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[ "A dangerous deal with the devil gives one witch more than she bargained for...", "Prue is an earth witch, blessed with power from the Triple Goddess. Still mourning the loss of her twin sister, Prue summons the devil himself from the Underworld, intent on bringing her sister back from the dead. But when she meets him—a handsome man named Cyrus—he is more deadly and alluring than she anticipated. Prue tricks him into binding his blood with hers, granting her access to his powers over the dead.But the bond also unlocks the gates to the Underworld, unleashing the spirits within.Now Cyrus is bound to her in more ways than one.Desperate to close the gates and save the mortal realm from unholy destruction, Prue and Cyrus must work together to undo their bargain. But against her better judgment, Prue is enthralled by his seductive nature, and she finds herself falling for the devil himself.", "This fantasy romance is a Hades and Persephone retelling with a twist, full of steamy romance, dark paranormal themes, and allusions to Greek mythology. Perfect for fans of", "Kingdom of the Wicked", "and", "A Touch of Darkness", "." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Mythology & Folk Tales" ]

[ "In Cohen's Law, our intrepid hero stumbles his way through the jungle of life while hunting for that most elusive prize of all - happiness. On the way, he rejects the expectations of family, beliefs of religion, methods of science, lessons of education, comforts of wealth, illumination of literature and wisdom of philosophy. Trying to make sense of a nonsensical world, he staggers from trial to error and back to trial. How can he achieve the goal that has eluded so many?" ]

[ "About the Author", "Stephen B. Sloane is a professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Saint Mary's College of California. He has published \"Organizations in the Movies: The Legend of the Dysfunctional System\" and \"Gold Stripe on a Jackass: The Quest for Moral Efficiency, as well as numerous journal articles. He is a graduate of: - The U.S. Naval Academy (BS), where he has served as a member of the faculty. - Harvard University (MPA), where he conducted a study of military professionalism as a John F. Kennedy Graduate School of Public Administration Research Fellow. - The University of California, Berkeley (MA, Ph.D.) where his work was nominated for the Leonard White Best Dissertation of the Year by the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley and where subsequently as Research Fellow at the Institute for Governmental Studies he did ethnographic research while embedded with the San Francisco Police Department and where he has lectured at the Haas School of Business Administration. He retired after thirty years of active duty service as a naval officer (pilot) at the rank of Captain. He is a veteran of the Vietnam war and has been awarded various naval decorations including: Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, and Navy Commendation Medal. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Naval War College and has served as a professor on the War College faculty while on active duty and since retiring from naval service." ]

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

[ "This book is designed for students to get a perfect score on the exam. Most importantly, the questions in this book focus on building a solid understanding of basic mathematical concepts for both of the math level 1 and math level 2." ]

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[ "Books", "Education & Teaching", "Schools & Teaching" ]

[ "Supernatural Revolution tells you how to bring the realm of the supernatural into an active reality in your life.Written with passion, humility, and expectancy, Supernatural Revolution is about what God is accomplishing. Author Jamie Galloway vividly describes what he sees happening supernaturally, and demonstrates through his own worldwide supernatural experiences how to walk in this lifestyle.A supernatural revolution is taking place—now. An unprecedented move of the Spirit of God is covering the earth and you are invited into the very heart of this movement. It is a time of glory, destiny, and a great awakening of the people of God to take their place in history as the most awesome company of believers the world has ever seen.Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness (Matthew 9:35 NIV).Each chapter concludes with a “Call to Action” that gives practical application to the teachings. Biblically-charged and Holy Spirit inspired advice includes: “When the Lord wakes you up in the night…pray in the Spirit and watch your dream life go to the next level. Worship and intercede and you will start to see things in the supernatural as the Lord begins to share the secrets of His heart.”" ]

[ "Review", "The next generation leaders of the prophetic movement are now emerging. Jamie Galloway is one of those authentic voices who moves in the supernatural realms of God for this hour. While honoring the past, this next generation package cannot be contained with the same boxes of the earlier moves of the Holy Spirit. This is a media army that is arising. This is a creative company of intimate warriors that leans upon their beloved. This is a group that dares to go wherever Jesus says to go and do whatever Jesus says to do! Will you be one who crosses over into the new or will you be stuck in a cul-de-sac of the best of past? Supernatural Revolution, will create an appetite within you to cross on over to the current activity of the Holy Spirit and create fresh faith within the reader. --James W. Goll, Founder: Encounters Network Prayer Storm Compassion ActsThe first time I met Jamie Galloway, he captured my heart. His authentic passion for the Lord was totally evident but he was also extremely insightful, humorous, and well, just plain adorable. As part of the emerging new generation of seers, Jamie is equipping an army of prophetic and power activists and evangelists. Supernatural Revolution is full of revelation that will cause you to see things in scripture you might have never considered in that light before. It will invite you to inquire deeper of the Lord concerning the mysteries of His Kingdom. It will build your faith and encourage your walk. --Patricia King, Founder: XPmedia.com", "About the Author", "Jamie Galloway believes God is calling His Church into spiritual realms of His presence. He ministers itinerantly both nationally and internationally and is currently involved in various media projects that highlight the supernatural move of the Holy Spirit. Jamie and his wife, Emily, desire the Bride of Christ to rise up and influence this generation and those to come." ]

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

[ "Accompanied by a CD-ROM containing a generic finished sample character, complete with skeletons, muscles, skin, and advanced animation controls, this introduction to computer graphics design explains how to use Maya to create a variety of believable 3D characters, presenting a series of concepts, programming techniques, and Maya tools, as well as hands-on exercises. Original. (Advanced)" ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "A unique, in-depth approach to creating realistic characters in Maya. Maya Character Creation: Modeling and Animation Controls' author, Chris Maraffi, has expertise in the field and in the classroom that translates to the knowledge and solid teaching skills needed to make this book a \"must-have\"!", "The current trend in computer graphics is greater organic realism. Many of thetop-grossing movies today, such as Spiderman, Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park 3 ,and Star Wars Episode 2, all feature realistic 3D characters. There is a majorneed in the 3D community for educational material that demonstrates detailedtechniques for achieving this organic reality. Maya is one of the main packagesused on such cutting-edge films, and has an established toolset for creatingbelievable 3D characters. Maya Character Creation: Modeling and Animation Controls is designed to take you through the process of designing, modeling, and setting up animation controls for complex 3D characters. The concepts, techniques, and Maya tools used foreach step in the process are presented in each chapter, followed by manyhands-on exercises. NURBS, polygon, and subdivision surface modelingtechniques are shown for creating the character's skin, and skeleton-basedanimation controls are covered in detail. You will learn how a character'sskin should deform when the skeletal joints and muscles move. AdvancedMEL scripted animation controls are also covered extensively.", "About the Author", "Chris Maraffi is currently the course director of the Character Modeling and Character Rigging classes a Full Sail Real World Education in Orlando.", "Chris Maraffi", "is currently Course Director of character modeling and character setup classes at Full Sail Real World Education in Orlando. He was a presenter, with other Full Sail faculty, of the Maya Tips and Tricks master class at SIGGRAPH 2001 for Alias Wavefront. In addition, he has taught advanced 3D classes at NYU Parsons School of Visual Arts, and NYIT in New York City. Also in the San Francisco Bay area, he taught at the Academy of Art, Mesmer Animation Labs, and The Master's Institute. He is the author of SoftImage XSI Character Animation FX and Design published by Coriolis. Other publications include numerous online and magazine 3D tutorials and articles." ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Web Development & Design" ]

[ "For use at home or school! This easy-to-use multiplication workbook helps children learn and memorize", "multiplication facts", ".", "Mastery of math facts is so important", "for learning more advanced math skills.", "Strategies in this book make teaching and learning", "multiplication", "facts easy!", "This book has everything you need including: 147 pages of practice problems Addition and subtraction review mixed in with multiplication Record-keeping pages Answer pages How to Use the Book Certificate of Mastery Guide to Introducing the Facts.", "Use this workbook with beginning learners, students who are still learning the math facts, and children who need extra practice or review.", "Learning Magazine named this book as a", "Resource for Successful Teaching", "!", "This book goes along with our division workbook,", "Ten Divided by Five Is Not Five.", "It follows the same sequence of facts; children learn how division facts are related to multiplication facts; and it also has", "word math", "practice pages." ]

[ "About the Author", "Susan R. Greenwald, M.A. Ed is an educator with many years of success teaching math facts and mathematics skills. She has written five math books. Teacher Created Resources published her first book,", "How to Teach Math Facts", ", in 1999.", "Five Times Five Is Not Ten: Make Multiplication Easy, Two Plus Two Is Not Five: Easy Methods to Learn Addition and Subtraction, Addition and Subtraction: Beyond Math Facts", "and", "Ten Divided by Five Is Not Five: Using Multiplication to Make Division Easy", "are published by Longevity Publishing.", "Two Plus Two Is Not Five", "was the First Place winner in the Workbook category of the 2006 Evvy Book Awards." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Education & Reference" ]

[ "Proposing to Win -- book is in overall solid condition" ]

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[ "Books", "Business & Money" ]

[ "From the 1870s through 1941, Roton Point Park was one of the preeminent attractions along the shores of Long Island Sound. From its shady picnic grove overlooking the water to its sandy beaches, hotel, dance floor, carousel, roller coaster, and midway rides, Roton Point attracted thousands of visitors each season. Damage from the 1938 hurricane and the start of World War II led to the park's closing in 1941, and Roton Point was divided into two private beach clubs and a public beach. Some of the old buildings remain, including the bathhouse, hotel, and gazebo at Roton Point, and the roller-coaster entry at Bayley Beach." ]

[ "Review", "Title:History of Roton Point Told Through PostcardsPublisher: Arcadia PublishingDate:6/6/2011The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing's Postcard History series is Roton Point from the Roton Point History Committee. The book boasts more than 200 vintage postcards and memories of days gone by.From the 1870s through 1941, Roton Point Park was one of the preeminent attractions along the shores of Long Island Sound. From its shady picnic grove overlooking the water to its sandy beaches, hotel, dance floor, carousel, roller coaster, and midway rides, Roton Point attracted thousands of visitors each season. Damage from the 1938 hurricane and the start of World War II led to the park's closing in 1941, and Roton Point was divided into two private beach clubs and a public beach. Some of the old buildings remain, including the bathhouse, hotel, and gazebo at Roton Point, and the roller-coaster entry at Bayley Beach. Highlights of Roton Point:? Contains recently discovered information about the steamship Belle Island, demystifying another chapter of its history.? Many images have never before been published, and are from private collections.? Includes rare photos of the hurricane of '38, showing some of the devastation to Roton Point park.? In 1933, the Miss Connecticut title was won at Roton Point and the winner went on to Atlantic City to become Miss America that year.Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at www.arcadiapublishing.com or (888)-313-2665. Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America's people and places. Have we done a book on your town? Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.Title: Book keeps memories of Roton Point Park aliveAuthor: Leslie LakePublisher: Wilton Villager Date: 7/5/2011 The bathhouse and gazebo at Roton Point and the roller coaster entryway at Bayley Beach in Rowayton are the few remaining clues that give evidence to the bustling amusement area known as Roton Point Park that attracted thousands of visitors from New York and Connecticut from the 1870s to 1941. To help keep those memories alive, the Roton Point History Committee has gathered postcards that tell the story and has compiled a book, \"Roton Point,\" part of the Arcadia Publishing Postcard History Series.The book contains hundreds of postcards showing such images as beachgoers in rented wool bathing suits, wooden roller coasters, carousels, and the Belle Island steamboat. The postcards come from lifelong Rowayton resident Lisa Wilson Grant's collection and private collections of two Rowayton families, the Robinsons and Simmonses.Lisa Wilson Grant is chairman of the Roton Point History Committee. She said she enjoys solving historical mysteries. \"Over the years I've collected these old post cards,\" she said. \"I've been keeping a timeline of tidbits of information. Two years ago we made the book proposal to Arcadia. It's been fun to dig up information about the Coney Island Carver carousel horses, and old articles about Roton Point Park.\"The images, captions and chapter introductions tell the story of an attraction that, in its heyday, brought visitors from New York, New Jersey and throughout Connecticut until damage from the 1938 hurricane and start of World War II in 1941 led to the park's closing.Local visitors came by trolley. The trolley company leased the park, and it was the final destination on the line. Visitors from New York came by steamship at a cost of $1.25.The photos give readers a glimpse into nostalgic images such as parasol-carrying beachgoers in long dresses and men in knee-length wool bathing suits. The carnival atmosphere included a carousel, and concessions that included a shooting gallery, skeeball, a penny arcade, bumper cars and, in a nod to current events at the time, the Kill the Kaiser game during World War I.The committee consists of Wilson Grant and three other members, each of whom brought their unique backgrounds and strengths to the project of compiling the book.Cam Hutchins has lived in Roton Point since 1965. A professional copywriter who holds an masters degree in communications wrote the introduction and chapter start pages.Mary Ellen Pastore, an accountant by profession, is also a juried member of the Rowayton Arts Center and has won awards for her pottery and sculpture. Raised in South Norwalk, she spent childhood summers at Roton Point Beach Club. She did much of the historical research involved in putting the book together.\"Mary Ellen and I did the scanning of the post cards,\" said Wilson Grant.Pat Atkin runs Atkin & Company, a boat plan company started in 1906 by her father-in-law. \"Pam brings the perspective of a long-time Rowayton resident to the project,\" Wilson Grant said. \" She's familiar with the history.\"Title: Picture Postcard... New Roton Point Book... Rowayton Picture PerfectAuthor: Cynthia F. JohnsonPublisher: Clamdigging Around RowaytonDate: 6/10/2011 The Rowayton Library is proud to present an evening that takes us all back in time to vintage Roton Point on Tuesday Evening, June 14th at 7pm. The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing's Postcard History series is Roton Point from the Roton Point History Committee will be unveiled at this AuthorTalk/Book signing presentation. The book boasts more than 200 vintage postcards and memories of days gone by. Lisa Grant, chairperson of the Roton Point History Committee will offer a presentation on the history and images of Roton Point.From the 1870s through 1941, Roton Point Park was one of the preeminent attractions along the shores of Long Island Sound. From its shady picnic grove overlooking the water to its sandy beaches, hotel, dance floor, carousel, roller coaster, and midway rides, Roton Point attracted thousands of visitors each season. Damage from the 1938 hurricane and the start of World War II led to the park's closing in 1941, and Roton Point was divided into two private beach clubs and a public beach. Some of the old buildings remain, including the bathhouse, hotel, and gazebo at Roton Point, and the roller-coaster entry at Bayley Beach.The Roton Point History Committee is a dedicated group of members of the Roton Point Club and is charged with bridging the past and the present by collecting, preserving, and sharing artifacts and memories of Roton Point. Reception and book signing will follow the presentation. For a reservation, please contact the Library.", "About the Author", "The Roton Point History Committee is a dedicated group of members of the Roton Point Club and is charged with bridging the past and the present by collecting, preserving, and sharing artifacts and memories of Roton Point." ]

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[ "Books", "History", "Americas" ]

[ "Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express." ]

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

[ "Awakening", "As a psychic intuitive and spiritual teacher, Darrin Owens stretches us beyond mere reading and acquiring of spiritual knowledge for knowledge's sake and into the action of becoming a builder of wisdom and a master of light.", "Magnifying", "Let's turn our focus then on how we can utilize our spiritual potential in this new era of consciousness and become masters of light for both ourselves and others.", "Transforming", "How do we turn our knowledge into wisdom and use it in the world in a real way? Let Darrin lead the way through these powerful chapters that will get you out of your spiritual rut and into the light: * The New Golden Age* Psychic Intuition * The Holy Spirit * Anchor the Light * Divine Love Consciousness * Earth Healing Consciousness * Spiritual Healing * The Healing Formulas * The Invocations * The Re-Set Button * Prayers" ]

[ "Review", "n/a/", "About the Author", "Darrin W. Owens", "has brought authentic enlightenment to countless souls through a powerful psychic gift that he has carried since birth. Since 1995, Darrin has maintained a highly successful psychic-intuitive healing practice, providing spiritual guidance to clients on an international scale." ]

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[ "Books", "Religion & Spirituality", "Occult & Paranormal" ]

[ "There is a feeling of nostalgia that surrounds the idea of bohemia, that place where art and ideas and alternative thinking become the focal point of life. To most, bohemia is gone -- erased by the lifestyle of the 1990s and the too many, too fast influences of modern living. Ann Powers, an acclaimed pop critic for The New York Times and one of today's most notable authorities on alternative culture, claims in this powerful and personal chronicle that bohemia is alive and well in America -- nurturing new lifestyles and defining our tastes in art, politics, sexual mores, and all matters cultural. Weird Like Us sets the record straight on alternative America -- a new bohemia whose dynamic citizens are re-creating traditional modes of building families, falling in love, having sex, and making careers, reinventing our shared values from the ground up. So how different are these bohemians? Through stories from her own life and those of her fellow alternative Americans -- artists, writers, entrepreneurs, feminists, cyberoutlaws, punk rockers, politicos, and queers -- Powers traces the evolution of this world and where it has gone. The observations and attitudes that fill these pages will touch many who long for this lifestyle, and will shock others. No longer confined to coffee shops in North Beach or Greenwich Village, bohemia is thriving from coast to coast. In this wonderfully written memoir, Ann Powers writes of an alternative culture that has never before been fully presented -- one that takes into account the real politics, real feelings, and genuine creativity of those who transformed the dying counterculture of the sixties into a mode of artistic and spiritual survival in the nineties. In doing so, she has written a vibrant, engrossing take on a culture and its people." ]

