "The Order of Things", ", Garrigou-Lagrange brought forth an uneven but illuminative and profound work, powerfully communicating the insights of the", "philosophia perennis", ". Matthew Minerd performs a very great service in rendering this work available to English readers. Those who see that", "scientia", "is not merely a source but a", "habitus", "will feel renewed gratitude to the old Dominican Master and to his insightful translator.\" ―Steven A. Long Ave Maria University", "\"An English translation of this neglected work of Garrigou-Lagrange's is long overdue. We are in Matthew Minerd's debt for bringing it off at last. The availability of", "Le réalisme du principe de finalité", "to English-speaking audiences is sure to further the current revival of interest in Scholastic thought and Aristotelian philosophy.\" ―Edward Feser Pasadena City College", "\"This book should shed light on Thomas's understanding of the final cause even for those who are skeptical about Garrigou-Lagrange's approach to metaphysics. Furthermore, I know of no better instance of how a Thomist might argue for the existence of God on the basis of the natural desire for happiness.\" ―Thomas M. Osborne Jr. University of St. Thomas", "--Endorsements", "About the Author", "About the Author", "Réginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. (1877–1964), was a French Catholic theologian and leading Thomist of the twentieth century who taught at the Dominican Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, in Rome from 1909 to 1960.", "About the Translator", "Matthew K. Minerd, Ph.D. is a Ruthenian Catholic, husband, and father, serving as a professor of philosophy and moral theology at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh, PA. He has been published in", "Nova et Vetera, The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, The Review of Metaphysics, Études Maritainiennes, Downside Review", ", and", "Homiletic and Pastoral Review", ". He has also served as a translator or editor for volumes published by Emmaus Academic, Cluny Media, and The Catholic University of America Press." ]

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[ "Transform your organization's data into actionable insights with Tableau", "Tableau is designed specifically to provide fast and easy visual analytics. The intuitive drag-and-drop interface helps you create interactive reports, dashboards, and visualizations, all without any special or advanced training. This all new edition of", "Tableau Your Data!", "is your Tableau companion, helping you get the most out of this invaluable business toolset.", "Tableau Your Data!", "shows you how to build dynamic, best of breed visualizations using the Tableau Software toolset. This comprehensive guide covers the core feature set for data analytics, and provides clear step-by-step guidance toward best practices and advanced techniques that go way beyond the user manual. You'll learn how Tableau is different from traditional business information analysis tools, and how to navigate your way around the Tableau 9.0 desktop before delving into functions and calculations, as well as sharing with the Tableau Server. Analyze data more effectively with Tableau Desktop", "Customize Tableau's settings for your organization's needs with detailed real-world examples on data security, scaling, syntax, and more", "Customize Tableau's settings for your organization's needs with detailed real-world examples on data security, scaling, syntax, and more", "Deploy visualizations to consumers throughout the enterprise - from sales to marketing, operations to finance, and beyond", "Deploy visualizations to consumers throughout the enterprise - from sales to marketing, operations to finance, and beyond", "Understand Tableau functions and calculations and leverage Tableau across every link in the value chain", "Understand Tableau functions and calculations and leverage Tableau across every link in the value chain", "Learn from actual working models of the book's visualizations and other web-based resources via a companion website", "Learn from actual working models of the book's visualizations and other web-based resources via a companion website", "Tableau helps you unlock the stories within the numbers, and", "Tableau Your Data!", "puts the software's full functionality right at your fingertips." ]

[ "From the Inside Flap", "Premier guide with expert guidance on building dynamic, BI data visualizations", "Tableau Software is designed to provide fast and easy data visualization for business intelligence, and", "Tableau Your Data!", "is the ultimate guide to using it effectively. Expert discussion and plain-English explanations merge with full-color visuals and step-by-step instruction to demonstrate streamlined analytics workflow. Regardless of your level of BI analytics experience, you'll learn how to get more out of your data and build clear, accurate visualizations that support more informed decisions. Targeted real-world case studies show you how to leverage Tableau across the enterprise value chain. From the core features to the latest updates and new tools, this full-color guide is your one-stop resource for better data visualization.", "With full coverage of the Version 9.0 feature set, this second edition of", "Tableau Your Data!", "shows you how to:", "+ Blend disparate data and build compelling visuals", "+ Perform ad hoc visual analysis and performance-tune dashboards", "+ Ensure security while scaling to a large user base", "+ Customize settings to build more advanced chart types", "+ Publish visualizations for mobile device viewing", "+ Understand Tableau syntax, functions, and calculations", "+ Analyze sales, financial, operational, spatial, marketing, and CRM data", "The companion website at www.wiley.com/go/tableauyourdata2e provides sample files, articles, working models, and examples that show you how to leverage new features as Tableau makes them available.", "From the Back Cover", "Premier guide with expert guidance on building dynamic, BI data visualizations", "Tableau Software is designed to provide fast and easy data visualization for business intelligence, and", "Tableau Your Data!", "is the ultimate guide to using it effectively. Expert discussion and plain-English explanations merge with full-color visuals and step-by-step instruction to demonstrate streamlined analytics workflow. Regardless of your level of BI analytics experience, you'll learn how to get more out of your data and build clear, accurate visualizations that support more informed decisions. Targeted real-world case studies show you how to leverage Tableau across the enterprise value chain. From the core features to the latest updates and new tools, this full-color guide is your one-stop resource for better data visualization.", "With full coverage of the Version 9.0 feature set, this second edition of", "Tableau Your Data!", "shows you how to:", "+ Blend disparate data and build compelling visuals", "+ Perform ad hoc visual analysis and performance-tune dashboards", "+ Ensure security while scaling to a large user base", "+ Customize settings to build more advanced chart types", "+ Publish visualizations for mobile device viewing", "+ Understand Tableau syntax, functions, and calculations", "+ Analyze sales, financial, operational, spatial, marketing, and CRM data", "The companion website at www.wiley.com/go/tableauyourdata2e provides sample files, articles, working models, and examples that show you how to leverage new features as Tableau makes them available.", "About the Author", "DANIEL G. MURRAY", "founded the InterWorks Tableau/BI practice in 2008, laying the foundation for InterWorks to become the premier Gold Professional Consulting Partner for Tableau Software. He is an in-demand speaker and was a Tableau Zen Master from 2014 to 2015.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Business & Money", "Management & Leadership" ]

[ "When President Roosevelt receives assassination threats from the Mob for his plans to repeal the Prohibition laws by which they profit, he calls upon Jack Endicott to unravel the Mob's murder plot" ]

[ "From Kirkus Reviews", "First of a series of posthumous novels featuring Jack Endicott, a friend of and troubleshooter for Franklin Roosevelt, then New York Governor, soon to be elected to his first term as President. There have been threats against Roosevelt's life- -probably from various rum-running gangleaders intent on keeping Prohibition or maybe from Tammany, intent on electing Al Smith and preserving their longtime graft and privilege. Jack proceeds to contact all the heavies--Al Capone, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, etc.--and promptly becomes the target of several attempts on his life, but, with courage and craftiness, he fulfill his mission, bringing Roosevelt safely through his nomination at the Chicago convention. As with the author's previous work (First Class Murder, etc.), the story is peppered with names from the past--Thomas Dewey, Polly Adler, Louie Howe, and Lucy Mercer, Roosevelt's secret love, among a host of others. Repetitive, clich‚d hoodlum dialogue, perfunctory sex passages, and endless details of clothes worn and food eaten keep this one dull and static beneath all the gunfire, but history and nostalgia buffs might like it anyway. --", "Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "United States" ]

[ "The King James Bible for Today is an update of the language of Authorized King James Version of the Bible.  There are many modern translations of the Bible but the Authorized King James Version is still the number two selling Bible.  Because of the loyalty to the Authorized Version it is time to produce a readable King James Version for Believers of today.  This update is not a new translation. It simply updates the language of the most influential translation of the Bible in history to the English language as it is spoken today. Bible readers will be better able to read and understand the Word of God. The update of the language of King James Version does not alter the original translation. Nothing is missing from the Authorized King James Version. It is simply a very readable King James Bible.The Authorized King James Version has had several revisions since it was first printed in 1611.  There were minor revisions with the printings between 1611 and 1616.  The first major revision was in 1629 in which the Apocrypha was dropped.  There were other major revisions in 1638 and 1762.  The last major revision was in 1769.  This 1769 revision is what has been called the Authorized King James Version ever since.  There is a tremendous difference between the 1611 and the 1769 editions of the Authorized King James Version because 158 years had passed and the English language had changed significantly.  It has been 246 years since that 1769 revision and the English language has changed tremendously in those 246 years.Updating the language of the Authorized King James Version from its 1769 English to present day English is a means of preserving the Authorized King James Version in the face of all the modern translations. This revision will preserve the Authorized King James Version of the Bible for many generations to come.Work has begun on the Old Testament for future publication." ]

