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[ "\"Few authors have done as well in bringing these beloved and familiar characters to life. Donald Thomas masterfully evokes the flavor of Doyle‘s original stories of the great detective.\"―", "Publishers Weekly", "“Have you ever seen a ghost, Mr. Holmes?“ asks Victoria Temple, and Sherlock Holmes, at the height of his powers in 1898, must face a new challenge, one that plunges the great detective into the realm of the supernatural. Miss Temple has been found guilty―but also insane―at her trial for murdering a child under her care. She is locked away in the Broadmoor lunatic asylum, and worse still, she believes fully in her own guilt. But were the hauntings at the Elizabethan manor house of Bly a vision of the walking dead, perhaps, rather than delusions of her tormented mind? Or could it be that a criminal conspiracy is to blame for the psychic phenomena, as well as a second murder cunningly concealed in the past? In the company of Dr. Watson, the indefatigable Holmes will track down the perpetrators through the occult underworld of Victorian London. Next, on the eve of World War I, Holmes is confronted with fraud and forgery at the Royal Navy Academy in “The Case of a Boy‘s Honor,“ while back in London, behind the scenes of the Herculaneum Theatre in the Strand, “The Case of the Matinee Idol“ embroils Holmes and Watson directly in an apparent on-stage murder. How did poison get into two Shakesperean goblets when only the victim, now dead, had access to them and the most likely suspect was a mile away with an unbreakable alibi?" ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Starred Review. Henry James's The Turn of the Screw provides the inspiration for the lengthy title tale of Thomas's superb fifth collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches (after 2009's Sherlock Holmes and the King's Evil). In 1898, Holmes and Watson intervene on behalf of Victoria Temple, a governess confined to an insane asylum after a verdict of guilty but insane for the murder of 10-year-old Miles Mordaunt, who was suffocated only days after his eight-year-old sister, Flora, died of diphtheria. The accused murderess is convinced that the ghosts of a valet and her predecessor as governess were trying to seduce both children into evil. The three other selections are nearly up to the same high standard. \"The Case of a Boy's Honour,\" about a scandal at a boarding school, compels even without a murder to solve. Sherlockians will hope Thomas continues to turn out these faithful and imaginative recreations for years to come. (Dec.) (c) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From", "Booklist", "The plethora of Holmes pastiches published since the master detective retired have led him into some unlikely stuff—chasing Nazis, visiting Freud, battling Dracula. The imitators never get quite get the personality right. He’s too sarcastic or too smug, never Doyle’s gleeful hawkshaw who dazzles with deductions, then showers mercy on killers because their victims had it coming. Thomas, in his fifth Holmes volume, comes close, but his Holmes is still too thin-lipped. One of the three longish stories collected here puts Holmes into Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw,” with Quint and Miss Jessel. Brave try, but Thomas is undone by his love for research, bringing the plot to screeching stops in order to show off what he’s learned at the library. Things almost come right in “The Case of the Matinee Idol,” in which we see a Holmes who would rather play tricks with the law of England than with his own conscience. Certainly not the worst of the Doyle re-creations, this one will provide middling entertainment for those who simply must know what Sherlock’s been doing lately. --Don Crinklaw", "Review", "“With respect for the canon, deep knowledge of Victorian and Edwardian England, and the writing chops to replicate the Watsonian style, Thomas is the all-time best at Sherlockian pastiche.” -", "Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine", "About the Author", "Donald Thomas has published forty books, including poetry, fiction, biography, and true crime. A stage-play based on his work, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, was recently produced in Wales. His biography of Robert Browning was short-listed for the Whitbread Award and he received The Gregory Award from T. S. Eliot personally for his poetry collection, Points of Contact, The Execution of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the King's Evil, and Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly are all available from Pegasus Books. He lives in Bath.", "Read more" ]

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[ "While advanced practice nursing students generally have good clinical skills, many lack the clinical scholarship capabilities that are required for writing scholarly proposals. The only resource of its kind, this is a practical guide for MSN project students and DNP capstone students who must plan and organize their clinical projects into quality proposals. It provides the requisite guidelines for integrating research and best evidence with clearly communicated professional objectives. The book's \"how-to\" approach helps to demystify the organization and packaging of advanced practice clinical projects into tight proposals.", "The text includes an overview of basic scholarly approaches required for professional communication that support a diverse array of clinical project topics. Students interact with the content via ongoing prompts and questions that guide them in the kind of reflective writing that facilitates greater understanding of their projects and subsequent proposals. Chapters are organized into three broad sections with a logical flow toward completion of planning, writing, and communicating a project proposal. Each chapter is consistently organized to include objectives, tips for making proposals concise yet complete, and tools for self-assessment. Also included are key point summaries, reflective questions, and writing prompts. Additionally, the book provides plentiful checklists, five exercises that jump-start the process, examples of good writing, and additional resources for further study.", "Key Features:", "Provides topflight guidance in proposal writing for nursing capstones and clinical projects", "Provides topflight guidance in proposal writing for nursing capstones and clinical projects", "Details parameters for integrating scholarship with clearly communicated professional objectives", "Details parameters for integrating scholarship with clearly communicated professional objectives", "Contains numerous writing prompts and questions that guide students in reflective scholarly writing", "Contains numerous writing prompts and questions that guide students in reflective scholarly writing", "Includes a project triangle framework, exercises to jump-start the process, examples of good writing, reflective questions, and tools for self-assessment", "Includes a project triangle framework, exercises to jump-start the process, examples of good writing, reflective questions, and tools for self-assessment", "Offers helpful tips for making proposals concise yet complete", "Offers helpful tips for making proposals concise yet complete" ]

[ "About the Author", "Wanda Bonnel, PhD, APRN, ANEF,", "is associate professor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, Kansas.", "Katharine V. Smith, PhD, RN, CNE,", "is associate professor emeriti at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies." ]

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

[ "Studies of a single population; Multiple population studies. Multivariate Data Analysis Authors William Warren Cooley, Paul R. Lohnes Publisher Wiley, 1971 Length 364 pages statistics textbook," ]

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

[ "Features:*New! Vivid, color charts and diagrams throughout to make learning more memorable*Updated! More of the DAT tips and concepts that you need to know right now*2 full-length practice tests, with detailed explanations for every answer *Intensive science and quantitative review *Reading Comprehension practice test *Effective strategies to maximize your score *Exclusive and realistic exercises created especially for the Perceptual Ability Test", "Features:", "*New! Vivid, color charts and diagrams throughout to make learning more memorable", "*Updated! More of the DAT tips and concepts that you need to know right now", "*2 full-length practice tests, with detailed explanations for every answer", "*Intensive science and quantitative review", "*Reading Comprehension practice test", "*Effective strategies to maximize your score", "*Exclusive and realistic exercises created especially for the Perceptual Ability Test" ]

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[ "Is the Bible able to provide answers to the struggles and difficulties facing Christians at the beginning of the twenty-first century? Does it have anything realistic and genuinely helpsful to say to those who are feeeling jaded in their spiritual lives as a result of the stresses and pressures of life in a modern world? Derek Thomas gives a resounding 'yes' in response to these questions. By leading his readers through fifteen meditations on the Psalms of Ascent ( Psalms 120-134), Dr Thomas shows them that the Word of God is a rich resource, full of the practical wisdom needed to meet the challenges of life in the home, at work, in the community and at worship. This book will assist Christians in . restoring a vital relationship of worship and communion with God; . establishing the daily discipline of reading the Scriptures; . developing the habit of meditating on the Word of God and prayer; . keeping a journal which helps to apply the teaching of Scripture and records one's spiritual progress. In these pages you will find a carefully researched two-week programme designed to help you reshape and re-discipline a daily time of Bible study, meditation and prayer." ]

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

[ "\"No cryin'No dyin'No brushin' yer teeth!No stealin'No squealin' No eatin' Parrot Pete! No nappin'No scrappin'No wimpy moans or groans!No veggiesNo wedgiesNo disobeyin' Cap'n Bones!\"", "It's the pirate code! Do you pledge? Do you agree?", "Then open this book to join the crew on the", "Dragonfish of Doom", "and become a pirate of the sea!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Brandon Dorman lives in Puyallup, Washington, and is the creator of", "Pirates of the Sea!", "and", "Santa's Stowaway", ", and the illustrator of Jack Prelutsky's", "Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face", ", as well as", "Halloween Night", ", by Marjorie Dennis Murray." ]

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

[ "A frantic race to save a long-lost Traveler.An epic battle for freedom.Two brothers whose power puts them on a collision course . . .with each other.", "In", "The Traveler", ", John Twelve Hawks introduced readers to a dangerous world inspired by the modern technology that monitors our lives. Under constant surveillance of the ‘Vast Machine,’ a sophisticated computer network run by a ruthless group, society is mostly unaware of its own imprisonment. Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, brothers who were raised “off the grid,” have recently learned they are Travelers like their long-lost father— part of a centuries-old line of prophets able to journey to different realms of consciousness and enlighten the world to resist being controlled. But power affects the brothers differently. As", "The Traveler", "ends, Gabriel hesitates under the weight of responsibility. Michael seizes the opportunity—and joins the enemy.THE DARK RIVER opens in New York City with a stunning piece of news. Gabriel’s father, who has been missing for nearly twenty years, may still be alive and trapped somewhere in Europe. Gabriel and his Harlequin protector, Maya, immediately mobilize to escape New York and find the long-lost Traveler. Simultaneously, Michael orders the Brethren—the ruthless group that has been hunting Gabriel—into a full-scale search. Gabriel yearns to find his father to protect him; Michael aims to destroy the man whose existence threatens his newfound power. The race moves from the underground tunnels of New York and London to ruins hidden beneath Rome and Berlin, to a remote region of Africa that is rumored to harbor one of history’s greatest treasures. And as the story moves toward its chilling conclusion, Maya must decide if she will trade everything to rescue Gabriel. A mesmerizing return to the places and people so richly portrayed in", "The Traveler", ", THE DARK RIVER is propelled by edge-of-the-seat suspense and haunted by a vision of a world where both hope and freedom are about to disappear." ]

[ "Review", "RAVES FOR", "THE TRAVELER", "\"Page-turningly swift with a cliffhanger ending . . . John Twelve Hawks has drawn upon both pop-cultural and literary touchstones and modified them to create a cyber-", "1984", ".\"", "--The New York Times", "\"The stuff that first-rate high-tech paranoid-schizophrenic thrillers are made of.\"", "--Time", "\"Portrays a Big Brother with powers far beyond anything Orwell could imagine . . . Political prophecy is rarely such fun.\"", "--The Washington Post", "“Seductive . . . Quickly hooks you into its", "Matrix", "-esque world . . . [Let] the butt-kicking begin.”", "--USA Today", "About the Author", "John Twelve Hawks is the author of the", "New York Times", "bestseller THE TRAVELER." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Action & Adventure" ]

[ "La première étude polémique en faveur de l'œuvre de Jean-François Revel, un homme intransigeant avec la vérité qui continue à être tenu en marge de la véritable reconnaissance en France.", "Normalien, agrégé de philosophie, auteur de nombreux essais au retentissement international, journaliste ayant, notamment, dirigé L'Express, éditeur, amateur éclairé d'art et de poésie, fin gastronome : Jean-François Revel (1924-2006), de l'Académie française, fut l'un des grands acteurs de la vie intellectuelle et politique contemporaine. Sur bien des sujets auxquels cet homme d'une exceptionnelle culture s'est confronté, il a vu juste avec une rare lucidité. Dès lors, comment se fait-il que l'Université, certains médias influents et une partie de l'opinion le considéraient surtout, comme un auteur obsédé par le communisme et fasciné par l'Amérique ? Pourquoi Revel, au mépris de l'honnêteté la plus élémentaire, a-t-il été souvent ignoré et, parfois, calomnié ? Venu de la Résistance contre le nazisme, issu de la gauche démocratique, pourquoi a-t-il été catalogué comme de droite ultra-libérale et réactionnaire ? Qu'est-ce qui a pu déranger chez cet intellectuel en quête de la vérité et s'exprimant, d'abord, dans un souci de clarté ? Pour la première fois, un essai polémique tente de répondre après une longue enquête s'appuyant sur des conversations menées en toute liberté avec Jean-François Revel, sa correspondance personnelle et de nombreux témoignages, en particulier celles de Simon Leys et Mario Vargas Llosa." ]