[ "Amazon.com Review", "In a thoughtful mixture of autobiography, journalism, and cultural criticism, Ann Powers examines how \"bohemian\" culture--which many consider dead and buried--has seeped into the American mainstream. While writing extensively about her own trajectory from communal living and a dead-end record-store job in San Francisco to cohabital bliss and a staff position as a rock critic for", "The New York Times", ", Powers also takes great care to include the perspectives of her peers, even when their impressions clash violently with her own. In doing so, she turns", "Weird Like Us", "into a frontline analysis of how the members of (dare we say it?) Generation X try to find significance and purpose in their lives.", "\"It's hard to shock most Americans,\" Powers notes in a chapter on the shifts in sexual politics and culture. \"But it's hard to engage them, too.\"", "Weird Like Us", "shows how this applies to many other aspects of social life besides sex: experimentation and variance have become increasingly normal in everything from drug use to pop-music styles, but with little or no conscious reflection on their consequences. Without that self-awareness, \"alternative culture\" risks becoming nothing more than an empty pose. \"For too long we have united only within a culture of rebellion. What we need to refuse is the negativity that comes from always defining ourselves against a society we can't help but live within.\" For Powers, acknowledging and accepting one's position within mainstream culture isn't an act of \"selling out,\" but an opportunity to act, in an individual capacity, as an agent for social change, an example of a good life worth living.", "Weird Like Us", "demonstrates that you don't have to be a cultural conservative to believe in \"values,\" and Powers's emphasis on integrity, respect, and self-consciousness adds a new and inspiring voice to progressive cultural criticism.", "--Ron Hogan", "From Publishers Weekly", "Coined to characterize Parisian cafe denizens in the 1830s, the term \"bohemian\" now refers somewhat vaguely to a lifestyle or attitude that lies outside the mainstream. An acclaimed pop critic for the New York Times, Powers (co-editor, Rock She Wrote) attempts to get inside the soul of modern-day bohemia but ends up muddling its definition even more. Approaching her subject with a mix of techniques, she interviews sex workers, porn purveyors and others among her former roommates; reminisces nostalgically about San Francisco group houses in the 1980s; and, least compellingly, attempts to reveal the glory of today's bohemians in a cultural exploration limited mostly to her own experiences and those of her friends. In the journalistic passages, Powers displays her fine skills and allows her interviewees to shine. When she switches to memoir, the result is mildly engaging, although it flounders when she starts offering such details as who in the household did dishes most often. Yet even a digression about a great chair she once pulled from the trash is better honed than her messy forays into cultural theory, which are full of contradictions and unsubstantiated, sweeping statements. Bohemia is \"disgustingly dead,\" she declares at the outset, then opines at the book's conclusion that it may be within all of us. Powers's \"bohemian America\" is more a clubhouse for an elite fringe than a country-within-a-country. Those hoping to find true insight into alternative culture should look elsewhere. Agent, Sarah Lazin. (Feb.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From Library Journal", "Does bohemia still exist? Powers, rock critic for the New York Times, says \"Yes.\" \"It's everywhere somebody opens a used-record shop, a laundromat-caf?, and a punk rock bar...a homeland hidden right in the middle of today's America.\" In this, her first book, Powers attempts to chart the outlines of this new bohemia by recounting the adventures of her circle of friends in the 1980s and 1990s as they navigated relationships, sexuality, jobs, consumerism, and drugs. Concerning the latter, she writes: \"I am not willing to say that conscientious drug use must be part of everyone's healthy self-development...But I do think that the judgments society passes can be as habitual and careless as the habits of smokers, sniffers, and shooters.\" The book closes with an effusive description of the \"audacious\" party Powers and her boyfriend, Village Voice rock critic Eric Weisbard, held to commemorate their ten-year anniversary as a couple. Although Weird Like Us offers some genuine insights into contemporary mores, it suffers from an excessive level of authorial self-preoccupation. This is one of those books that may quickly seem dated.", "-Kent Worcester, Marymount Manhattan Coll., New York", "Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From Kirkus Reviews", "New York Times critic Powers's giddy tribute to the giddy impulses of bohemia manages to strip the counterculture of its allure through repetitious anecdotes and muddled moralizing. Ah, la vie Bohme. Even if the quaint cafs and galleries that used to foster it have passed into history and opera, its liberating impulses are still to be found in the alternative families, the freedom from sexual hypocrisy, the flourishing drug culture, and the joys of recycling. Or so you might gather from Powerss ode to the thrills of fin-de-sicle bohemianism. Sadly, three problems sink her call to celebration. The most obvious is internal contradictions. Powers lambastes consumerism and extols the benefits of alternative economies, yet she paradoxically praises that same consumerist impulse when it is concentrated on kitsch. Though ostensibly aware of her privileged middle-class upbringing, she drops in some offensive howlers that reveal the slumming impulse behind her well-financed jaunt into the cultural underground, such as her condescending joy in low-paying jobs that allow her to mix with ``real peoplethat is, poor people. A second problem concerns Powerss misconception of her audience. A book circle of religious fundamentalists would find much material for debate here, but most of Powerss arguments on behalf of contemporary bohemia are bound to seem unnecessary to the target audience her title identifies. Her constant defensiveness combines with her confusion about just how confused she is, producing a fatal third problem: the numbing ennui of her hip, overloud catalog of up-to-the-minute fleshpots. Despite the occasional delicious turn of phrase, her bohemia is finally as sterile as an unopened Band-Aid. Powerss final chapter, appropriately enough, describes her justifications for selling out and becoming a yuppie. Despite the Spice Girl lollipops that she claims keep her spirit free, she doesnt notice that Scary Spice resides in the malls of suburbia, not bohemia. --", "Copyright ©2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.", "Review", "...an elegantly argued piece of cultural criticism, a thorough if sometimes dry work of social reportage that salvages the mundane, little-examined details of slacker life. --", "The New York Times Book Review", ", James Poniewozik", "Katha Pollitt author of", "Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism", "and", "Antarctic Traveller: Poems", "Ann Powers takes us on an intimate, thought-provoking, and surprising joyride through her own private bohemia -- and America's. I loved it! --", "Review", "About the Author", "Ann Powers,", "coeditor with Evelyn McDonnell of", "Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop, and Rap,", "has been writing about music for", "The New York Times", "since 1992. She was a senior editor for", "The Village Voice", "and an editor and writer for the", "SF Weekly,", "and her work has appeared in almost every major music publication, including", "Spin, Rolling Stone,", "and", "Vibe.", "Powers lives with her partner, Eric Weisbard, in Brooklyn, New York.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Chapter One: Home Free", "In 1984, a twenty-year-old punkette with two-toned hair and a plastic raincoat boarded an American Airlines jet and left home, in search of a fantasy that she wanted to make into a life. That nice Catholic kid gone haywire was me, fleeing toward a future as a poet, a rock star, a groupie, anything but the accounted-for accounting major my dad said I should be. My fantasy was the floating world where artists and other weirdos made their own rules, turning their lives in the city's twilight into one long experiment.", "San Francisco was the logical place to touch ground, and I held a naive hope that its history would rub off on me. As soon as I checked in to the Geary Street YWCA, I hiked up to the faded cafés of North Beach. Nothing happened as I sat there with my lonely notebook. I tried my luck on Haight Street, past the head shops and the spaced-out huddling Deadheads, but I never met anyone there who offered me a useful revelation. Those neighborhoods' dreams were done, their shells transformed into theme parks. I soon tired of hucksters selling memories of Ginsberg or Garcia along with their bad manifestos and patchouli oil. I didn't want to be a Beat, or a hippie, or even a mohawked English-style punk like the ones who hung out in front of the Mabuhay Gardens. The costumes those characters wore seemed about as daring as Mickey Mouse.", "I had to find the bohemia that was still forming, as I was. In the 1980s, that meant moving to the Mission District, a bilingual neighborhood where kids with fresh tattoos lived across the hall from Latin American political refugees. The Mission had the resources wage slaves and students need to survive: cheap rents, easy subway access, and taquerias that served giant two-dollar burritos. I found a room in a creaky fifth-floor walk-up on South Van Ness, next to Paco's Tacos, the cheapest stand in the neighborhood. It was only two blocks from the neighborhood's oldest café, predictably called La Boheme. But I soon realized that I could make more interesting connections by staying in.", "The flat I'd moved into was an ordinary San Francisco group house, occupied by a rotating cast selected by its leaseholder, a girl my age named Sally Frederick. At first, it didn't seem that different from the dorm rooms and off-campus shacks I'd passed through in my year and a half of college in Seattle. But unlike the postadolescent drifters I'd known, Sally had made a commitment to the spot where she'd happened to land. She expected her roommates and the small circle of friends who spent most evenings in her living room to go beyond the coincidence of our meeting and become one another's lifelines. Our efforts at the domestic arts didn't amount to much beyond hanging up a few movie posters and occasionally throwing together a curry from a mix. But emotionally, Sally pushed us further. She encouraged us to invest in each other, to open up, and to answer each other's trust with a willingness to provide support. Her intensity turned off some people, and they fled, but those willing to match it entered a network of steadfast companions that survived individual conflicts and disenchantments.", "Sally had some kind of magic with people; I attributed it to a natural grace that made everyone in her presence feel a bit more beautiful. Now I recognize that her charisma was intensified by her self-imposed mission. She was trying to make us into a family. Hard times had struck the one she'd been born into: her parents were divorced, and a brother had drowned in a boating accident when she was a teenager. Her impulse to reach out beyond her bloodline was personal. Yet it suited all of us. As I moved from her little clan into others I helped form over the next decade, I realized that this is one of the first tasks any would-be bohemian faces: to create a sense of home that lasts while your life changes, to cultivate a family spirit beyond the boundaries of the white picket fence.", "Making \"family\" where you find it is also one of the hardest ambitions to fulfill. No matter how strong the impulse may be to reinvigorate tired customs with the juice of inspiration and personal experience, applying your bright new ways to the life you actually lead can be difficult and even painful. You can declare the nuclear family as antiquated as the corset, but that doesn't make it easier to explain to your mother why you've decided to celebrate the holidays with your housemates instead of flying home. She will be hurt, and those beloved roomies may succumb to their own pressures and abandon you anyway. You could invite them all home with you, except that Uncle Gene might go off on one of his tirades about the gays getting all the good real estate, or your activist pal Amber might try to coax your grandmother to explain why she's prolife.", "Those fortunate enough to share beliefs as well as blood with relatives usually have more luck integrating their clans, but in the hardest and best of times -- when you need money, when you have a baby, when someone dies -- old-fashioned family usually takes precedence. Some of the reasons for this are legal, since the state dictates who can enter a hospital room or choose a funeral plot. Others are a matter of habit. Not to discount the genuine trust and love that flourishes in blood families; expanding the definition of family doesn't have to mean rejecting the people biologically joined to your existence, especially since they most likely rose to the occasion and nurtured you. The ultimate goal is to take no one for granted. Today, though, many people end up doing just the opposite. They push away siblings and parents in a fury over their inadequacies, yet they expect even less sustenance from their friends. As long as orthodox family structures continue to represent the \"best way\" for people to dole out emotional support, more and more people will fail to find ways to gain such nourishment at all.", "The old edifice of the family unit is obviously decaying. The journal", "American Demographics", "reports that as the new century begins, over five million adults will live with other adults unrelated to them by blood or marriage. As the human life span increases, more elders are finding it necessary to share housing, with more than four hundred placement organizations matching up senior tenants with homeowners who have an extra room. Policymakers see this trend as an ideal option for the burgeoning population over age sixty-five, but as the rising cost of housing does battle with the average person's enduring desire to settle into a home, members of all age groups find life with roommates becoming permanent. Friends are raising children together, buying property together, nursing each other, and forming lasting ties.", "Although two-thirds of the housing in this country was built for Mom-Dad-and-kids, with healthy-sized kitchens for home-cooked meals and a big living room for lounging, less than one-quarter of the population still lives out that particular family romance. \"Family\" is an idea in transition. It is being recast in every town and city by homesteaders like Vivian Segal, who has lived in the same group house on Steiner Street in San Francisco for over a decade. \"In the eighties, there was the Reagan-Bush-Quayle return to family values, espousing family values that I don't necessarily agree with,\" said Vivian. \"Here we were, living amongst all of our friends, whose family values were a lot stronger and more valuable to each other than the ones that were supposed to bring us back to some moral, beautiful, peaceful time in the fifties. We were nicer and kinder to each other than that model suggested. We weren't going back.\"", "I know why Vivian puts so much stock in the family she helped invent; for several years in the mid-1980s, I lived within its sanctuary. After my first taste of reconstructed family life, I left South Van Nes", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Community & Culture" ]

[ "Congratulations…it’s a girl!", "Rust Creek Ramblings", "Talk about mending fences—have you heard that rugged rancher Daniel Stockton is back in town? It’s been ten years since Dan left Rust Creek Falls with Anne Lattimore’s heart in tow. She soon married someone else and had a child, but their marriage didn’t last. We here at the", "Gazette", "think we know why. It has something to do with Anne’s beautiful daughter, Janie…Now that Dan has returned, will Anne find the courage to forgive him—and tell him that sweet Janie is really his? Will Dan find the courage to ask for a second chance? Stay tuned, you hopeful romantics, to see if love really can conquer all!" ]

[ "Review", "\"The bantering couple and jaw-dropping ending are top notch.\" –RT Book Reviews on Dr. Forget-Me-Not\"If you're looking for a sweet and enjoyable holiday read, filled with complex and emotional characters, Coming Home for Christmas is the book to pick up.\" – Harlequin Junkie\"This is an excellent start to Ferrarella's new Forever series.\" – RT Book Reviews on Her Forever Cowboy\"An easy-read modern romance with a creditable and self-possessed heroine to steal your heart.\" -Fresh Fiction on Mendoza's Secret Fortune", "About the Author", "This USA TODAY bestselling and RITA ® Award-winning author has written more than two hundred books for Harlequin Books and Silhouette Books, some under the name Marie Nicole. Her romances are beloved by fans worldwide. Visit her website at www.marieferrarella.com." ]

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

[ "MUST-HAVE BOOK FOR ALL BUSY WOMEN WHO WANT TO SEE THEIR NAME IN PRINT!", "Do you want to write a book? What is keeping you from getting it done? Whether you’re busy at work, with the kids, or doing household chores, there is still enough time to write.", "“The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing and Finishing a Novel” provides you with many different suggestions. It includes real-life strategies you can implement to stop procrastinating and get that novel done.", "WHY SHOULD YOU READ THIS BOOK?", "Learn how to reduce the time you spend doing household chores", "Learn how to reduce the time you spend doing household chores", "Find time to write even with a baby or preschooler at home", "Find time to write even with a baby or preschooler at home", "Get that novel written despite of your busy job", "Get that novel written despite of your busy job", "Try any of the 24 strategies to keep you writing", "Try any of the 24 strategies to keep you writing", "Adhere to the one tip that will change your life", "Adhere to the one tip that will change your life" ]

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

[ "“The early Christians did not adjust to the situation; they adjusted the situation!”", "“This world is not our rest; it is a training ground for Christian character. You cannot sharpen an axe on a pound of butter.”", "“God’s Word is absolute or it is obsolete. It is wired up from heaven and when we make proper contact we get a shock. But if we stay in contact we get a charge!”", "These quotations are just a tiny sampling of what you will find in this book of sermons by Vance Havner, a unique servant of God whose spoken ministry spanned over seventy years and whose written ministry extended to almost forty books. Dr. Havner was fond of saying that the preacher’s job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and you will find plenty of both in these pages.", "Warren Wiersbe once said, “Vance Havner is imitated but he will never be duplicated.” Michael Catt, Pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, concurs: “There was no one like Vance Havner. His preaching style was unique, powerful, and pointed. He was a master at turning a phrase, using humor to set up a point, and then driving the point home like a sharp, two-edged sword. Every Christian should read Vance Havner… If you love A. W. Tozer, you’ll love Vance Havner. He was one of God’s gifts to the church in the 20th century. His ministry and his preaching needs to be heard in the 21st century.”", "Havner’s unique style has impacted thousands of God’s people through the years and he is considered by many to be the most quoted preacher in America.", "Vance Havner used the Word of God like a sword. You pick any one of his books and you could sense the presence and power of the Holy Spirit leaping off those pages.", "—Billy Graham" ]

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

[ "What a good idea: gather chapbook-sized collections . . . and print them together as one book. Four books for the price of one —THOMAS LUX The four splendid and drastically individuated poets included in An Uncommon Accord manage, paradoxically enough, to create a harmony and a conversation among one another worthy of the great string quartets. The tensions between them are not violent but musical. They energize and transform the unique experience of each poem and poet; they give a permanent glow to the beautiful local civilization that is this book. —VIJAY SESHADRI I invite you to enter, sidle up and join this superbly constructed, conversationally diverse gathering. It’s a terrifically lively party, full of one-of-a-kind characters, expert formal moves, and memorable tales. I count myself lucky to have been invited. — LIA PURPURA There is just enough room to give the reader an idea of each poet’s range and sensibility while at the same time allowing for more than one sensibility to be appreciated in the single volume. —ILYA KAMINSKY" ]

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[ "Fun first steps to learning numbers, counting, and simple math!", "My Big Wipe Clean Numbers", "helps children develop key first numeracy skills by supporting number recognition and pen control. Inside are hundreds of fun activities to do over and over, just simply wipe clean the pages! Book includes its own marker pen." ]

[ "About the Author", "Igloo Books", "publishes high-quality, affordable books for every kind of reader. From illustrated storybooks, novelty and board books, wipe-clean learning, licensed advent calendars, to coloring, sticker, and activity books, we have something for everybody between the ages of 0 to 100. We are the global leader of mass-market publishing with a world-wide reach in 77 countries across 64 languages. As of 2021 our products are climate neutral and we actively strive to remove, replace, and reduce plastic and excess in all of our products." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Early Learning" ]

[ "For fans of small-town mystery comes a Christian fiction novel about five retired friends who are pulled from retirement to confront the sinister shadow world where they become the target of a sex trafficking syndicate.", "Heart racing, throat choking, I sit anchored in the backseat of the car – waiting! A stray dog sniffs at a fast-food bag looking for a morsel to eat breaking the eerily silent night. The glow from a nearby parking lot light sheds a foggy orange haze over the deserted street.Startled by the back door being yanked open, I witness the young girl being shoved into the backseat beside me. With no word of acknowledgement, the driver races off down the crooked San Antonio streets weaving in and out toward the interstate.Sliding silently in behind us, the big black car prowls like a panther searching for its prey. Its evil, menacing eyes shine through the back car window intending to snatch us up at any moment.Absolute fear washes over me suddenly raising the hairs on my forearms. I breathe deep, feeling the sweat trickle down my back and yet I tremble with a chill as if someone is walking over my grave.I glance at the innocent looking girl whose face discloses none of her trauma of being the object of sex trafficking. Terrified, she stares straight ahead with those empty dead eyes.I want nothing more than to be back home, sitting on my front porch with my four best friends loving on our grandchildren. Instead, I peek over the driver’s shoulder at the speedometer at 75 miles per hour, then 80, then 85 and now approaching 90, trying to escape from the relentless evil chasing us.I feel the car slow as we turn into the drive leading to our home. But then I hear the crunching of the gravel behind us, and I know the panther is crouched, ready to attack.....", "Author Interview:", "What led you to write a novel about sex trafficking and illegal immigration?", "I grew up in South Texas where illegal immigration is commonplace. Through the Women’s Crisis Center, I’ve learned that there’s a connection between sex trafficking and illegal immigration. Sex traffickers prey upon young girls with no support system as well as young women who for one reason or another find themselves living on the street. As contemporary Christians, we must seek justice for issues surrounding us.", "You also focus on women, why is that?", "Strong women in history force changes to social issues and friendship it’s complicated but they hold us together during times of crisis like widowhood, Alzheimer’s through the stages and caring for the less fortunate such as being courageous enough to rescue sex trafficked girls.", "Texas History, the Alamo, and bluebonnets don’t seem to fit in the mystery and suspense genre, how did you come to include it in your story?", "You’re right, but pink bluebonnets symbolize courage in Texas history and that’s what these strong women found in themselves. The genealogy tree plot describes a person’s heritage but it’s important to know that it does not define who we are. We are all special children of God.", "Who would enjoy this novel?", "Christian women who enjoy a small-town cozy fiction.", "You’ll want to stay up all night to finish reading it!", "Read", "Pink Bluebonnets", "with your Kindle Unlimited subscription or find it at Contemporary Christian Fiction on Amazon." ]

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

[ "Ray was bred and raised to be a living, breathing organ donor. After her own eyes were taken from her, a stranger bestows upon her the gift of sight and something extra - she has X-Ray vision! Ten years later, Ray works as a nurse and moonlights as an underground medical doctor performing for-profit, off-the-book medical procedures. But her daily routine is interrupted by a chance encounter with an old friend that triggers Ray's memories of her hellish childhood. Ray will begin a search that will lead her back to the people who stole her eyes-and her childhood!" ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "This quirky new manga is part crime noir, part girly exploitation and part medical drama. Writer/artist Yoshitomi focuses on Ray, a 20-something woman who was raised as part of a shadowy organ harvesting program. Though rescued from the \"farm\" when she was a little girl (thus avoiding certain death), she retains one mark of her past: blue eyes capable of x-ray vision. Now an adult, Ray works as a nurse and performs operations for people who can't afford any publicity: in other words, criminals. This first volume follows Ray as she becomes embroiled in a crime—giving a petty thief a kidney transplant—and then chances upon some clues about her own past, leading to a confrontation with her old captors and some elusive hints about the true nature of her childhood. Yoshitomi supplies a well-drawn and snappily written piece of work, showing a flair for sharp action sequences and seeming to relish drawing the explicit surgical scenes as much as the equally explicit sex scenes. Ray herself emerges as an appealing if humorless character, and the secrets of her back story are alluring enough to keep readers hooked. The scenes of organs being removed and other medical details should appeal to both the horror and", "CSI", "crowds. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From School Library Journal", "Grade 10 Up–Ray started life on a farm intended for no other purpose than supplying body parts. When she was young, her eyes were harvested, but a mysterious person rescued her, giving her new eyes with powerful capabilities. She can see through objects and inside people, and she uses these powers for good and profit. The story consists of three independent vignettes about Ray helping others. She assists teenage robbers and a nameless man who shares her past, and helps a teen controlled by a parasite that makes her act like a nymphomaniac. This last story is more explicit than the previous two; there are a number of panels with upper-body nudity and a somewhat graphic masturbation scene. Ray's surgeries are unbelievable and over the top, but they complement the implausible, exaggerated action. The book as a whole is fast paced; there is not a lot of time for explaining characters' motivations or their setting. The action-filled art is bewildering but exciting. It is standard manga quality and style, but some scenes are particularly effective: Ray's entrance into the story is moody and dramatic. Silhouetted figures move throughout the pages, visually enhancing the sense of mystery. The story is neatly set up but does not answer all the questions it raises–one hopes that additional volumes will do so.", "–Sarah Couri, New York Public Library", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved." ]

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[ "Books", "Comics & Graphic Novels", "Manga" ]

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[ "Books", "Libros en español" ]

[ "THE BACCHAE was not only the last and greatest of Euripides' tragedies, it was very close to the last of the great Greek tragedies. The story of the play is in part about this cultural dissolution in Athens. It's also about the theatre itself, and how a sane society needs strong, intelligent theatre to survive. THE BACCHAE makes a perfect first entry in the new Applause series of classic dramas, because it argues so passionately and beautifully and convincingly for the need for such a theatre, in our era as much as in Euripides'. Herbert Golder in his new translation has turned an ancient play into a new one, one just as potent for an applicable to our troubled times as Euripides' own." ]

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

[ "\"To write a beautiful book about suicide…to transform the subject into something beautiful―this is the forbidding task that A. Alvarez set for himself…He has succeeded.\" ―", "New York Times", "\"Suicide,\" writes the notes English poet and critic A. Alvarez, \"has permeated Western culture like a dye that cannot be washed out.\" Although the aims of this compelling, compassionate work are broadly cultural and literary, the narrative is rooted in personal experience: it begins with a long memoir of Sylvia Plath, and ends with an account of the author's own suicide attempt. Within this dramatic framework, Alvarez launches his enquiry into the final taboo of human behavior, and traces changing attitudes towards suicide from the perspective of literature. He follows the black thread leading from Dante through Donne and the romantic agony, to the Savage God at the heart of modern literature." ]

[ "Review", "\"", "The Savage God", "is the first study to attemp the historical, literary, philosophical dimensions of the mystery of suicide…It is brilliant, touching, and oddly passionate…An ambitious, exhaustive exploration into the nature of the self-destructive element in man.\" ―", "Village Voice", "About the Author", "A. Alvarez", "(1929―2019) was a highly acclaimed poet, novelist, literary critic, and author." ]

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[ "Books", "Self-Help", "Death & Grief" ]

[ "Peter is lost. The last time he felt found was when his mother was alive. Before bad things started to happen. Before hopping from foster home to foster home. But he has a plan. All he has to do is find Neverland - find his mother - and everything will be alright again. First, he has to get rid of his new foster family.Ruth is tired. Tired of being left behind, the outcast, the misfit. Tired of the way people look at her out of the corners of their eyes. Tired of feeling like she doesn't belong. When Peter comes along, the stories he tells her seem too good to be true. But she's just desperate enough to listen.William is scared. Scared of what would happen if his sister knew the truth. Scared he'll lose her, lose everything. Scared that, every time he closes his eyes, he'll see the face he just wants to forget. Then, along comes Peter. Peculiar, hopeful Peter with his promises of wonder and adventure and a magical place called Neverland. Will doesn't believe it, but when it comes to his sister, Ruth, he'll do anything.", "Dark and surreal,", "Peter Pan", "meets", "Bridge to Terabithia", "in this young adult contemporary novel that explores the cavernous depths of family, pain, and learning to navigate a world where not all things are as they seem." ]

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[ "An inspirational, humourous book of encouragement. This book has been described as \"Chicken Soup\" type stories of Dan Miller meeting his \"impossible\" dreams in spite of having to overcome severe paralysis from polio at age 18." ]

[ "Review", "\"After my accident, I thought my life was over. After reading your book, I now believe I can do ANYTHING!\" --", "Brad D. (Idaho)", "\"After reading your book, I think you are the most amazing person in the history of mankind!\" --", "Adam P. -12 years old -(United Arab Imirates)", "\"Not liking to read that much, your book was the most incredible thing a high school freshman could ever have!\" --", "Katie L. (Indiana)", "About the Author", "Dan Miller, a retired award winning educator and a full time insirational speaker, has brought hope and humor to thousands across the USA. He has been featured on Dr. James Dobson's \"Focus on the Family\" radio, and Dr. Robert Schuller's \"Hour of Power\" TV program." ]

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[ "Books", "Religion & Spirituality", "Worship & Devotion" ]

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

[ "Haleakala: A History of the Maui Mountain shares rich historical accounts and vintage photographs documenting the mountain's geology, ancient myths, silversword and nene, Depression-era building projects and the community effort that created a national park. Visitors flock to Haleakala National Park by the thousands every year. They gather at the summit to watch the sunrise over colorful volcanic cinder cones, and they play in the ocean-side pools at Kipahulu. Beyond the popular attractions, there is much more to enjoy about Haleakala. Discover these Haleakala stories: -Hawaiians of old braved the chilly heights of Haleakala to study the stars. -Herds of cattle once grazed in the crater, and goats ran wild, destroying native plants. -Early tourists on horseback toiled up rugged slopes to spend the night in a rustic rest house. -Boy Scouts helped save the Hawaiian goose--the nene--from extinction. Learn about this amazing place in Haleakala: A History of the Maui Mountain, a unique collection of stories plus more than 200 images--maps, vintage photos and contemporary color pictures, including rare images seen nowhere else." ]

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[ "Books", "History", "Americas" ]

[ "From the creator of Paper Pilot and Paper Captain, Paper Astronaut is a beautifully illustrated voyage into deep space, combining stunning archival photographs and colorful technical drawings with expertly designed die-cut models that readers can actually cut out and assemble. Published for the fortieth anniversary of the moon landing in 1969—and introduced by Buzz Aldrin—the book includes histories of twenty feats of aeronautic engineering drawn from half a century of space programs around the world, from Apollo 11 to the Soviet space station Mir and China’s Shenzou 7 capsule, and featuring the most iconic designs of fifty years of space exploration. Each spacecraft is accompanied by amazing stories, fascinating facts and statistics about the universe around them, and mesmerizing photographs of the vessels in space. Sixty-four pages of the book are devoted to finely crafted die-cut paper models of the featured rockets, presented with clear instructions for assembly and helpful advice for deploying your galactic fleet." ]