[ "From the Author", "I was converted a little over fifty years ago. After being saved I was instructed by the pastor to read the Bible regularly.  As a teenager I began to read the King James Version of the Bible faithfully.  In the beginning it was extremely difficult.  However, as I continued to read the King James Version of the Bible I learned to change many of the words and word endings that are no longer in use today as I read.  After a while changing the words became automatic as I read.  I was then able to read and more clearly understand the Bible.  I remember thinking back then as a teenager that someone needed to update the language in the Bible. As I was celebrating my fiftieth spiritual birthday in June of 2014 I was thinking back to those days and the impact the King James Bible had on my life and ministry.  It occurred to me that the English of the Authorized King James Version still has not been updated.  Many new translations have been published since I was saved but no one has simply updated the English in the Authorized King James Version.  So, I set out on a mission to do on paper what I learned to do in my head fifty years ago.", "About the Author", "He has over fifty years experience in preaching and teaching ministry. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Bible from Welch College, Nashville, Tennessee and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Administration from Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina. He has planted churches in Roanoke, Virginia and in Johnson City, Tennessee. He was the founding director of Camp Jacob, a Christian youth camp, in Clintwood, Virginia. He and his wife owned and operated a small chain of five Christian bookstores for several years. Currently, he is pastor of Morning Light Community Church in Johnson City, TN where he also leads the Appalachian Hispanic Ministries." ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Bibles" ]

[ "Christ urges us to pray without ceasing, but when we try to do so, many of us simply cease without praying. We're distracted by troubles or duty or we quit just because it's late already and we are tired.", "Fr. Raoul Plus's no-nonsense prayer manual,", "How to Pray Always", ", remedies these problems by dispelling the false notions of prayer we all have and showing how we can, in fact, pray without ceasing even at times when exhaustion cripples us and cares threaten to sweep us away.", "Drawing on the experience of dozens of saints, Fr. Plus explains sure ways we can recollect ourselves before prayer so that once we begin to pray, our prayers will be richer and more productive; he teaches us how to practice interior silence habitually, even in the rush and noise of the world; and he explains each of the kinds of prayer and shows when we should and should not employ each.", "As humans, our minds are limited and it s generally hard for us to pay attention to more than a few things at once. That's why most of us aren't able to think of God or pray while we fulfill any but the most mindless of our daily duties.", "No problem.", "For such busy occasions (which constitute most of the time for most of us), Fr. Plus explains how we can pray without words by keeping our wills united to God even when our minds must be directed elsewhere.", "In other words,", "How to Pray Always", "is one of those rare books that actually fulfills the promise of its title. It helps us become better Christians by showing us how to know, to love, and to serve God, and to live prayerfully and constantly in His loving presence." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "Christ urges us to pray without ceasing, but when we try to do so, many of us simply cease without praying. We're distracted by troubles or duty or we quit just because it's late already and we're tired.", "Fr. Raoul Plus's no-nonsense prayer manual, How to Pray Always, remedies these problems by dispelling the false notions of prayer we all have and showing how we can, in fact, pray without ceasing even at times when exhaustion cripples us and cares threaten to sweep us away.", "Drawing on the experience of dozens of saints, Fr. Plus explains sure ways we can recollect ourselves before prayer so that once we begin to pray, our prayers will be richer and more productive; he teaches us how to practice interior silence habitually, even in the rush and noise of the world; and he explains each of the kinds of prayer and shows when we should and should not employ each.", "As humans, our minds are limited and it's generally hard for us to pay attention to more than a few things at once. That's why most of us aren't able to think of God or pray while we fulfill any but the most mindless of our daily duties.", "No problem.", "For such busy occasions (which constitute most of the time for most of us), Fr. Plus explains how we can pray without words by keeping our wills united to God even when our minds must be directed elsewhere.", "In other words, How to Pray Always is one of those rare books that actually fulfills the promise of its title. It helps us become better Christians by showing us how to know, to love, and to serve God, and to live prayerfully and constantly in His loving presence.", "About the Author", "Raoul Plus, S.J. (1882–1958) wrote more than forty books to help Christians understand God's love for the soul. His works stress the vital role of prayer in the spiritual life and show how you can live the truths of the faith." ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Catholicism" ]

[ "Hope is never gone, but it can be eaten alive.", "A quest to save hope. A kingdom under a spell. A wizard in training. A gargoyle with a sweet tooth. The sequel to The Orphanage of Miracles is filled with engaging characters, magic, adventure, and unusual circumstance. It s a story that will both entertain and inspire the reader. Kelsey, a strong-willed and high spirited young girl, embarks upon another adventurous quest - this time to save hope, which is being stolen from the orchard. While the kingdom is still under the spell of the evil sorcerer who distorts reality in order to gain control, the king begins training someone who he believes can ultimately defeat the sorcerer: a young boy named Nicholas. Revisit some of your favorite characters or meet them for the first time in this volume." ]

[ "Review", "Neftzger's skillful wordplay and imaginative worldbuilding set this book apart. In a style reminiscent of Norton Juster s The Phantom Tollbooth (1961), it abounds with unexpected relationships between language and reality. For example, a wise woman wears a dress woven from the fibers of knowledge and sewn together with the threads of learning, while a shop of memories sells hope-filled dreams. Emotions and beliefs, Nicholas' sorcery instructor tells him, color much more of the perceived world [than] any one of us can imagine....Things spoken in love always become reality. Neftzger's themes of perception and agency are refreshingly sophisticated, and watching them play out within the kingdom's surreal logic is this book's greatest joy. --", "Kirkus Reviews", "About the Author", "Amy has been publishing both fiction and nonfiction books for over a decade. Her other books include Conversations With the Moon, Bedtime Stories for Dogs, Bedtime Stories for Cats, Leftover Shorts, Confessions From a Moving Van, The Orphanage of Miracles, and The Orchard of Hope." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Science Fiction & Fantasy" ]

[ "The term", "Shakti", "refers to the creative power of divinity―what artist and teacher Ekabhumi Charles Ellik calls \"the electric juice of life.\" Shakti is personified by an array of revered goddesses who represent universal virtues and archetypal energies we all share.", "The Shakti Coloring Book", "was created to help you begin to activate the transformational currents of this sacred power in your own life―even if you’ve never considered yourself an artist. With", "The Shakti Coloring Book,", "Ekabhumi invites you to a serious yet thoroughly enjoyable practice. This comprehensive guidebook begins with \"Recognizing Shakti,\" a survey of the goddesses and their traditional attributes along with the origin and purpose of mandalas, yantras, and sacred geometry. Part two, \"Embodying Shakti,\" discusses the creation of mystic artworks and the making of art as a spiritual practice. Part three, \"Coloring Shakti,\" presents 21 stunning images of goddesses paired with 21 mystic diagrams to color and meditate upon as portals to new insight, transformation, and, ultimately, self-realization. The book concludes with \"Manifesting Shakti,\" a step-by-step training in creating a simple yantra (or \"realization device\") to be used for purification and as a foundation for higher-level yogic practices. \"Making sacred art is a type of meditation,\" explains Ekabhumi, \"helping us to come into stillness, focus our attention, and align with the principles portrayed in our artworks.\" Is there a virtue or trait that you would like to cultivate or strengthen? Are you looking for a way to deepen or expand your spiritual practice? Do you feel compelled by the beauty, mystery, and power of the goddesses? If so,", "The Shakti Coloring Book", "gives you a resource you will turn to time and again for inspiration, support, and self-expression." ]