[ "About the Author", "Pierre Boncenne, né en 1950, a été rédacteur en chef de Lire et collaborateur des émissions Apostrophes, puis Bouillon de culture. Il a publié des articles dans de nombreux journaux, dont La Nouvelle République, Géo, Le Monde de l'Education ou Prévention. Auteur de plusieurs essais parus aux éditions du Seuil, dont Les Petits poissons rouges, il a aussi conçu La Bibliothèque idéale (Le Livre de Poche)." ]

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

[ "tiptoi庐 Die Welt der Musik: mit 眉ber 600 Ger盲uschen und Texten" ]

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[ "Books", "Foreign Language Books", "German" ]

[ "This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content.", "Ever since May, Summer's aunt and good-as-a-mother for the past six years, died in the garden among her pole beans and carrots, life for Summer and her Uncle Ob has been as bleak as winter. Ob doesn't want to create his beautiful whirligigs anymore, and he and Summer have slipped into a sadness that they can't shake off. They need May in whatever form they can have her -- a message, a whisper, a sign that will tell them what to do next. When that sign comes, Summer with discover that she and Ob can keep missing May but still go on with their lives.A beloved classic about grief, gardens, and the enduring love of family." ]

[ "About the Author", "Cynthia Rylant has written more than 100 books, including", "Dog Heaven", ",", "Cat Heaven", ", and the Newbery Medal-winning novel", "Missing May", ". She lives with her pets in Oregon." ]

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[ "This open access textbook is the first to provide Business and Economics Ph.D. students with a precise and intuitive introduction to the formal backgrounds of modern financial theory. It explains Brownian motion, random processes, measures, and Lebesgue integrals intuitively, but without sacrificing the necessary mathematical formalism, making them accessible for readers with little or no previous knowledge of the field. It also includes mathematical definitions and the hidden stories behind the terms discussing why the theories are presented in specific ways." ]

[ "Review", "“The textbook is excellent for economists and financial economists who want to understand a little deeper in the Brownian motion with this soft introduction.” (Weiping Li, zbMATH 1426.91005, 2020)", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "About the Author", "Andreas Löffler", "received his postdoctoral qualification (habilitation) in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Leipzig and Free University Berlin, Germany, and has been a Professor of Banking and Finance at the Department of Finance, Accounting and Taxation of the Free University of Berlin since 2012.", "Lutz Kruschwitz", "is a Professor Emeritus of Banking and Finance at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "From the Back Cover", "This open access textbook is the first to provide Business and Economics Ph.D. students with a precise and intuitive introduction to the formal backgrounds of modern financial theory. It explains Brownian motion, random processes, measures, and Lebesgue integrals intuitively, but without sacrificing the necessary mathematical formalism, making them accessible for readers with little or no previous knowledge of the field. It also includes mathematical definitions and the hidden stories behind the terms discussing why the theories are presented in specific ways.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "Read more" ]

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

[ "Three paperback box set." ]

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[ "Books", "Religion & Spirituality", "Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts" ]

[ "Whether you want to explore the charming villages of Provence, mingle with the rich and famous in Cannes, or lounge on the beach in Nice, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Provence and the French Riviera are here to help!", "Fodor’s Provence & the French Riviera", "guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time.", "This", "new edition", "has been", "fully-redesigned", "with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos.", "Fodor’s Provence & the French Riviera", "includes:", "AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do", "AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE", "to the top things to see and do", "MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time", "MULTIPLE ITINERARIES", "to effectively organize your days and maximize your time", "MORE THAN 25 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently", "MORE THAN 25 DETAILED MAPS", "to help you navigate confidently", "COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!", "COLOR PHOTOS", "throughout to spark your wanderlust!", "UP-TO-DATE and HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS for the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, and more", "UP-TO-DATE", "and", "HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS", "for the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, and more", "PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES on “What to Eat and Drink in Provence and the French Riviera,” “The Best Villages in Provence,” and “The Best Beaches in the French Riviera”", "PHOTO-FILLED “BEST OF” FEATURES", "on “What to Eat and Drink in Provence and the French Riviera,” “The Best Villages in Provence,” and “The Best Beaches in the French Riviera”", "TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money", "TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS", "including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money", "SPECIAL FEATURES on “The Lavender Route,” “Provence Wine,” and “Famous Provence Artists”", "SPECIAL FEATURES", "on “The Lavender Route,” “Provence Wine,” and “Famous Provence Artists”", "HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, geography and more", "HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS", "providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, geography and more", "LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems", "LOCAL WRITERS", "to help you find the under-the-radar gems", "FRENCH LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases", "FRENCH LANGUAGE PRIMER", "with useful words and essential phrases", "COVERS: Arles, the Camargue, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseilles, St-Tropez, Cannes, Nice, Antibes, St-Paul-de-Vence, Monaco, and more", "COVERS:", "Arles, the Camargue, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseilles, St-Tropez, Cannes, Nice, Antibes, St-Paul-de-Vence, Monaco, and more", "Planning on visiting the rest of France? Check out", "Fodor’s Essential France", "and", "Fodor’s Paris", ".", "ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS:", "Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor’s has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at", "fodors.com/newsletter/signup", ", or follow us", "@FodorsTravel", "on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at", "fodors.com/community", "to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!", "*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition." ]

[ "Review", "“Fodor’s is pitched a few notches higher….aimed at a fairly discerning traveler with an appetite for background and the occasional surprise.” –", "New York Times", "“The Fodor’s guides are notable for their ratings of sights, restaurants, shops, accommodations and attractions.” –", "Chicago Tribune", "“In terms of comprehensiveness of coverage, the very accessible format, and the enthusiastic tone, this series remains one of the best on the market.” –", "Booklist", "“Fodor’s super-informative guidebooks are known for accuracy and attention to detail.” –", "Sacramento Bee", "“Fodor’s can help you plan the perfect adventure.” –", "Arizona Republic", "About the Author", "For over 80 years, Fodor's Travel has been a trusted resource offering expert travel advice for every stage of a traveler's trip. We hire local writers who know their destinations better than anyone else, allowing us to provide the best travel recommendations for all tastes and budget in over 7,500 worldwide destinations. Our books make it possible for every trip to be a trip of a lifetime." ]

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[ "As seen on TV, The Hedonist is the ultimate Sports and Sex Vacation Guide. Written for the guy who knows exactly what he wants, is willing to pay for it, and loves to spoils himself rotten. If you love exotic tropical getaways with Ocean Lined Golf, Deep Sea Fishing, Casinos, and pay for play girls who always say yes, this book is for you. Experience the Ultimate Fat Cat Vacations that can be pulled off on a fraternity tight budget. Get your BS stories for the old lady at home, it's time to be the fearless weekend warrior who indulges in balls to the wall hedonistic lust.", "Spring Break, Cancun, and Hedonism are for wimps. This is the Big Leagues, the Adult Disneyland. Where every guy scores hot young girls every night, and the fishing and golf stories are all real. Covering 20 tropical cities, dive headfirst into hedonist insanity in Costa Rica, Rio de Janeiro, Cabo San Lucas, from Bangkok to the Caribbean, to a dozen untarnished island paradises in South America, Asia, and Europe, where you'll be treated like a King for $25! A fascinating read written from personal experiences, in a hysterical, Maxim-like sarcastic style that seems more like a Bachelor Party conversation than a travel guide. Golf, Fishing, Gambling, Beaches, and chugging umbrella drinks with Pay for Play hotties wearing nothing but a smile. Who could ask for anything more?", "Learn the how, what, and where for all your daytime sports activities:", "Breathtaking world ranked Ocean-lined Golf Courses", "Breathtaking world ranked Ocean-lined Golf Courses", "Big Game Sportfishing with Trophy-sized Marlin and topless horny shipmates", "Big Game Sportfishing with Trophy-sized Marlin and topless horny shipmates", "Scuba diving, Windsurfing, Parasailing, Snorkeling, and Kayaking", "Scuba diving, Windsurfing, Parasailing, Snorkeling, and Kayaking", "Jungle treks, rappelling, mountain climbing, insane Level 4 Whitewater RaftingLearn the how and the where to meet your uninhibited \"dates\".Massive High Class discos where every girl is available and competes for youFull service, upscale Strip Clubs (incall/outcall), Massage Parlors and Roman TermasSports bar Brothels, Red Light Districts, Escorts, endless local nymphosTopless beaches overflowing with sexy young Island girls who ALWAYS SAY YESThe low down on the club procedures, pricing and terminology, w/local updated websites w/maps and details.What can I expect to happen on these vacations?Expect Viagra to become a favorite new food groupExpect girls to be walking with a limp after leaving your hotel roomExperience first-hand the wisdom of the famous line \"we pay them to leave.\"Discover a little late that \"Drink Canada Dry\" is just a slogan, and not a personal challengeExpect to feel 20 years younger, and to dread the day you have to returnA turnkey guide travel assistant, complete with reviews, addresses, phone numbers, and first hand field reports. Included is a must-read 30 pages of Sex Tourism 101 advice on mastering the games and psychology of the local women you'll meet. This is the taboo Bachelor's Vacation Guide that we've all been waiting for, without a single politically correct word in it. Nicknamed the Sex Bible for Men, over 200 pages of extensive, concise, well-researched advice, including tips for hotels, cabs, customs, currency, crime and scams, sightseeing advice and more. A real time and money saver. Why settle for anything but the best? Why gamble on hopes? Bet on the sure thing. The girls are waiting...", "Jungle treks, rappelling, mountain climbing, insane Level 4 Whitewater Rafting", "Learn the how and the where to meet your uninhibited \"dates\".", "Massive High Class discos where every girl is available and competes for you", "Massive High Class discos where every girl is available and competes for you", "Full service, upscale Strip Clubs (incall/outcall), Massage Parlors and Roman Termas", "Full service, upscale Strip Clubs (incall/outcall), Massage Parlors and Roman Termas", "Sports bar Brothels, Red Light Districts, Escorts, endless local nymphos", "Sports bar Brothels, Red Light Districts, Escorts, endless local nymphos", "Topless beaches overflowing with sexy young Island girls who ALWAYS SAY YES", "Topless beaches overflowing with sexy young Island girls who ALWAYS SAY YES", "The low down on the club procedures, pricing and terminology, w/local updated websites w/maps and details.What can I expect to happen on these vacations?Expect Viagra to become a favorite new food groupExpect girls to be walking with a limp after leaving your hotel roomExperience first-hand the wisdom of the famous line \"we pay them to leave.\"Discover a little late that \"Drink Canada Dry\" is just a slogan, and not a personal challengeExpect to feel 20 years younger, and to dread the day you have to returnA turnkey guide travel assistant, complete with reviews, addresses, phone numbers, and first hand field reports. 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[ "A case of theft spirals into murder in the latest intriguing Alex Quick mystery", "Former police detective Alex Quick finds it impossible to refuse when a young family friend begs for her help in discovering which of his friends is a thief. Following a dinner party he’d held at his uncle’s grand Venetian apartment, a pair of valuable items went missing, only to turn up at a London pawnbrokers. But why would a wealthy guest, a member of the glamorous Anglo-Italian jet-set, need to steal in the first place?Before Alex can discover more, one of the dinner party guests is found murdered. Could there be a connection to the theft? As she heads to Venice to pursue her investigations further, Alex receives news that another person present that night has disappeared and the case spirals into something altogether darker and deeper." ]