[ "Review", "\"By the time you're finished assembling paper models of spacecraft from the book's meticulously die-cut blueprints, you'll be intimately familiar with many of the details of 20 different iconic spacecraft, as well as the broad arc of space exploration history and the basic principles of spaceflight. It's not exactly rocket science, but it's certainly a blast.\" ~SeedMagazine.com\"There are 64 pages filled with finely crafted die-cut paper models of the featured rockets, presented with clear instructions for assembly. The book also includes stunning archival photographs, colorful technical drawings and histories of 20 feats of aeronautic engineering drawn from half a century of space programs around the world.\" ~Parenthood.com", "About the Author", "Juliette Cezzar is a graphic designer and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of Paper Pilot and Paper Captain and has designed many books, magazines, and Web sites with her company e.a.d. Buzz Aldrin performed the world’s first successful spacewalk in 1966, and he made the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk in 1969. He remains at the forefront of efforts to ensure America’s continued leadership in human space exploration." ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Crafts & Hobbies" ]

[ "One whirlwind week of love, blackmail, and betrayal follows three brothers through teeming prewar New York in this \"entertaining . . . outsized . . . big, expressive debut\" (", "Wall Street Journal", ").", "June 1939. Francis Dempsey and his shell-shocked brother, Michael, are on an ocean liner from Ireland bound for their brother Martin's home in New York City, having stolen a small fortune from the IRA. During the week that follows, the lives of these three brothers collide spectacularly with big-band jazz musicians, a talented but fragile heiress, a Jewish street photographer facing a return to Nazi-occupied Prague, a vengeful mob boss, and the ghosts of their own family's revolutionary past. When Tom Cronin, an erstwhile assassin forced into one last job, tracks the brothers down, their lives begin to fracture. Francis must surrender to blackmail or have his family suffer fatal consequences. Michael, lost and wandering alone, turns to Lilly Bloch, a heartsick artist, to recover his decimated memory. And Martin and his wife, Rosemary, try to salvage their marriage and, ultimately, the lives of the other Dempseys. Meanwhile, with the Depression receding, all of New York is suffused with an electric feeling of hope, caught up in the fervor of the World's Fair and eager for good times after a decade of deprivation. From the smoky jazz joints of Harlem to the opulent Plaza Hotel, from the garrets of vagabonds and artists in the Bowery to the backroom warrens and shadowy warehouses of mobsters in Hell's Kitchen, Brendan Mathews brings the prewar metropolis to vivid, pulsing life. The sweeping, intricate, and ambitious storytelling throughout this remarkable debut reveals an America that blithely hoped it could avoid another catastrophic war and focus instead on the promise of the World's Fair: a peaceful, prosperous \"World of Tomorrow.\" One whirlwind week of love, blackmail, and betrayal following three brothers through teeming prewar New York in this \"entertaining . . . outsized . . . big, expressive debut\" (", "Wall Street Journal", ") \"A masterfully crafted novel . . . Comic, violent, and moving in equal measure.\"-John Irving \"As rich and raucous as the city it celebrates.\"-", "O., The Oprah Magazine", "\"Admirably fearless . . . Mathews has talent in buckets.\"-", "New York Times Book Review" ]

[ "Review", "Advance praise for", "The World of Tomorrow", ": \"", "Entertaining . . . outsized", ". . .", "The World of Tomorrow", "views its teeming cast of characters as though from the observation deck of one of the city skyscrapers that seem to 'burst from the pages of a comic book.' . . . Reveling in bold twists and fantastic coincidences, Mathews's", "big, expressive debut", "inhabits a world that's neither of the past nor the future but wholly of the imagination.\"―", "Sam Sacks", ",", "Wall Street Journal", "\"This Doctorow-esque debut novel shimmers with the swing and swank of 1939 New York . . . Mathews's urban epic is as rich and raucous as the city it celebrates.\"―", "O., The Oprah Magazine", "\"", "Mathews has a big, rambunctious talent", ". . . He is a wonderful scene-setter, whether he's describing the streets of Manhattan in the wee hours or conjuring the glories of then brand-new Rockefeller Center . . .", "The gusto of his prose and vividness of his characters keeps the novel gyrating with zany energy . . . An exuberant debut novel", ".\"―", "Michael Upchurch", ",", "Chicago Tribune", "\"", "The World of Tomorrow", "is that rarest of historical novels, a book that catches a moment in a jar, holds it aloft, and displays it for what it really is: Somebody else's day before tomorrow, the instant right before the future comes . . . Mathews's entire novel takes place over the course of one week in June of that year,", "culminating at the World's Fair itself, in a fast-paced finale worthy of a Scorcese long-take", ". And I love this about the book. I love the bright-eyed joy of it. The meticulous attention to detail that actually serves the plot . . . And I like that", "Mathews made this big book so intimate", ". . . One of the strengths of his story is the way it sprawls and loops. It finds odd little corners of time and place and character to get into and, in those corners, it finds both a balancing seriousness and a wideness of vision.\"―", "Jason Sheehan", ",", "NPR", "\"A promising writer . . . Mathews is an able prose stylist, and breathing life into so many diverse characters is no mean feat . . . The possibility of dramatic transformation amid historical ferment is at the heart of", "The World of Tomorrow", ", a fat novel stuffed with well-drawn characters grappling with different versions of themselves . . . Mathews has a flair for bringing street scenes to life, and his hopscotching narrative-from a Harlem jazz joint to a Bowery art studio to a Fifth Avenue palace-makes for an enjoyable tour of a vanished city . . . An affable debut novel.\"―", "John Freeman Gill", ",", "Washington Post", "\"This is one of those books that you jump into with its first line, like a diver into an inviting pond, and just happily swim for more than 500 pages . . .", "Mathews creates a crowded, bustling world that's insanely fun to inhabit. I didn't want this book to end", ". . . Just read it already.\"―", "Moira Macdonald", ",", "Seattle Times", "\"A madcap rollick tinged with a touch of menace,", "The", "World of Tomorrow", "delights in sending its characters pinging around pre-World War II New York, on the run from Irish gangsters, fascist regimes, and crazy relatives . . . Mathews's breezy epic captures a hustling spirit soon to be subsumed by a world at war . . .", "A dazzling literary debut", ".\"―", "Chris Vognar", ",", "Dallas Morning News", "\"", "The World of Tomorrow", "is a big American novel", ", filled with ordinary people on the verge of extraordinary changes. By week's end, each will have made a pivotal choice whose consequences ripple far beyond their own lives . . . As with many novels that feel quintessentially American, immigrants and refugees are lead characters . . .", "This is Mathews's first novel, but you would not know it from the depth of its characters or the tight-as-a-snare-drum pacing. He connects multiple narratives in gratifying and often surprising ways, which makes this nearly 600-page story fly by faster than many books half its size", ". . . Mathews infuses", "The World of Tomorrow", "with the sights, sounds, and smells of 1930s New York: the energy of the dancers in Harlem's Savoy Ballroom when the band is running hot; the island-unto-itself nature of a Park Avenue mansion; the savory delicacies from a pushcart on a crowded Bowery street . . . Mathews takes exquisite care in creating even marginal characters and locales . . . [He gives] a sense of an entire neighborhood in a few phrases . . .", "It's rare to read a book whose range and ambition so aptly fit its title. Page after page,", "The World of Tomorrow", "lives up to its notable name.\"", "―", "Carol Iaciofano", ",", "WBUR", "\"", "Mathews writes extraordinarily well . . . His plot, rife with geopolitical intrigue, is nicely calibrated . . . His characters are likable and clever", ". . . They're Depression-weary, ready to transcend 'the sordid history of the Old World and looking boldly to the future.' This is an expansive theme, and from it, the first-time author has carved a commendable novel.\"―", "Kevin Canfield", ",", "Minneapolis Star Tribune", "\"Mathews deftly handles a large cast of characters in", "The World of Tomorrow", ". . . Perhaps the most vibrant character of all, however, is New York itself. In hard-boiled prose that ranges from gossipy to poetic, Mathews takes us from humble Bronx homes to rowdy Manhattan jazz clubs, from grimy back alleys to palatial Fifth Avenue estates . . .", "The World of Tomorrow", "is a sweeping, impressive accomplishment . . . Mathews has written an insightful immigrant epic, not to mention a first-class literary thriller.\"―", "Tom Deignan, BookPage", "\"What a beguiling debut Brendan Mathews has given us in", "The World of Tomorrow", ": clever, smart, ambitious, richly textured, and moving.\"―", "Richard Russo", ",", "Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Everybody's Fool", "\"Brash, bold, completely entertaining, and dazzling in its evocation of time and place, Brendan Mathews's splendid debut offers pleasures on every page.\"―", "Andrea Barrett", ",", "National Book Award-winning author of The Air We Breathe and Ship Fever", "\"What a book!", "The World of Tomorrow", "is a panoramic tour-de-force, a huge undertaking peopled with convincing characters and animated by a persuasive historical accuracy. But beyond all that, my fascination was with the way Mathews assembled the novel, sifting and endlessly resifting his characters like sand, as life itself piled up right in front of me. The grim realities of America on the cusp of a second World War will be recognizable, but in this capable writer's hands, the individual characters-passionate, secretive, naïve, lucky, unlucky, and sometimes hapless-remain full of surprises to the last. They exist not against the backdrop of history, but tangled up in its complex, cruel, or absurd demands, desperate to find whatever space is allowed them for intimacy.\"―", "Ann Beattie", ",", "PEN/Malamud-winning author of The New Yorker Stories", "\"In this sweeping book of slippery secret identities, Brendan Mathews invites us to sink deeply into the hearts and minds of a score of colorful characters. Magically constructed and methodically researched,", "The World of Tomorrow", "is a vastly entertaining novel about the powerful pull of family, the weight of history, and the allure of escaping into a better life-all set against a vivid and unforgettable New York.\"―", "Eleanor Henderson", ",", "New York Times bestselling author of Ten Thousand Saints", "\"Masterful....This novel is a remarkably fast and exhilarating read, reminiscent of Michael Chabon's", "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay", "....With the wit of a '30s screwball comedy and the depth of a thoroughly researched historical novel, this one grabs the reader from the beginning to its suspenseful climax.\"―", "Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)", "\"Mathews's first novel is all you could want in a piece of popular fiction. The tension never lets up, and the story is fast and mind-spinningly complicated....There's suspense, humor, love, of both the doomed and requited varieties....This novel should prove irresistible to anyone wanting a diverting read. It's quality stuff--and fun.\"―", "David Keymer", ",", "Library Journal (Starred Review)", "\"As everything rolls toward an adrenaline-fueled finale, Mathews brilliantly creates characters who embody the esprit de corps of immigrants and movingly explores themes of class, society, race, and family. For fans of Michael Chabon and E. L. Doctorow.\"―", "Bill Kelly, Booklist, starred review", "\"Mathews' colorful debut novel examines the legacy of Irish political violence for a family in both the old country and New York during one busy week in 1939.... Among the many splashes of New York atmosphere, the strongest are snapshots of the city's prewar musical frenzy.... Mathews' debut shows impressive control of this narrative cornucopia.\"―", "Kirkus Reviews, starred review", "About the Author", "Brendan Mathews", ", a Fulbright Scholar to Ireland, has published stories in", "Glimmer Train", ", the", "Virginia Quarterly Review", ", and the", "Cincinnati Review", ", among other publications, and his fiction has twice appeared in", "The Best American Short Stories", ". He lives with his wife and four children in Lenox, Massachusetts, and teaches at Bard College at Simon's Rock." ]

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[ "L.P. Dover, the", "New York Times", "and", "USA Today", "bestselling author who brought you the tantalizing Gloves Off series, presents Gloves Off – Next Generation. This brand-new saga of interconnected standalones unites new characters with beloved originals in dark and sexy stories laced with suspense!", "Fame. Money. Status. An infinite number of women standing ringside in hopes of one night with him. These are all the things Carter Reynolds loves about being MMA royalty. As a UFC Heavyweight champion, and the son of the illustrious Matt Reynolds, Carter thinks he has everything he could ever want.Until he comes face to face with Emma Jameson—the one who got away. The pair are bonded by a secret from their past, one that none in their inner circle can ever know about…Thanks to her father, Emma is no stranger to the MMA world. UFC Middleweight champion, Ryley Jameson, is known far and wide for his scandalous antics in and out of the ring. His fame put her in the spotlight at a very early age. It even led to her lucrative modeling career and the opportunity for her to travel the world. Now Emma is back with the family of fighters she left behind and quickly discovers a darkness that has wriggled its way into the MMA fold.Someone demands retribution for the sins of the past, and they’ve chosen to make Emma their first target. Determined to keep her safe, Carter will do whatever it takes to protect her, even if that means putting his life on the line.As hidden truths are revealed, Carter and Emma find that no one in their circle is safe… and this is only the beginning.", "No cheating. No cliffhangers. Just hot, dirty-talking fighters who want to take you down to the mat.", "***", "Want more GLOVES OFF sexy love stories? Be sure to check them out!", "A Fighter's Desire - Part OneA Fighter's Desire - Part TwoTyler's UndoingRyley's RevengeWinter Kiss: Ryley and AshPaxton's PromiseCamden's RedemptionKyle's Return", "Stay tuned for more dark and dangerous GLOVES OFF - NEXT GENERATION novels!", "(Coming Soon)Taking the FightWanting the FightTaking the FightLoving the FightDesiring the FightLonging for the FightEnding the Fight" ]

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[ "In this mystery in the", "bestselling Cat Who series, there’s something rotten in the small town of Pickax—at least to the sensitive noses of newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum.", "An accident has claimed the life of the local paper’s eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko’s snooping into an unusual edition of Shakespeare may prove CATastrophic... because somewhere in Pickax, a lady loves not wisely but too well, a widow is scandalously merry, and a stranger has a lean and hungry look. The stage is set for Qwilleran, Koko, Yum Yum, and the second act of murder most meow..." ]

[ "From Library Journal", "Vastly wealthy due to his inheritance of the Klingenschoen estate in Pickax City way up North, Jim Qwilleran now enjoys the eccentricities of life in Moose County. Series fans will know about his pampered pair of Siamese cats; Koko, the male, pushes various Shakespeare plays off the shelf in Qwilleran's library, presumably commenting on events that excite and scandalize the town: the \"accidental\" death of the newspaper publisher, the disastrous fire that destroys the office, etc. A comfortable, quaint diversion, with interesting character names, wry remarks about feline behavior, and a deus ex machina protagonist. REKCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "Review", "Praise for Lilian Jackson Braun and the Cat Who series", "“A master of mystery.”—", "People", "“Upbeat prose and amiable characters.”—", "Publishers Weekly", "“The mix of crime and cats [is] catnip to readers who like both.”—", "Chicago Sun-Times", "“Braun keeps both paws on the side of charming.”—", "Los Angeles Times", "About the Author", "The history of", "Lilian Jackson Braun", "is perhaps as exciting and mysterious as her novels. Between 1966 and 1968, she published three novels to critical acclaim:", "The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern", ", and", "The Cat Who Turned On and Off", ".  In 1966, the", "New York Times", "labeled Braun, “the new detective of the year.” Then, for reasons unknown, the rising mystery author disappeared from the publishing scene. It wasn’t until 1986 that Berkley Publishing Group reintroduced Braun to the public with the publication of an original paperback,", "The Cat Who Saw Red", ". Within two years, Berkley released four new novels in paperback and reprinted the three mysteries from the sixties. Since then, G.P. Putnam’s Sons has published seventeen additional novels in the Cat Who series. Braun passed away in 2011.", "Read more" ]

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

[ "More than any other text,", "A History of World Societies", "introduces students to the families, foods, workplaces, religions, and diversions of peoples of the past through lively, descriptive writing and extensive primary sources that give voice to a wide range of individuals. This hallmark treatment of social history combines with strong political, cultural, and economic coverage and a clear, easy-to-manage organization to provide students with the most vivid account available of what life was like throughout human history.", "The Eighth Edition welcomes to the author team Merry Wiesner-Hanks and Clare Crowston, experienced world-history teachers and highly regarded scholars who bring additional attention to gender and cultural history. It also expands the text's global perspective by strengthening coverage of non-Western topics and comparisons among world societies. A fresh, colorful look and a completely new map program showcase a narrative that the authors judiciously shortened for even greater power and accessibility.", "Bedford/St. Martin’s is proud to have recently acquired the stellar McKay franchise in World History and Western Civilization. These wonderful books fit well with our publishing philosophy at Bedford/St. Martin’s, emphasizing innovation, quality, and a focus on the needs of students and instructors. We hope to contribute to their future success with the care and attention to detail we give every book we publish." ]

[ "About the Author", "John P. McKay", ", Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from the University of Columbia, Berkeley in 1968. Author of three books, he won the Herbert Baxter Adams Award from the American Historical Association with his Pioneers for Profit. He is a Senior Fulbright Fellow and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.", "Bennett D. Hill", "(deceased), a former Chairman and Professor of History at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1963. He taught at the University of Maryland and was most recently a visiting professor at Georgetown University. He published two books and many journal articles.", "John Buckler", ", a Professor of History at the University of Illinois, earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1973. He has published numerous journal articles and written a monograph,", "The Theban Hegemony", ", published by Harvard University Press.", "Patricia B. Ebrey", ", Professor with Joint Appointment: Early Imperial China, Song Dynasty, at the University of Washington in Seattle, received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1975. She has published numerous journal articles and published", "The Cambridge Illustrated History of China", "(Cambridge University Press, 1996), as well as numerous monographs.", "Merry Wiesner-Hanks", ", UWM Distinguished Professor at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, earned her B.A. from Grinnell College in 1973 and her Ph.D. in 1979 at University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is the co-editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal and the author or editor of nineteen books and many articles that have appeared in many languages. She is currently the Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History.", "Clare H. Crowston", ", Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earned her B.A. in 1985 from McGill University and her Ph.D. in 1996 from Cornell University. The author of many articles, she has also written", "Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675-1791", "(Duke University Press, 2001), which won two awards, the Berkshire Prize and the Hagley Prize. She is a past-President of the Society for French Historical Studies and a former chair of the Pinkney Prize Committee." ]

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

[ "\"It's always about the food.\" A generous, warm-hearted book, The Feast Goes On features the best-loved and most delicious recipes and stories from the heart and soul of the Jewish community right across Australia.", "Created by the same six women - the 'sisterhood' - of the bestselling Monday Morning Cooking Club cookbook, it speaks of a community drawn together by food, telling intimate and moving stories of sharing and survival, love and hope, friendship and family. From precious family recipes that have been lovingly handed down the generations, right through to new classics that will become instant family favourites, the Feast Goes On contains over 100 recipes to suit every occasion. From everyday eating to feasting, light lunches to fressing, comfort food to traditional dishes, this is a cookbook of rich, wonderful ideas and flavours to nurture, nourish and inspire. the Feast Goes On will feed you, body and soul.", "Praise for Monday Morning Cooking Club:", "'Having this book at home is pure cosy joy.' Nigella Lawson", "'to see these recipes handed down like this with such spirited generosity, is real food for the soul.' Sean Moran", "Praise for the Feast Goes On:", "'Collecting and saving family recipes is a vital undertaking, almost (but not quite) as important as eating. the Monday Morning Cooking Club is a remarkable excursion into the realm of comfort food. You just want to eat everything.' Yotam Ottolenghi" ]

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

[ "Your body has trillions of cells, and each one has the complexity and dynamism of a city. Your life, your thoughts, your diseases, and your health are all the function of cells.But what do you really know about what goes on", "inside", "you?The last time most people thought about cells in any detail was probably in high school or a college general biology class. But the field of cell biology has advanced incredibly rapidly in recent decades, and a great deal of what we may have learned in high school and college is no longer accurate or particularly relevant.", "The Cell: Inside the Microscopic World that Determines Our Health, Our Consciousness, and Our Future", "is a fascinating story of the incredible complexity and dynamism inside the cell and of the fantastic advancements in our understanding of this microscopic world.Dr. Joshua Z. Rappoport is at the forefront of this field, and he will take you on a journey to discover:A deeper understanding of how cells work and the basic nature of life on earth.Fascinating histories of some of the key discoveries from the seventeenth century to the last decade and provocative thoughts on the current state of academic research.The knowledge required to better understand the new developments that are announced almost weekly in science and health care, such as cancer, cellular therapies, and the potential promise of stem cells.The ability to make better decisions about health and to debunk the misinformation that comes in daily via media.Using the latest scientific research,", "The Cell", "illustrates the diversity of cell biology and what it all means for your everyday life." ]

[ "Review", "\"Beautifully written, inspiring philosophical prose presenting a delightful muse on the microscopic world that matters more than we ever before imagined.\"", "—Spencer Shorte, PhD, group leader and director of the Imagopole resource at the Institut Pasteur in Paris", "\"A bird's-eye view of the amazing edifice upon which life was built, the cell. Joshua Z. Rappoport gives a brilliant account of how it works, how humans discovered it, and the consequences for life on earth.\"", "—Steve Busby, FRS, University of Birmingham UK", "\"Nicely conveys the historical background behind classical benchmarks in cell biology, and the excitement of recent advances in visualizing the inner workings of our cells.\"", "—Mark Pallen, MD, PhD, author of", "The Rough Guide to Evolution", "and professor of Microbial Genomics at Warwick Medical School", "About the Author", "Dr. Joshua Z. Rappoport", "received a bachelor's degree in Biology from Brown University and then went on to earn a Ph.D. from the Program in Mechanisms of Disease and Therapeutics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Graduate School of Biological Sciences of New York University. Following defense of his thesis Dr. Rappoport went on to perform postdoctoral work at The Rockefeller University in New York City in the Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics. Subsequently he was recruited as a tenured faculty member in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham in England. In 2014 Dr. Rappoport has returned to the United States where he is currently the Director of the Center for Advanced Microscopy and Nikon Imaging Center at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and a faculty member in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. Dr. Rappoport's scientific perspective aims to develop and apply cutting edge microscopy to address fundamental questions in cell biology.Dr. Rappoport lives in Chicago with his wife Ema, a neuroscientist, and their dog Kris." ]

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

[ "Everyday Poems On Life collects the trilogy of poetry books \"P.S.A: Public Service Announcement\", \"In Session\" and \"Off The Record\" together in one book. These series of poems offer an introspective look at life and current events through how I interpret and experience them. Looking at a range of topics like race, religion, sexuality, love, loneliness and many more." ]