[ "Review", "“Ellik is an artist, poet, and teacher of tantric yoga who is sought after for his detailed drawings of deities. Collectors of his work ask many questions about the intricacies of his drawings and he decided that the time was right to put that information, with the drawings, into a book. More than just a meditation exercise, coloring in the drawings is meant to acquaint users with the subtleties of each goddess and begin to connect them to the Hindu practice of deity worship. Traditional color ways for each goddess are provided in Ellik’s written description. Of course, there’s nothing to prevent customers from coming up with their own inventive color combinations. Beautiful, interactive, and filled with information, this will make a very special gift. Be sure to remind customers that they can read all about these goddesses before they gift the book to someone else.” ―Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight“Ekbhumi’s art is completely transcendent! Every line and shade reverberates with both ancient tradition and modern verve, topped with a grand dollop of love and devotion.” ―Jai Uttal, Grammy®-nominated recording artist and Kirtan singer“In India, creating art is a spiritual act. When performed with concentration and devotion, crafting images of the Wisdom Goddesses invokes their special blessings. With The Shakti Coloring Book, India’s ancient goddesses burst into our lives through Ekabhumi’s lucid explanations and marvelous drawings. Want to join in? Start coloring!” ―Linda Johnsen, author of The Living Goddess: Reclaiming the Tradition of the Mother of the Universe“As a lifelong painter who has often worked with Hindu goddess imagery, I have never come across a book that rings as deep and true―both intellectually and intuitively―as Ekabhumi Charles Ellik’s The Shakti Coloring Book. While remaining scrupulously respectful to the tradition’s South Asian roots, Ellik augments and illuminates that tradition from within by the light of his own palpable devotion and love for his subject. He is an artist of words as well as imagery, his beautiful artwork enhanced by a thoughtful, subtle, and evocative exploration of both craft and subject matter. This is no mere ‘coloring book’ in any usual sense of the term: it is a guidebook to painting as prayer, to artwork as sadhana―an indispensable and inspiring reference work for generations of sacred art makers and admirers to come.” ―Devi Bhakta (Michael Bowden), painter and author of the forthcoming The Goddess and the Guru: The Life and Collected Works of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati“There is no book in the world like the one you hold in your hands. It took a great artist and student of Hindu iconography, Ekabhumi Ellik, to create it. For yoga teachers and students who are passionately curious about the meaning behind the vast symbolism of India, this book is a godsend. May it be a longtime companion for your deeper walk into the yoga tradition.” ―Eric Shaw, teacher of the history, philosophy, and practice of yoga“Ekabhumi’s newest offering, The Shakti Coloring Book, is a unique and rare contribution; it offers both the sacred art forms that are central to the classical Tantric paths and also a wise elucidation of the meaning of these forms. Readers may use this beautiful book as an embodiment practice by applying color to the images in a meditative manner that will inform their spiritual practice. This unique combination offers us a rare chance to engage our body, spirit, emotions, senses, and mind to open the very transformational potential that is at the heart of the Tantric Goddess-worshipping spiritual paths. I highly recommend this book for beginners as well as more advanced practitioners.” ―Aditi Devi, yogini and author of In Praise of Adya Kali: Approaching the Primordial Dark Goddess through the Song of Her Hundred Names“This is a transcendent work. It transcends ‘coloring book.’ It transcends ‘art book.’ It transcends even ‘book.’ It is more like a subtle presence, as Shakti herself is, or can be, in our lives. Use it as a doorway into grace.” ―Philip Goldberg, author of American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, How Indian Spirituality Changed the West“This is no mere coloring book. It’s an indispensable primer, an iridescent overview of essential Hindu goddesses and their adoration, and a tantalizing, nearly irresistible invitation to deepen your own devotional practice as you color both inside and outside the sacred lines Ekabhumi so beautifully provides. Working with these gorgeous images according to Ekabhumi’s expert instruction will certainly provide hours of delight and deep pleasure. But if also performed with love, reverence, and a full heart, real transformation is available as well. Try that with a typical coloring book.” ―Mark Morford, yoga instructor, author of The Daring Spectacle, and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle“The Shakti Coloring Book is not your ordinary coloring book, but a conscious way to unlock the mysteries within through the sacredness of ritual and reverence via the yantra. As a painter, the greatest barrier I see in my own students is the hesitation to begin the practice of sacred geometry. Ekabhumi provides the beautiful drawings as well as the sophisticated interpretations of the deities, which provide fertile soil for yantra-making and creativity to blossom. The true Shakti in this book is it’s availability to everyone and the encouragement to explore your Self!” ―Chanti Tacoronte-Perez, sacred artist and creator of The Yantra Wisdom Cards“This coloring book is a delight! It provides not only informative knowledge about the mystical art of the Indian subcontinent, but also gives the budding artist the opportunity to understand the symbolism and experience of the yantras and goddesses on a very personal and intuitive level. Let yourself be guided into this secret world. Let your inner being be touched by the sacredness and be inspired . . . and in the epilogue lies the answers to the human quest.” ―Andy Weber, artist and coauthor of Images of Enlightenment: Tibetan Art in Practice“The layers, depth, and reverence of every practice, story, and detail of this book make it a fully sensual experience. I love how it calls on creativity as a path to intimacy with each deity.” ―Liz DiAlto, creator of Wild Soul Movement“Ekabhumi is, quite simply, one of the finest artists in his field worldwide, and the book you are holding is unparalleled in its combination of rigorous research, precision, and exquisite beauty. I know of no other resource for the sacred art of South Asia as powerful, inspiring, and accurate as this one. Ekabhumi’s thousands of hours of care and attention show through―we are indeed profoundly blessed to have this masterpiece made available to the world.” ―Christopher Wallis (Hareesh), PhD, author of Tantra Illuminated“Too many of us look at art as something other people do. This delightful book entices the latent artist in each of us to wake up to our own power of creation. Ellik masterfully weaves the meanings of goddesses and symbols into an entree to our own innate abilities that these symbols represent. We gain power from creating with intention. And this book draws readers into their own ability to manifest by harnessing the ancient and often overlooked power of making art―creation itself.” ―Lauren Walker, author of Energy Medicine Yoga“The Shakti Coloring Book enables us to participate in the transformative tones and moods of Shakti in her myriad forms and manifestations through the great Yoga Goddesses of India. Ekabhumi beautifully brings out the power of sacred geometry, mandalas, and Devi depictions through luring us to experience the Bhavas and Rasas of his mystical art forms. Every reader must experience this artistic manifestation of sacred art as a visual celebration unfolding divine grace. Shakti is the essence of beauty, passion, and delight as a spiritual practice.” ―Yogini Shambhavi Devi, author of Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess“The Shakti Coloring Book is more than a coloring book; it is an artist, seeker, and practitioner’s guide to spiritual and creative wisdom. It is a beautiful introduction to the goddesses of the Hindu pantheon in the complexity and fullness of their attributes, meanings, and forms. The Shakti Coloring Book is filled with sacred and well-researched information and shows how to apply these tantric and yogic teachings through devotional art and practice. Ellik’s inclusion of the ten Tantric Wisdom Goddesses and Matrikas―little known deities in the West―is an essential contribution to the body of Hindu and Tantric literature and scholarship. This magnificent work will inspire, educate, and empower many. It is a book on Shakti that is Shakti―and one we have been waiting for.” ―Laura Amazzone, MA, author of Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power“Ekabhumi Charles Ellik’s new work offers a deep practice that is expertly designed to awaken the spectrum of potential within each of us. Through engaging with these striking images of the Goddesses, yantras, and mandalas, we are inspired to ignite our own inner myths and unlock the symbolic truths these representations hold. I particularly enjoy that this sacred work is called a ‘coloring book’ because―although the book includes concise and transformative philosophy―it simultaneously inspires the wakeful, childlike wonder we can bring to devotional practices. This coloring book lovingly guides the conceptual mind and intellect to quiet down, allowing us to enter into a space of bliss, peace, and energetic interconnection with the presence of the goddess, here and now.” ―Cindy Lee, international teacher of dharma, meditation, and yoga philosophy workshops and retreats“Radiating with the same vital energy that is its subject, this book is a wonderful experiential guide to the many Tantric goddesses who represent aspects of Shakti, the one primordial energy that creates and sustains all of life. In eloquent prose and exquisite renderings, Ekabhumi illuminates the many attributes of the goddesses and explores the deeper layers of their iconography and symbolism, enabling readers to understand, access, and engage these sacred energies that exist within them. With devotion, reverence, and insight, Ekabhumi offers an invaluable introduction to an extraordinary spiritual tradition, at once reviving knowledge and worship of the Goddess Herself and evoking a deep respect for the power of sacred art.” ―Swami Khecaranatha, founder and spiritual leader of TrikaShala, Berkeley, California“The Shakti Coloring Book is filled with esoteric gems that are difficult to find elsewhere. Ekabhumi presents the inner aspects of yoga, tantra, and yantra together with a fun way to experience the sacred feminine through coloring and art. I cannot think of a better way to learn about the often misunderstood Goddess energy.” ―Nicolai Bachman, author of The Language of Yoga“Ekabhumi has risen to the call of yogis and yoginis around the world with his new book, The Shakti Coloring Book. This book is a triumphant manifestation of the Universe that serves as a profound portal into the realms of devotional yoga and sacred Goddess art. Ekabhumi soulfully invites us into a world of mythic consciousness and artistry where every Goddess reveals to us aspects of our innermost nature and opens our heart to the creative flow of life. This book will be an essential resource for all my yoga teacher trainings and for generations of yogis to come. Jai Ma!” ―Sianna Sherman, yogini, storyteller, visionary of Mythic Yoga Flow, and cofounder of Urban Priestess", "About the Author", "Ekabhumi Charles Ellik is an artist, poet, student, and teacher of classical hatha yoga who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His diverse work includes 20 original illustrations created for Sally Kempton’s book Awakening Shakti. For more, visit ekabhumi.com.Sally Kempton has been studying and teaching the wisdom of yoga for 40 years. A highly regarded teacher of meditation and spiritual philosophy, she writes the popular", "Yoga Journal", "column \"Wisdom.\" Known for her gift of making yogic wisdom relevant to daily life and for transmitting deep states of meditation, she teaches retreats and teleclasses internationally. Sally is the author of", "Meditation for the Love of It", "(Sounds True, 2011). She resides in Carmel Valley, California." ]