[ "Review", "\"Moody does a good job creating sympathetic characters\"", "―", "Publishers Weekly", "\"Aficionados of British crime fiction can't get enough, and this fresh mystery will satisfy their cravings\"", "―", "Library Journal Starred Review", "\"With a plucky, smart heroine; taut suspense; and an inventive plot, this first in a series will please a wide range of mystery buffs\"", "―", "Booklist", "About the Author", "Susan Moody was born and brought up in Oxford, and now divides her time between England and France. A former President of the International Association of Crime Writers, she is the author of numerous crime novels, including the Penny Wanawake and Cassie Swann mystery series.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Quick on the Draw", "By Susan Moody", "Severn House Publishers Limited", "Copyright © 2018 Susan MoodyAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-7278-8731-3", "CHAPTER 1", "Sandro Grainger is probably the most beautiful human being I've ever met. Or ever expect to. Sitting opposite him in the upmarket Kensington restaurant he'd chosen for this meeting, I felt as though I was lunching with a flesh-and-blood Botticelli angel. Plentiful blond-tipped brown hair pushed carelessly back from his face, skin the colour and consistency of beige satin, chocolate-brown eyes surrounded by thick gold eyelashes, a full Pre-Raphaelite mouth. Magnificent. And not in the least bit effeminate. A perfect blend of his parents: Dominic's classic Anglo-Saxon good looks mingled with Maddalena's dark Mediterranean beauty.", "I'd met them many times, since Maddalena was a cousin of my Italian brother-in-law, Carlo. I'd even spent holiday time at their villa on Corfu, along with Carlo and his wife, my sister, Meghan. The Graingers were legendarily rich. As well as Corfu, there was the house in Rome, the house in London and an apartment in New York. Plus vast tracts of southern England.", "As for Sandro, I'd known him for years, first as an adorable toddler, then as a beguiling and – mercifully – pimple-free adolescent, and then as an almost-adult in his early twenties. We went back a long way, but sadly only on an occasional and casual basis. I wasn't quite old enough to be his mother, unless I'd been knocked up by some perv. So it came as something of a surprise when he'd telephoned and asked me out for lunch. Flattered? Not really. Obviously he wanted something.", "I swallowed the last morsel of my chocolate cheesecake, wiped my mouth with my starched linen napkin and leaned back in my chair. 'OK, Sandro,' I said. 'Nitty-gritty time. So spill.'", "His eyes slid away from mine. 'Uh ...' he said.", "'Your company is delightful,' I said. 'And I've very much enjoyed our extremely good lunch. But I can't kid myself that a twenty-five-year-old guy such as yourself would seek out a woman of my age if he didn't have some kind of an agenda. Am I right?'", "He squirmed. 'Uh ...'", "'So level with me.'", "He fiddled with his water glass, then with the salt cellar in front of him. Picked up his dessert fork and put it down again. 'Thing is, Alex ...' He fell silent.", "'Yes?' I encouraged.", "'Look, I know ...' Another silence. He rootled in a pocket, brought out a small Swiss Army knife, put it back. I got the impression that he was not at ease.", "'Which is more than I do,' I said.", "'Uh ...' He cleared his throat. 'You used to be a police officer.'", "'This is true.'", "'So you must be something of a detective.'", "I smiled. 'And you want me to do some detecting on your behalf?'", "His face relaxed. He gave a half-laugh. 'Ex", "act", "ly.' He gazed round the room like someone whose troubles were finally over.", "'This is fascinating stuff, Sandro. But could you give me some further details?'", "He thought about it, then sighed. 'Yeah. I guess I have to.'", "'Otherwise there's not a whole lot I can do.'", "'I quite see that.' More nervous fiddling with salt and pepper. More twisting of the water glass.", "'Sandro!' I placed my hand on top of his. 'For goodness' sake, tell me what the problem is.'", "'OK.' He nodded fiercely to himself. 'So, earlier this year, I was staying in my Uncle Cesare's place in Venice, while he and my aunt were attending some high-level meetings in Geneva. He is the Marchese Cesare Antonio de Farnese de Peron, to give him his full title, and has this rather grand apartment in one of the", "palazzi", "along the Grand Canal. And I decided to hold a dinner party, you know, a real grown-up dinner party, to celebrate my birthday. Catered, private chef, black tie and all. My generation tends to go round in ripped jeans all the time, so I thought it would be fun to dress up a bit.' His eyes were wide with earnest sincerity, while I thought that many of his generation probably weren't able to afford much more than jeans, ripped or otherwise.", "'Sounds great. How many people did you invite?'", "'Just ten. Well, nine really, since I was one of them.' He laughed nervously. 'Was going to be eight, but at the last moment Tony – my girlfriend's brother – decided to come after all.'", "'And all went well? Nobody threw", "pasta con vongole", "at the priceless tapestries, or drew a moustache on the Contessa's portrait?'", "'Of course not!' He seemed shocked. 'My friends are all very ...", "beneducato.", "Well-bred. They know how to behave.'", "'Even well-brought-up young people can go off the rails.'", "'Of course. Anyway, the next day I had cleaners in to make sure the apartment was immaculate before my aunt and uncle came back. Naturally I'd asked my uncle's permission to hold the party, because if there's one thing I don't want to do, it's to get into Cesare's bad books. He can be ... fierce.' Sandro shuddered dramatically. 'I mean", "fierce", "!'", "'So what do you need me for?'", "'Well ...' Sandro hesitated. 'I still can't quite believe this, but I was walking down New Bond Street the other day and I noticed a ring in the window of a pawnshop. It looked exactly like a ring that has been in my uncle's family for generations – an heirloom supposed to have been given to one of my aunt's ancestors by some doge or other way back when, as a mark of his esteem or something. And then, when I looked closer, I could see that in fact it didn't just", "look", "like my uncle's ring, it", "was", "my uncle's ring – or my aunt's, to be more precise. Right there, in a", "pawn", "shop!'", "His privileged young voice displayed scorn and disbelief at the very notion. Did he have any idea of the hand-to-mouth existence led by some sectors of society? How much reliance some people placed on pawnbrokers? Or, for that matter, what a respectable history the pawnshop possessed? Didn't sound like it.", "I cleared my throat. 'Sandro, let me give you a little background here. Pawnshops are not all about furtive criminals slinking in to try and fence stolen property. Nor are they men pawning the family teapot in order to get drunk before staggering home to some sordid slum in order to beat up their wife and kids. In fact, in the United States, they're often referred to as deluxe collateral lenders. They're patronized by all sections of society, people looking for short-term loans, from high-end rollers and doctors, to lawyers and even bankers, believe it or not. And the collateral these punters offer can be as upmarket as wine collections, or fine art, or cars. Even uncut diamonds. And for your further information, Isabella of Spain used a pawnshop to finance Christopher Columbus's expedition, and whichever French king it was pawned the royal jewels to raise money for the war against Henry the Fifth. There's even a famous pawnshop which was in fact a charity.'", "'How come you know so much about it?'", "'I had to do a research project when I was at uni,' I said.", "'Well, what about", "this", "...' He choked slightly with indignation. 'A couple of days after I saw the ring, I was in an art gallery, looking for a gift for my mother, and there on the wall was a small Botticelli, a young man, head and shoulders, with a pastoral scene visible through the window behind him. Very delicate, very lovely.' He coughed. 'I couldn't believe my eyes. I went in – and again, it was my uncle's!'", "'You're sure?'", "'Well, to be honest, it was probably painted by an apprentice, rather than the master himself, but you'd have to be an expert to spot it. Anyway, it was definitely hanging in the", "salotto", "of my uncle's", "appartamento", "the night of my dinner party, because somebody said something about how much it looked like me.'", "'So what did you do?'", "'Well, naturally there was no choice. I had to buy it from the owner of the gallery. Like I did the ring from the pawnshop, earlier. And then I flew to Venice and managed to replace both objects before Uncle Cesare could return from his fundraising meetings and find them gone.'", "'Problem solved, then,' I said.", "'Not quite. First of all, it cost me a whole heap of money. Then I want to know who was responsible for stealing the two objects from Cesare's place – I mean, it more or less has to be one of my friends, don't you think?'", "I couldn't resist saying, 'In spite of them being so well-brought-up?'", "He shrugged me off. 'As you said, people can do silly things. But not as silly as stealing my uncle's prized possessions.'", "'Just off the top of your head, which of them would you suspect?'", "'I don't know.' For a moment, he gazed into the middle distance. He picked at one of the half-dozen charity wristbands on his arm – cotton weaving, beaded bands, plaited leather, crude plastic, some with words printed on them. Help for Heroes. Men's Health Awareness.", "'I like the jewellery,' I said, nodding at them. 'What the well-dressed man about town is wearing these days.'", "He flushed. 'One of Suzy's clients produces them, so she's always giving me samples to wear, in order to promote them.'", "'Love indeed.'", "'Whatevs.' He paused. 'But it's not just the thefts ...'", "'What else?' I asked, repressing the urge to sigh.", "'The problem is, Alessandra, I also urgently need to find out if anything else was taken. Because if it was, and I'm not aware, then when my uncle finds out, I shall be in very serious trouble.'", "'And how exactly do you think I can help?' The way he said my name was toe-curlingly sexy.", "'I don't know. Maybe you could go and talk to them,' he suggested.", "'And ask them if by any chance they stole a faux-Botticelli or a doge's ring? Or any other valuable trinket of that sort? Come on, Sandro, as far as they're concerned, I'm a total stranger. I can't just turn up and start interrogating them.'", "'But you're with the police.'", "'Used to be. Not any more. Besides, I don't think I'm qualified for this kind of job. Sounds to me as though you need to engage a private detective of some kind. There are plenty of them around. Look in the Yellow Pages. Or I can recommend —'", "'Alessandra, you", "must", "do this for me. I can't have any fuss made. Think of the scandal it would cause if anyone found out, the shame and dishonour it would bring to my family, to my", "mamma.", "It would be intolerable. I need absolute discretion. And then ...' He picked up his wine glass and swallowed its contents. 'I have Sicilian blood running through my veins. And as it says in the Bible,", "la vendetta è mia.", "Vengeance is mine. When I say vengeance,' he added hastily, 'I don't mean swords at midnight, or ground glass in the coffee. I just want the person responsible to suffer. Well, not suffer, exactly, but certainly to be punished in some way.'", "'I always thought vengeance was the Lord's and", "He", "was the one who would repay.'", "Sandro waved his hands about. 'That is beside the point.'", "'Would the Lord see it that way?'", "'And quite apart from anything else' – Sandro wagged a finger at me – 'to steal from your host is an appalling abuse of hospitality.'", "He sounded much as his grandfather, an Italian aristocrat renowned for his crustiness, might have done, rather than a guy in his twenties.", "'And how am I to meet these people? Let alone begin cross-examining them?'", "'I thought of that. I shall have a small gathering in my flat. To celebrate my mother's birthday. Invite all of them – plus a few others. Including my aunt and uncle, of course. Plus some people of your age.'", "'Oh,", "thank", "you, Sandro,' I said humbly.", "'Obviously also my parents and maybe a few of my colleagues from my office. And maybe your brother – he knows my parents. Would that work?'", "'It might.'", "'I'll set it up as soon as possible and let you know.'", "'Won't your friends find it a bit odd, that you're having another party so soon?'", "He shook his head. 'I don't think so. I entertain a lot. And they know that I prefer to eat at home rather than in a restaurant. Though it'll be a buffet rather than a formal sit-down dinner. Meanwhile ...' He reached into the inside breast pocket of his suit and brought out a piece of A4 paper folded into four. 'I thought you might need some more information, so here are the coordinates of the people who were at my dinner party in Venice.'", "He poured out the last of the wine while I unfolded the page he'd handed me and looked at what he'd written. A list of names, basically. 'So expand, Sandro,' I said.", "'Well, for a start, all of them have one parent who is Italian and one who is English. Like me. So they're all equally at home in either country. And they're all kind of interconnected. For instance, I went to school with Harry and Jack Jago. Fabio Wisdom is a great friend of Katy Pasqualin – their mothers are cousins. And Katy herself is one of my Aunt Allegra's nieces, so is a sort of cousin to me as well.'", "'And what does Katy do?'", "'She's the manager of an art gallery in Kensington.'", "In other words, one of those as-soon-as-my-boyfriend-proposes-I'm-outta-here sort of jobs. I could just imagine her, all designer scarves and big ethnic necklaces made of lava and seal tusks, with expensive patent leather shoes on her elegant feet.", "'She's also a bit of a championship swimmer,' continued Sandro, surprising me. 'And Fabio is a fashion designer in Milan. He's just set up his own evening gown label. Then there's Laura, who's a model. Not in the Claudia Schiffer or Cara Delevingne class yet, but on the way there. She's done quite a few shows for Fabio.'", "'And ... uh ...' I looked down at the list in my hand. 'Bianca Mondori?'", "'She works in the City. Like I do.'", "'What about your girlfriend?'", "'Suzy?'", "I scanned the sheet of paper. 'Suzy Hartley Haywood.' I knew the name because she was always in the trash mags: seen in a nightclub with Prince Harry, holidaying in a minuscule bikini in Malibu, flaunting her luscious attributes as she falls out of her dress (as the tabloids have it) at some glitzy function or other. Despite my best efforts, I could feel my lips purse. Miss Hartley Haywood didn't sound like high quality daughter-in-law material.", "'She's with a PR company,' Sandro said.", "'Makes sense.'", "'And her brother, Tony, works with his parents at their stud farm near Cheltenham.'", "'What do Harry and Jack do?'", "'They're twins. They farm. Or maybe you could call it more of a large allotment than an actual farm.' He grinned at me, showing the kind of beautiful white teeth it takes thousands of pounds to achieve. 'No, that's not fair. It's like a cottage industry, really, very small, which is how they want to keep it. They're not far from the Hartley Haywoods, as a matter of fact. They're into healthy eating, growing organic kind of stuff. Honey and fresh herbs, dodgy-looking vegetables, genuine free-range eggs, peat-raised cabbages. That sort of thing. Vegetable boxes, it's called. It's all the rage. You subscribe to their website for a year, and they deliver a big box of seasonal fresh stuff to you once or twice a week or fortnight. As often as you like.'", "'Sounds like a good idea.'", "'I'll say. They're making a packet.'", "'Your friends sound like a busy lot.'", "'They are.' Sandro's face drooped. 'I just can't believe that these thefts have anything to do with any of them.'", "'If you absolutely had to name one of them in particular, or think one of them is more capable of this theft than the others, who would it be?'", "'If I absolutely had to ...' He paused, then shook his head. 'I can't. I've known them most of my life. I'd have said they were all absolutely trustworthy.'", "'But if it was life or death ...'", "'I suppose I'd ...' He dragged the words out reluctantly. 'Tony Hartley Haywood. Suzy's brother. But only because there was some trouble at his tennis club, years ago ... He was accused of stealing somebody's engagement ring. It turned up again, but people said that was only because he got scared he'd be found out, so he dropped it in the girl's sports bag where it was bound to be found. Tony can be a bit of a ...' He failed to complete the sentence, but I got the drift anyway.", "'Hmm ... What about the cleaners in Venice, who came in the day after your dinner party? Or one of the catering staff?'", "'I don't think it could have been the caterers because we were all still around long after they'd packed up and gone. As for the cleaners, I imagine they'd have been too scared to steal anything, with my uncle's", "governante", "– housekeeper – right there, keeping a beady eye on them. Besides, I already checked, and all the staff who came that morning have been with the company for years. My family has used them many, many times before. And why steal something on that particular day, with all of us still hanging around, when they've had so many other opportunities?'", "'So you think it boils down to being one of your guests?'", "Sandro nodded, looking absolutely miserable. 'It almost has to be.'", "'Does the fact that you discovered the two artefacts – the ring and the painting – in London point to anyone in particular?'", "'Not necessarily. All my friends live or work both here and in Italy. As I said, I went to school with the guys, and the girls are the daughters of my parents' friends – as well as being part of my crowd, I mean.' He ran his hands through his beautiful hair. 'It's an absolute nightmare.'", "(Continues...)", "Excerpted from", "Quick on the Draw", "by", "Susan Moody", ". Copyright © 2018 Susan Moody. Excerpted by permission of Severn House Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Climb in and hold on tight! Kids will love spending a day at the Bear Country Amusement Park, where they'll experience the stomach-dropping, heart-stopping thrills of a giant roller coaster right along with the Berenstain Bears." ]