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[ "♥ MG Book of the Year--The Golden Boar Awards; Juvenile Fiction--The Firebird Awards", "★ \"The perfect combination of suspense and charm.\" --Amazon Reader's Review", "Kids, get ready to meet the", "Phantom Rider", "!", "Objects of value have been disappearing from the Mayfield family’s rural California horse ranch. The Botanic Hill Detectives—Moki Kalani, Rani Kumar, and twins Lanny and Lexi Wyatt—are hired to come for a week to investigate. Legend has it somewhere on the Mayfields’ forty-acre property is a long-lost gold mine. It was supposedly staked by thirteen-year-old Ben Mayfield’s five-time great-grandfather, Aloysius “Papa” Mayfield, in 1875.Adding to the excitement, a nervous Ben reveals a frightening secret to the detectives. At the ranch, he alone has seen a threatening black-clad figure on horseback whom he calls the Phantom Rider. Who is this mysterious person? Is he responsible for the thefts? Where is the lost gold mine? And what’s going on in the nearby, snake-infested ghost town of Rainbow Flats? The four intrepid detectives aim to find out." ]

[ "Review", "\"A well-crafted mystery set against a background of rich descriptions of desert geography and wildlife, as well as life on a working horse ranch. Sherrill Joseph has once again woven an engaging story with high-level vocabulary, history, and middle grade characters who all learn more about the world, each other, and themselves.\"--", "LAURA FINDLEY EVANS", ", author of the middle grade fantasy", "True North", "\"Our four feisty mystery solvers venture away from Botanic Hill to team up with some unexpected new friends and face new foes. Sharpen your sleuthing skills if you want to keep up with these teen detectives!\"--", "JANET R. MACREERY", ", author of", "A Little Noble", "\"Saddle up and get ready for the thrilling ride of your life as you gallop through the action-packed pages of", "Walnut Street: Phantom Rider", "!\"--", "LAURIE BUCHANAN", ", author of the Sean McPherson novels", "\"'Giddly-up' and join the Botanic Hill Detectives at the Gold Mine Acres Ranch. Middle grade readers will love spending time chasing the Phantom Rider through the pages as they try to identify the unknow horseman and locate Papa Mayfield's legendary gold mine before it's too late. An exciting mystery, thought-provoking historical facts, and clever vocabulary make this book an entertaining read from cover to cover.\"--", "BARB HUSTON", ", 3rd grade teacher, Arrowwood Elementary School, Saginaw, MI", "\"This is one of my new favorite series! Following along and keeping track of the clues were really fun for me. When I got done with a chapter and saw the title of the next one, I just needed to keep reading!\"--", "MAKENZIE S", "., 4th grader, Saginaw, MI \"This book was like a roller coaster. It went slowly as characters were being developed. But, my gosh. When it hit the action, it was FAST and exciting! There were so many loops and turns that kept me guessing.\"--", "BRIAN P", "., 4th grader, Saginaw, MI", "From the Author", "The author patterned her detectives after her fifth graders and young twin cousins to be mature, smart, polite role models for her readers.She thinks kids rock and wishes they ran the world!", "About the Author", "Sherrill Joseph will be forever inspired by her beautiful students in the San Diego public schools where she taught for thirty-five years before retiring and becoming a published author.  She has peopled and themed her mysteries with characters of various abilities, races, cultures, and interests, strongly believing that children need to find themselves but also others unlike themselves in books if all are to become tolerant, anti-racist world citizens.  Like her detective character Rani Kumar, Sherrill is a lexical-gustatory synesthete. She is a native San Diegan where she lives with her adorable poodle-bichon rescue, Jimmy Lambchop. Having never lived in a two-story house, she is naturally fascinated by staircases.  Sherrill is a member of SCBWI, the Authors Guild, and Blackbird Writers and promises many more adventures with the squad to come!", "Read more" ]

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[ "Drawing on revelatory interviews, a rich analysis oflyrics, and a lifelong study of one of the greatest songwriters of our time,Daniel Mark Epstein delivers a singular, nuanced, and insightful examination ofBob Dylan—the poet, the musician, and the man. Interweaving in-depthconversations with Dylan collaborators and contemporaries, including Eric Andersen,Tom Paxton, Woody Guthrie’s daughter Nora Guthrie, Ramblin’Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger, Maria Muldaur, John P.Hammond, and many others, Epstein crafts a vivid and unforgettable portrait ofthe inimitable poet and performer. Readers of Christopher Ricks’", "Dylan’s Visions of Sin", ", the Dylanautobiography,", "Chronicles", ", or Sean Wilentz’s", "Dylan inAmerica", ", as well as fans enthralled by expository musician stories, such asKeith Richards’", "Life", "and PattiSmith’s", "Just Kids", ", will be captivatedby Epstein’s unprecedented and incisive look at Bob Dylan, music’s mostineffable creator." ]

[ "Review", "“What sets Epstein’s book apart is its accessibility. . . . Epstein is refreshingly direct and approachable, and while the author, also a folk musician, makes much of his extensive quotes from Dylan’s lyrics, it is his own clear, emotional enthusiasm that carries the tale.” —", "Rob Fitzpatrick, Sunday Times (London)", "“If you like Keith Richards’", "Life", ", then read", "The Ballad of Bob Dylan", ". Just in time for the musician’s 70th birthday, Daniel Mark Epstein’s biography offers a vivid portrait of the visionary artist.” —", "US Weekly", "“Offers a portrait that explodes the semi-hostile cliché of much unauthorized biography. New interviews and photographs add depth to an account distinguished by a fine sensitivity to all aspects of Dylan’s art, from the personal to the music’s history.” —", "Tim Martin, Telegraph (London)", "“Brilliant―that Daniel Mark Epstein is both a poet and a biographer stands him in good stead in this penetrating, compassionate (but utterly clear-eyed), beautifully written portrait of Bob Dylan as an artist and a man. Among the very best writing about Dylan, ever.” —", "James Kaplan, author of", "Frank: The Voice", "“In", "The Ballad of Bob Dylan", ", Daniel Mark Epstein does what few have been able to do at all, much less this well: capture that spirit, and in so doing, somehow manage to get closer to the essence of an American icon.” —", "Dave Moyer, New York Journal of Books", "From the Back Cover", "Through the lens of four seminal concerts, acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein offers an intimate, vivid, and comprehensive portrait of Bob Dylan. Beginning in 1963, Epstein revisits Dylan's early struggles to find artistic direction; his transition from folk icon to rock star; and his secluded family life and divorce. A breathtaking account of Dylan's Never Ending Tour and his contemporary studio sessions brings us full circle, revealing how Dylan revived a flagging career and accepted his role as the éminence grise of rock and roll today.", "Drawing on new interviews with those closest to Dylan—including Maria Muldaur, Nora Guthrie, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott—", "The Ballad of Bob Dylan", "is a singular take on an artist who has transformed generations and continues to inspire and surprise today.", "About the Author", "Daniel Mark Epstein has written more than fifteen books of poetry, biography, and history, including the award-winning", "Lincoln", "and", "Whitman and The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage", ", named one of the top ten books of the year by the", "Wall Street Journal", "and", "Chicago Sun-Times", ".", "Read more" ]

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[ "What is Justice? Classic and Contemporary Readings, 2/e,", "brings together many of the most prominent and influential writings on the topic of justice, providing an exceptionally comprehensive introduction to the subject. It places special emphasis on \"social contract\" theories of justice, both ancient and modern, culminating in the monumental work of John Rawls and various responses to his work. It also deals with questions of retributive justice and punishment, topics that are often excluded from other volumes on justice. This new edition features expanded and updated readings on justice and punishment and includes more recent responses to John Rawls's work. Part One of the book features selections from classical sources including Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Mencius, as well as excerpts from the Bible and the Koran. Part Two provides readings on the state of nature and the social contract, from Hobbes and Locke to Rawls, Nozick, Gauthier, and Baier. Part Three includes the Declaration of Independence and Amendments to the U.S. Constitution in addition to selections on property and social justice by Locke, Hume, Adam Smith, Engels, Marx, Mill, and several contemporary authors. Part Four offers a wide variety of readings on punishment, several of which address the death penalty. Part Five begins with selections from Rawls's work and includes responses from Dworkin, Nagel, Nozick, MacIntyre, Sandel, Walzer, Okin, and Rawls himself. Each selection is preceded by a brief introduction and each of the five parts opens with an introduction. The volume is further enhanced by a general introduction and an updated and extensivebibliography. Ideal for a wide variety of courses including social and political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of law, and contemporary moral problems,", "What Is Justice?, 2/e,", "does not assume any philosophical or specialized background. It is also engaging reading for anyone interested in justice." ]

[ "Review", "\"A great reader for my graduate pre-seminar in criminal justice policy; it is the best on justice theory and applications to criminal justice at a graduate level.\"―Bradley S. Chilton, University of North Texas\"An excellent collection. In particular, it has a well thought out structure and especially nice articles on justice and punishment and on distributive justice.\"―Stephen Kershnar, State University of New York-Fredonia", "About the Author", "Robert C. Solomon is at University of Texas at Austin. Mark C. Murphy is at Georgetown University." ]

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[ "In this wild battering ram of a novel, which was originally published to vast controversy in 1965, Norman Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in", "The Executioner’s Song", ". As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero and former congressman who murders his wife in a fashionable New York City high-rise, runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty. One part Nietzsche, one part de Sade, and one part Charlie Parker,", "An American Dream", "grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go.", "Praise for", "An American Dream", "“Perhaps the only serious New York novel since", "The Great Gatsby", ".”", "—Joan Didion,", "National Review", "“A devil’s encyclopedia of our secret visions and desires . . . the expression of a devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”", "—", "Life", "“A work of fierce concentration . . . perfectly, and often brilliantly, realistic [with] a pattern of remarkable imaginative coherence and intensity.”", "—", "Harper’s", "“At once violent, educated, and cool . . . This is our history as Hawthorne might have written it.”", "—", "Commentary", "Praise for Norman Mailer", "“[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”", "—", "The New York Times", "“A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.”", "—", "The New Yorker", "“Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.”", "—", "The Washington Post", "“A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”", "—", "Life", "“Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.”", "—", "The New York Review of Books", "“The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.”", "—", "Chicago Tribune", "“Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.”", "—", "The Cincinnati Post" ]

[ "Review", "Praise for", "An American Dream", "“Perhaps the only serious New York novel since", "The Great Gatsby", ".”", "—Joan Didion,", "National Review", "“A devil’s encyclopedia of our secret visions and desires . . . the expression of a devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”", "—", "Life", "“A work of fierce concentration . . . perfectly, and often brilliantly, realistic [with] a pattern of remarkable imaginative coherence and intensity.”", "—", "Harper’s", "“At once violent, educated, and cool . . . This is our history as Hawthorne might have written it.”", "—", "Commentary", "Praise for Norman Mailer", "“[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”", "—", "The New York Times", "“A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.”", "—", "The New Yorker", "“Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.”", "—", "The Washington Post", "“A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”", "—", "Life", "“Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.”", "—", "The New York Review of Books", "“The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.”", "—", "Chicago Tribune", "“Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.”", "—", "The Cincinnati Post", "About the Author", "Born in 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, and raised in Brooklyn, New York,", "Norman Mailer", "was one of the most influential writers of the second half of the twentieth century and a leading public intellectual for nearly sixty years. He is the author of more than thirty books.", "The Castle in the Forest,", "his last novel, was his eleventh", "New York Times", "bestseller. His first novel,", "The Naked and the Dead,", "has never gone out of print. His 1968 nonfiction narrative,", "The Armies of the Night,", "won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He won a second Pulitzer for", "The Executioner’s Song", "and is the only person to have won Pulitzers in both fiction and nonfiction. Five of his books were nominated for National Book Awards, and he won a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation in 2005. Mr. Mailer died in 2007 in New York City.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "I MET Jack Kennedy in November, 1946. We were both war heroes, and both of us had just been elected to Congress. We went out one night on a double date and it turned out to be a fair evening for me. I seduced a girl who would have been bored by a diamond as big as the Ritz.   She was Deborah Caughlin Mangaravidi Kelly, of the Caughlins first, English-Irish bankers, financiers and priests; the Mangaravidis, a Sicilian issue from the Bourbons and the Hapsburgs; Kelly’s family was just Kelly; but he had made a million two hundred times. So there was a vision of treasure, far-off blood, and fear. The night I met her we had a wild ninety minutes in the back seat of my car parked behind a trailer truck on a deserted factory street in Alexandria, Virginia. Since Kelly owned part of the third largest trucking firm in the Midwest and West, I may have had a speck of genius to try for his daughter where I did. Forgive me. I thought the road to President might begin at the entrance to her Irish heart. She heard the snake rustle however in my heart; on the telephone next morning she told me I was evil, awful and evil, and took herself back to the convent in London where she had lived at times before. I did not know as yet that ogres stand on guard before the portal of an heiress. Now in retrospect I can say with cheer: that was the closest I came to being President. (By the time I found Deborah again—all of seven years later in Paris—she was no longer her father’s delight, and we were married in a week. Like any tale which could take ten books, it is best to quit it by a parenthesis—less than ten volumes might be untrue.)   Of course Jack has gone on a bit since those days, and I have traveled up and I have voyaged down and I’ve gone up and down, but I remember a full moon the night we had our double date, and to be phenomenologically precise, there was also a full moon on the night I led my patrol to the top of a particular hill in Italy, and a full moon the night I met another girl, and a full moon.… There are times when I like to think I still have my card in the intellectual’s guild, but I seem to be joining company with that horde of the mediocre and the mad who listen to popular songs and act upon coincidence. The real difference between the President and myself may be that I ended with too large an appreciation of the moon, for I looked down the abyss on the first night I killed: four men, four very separate Germans, dead under a full moon—whereas Jack, for all I know, never saw the abyss.   Of course, I did not have any illusion that my heroism was the equal of his. I got good for one night. I was a stiff, overburdened, nervous young Second Lieutenant, fresh from Harvard, graduated a year behind Prince Jack (we never met—not there). I had gone into the Army with a sweaty near-adolescent style, Harvard on the half-shell (“Raw-Jock” Rojack was the sporting name bestowed on me in House Football) and I had been a humdrum athlete and, as a student, excessively bright: Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, Government.   Small wonder I was thus busy working to keep some government among the hard-nosed Southerners and young Mafiosos from the Bronx who made up the double nucleus of my platoon, working so busily that death this night first appeared to me as a possibility considerably more agreeable than my status in some further disorder. I really didn’t care much longer whether I stayed alive. When I steered us up the hill therefore to get pinned down in a long, bad line, one hundred feet from the summit, a modest twin dome, a double hill with a German machine gun on one knoll and a German machine gun on the other, I was so ready to die in atonement I was not even scared.   Trapped beneath a rusty sputter—the guns had not quite found me nor any of the others—the full moon giving a fine stain to the salient of our mood (which was fear and funk and a sniff of the grave), I could nonetheless feel danger withdraw from me like an angel, withdraw like a retreating wave over a quiet sea, sinking quietly into the sand, and I stood and then I ran, I ran up the hill into the aisle of safety I felt opening for me which is part of what captured that large decoration later, because the route I took was under the separate fire of each of those guns and the two together could stitch you to a pulp. Their fire was jagged, however, it was startled, and as I ran, I threw my carbine away, out ten yards to the front of me, crossed my arms to pull a grenade from each shirt pocket, pulled the rings with my teeth, which I had hardly been able to do in practice (much too hard on the teeth), released the spoon handles, the fuse now lit, and spitting, and shot my arms out like the wings of the letter Y. The grenades sailed away in separate flights and I had time to stop, turn around; and dive back for my carbine which I had overrun.   Years later I read Zen in the Art of Archery and understood the book. Because I did not throw the grenades on that night on the hill under the moon, it threw them, and it did a near-perfect job. The grenades went off somewhere between five and ten yards over each machine gun, blast, blast, like a boxer’s tattoo, one-two, and I was exploded in the butt from a piece of my own shrapnel, whacked with a delicious pain clean as a mistress’ sharp teeth going “Yummy” in your rump, and then the barrel of my carbine swung around like a long fine antenna and pointed itself at the machine-gun hole on my right where a great bloody sweet German face, a healthy spoiled overspoiled young beauty of a face, mother-love all over its making, possessor of that overcurved mouth which only great fat sweet young faggots can have when their rectum is tuned and entertained from adolescence on, came crying, sliding, smiling up over the edge of the hole, “Hello death!” blood and mud like the herald of sodomy upon his chest, and I pulled the trigger as if I were squeezing the softest breast of the softest pigeon which ever flew, still a woman’s breast takes me now and then to the pigeon on that trigger, and the shot cracked like a birth twig across my palm, whop! and the round went in at the base of his nose and spread and I saw his face sucked in backward upon the gouge of the bullet, he looked suddenly like an old man, toothless, sly, reminiscent of lechery. Then he whimpered “Mutter,” one yelp from the first memory of the womb, and down he went into his own blood just in time, timed like the interval in a shooting gallery, for the next was up, his hole-mate, a hard avenging specter with a pistol in his hand and one arm off, blown off, rectitude like a stringer of saliva across the straight edge of his lip, the straightest lip I ever saw, German-Protestant rectitude. Whap! went my carbine and the hole was in his heart and he folded back the long arm with the pistol, back across his chest to cover his new hole and went down straight and with a clown’s deep gloom as if he were sliding down a long thin pipe, and then I turned, feeling something tear in my wound, nice in its pain, a good blood at liberty, and I took on the other two coming out of the other hole, one short stocky ape-like wretch with his back all askew, as if he’d had a false stuffed hump which shrapnel had disgorged beyond his shoulder blade: I fired at him and he went down and I never knew where it hit nor quite saw his face; then the last stood up straight with a bayonet in his hand and invited me to advance. He was bleeding below his belt. Neat and clean was his shirt, level the line of his helmet, and nothing but blood and carnage below the belt. I started to rise. I wanted to charge as if that were our contract, and held, for I could not face his eyes, they now contained all of it, the two grenades, the blood on my thigh, the fat faggot, the ghost with the pistol, the hunchback, the blood, those bloody screams that never sounded, it was all in his eyes, he had eyes I was to see once later on an autopsy table in a small town in Missouri, eyes belonging to a redneck farmer from a deep road in the Ozarks, eyes of blue, so perfectly blue and mad they go all the way in deep into celestial vaults of sky, eyes which go back all the way to God is the way I think I heard it said once in the South, and I faltered before that stare, clear as ice in the moonlight, and hung on one knee, not knowing if I could push my wound, and suddenly it was all gone, the clean presence of it, the grace, it had deserted me in the instant I hesitated, and now I had no stomach to go, I could charge his bayonet no more. So I fired. And missed. ”", "Read more" ]

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[ "\"Ms. Moore’s well rounded stories, not just for the main characters but for the supporting characters throughout the book, leave no question unanswered, and the reader filled with love from this charming, masterfully written tale.\" -Crowned Heart Review,", "InD'Tale Magazine", "Hazel Thornton has one great ambition: to help the sick and wounded as a nurse. But that dream can never become a reality. After a devastating childhood trauma, she has spent her life battling fits of panic that make it impossible to finish her studies. Everything changes, however, when a trip to Spain takes a perilous turn that derails her plans to visit her father for Christmas and immediately plunges her into the dangers of a brutal war.", "With single-minded focus, she springs into action to help her fellow travelers. To ensure their continued care, she begins work at a Spanish hospital alongside Dr. Jim Jackson, a man whose only emotion seems to be wariness of his new assistant. Armed with gifts of support from each of her dearest friends, a group that dubs themselves the Blue Orchid Society, Hazel embarks on a journey of hope and healing to battle the demons of her past with the help of the doctor who has captured her heart." ]

[ "Review", "Healing Hazel is a work of fiction in the historical fiction and romance subgenres and serves as the third installment in the Blue Orchid Society series. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Jennifer Moore. The book follows Hazel Thornton as a visit to her father leads to her setting up at a hospital in a twist of fate that may see her finally realize her ambition of becoming a nurse. Now on the frontlines of helping the sick and injured, she crosses paths with Dr. Jackson, a man reluctant to open up to her but who shares her calling to help those in need.", "There’s complex artistry to historical romance, balancing modern sensibilities and ideals of the modern reader against the societal conventions in the period in which the book is set. Jennifer More demonstrates a mastery of this art, staying authentic to the period in which it is set whilst using modern ideas of feminism to create a wonderful leading lady in the form of Hazel Thornton. Her determination to use her unexpected new opportunity to pursue her dreams makes her an admirable and relatable hero. As her journey toward this fulfillment slowly starts to be realized, the interactions with Dr. Jackson served as a beautiful foil for her determination and hope as his viewpoint is wisely grounded in the harsh reality in which he lives. Their chemistry is palpable and as their interactions continued throughout Healing Hazel, I found myself on the edge of my seat, wondering where their journey would take them next. --Readers' Favorite five-star review" ]

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[ "Classic and contemporary designs offer quilters variety.", "Color photos feature simple designs to expert challenges.", "Yardage estimates and step-by-step instructions carefully guide quilters.", "Projects range from full-size quilts and clothing to satchels, coverlets, and table linens.", "Helpful tips enhance quilting skills." ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Crafts & Hobbies" ]

[ "Bettye Noyes inherited the family homestead in 1960. As she began to sort through the family's possessions and long forgotten furniture, she noticed a blue chest amongst the dust and spider webs. Having no knowledge of the chest, she climbed over the detritus to open it. Inside, she discovered hundreds of letters wrapped neatly, and tied with blue ribbon. As she searched through the envelopes, she realized her family saved their letters for almost 200 years. Her imagination ran wild as to what she might discover about her past. Although she did not find any prominent politicians or scientists, she discovered something about her family that was even better. This is Bettye's story. Kenneth Knott studied writing at Maryland Writers Center and New School University. He has been published in The New York Law Journal, Legal Times, and The New Jersey Law Journal. He wrote for and edited the book \"Best Practices in Legal Management.\" He is on the faculty of the University of Rhode Island Osher Lifetime Learning Institute, where he holds classes on how classic literature shapes our lives. Ken loved Bettye's story, and saved it for us all." ]

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[ "Books", "History", "Americas" ]