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[ "\"Prepare to learn about leadership from the experts...Horses!\" Leaders today are faced with unprecedented challenges. Leaders have to build relationships that allow for easy transfer of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Horse Sense for Leaders: Building Trust-Based Relationships provides an engaging case study of inter-species trust between horses and humans. The book features the work of Horse Whisperer Monty Roberts, author of the New York Times bestseller The Man Who Listens To Horses. The book blends Robert's work as a world leader of non-violent horse training with current research on the value of being a trust-based leader. This unique blend of research, anecdotal stories, and engaging models allows for an interesting and provocative read on how leaders can engage followers in more effective relationships at work." ]

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[ "Deadly Morsels by Takis & Judy Iakovou\\Steven F. Havill\\Jane Rubino\\Peter Abresch released on Mar 25, 2003 is available now for purchase." ]

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[ "Books", "Mystery, Thriller & Suspense", "Mystery" ]

[ "From \"constructive contributors\" to \"deviant destroyers,\" government guerrillas work clandestinely against the wishes of their superiors. These many public servants are dissatisfied with the actions of the organizations for which they work, but often choose not to go public with their concerns. In", "The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government, Second Edition", ", Rosemary O’Leary shows that the majority of guerrilla government cases are the manifestation of inevitable tensions between bureaucracy and democracy, which yield immense ethical and organizational challenges that all public managers must learn to navigate. Alongside updates to her original cases, O’Leary offers a new case on Private Bradley Manning and the WikiLeaks scandal, as well as new mini-stories for her Interlude sections." ]

[ "Review", "\"The book’s very readable style, case-study format, and Rosemary O’Leary’s experience are all great strengths of", "The Ethics of Dissent", ". Students love the book.\"", "-- Alejandro Rodriguez", "\"The theoretical frame of", "The Ethics of Dissent", "is well done and evident throughout. This book is unique because it sheds light on a little recognized phenomenon while making clear that it is far more widespread than previously thought. Books that genuinely break new ground and do it well are very rare!\"", "-- Guy Adams", "\"", "The Ethics of Dissent", "covers a unique aspect of ethics in government, beyond what we agree are the values and obligations to law and management principles. It is concerned with the ethical dilemmas in which the bureaucracy has placed dedicated public servants and how they balance what is ethically right with conflicting rules, regulations, and administrative expectations. This, I believe, is the book’s main strength:  a unique view of ethical conflict and decision-making.\"", "-- Denis Hatch", "About the Author", "Rosemary O′Leary", "is the Director of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Kansas (KU), one of the highest ranked programs in local government management in the world.  She is also the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor at KU. Previously she was on the faculty of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University (Phanstiel Chair) and at Indiana University-Bloomington (Professor).  She was the creator and coordinator of the Minnowbrook III conferences that assessed the future of public administration around the world.  O′Leary is the author or editor of 12 books and more than 130 articles and book chapters on public management. She is the winner of 16 national research awards, including 7 senior scholar awards.  She is also the winner of 10 teaching awards.  She is the only person to win 3 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration awards for Best Dissertation, Excellence in Teaching, and Distinguished Research.  An experienced university leader, O’Leary is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Public Administration. She was a senior Fulbright scholar in Malaysia and in the Philippines. She was also an Ian Axford Public Policy Scholar in New Zealand. O’Leary was a member of the NASA’s Return to Flight Task Group assembled in response to the Columbia space shuttle accident where she was awarded the NASA Public Service Medal for her efforts.  O’Leary was President of the Public Management Research Association from 2017 to 2019." ]

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[ "Books", "New, Used & Rental Textbooks", "Social Sciences" ]

[ "FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When the world's biggest Muppets fan, Walter, and his friends, Gary and Mary, discover oilman Tex Richman's plan to knock down the Muppet Theater, they determine to round up the Muppets and put on a show to save the theater." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Literature & Fiction" ]

[ "A tough, taut, funny mystery with a number of very peculiar cases and a most surprising ending, played against Ed McBain's highly-detailed knowlege of police and detective procedure." ]

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[ "Books", "Mystery, Thriller & Suspense", "Mystery" ]

[ "From award-winning fanfic phenomenon Sophie Jackson, the third novel in the sexy and emotionally intense blockbuster A Pound of Flesh series.", "Life in New York for ex-con Riley Moore is pretty damn good, until a call from his mother shatters the calm: his father has suffered his second heart attack in two years and is in a critical condition. Leaving everything behind, Riley flies home to Michigan for the first time in five years to support his mother and do his best to make amends with his father. He also tries not to think about Lexie Pierce, the only girl he ever truly cared about, and who broke his heart. When they inevitably meet, memories of their love make Riley yearn to reconnect, despite the pain they both suffered. Though she's wary, and has a secret she’s hidden from him for five years, Lexie has little willpower when it comes to Riley and she agrees. Besides, after all that has gone before, she owes it to both of them to find out if they can love each other again. Can they both overcome their sorrow and secrets and finally share their life together? A powerful new voice in modern romance, Sophie Jackson has crafted a passionate love story with unforgettable characters that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page." ]

[ "Review", "\"[", "A Measure of Love", "is] jam-packed with raw emotion and passion. The storyline is perfectly paced and the buildup is incredible. The author knows exactly what she’s doing, leaving readers feverishly flipping the pages and wondering if love truly can be found in the most remote places.”   -- --RT Book Reviews\"", "A Measure of Love", "is beautifully written and addictive; with its wonderfully chiseled characters and well-rounded relationships, it hooked me from the first page and held me until the very last word. The perfect mix of humor, heartbreak and sinful sexiness.\" -- Kirsty Moseley, author of the newly revised Fighting to Be Free, with 6 million reads online", "About the Author", "Sophie Jackson writes fanfiction under the online handle Jaxon22. She is the author of the award-winning A Pound of Flesh series, including the e-novellas", "Love and Always", "and", "Fate and Forever.", "Follow her on Twitter: @SophieJax", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "A Measure Of Love", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Women's Fiction" ]

[ "Dublin 1950Liesl Bannon has never felt like she was truly at home anywhere, not since her mother placed her and her brother Erich on the last Kindertransport out of Berlin in 1939. She’d been so much more fortunate than most Jews, saved from the horrors of the Nazi regime. Being adopted by Elizabeth and Daniel Lieber meant she and Erich spent the war in Northern Ireland, safe and loved, but Liesl always knew something was missing. When an opportunity to return to Berlin to represent her university presents itself, she is so torn. Should she go back to the city that rejected her and her family, would it be too harrowing, or would it feel like home?In Berlin, a chance encounter with an old family friend sparked emotions for Liesl that she’d suppressed since she was a child. She finds herself desperately wanting to go back to those carefree days before Hitler, when life made sense, but why was her family so set against her return? Was it because they were worried about her as they claimed, or was there a darker, more sinister reason?The Hard Way Home is the heart wrenching third book in the best-selling Star and the Shamrock series." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]

[ "In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he's told there's something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he's finally gone crazy. But the animals have something to say. And they need him. The pigeons fly Kester to a wild place where the last creatures in the land have survived. A wise stag needs Kester's help, and together they must embark on a great journey, joined along the way by an overenthusiastic wolf cub, a military-trained cockroach, a mouse with a ritual for everything, and a stubborn girl named Polly. The animals saved Kester Jaynes. But can Kester save the animals?" ]

[ "From School Library Journal", "Gr 3–7—\"When the rest of the world grew too hot, and cracked open in the sun, everyone came to live on this cold grey rock.\" In a future world that is largely without animals because of a terrible virus, 12-year-old Kester Jaynes, who hasn't spoken since his mom died, is called by the cockroaches to help save the last enclave of wildlife from the deadly plague. At first, Torday's interesting, imaginary world seems to be full of inconsistencies, but he takes pains to make a cohesive speculative environment for the characters to develop within. The prose is extremely British, which can be a barrier for reluctant readers, and while the characterization of Kester is strong, the plotting and atmosphere fail to deliver enough peril to make this novel a true a page-turner. Nonetheless, this gentle, dystopian adventure is a good introduction for students who may not have encountered environmental morality tale tropes, such as talking animals, an epic quest, and an evil corporation out to destroy the world. A solid choice for students who are too young for Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games (Scholastic, 2008).—L. Lee Butler, Stoughton High School, MA", "From", "Booklist", "In a world where there are no more animals (only a few rogue “varmints”), Kester Jaynes finds himself in an unusual position: a cockroach is asking him for help. Kester, who hasn’t spoken since his mother died, answers the entreaty of the cockroach (and some persuasive pigeons) and escapes to the forbidden wild, where a few animals have been hiding. It is up to Kester to save them by finding a cure for the deadly “red-eye” disease that has wiped them out. Torday weaves an intense narrative of survival and adventure akin to a sci-fi Brian Jacques tale and with great appeal to animal lovers. Underlying Kester’s wilderness exploits, however, is a story of corruption and greed, as the powerful Selwyn Stone stages a calculated takeover of society through manufactured truths and the henchmen he employs to enforce them. The plot becomes slightly repetitive at times, but overall this is an enchanted adventure with a message of empowerment and hope that ought to sweep readers along to the planned second volume. Grades 4-6. --Julia Smith", "Review", "An Indie Next List Selection", "\"A hugely inventive adventure.\"—Eoin Colfer\"Splended stuff.\"—Eva Ibbotson  “A whimsical yet thoughtful tale that brings to mind the smarts and silliness of Roald Dahl and Norton Juster.”—", "The New York Post", "* “Alternately somber, thrilling, and silly, filled with eccentric human and animal characters with distinctive voices.\"—", "Publishers Weekly", ", starred review“Should have broad appeal. Recommend this book to readers who like the", "Books of Ember", "series by Jeanne DuPrau.”—", "VOYA", "“Combines a great fondness for animals with an appreciation of the freakish.”—", "Kirkus Reviews", "“An enchanted adventure with a message of empowerment and hope that ought to sweep readers along.”—", "Booklist", "\"When ninety-nine pigeons smash through the windows of Kester's prison and carry him North to the last of the animals…. it's a moment as thrilling as when James flies off in the Giant Peach. Highly recommended\"—", "The Times", "(UK)", "About the Author", "Piers Torday", "was born in Northumberland, which is possibly the one part of England where more animals live than people. After working as a producer and writer in theatre, live comedy and TV, he now lives in London – where there are more animals that you might think.", "The Last Wild", "is followed by the sequel (and concluding volume)", "The Dark Wild", ". You can find out more about Piers and follow his blog at www.pierstorday.co.uk.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "I grab my chair, ready to bat the birds back out again, back to wherever they came from, when they start to speak—all of them talking together in a deep voice, more like singing than talking. Like a choir, direct in my head—just like the crackle from the cockroach in the Yard, or the whistle from the spider in the Doctor’s room, only this time there’s hundreds of voices speaking at once.And I really can hear what they’re saying.*Kester Jaynes, we have been sent to find you.*", "Read more" ]