[ "From the Inside Flap", "Climb in and hold on tight! Kids will love spending a day at the Bear Country Amusement Park, where they'll experience the stomach-dropping, heart-stopping thrills of a giant roller coaster right along with the Berenstain Bears.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "From the Back Cover", "Climb in and hold on tight! Kids will love spending a day at the Bear Country Amusement Park, where they'll experience the stomach-dropping, heart-stopping thrills of a giant roller coaster right along with the Berenstain Bears.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "About the Author", "Stan and Jan Berenstain were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia.  They didn't know each other as children, but met later at school, at the Philadelphia College of Art.  They liked each other right away, and found out that the both enjoyed the same kinds of books, plays, music and art.  During World War II, Stan was a medical assistant in the Army, and Jan worked in an airplane factory.  When the war was over, they got married and began to work together as artists and writers, primarily drawing cartoons for popular magazines.  After having their two sons Leo and Michael, the Berenstains decided to write some funny children's books that their children and other children could read and enjoy.  Their first published children's book was called", "The Big Honey Hunt", ".  It was about a family of bears, who later became known as the \"Berenstain Bears.\"   Stan and Jan planned all of their books together. They both wrote the stories and created the pictures.  They continued to live outside of Philadelphia in the country.  There are now over 300 Berenstain Bears books.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Get your home and your heart in order in just 31 days!", "Sarah Mae wants to let you in on a little secret about being a good homemaker: It’s not about having a clean house. She’d never claim to be a natural, organized cleaner herself―yet, like you, she wants a beautiful space to call home, a place where people feel loved and at peace. Where people can really settle in with good food, comfy pillows, and wide-open hearts.Is it possible to find a balance? To care for your heart―and your home―at the same time?Journey with Sarah Mae on this easy, practical 31-day plan to get you moving and have your house looking and feeling fresh. But even more than that, you’ll gain a new vision for the home of your dreams, and how to make it a place of peace, comfort, and community. Originally published as the e-book", "31 Days to Clean", "and now revised and expanded in print for the first time,", "Having a Martha Home the Mary Way", "will inspire you to find a happier, healthier . . .", "cleaner", "way to live." ]

[ "Review", "I love, love, love this book! Sarah Mae is a fellow struggler. As a recovering messy I appreciate that. Rather than detailed spreadsheets and overwhelming to-do lists, Sarah offers practical advice and gentle challenges that offer hope to our cluttered homes as well as our cluttered hearts. I wish I would have had this book back in the middle of my struggle.", "Joanna Weaver", "- Bestselling author of", "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Having a Martha Home the Mary Way", "31 Days to a Clean House and a Satisfied Soul", "By Sarah Mae", "Tyndale House Publishers", "Copyright © 2016 Sarah MaeAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-4143-7262-4", "Contents", "Foreword by Logan Wolfram, ix, Gentle Homemaking: An Introduction, xiii, What Does It Mean to Have a Martha House the Mary Way?, xvii, My Story, 1, How to Use This Book, 11, DAY 0: Prep Day!, 15, DAY 1: Lifting Life above Mere Existence, 17, DAY 2: Define Your Vision, 25, DAY 3: Rhythm Priorities, 33, DAY 4: Developing a Workable Routine, 43, DAY 5: The Six List: The $25,000 Piece of Advice, 49, DAY 6: Overcoming the Curse, 57, DAY 7: Your Cleaning Style, 63, DAY 8: Making Your Personality Work for You, 69, DAY 9: Tornado Cleaning, 77, DAY 10: Slow and Steady, 85, DAY 11: A Place to Put Your Feet Up, 89, DAY 12: Feeling Overwhelmed, 95, DAY 13: Purge, Baby, Purge, 101, DAY 14: The Toy Situation, 107, DAY 15: Kids and Cleaning, 113, DAY 16: I'd Rather Do Anything but Clean (When the Bones Are Feeling Lazy), 119, DAY 17: Finding Joy in the Self-Disciplined Life, 125, DAY 18: Grace for Those Days, 131, DAY 19: Fighting Fatigue, 137, DAY 20: Distractions, 145, DAY 21: Limitations (Life Is Hard), 149, DAY 22: Diligence and Willing Hands, 155, DAY 23: Time, 161, DAY 24: Help! To Hire or Not to Hire, 169, DAY 25: The Thing We All Have in Common, 173, DAY 26: The High-Low Cycle, 179, DAY 27: Laundry Blues, 183, DAY 28: Who Are You Trying to Please?, 191, DAY 29: What I Would Say to My Younger Self about Cleaning, 197, DAY 30: Contentment in Your Season of Life, 205, DAY 31: Balancing It All, 209, Is Messiness a Morality Issue?, 213, A Word about Guilt, 215, Ten Quick Tips for the Decorating Challenged, 217, Four Handy Dandy Quick Tips to Help You in Your Cleaning Efforts, 221, Acknowledgments, 225, Notes, 227, About the Author, 229, CHAPTER 1", "Gentle Homemaking", "AN INTRODUCTION", "I USED TO THINK that if my home was clean, I was a good homemaker.", "Over the years, as I've reflected on my life and have recalled memories of growing up, I've come to the conclusion that it is not a clean house that defines good homemaking, but rather a warm, inviting place that is filled with love.", "As a matter of fact, I would prefer to get rid of the word", "good", "altogether and replace it with", "gentle.", "I want to cultivate the art of \"gentle homemaking,\" which is the ability to be gentle and kind with ourselves in the process of making and keeping a home while being gentle and kind to those around us.", "It's so easy to beat ourselves up as well as cast blame on those closest to us, isn't it? We are quick to condemn ourselves and our efforts when things don't work out the way we envisioned. And once we feel frustrated with ourselves, it's a natural progression to accuse those around us. Our husbands and children can so easily get the brunt of our own feelings of inadequacy. I have often accused myself of being a homemaking failure. But you know, the only thing those condemning voices do is paralyze us from getting on with our lives, trusting God in our weaknesses, and moving forward in faith.", "When we can move forward without the condemnation of our sometimes meager efforts, we can become better, gentler homemakers and lovers of others.", "Now as to the actual chaos and practical business of homemaking, I have found that" ]

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

[ "Foundations,", "Second Edition, by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss, is an all-skills, standards-based program for low-beginning learners of English. Its simple format, easy-to-use photo dictionary lessons, and dynamic communication activities offer students a motivating introduction to basic English for essential life skills. The program builds a language", "foundation", "to prepare students for future success at the Book 1 level of instruction." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "Foundations,", "Second Edition, by Steven J. Molinsky and Bill Bliss, is an all-skills, standards-based program for low-beginning learners of English. Its simple format, easy-to-use photo dictionary lessons, and dynamic communication activities offer students a motivating introduction to basic English for essential life skills. The program builds a language", "foundation", "to prepare students for future success at the Book 1 level of instruction." ]

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

[ "Virginia desperately wants to get away from her \"preposterously protective parents,\" but when an unusual confluence of events sends her whole town sailing away leaving her behind, she finds herself beginning to shrink." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Brit TV producer Fallon takes careful what you wish for to hilarious heights in her debut novel, a comedy of errors triggered by a mistress who discovers thrice-weekly hookups with her married lover are better than a 24/7 relationship with him. Helen, office staffer at a public relations firm catering to desperate D-list celebrities, is fast approaching her 40th birthday with little chance of swimming out of the secretary pool or snagging a full-time commitment from Matthew, her middle-aged lover and relay relationshipper. When Matthew abruptly leaves wife Sophie and preteen daughters Suzanne and Claudia to move in with Helen, she's not sure it's the happy ending she prefers. Thus begins a head-spinning ruse to convince Matthew to go back home and to persuade Sophie and her scene-stealing pair of potty-mouthed children to take him back: Helen invents a new persona, hard-charging PR whiz Eleanor, who befriends Sophie and gives her advice to repair her shattered marriage. The scheme gets more elaborate when Helen/Eleanor falls for Matthew's estranged eldest son. This delightfully fizzy chick lit caper goes disappointingly flat before the finish, but the surprising and rewarding treat is a bright, grown-up story of two women who discover friendship and trust in one another.", "(Aug.)", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From", "Booklist", "Helen, secretary in a London PR firm, has run afoul of the adage \"be careful what you wish for, because it might come true.\" Boss Matthew, after an affair that has lasted years, suddenly leaves his wife and moves into Helen's flat. Helen's solution is to befriend the wife, using an assumed identity, of course, to persuade her to take Matthew back. But as she gets to know Sophie, she likes her too much to burden her with Matthew again. Office life has gotten dicey because she feels tainted by the affair, but there is another Helen in another department, which helps cloud the identities. Further muddying the situation, Helen meets Leo, a thoroughly attractive man. He just so happens to be Matthew's son from a previous marriage and, naturally, hates the woman ruining his father's life. Can this possibly be sorted out? Does Helen get stuck with Matthew? Do Sophie and Leo discover Helen's true identity? Does she escape her dead-end job and get a real career? Read and find out. Hoover, Danise", "Review", "\"Sparking and unpredictable, a brilliant first novel.\"\"This is better than reading your best friend's diary, it's like reading your worst enemy's diary; which is, of course, impossible to resist.\"\"A hugely satisfying novel of tables being turned. Smart and funny, it has an underlying tinge of melancholy which adds depth and resonance plus an understanding of just how complicated human relationships are.\"\"Fallon leads us through a hysterical maze of mistaken identities, office high-jerks, and true love. Immensely relatable and gently moving, it will leave you full and smiling like the best of novels do. A dazzling debut.\"", "About the Author", "Jane Fallon", "is multi-award winning TV producer in England with hit shows including", "This Life", "and", "Teachers", "which have also been shown on BBC America. The US version of", "Teachers", "is currently airing on NBC. She lives in Central London. It doesn't hurt that she is the longtime girlfriend of Ricky Gervais, creator of the hit series", "The Office", "(and now a Hyperion author).", "Read more" ]