[ "Improve your spoken Spanish from home with 101 real-world conversations in intermediate Mexican Spanish.", "Real Mexicans don’t speak like your textbook… so it’s no wonder you struggle with the slang and expressions of spoken Mexican Spanish! This book fixes that. For the first time, you’ll learn to move beyond beginner level, and speak Spanish in the real world! With 101 authentic conversations in intermediate Mexican Spanish, and a brand-new story in this edition, you’ll become confident in the words, phrases and expressions you need to communicate like a local.", "101 Conversations in Mexican Spanish transports you into a real-world, brand-new story that unfolds between eight Mexican characters, told by the people themselves. Over 15,000 words of real Mexican Spanish, you’ll immerse yourself in a gripping Mexican drama and get an education in natural Spanish in the process.", "In this story, you will read about Tavo, an everyday simple man living in the city of Guadalajara. He is an office worker in TechnoLine and the sole financial support for his elderly parents. One day, a new man takes over managing Tavo’s office. He is Abram, the CEO’s nephew, and he does not like Tavo…", "Here’s what you’ll get:", "101 conversations in intermediate Mexican Spanish, so you can learn the real Spanish spoken in the street, understand spoken Mexican slang with ease, and have local expressions roll off your tongue more fluently", "101 conversations in intermediate Mexican Spanish, so you can learn the real Spanish spoken in the street, understand spoken Mexican slang with ease, and have local expressions roll off your tongue more fluently", "Over 15,000 words of dialogue - an unparalleled resource that will immerse you in Spanish, at a level you can understand. You’ll learn real spoken Spanish without getting lost or overwhelmed", "Over 15,000 words of dialogue - an unparalleled resource that will immerse you in Spanish, at a level you can understand. You’ll learn real spoken Spanish without getting lost or overwhelmed", "Real, daily spoken Mexican Spanish throughout - it’s as if we held up a microphone and recorded the exact words coming out of people’s mouths - so you can learn the expressions that real people use on the street (not in textbooks). You’ll sound more authentic when you speak and make Spanish-speaking friends more easily.", "Real, daily spoken Mexican Spanish throughout - it’s as if we held up a microphone and recorded the exact words coming out of people’s mouths - so you can learn the expressions that real people use on the street (not in textbooks). You’ll sound more authentic when you speak and make Spanish-speaking friends more easily.", "Situational dialogues from typical daily circumstances, so you can prepare yourself to survive realistic Mexican Spanish encounters, in shops, cafés, and on the street, making meeting people second nature", "Situational dialogues from typical daily circumstances, so you can prepare yourself to survive realistic Mexican Spanish encounters, in shops, cafés, and on the street, making meeting people second nature", "Conversations that are carefully written to be accessible for intermediate learners (B1-B2 on the CEFR), so you can learn from real, spoken conversations, without having to go through the rollercoaster of difficult conversations with strangers", "Conversations that are carefully written to be accessible for intermediate learners (B1-B2 on the CEFR), so you can learn from real, spoken conversations, without having to go through the rollercoaster of difficult conversations with strangers", "Each conversation is limited to around 15 lines of dialogue (150 words), so you can get that crucial sense of achievement and motivation when you finish each conversation, and say “I actually understood all of that!”", "Each conversation is limited to around 15 lines of dialogue (150 words), so you can get that crucial sense of achievement and motivation when you finish each conversation, and say “I actually understood all of that!”", "Word lists with English definitions in every chapter, so you can get instant translations of any difficult words. This means you can focus on enjoying the story rather than wasting time in a dictionary (Kindle & Paperback only)", "Word lists with English definitions in every chapter, so you can get instant translations of any difficult words. This means you can focus on enjoying the story rather than wasting time in a dictionary (Kindle & Paperback only)", "Summaries of each conversation which contextualise each dialogue, so you can easily follow the plot and enjoy the story without getting lost", "Summaries of each conversation which contextualise each dialogue, so you can easily follow the plot and enjoy the story without getting lost", "Created by Olly Richards, internationally-renowned language teacher and author, 101 Conversations in Mexican Spanish gives you an experience in real Spanish that you won’t find anywhere else. You’ll be better prepared for using Spanish in the real world, speak with more confidence, and take a giant leap towards fluency in Spanish!", "SCROLL UP AND GRAB YOUR COPY NOW" ]

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[ "Thoroughly updated to reflect CompTIA’s Network+ N10-005 exam,", "Networking Essentials", ", Third Edition, is a practical, up-to-date, and hands-on guide to the basics of networking. Written from the viewpoint of a working network administrator, it requires absolutely no experience with either network concepts or day-to-day network management.", "Networking Essentials", ", Third Edition, includes expanded coverage of cabling, a new introduction to IPv6, and new chapters on basic switch configuration and troubleshooting. Its wireless and security chapters now focus strictly on introductory material, and you will also find up-to-date introductions to twisted-pair and fiber optic cabling, TCP/IP protocols, Internet and LAN interconnections, and basic network problem identification and resolution. Clear goals are outlined for each chapter, and every concept is introduced in easy to understand language that explains how and why networking technologies are used. Each chapter is packed with real-world examples and practical exercises that reinforce all concepts and guide you through using them to configure, analyze, and fix networks.", "Key Pedagogical Features", "NET-CHALLENGE SIMULATION SOFTWARE provides hands-on experience with entering router and switch commands, setting up functions, and configuring interfaces and protocols", "NET-CHALLENGE SIMULATION SOFTWARE provides hands-on experience with entering router and switch commands, setting up functions, and configuring interfaces and protocols", "WIRESHARK NETWORK PROTOCOL ANALYZER presents techniques and examples of data traffic analysis throughout", "WIRESHARK NETWORK PROTOCOL ANALYZER presents techniques and examples of data traffic analysis throughout", "PROVEN TOOLS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE LEARNING & NETWORK+ PREP, including chapter outlines, summaries, and Network+ objectives", "PROVEN TOOLS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE LEARNING & NETWORK+ PREP, including chapter outlines, summaries, and Network+ objectives", "WORKING EXAMPLES IN EVERY CHAPTER to reinforce key concepts and promote mastery", "WORKING EXAMPLES IN EVERY CHAPTER to reinforce key concepts and promote mastery", "KEY TERM DEFINITIONS, LISTINGS & EXTENSIVE GLOSSARY to help you master the language of networking", "KEY TERM DEFINITIONS, LISTINGS & EXTENSIVE GLOSSARY to help you master the language of networking", "QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS, AND CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS to help you deepen your understanding", "QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS, AND CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS to help you deepen your understanding" ]

[ "About the Author", "Jeff Beasley", "is a professor and department head in the Engineering Technology program and Communications Technology program at New Mexico State University, where he teaches computer networking and many related topics. He is coauthor of", "Modern Electronic Communication", ", Ninth Edition and author of", "Networking", ", Second Edition", "Piyasat Nilkaew", "is a network manager at New Mexico State University with more than fifteen years of experience in network management and consulting. He has extensive expertise in deploying and integrating multi-protocol and multi-vendor data, voice, and video network solutions." ]

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[ "The height of swimwear fashions on the hottest models in the most beautiful locales around the world? Yes, please. The 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit wall calendar never fails to set the bar high; dont miss the latest edition. Sixteen-month wall calendars include each month in 2019 as well as the last four months of 2018, printed on paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council." ]

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[ "Describes the activities of spies and couriers during the Civil War, looks at acts of sabotage and guerrilla warfare, and offers profiles of leaders of special operations" ]

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[ "Who wants a dragon, all fiery and bright? A lost baby dragon, alone in the night? This little dragon does not mean to give the knight a fright or tip the witch off her broom. Even though he is a little clumsy, all he really wants is someone to love him ...but who will? An utterly delightful tale, filled with fairytale characters and the all important happy ending!" ]

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[ "From #1", "New York Times", "bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos.", "Of all the things humans rely on plants for—sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber—surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate or calm, fiddle with or completely alter, the qualities of our mental experience. Take coffee and tea: People around the world rely on caffeine to sharpen their minds. But we do not usually think of caffeine as a drug, or our daily use as an addiction, because it is legal and socially acceptable. So, then, what is a “drug”? And why, for example, is making tea from the leaves of a tea plant acceptable, but making tea from a seed head of an opium poppy a federal crime? In", "This Is Your Mind on Plants", ", Michael Pollan dives deep into three plant drugs—opium, caffeine, and mescaline—and throws the fundamental strangeness, and arbitrariness, of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs while consuming (or, in the case of caffeine, trying", "not", "to consume) them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants. Why do we go to such great lengths to seek these shifts in consciousness, and then why do we fence that universal desire with laws and customs and fraught feelings? In this unique blend of history, science, and memoir, as well as participatory journalism, Pollan examines and experiences these plants from several very different angles and contexts, and shines a fresh light on a subject that is all too often treated reductively—as a drug, whether licit or illicit. But that is one of the least interesting things you can say about these plants, Pollan shows, for when we take them into our bodies and let them change our minds, we are engaging with nature in one of the most profound ways we can. Based in part on an essay published almost twenty-five years ago, this groundbreaking and singular consideration of psychoactive plants, and our attraction to them through time, holds up a mirror to our fundamental human needs and aspirations, the operations of our minds, and our entanglement with the natural world." ]

[ "About the Author", "Michael Pollan", "is the author of eight books, including", "How to Change Your Mind", ",", "Cooked", ",", "Food Rules", ",", "In Defense of Food", ",", "The Omnivore’s Dilemma", ", and", "The Botany of Desire", ", all of which were", "New York Times", "bestsellers. He is also the author of the audiobook", "Caffeine: How Coffee and Tea Made the Modern World", ". A longtime contributor to", "The", "New York Times Magazine", ", Pollan teaches writing at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. In 2010,", "Time", "magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world." ]

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[ "World War Z", "is the eagerly awaited film starring Brad Pitt. The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to annihilate humanity itself.", "World War Z: The Art of the Film", "is the official illustrated companion to the movie, and features a wealth of stunning production art, design sketches and storyboards, alongside the full shooting script.(TM) & © 2013 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved." ]

[ "Review", "“Chock-full of stunning concept art.” –", "We Minored in Film", "“Recommended for World War Z, zombie and movie fans.” “For a movie fan, this is a great way to take a behind the scenes look.” –", "Hearts on Fire Review", "“Yet another of the beautiful coffee-table art books Titan seems to be doing a lot of lately.” –", "Comic Book Resources" ]

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[ "This book is an endeavor to pull together all of the existing historical and genealogical information on the Johns families, originating in Wales and settled primarily in Delaware, Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. The Welsh practice of using patronymic sur" ]

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[ "First published in 1926 and respected ever since for its measured view of the most famous battle in the American West,", "The Story of the Little Big Horn", "asks questions that are still being debated. What were the causes of the debacle that wiped out Custer’s command? Was it due to lack of a definite battle plan? To lack of correct information about the number, organization, and equipment of the Indians? To Custer’s hot-headedness and thirst for glory? To Reno’s alleged cowardice? To Benteen’s delay in providing reinforcement? In his factual but dramatic account, W. A. Graham suggests that an awesome concatenation of attitudes and circumstances ensured the defeat of the Seventh Cavalry. On that Sunday in June 1876, the Indians were simply better (though not braver) soldiers." ]

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[ "The Official Workout Journal for the", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", "Program", "Is this a bodybuilding book that can help you pack on brain-shrinking amounts of muscle in 30 days flat? No. Is it a fitness book full of dubious diet and exercise “hacks” and “shortcuts” for melting belly fat faster than a roided hornet? Absolutely not.But is it an exercise book that’ll show you exactly what to do in the gym to", "gain 25-to-35 pounds of lean muscle", "? Yes. And faster than you probably think possible, or your money back.", "The Year One Challenge for Men", "is a workout journal companion to the bestselling workout book for men,", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ".This workout book contains a", "full year's worth of", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", "workouts", "for building a full chest, wide back, powerful legs, and built arms . . . in only", "3-to-5 hours", "of weight training per week.This workout journal also provides you with a", "comprehensive", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", "“cheatsheet”", "that lists and demonstrates all exercises in the program, and explains how to choose the right routine for you, how to progress in your workouts, how to make exercise substitutions, and more.So, imagine . . .", "just 12 weeks from now", ". . . looking at the changes in your physique and thinking, \"I did that. That's awesome. I'm awesome.\" And believing it.The bottom line is you can get that", "head-turning “Hollywood hunk” body", "without doing exhausting weightlifting workouts you hate. And this strength training program shows you how.Get your copy now, and start your journey to a bigger, leaner, and stronger you." ]

[ "Review", "​\"If you want to use strength training for aesthetics, Mike is your source. Read this book, and read mine too, and come away with what you need to know. The rest will be up to you.\"", "--Mark Rippetoe, author of", "Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training and Practical", "Programming for Strength Training", "\"I highly, highly recommend", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ". You don't just read it. You do it. And you see immediate changes and results.\"", "--Hafthor \"The Mountain\" Björnsson, World's Strongest Man champion", "\"Nobody cuts through the fitness and nutrition confusion and clutter like Mike Matthews. And in", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ", he draws on a powerful combination of time in the trenches and hard-core research to give you the straight talk about what actually works. This book is easy to read and incredibly effective. I highly recommend.\"", "--Ben Greenfield, CEO of Kion & New York Times bestselling author of", "Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life", "\"", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", "is a super well-researched and practical guide to strength training that quickly cuts through the massive amount of BS and misinformation put out by the strength training, bodybuilding, weight gain and weight loss industries. I highly recommend adding this book to your library and referring to it frequently.\"", "--Mark Divine, founder of SEALFIT and New York Times bestselling author of", "The Way of the SEAL, Unbeatable Mind and 8 Weeks to SEALFIT", "\"Mike has written the encyclopedia of body recomposition for the twentieth century. A great book and a must-buy for beginners looking to get their feet wet.\"", "--Martin Berkhan, fitness coach, pioneer, and author of", "The Leangains Method", "\"Mike Matthews stands alone in the fitness space. His books are based on scientific research and real-world results. Bigger Leaner Stronger changed my life. It can change yours too.\"", "--Strauss Zelnick, \"America's fittest CEO\" and author of", "Becoming Ageless: The Four Secrets to Looking and Feeling Younger Than Ever", "\"In", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ", Mike takes us back to the fundamentals of losing fat and building muscle--time-tested and science-backed strategies that have been obscured by a rising tide of popular hype and pseudoscience. The good news: it doesn't have to be that hard!\"", "--Alex Hutchinson, author of the New York Times bestseller", "Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance", "\"Matthews has masterfully distilled many years of research into the essence of what makes guys bigger, leaner, and stronger. His training methods have worked better than anything else I've tried for improving my strength and physique. Get this book right now.\"", "--Stephen Guise, international bestselling author of", "Mini Habits", "\"Mike Matthews has done it again. Great information backed by science, and complicated knowledge transformed into practical, applicable strategies. I loved", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ". A must-read.\"", "--Adam Schafer, co-host of top-ranked fitness and health podcast", "Mind Pump", "\"I haven't been this excited about a fitness book in years. It's required reading for all guys who want to get--and stay--in the best shape of their lives. A true classic in the making.\"", "--Sal Di Stefano, co-host of top-ranked fitness and health podcast", "Mind Pump", "​\"Would you rather spend a month of your life hoping the latest flavor of diet and exercise plan will work . . . or spend thirty days knowing your hard work will provide results you can not only see, but feel? Give me guaranteed results any day, and that's what", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", "provides--all the knowledge and motivation you need to get results for years to come.\"", "--Jeff Haden, Inc. Magazine contributing editor and author of", "The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win", "\"", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", "is meticulously researched, clearly written, and utterly practical. Matthews has created something special here.\"", "--Jordan Harbinger, creator and host,", "The Jordan Harbinger Show", "\"A highly actionable book that translates the latest science into a simple plan for strength. In a world filled with noise, Mike Matthews provides the clarity and practical strategies you need to get results.\"", "--James Clear, author of", "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones", "​​", "From the Author", "Interview with the Author", "Q:", "I can't find time to exercise but want to get in shape. What should I do?", "A:", "I don't know anybody who can find time to exercise. I've never had anyone tell me, \"Mike, I have too much free time these days. I think I'll spend a few hours in the gymevery day to get in shape. What should I do while I'm there?\"It's always the opposite. Most of us lead busy, hectic lives and feel we don't have time for anything new. But in almost all cases, that just isn't true.As much as some people would like to think they're too busy to exercise, when they analyze in detail how they actually spend their every waking minute every day, theydiscover how it could be worked out (no pun intended). And especially when they realize how little time it really takes to get fit!The reality is people who have successfully transformed their bodies have the same 24 hours in a day as you and the rest of us, and they still have lives to live.They still have to go work, spend time with their loved ones, maintain some semblance of a social life, and remember to decompress and have some fun now and then.The only difference is they've decided exercise is important enough to be in the plan.For some, that means watching less TV or giving it up altogether. For others, it means waking up an hour earlier than normal a few days per week to get into the gym.For others still it means asking the wife to take the kids after dinner (a favor that can be repaid for her workouts!).My point is: if you really want to carve out an hour a few days per week to train, I'm positive you can.", "Q:", "I'm new to weightlifting. Is this for me?", "A:", "Absolutely.With", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ", you can gain up to 25 pounds of muscle in just your first year while also dropping pounds of unwanted fat and greatly increasing yourwhole-body strength.Moreover, you're also going to experience firsthand things most people will never know about effective diet and training, including how to perform key exercises withperfect form, ensure you keep progressing in your workouts, break through fat loss and muscle gain plateaus, prevent injuries, and much more.The bottom line is by the end of your first year of", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ", you're not only going to be thrilled with the results, but even more so with what you're goingto be able to accomplish in the following year, two, three, and beyond.", "Q:", "I'm in my 30s/40s/50s-plus. Can I do this program?", "A:", "Definitely.Every week I get emailed by at least a few people asking if it's too late to build muscle and get fit.Most are very pleasantly surprised when I explain that it's definitely not too late, and that I'm regularly working with guys and gals in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s whoare building their best bodies ever.How should people in their 40s and beyond go about building a great body, though? Certainly they can't eat and train like the 20-year-olds, right?You might be surprised to learn that not nearly as much changes as people think.One of the first things I refer people to who are worried about age squashing their dreams of being fit is a study conducted by scientists at the University of Oklahoma,which had 24 college-aged (18 to 22) and 25 middle-aged (35 to 50) men follow the same weightlifting routine for eight weeks.Researchers then analyzed everyone's body composition and found that the middle-aged men had gained just as much muscle as their college-aged counterparts had.Strength gains were very similar as well.In my experience, this is equally true for women. Middle age isn't a physiological strikeout, even when compared to your 20s. You can do just fine.People in their 60s and beyond aren't left out of the party, either. Studies show that they too can gain significant amounts of muscle and strength, andmore importantly, that training and developing their muscles is a great way to fight the \"dwindling health spiral\" normally associated with aging.Furthermore, despite what you've probably heard, your metabolism doesn't crater and your hormones don't implode as you get older.Research shows that the average adult's metabolism slows by just 1 to 3 percent per decade and that the primary reason for this is muscle loss, not geneticprogramming.Therefore, if you maintain your muscle as you age, you maintain your metabolism. And if you add muscle to your frame, you can increase it.And as far as hormones go, it was once believed that the hormonal disturbance associated with aging was inevitable. We now know this isn't true. Research shows thatlifestyle factors are equally causative of hormonal changes as aging itself, if not more so.For example, here's a short list of the biggest lifestyle factors that can depress your testosterone levels:", "Weight gain", "Weight gain", "Stopping exercise", "Stopping exercise", "Chronic illness", "Chronic illness", "Use of medications", "Use of medications", "Sleeping too little", "Sleeping too little", "Moderate alcohol consumption", "Moderate alcohol consumption", "These are all under your control. Your hormone health truly is in your hands.For example, studies show that there are plenty of ways to naturally improve your hormone profile, including staying lean, doing regular resistance training, andmaintaining good sleep hygiene.You'll also be happy to know you don't need stellar hormone levels to get fit. If you're willing to work hard, you can have below-average hormones and a far-above-average physique.All that said, there are several key differences between college-aged and middle-aged bodies that make fitness a little harder as you get older.Research shows that after about age 50, your muscles recover slower from exercise and that you begin to lose muscle over time (if you don't do anything to stop it).Your tendons and ligaments also become stiffer and recover slower, which can increase the risk of injury.Overall, though, the science is clear: you can stay in remarkably good shape well into old age if you stay active and take care of your body, and that's just as true formen as it is for women.", "Q:", "I'm an experienced weightlifter. Is this for me?", "A:", "Probably.With over 400 pages of practical, science-based information on the inner and outer games of getting and staying in the best shape of your life, even the most veterangym rats can learn a thing or two from", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ".And if nothing else, it'll serve as a powerful refresher on the 20% of diet and exercise information and strategies that delivers 80% of the results.", "Q:", "How long does it take to see results?", "A:", "One of the best things about", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", "is how quickly it works.You'll see marked improvements in the gym and mirror within your first month, and it'll only get better and better from there.", "Q:", "Do I have to take a bunch of supplements to follow the program?", "A:", "No.You don't have to take any supplements if you don't want to, because the vast majority of pills and powders are a waste of money.If you have the budget and inclination, however, certain supplements can help you gain muscle and strength, lose fat, and get healthy faster. You'll learn all about thisin the book.", "Q:", "I'm short on time. Can I still do the program?", "A:", "Absolutely.", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", "comes in three flavors--5, 4, and 3 days per week--and individual workouts range from 45 to 70 minutes.The bottom line is if you can dedicate 3 to 6 hours per week to", "Bigger Leaner Stronger", ", you can build the body you've always wanted.", "Q:", "I follow a special type of diet (vegan, vegetarian, Paleo, food sensitivity/allergy, etc.). Can I still do the program?", "A:", "Yup.The diet principles are very flexible and can accommodate any and all food preferences and limitations.", "From the Inside Flap", "No matter how old you are, no matter how bad you might think your genetics are, and no matter how lost you might feel after trying and abandoning past diets and workout programs . . .", ". . . you absolutely, positively can have the big, lean, and strong body you dream about.", "What if I gave you a science-based, doctor-approved formula of eating and exercising that makes adding 15 to 25 pounds of lean muscle while also shedding handfuls of unwanted body fat a breeze . . . . . . and what if it produced dramatic results in the mirror in just the first 30 days?What if you didn't have to starve yourself, put in long hours at the gym, or do grueling cardio workouts that turn your stomach? What if you could still indulge in the \"bad\" foods that you love, like pasta, pizza, and ice cream?And what if I promised to be at your side the entire way, helping you discover what you're truly capable of, helping you overcome obstacles and setbacks and avoid pitfalls, doing everything I can to see you achieve your fitness goals quickly and painlessly?Imagine, just 12 weeks from now, waking up every morning, looking in the mirror, and feeling downright excited by your reflection. Imagine being constantly complimented on how you look, loving how your clothes fit, and having dawn-till-dusk energy to do all the things you want to do.And imagine being able to take your shirt off at the pool or beach with confidence.You can have all these things, and it's not nearly as difficult or complicated as you probably think.It doesn't matter whether you're 21 or 41 or whether you're in shape or not. No matter who you are, I can prove that you have the power to transform your body and life.Just ask the thousands of men whose lives have been changed by my work. They accepted my help, and now they look and feel better than ever before. They are the proof that this book can help you look and feel your best, too.So, would you like my help?If you answered \"Yes!\" then you've taken a leap, not a step, toward the new you--the bigger, leaner, stronger, and happier you who loves his body, inside and out.Your journey begins as soon as you order your copy of this book.", "From the Back Cover", "I want to make sure that you get as much value from this book as possible, so I've put together a number of additional free resources to help you, including:", "A savable, shareable, printable reference guide with all of this book's key takeaways, checklists, and action items.", "A savable, shareable, printable reference guide with all of this book's key takeaways, checklists, and action items.", "Links to form demonstration videos for all Bigger Leaner Stronger exercises.", "Links to form demonstration videos for all Bigger Leaner Stronger exercises.", "An entire year's worth of Bigger Leaner Stronger workouts neatly laid out and provided in several formats, including PDF, Excel, and Google Sheets.10 Bigger Leaner Stronger meal plans that make losing fat and gaining muscle as simple as possible.", "An entire year's worth of Bigger Leaner Stronger workouts neatly laid out and provided in several formats, including PDF, Excel, and Google Sheets.10 Bigger Leaner Stronger meal plans that make losing fat and gaining muscle as simple as possible.", "A list of my favorite tools for getting and staying motivated and on track inside and outside of the gym.", "A list of my favorite tools for getting and staying motivated and on track inside and outside of the gym.", "And more.", "And more.", "To get instant access to all of those free bonuses (plus a few additional surprise gifts), go here now:⇒ biggerleanerstronger.com/bonusAlso, if you have any questions or run into any difficulties, just shoot me an email at mike@muscleforlife.com and I'll do my best to help!", "About the Author", "Mike Matthews is the", "#1 bestselling fitness author in the world", ", with over 1.5 million books sold, as well as the founder of the", "#1 brand of all-natural sports supplements", ", Legion.His simple and science-based approach to building muscle, losing fat, and getting healthy has helped", "tens of thousands", "of people build their best body ever, and his work has been featured in many popular outlets including", "Esquire", ",", "Men's Health", ",", "Elle", ",", "Women's Health", ",", "Muscle & Strength", ", and more, as well as on", "FOX", "and", "ABC", ".", "Read more" ]