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[ "A", "Transition to Advanced Mathematics: A Survey Course", "promotes the goals of a \"bridge'' course in mathematics, helping to lead students from courses in the calculus sequence (and other courses where they solve problems that involve mathematical calculations) to theoretical upper-level mathematics courses (where they will have to prove theorems and grapple with mathematical abstractions). The text simultaneously promotes the goals of a ``survey'' course, describing the intriguing questions and insights fundamental to many diverse areas of mathematics, including Logic, Abstract Algebra, Number Theory, Real Analysis, Statistics, Graph Theory, and Complex Analysis.The main objective is \"to bring about a deep change in the mathematical character of students -- how they think and their fundamental perspectives on the world of mathematics.\" This text promotes three major mathematical traits in a meaningful, transformative way: to develop an ability to communicate with precise language, to use mathematically sound reasoning, and to ask probing questions about mathematics. In short, we hope that working through", "A Transition to Advanced Mathematics", "encourages students to become mathematicians in the fullest sense of the word.", "A Transition to Advanced Mathematics", "has a number of distinctive features that enable this transformational experience. Embedded Questions and Reading Questions illustrate and explain fundamental concepts, allowing students to test their understanding of ideas independent of the exercise sets. The text has extensive, diverse Exercises Sets; with an average of 70 exercises at the end of section, as well as almost 3,000 distinct exercises. In addition, every chapter includes a section that explores an application of the theoretical ideas being studied. We have also interwoven embedded reflections on the history, culture, and philosophy of mathematics throughout the text." ]

[ "Review", "\"A readable, comprehensive resource for transitioning to higher mathematical thinking. A valuable feature is the different types of questions and exercises. Professors will benefit from each chapter's optional application section, offering flexibility for teaching purposes.\"--", "Choice", "About the Author", "William Johnston", "is Professor of Mathematics at Butler University. He has been teaching mathematics to undergraduates since 1983.", "Books by the Same Author:", "An Introduction to Statistical Inference", "Alex M. McAllister", "is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Centre College. Over the past fifteen years, Alex has taught mathematics to undergraduates at the University of Notre Dame, Dartmouth College, and Centre College." ]

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[ "Books", "Science & Math", "Mathematics" ]

[ "Cairo’s Egyptian Museum houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Some 150,000 pieces are exhibited, and another 30,000 are held in storerooms. This book carries full-color illustrations of many of the masterpieces of ancient art in the museum from the decorated vases, flint knives, and palettes of the predynastic period, through the magnificent artifacts of the pharaonic period, to the beautiful tempera portraits of the Roman period." ]

[ "About the Author", "FARID ATIYA is a writer, photographer and publisher. He is the author of many books on the Red Sea, Sinai, and the monuments of Egypt.ABEER EL-SHAHAWY is an Egyptian Egyptologist." ]

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[ "Books", "Travel", "Africa" ]

[ "Shinn, E. A." ]

[ "From the Inside Flap", "Known worldwide among geologists, marine scientists, and petroleum engineers, Gene Shinn has made major geological discoveries that have significantly enhanced professional and academic knowledge. Though initially handicapped by a lack of advanced degrees, Shinn’s drive, hard work, and dedication allowed him to rise to the top of his profession and receive the Twenhofel Medal—the highest award given by the International Society for Sedimentary Geology.", "Born in the Florida Keys, Shinn attended the University of Miami on a music scholarship, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. A U.S. national champion spearfisher, he worked as a salvage diver, becoming an expert in the use of dynamite underwater. Educating himself with hands-on field experience, he worked as geologist for nearly fifty years, in the process contributing major geological findings that have significantly improved our understanding of undersea oil reserves. Shinn helped invent the technology for underwater core drilling, and, more recently, he has studied the effects of transoceanic African dust on coral reefs, agriculture, and human health. He’s even the basis for a character in a mystery novel.", "In", "Bootstrap Geologist", "Shinn enthusiastically shares the highs and lows of his remarkable career. Taking readers around the globe as well as below the ocean, he recounts the painstaking process of data gathering that can lead to paradigm-breaking discoveries. Readers are given a front-row seat to adventures in the field, along with the chance to reflect on issues such as the use and abuse of scientific research and the emergence of government-funded research.", "Describing his life as a scientist, Shinn introduces readers to the thrill of exploration and discovery—the end result of hard work in the field. He imparts wonderful stories that introduce technical aspects of geological, earth, and marine science in a relatable, reader-friendly manner. Focusing on the fantastic adventures and prestigious, sometimes eccentric, colleagues involved in conducting field research in remote, exotic places, Shinn demonstrates that he has relied more on what can be seen with the eye than on that which is calculated and modeled. By sharing his memories, Shinn hopes to demonstrate how far passion and curiosity can take us while showing readers how the scientific process really works.", "Eugene A. “Gene” Shinn", "is Courtesy Professor at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, and adjunct professor at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Author of hundreds of scientific articles, he has received numerous honors and awards for his research and discoveries.", "From the Back Cover", "Known worldwide among geologists, marine scientists, and petroleum engineers, Gene Shinn has made major geological discoveries that have significantly enhanced professional and academic knowledge. Though initially handicapped by a lack of advanced degrees, Shinn’s drive, hard work, and dedication allowed him to rise to the top of his profession and receive the Twenhofel Medal—the highest award given by the International Society for Sedimentary Geology.", "Born in the Florida Keys, Shinn attended the University of Miami on a music scholarship, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. A U.S. national champion spearfisher, he worked as a salvage diver, becoming an expert in the use of dynamite underwater. Educating himself with hands-on field experience, he worked as geologist for nearly fifty years, in the process contributing major geological findings that have significantly improved our understanding of undersea oil reserves. Shinn helped invent the technology for underwater core drilling, and, more recently, he has studied the effects of transoceanic African dust on coral reefs, agriculture, and human health. He’s even the basis for a character in a mystery novel.", "In", "Bootstrap Geologist", "Shinn enthusiastically shares the highs and lows of his remarkable career. Taking readers around the globe as well as below the ocean, he recounts the painstaking process of data gathering that can lead to paradigm-breaking discoveries. Readers are given a front-row seat to adventures in the field, along with the chance to reflect on issues such as the use and abuse of scientific research and the emergence of government-funded research.", "Describing his life as a scientist, Shinn introduces readers to the thrill of exploration and discovery—the end result of hard work in the field. He imparts wonderful stories that introduce technical aspects of geological, earth, and marine science in a relatable, reader-friendly manner. Focusing on the fantastic adventures and prestigious, sometimes eccentric, colleagues involved in conducting field research in remote, exotic places, Shinn demonstrates that he has relied more on what can be seen with the eye than on that which is calculated and modeled. By sharing his memories, Shinn hopes to demonstrate how far passion and curiosity can take us while showing readers how the scientific process really works.", "Eugene A. “Gene” Shinn", "is Courtesy Professor at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, and adjunct professor at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Author of hundreds of scientific articles, he has received numerous honors and awards for his research and discoveries." ]

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[ "The Youngest Master at Augusta , America Boycott of Moscow Olympics , J.R. Richards of Astros ," ]

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[ "A passionate weekend with wealthy horse trainer Chance Cartwright following the bachelor auction at Lost Springs Ranch has unexpected consequences for Dallas advertising executive Madison Burnes when she finds herself pregnant. Original." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Contemporary" ]