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

[ "Now in it's 3rd edition revised and updated for the ACS. Pass Your Instrument Pilot Checkride is your Instrument Checkride simplified. See your FAA checkride examiners favorite questions before the test." ]

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

[ "The Ultimate Keto Cookbook with 600 Effortless Recipes!", "Do you find it difficult to start the Keto journey ON YOUR OWN?Do you want to enjoy tasty food without feeling hungry or unmotivated?", "The Keto Diet is great for “one size fits all” approach and allows you an easy adaptation to your specific needs. This keto cookbook provides the means to", "empower", "everyone", "to develop a customizable approach plan, offering many options while dealing with the limitations of the standard ketogenic diet. And all that", "without sacrificing on Taste or Quality!!", "This", "easy to navigate keto", "cookbook", "has 600 foolproof recipes", "in the following categories:", "No-fuss Lunch and Dinner keto recipes", "No-fuss Lunch and Dinner keto recipes", "Energizing Starters & Appetizers", "Energizing Starters & Appetizers", "Tasty Starters and Salads for Light & Fresh dishes", "Tasty Starters and Salads for Light & Fresh dishes", "Great variety of Vegetarian, Vegan and Vegetable meals for those essential nutrients", "Great variety of Vegetarian, Vegan and Vegetable meals for those", "essential nutrients", "Fascinating Keto Sweets & Smoothies", "Fascinating Keto Sweets & Smoothies", "Tons of quality protein keto recipes with Poultry, Red Meat, Fish & Seafood", "Tons of", "quality protein", "keto recipes with", "Poultry, Red Meat, Fish & Seafood", "Craveable & Yummy Snacks & Side Dishes", "Craveable & Yummy Snacks & Side Dishes", "This complete Keto book will take care of your scarce cooking time, increase your desire and comittment to the Keto lifestly", "and", "show you", "the", "easiest & tastiest way", "towards a", "sustainable WEIGHT-LOSS and a BETTER LIFE while being", "on the keto", ".", "Give yourselves the best present and start enjoying life again!" ]

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[ "Books", "Cookbooks, Food & Wine", "Regional & International" ]

[ "What can be tamer than spending time with a bunch of sheep? When Bailey and Alexis visit a cousin’s sheep ranch, they expect a low-key, relaxing hiatus from every day life. Instead, they’re thrust into the throes of a missing millionaire, code-infested animals, and hapless cries for help. It’s \"shear\" adventure as the Camp Club Girls furrow into the fields and plow the plot on these prairies!" ]

[ "Review", "Another \"hit\" for the", "Camp Club Girls", "series. The author has done a wonderful job explaining a cardinal/Christian sentiment by using a fun story of adventure that will keep young readers involved until the very last page. (Amy Lingor", "Once Upon A Romance", "2010-12-13)", "--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.", "About the Author", "Linda Carlblom is a wife, mom of three children, and Grammy to three grandsons. She loves writing children’s fiction and speaking to women and kids. She’s active in her local church in Tempe, Arizona. After God, her top three loves are: family, reading, and cheesecake.", "--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.", "Book Description", "Elizabeth, Alexis, Bailey, Sydney, Kate, and McKenzie come from different parts of the country and different backgrounds. But when they meet at Camp Discovery, they learn they all share one thing: an aptitude for intrigue! Soon they’re embroiled in a search for lost jewels…and that’s only the beginning! Whether it’s foiling terrorist plots or finding missing millionaires or rescuing sea lions, you’ll love joining the adventure with these precocious preteens, as they pitch in their personal skills to solve the mysteries and save the day! The perfect blend of mystery and mayhem—just for you!", "--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.", "Read more" ]

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

[ "It's hard being different than your peers.", "In school, children with ADD/ADHD, like their classmates, want to be accepted, but face challenges every day because they feel “different” from their peers. In this story, you will be introduced to characters who battle with these feelings. When all is said and done, they share their talents and hope to be accepted for who they are." ]

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

[ "The House that Jack Built Series", "Everyone has, at some point in their lives, entertained fantasies about spending some time--a few days, weeks, months, or years--in a home on wheels--whether a simple holiday caravan or a traditional horse-drawn gypsy vardo. What is the attraction? It's that special combination: the freedom to go where you want when you want, and that wonderful feeling of cozy self-containedness. The independence to follow your own star has a timeless appeal for all of us. Now, as an addition to the highly acclaimed", "The House that Jack Built", "series, comes this delightful colorful guide,", "Freewheeling Homes", ", which describes a range of original and inspiring customized examples from wheeled-home enthusiasts all around the world. These vary from converted trucks, buses, and ambulances to old rail wagons and lovingly restored deluxe airstream trailers from the United States. After these creative craftspeople have told their own heart-felt stories, the book then goes on to explain how you can custom-make your own wheeled home to your individual tastes and requirements. Providing inspiration plus practical tips, Freewheeling Homes is the perfect companion to making your long-held dreams a reality, whether you are a humble beginner or proficient expert. You really can create your own wheeled home--a personal space with soul and spirit." ]

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

[ "This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1818 edition by John Murray, London." ]

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[ "Books", "History", "Australia & Oceania" ]

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

[ "Private military contractors. They’re not just for foreign wars anymore. Jon Cantrell, a disgraced ex-cop, works for one such company. He's a DEA agent paid on a commission basis, patrolling one of the busiest drug-hubs in the country: Dallas, Texas.", "When Cantrell and his partner and sometimes lover confiscate the wrong shipment of drugs, they find themselves in possession of a star witness in an upcoming cartel trial that could destroy the largest criminal organization in the hemisphere.", "To turn a profit, all they have to do is safely deliver the witness to the US Attorney on the other side of the state. An easy trip, except the witness doesn’t want to go and a group of competing DEA contractors and a corrupt Dallas police officer want everybody involved dead.", "This heart-stopping thriller takes readers deep into a strange underworld where the lines between government officials and mercenaries blur. In this complex network of drug traffickers, cartels, politicians, and police, no one's hands are clean." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Starred Review", ": Set in Dallas and sparsely populated West Texas, Hunsicker’s first standalone packs a mean wallop. Captain Sinclair, a retired Dallas policeman, hires Jon Cantrell and his female partner, Piper, to bust a drug warehouse—a rich payday for the two DEA agents, but the prize for Sinclair is the opportunity to eliminate Eva Ramirez, a key witness against a Mexican cartel chief. The plan fails badly when Ramirez escapes in a shootout that leaves Cantrell and Piper minus their cut of the proceeds and scrambling for their lives. The shadowy, violent, legal and extra-legal War on Drugs not only claims many lives but involves endless deceptions on the part of those who fight it. Helping to make this a standout are perfectly drawn characters, nifty surprises, and a frightening portrayal of the federal government’s poorly monitored use and funding of “contractors” who are heavily armed and extremely dangerous. Hunsicker, author of the Lee Henry Oswald PI series (", "Crosshairs,", "etc.), has crafted a truly chilling thriller.", "From Library Journal", "In his new stand-alone, the author of the Lee Henry Oswald PI mysteries (Still River; The Next Time You Die) takes as his realistic premise the proliferation of private military contractors and the privatization of law enforcement. Ex-Dallas cop Jon Cantrell, along with his partner Piper (with a penchant for orphan charities and a shoot-to-kill policy), works for a private contractor, intercepting drug shipments along the U.S.-Mexico border. But when they confiscate the wrong load, all hell breaks loose—violence, murder, revenge, and shootouts are here aplenty.", "Verdict:", "Hunsicker has written a very good thriller, all the better for addressing the serious issue of narco-trafficking and privatization of law enforcement. His complex story line is plausible, very well paced yet also easy to follow. Characters both major and minor are well drawn and memorable, and the action sequences are convincing and compelling. The only drawback is the rather inappropriate humorous tone that detracts from a well-crafted novel of suspense.", "From", "Booklist", "The hero of this sprawling novel works for the government, but not exactly. Jon Cantrell’s employer is a contractor hired by the Drug Enforcement Administration to confiscate a truckload of drugs in a Dallas warehouse. He’s interrupted at this task by men who also have DEA credentials but work for another contractor. And they’re crooked. They try to gun down Jon and his partner—a female mercenary named Piper—but the two are saved by their boss, who’s a scumbag, too. They inadvertently rescue the beautiful Eva, a star witness in a drug trial, who’s being hunted by yet another slimy hireling. Jon and Piper must deliver Eva for a trial across the state, so the race across the numbing Texas flatland is on, with our heroes hounded by yet another gang of mercenaries. The novel could use some cutting—one gang of goons begins to look like another. Interesting, too, that, in a “guy” novel, the liveliest characters are the two women, especially Eva, who could teach decades of noir heroines how to really cause trouble. Still, if you don’t worry too much about how it all fits together, there’s plenty of action here. --Don Crinklaw", "From Kirkus Reviews", "Veteran mystery writer Hunsicker (", "Crosshairs", ", 2007, etc.) turns in an ever-so-timely tale of mayhem and murder set on familiar Texas turf.", "People will opine, orate, and bloviate on the matter of border security without much encouragement. They’ll do anything, it seems, except read a serious book about it. So Hunsicker does good and useful work in sneaking a conversation about the international line into a whodunit. On the face of it, that story seems full of promise for disappointment: It’s got dishy dames, rogue government types, crooked politicos, and all the usual makings of the usual procedural. But Hunsicker adds contemporary twists that enrich the story, some of them subtle, others not so much. He bangs home the point, for instance, that in order to save money, the government has for years been hiring private contractors to do everything from dump garbage to interrogate suspected terrorists. The supposed savings are chimerical, as it happens, but at least the contractors save time by dispensing with the usual legal niceties until things get too hairy, whereupon “[t]hey’ll wave the national security flag, and the pit bulls at Homeland Security will take over.” In such a scenario, self-sufficient, disgraced (naturally) ex-cop Joe Cantrell finds plenty of room to move—and plenty of obstacles, too, as he tries to get a trial witness across the Lone Star State in one piece while he faces all manner of feds, narcs,", "narcotraficantes", ", ops, and enough assorted baddies to make Anton Chigurh think twice. Of course, the witness has ideas of her own, while Cantrell’s cool-as-a-cucumber partner is free-wheeling enough to make us wonder, at times, whose side she’s on. Indeed, the best part of Hunsicker’s story is its skillful blurring of the lines between good guys and bad; as one of the principals says, “Both sides, the narcos and the police, they think they are in the right,” adding, “It’s very…", "ironic", ".”", "Review", "“With", "The Contractors", ", Hunsicker delivers a compelling thriller, a high-power rollercoaster ride across the dusty plains of West Texas and the back streets of Dallas.”", "―Harlan Coben, international bestselling Author of", "Missing You", "and", "Six Years", "“Hunsicker’s latest book imagines a frightening scenario: private military contractors―the corporate soldiers usually found roaming the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan―are operating within the borders of the United States. With a relentless pace and doses of black humor, Hunsicker creates a thrilling combination of What-If with an altogether plausible What-Actually-Might-Be, giving the reader a remarkable post-9/11,War-on-Drugs novel.”", "―David Morrell, bestselling author of", "First Blood", ", and", "The Brotherhood of the Rose", "“", "The Contractors", "is the fully-loaded model with all the options. With streetwise and wisecracking Jon Cantrell and Piper at the wheel, they take the reader for one hell of a ride through the drug and crime-ravaged parts of Texas that don’t appear on picture postcards or tourist brochures. Hunsicker’s eye for detail, sense of place, and his snappy dialogue shine through.”", "―Reed Farrel Coleman, three-time Shamus Award–winning author of", "Hurt Machine", "“", "The Contractors", "is film noir without the film, cyberpunk without the cyber. It’s a world to lose yourself in, a fascinating tale that lives in shades of grey. The prose is muscular, the images vivid, and the pace relentless. Simply put, Hunsicker kills it.”", "―Marcus Sakey, bestselling author of", "Brilliance", "“If you’re looking for a new favorite author, read", "The Contractors", "...[The book] reads like a treatment for a new Quentin Tarantino film, full of quirky―and dangerous―characters, twists and turns, and enough action to fill another two or three books.”", "―Book Reporter", "“Part of the fun of Hunsicker’s thrillers is trying to figure out how the characters will get out of the invariable jam. Hunsicker doesn’t disappoint with The Contractors.”", "―", "Austin American-Statesman", "About the Author", "Harry Hunsicker is the former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America and the author of three previous novels, crime thrillers set in Texas. His debut novel,", "Still River", ", was nominated for a Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America. His short fiction has been nominated for the Thriller Award by the International Thriller Writers and selected for inclusion in", "The Best American Mystery Stories of 2011", ", edited by Otto Penzler and Harlan Coben. Hunsicker lives in Dallas, a fourth-generation native of the city. When not writing, he works as a commercial real estate appraiser and an occasional speaker on the creative process.", "Read more" ]