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[ "In this straightforward, easy to understand video for five-string bluegrass banjo, Janet Davis teaches tuning, how to read tablature, roll patterns, chords, licks, and other basic information needed to play bluegrass and melodic-style banjo. Janet explains the first 22 lessons from the book of the same title and demonstrates examples both slowly and at regular speed. This 60-minute video can be used by itself to learn by ear, or with the tablature found in the companion book. The companion book for this video may be purchased separately. Note: The DVD teaches through Lesson 22. For the remaining Lessons, the CD must be purchased to hear those licks." ]

[ "About the Actor", "Janet Rice Davis was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where music has always been an integral part of her family life. Although Janet's formal musical training was primarily in the classical field, she was fascinated with the stringed instruments, particularly those involved with folk and bluegrass music. In college she played the guitar and sang as a folk and blues musician in many of the Austin clubs, learning from such greats as Lightning Hopkins, Janis Joplin, and other well-known musicians, who played the same clubs. Today, Janet is primarily known as a bluegrass and five-string banjo specialist.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "About the Author", "Janet Rice Davis was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where music has always been an integral part of her family life. Although Janet's formal musical training was primarily in the classical field, she was fascinated with the stringed instruments, particularly those involved with folk and bluegrass music. In college she played the guitar and sang as a folk and blues musician in many of the Austin clubs, learning from such greats as Lightning Hopkins, Janis Joplin, and other well-known musicians, who played the same clubs. Today, Janet is primarily known as a bluegrass and five-string banjo specialist.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition." ]

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[ "Angel Beats! -Heaven's Door- Vol.1 (Dengeki Comics) Manga" ]

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[ "A Practical Manual For Extraordinary Living - Take a brilliant journey into the nature of change and reality to discover the power you have within you to transform. Join inspiring transformational leader Melissa Joy for a playful exploration into universal consciousness and infinite potential, available to everyone within the field of the heart. With beautiful and clear articulation, combined with a humorous weave of science, spirit, and practical play, Melissa Joy reveals how universal consciousness and infinite potential are organized and influence experiences. By practicing heart-centered awareness and freedom of choice, through the power of grace, anyone can navigate practically through life's situations and challenges to experience more flow, joy, and personal fulfillment. The field of the heart is a portal to personal power, individual change, and global transformation, and it will lead you to a new reality based in unity, love, and limitless potential. The field of the heart is the physics of miracles. The field of the heart is the physics of love. This journey into heart-centered awareness is complemented by the knowledge and wisdom Melissa Joy has acquired through teaching Matrix Energetics transformational seminars to thousands of students around the world. Discover how to consistently drop into the heart, let go, notice what you notice, and notice what is different. In this intriguing book, M-Joy shares what she has learned, including specific and effective strategies for change, as you discover how to playfully transform yourself and everything around you. Join M-Joy as she guides you to discover your truth as a limitless being, which is found within the heart, noticed as joy, and available for you to experience in every moment of every day. \"We can expand our apertures of awareness to experience the full expression of ourselves as limitless beings...\" M-Joy" ]

[ "About the Author", "Melissa Joy is best known for her ability to engage people from all over the world to embrace their true authentic power through accessing universal consciousness by playing in the field of the heart. She has a unique perspective on how we are able to experience living joyfully, and loving completely from a state of grace. Melissa Joy has been teaching Matrix Energetics life transformational seminars around the globe since 2008. She is also the founder and instructor of the 'M-Joy Of Being' seminar series, a unifying movement in consciousness dedicated to exploring and expanding heart-centered awareness and practical personal empowerment. She is sought after as a respected published author, as well as a frequent guest speaker on global radio broadcasts. She is well known for her eloquent articulation, and personable accessibility on both nationally and internationally recognized social media platforms. Melissa Joy is passionate about inspiring others to realize their True Authentic Self (TAS) with practical, creative, and powerful wisdom that she embodies every day. She enjoys long runs near the ocean, reading, walking barefoot in the sand, and sharing with people the joyful journey of living their infinite potential." ]

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[ "Books", "Health, Fitness & Dieting", "Alternative Medicine" ]

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

[ "Winner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award Winner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics John Leonard Prize for Best First Book Finalist for the 2021 New England Society Book Award", "Finalist for the 2021 New England Independent Booksellers Association Award A", "New York Times", "Editors’ Choice and", "Chicago Tribune", "top book for 2020 “", "Mill Town", "is the book of a lifetime; a deep-drilling, quick-moving, heartbreaking story. Scathing and tender, it lifts often into poetry, but comes down hard when it must. Through it all runs the river: sluggish, ancient, dangerous, freighted with America’s sins.”", "―", "Robert Macfarlane, author of", "Underland", "Kerri Arsenault grew up in the small, rural town of Mexico, Maine, where for over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that provided jobs for nearly everyone in town, including three generations of her family. Kerri had a happy childhood, but years after she moved away, she realized the price she paid for that childhood. The price everyone paid. The mill, while providing the social and economic cohesion for the community, also contributed to its demise.", "Mill Town", "is a book of narrative nonfiction, investigative memoir, and cultural criticism that illuminates the rise and collapse of the working-class, the hazards of loving and leaving home, and the ambiguous nature of toxics and disease with the central question; Who or what are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival?" ]

[ "Review", "*Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for Best First Book*Winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award", "“Combining personal history with investigative reporting, Arsenault pays loving homage to her family’s tight-knit Maine town even as she examines the cancers that have stricken so many residents.”―", "The New York Times Book Review", "(Editors’ Choice)“Part beautiful memoir and regional history, part investigative journalism, part environmental diatribe countered by a poetic ode to place. In short, it’s a fraught love letter to that fragile American entity, the small, rural, working-class town….Arsenault’s prose shines…She has done immense and important research and delivered an engaging tale that deserves a close read.”―Stephanie Hunt,", "The Post and Courier", "(Charleston)“Trenchant and aching…What Arsenault has provided is a model of persistence, thoughtful reflection and vividly human personal narrative in uncovering a heartbreaking story that could be told in countless American towns, along countless American rivers.”―Steve Paul,", "Minneapolis Star-Tribune", "“Arsenault combines memoir with investigative journalism in this tale of the toxic paper mill at the center of her Maine hometown, an area now nicknamed Cancer Valley.”―", "People", "magazine“Though you assume another hand-wringing over environmental deregulation, what unspools is much richer and more affecting. Using her father’s death as catalyst, [Arsenault] digs into state history, the town’s decline and the mill’s legacy. She brings the outrage of a furious native, tearing down years of “Vacationland” tourism, yet deeply homesick for the place she once knew. What gave her hometown its meaning once―industry, deregulation, community―is precisely what devoured it.”―Christopher Borrelli,", "The Chicago Tribune", "“", "Mill Town", "is preoccupied with a poisonous irony: Rumford’s citizens live and work in a place that makes them unwell… The scale of the problem and of the potential malfeasance could not be grander or more terrifying.”―Emily Cooke,", "The New York Times Book Review", "“With affection and concern,", "Mill Town", "recounts ‘Maine’s constant conundrum, an American story, a human predicament.' In rural, working-class towns, the presence of industry amounts to pollution, but its absence gives way to poverty. Within fence-line communities like Arsenault’s Mexico, prosperity and affliction are wholly intertwined.”―Andru Okun,", "The Boston Globe", "“", "Mill Town", "poses hard questions that challenge the tacit acceptance of ecological destruction as the price of economic health.”―", "Los Angeles Times", "“Lyrical and compelling prose... What Arsenault presents, with mesmerizing lyricism and endearing honesty, is the story of a dying town wedded to a paper mill that once anchored the local economy while also bringing pollution and cancer. Mill Town puts forth larger questions of the human relationship to the environment; of the violence done to the land that eventually translates into the devastation of the people that live on it. Arsenault’s loyalty is not simply to a limited idea of health that would be typified by paying the ailing damages but on the injustice done to the land on a larger scale.”―Rafia Zakaria,", "The Baffler", "“A valuable addition to the literature of New England’s industrial legacy, something many residents have either forgotten or choose to ignore, to the region’s detriment.”―Alex Hanson,", "Los Angeles Review of Books", "“Reportage, memoir, and the refusal to seek easy answers clasp hands to bring us a searing, compassionate story of people rooted in and committed to a place that keeps breaking their bodies and hearts…With love and sorrow, wed by eloquent prose that moves with keen pacing, Arsenault traces the story of her family and the many families who have been battered along with their despoiled environment. This book is an essential answer to the urgent question: “At what cost comes progress?”―Garnette Cadogan, LitHub“", "Mill Town", "is a rich, rewarding read that defies easy categorization. Despite the gravity of its subject,", "Mill Town", "is, at its heart, a love letter to the people and places of Arsenault’s childhood and a plea for a cleaner, brighter future.”―Jessica Lahey,", "Air Mail", "“In this masterful debut, the author creates a crisp, eloquent hybrid of atmospheric memoir and searing exposé... Bittersweet memories and a long-buried atrocity combine for a heartfelt, unflinching, striking narrative combination.”―", "Kirkus Reviews", "(starred)“[A] powerful, investigative memoir....Arsenault paints a soul-crushing portrait of a place that’s suffered 'the smell of death and suffering' almost since its creation. This moving and insightful memoir reminds readers that returning home--\"the heart of human identity\"--is capable of causing great joy and profound disappointment.” ―", "Publisher's Weekly", "(starred)“Arsenault's compelling debut asks readers to consider how relationships between humans and nature impact our bodies and environment....[A] powerful memoir.”―", "Library Journal", "“An imposing work of narrative nonfiction...Arsenault's account is enlivened by vivid prose, often coolly analytical and yet deeply lyrical. Mexico's melancholy story--one that's mirrored today in thousands of struggling small towns across the U.S.--comes to life in Arsenault's sympathetic, but unfailingly clear-eyed, telling.”―Harvey Freedenberg, Shelf Awareness“Clear-eyed and self-deprecating, Arsenault is a welcome guide through the history of Mexico and Rumford, capturing the voices of their inhabitants, the stories they tell and the confidences they keep. She is tenacious in her search for answers, tender in her interactions with her mother and their neighbors. A riveting blend of reportage and memoir reveals the secrets of a paper mill town.”―Michael Berry,", "Maine Sunday Telegram", "“For stretches, it is pure memoir – and first-rate memoir at that….In other places, the book is a compelling and taut work of industrial investigation [and] Arsenault is meticulous in her research.", "Mill Town", "is haunting and heartbreaking, charming and funny … and utterly exceptional.”―Alan Adams,", "The Maine Edge", "About the Author", "KERRI ARSENAULT", "is the Book Review Editor at", "Orion", "magazine, and Contributing Editor at", "Lithub", ". Arsenault received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School and studied in Malmö University’s Communication for Development master’s programme. Her writing has appeared in", "Freeman’s", ",", "Lithub", ", Oprah.com, and", "The Minneapolis Star Tribune", ", among other publications. She lives in New England.", "Mill Town", "is her first book." ]

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[ "Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Chumash Native Americans, covering their daily activities, customs, family life, religion, history, and government." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Geography & Cultures" ]

[ "The Case for Creativity: Three Decades Evidence of the Link Between Imaginative Marketing and Commercial Success Paperback – June 20, 2016" ]

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[ "Packed with more than 1,000 stickers, the", "PJ Masks Super Sticker Book", "is a must-have for all PJ fans!", "This", "PJ Masks: Super Sticker Book", "features your favorite little heroes and is sure to provide hours of fun for all Catboy, Gekko, and Owlette fans. With 128 pages of fun activities, 8 posters to cut out and hang up, and more than 1,000 stickers, kids are sure to have a super good time with this super sticker book!" ]

[ "About the Author", "For over 30 years,", "Studio Fun International", "has been creating fun and interactive book experiences for children. Working with our licensed partners, we create books that engage children beyond television and movies, taking beloved characters and using them to foster a love of reading, exploration, and creative expression. From adorably illustrated board books for toddlers to interactive play and movie theater sets to books made with special toys and mementos, we develop", "fun", "!" ]

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

[ "It’s finally time! The wedding of the year! Everything has been prepared within an inch of its life, including Greer’s sanity. Nothing is left to chance and nothing could possibly go wrong, right?WRONG.Naturally, trouble follows the Mintwood ladies and their merry band wherever they go, even when it’s to an exclusive wedding venue. Can Lemmi solve the mystery while also being there for her friend? What will she do about a certain duel that’s coming up?As confusion reigns, for once not all caused by Paws, Lemmi and her friends are working against the clock.And there’s a wedding in the balance." ]

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

[ "On the Origin of Form", "presents a new account of evolution and the origin of life based on the premise that the body form of any species is encoded not in the DNA but in the patterned structure of the primordial germ plasm—the universal predecessor of the egg. Two hundred years after Johann von Goethe’s Faustian quest for the", "Urform", ", the archetypal design underlying all living form, comes the recent discovery that organic forms are derived from a unique, self-organized, pre-embryonic structure. This explanation of evolution is an alternative to the now widely questioned Neo-Darwinist theory of natural selection of random mutations. This new model is based on known, relatively uncomplicated scientific principles and is easily accessible to the interested layman. Included are sixty-four pages of illustrations that support this new theory. For additional information, please visit www.ontheoriginofform.com." ]

[ "Review", "\"Stuart Pivar’s book,", "On the Origin of Form", ", contains ideas that deserve full scientific scrutiny, especially in light of the turmoil roiling evolutionary biology at present. Pivar is presenting, in a series of brilliantly rendered graphical diagrams that show his interpretation of how modifications of a torus shape can generate a vast panoply of biotic form, a new theory of morphogenesis.... This is a seismic event for science. Conventional evolutionary biologists are right to be very worried about this, because it has the potential to trigger the complete collapse of Modern Synthesis Biology.\"—Mark A. S. McMenamin, PhD, Paleontologist, Professor of Geology, Chair of Earth and Environment, Mount Holyoke College\"This is the discovery of the connection between the laws of physics and the complexity of life.\"—Murray Gell-Mann, PhD, Distinguished Fellow, Santa Fe Institute, Nobel Laureate", "About the Author", "Stuart Pivar is a chemist and engineer and founder of the New York Academy of Art in New York City. In 1996 he founded the Human Blueprint Laboratory to investigate the origins of form. He lives in New York City." ]

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

[ "Keeping an illustrated nature sketchbook can be eye opening, and anyone can do it, at home or while traveling. This step-by-step guide to painting by the ocean, near rivers, and in valleys, forests, desert, and mountains offers dozens of practical tips for combining watercolor and ink to create pages rich in personal meaning. With her gentle humor and low-key approach, popular teacher Jude Siegel encourages everyone to venture outdoors with sketchbook in hand to try their artist's wings. Lavishly illustrated with more than 140 of the author's stunning original watercolors of Oregon and Washington." ]

[ "Review", "\"This gorgeously illustrated new offering from Portland's Timber Press helps nature lovers consider their surroundings in different and wonderful ways. This is a wonderful book!\" Barbara Lloyd McMichael, \"Kitsap Sun,\" September 17, 2006\"", "From the Publisher", "Lavishly illustrated with more than 140 of the author's original watercolors of Oregon and Washington, this step-by-step guide to painting scenes of nature offers dozens of practical tips for combining watercolor and ink to create pages rich in personal meaning.", "About the Author", "Jude Siegel has been teaching drawing, painting, and nature studies in Oregon for more than 35 years. She has inspired hundreds of students young and older at the Berry Botanic Garden, Haystack Program, Creative Arts Community at Menucha, Hoyt Arboretum, Leach Botanical Garden, Portland Community College, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Tryon Creek State Park, and elsewhere. A lifelong keeper of illustrated journals and enthusiastic painter in her own right, Jude has shown her watercolors around the state. She published", "Dancing with the Weeds: A Guide to Using Wild Plants Respectfully", "in 1995. She holds a master's degree in Science in Education from Portland State University.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Arts & Photography", "History & Criticism" ]

[ "An insider's anecdotal critique of Japanese bureaucracy and Japan's educational system cites the flaws in the nation's parochial group system, seven-day work week, lawmaking policies, and Parliamentary procedures." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Miyamoto, a Tokyo-born psychiatrist who spent 10 years in the U.S. as a postdoctoral student at Yale and as a Cornell Medical College professor, returned to Japan in 1986 to join the Ministry of Health and Welfare. His years in the West ill-prepared him to accept Japanese group-think, which he perceives as an adolescent syndrome and a form of institutionalized masochism. He refused to sacrifice his personal life to it; chafed against the officially sanctioned gold-bricking that constituted much of his job; argued with his supervisors; and became isolated from his peers. Far worse, he shocked the bureaucracy by publicly criticizing it in articles and in this book, which was published in Japan this past September and became a bestseller. While Western observers have made similar criticisms of Japanese society, none have offered the same insider's detail and credentials. Miyamoto's account of his absurd experiences is streaked with outrage, but his descriptions of how laws are written, how budgets are made, how careers proceed and how workers behave contribute valuable social and psychological insights into Japanese society. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "About the Author", "Dr. Masao Miyamoto he became Assistant Professor at New York Medical College." ]

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

[ "The purpose of the dance is to glorify God. His desire is for us to use our gifts and talents to draw people to Christ and also so that they will recognize His sovereignty. Dancers are mandated to use the gift of dance to show forth God's ability to heal, deliver and set people free from the hand of the enemy. The practical workbook provides information on many aspects of the dance and tests your knowledge with \"fill-in-the-blanks\" and \"True and false\" Questions. It covers topics such as: The Prophet DanceThe Royal Garments Commandments Concerning the Hands The Dancers Feet How to Become and Effective Dance Minister; and much more" ]

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[ "Research Methods for Criminal Justice and the Social Sciences", "combines a traditional research book with exercises that allow students to experience research in a controlled environment.  It is a companion methods/manual for use with most traditional social scientific research textbooks.  This book offers readers basic information about methodological concerns (brief readings); and a variety of practices exercises relating to those readings. Some features of this book:", "Each chapter begins with a BRIEF discussion of the elements relevant to a basic understanding of research methods", "Each chapter begins with a BRIEF discussion of the elements relevant to a basic understanding of research methods", "After each section of each chapter are several abstracted reprints containing basic intros of published articles", "After each section of each chapter are several abstracted reprints containing basic intros of published articles", "Each reading is then followed with an Application Exercise which relates to the methodological procedure in the abstracted reprint...all exercises were designed to be completed by college students amd allows them to get their \"hands dirty with the", "Each reading is then followed with an Application Exercise which relates to the methodological procedure in the abstracted reprint...all exercises were designed to be completed by college students amd allows them to get their \"hands dirty with the", "This is a perfect resource for individuals interested in the field of criminal justice, criminology, or sociology." ]

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[ "Books", "Law", "Legal Theory & Systems" ]

[ "Satchi watches as a herd of eight wild horses trot past her gate! One little horse has a white star on his forehead. She yearns to have a horse of her very own. But, when she asks her mama and papa they both say, \"Satchi, wild horses are meant to be wild.\" Satchi decides that she will catch and tame Little Star all by herself. Join Satchi in her joys and trials as we follow her down the path that leads Satchi to what true friendship really is. Inspired by the beautiful wild horses in the Caribbean and around the world, Donna weaves the story of a young girl, a wild horse, and how they touch each other's lives. Susan Spellman's masterful illustrations capture the essence of a young girl's yearning, and emotions. She sweeps the reader away, with her colorful watercolor paintings, to the island world of", "Satchi and Little Star" ]

[ "Review", "A moving and beautifully illustrated story of the power and beauty of the bond between a young girl and a wild horse that she befriends on Grand Turk Island... a welcome edition to every child's bookshelf. --Jay Bowen, President, Animal Rescue League of BostonA must read for every boy and girl who has ever yearned to own a wild animal. This heart-warming story, wonderfully written with vibrant illustrations, captures the heart of the relationship between a young island girl and the wild horse she has fallen in love with. A great lesson for all! --Stephanie Human, Chairman, TCSPCA, Grand Turk ChapterChildren, parents and grandparents alike will enjoy this delightful story about a little girl who loves horses and learns a valuable lesson about friendship. Susan Spellman's whimsical watercolors bring the warmth and color of the Caribbean to life. --Karel Hayes, artist and author of The Winter Visitors, The Summer Visitors, Snowflake Comes to Stay", "Review", "“Satchi is such a delight!” (Leslie Lanier, Owner, Books to Be Red)|“Wonderfully written with vibrant illustrations...” (Stephanie Human, chairman, TCSPCA, Grand Turk Chapter)|“A welcome addition to every child’s bookshelf” (Jay Bowen, president, Animal Rescue League of Boston)|“An irresistible treat” (Lois Henderson, Book Pleasures)", "About the Author", "Inspiration for this story is From Donna's love of wild horses. A graduate of the Ohio State University, Donna also hold a masters degree in special education from Lesley University. When Donna is not in the Caribbean, she lives in Newbury, Massachusetts, with her husband, Martin, and her dog, Rags.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Romance", "Romantic Comedy" ]

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[ "After reaching the second floor of Aincrad, Asuna decided to have a player controlled blacksmith upgrade her beloved sword, a rare Wind Fleuret--but when the unimaginable happened and the sword was shattered in the attempt, Kirito suspected foul play. Did the blacksmith really just happen to destroy an incredibly valuable item? And if not, is there any way to get it back? And--if there really is a conspiracy of thieves--how can they be stopped before they spread too much mistrust? The game of death is bad enough already!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Reki Kawahara is an award winning author best known for his light novel series,", "Sword Art Online", "and", "Accel World", ".", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition." ]