[ "The diary of a young Jewish girl in hiding during the Second World War." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Poetry" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "British & Irish" ]

[ "A groundbreaking look at the future of great power competition in an age of globalization and what the United States can do in response", "The two decades after the Cold War saw unprecedented cooperation between the major powers as the world converged on a model of liberal international order. Now, great power competition is back and the liberal order is in jeopardy. Russia and China are increasingly revisionist in their regions. The Middle East appears to be unraveling. And many Americans question why the United States ought to lead. What will great power competition look like in the decades ahead? Will the liberal world order survive? What impact will geopolitics have on globalization? And, what strategy should the United States pursue to succeed in an increasingly competitive world? In this book Thomas Wright explains how major powers will compete fiercely even as they try to avoid war with each other. Wright outlines a new American strategy—Responsible Competition—to navigate these challenges and strengthen the liberal order." ]

[ "Review", "\"Wright makes a compelling case that the US and the world have benefitted from the liberal international order that Donald Trump threatens to discard, and also lucidly describes the challenges to US power around the world.\"—Gideon Rachman,", "Financial Times", "\"A bracing antidote to simplistic thinking about complex policies.\"—", "Publishers Weekly", "\"", "All Measures Short of War", ". . . offers a lively, engaging roadmap to a world that, as Wright notes, is characterized less by global convergence and more by rising nationalism and cutthroat national competition.\"—Keith Johnson,", "Foreign Policy", "\"Important and timely. . . . Among the many virtues of this book are its clarity and precision. . . . An essential starting place to debate how the United States might mix confrontation and accommodation in an era of crafty revisionists, diminished resources, and ideological turmoil.\"—Paul K. MacDonald,", "Political Science Quarterly", "Thomas Wright's", "All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the Twenty-First Century and the Future of American Power", "has been selected for the shortlist of the Council on Foreign Relations’ 2018 Arthur Ross Book Award!“", "All Measures Short of War", "presents a clear-eyed analysis of the return of geopolitics and points a way for U.S. foreign policy to navigate this new landscape.”—Francis Fukuyama, author of", "Political Order and Political Decay", "\"Wright has written an important book at a critical time. The United States and its allies face rising threats in the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe; the liberal international order has not confronted greater challenges for decades. Wright makes a considered, nuanced case for renewed U.S. international engagement and leadership.\"—Andrew Shearer, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former national security advisor to Prime Ministers Howard and Abbott of Australia\"In this important and timely book, Thomas Wright argues that great power convergence is in decline and a new era of greater geopolitical competition is upon us, with profound implications for globalization, U.S. strategy, and international order.\"—Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush\"Wright is an incredibly perceptive observer of the global security order. In", "All Measures Short of War", "he has provided the best account yet of the recurrence of great power competition and its implications for U.S. policymakers. I know of no better guide to the end of the Age of Obama and the emergence of the Era of Trump.\"—Eric S. Edelman, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and  Roger Herzog Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies\"Contemplating a regressive future that resembles a past when great powers clashed and war was politics by other means, Wright advocates a concept of 'responsible competition' that harnesses globalization to maintain a cold peace in a dangerous world. Persuasive, important, and timely.\"—Strobe Talbott, former Deputy Secretary of State and author of", "The Great Experiment", "About the Author", "Thomas J. Wright", "is a fellow and director of the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution." ]

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[ "Books", "Politics & Social Sciences", "Politics & Government" ]

[ "Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming’s open range tending to a herd of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature – from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the livestock guardian animals (BIG dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary!) that repeatedly prove their worth in devotion to protecting the herd.", "Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming’s open range tending to a herd of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature – from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the livestock guardian animals (BIG dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary!) that repeatedly prove their worth in devotion to protecting the herd. Urbigkit offers interesting reflections on the role of pastoralists around the globe and on the controversial issue in the Western US of private livestock herds being run on public lands. The intimate ways in which abstract public policy plays out on the open range is eye-opening. More than a tale of herding sheep, Shepherds of Coyote Rocks is an action-packed true story that reveals the broad spectrum of the human relationship with nature, from harmony to rugged adventure." ]

[ "From", "Booklist", "In this detailed record of western life, rancher Urbigkit recalls a season with her flock of sheep on Wyoming’s open plains. She writes eloquently of the patient nature of a shepherd’s life and makes heroes of her guardian animals: dogs bred for the work of sheep tending and two burros (named Bill and Hillary) that possess an innate ability to protect and defend their charges. Though she is far from isolated, Urbigkit is still able to immerse herself in the moment, caring for orphaned lambs, struggling against predators, and witnessing the effects of intense weather. The descriptions of her day-to-day experiences are fascinating and provide a window into a life that few readers will know, and the author is to be lauded for the care in which she writes about this topic. The book stumbles a bit, however, when she strays into political topics, and the text would have benefited from a tighter narrative focus that did not include one-sided arguments. The picture Urbigkit paints of the ranching life is a stirring one, though, and with her truly stunning photographs, it is a worthwhile visit into another world. --Colleen Mondor", "--This text refers to the", "hardcover", "edition.", "Review", "\"In this warm and lively memoir, Urbigkit eloquently documents a season spent with her dogs, burros, and the natural inhabitants of the western Wyoming range while tending a flock of domestic sheep. …This enlightening read will appeal even to city dwellers who may not understand the impact of environmental protection policies that block off land from its traditional human uses.\" ―", "Publishers Weekly", "--This text refers to the", "hardcover", "edition.", "About the Author", "Award-winning author and photographer", "Cat Urbigkit", "’s home base is on a western Wyoming ranch. She is a correspondent for a variety of media in the western region and a contributing writer to Stephen Bodio’s Querencia blog.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Engineering & Transportation", "Engineering" ]

[ "YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO STRATEGY. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.", "The", "FT Guide to Strategy", "is your unbeatable reference on strategy. It offers an incisive overview of both corporate level and business unit level strategy, an A to Z of the world’s leading strategic thinkers and introduces the key strategic tools and techniques you need to develop your own strategy.", "In one engaging read itleads you through each critical step in creating, delivering and understanding successful strategy. This is the smartest and most readable strategy guide available anywhere." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "‘It is difficult to imagine how you could be a good strategist without this book: essential and stimulating reading.’", "Chris Outram, Chairman Emeritus and Founder, OC&C Strategy Consultants", "‘If you want a world-class strategy for next to no cost, this book is for you.", "Tim Bunting, former Chairman, Betfair", "‘Highly readable and amazingly useful.  It", "distils the work of strategy experts and makes it all so easy to use.  Koch has a unique and insightful perspective on almost all aspects of strategy.’", "Geoff Cullinan, Partner, Bain & Company", "YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO STRATEGY. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.", "The Financial Times Guide to Strategy", "cuts through the nonsense to offer you a straightforward, authoritative guide to strategy at both the corporate and business unit levels. The fourth edition of this bestselling book is a no-holds barred, jargon-free guide to the strategic models, tools and thinkers you really need to know about. Easy-to-read and logically structured, it leads you through each step in understanding, creating, and pursuing  successful strategy. It shows you which questions to ask, how to go about answering them, and then what action to take.", "Based on long experience and on conversations with  leading strategists around the world, Richard Koch helps you discover:", "§          Just what you need to know about strategy", "§          Which models and tools will be the most useful for you", "§          The leading thinkers who have made the greatest contribution to the science and practice of strategy, from Bruce Henderson and Michael Porter to Philip Rosenzweig and Chris Zook", "§          The essential details of over 200 strategic concepts, tools and techniques, from core competency to disruptive technology, from globalisation to the innovator’s dilemma", "About the Author", "Richard Koch", "is the author of 15 highly acclaimed books, including the best-selling 80/20 trilogy ---", "The 80/20 Principle", "(over 700,000 copies sold),", "The 80/20 Individual", ", and most recently", "Living the 80/20 Way", ". As well as lecturing and broadcasting, he is an extremely successful entrepreneur and investor. His ventures have included Filofax, Belgo, Plymouth Gin, Capstone, and Betfair, the world’s largest betting exchange. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and at Oxford University. His investment successes have propelled him well into", "The Sunday Times Rich List." ]

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[ "Books", "Business & Money", "Management & Leadership" ]

[ "THE STOCKING STUFFER YOUR KIDS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!", "**BONUS** EVERY PAGE CAN BE COLORED! Finish the activities and color the picture to really make the book as unique as YOU!", "Christmas activity books for kids ages 7-12 are a perfect way to celebrate the most fabulous time of the year! Fill the season with festive activities in the Christmas Activities!", "About this Christmas Activity book:", "Large 8.5 x 11 inch pages", "Large 8.5 x 11 inch pages", "127 pages", "127 pages", "High quality white paper", "High quality white paper", "Marker Safe! Printed single sided to prevent bleed through", "Marker Safe! Printed single sided to prevent bleed through", "Good quality Illustrations", "Good quality Illustrations", "Incredibly Fun and Relaxing", "Incredibly Fun and Relaxing", "This activity book will provide hours of entertainment and learning.", "★Makes a great Christmas gift!★", "This fun and creative coloring activity book is a great gift idea for your kids to celebrate Christmas!" ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Activities, Crafts & Games" ]