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

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

[ "IMANI AIESHAH is the Marriage Coach who takes a straight- shooting and practical approach to helping wives and married couples get true partnership amid exhaustion, crazy schedules, and demanding to-do lists. She's unleashed the most game-changing techniques for an intimate marriage in this book. No more trying to figure out how to apply those cliches about marriage. She's spilling what they don't tell you about the \"key\" to communication so you can feel like a married businesswoman not a businesswoman with a roommate! As a married entrepreneur, your needs are unique, and Imani tackles that head on in this book so you can have a thriving marriage as you build your empire!" ]

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[ "Books", "Self-Help", "Relationships" ]

[ "Train for Speed...Feel Great! Are you looking for better race times, whether you run 5-Ks or marathons? Searching for that ultimate, exhilarating moment when you're running faster than ever before? Or do you just want to get healthy and have more fun when you run? You", "can", "run faster, and this book will show you how. Much more than a training guide, this classic volume-- completely revised and updated for runners of every caliber-- spells out a complete program to help you increase your speed, improve your times, and motivate yourself to achieve your running goals. You'll see how to: * Shave time off your Personal Record * Make speedwork count-- and avoid the risk of associated pain and injuries * Make the most of limited training time * Build more muscle to boost your speed * Achieve a smooth stride and an efficient, economical running form * Listen to yourself and be your own best coach You'll discover magic workouts that both improve your speed and make training fun. And, if you've taken an exercise break, you'll see how to get back in shape and back on track, with faster times than ever before. Packed with stories and tips from coaches, record holders, and average runners alike,", "Run Fast by", "Hal Higdon is brimming with inspiration. Experience the thrill of better race times, the satisfaction of running strong, and the sheer joy that comes from running faster than ever before." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "Train for Speed...Feel Great!", "Are you looking for better race times, whether you run 5-Ks or marathons? Searching for that ultimate, exhilarating moment when you're running faster than ever before? Or do you just want to get healthy and have more fun when you run?", "You", "can", "run faster, and this book will show you how. Much more than a training guide, this classic volume-- completely revised and updated for runners of every caliber-- spells out a complete program to help you increase your speed, improve your times, and motivate yourself to achieve your running goals. You'll see how to:", "* Shave time off your Personal Record * Make speedwork count-- and avoid the risk of associated pain and injuries * Make the most of limited training time * Build more muscle to boost your speed * Achieve a smooth stride and an efficient, economical running form * Listen to yourself and be your own best coach", "You'll discover magic workouts that both improve your speed and make training fun. And, if you've taken an exercise break, you'll see how to get back in shape and back on track, with faster times than ever before.", "Packed with stories and tips from coaches, record holders, and average runners alike,", "Run Fast", "is brimming with inspiration. Experience the thrill of better race times, the satisfaction of running strong, and the sheer joy that comes from running faster than ever before.", "About the Author", "Hal Higdon", "is a senior writer for", "Runner's World", "magazine and author of more than 30 books, including", "Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide", ",", "Hal Higdon's Smart Running", ", and", "Hal Higdon's How to Train", ". He is a competitive masters runner, coach, and lecturer, and offers expert advice on the Internet." ]

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

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[ "In its 120 chapters,", "Birding Florida", "describes over 300 birding sites from Pensacola to the Dry Tortugas." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "With 500 species on its state list, Florida boasts more birds seen than any other state east of the Mississippi.", "Birding Florida", "describes over 200 of the best sites, including such hotspots as Ding Darling, Merritt Island, and St. Marks National Wildlife Refuges; Everglades National Park; and Fort De Soto; as well as birding locations near the state’s popular theme parks. Also included are sections on Florida’s diverse habitats and how to plan your trip. For visitors and residents alike, this guide is an invaluable resource for a rewarding bird-watching experience in the Sunshine State.", "For more than twenty-five years,", "FalconGuides®", "have set the standard for", "outdoor guidebooks. Written by top experts, each guide invites you to experience the adventure and beauty of the outdoors.", "Inside you'll find:", "• Accurate bird-finding information for the entire state—from the Panhandle", "through Central Florida to the Everglades and the Keys", "• Where to locate exotic Caribbean visitors, more than twenty-five species of", "parrots, a variety of wading birds and shorebirds, and specialties such as Snail", "Kite, White-crowned Pigeon, and Short-tailed Hawk", "• A description of each site, with information about key species", "• Where and when to go, how to get there, and what you'll see", "• Details on the seasonal distributions of Florida bird specialties—where they", "occur, their relative abundance, and the best times to see them", "About the Author", "Brian Rapoza", "is Field Trip Coordinator for Tropical Audubon Society in Miami and has led birding field trips throughout Florida. His", "Birding Recaps", "for the South Florida area are published regularly on the Tropical Audubon website and in its newsletter. He is compiler for the Miami and Coot Bay/Everglades National Park Christmas Bird Counts and for North American Migration Counts for Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. He has traveled extensively throughout the state, tallying over 400 bird species. As a science teacher for Miami-Dade County Public Schools since 1988, he has led thousands of school children on bird watching expeditions through Everglades National Park and other Miami-area birding destinations." ]

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

[ "Coloringb Will not you come to the cat town? b b There are cats that are having good routines. You will find beautiful houses and shops, a square where everyone can enjoy the excitement, a library where you can always see the book you want to read, a restaurant where you can eat fresh fish dishes, and a fishing spot where you can catch various fish. A town with all the space needed for lovely cats. When you color a fairy tale story that is hidden in every corner, you can find I who laughs together and enjoys it together. You can follow the order of the book and visit a special place that attracts you first. iframe" ]

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[ "Books", "Foreign Language Books", "More Languages" ]

[ "This book provides a fascinating glimpse of how children were affected by the pressures of war and how they coped with the difficulties they faced." ]

[ "From Library Journal", "How do children react to the experience of war? Journalist David has questioned people who were children living in Europe during World War II. Each chapter consists of one child's as-it-happened recounting of wartime experiences, with a few paragraphs giving the person's current status. The reader is left to wonder exactly how each interviewee told his/her story and how David rewrote it; in the form given, the stories don't really have value for historians. That said, however, it must be noted that the stories are absorbing. A common theme is that the children's experience of the war depended on their parents' presence and actions, and that the war was the most exciting time of their lives. Recommended for public libraries.", "- Pat Ensor, Indiana State Univ. Lib., Terre Haute", "Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc." ]

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

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[ "It's Winnie the Pooh... and Tigger, too... right here for your wall. This 2023 Disney Winnie The Pooh Calendar is a year full of hunny pot goodness in the Hundred Acre Wood. And don't forget all of Pooh's other pals, including Eeyore, Piglet, and Rabbit... sweet! DateWorks 16 Month Wall Calendars feature a calendar page for each month of 2023, as well as the last four months of 2022. Each monthly calendar spread features enough room to mark important dates or write down reminder notes making them perfect for staying organized and productive all year long. 2022 2023 Calendars make a great gift for anyone on your list!", "THIS 2023 DISNEY WINNIE THE POOH WALL CALENDAR features monthly pages for January to December 2023, as well as the last 4 months of 2022", "THIS 2023 DISNEY WINNIE THE POOH WALL CALENDAR features monthly pages for January to December 2023, as well as the last 4 months of 2022", "13 HIGH QUALITY IMAGES printed on premium paper", "13 HIGH QUALITY IMAGES printed on premium paper", "STAY ORGANIZED AND PRODUCTIVE by keeping track of important dates perfect to hang on a wall, cork board, or bulletin board at home, school, or the office", "STAY ORGANIZED AND PRODUCTIVE by keeping track of important dates perfect to hang on a wall, cork board, or bulletin board at home, school, or the office", "LANGUAGE: English", "LANGUAGE: English", "PERFECT SIZE: Calendar Dimensions are 12 in. x 12 in.", "PERFECT SIZE: Calendar Dimensions are 12 in. x 12 in." ]

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

[ "For as long as she can remember, Lydia Westland has dreamed of glittering London society. Finding herself at last in England, she is determined to make the most of this opportunity. Clutching her copy of ′Blunders in Behaviour Corrected′ she sets forth to find a suitably titled husband. But what she finds instead is Rhys Rhodes, a second son with a past that is anything but glittering. To Rhys, Lydia is everything he has lost - innocence, laughter, joy - and everything he cannot have." ]

[ "From", "Booklist", "*Starred Review* Grayson Rhodes, bastard son of a duke and an actress, was first introduced in", "A Rogue in Texas", "(1999). Fourteen years have passed since his exile to Fortune, Texas, and now he's been called back to his father's ancestral home to be at his deathbed. With the duke's oldest legitimate son dead, Rhys, the second son, stands to inherit the title. Grayson's 20-year-old stepdaughter, Lydia, is quite taken with Rhys. She's pretty sure she can snag him, too, because she's brought her trusted guidebook,", "Blunders in Behavior Corrected,", "to help her deal with the many rules of London society. Rhys is stunned by the wit and beauty of his brother's stepdaughter, but the former \"Gentleman Seducer\" feels as though his lurid, scandalous past holds too many terrible secrets for him to pursue a relationship with her. He selflessly sponsors Lydia for a season on London's marriage market, but she keeps her sights on the man she loves. In Heath's exceptionally written novel of nineteenth-century England, a very stubborn American pursues a nobleman who's much better than he thinks he is.", "Shelley Mosley", "Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved", "About the Author", "When multiple", "New York Times", "bestselling author Lorraine Heath received her BA degree in psychology from the University of Texas, she had no idea she had gained a foundation that would help her create believable characters—characters often described as “real people.” The daughter of a British beauty and a Texan stationed at RAF Bovingdon, Lorraine was born in England but soon after moved to Texas. Her dual nationality has given her a love for all things British and Texan, and she enjoys weaving both heritages through her stories." ]

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[ "Books", "Romance", "Historical" ]

[ "The memoir of the small girl (5 foot 1 inch tall) with the huge voice. At the age of 15, in 1964, Lulu - born Marie Lawrie in Glasgow - was already a star with her international hit song \"Shout\". At 18 she stole hearts as an English schoolgirl to Sidney Poitier's teacher with the movie hit \"To Sir With Love\". At 21, she married a Bee Gee, Maurice Gibb, and tied as winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with \"Boom-Bang-a-Bang\". Yet in 1993 she reached No.1 with \"Relight My Fire\" (with Take That). Nearly 40 years at the top of the showbiz tree, Lulu has never been afraid to experiment with new trends, and her book reflects the daring that took a girl from a Glasgow tenement to international stardom - or as \"To Sir With Love\" says, \"from crayons to perfume\". \"I Don't Want to Fight\" (the title of a song Lulu wrote and Tina Turner recorded) is the candid autobiography of a singer who has never shirked from facing anything." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs" ]