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

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[ "Creating Musical Theatre", "features interviews with the directors and choreographers that make up today's Broadway elite. From Susan Stroman and Kathleen Marshall to newcomers Andy Blankenbuehler and Christopher Gattelli, this book features twelve creative artists, mostly director/choreographers, many of whom have also crossed over into film and television, opera and ballet.To the researcher, this book will deliver specific information on how these artists work; for the performer, it will serve as insight into exactly what these artists are looking for in the audition process and the rehearsal environment; and for the director/choreographer, this book will serve as an inspiration detailing each artist's pursuit of his or her dream and the path to success, offering new insight and a deeper understanding of Broadway today.", "Creating Musical Theatre", "includes a foreword by four-time Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara, one of the most elegant and talented leading ladies gracing the Broadway and concert stage today, as well as interviews with award-winning directors and choreographers, including: Rob Ashford (", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", "); Andy Blankenbuehler (", "In the Heights", "); Jeff Calhoun (", "Newsies", "); Warren Carlyle (", "Follies", "); Christopher Gattelli (", "Newsies", "); Kathleen Marshall (", "Anything Goes", "); Jerry Mitchell (", "Legally Blonde", "); Casey Nicholaw (", "The Book of Mormon", "); Randy Skinner (", "White Christmas", "); Susan Stroman (", "The Scottsboro Boys", "); Sergio Trujillo (", "Jersey Boys", "); and Anthony Van Laast (", "Sister Act", ")." ]

[ "Review", "“The interviews are intensely pragmatic; Cramer and each choreographer speak artist-to-artist and dancer-to-dancer in frank, simple, and consistently practical terms that dancers at any level of the theatre industry will find insightful and useful. … For any musical theatre dance lover, this book provides an intimate master class in both craft and artistry sure to enlighten and inspire.” – Rockford Sansom, American Musical and Dramatic Academy, USA,", "Theatre Topics", "About the Author", "Lyn Cramer", "is Endowed Professor of Musical Theatre Dance at Oklahoma University. Teaching for over 23 years in higher education, Lyn Cramer is also a professional director-choreographer and a member of SDC (Stage Society of Directors and Choreographers) and AEA (Actors Equity Association). Many of her former students grace the Broadway stage and work nationally and internationally in musical theatre." ]

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[ "Leave no soapstone unturned!", "Soapmaking has always been a popular craft with a dedicated group of followers, but with the explosion of urban homesteading and people looking to go green, noncrafters are now joining in on the fun. Whether it's making natural soap to live greener, give as gifts, save money, or make money,", "The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Making Natural Soaps", "has everything the new soap maker will need to create organic, natural soaps of all kinds. •Includes recipes to make a wide array of molded, poured, and liquid soaps •Contains soap recipes for body as well as household and even pets" ]

[ "About the Author", "Sally W. Trew", "is the owner of the online soap maker's supply business Apples, Woods and Berries (awbsupplies.com). Sally teaches classes on soap making and bath and body products, and creates her own recipes and soaps. Sally, with Zonella, are the authors of the book", "Soaps and Other Obsessions: Living Green and Naturally.", "Zonella B. Gould", "started her soapmaking business, Bosque Bath and Body (bosquebathandbody.com) in 2002, although she started making soap long before then." ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Home Improvement & Design" ]

[ "This book explores the influence of literacy on eleventh and twelfth-century life and though on social organization, on the criticism of ritual and symbol, on the rise of empirical attitudes, on the relationship between language and reality, and on the broad interaction between ideas and society.Medieval and early modern literacy, Brian Stock argues, did not simply supersede oral discourse but created a new type of interdependence between the oral and the written. If, on the surface, medieval culture was largely oral, texts nonetheless emerged as a reference system both for everyday activities and for giving shape to larger vehicles of interpretation. Even when texts were not actually present, people often acted and behaved as if they were.The book uses methods derived from anthropology, from literary theory, and from historical research, and is divided into five chapters. The first treats the growth and shape of medieval literacy itself. Theo other four look afresh at some of the period's major issues--heresy, reform, the Eucharistic controversy, the thought of Anselm, Abelard, and St. Bernard, together with the interpretation of contemporary experience--in the light of literacy's development. The study concludes that written language was the chief integrating instrument for diverse cultural achievements." ]

[ "Review", "\"This is a major seminal work. It clearly shows in how deep a sense the Middle Ages was by far the most literate period that Western culture had ever know.\"", "---Walter J. Ong,", "Manuscipta", "Review", "\"This is a highly original, superbly researched, and clearly written work. Its main purpose is to reassess the transformations of European thought in the eleventh and twelfth centuries on the basis of suggesting new relationship between 'oral' and 'written' cultures. Stock's book is probably the most provocative approach to understanding the eleventh and twelfth centuries since the early work of R. W. Southern.\"", "―Edward Peters, University of Pennsylvania", "From the Back Cover", "\"This is a highly original, superbly researched, and clearly written work. Its main purpose is to reassess the transformations of European thought in the eleventh and twelfth centuries on the basis of suggesting new relationship between 'oral' and 'written' cultures. Stock's book is probably the most provocative approach to understanding the eleventh and twelfth centuries since the early work of R. W. Southern.\"", "--Edward Peters, University of Pennsylvania", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "History & Criticism" ]

[ "When twenty-four-year-old British grad student Isabel Sutton takes a summer job as a nanny at former soldier Nate Byrne’s homestead in rural California, she soon discovers that her new boss is a very traditional man. He believes in strict discipline, and after negligence on her part puts his family in danger she quickly finds herself over his knee for a painful, embarrassing spanking. Though Nate’s stern chastisement comes as a shock to Isabel, in spite of her blushing cheeks and sore backside she cannot deny that the humiliating punishment awakens passions in her that she never knew existed, and before she knows it she is yearning for him to take her long and hard. Nate has barely so much as looked at another woman since his wife’s death, but when Isabel shows up on his doorstep the sweet, spunky girl calls to him in a way nothing has in years. Spanking her beautiful bottom arouses him deeply, and when he realizes the extent to which his dominance excites her, he decides it is time to give her exactly what she needs. It isn’t long before Isabel is quivering with desire and begging for more as Nate strips her bare and teaches her what it means to surrender her body to a man’s masterful touch, and life in his household feels more fulfilling with each passing day. But can a thoroughly modern girl ever truly find happiness with a firm-handed man on an old-fashioned homestead? Publisher’s Note: An Old-Fashioned Homestead is an erotic romance novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, elements of BDSM, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book." ]

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[ "Books", "Romance", "Western" ]

[ "First edition bound in black cloth. Edited and with an introduction by Des Hickey. Illustrated, collects nine stories. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket." ]

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[ "Books", "Religion & Spirituality", "Occult & Paranormal" ]

[ "Follows a family as they enjoy a summer outing in the country, from sunrise, through all the fun-filled activities of the day, to evening" ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "In a beguiling companion to last season's A Winter Day, Florian has again created a spare yet resonate mix of text and illustration. The book opens with a brilliant yellow sun rising over a city block. A family awakens early, breakfasts and sets off on a trip to the countryside. They take a dip in a swimming hole and go fishing at a small pond. After watching a rosy sunset behind a rounded hilltop, they drive back to the city. Stopping at a city park, the three children catch fireflies before they all return home under starry skies. Florian's clear line drawings, shaded with soft colored pencil and watercolor, are perfect foils for the brief, almost poetic text. This is an evocative mood piece that perfectly captures the essence of a summer day. Ages 3-5. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From School Library Journal", "PreSchool-Grade 1 On a summer day, a city family leaves the hot pavement and sweltering apartment behind and heads for the countryside and a day of cooling off in the swimming hole, fishing, and enjoying a leisurely day together. Florian's flat, full-color illustrations are filled with detail and yet are simple and uncluttered. In contrast to the muted, cool tones found in his companion volume, A Winter Day (Greenwillow, 1987) , he now uses the colors of summerbright blues, sunny yellows, and yellow greens, making readers feel the heat of the day. It's a warm, comforting story, told in rhyme, with no more than two words per pageperfect for reading to toddlers and for children just beginning to read. Trev Jones, ``School Library Journal''Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc." ]

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

[ "Covers geological and biological evolution of the earth through time. Uses major themes of plate tectonics, evolution, and time to show earth and life history as one interrelated sequence of events. Special interest boxes highlight interesting or controversial aspects of historical geology. Second edition features a completely revised full-color art program; new chapters on Minerals and Rocks and Evolution of Primates and Humans; and multiple-choice review questions." ]

[ "About the Author", "James S. Monroe is Professor Emeritus of Geology at Central Michigan University, where he taught Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Prehistoric Life, and Stratigraphy and Sedimentology beginning in 1975 and served as chair of the Geology department. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Montana. He has coauthored several textbooks with Reed Wicander and has interests in Cenozoic geology and geologic education. Monroe now lives in Chico, California, where he remains active in geology by teaching courses to a large group of retirees.Reed Wicander is a geology professor at Central Michigan University, where he teaches Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Prehistoric Life, and Invertebrate Paleontology and was previously chair of the department. He obtained his B.A. at San Diego State University and his Ph.D. at UCLA. His main research interests involve various aspects of Paleozoic palynology, specifically the study of acritarchs, on which he has published numerous papers. He is a past president of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists and currently a councilor of the International Federation of Palynological Societies and chair of the Acritarch Subcommission of the Commission Internationale de Microflore du Paleozoique. He has coauthored several geology textbooks with James S. Monroe." ]

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

[ "Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), the premier patron-practitioner of science in sixteenth-century Europe, established a new role of scientist as administrator, active reformer, and natural philosopher. This book explores his wide range of activities, which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Christianson broadens this singular perspective by portraying him as Platonic philosopher, Paracelsian chemist, Ovidian poet, and devoted family man. From his private island in Denmark, Tycho Brahe used patronage, printing, friendship, and marriage to incorporate men and women skilled in science, technology, and the fine arts into his program of cosmic reform. This pioneering study includes capsule biographies of two dozen individuals, including Johannes Kepler, Willebrord Snel, Willem Blaeu, several artists, two bishops, a rabbi, and various technical specialists, all of whom helped shape the culture of the Scientific Revolution. Under Tycho's leadership, their teamwork achieved breakthroughs in astronomy, scientific method, and research organization that were essential to the birth of modern science. John Robert Christianson is research professor of history at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he taught history for thirty years. In 1985, Christianson was awarded the Bronze Medal of the League of Finnish-American Societies and received the Alf Mjoen Prize in 1989. In 1995, he was dubbed Knight of the Royal Norweigian Order of Merit by King Harald II. Christianson is a former fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and has held grants from the American Philosophical Society and the National Endowment of the Humanities, among others. He has traveled throughout Scandanavia and has written, edited, or translated several books about Scandanavia and Scandanavian-American topics, as well as articles in Scientific American, Isis, and other journals." ]

[ "Review", "\"Before there were island universes, there was Tycho's island, where a new kind of observatory and research institution linked a Danish island to the planets and stars. What I love best about John Christianson's book is the level of detail his scholarship probes. If you want to know who taught the incomparable Tycho his trigonometry or who engineered the hydraulic system that delivered running water to all the rooms in the castle of Uraniborg, you'll find their names and follow their lively adventures here.\" Dava Sobel, author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter\"...Christianson puts Tycho's scientific achievements in the context of the daily life, intellectual milieu, and courtly politics of the era...Christianson provides a double share of fascinating insights into the era and the career of perhaps the greatest astronomer of the pre-telescope era. A gold mine for anyone interested in one of the giants of Renaissance science.\" Kirkus\"16th century scientist Tycho Brahe receives relatively little mention in modern times: this explores his entire range of scientific activities which go beyond his better-known astronomical explorations. A well-rounded portrait of Brahe the man as well as his many scientific interests and his works on his private island is presented in a study which includes intriguing facts on his contemporaries.\" Midwest Book Review\"On Tycho's Island brims with intriguing material....\" Physics Today\"Anyone with an interest in astronomy or the history of science will enjoy this tale, thanks to Christianson's lively style and thorough research.\" Dan Falk, Toronto Globe & Mail", "Book Description", "This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer." ]

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

[ "It can be challenging for budding potters to create a 3-dimensional version of a 2-dimensional drawing or image. In Pencil & Process, Jared Zehmer presents ways to help potters go from a sketch to a finished form with 26 detailed, step-by-step projects. In each chapter, Jared begins with a drawing (by illustrator Robin Ouellette) and covers every step needed to create the 3-dimensional form. Covering a variety of bowls, feet, handles, mugs, lids, knobs, and more, this book is perfect for the potter who is ready to expand their skill set beyond basic beginner forms." ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Crafts & Hobbies" ]

[ "Book 2 in the Creektown Discoveries series.", "Antique Store Owners Offer Romance Advice to a Smitten Carpenter", "Welcome to Sugarcreek, Ohio, where the Amish schoolteacher has a determined admirer. Tragically losing her parents as a child, Lisa Miller has grown up being afraid of loving and losing. She dedicates herself to teaching at an Amish schoolhouse and helping the grandparents who raised her, all the while avoiding the advances of newcomer Paul Herchberger. Paul enjoys antiques and meets Orley Troyer while looking for unique old milk bottles at yard sales. Orley and his wife offer prayers and advice as Paul tries to reach Lisa’s closed heart. But when secrets are revealed, will Lisa use them as an excuse to close herself off again?" ]

[ "About the Author", "New York Times", "bestselling and award-winning author Wanda E. Brunstetter is one of the founders of the Amish fiction genre. She has written more than 100 books translated in four languages. With over 11 million copies sold, Wanda's stories consistently earn spots on the nation's most prestigious bestseller lists and have received numerous awards. Wanda’s ancestors were part of the Anabaptist faith, and her novels are based on personal research intended to accurately portray the Amish way of life. Her books are well-read and trusted by many Amish, who credit her for giving readers a deeper understanding of the people and their customs. When Wanda visits her Amish friends, she finds herself drawn to their peaceful lifestyle, sincerity, and close family ties. Wanda enjoys photography, ventriloquism, gardening, bird-watching, beachcombing, and spending time with her family. She and her husband, Richard, have been blessed with two grown children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. To learn more about Wanda, visit her website at", "www.wandabrunstetter.com", "." ]

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

[ "Larry's Ellison's America's Cup team was down 1-8. New Zealand needed just one more win. Oracle ultimately beat back the odds in what's been called the greatest comeback in sport. But was it? G. Bruce Knecht set out to investigate how Oracle turned things around and, most particularly, the source of extra horsepower that seemed to come from nowhere during the final races. What he discovered was that the team was using a sailing technique that was prohibited under the rules.", "The Comeback", "is a pulse-pounding account of Oracle's desperate stop-at-nothing campaign.G. Bruce Knecht, a former staff reporter and foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, is the author of three books, including The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race. Larry Ellison was a major character in that book as well and it explains how his experience in the race led to his pursuit of the America's Cup. A sailor himself, Knecht raced across the Atlantic in 2005 on the yacht that broke the 100-year-old transatlantic race record.Cover design by Charles Rue Woods." ]

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

[ "Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater’s multi-award-winning food memoir ‘Toast’, this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are the British at Table.", "The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any other country. Once something that was never discussed in polite company, it is now something with which the nation is obsessed. But are we at last developing a food culture or are we just going through the motions?", "‘Eating for England’ is an entertaining, detailed and somewhat tongue-in-cheek observation of the British and their food, their cooking, their eating and how they behave in restaurants, with chapters on – amongst other things – dinner parties, funeral teas, Indian restaurants, dieting and eating whilst under the influence.", "Written in Nigel Slater’s trademark readable style, ‘Eating for England’ highlights our idiosyncratic attitude towards the fine art of dining.", "Nigel Slater's book 'A Cook’s Book' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 20-12-2021." ]

[ "Review", "'Like Slater's joyous descriptions of toast, this book is warm, buttery and just a bit crusty. But his love for these disregarded foods transforms them from throwaway childhood confections into family retainers.' F.T. Magazine", "'This is food writing with a masterchef. As ever, Slater is also very funny; why, indeed, do the British puddings syllabub, flummery, blancmange sound like they are being enunciated under water?' The Times", "'Slater is one of our most talented cookery writers.’ Daily Telegraph", "'A joyously tongue-in-cheek nostalgic mix…yum, yum.' Jenny Uglow, Sunday Telegraph", "About the Author", "Nigel Slater is one of Britain’s most highly regarded food writers. His beautifully written prose, warm personality and unpretentious, easy-to-follow recipes have won him a huge following. He writes an award winning weekly column in the ‘Observer’ and edits their ‘Food Monthly’ supplement, and he is a regular contributor to Sainsbury’s ‘The Magazine’." ]

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[ "Books", "History", "Europe" ]

[ "The landmarks of Omaha's past reveal a history of industry, innovation and change. The Hotel Fontenelle, the Omaha Athletic Club and the Medical Arts Building disappeared in the wake of changes remaking downtown after World War II. Jobbers Canyon, a vital part of the city's wholesale district, was sacrificed to ConAgra's headquarters. Peony Park closed as suburban sprawl prevented its expansion, and changing leisure patterns took residents farther away for their amusement park experience. The stockyards finally closed in 1999, ending a long chapter in Omaha's history. Author and historian Janet R. Daly Bednarek charts the legacy of Omaha's lost history through its landmarks." ]

[ "About the Author", "Janet R. Daly Bednarek was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up in the Cathedral (now called Midtown) neighborhood, attending St. Cecilia's grade school and Cathedral High School. With a major in history, she graduated from Creighton University and then went to the University of Pittsburgh for her PhD. After a brief stint as a public historian working for the United States Air Force, she joined the faculty at the University of Dayton in 1992. Her classes include American Urban History, History of American City Planning and History of American Aviation. She has published four books, including her first, based on her dissertation, The Changing Image of the City: Planning for Downtown Omaha, 1945-1973. Her latest book, Airports, Cities and the Jet Age, came out in 2016. She lives with her husband in Centerville, Ohio." ]

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

[ "“Sentenced to Mate” is a story of a young girl from Ukraine, blonde-haired, blue-eyed Maria and the other girls in her small village, who grew up dreaming of a happy life. Life was hard under communist rule, but there was always hope. Everything changed when the war brought the Nazi army to Maria’s village. Taken forcefully from her family as a teenager, Maria was sent to work for “Great Germany.” Because of her beautiful blue eyes and blond hair, Maria has forced into the Lebensborn program the program that was created to produce pure Aryan child for a Master Race - Great Germany. This fascinating account of the atrocities and brutalities she and many others like her endured may seem like fiction because it is so hard to believe. “Sentenced to Mate” is also the story of thousands of female victims of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during and after World War II. The tragic life of war was the only life these young girls knew. They were forced into sex slavery, sexual abuse, and mass executions and assaulted with sterilization, humiliation, hunger, fear, pain, and rape. Authorities looked the other way, renaming the rapes “satisfying the needs of men.” Azalia wrote this to break the long silence of victims like Maria whose stories were never told. Most of them were too ashamed to even tell family or friends how they were forced to use their bodies to survive and of the pain and humiliation that would scar them deeply forever." ]

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

[ "Most books dealing with North American Indigenous peoples are exhaustive in coverage. They provide in-depth discussion of various culture areas which, while valuable, sometimes means that the big picture context is lost. This book offers a corrective to that trend by providing a concise, thematic overview of the key issues facing Indigenous peoples in North America, from prehistory to the present. It integrates a culture area analysis within a thematic approach, covering archaeology, traditional lifeways, the colonial era, and contemporary Indigenous culture. Muckle also explores the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and anthropologists with rigor and honesty. The result is a remarkably comprehensive book that provides a strong grounding for understanding Indigenous cultures in North America." ]

[ "Review", "Muckle's volume serves as a basic, primer-like introduction to the Indigenous peoples of North America, the academic study of these people, and some of the issues that contemporary Indigenous populations face. As such, it is a good starting point for educating the general public about the people who were here prior to colonization. Used in conjunction with ethnographies, case studies, or a reader dealing with specific Indigenous cultures, it is a useful tool for instructors and students in a variety of disciplines. -- Joe Watkins, Director, Native American Studies Program, University of Oklahoma", "Indigenous Peoples of North America", "is robust and thorough. It overturns stereotypes by contextualizing Indigenous cultures both in the history of North America and in the tradition of anthropological investigation, leaving readers with a strong awareness of the diversity of cultures. The supplementary material, including texts of historical documents, excerpts of legislation pertaining to research with Indigenous peoples, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, augments a text which is much denser than implied by its brevity. -- Thomas McIlwraith, Douglas CollegeI am delighted with the text and look forward to assigning it to my students. I appreciate the non-controversial approach Muckle takes towards some of the key issues in contemporary Aboriginal/Native American and dominant culture relations. As a First Nations scholar, I have the luxury of being more assertive about my positions and this text will be important in establishing a baseline position from which to engage students in debating opposing positions. There are many other things to recommend this book: the anthropological perspective, the concise approach, the primary documents included in the Appendix, but what I most appreciate is the resistance to using the culture area approach as the main organizing feature. I have been using a similar thematic approach, and this text is a welcome supplement to the more critical texts I use in my classes.", "Indigenous Peoples of North America", "will be a handy reference for undergraduates seeking to understand key concepts in anthropology and First Nations/Native American Studies. It will also serve as a good starting point for undertaking additional research in this critical area of study. -- Bernard Perley, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee", "About the Author", "Robert J. Muckle", "is a professor of anthropology and archaeology at Capilano University. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including", "Introducing Archaeology", "and", "Through the Lens of Anthropology", "." ]

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

[ "This third edition of the bestseller Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management & Welfare has been fully revised and updated making it an essential handbook for all those working with animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986. Designed to be a practical reference book, it covers every area of animal care and aims to improve animal welfare through best practice and refinement of techniques. It covers principles applicable to all species, including training of licensees, the regulatory framework, euthanasia, management of pain and stress, anaesthesia and surgery, and also includes specific sections on biology and husbandry." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "This third edition of the bestseller Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management & Welfare has been fully revised and updated making it an essential handbook for all those working with animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986. Designed to be a practical reference book, it covers every area of animal care and aims to improve animal welfare through best practice and refinement of techniques. It covers principles applicable to all species, including training of licensees, the regulatory framework, euthanasia, management of pain and stress, anaesthesia and surgery, and also includes specific sections on biology and husbandry.", "About the Author", "Sarah Wolfensohn and Maggie Lloyd" ]

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

[ "Roy Hession seeks to renew the tired Christian’s spiritual fervor by magnifying the glorious truths of the gospel. He does this through ten detailed word studies, where he investigates topics such as reconciliation, grace, forgiveness, cleansing, justification, repentance and glorification. At its center, the book is about “good news for bad people.”" ]

[ "About the Author", "Roy Hession, a successful evangelist in England, knew he had lost the power of the Spirit in his life, a terrible feeling as he led his evangelistic campaigns. In 1947, Hession met leaders of the East African Church, which was then experiencing a sweeping revival, and recognized his deep personal need. It was like starting the Christian life all over again as he came humbly to the cross. The principles which the Lord taught him were first published in 1950 as 'The Calvary Road' which is now available in over seventy languages." ]

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

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

[ "You may already know your birthstone, but you may be surprised to learn that there are several other stones associated with your birth chart. Whether you are looking for profound soul growth, healing or help with everyday decisions, this book will show you how to select the right zodiac crystals for you. Learn how to maximize your potential, balance your emotions, overcome challenges and emotional blocks, understand the effect of your past lives, develop your intuition and boost your self-confidence." ]