[ "Wine and Cheese Pairing Guide teaches you about the wines that can be used to complement different types of cheese. It also teaches you some basic cheese and wine pairing rules." ]

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[ "Books", "Cookbooks, Food & Wine", "Beverages & Wine" ]

[ "Inspiring thoughts of a beautiful Hawaiian beach, the graceful, sensuous hula is a dance that helps trim the waistline, strengthen the back, and improve strength, flexibility, and balance. It's growing in popularity, too, with hula schools opening around the country. This enjoyable book-plus provides everything for a hula workout including the music: a fun, informative book with history and instructions for classic Hawaiian dance steps, a neck lei, 2 wrist leis, a CD with hula tunes, and ili ili, the castanet-like lava stones used to provide a beat to gyrate to." ]

[ "About the Author", "Suzanne Aumack", "is a certified Polynesian dance instructor and lives in Mantua, New Jersey.", "Connie Majka", "resides in Narberth, Pennsylvania." ]

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[ "Books", "Arts & Photography", "Performing Arts" ]

[ "The honest and powerful autobiography from basketball legend Jerry West is a must-read for fans of the game.", "He is one of basketball's towering figures: \"Mr. Clutch,\" who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers' resurgence in the 1970s. The general manager who helped bring \"Showtime\" to Los Angeles, creating a championship-winning force that continues to this day. Now, for the first time, the legendary Jerry West tells his story -- from his tough childhood in West Virginia, to his unbelievable college success at West Virginia University, his 40-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and his relationships with NBA legends like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant. Unsparing in its self-assessment and honesty,", "West by West", "is far more than a sports memoir: it is a profound confession and a magnificent inspiration." ]

[ "Review", "\"Anyone who follows basketball knows that Jerry West was a supreme athlete and a brilliant general manager. What I did not know until reading this powerful book was just how complex he is.", "West by West", "is a rounded, honest and moving exploration not just of West's life under the arena spotlights, but his passages through his darkest hours. With remarkable clarity and courage, West explores his flaws and ghosts, his glory on the court and his struggles off. Paralyzed and haunted by his childhood, this was a superstar who, at the top of his game, could not escape the feeling that he belonged at the bottom. Few would have the courage to look so deeply into the mirror, but in this exceptional book, West has done so.\"―", "Gay Talese", ",", "author of A Writer's Life", "\"His silhouette image has long been the NBA's logo-a fitting symbol for a revered, enigmatic, and deeply private sports icon. But in this book, with unflinching candor and in remarkable detail, Jerry West emerges proudly and boldly from the shadows of his own life.\"―", "James S. Hirsch", ",", "author of Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend", "\"...Fascinating-it's like West taking Tony Soprano's chair in Dr. Melfi's office, and explaining every detail of the most famous career in NBA player-exec history (but with a moral barometer)...If you are Warriors fan, a general NBA fan, or any kind of sports fan, I'd tell you to read this book when it comes out to fully appreciate the totality of the legend and reality and to know that the reality at times exceeds the legend.\"―", "Tim Kawakami", ",", "The San Jose Mercury News", "\"Hardcore fans will relish West's reflections on the game that has obsessed him, stories about teammates and opposing players and his selections for an all-time Dream Game...In a genre notorious for merely waving pompoms, West offers an unusually candid account of his personal and professional life.\"―", "Kirkus Reviews", "About the Author", "Jerry West", "is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. After retiring from the Los Angeles Lakers in 1974, West went on to lead the team -- first as a coach, and then as the general manager. He lives in California and West Virginia.", "Jonathan Coleman", "is the bestselling author of", "Exit the Rainmaker", ",", "At Mother's Request", ", and", "Long Way to Go", ". He is a former producer and correspondent with CBS News. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Leaders & Notable People" ]

[ "Once upon a time, in Mrs. Sweeney’s first year drawing class at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, a “lantern-jawed exotic” named Stan admired the drawing of a brown-haired, blue-eyed girl named Janice . . . and it was kismet! It also heralded the birth of one of the great collaborations in all of children’s literature: Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears.This enormously readable account tells of the early years before they met, their courtship (briefly interrupted by World War II), married life, and their first fateful meeting with Theodor Seuss Geisel–the editor-in-chief and president of Beginner Books. It was this fateful meeting that led to the publication of", "The Big Honey Hunt", "–the book that launched their careers as children’s book artists and introduced to the world what would quickly become America’s first family of bears: the Berenstain Bears." ]

[ "Amazon.com Review", "You'd think that Jan and Stan Berenstain's true calling was the whole bear thing (", "Bears in the Night", ",", "The Big Honey Hunt", ", etc.). But after spending even a couple minutes reading their absorbing and often hilarious autobiography, you'll wonder why they don't do more memoirs.", "Taking turns with chapters like \"Stan Meets Jan\" and \"Jan Meets Stan,\" the Berenstains share some of the most minute and telling details that contributed to their uniquely successful career and marriage (which long ago passed the 50-year mark). We hear about 5-year-old Stan's \"cat period\" (quickly eclipsed by his \"zeppelin period,\" after spotting the", "Graf Zeppelin", "sailing over Philadelphia's \"el\"); a third-grade dance performance by shy \"Jan", "eece", "\" as the Red-Breasted Robin (Jan's teacher never pronounced her name correctly); the couple's budding romance at art school and its interruption by the draft (followed by some funny WWII recollections from Stan); their struggling early success at the", "Saturday Evening Post", "and", "Collier's", "(where they became famous for their \"moppet mob scenes\"); and their momentous first meeting with Theodor (\"Dr.\") Seuss Geisel, which led to some surprising consternation--\"Our modest dream of a doing a funny book about a family of bears who lived in a tree was turning into a waking nightmare.\"", "Even though the Berenstains have kindly written to a preteen level, teens and grownups should still find", "Down a Sunny Dirt Road", "highly readable. And die-hard fans of the Bear family will especially enjoy the comprehensive bibliography--who ever knew about", "The Berenstain Bears and the Drug-Free Zone", "? (Ages 10 and older)", "--Paul Hughes", "From Publishers Weekly", "The creative couple behind the bestselling Berenstain Bears opens this sprightly, joint autobiography with alternating chapters chronicling their respective childhoods in Philadelphia. Stan's and Jan's anecdotal recollections work in the kinds of details that children lap up: Stan remembers spotting his first zeppelin (a \"great silver cigar\"), Jan recalls tracing the White Knight onto a color plate of John Tenniel's artwork and, later, the couple use their childhood memories of the Saturday matinee as inspiration for a Collier's cover (reproduced in the book). After their creative aspirations bring them together as students at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (recorded in successive chapters as \"Stan Meets Jan\" and \"Jan Meets Stan\"), they offer perspectives on the ensuing WWII years (Stan served as a medical artist in the Army, Jan worked as an aircraft riveter), then merge their voices into one. Highlights include their auspicious meeting with the feisty, at times cantankerous Theodor Seuss Geisel, editor-in-chief of Random House's new Beginner Books, and the launch of the furry family from Bear Country. The roomy, clean design is reminiscent of Bill Peet: An Autobiography; their illustrations of themselves jitterbugging or playing field hockey (rendered in the Berenstain's familiar, contemporary style) demonstrate the impressive versatility of the couple's talents. Though sometimes long on detail, this breezy, humorous saga makes for an intriguing publishing tale and may appeal most to aspiring artists and adult fans, who will happily follow these amicable, humble authors down their indisputably sunny autobiographical road. Ages 12-up. (Sept.) Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From", "Booklist", "Gr. 5-8. Married more than half a century, the couple that has produced more than 200 Berenstain Bears books now offers a tandem autobiography, and their voices are as lively and quick as one might hope. The first few chapters are written alternately, as Janice and Stanley describe growing up and studying art during the Depression, as well as their fateful meeting in a Philadelphia art school. Their war stories (Janice was a Rosie the riveter, and Stanley found novel ways of using his artistic skills after being drafted) are of particular interest, humanizing that period for youngsters who might have outgrown the bears and now have a report on World War II to write. Their early work in cartooning for the", "Saturday Evening Post,", "among other publications, and the genesis of their bears under the manic tutelage of Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, make for engaging reading. The book is profusely illustrated with work from all phases of their careers, culminating in their own favorite images from titles across the decades.", "GraceAnne DeCandido", "Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved", "From the Inside Flap", "time, in Mrs. Sweeney’s first year drawing class at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, a “lantern-jawed exotic” named Stan admired the drawing of a brown-haired, blue-eyed girl named Janice . . . and it was kismet! It also heralded the birth of one of the great collaborations in all of children’s literature: Stan and Jan Berenstain, creators of the Berenstain Bears.This enormously readable account tells of the early years before they met, their courtship (briefly interrupted by World War II), married life, and their first fateful meeting with Theodor Seuss Geisel–the editor-in-chief and president of Beginner Books. It was this fateful meeting that led to the publication of", "The Big Honey Hunt", "–the book that launched their careers as children’s book artists and introduced to the world what would quickly become America’s first family of bears: the Berenstain Bears.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Offers advice to writers on constructing fiction that flows from one scene to the next with logic, discussing how to revise scenes for maximum effect and how to fix common errors" ]