[ "A beautiful hardback gift to treasure. This collection brings together all of Arnold Lobel’s engaging, warm and funny stories about Frog and Toad, and features a special foreword by Julia Donaldson. A collectable classic treasury that every child should read and own. Julia Donaldson says “I hugely admire and envy Arnold Lobel; he is my hero”. Once upon a time there were two good friends, a frog and a toad… From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other – just as best friends should be. The Frog and Toad stories from Arnold Lobel have been loved by generations. This beautiful treasury brings together all twenty stories from Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad All Year, Frog and Toad Together and Days With Frog and Toad." ]

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

[ "Sams Teach Yourself Crystal Reports 9 in 24 Hours", "guides the reader through understanding data sources, to creating simple reports using the provided report wizards to custom reporting creation, modification and design techniques. Crystal Reports 9 includes unprecedented technological advances and user interface design improvements. Crystal Reports can access data from the most widely used databases and can integrate data from multiple databases within one report." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "Sams Teach Yourself Crystal Reports X in 24 Hours will guide the Crystal Reports users through conceptual topics, such as understanding data sources, to creating simple reports using the provided report wizards to custom reporting creation, modification and design techniques. This book will cover the latest version of Crystal Reports. The newest release includes unprecedented technological advances and user interface design improvements - making for the most significant release enhancement to date.", "Developed by Crystal Decisions, Crystal Reports can access data from the most widely used databases and can integrate data from multiple databases within one report. Crystal Reports has been endorsed as the standard program for reporting with over 250 third party vendors. These vendors include Microsoft, SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan, IBM's Lotus, and many others.", "About the Author", "Joe Estes", "has been in the information technology industry for more than eight years. He currently manages the Midwest Pre-Sales Team at Crystal Decisions, working with some of the company's largest customers. Prior to working for Crystal Decisions, Joe has been focused on the data reporting, information delivery, and analytical aspects of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence initiatives exclusively during the past six years. Throughout his career, Joe has held positions varying from system analyst and consultant at large consultancies, to system engineer and project manager at various Business Intelligence software companies. Joe is an avid enthusiast of running, snowboarding, in-line skating, and squash.", "Contributing Author Bios", "Neil FitzGerald", "has 7+ years experience working with information delivery, business intelligence, and enterprise reporting tools. He has combined this experience with his Bachelor of Computer Science degree from Queens University in Kingston, Canada, and his MBA from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, to help provide information solutions to an array of Fortune 500 companies throughout NYC and the Northeastern United States. Neil is currently managing a top-shelf group of technical consultants in the NY/NE region for Crystal Decisions. He can be contacted at nf_cr24@hotmail.com.", "Born, raised, and educated in Vancouver BC,", "Kathryn", "(also known as KAT)", "Hunt", "has been working at Crystal Decisions since 1994. During that time, she has held many roles that have brought her both customer-focused and report design experience. She is now considered one of the elite \"report design gurus\" at Crystal Decisions. She's frequently referred to as the \"Reporting Goddess.\" In her current role as program manager, charged with the Crystal Reports Designer and its features, she has experienced many aspects of how Crystal technologies are designed, marketed, implemented, and supported.", "Steve Lucas", "has been in the information technology industry for more than 10 years. He currently manages the Strategic Pre-Sales Team for North America at Crystal Decisions, working with some of the company's largest customers worldwide. Steve regularly speaks on current and future Crystal technology at significant events and trade shows for Crystal. Prior to Crystal, Steve focused on Microsoft technology and consulting for the better part of his career. He is currently based in Denver.", "Ryan Marples", "is a program manager at Crystal Decisions responsible for delivering new and powerful developer tools as part of the Crystal Reports product. In addition to this book, Ryan has been involved in the authoring and editing of various other books and magazine articles. In addition to writing, Ryan has been a speaker at software conferences around the world." ]

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[ "Books", "Business & Money", "Skills" ]

[ "This is the first comprehensive history of the German-speaking settlers who emigrated to the Georgia colony from Germany, Alsace, Switzerland, Austria, and adjacent regions. Known collectively as the Georgia Dutch, they were the colony's most enterprising early settlers, and they played a vital role in gaining Britain's toehold in a territory also coveted by Spain and France.", "The main body of the book is a chronological account of the Georgia Dutch from their earliest arrival in 1733 to their dispersal and absorption into what was, by 1783, an Anglo-American populace. Underscoring the harsh daily life of the common settler, George Fenwick Jones also highlights noteworthy individuals and events. He traces recurrent themes, including tensions between the realities of the settlers' lives and the aspirations and motivations of the colony's trustees and supporters; the web of relations between German- and English-speaking whites, African Americans, and Native Americans; and early signs of the genesis of a distinctly new and American sensibility.", "Three summary chapters conclude", "The Georgia Dutch", ". Merging new material with information from previous chapters, Jones offers the most complete depiction to date of Georgia Dutch culture and society. Included are discussions of religion; health and medicine; education; welfare and charity; industry, agriculture, trade, and commerce; Native-American affairs; slavery; domestic life and customs; the arts; and military and legal concerns.", "Based on twenty-five years of research with primary documents in Europe and the United States, The Georgia Dutch is a welcome reappraisal of an ethnic group whose role in colonial history has, over time, been unfairly minimized." ]

[ "From Library Journal", "This extremely detailed chronicle of the various German-speaking groups who settled in the colony of Georgia traces their movements from Europe to settlements on the Savannah River, then describes the failure of their communities and their dispersion throughout the continent after the American Revolution. Professor emeritus Jones (German and comparative literature, Univ. of Maryland) has spent a lifetime scouring European and American archives for material, and he gives the reader full benefit of his labors. In addition to the chronological account, he includes three topical summaries covering the groups' complex religious beliefs and domestic economy, their health and daily life, and their perceptions of Indians and blacks. Of particular interest to genealogists and historians of the colonial South. For research collections.", "- David B. Mattern, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville", "Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "Review", "\"Offers a wealth of invaluable, carefully assembled data on a hitherto marginalized topic and challenges the interpretative imagination of future historians.\"--", "Journal of American History", "About the Author", "George Fenwick Jones is a professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Maryland. He is the author of", "The Salzburger Saga", ";", "Religious Exiles and Other Germans Along the Savannah", "(Georgia, 1984) and the general editor and translator of sixteen volumes of the", "Detailed Reports of the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America", "(Georgia, 1968-1991).", "Read more" ]

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[ "A great read! Puckett's hero is the accidental tourist in La La Land ... a journey inside the ropes of stardom. It's Nathaniel West meets the Marx brothers. Somebody's gonna snatch this up and make a very funny movie! Paul Williams Oscar winning songwriter \"The Big Blur\" takes you on a wild ride through the shadowy corners of The Movie Business. It's a razor-sharp comic neo-noir in the best tradition of the genre.\" Mark Werlin co-author of \"The Savior\" and \"The Face\" Charlie Thompson, a homeless drifter, had neither acting experience nor famous friends but he did have luck. Waking up one morning in the park he sneaks a free breakfast, then roll is called and voila-he's in a movie! Charlie Thompson is not an actor playing a bum but a bum playing an actor. He's so convincing as a loser that almost overnight he wins a featured role in another film. That's when the trouble begins. Charlie is playing a fiendish killer, yet even in make believe he has a peculiar aversion to violence. And he's at the mercy of a sadistic director who will do whatever it takes, to coax from beginners the best performance he can get. But the worst is yet to come. On an airport runway, filming the climax of the movie, his own criminal past is about to catch up with him. In researching this book, Tom Puckett worked for two summers as a background actor. He is a stage actor, and has written for both stage and screen. A graduate of UCLA and a member of the Moorpark Arts Commission, he lives in Moorpark, California." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction" ]

[ "In this retelling of Govardhanram Tripathi's sprawling magnum opus, Saraswatichandra, Sameer Acharya makes accessible and brings to life for a modern readership one of Indian literature's great classics. Saraswatichandra has long been regarded as one of the finest works of Gujarati fiction. It had a profound impact on millions of Indians, including Mahatma Gandhi, seeking to navigate the development of an Indian identity while recognizing a changing political and cultural climate. It is believed that the main character, Saraswatichandra, was an inspiration to Gandhi and many of India’s freedom fighters, as a man who sought to learn about a nation of people, so he could devote his life to uplifting that nation, particularly the poor and uneducated. The characters and storylines in Saraswatichandra have gone on to inspire millions of people and has been recreated in both film and television. It is the story of unrequited love between Saraswatichandra, a quiet, romantic and selfless young man who seeks to serve his countrymen, and Kumud, the beautiful and kind-hearted daughter of a prominent minister of a princely state in the Indian state of Gujarat. Saraswatichandra and Kumud are arranged to be married. But due to family conflicts, Saraswatichandra breaks off the engagement and seeks to live out his life in service to God and his people. But he can’t ignore his love for Kumud. He attempts to get to her home and beg her father’s permission to marry her. But he arrives too late. Kumud was quickly married off to another man, Pramadhan, also the son of a prominent and wealthy minister. And while Saraswatichandra was devastated, in his heart he had to know if Kumud was happy in her new life. He travels to Suvarnapur, where Kumud lives with her husband and his family. Saraswatichandra disguises his true identity and ends up working for Kumud’s father-in-law, before he learns that seeing him every day was torture for her. Not wishing to cause her any more pain, Saraswatichandra leaves Suvarnapur. Their fates align and they both end up at the same holy ashram on the Gujarat coast, where they must reconcile their feelings while acknowledging society’s customs and traditions.The key themes from the original storyline remain just as prevalent today as they were when it was first published. How should an individual weigh his or her ambition with the expectations and needs of others, particularly family? Should someone follow their heart and seek individual happiness above all, or otherwise pursue a path that will please others at the cost of individual happiness? Sons, even devoted ones, often have difficult relationships with fathers. But they still might seek their respect and appreciation even if it means choosing a path that is frowned upon. But what if that path serves a nobler purpose and gives an individual deeper fulfillment? Is that selfish behavior by a son, or an honorable choice by a man?Saraswatichandra is at heart, a love story. And yet, the reader is left to wonder how should cultural values and political opinions be shaped by outside forces? Is it acceptable to consider new ways of thinking that challenge centuries of structure and tradition if it leads to personal happiness? Can a woman remain single and still be respected? Can a man and a woman successfully work together as friends without suspicion from others?" ]

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

[ "This is a historic edition for a previous calendar year. Do you tire of generating passwords? Are your passwords too easy to guess? Do your friends use insecure passwords? Do you need a little diversion when passing through customs? This book might be for you! Now you can be genuinely cryptic. What’s inside are 366 randomized tables containing all 95 of the printed symbols that appear on U.S. English keyboards. That’s right, you get uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numerals, percent signs, spaces, breves, tildes, curly braces, and everything else from ASCII 32 through 126! For every day of the year, there is a table with 40 rows of 72 columns of these symbols. Need to come up with a hard to guess password? No problem! Open to your special day and point somewhere at random. Then read forward, backward, up, down, diagonally, spiraling, skipping, curving, zigzagging, or however you want for as many symbols as your heart desires. Write with a highlighter or in the margins if you want help remembering the authentication code of your nightmares. Or see how many inappropriate words you can find by navigating cleverly. Will you ever run out of potential passwords? Every day brings you 2,880 new characters to play with for a total of 1,054,080 for the leap year. That’s over a million for ten-fingered beings, or over 2**20 for two-fingered beings. Typeset in a 9-point programming font to facilitate distinction of the fun symbols O, 0, I, l, 1, |, B, 8, &, 5, and S. Accept no pseudorandom imitations! These tables were generated using an actual hardware random number generator (HRNG) that extracts information from oscillator phase noise. This means there’s no way that someone can ever prove that nothing is hiding inside this book. Accordingly, this is a great text to carry across national boundaries when you’re looking for a little fun." ]

[ "About the Author", "Marc Abel is the author of the Clique network protocol for communicating secretly in the presence of strong adversaries, specifically parties with unlimited funding, computing power, network access, and legal authority. The curious can try searching for", "Clique metadata privacy", "or", "new software drowns out NSA", "." ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Networking & Cloud Computing" ]