[ "About the Author", "Judy Hall is an author, astrologer, psychic, healer, broadcaster and workshop leader. She is a tutor with the London School of Astrology and has been a karmic counselor and astrology tutor for over thirty years. Her previous titles include", "The Crystal Bible, Past Life Astrology", "and", "The Illustrated Guide to Astrology." ]

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[ "Books", "Religion & Spirituality", "New Age & Spirituality" ]

[ "“DiCamillo effortlessly slips back into the comfortable rhythms of Mercy’s world, infusing every chapter with subdued wit, warmth, and heart.” —", "Publishers Weekly", "(starred review)", "Yippie-i-oh! Saddle up for the first in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo’s", "New York Times", "best-selling Mercy Watson books. Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse—until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it's love at first sight. Join Leroy, Maybelline, and everyone's favorite porcine wonder, Mercy, for some hilarious and heartfelt horsing around on Deckawoo Drive." ]

[ "Review", "DiCamillo … has always been at her best when dwelling on the good and the bad in relationships between humans and animals, and Van Dusen knows precisely how best to present Leroy to us.—The New York Times Book ReviewKate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen strike gold again with this charming addition to the Mercy Watson story-verse. ... As with her Mercy Watson books, DiCamillo manages something extremely difficult in an early reader series—a delicious sense of language that is playful and poetic while also staying accessible and appropriate.", "Leroy Ninker Saddles Up", "is full of immensely likable characters, unexpected plot twists and humor that will appeal equally to kids and adults. Chris Van Dusen's personality-filled illustrations perfectly complement the writing, making this a very enjoyable read-aloud.—Shelf Awareness (starred review)DiCamillo effortlessly slips back into the comfortable rhythms of Mercy’s world, infusing every chapter with subdued wit, warmth, and heart. Van Dusen matches the text stride-for-stride, delivering caricatured spot art and full-page scenes of the Pinocchioesque Leroy and the four-toothed, spaghetti-loving Maybelline, who Leroy comes to consider “the most splendiferous horse in all of creation.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)DiCamillo’s quirky, eccentric characters speak in flowery sentiments and employ charming wordplay. Along with Van Dusen’s well-matched illustrations, there’s a sweet, retro innocence reminiscent of McCloskey’s classic \"Homer Price.\" Despite the old-fashioned accent, the absurdities will easily appeal to a modern audience. Filled with love and kindness and glorious sweet-talk: “Yippee-i-oh.”—Kirkus ReviewsFans of Mercy Watson will delight in meeting Maybelline, a horse who loves to hear the melody of pretty words, likes the company of others, and enjoys spaghetti noodles. ... Van Dusen’s black-and-white cartoon pictures provide a lighthearted humor that makes the book a good choice for transitioning readers. Character driven, this fast-paced story is sure to please. A fun new edition to the cast and crew of “Mercy Watson.”—School Library JournalDiCamillo’s use of inventive and colorful language and Van Dusen’s stylized gouache illustrations make this story click; give this to graduates of the earlier series looking for a bit more of a challenge.—BooklistSpot art, full-page art, and double-page spreads with Van Dusen’s characteristic shiny-faced characters infuse the plot with extra energy and expression. Part cowboy story and part pet love story, this multi-layered tale beautifully balances comically exaggerated details and true spirit. Mercy Watson fans will enjoy being back in the saddle in this slightly more advanced spin-off.—The Horn BookReaders will have a hootenanny of a good time as this rookie cowboy learns to deal with these characteristics, and they’ll be especially pleased to find that the pair’s adventures (or misadventures) land them back on Deckawoo Drive meeting up with a few familiar faces from the Mercy Watson series, including that toast-loving pig. The text is lengthier here than in those books and the sentence structure more complicated, but there’s still the same skillful use of repetition, goofball humor, and easy accessibility. Mercy fans will be quick to cowboy up to this title.—Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksNewbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo has incorporated characters from her popular Mercy Watson series into this charmer. ... Readers who love horses, cowboy fiction, DiCamillo, buttered toast, and the Mercy Watson series will enjoy this title.—Library Media ConnectionFans of DiCamillo's popular Mercy Watson series, rejoice! ... Short, colorful sentences make this a surefire hit, either as a book for younger readers or a family read-aloud. Van Dusen's retro, hilarious caricatures are perfect.—Plain DealerThis transitional reader offers witty wordplay, a creative storyline, and endearing characters. ... DiCamillo’s brilliant use of descriptive language and character development coupled with a heartfelt message about friendship make this a must-have for the classroom.—Reading Today OnlineColorful cowboy slang and silly caricatures multiply the laughs and together convey the 'yippie-i-oh' happiness at the heart of what becomes a love story.—The San Francisco Chronicle", "About the Author" ]

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

[ "On assignment in Vienna, photographer Ian Jarrett falls desperately in love with a woman he meets by chance, Marian Esguard. Back in England, he breaks up with his wife and goes to meet Marian at an agreed rendezvous. Marian fails to show.Searching desperately for her, he stumbles on a Dorset churchyard full of the gravestones of dead Esguards. He also meets a psychotherapist, Daphne Sanger. She too is looking for someone: a former patient who has come to believe she is the reincarnation of Marion Esguard, who lived in Regency times and, it emerges, may have invented photography ten years before Fox Talbot. But if so, why is she unknown to history? And where is the woman he met in Vienna? Ian sets out to solve a mystery that may be 170 years old. At the end of his search a trap awaits him. There is a twist at the end of", "Caught in the Light", "that is Robert Goddard's most cunning to date." ]

[ "Review", "''A literally spellbinding foray into the real-life game of truth and consequences.'' --", "The Times", "''When it comes to duplicity and intrigue, Goddard is second to none. He is a master of manipulation... a hypnotic, unputdownable thriller.\" --", "Daily Mail", "About the Author", "ROBERT GODDARD was born in Hampshire and read History at Cambridge. His first novel,", "Past Caring", ", was an instant bestseller. Since then his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting. His first Harry Barnett novel,", "Into the Blue", ", was winner of the first WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award and was dramatized for TV, starring John Thaw." ]

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

[ "While scuba diving near Malta, a young couple discovers a body buried in the sand beside the wreck of an ancient sailing ship. A brilliant but ruthless general is appointed director of the world’s foremost intelligence agency. In London, scientists analyze a mysterious device so technologically advanced that it threatens the global balance of power and challenges human understanding of the fourth dimension. Five of Pakistan’s most advanced nuclear weapons are stolen. A former U.S. Army officer takes over an elite, multi-national team to find the weapons before it’s too late." ]

[ "About the Author", "Chuck Ervin is a Navy veteran, engineer, author, and former senior executive of Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, TRW, DynCorp, and G4S. During his career in the defense industry, he met government officials, members of ruling families, diplomats, and senior military officers in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His travels have taken him to military installations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. His broad knowledge of geopolitical and military affairs is evident in The Defection of Nahbi, and he is currently working on the second novel in the series." ]

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

[ "(Music Sales America). This book has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you play your acoustic guitar. Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with backing tracks! In one great book you get: an easy-to-understand guitar course packed with practical advice and \"how to\" pictures; easy-to-play exercises focusing on fingerpicking, strumming, chord progressions, advice on technique, the use of capos, and much more. David Harrison's expert guidance will fast-track you from novice to confident player in no time. Audio is downloaded using the unique code included with each book." ]

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

[ "A fan's book on international skating stars -- today's best and tomorrow's brightest", "Figure skating has burst back onto the international sports scene, following a series of unfortunate judging controversies. There is a fresh crop of skaters who are jumping higher, skating faster and pushing artistic and technical boundaries like never before. The figure skating revolution includes new rules plus new countries in competition, and sees women once again landing the triple axel. The budding rivalries in both the men's and women's competitions have rejuvenated this riveting sport that commands prime time television for months.", "Figure Skating Today", "showcases the skaters during the events of the 2006-07 season, including the Grand Prix Finals, the Europeans and the Four Continents, and the 2007 World Championships in Tokyo.", "An exciting look at the current crop of today's top international champs and those on the road to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games,", "Figure Skating Today", "covers such international stars as:", "Kimmie Meissner", "Kimmie Meissner", "Mao Asada", "Mao Asada", "Jeffrey Buttle", "Jeffrey Buttle", "Stéphane Lambiel", "Stéphane Lambiel", "Jessica Dubé and Bryce Davison.", "Jessica Dubé and Bryce Davison.", "With its action photos, behind-the-scenes stories and fascinating statistics,", "Figure Skating Today", "is a book for every skating fan." ]

[ "Review", "[Milton] reviews performances at the 2007 international competitions, providing more trivia about placements than even diehard enthusiasts might want.... Where the book shines, however, is in the exceptional photos by Gérard Châtaigneau, which show the glamorous costumes in detail never available to those watching on television or in an arena. On their own, they are worth the price of the book. (Carol Jankowski", "The Record (Kitchener, ON)", "2008-01-12)This non-fiction title is nothing less than stunning in its presentation. Full colour throughout, Chataigneau's photography is fabulous, giving us images rich in expression as well as movement. The format of the book is excellent... This title is a must-have for any library that has readers interested in winter sports and skating. Readers from fourth grade to adult will find it jam packed with statistics and the story behind them. (Linda Aksomitis", "Resource Links, vol.13, no. 4", ")Steve Milton shows you the best new figure skaters from around the world with stunning color photographs on each page, along with a brief biography. If you're a fan, you'll want to page through this book all season long to check on the backgrounds of these amazing athletes. (", "Rainbo Electronic Reviews", "2008-01-01)", "About the Author", "Gérard Châtaigneau", "is a sports photographer and former figure skater. He has been photographing figure skating for over 25 years, including all Olympic Games and World Championships since 1988, and contributed to", "Figure Skating Now!", "Steve Milton", "is a sports columnist and the author of nine books on figure skating. Covering international skating since 1980, he has attended and reported on six Winter Olympic Games and more than a dozen World figure skating championships.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Excerpted from the Introduction", "Miki Ando, the final skater of the season, stared up at the scoreboard, her face in a state of suspended animation. 'While the crowd clapped in unison, she hung frozen between exhausted relief and whatever would happen next.", "Suddenly her marks, the last scores of the year, appeared in an electronic flash: personal bests of 125.85 points in the freeskate, and 195.09 overall. Beneath them, the most important number of her young life. In Japanese:", "iti", ". In English:", "one", ". Universal translation:", "world champion", ".", "As the reality struck her, Ando broke into syncopated sobs, and she pressed both hands to her face, a rivulet of tears streaking first one cheek, then the other. The 19-year-old jumping pioneer hugged her coach Nikolai Morozov so hard, she drenched his dark suit coat. She could not control her crying, even as she was being interviewed on the spot for the benefit of the crammed stands at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. She tried to answer a question and would get only a few words out before the tears would force her to take a deep breath.", "Less than a year after her controversial selection to the Japanese Olympic team, subsequent 15th-place finish and being roasted in the national press, Miki Ando was the champion of the most anticipated event at the most important world championship ever held in Japan. She had beaten the two sensational 16 year olds who dominated all the pre-Worlds attention, teammate Mao Asada and South Korea's Yu-Na Kim. And now that the almost unbearable pressure was over -- if only to be reborn again, like a perennial flower, in a few weeks -- her tears, of joy and of remembered pain, released it.", "\"I did not expect that I could win,\" she said through tears.", "In figure skating, there are always tears.", "That's half the reason they call the area where skaters wait for their marks the Kiss 'n' Cry. And there's usually a lot more crying than kissing.", "But the 2007 world championship, which confirmed a dramatic eastward shift in skating's power balance, was an even wetter Worlds than most. There was more spontaneous emotion among the winners, and there will continue to be more as the sport heads to Vancouver's 2010 Olympics. That's because skaters can no longer absolutely expect a certain result. They cannot prepare their body language or their victory speech in advance, because there is no understood and accepted pecking order. You must skate, and skate well, on the day - or you will lose. When skaters do perform well, and do win, they are drained to exhaustion with no defense against overwhelming feelings.", "Forty-eight hours before Ando's emotional celebration, there had been an even more graphic spilling of tears. Daisuke Takahashi, Ando's mercurial countryman, won the freeskate to capture the silver medal, the best finish by a Japanese man in the history of the world championships. Overcome by the magnitude of the performance of his life, he sobbed uncontrollably for several minutes, as the partisan crowd cheered lustily, smashing the old stereotype of the quietly appreciative Japanese audience. Takahashi had played to the crowd, and the crowd to him.", "\"I heard the roaring cheers from the audience when I was getting tired, so I just tried to respond and complete the program,\" he said.", "What a response. He landed a quad, with a slight touch of the hand to the ice -- his only mistake in four-and-a-half minutes of dynamic brilliance and eight triples. At the end, amid the deafening applause, he could not contain himself, and broke down.", "Once again, the human towel was Nikolai Morozov, who works with both Ando and Takahashi, and dozens of others, half a world away in Simsbury, Connecticut.", "The night before Takahashi's tearful reaction, observant fans could detect a dew drop or two on the normally impassive face of coach Bin Yao. The architect of China's wall of dominance in the pairs discipline, Yao was a member the first pairs team to represent China 27 years earlier, and he had been humiliated by a lack of preparation and an inability to compete. When his exemplary students Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao skated off the ice and likely into retirement, with their third world championship and a long, loving, standing ovation, Yao shed a subtle tear. The awkward kids he had nurtured and driven for 15 difficult years were now mature adults, and they were leaving the Kiss 'n' Cry, probably for the last time. They were leaving as multiple champions, and their logical heirs were also Chinese: either 2006 world champions Qing Pang and Jian Tong, or daredevil youngsters Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang.", "In 1980, as Bin Yao and Bo Luan made China's pairs debut at Worlds, their first of three consecutive last-place finishes, Asia had won just two world championship medals: bronzes by Japan's Emi Watanabe in 1979 and Minoru Sano two years earlier. But in 2007, two-thirds of the nine available medals in the men's, women's and pairs' events went to Asian countries: three to Japan, two to China, one to South Korea.", "Bin Yao, who had been there for the worst, was now watching the best, Shen and Zhao, bid farewell. No wonder he was moved.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Biographies" ]

[ "Maddie and Kitty love to go and read books to the children at the local library. One day Al, Sal, and all their animal friends decide to follow and watch. They notice that Dewey, the library dog, slips into a secret room. When all the children follow Dewey, Maddie and Kitty have no one left to read to! Curious, Al, Sal and their pals set out to learn what is happening in THE SECRET ROOM!", "The Secret Room", "was inspired by the real life Reading Dogs who do wonderful work in libraries all around America, helping children to develop a confidence and love of reading. Nancy Gee was delighted to discover reading dogs at work in her own local libraries while she was doing readings for her first two books,", "The Secret Drawer", "and", "The Secret Path", ", and the idea for", "The Secret Room", "was born!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Nancy Gee", "'s journey into writing started not long after an unknown animal got into her sock drawer, only to be discovered by the family cat. Her grandsons loved having her tell and retell that story, and challenged her to write a book.", "''When I published 'The Secret Drawer', I knew this was the start of a new chapter in my life.'' The Secret book series with each book based on a true event has proved to be an enormous success both in the U.S. as well as internationally.", "For more than thirty years, Nancy has owned and operated Maywood Industries, a wood fabrication company that sells industrial lumber and related building materials. Her entrepreneurial skills and drive have served her well in her publishing endeavours, as has her philanthropic work both with foundations as well as corporations. Nancy is a graduate of Drake University and lives in the Chicago area." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Animals" ]

[ "Finding Courage...", "Just when eight-year-old Hazel and her little sister, Bess, get the green light from their grandparents to use the time machine again, they run into a problem.", "Their mother wants them to play with the kid next door. He’s not very nice. He steals Bess’s frog, and Hazel can’t find the courage to stop him. Is Bess so upset that she’ll use the time machine by herself? Will their mother find out they’ve been using it?", "The third stop on this time travel adventure is to 1849 to meet Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad and learn that courage sometimes means taking the hard road in order to help everyone get on the right road.", "Books in this series:", "Secrets:", "First stop: 1738 to meet a young George Washington, and learn that the qualities of leadership can show up at any age.", "Never Give Up:", "Second stop: 1879 to meet Thomas Edison, and learn that success often includes failure, and lots of it. The trick is to never give up.", "Courage:", "Third stop: 1849 to meet Harriet Tubman and learn that courage sometimes means taking the hard road in order to help everyone get on the right road.", "Teamwork:", "Fourth stop: 1916 to meet Marie Curie during WWI, and learn that we can all reach new heights when we all work together to get there." ]

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

[ "In a literary tour de force, Charles L. Mee Jr. interweaves images and impressions from his life with political reflections inspired by a meeting with former Nixon aide H. R. Haldeman. The meeting—to discuss the possibility of collaborating with Haldeman on a book about his White House experience—becomes the vehicle for Mee’s probing of his own political perceptions.Here, exposed to the scrutiny of an unsparing journalistic eye, are the deep feelings of loss and failure that the Nixon debacle engendered in those Americans who came of age during Kennedy’s “Camelot” and marched to the anti-Vietnam anthems of the Johnson era.Mee writes with moving authenticity of his Midwest-Catholic boyhood and family roots reaching back to the Plymouth settlement; he vividly recounts the physical and psychological pain of a near-fatal battle with polio at age fourteen and his intellectual awakening during convalescenceBut the most pivotal reminiscences are of his student years at Harvard and his experiences aas an editor/writer/activist in the 1960s. There is wonderment and bewilderment in Mee’s telling of this time. Along with others of his generation, he asks: “What happened? Who were the real betrayers of the dream?”" ]

[ "Review", "A Visit to Haldeman and Other States of Mind articulates the real wounds that Watergate inflicted on the American psyche. Charles Mee speaks for millions of Americans who silently mourn their loss of innocence while trying to make the pieces come together again. ―", "Business Week", "About the Author", "Charles L. Mee, Jr. is the author of numerous books, including Meeting at Potsdam and The Ohio Gang: The World of Warren G. Harding. A celebrated playwright, he is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award in drama from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and two OBIE awards. He lives in New York City." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Historical" ]

[ "Bengali, an official language of Bangladesh and India, is the seventh most-spoken language in the world, with nearly 230 million total speakers. Travelers who like to venture off the beaten path are sure to find adventure and lush natural beauty in Bangladesh. The country is home to a World Heritage Site mangrove forest, Bengal tigers, tropical rain forests, and relics of ancient Buddhist civilizations. This bilingual dictionary and phrasebook contains all the essential language that a traveler to Bangladesh or West Bengal needs to communicate. The dictionary offers instant access to key words, while the phrasebook covers topics including introductions, travel, accommodations, and sight-seeing. A concise grammar section provides an overview of the language. This is the only Bengali phrasebook available. It features 4,000 dictionary entries. Simple phonetics included for all Bengali words. It is perfect for travelers, businesspeople, and foreign aid workers." ]

[ "About the Author", "Hanne-Ruth Thompson is a specialist on Bengali language structures with many years of experience of teaching Bengali at SOAS in London. She is author of Bengali: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge), Bengali published by John Benjamins in Amsterdam, and Beginner's Bengali with Audio CD, Bengali Dictionary & Phrasebook, and Bengali Practical Dictionary, all published by Hippocrene Books." ]

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[ "Books", "Reference", "Foreign Language Study & Reference" ]

[ "“Journey Through the Eyes of a Teen Mom” is the testimony of LaShonda McGee Alexis and the many tests encountered while on the path of finding her purpose as a 16 year-old mother. Imagine on one side people saying you won’t become anything, but, on the other hand, people are cheering you on and not condemning you for a mistake. In this book, LaShonda shares her wilderness path of finding herself, discovering her purpose and understanding the promise found through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Through her eyes, she also shares the importance of self-love and gaining clarity of one’s purpose. While talking from a perspective and to teen moms, this book is also a blueprint for the woman who wants to heal from the past, live with purpose, and thrive with God toward their future." ]

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[ "Books", "Parenting & Relationships" ]

[ "Clare Harrigan and her girlfriends are delighted when their childhood friend, Addie Halls, returns to Amelia Bay. She has left a hectic, but successful, career behind and is ready to embrace a calmer, new life. Addie slipped away under a dark cloud twenty years earlier, and unfortunately not everyone celebrates her return to their charming town. Heart-breaking secrets churn beneath the surface of this quiet community, nestled along the shores of Puget Sound, in the awe-inspiring Pacific Northwest. The secrets reach their boiling point. The result is death. Clare and her friends have to prove to the Chief of Police he has a murder on his hands and not, as he believes, an accident. The First of September is the beginning of a series of cozy mysteries centered around potter, Clare Harrigan, and her friends. These clever, thoughtful, and caring women pop off the pages drawing you into their captivating world." ]

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

[ "ALERT:", "Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you", "select the correct ISBN", ". Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition,", "you may need a CourseID", ", provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products.", "Packages", "Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase.", "Used or rental books", "If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code.", "Access codes", "Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase.", "-- A practice-oriented learning system that breaks the traditional textbook mold. To help readers focus on the most important concepts—and effectively practice application of those concepts—", "Foundations", "of Economics", "is structured around a Checklist/Checkpoint system. The result is a patient, confidence-building textbook that prepares readers to use economics in their everyday life, regardless of what their future career will be." ]

[ "About the Author", "Robin Bade was an undergraduate at the University of Queensland, Australia, where she earned degrees in mathematics and economics. After a spell teaching high school math and physics, she enrolled in the PhD program at the Australian National University, from which she graduated in 1970. She has held faculty appointments at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, at Bond University in Australia, and at the Universities of Manitoba, Toronto, and Western Ontario in Canada. Her research on international capital flows appeared in the \"International Economic Review\" and the \"Economic Record.\" Robin first taught the principles of economics course in 1970 and has taught it (alongside intermediate macroeconomics and international trade and finance) most years since then. She developed many of the ideas found in this text while conducting tutorials with her students at the University of Western Ontario. Michael Parkin studied economics in England and began his university teaching career immediately after graduating with a BA from the University of Leicester. He learned the subject on the job at the University of Essex, England's most exciting new university of the 9160s, and at the age of 30 became one of the youngest full professors. He is a past president of the Canadian Economics Association and has served on the editorial boards of the \"American Economic Review \"and the \"Journal of Monetary Economics. \"His research on macroeconomics, monetary economics, and international economics has resulted in more than 160 publications in journals and edited volumes, including the \"American Economic Review, \"the\" Journal of Political Economy, \"the\" Review of Economic Studies, \"the\" Journal ofMonetary Economics, \"and the\" Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.\" He is the author of the best-selling Addison-Wesley textbook, Economics. Robin and Michael are a wife-and-husband duo. Their most notable joint research created the Bade-Parkin Index of central bank independence and spawned a vast amount of research on that topic. They don't claim credit for the independence of the new European Central Bank, but its constitution and the movement toward greater independence of central banks around the world were aided by their pioneering work. They are dedicated to the challenge of explaining economics ever more clearly to an ever-growing body of students." ]

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