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[ "Books", "Reference", "Writing, Research & Publishing Guides" ]

[ "11\" X 8.5\" Book - Plenty of Smiling Cars to Color! +10 Bonus Pages of Planes and Ships.", "Fun way for talented kids to draw and paint, with this book. EASY LEVEL and MEDIUM LEVEL COLORING - Drawings of", "Trucks, Jeeps, Police Cars, Caravan, Fire Engines, Limo, Tractor, Sports & Race Cars", "and many more. LOOK INSIDE TO SEE COLORING PAGES.", "NO MESSY COLORING - With This Book you get one coloring page per sheet", ", so your kids can use their pens or markers or even wet watercolors, without the colors bleeding into other pages. This Smiling Cars Coloring Book for Kids is perfect or young ages boys and girls. Coloring book for kindergarten 4-6, or school kids 6-8. and even older kids. This activity book for young kids will keep them engaged, as they color with pencils or with markers. Some designs are easy with large areas smaller kids can color, and other designs have more details challenging enough for older kids to enjoy. Age specifications: Coloring books for kids ages 4-8 Cars and Trucks coloring book, can be great gift as boys or girls! This is one of the most popular children coloring book. One of the best coloring books for children ages 4-12." ]

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[ "Carlos Royal reveals all you need to know about house investing that will secure your retirement and make you wealthy. This book is insightful, powerful and timely! It is down-to-earth common sense investing, clearly written and easy to understand. Simplicity is its beauty. The Little Wow! Book on House Investing will help you change your thinking, change your investment strategy and change your life.", "A must-read handbook for anyone who wants to know about house investing. The 10-Year Plan shows you exactly how to do it! It has everything you need to know about house investing for retirement, wealth and cash flow." ]

[ "From the Author", "I wrote this book because several of nieces and nephews asked me to share with them, \"How I was able to retire with a monthly income of more than the average American makes in a year.\"", "My new book, The Little Wow! Book on House Investing is about buying residential houses for long-term investments. In 1991, I wrote what I called the 10-year plan. Ten years later, I retired. I explain and show with real examples how it works and why. There are no extra pages in this book, just the facts. This book is only 96 pages and you can read it in one evening.", "The ideas and concepts are simple and easy to understand. The book is clearly written. Simplicity is its beauty. If you believe the price of a book should be based on the amount of ink and paper used, then this book is not for you. But if you want to know how to retire in 10 years a millionaire, then this is the book for you!", "I answer the Why, What, Where, When and How questions to house investing. I will share with you the secrets that will double and triple your return. I will share with you the secret that has allowed me to predict the real estate market. Once you know this secret you will be able to do the same thing for your area. I will also share with you the secret of where to buy and why. It is not what you pay, but what it will be worth 10-Years from now that counts. I will share with you the secret that has allowed me to buy houses that have appreciated 50 to 100 percent faster than the market. Even if you don't plan to buy houses for investments, you will want to know this information when you buy your next home.", "About the Author", "Born in Oklahoma in 1943, Carlos Royal and his family migrated to sunny California looking for a better life. Carlos developed a strong work ethic early on, working twelve-hour days with his father in the fields picking cotton, potatoes, and grapes. He became wealthy investing in houses. He is a retired real estate broker with 36 years of experience." ]

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[ "The lectionary readings for the Lenten season offer a rich source of information and affirmation on our role as baptized disciples of Christ.", "Change Our Hearts", "uses these lectionary texts as a springboard to reflections on the meaning of our baptism and its implications for lifelong ministry. It celebrates the richness of our Catholic liturgy and tradition, encouraging readers to use the Lenten season as an opportunity to immerse themselves in thoughtful prayer, reflection, and practice. Each day features the lectionary citations for that day, a reflection on an aspect of the readings, and a closing prayer or practice. It emphasizes the major themes of Lent: fasting, prayer, almsgiving, conversion, discipleship tied into the heart of our baptism in Christ. Readers will also find a strong theme of social justice running through the book.", "Change Our Hearts", "is an excellent resource for general parish use. Each day features the lectionary citations for that day, a reflection on an aspect of the readings, and a closing prayer or practice. It is also an ideal book to use with RCIA candidates; by using this book with both parishioners and RCIA candidates, you will enable the entire faith community to join in reflection on the meaning of baptism and Christian discipleship in a challenging, inspired way." ]

[ "Review", "Change Our Hearts", "delivers what it promises. In these spiritual meditations on the daily scriptures of Lent, you will see the connections between the preparation of catechumens and the repentance of Christians, and you will read challenging questions that are disturbingly practical. Do you really want a change of heart? Then this is your book for Lent. —Rev. Paul Turner, Pastor, liturgist, and author of", "What Am I Doing for Lent This Year?", "Rory Cooney’ s daily Lenten reflections, questions, and insights cut to the heart of the paschal mystery and call us to die to our well-worn comforts and compromises. These meditations are not for those looking for an easy journey through Lent; like the prophets of Scripture, Cooney’ s goal is not to be provocative for its own sake but to call us to live our baptismal promises for the sake of the world.—Diana Macalintal, Director of Worship, Diocese of San Jose, and co-founder of TeamRCIA.com Cooney shows himself well-informed about the history and theology of Lent and the Triduum but, even more importantly, well and deeply formed by these holy days. His writing is in equal measures lyrical and powerful as well as direct, unfussy, immediate, and practical.—Paul F. Ford, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Liturgy, St. John Seminary, Camarillo, CA", "About the Author", "Rory Cooney has been the music and liturgy director at St. Anne Catholic Community in Barrington, Illinois, for twenty years. He is also a liturgical songwriter with over fifteen collections of music, and his work is represented in most hymnals and worship aids in the United States." ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Christian Living" ]

[ "A warm, heartfelt children's bedtime story cherishing the paths of dreams and moonbeams as they meander through the seasons and stars. My Sweet Lullaby is written by a mother to her two beloved children." ]

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[ "4 cassettes / 4 hoursRead by John RubinsteinSyrian terrorists have attacked a dam inside the borders of Turkey, threatening the water supply of their own homeland.  It is not insanity, but the first step in a deceptively simple plan to force all-out war in the Middle East.  This strategy will draw elite troops out of the capital of Damascus, leaving the Syrian president unprotected -- and an easy target for assassination.What the terrorists don't know is that a new Regional Op-Center is now online in Greece. A mobile version of the permanent crisis management facility, the ROC is a cutting-edge surveillance and information mecca. And its team can see exactly what the Syrian rebels are trying to do.The terrorists are more resourceful than anyone thinks. They also have ways of obtaining classified information. And the Regional Op-Center -- the United States' newest weapon -- is not a prize to be passed up ..." ]

[ "From the Inside Flap", "4 cassettes / 4 hoursRead by John Rubinstein", "Syrian terrorists have attacked a dam inside the borders of Turkey, threatening the water supply of their own homeland. It is not insanity, but the first step in a deceptively simple plan to force all-out war in the Middle East. This strategy will draw elite troops out of the capital of Damascus, leaving the Syrian president unprotected -- and an easy target for assassination.", "What the terrorists don't know is that a new Regional Op-Center is now online in Greece. A mobile version of the permanent crisis management facility, the ROC is a cutting-edge surveillance and information mecca. And its team can see exactly what the Syrian rebels are trying to do.", "The terrorists are more resourceful than anyone thinks. They also have ways of obtaining classified information. And the Regional Op-Center -- the United States' newest weapon -- is not a prize to be passed up ...", "About the Author", "Tom Clancy", "is the bestselling author of", "Executive Orders", ",", "The Hunt for Red October", ",", "Red Storm Rising", ", and many, many more.Steve Pieczenik, M.D., Ph.d., a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and M.I.T.-trained political scientist, is a world-renowned hostage negotiator and international crisis manager He is also the bestselling novelist of the psycho-political thrillers", "The Mind Palace", ",", "Blood Heat", ",", "Maximum Vigilance", ", and", "Pax Pacifica", ".", "John Rubinstein", "has performed on Broadway in", "Pippin", ",", "M. Butterfly", ", and", "Children of a Lesser God", ", for which he won a Tony Award.  His feature films include", "Another Stakeout", ",", "Someone to Watch Over Me", ", and", "The Boys from Brazil", ".  He has starred in the television series", "Family", "and", "Crazy Like a Fox", ".  John Rubinstein has previously performed", "Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Games of State", "and", "Debt of Honor", "for Random House Audio Books." ]

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[ "Books", "Mystery, Thriller & Suspense", "Thrillers & Suspense" ]