[ "This volume explores the whole inner story of modern culture since the Dark Ages, treating modern man's unique position as the creator of his own mythology." ]

[ "About the Author", "Joseph Campbell was interested in mythology since his childhood in New York, when he read books about American Indians, frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History, and was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich. After a period in California, where he encountered John Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 1940s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the Upanishads and", "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna", ". The many books by Professor Campbell include", "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", ",", "Myths to Live By", ",", "The Flight of the Wild Gander", ", and", "The Mythic Image", ". He edited", "The Portable Arabian Nights", ",", "The Portable Jung", ", and other works. He died in 1987." ]

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

[ "Blood Moon—part 2: Candy endeavors to understand the monochromatic ‘beige-world’ she landed in, while trying not to drool over the deliciously tempting pheromone-laden hunter who found her—neither being an easy task. The color deficient land/realm/whatever presents environs she finds mysterious to comprehend and leaves a plethora of questions unanswered. Such as gods and goddesses, and what dangers she will face with the ‘needing moon’? When an accident scrambles Candy’s blonde-brain, it makes life even more puzzling than that distracting ‘Pheromone-Man’. Next thing Candy knows, she’s told she must embark on a journey, via horseback, with a group of muscular warriors. Now that scenario shouldn’t sound too awful, except Candy is a city girl and it’s going to be a lengthy outing. One that requires outdoorsy accommodations, such as camping (ick), and other unsavory things—likely creepy-crawly things! During the convoluted journey there are times she’s forced to face daunting terrors, and at those times Thorne intervenes with strength (sigh worthy muscles) and surprising gentleness. But the next minute . . . he ignores her as if she’s ‘Typhoid-Candy’! Thorne, the epitome of an alpha-male, harbors a past filled with pain and feelings of guilt that haunt him—as does the unique, troublesome, and beautiful, green-eyed female he found while hunting. Just when he thinks to have found a woman he could love, an accident robs her of all memory of him. At the same time, Thorne can no longer ignore the growing violence between two villages, and then there are those maundering murdering renegades . . . Now Thorne faces a new dilemma—what to do with Candy during his absence, fearing to leave her behind. Except, can this delicate, clumsy, foreign, female endure a long grueling journey through the wilds? More essential, will she ever remember what they shared? Ripple is a brutally honest dwarf and Thorne’s truest friend. As he tires of the games between the two would-be-lovers he tries to set them right, and finds the perfect night to do so. However, it’s the Moon Goddess’ domain to govern over men that very night, and Luna has her own agenda. During the telling of the fable of the ‘Blood Moon’, the Moon Goddess’ own sorrowful past is revealed." ]

[ "About the Author", "My love affair with books began in childhood, but I soon realized I also enjoyed writing poetries and stories. As an adult, I found the best way to unwind after a day at work was by stepping into a fantasy-world and to become immersed between the pages of a beloved book. Now I feel fortunate to be writing for other readers, so they can enjoy wandering into another reality, whether after a grueling day at work or simply for the joy of reading." ]

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[ "Books", "Romance", "Fantasy" ]

[ "Read riddles and boost your Spanish skills quickly!", "¿En qué estoy pensando?", "/", "What am I thinking of?", "is a popular guessing game that teases the brain. This seven-book series presents descriptions of over 200 nouns, each one written a bit like a riddle. Line by line, clue by clue, you will piece together a picture of who or what is being described. Written in easy-to-understand, present-tense Spanish, the riddles in these books will keep you guessing, having fun, and absorbing the language naturally.To further your learning, each riddle is followed by a variety of open-ended questions which can be answered aloud or in writing. In addition, there is a diverse collection of full-page images which offer an opportunity to write your own riddles in Spanish, following the pattern established in the books. Two short guides, one for independent learners and one for teachers, are included in each book and provide instructions on how to get the most out of the series.", "Books 1, 2, and 3 feature familiar people, characters, creatures, and professions. Books 4 and 5 feature familiar events, emotions, and things– including animals, food, clothing, gadgets, and more. Books 6 and 7 feature familiar sports, activities, places, and monuments.", "The seven books in the", "¿En qué estoy pensando?", "series are designed to help beginning Spanish learners acquire useful, everyday language and progress naturally to their next level. This series can easily be used and adapted for more advanced learners as well. Recommended for middle school and above.", "¡ Diviértete !" ]

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

[ "African", "Cuisine.Get your copy of the best and most unique African recipes from BookSumo PressCome take a journey with us into the delights of easy cooking. The point of this cookbook and all our cookbooks is to exemplify the effortless nature of cooking simply.In this book we focus on African. The", "African Cookbook", "is a complete set of simple but very unique African recipes. You will find that even though the recipes are simple, the tastes are quite amazing.So will you join us in an adventure of simple cooking?Here is a Preview of the", "African", "Recipes You Will Learn:", "Paprika Cayenne Glazed Wings", "Paprika Cayenne Glazed Wings", "African Honey Beef Hot Pot", "African Honey Beef Hot Pot", "Ginger, Sweet Potato, and Peanut Butter Stew", "Ginger, Sweet Potato, and Peanut Butter Stew", "Moroccan Kefta bites with Tomato Sauce", "Moroccan Kefta bites with Tomato Sauce", "Moroccan Midnight Hummus", "Moroccan Midnight Hummus", "Baked Banana Splits", "Baked Banana Splits", "Luanda Piri Piri", "Luanda Piri Piri", "African Peanut Butter Truffles", "African Peanut Butter Truffles", "Broccoli Salad with Honey Dressing", "Broccoli Salad with Honey Dressing", "Somali Inspired Rainbow Salad", "Somali Inspired Rainbow Salad", "African Chicken Cutlets", "African Chicken Cutlets", "Almond Beef Casserolev", "Almond Beef Casserolev", "Flat Bread Addis Abba", "Flat Bread Addis Abba", "Abyssinian Potato Stew", "Abyssinian Potato Stew", "Nairobi Chicken Roast", "Nairobi Chicken Roast", "African Sweet Honey and Apricot Crock Pot", "African Sweet Honey and Apricot Crock Pot", "Yellow Peanut Stew from Senegal", "Yellow Peanut Stew from Senegal", "Tangier Chicken Stew", "Tangier Chicken Stew", "Congo Lime Cake", "Congo Lime Cake", "Ginger and Garlic Prawns", "Ginger and Garlic Prawns", "Koshari", "Koshari", "Chicken Kabobs Ojini", "Chicken Kabobs Ojini", "Much, much more!", "Much, much more!", "Again remember these recipes are unique so be ready to try some new things. Also remember that the style of cooking used in this cookbook is effortless. So even though the recipes will be unique and great tasting, creating them will take minimal effort!" ]

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[ "Books", "Cookbooks, Food & Wine", "Regional & International" ]

[ "William Wesley was born February 14, 1953. Abandoned in infancy and shuffled from convent to foster home, William had the good fortune of being adopted by Edward and Helen Wesley, a wealthy Manhattan couple. From a dilapidated foster home to an extravagant Manhattan apartment, his life is now one of privilege that few will ever know; a beautiful home, a personal nanny and later sent to the most prestigious boarding school in the country. Having all this privilege and excess, William’s violent and schizophrenic personality throws it all away in one regretful moment. Disowned by his adoptive parents in his adolescent years, he’s left destitute on the streets of New York City. Forced to survive, William finds shelter circling back to the foster home he previously knew. After graduating from public high school he is once again out on the streets. With help from his adoptive mother he is offered an entry-level position at a physical commodity trade house. Quickly enamored by the industry and surrounded by successful traders, he becomes obsessed with the material world and wants what they have. He begins manipulating management to advance his career, and once out of the trenches he vows to do anything and stop at nothing in his quest for wealth and power, even if that means murder." ]

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

[ "Describes clinical kinesiology which tests the body's energetic feedback system and rechannels it for healing" ]

[ "From", "Booklist", "Discovered by chiropractor George Goodheart in 1964 and developed by him and his student and colleague Alan Beardall in the 1970s, clinical kinesiology (CK) tests the body's energetic feedback system and rechannels it for healing. Chiropractor Levy and Lehr, one of her patients, describe it in detail. Although a recent discovery, CK draws heavily on acupuncture and subcontinental Indian medicine and is thereby related to centuries-old traditions. It claims to identify changes in the body before they appear physically, and via both text and diagrams, Levy and Lehr obligingly present the tests used to ascertain such changes. Treatments are designed to reverse or mitigate the changes and consist primarily of improving nutrition, identifying problems arising from food allergies, supporting the immune system, eliminating antibiotics and other powerful drugs, avoiding unnecessary surgery, and staying away from magnetic fields.", "William Beatty" ]

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[ "Books", "Arts & Photography" ]

[ "Butters Comes Home is the true story, with a few fantasy elements thrown in, of a little Holland Lop bunny who finds his forever home. Beautifully illustrated by Rachel Montreuil and lovingly written by Claudette Melanson, follow Butters as he makes his journey from the cold and lonely breeder's shed to his warm and loving forever home. Rabbits are highly intelligent creatures with unique personalities and Butters is a very unique bunny indeed. Children will enjoy the heartwarming story of how this loving little rabbit's fate changes one day, leaving behind a life of discomfort and fear and trading it for a home where he can be emotionally and intellectually stimulated, receive the proper feeding and care and most importantly...be loved. The first in a series of Butters' adventures, Butters Comes Home is not only an enjoyable, feel-good story, one which teaches compassion for animals, but also serves as an educational source for rabbit care--furbabies who have special needs which differ greatly from other species of pets." ]

[ "Review", "Both the story and the illustrations in Butters Comes Home are absolutely delightful. The story also describes the realistic beginning to many domesticated rabbits' lives. Telling the story from Butters' point of view is essential in teaching children that animals have feelings and need to be respected, loved and treated well. Claudette Melanson has conveyed this message very clearly and, accompanied with Rachel Montreuil's unique and stunning illustrations, this is a book that will educate children, allowing them to understand how their pets may be feeling. As a former Veterinary Nurse, I feel that Butters Comes Home should be offered for sale not only at book stores, but also at animal shelters, showing both children and adults the right way to treat your new rabbit. This book is ideal for all children, especially those in the 3-10 age group. Rosie Malezer for Readers' Favorite 5 Star Review", "About the Author", "Claudette Melanson writes dark fantasy in Kitchener, Ontario with four bun babies: Tegan, Pepper, Butters & Beckett. She graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English, BS in English Education and an MA in Literature. Harboring a deep admiration of vampires since the age of five left her with the desire to eventually become one, and now fuels the creation of her favorite paranormal characters. She hopes to one day work full time as an author, since there are many, many stories playing out inside her head. In her very scant spare time, she enjoys watching Japanese Anime and reading vampire stories...along with other genres of great fiction, as well as riding every roller coaster she encounters in both her hometown and away at signings. An advocate for good health and ketogenic eating, her favorite foods are bulletproof coffee, cashew-flour crust pizza and treats made with xylitol and almond, coconut or cashew flours. Future dreams include a cabin boasting a roaring fire, isolated inside a snow-filled wood in the Yukon-the perfect writing spot-and the completion of dozens of future novels and stories. A Rabbit Rescue fanatic and loving bunmom, she also hopes to help rescues all over the world save many innocent lives." ]

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

[ "An unusual experience at school teaches everyone a lesson." ]

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[ "MacBook in easy steps", ", now in its fourth edition, makes exploring the MacBook inspiring and a pleasure. More specifically, this primer:Demystifies Mac jargon and MacBook versionsExplains the Dock, Desktop and the FinderHighlights the new features in OS X YosemiteShows how to customize your MacBookGuides you through Safari and MailDemonstrates the LaunchpadIllustrates how to enjoy the digital lifestyleTeaches how to manage music with iTunesReveals all about finding and obtaining AppsShows how to use Family sharing and HandoffAddresses battery issues and securityCovers using MacBook for work & for leisureUse this guide to accelerate your learning and take control of your new MacBook!Covers OS X Yosemite." ]

[ "About the Author", "Nick Vandome", "is an IT writer and trainer who specializes in digital imaging and Web authoring subjects. In addition to writing, he also designs websites and runs training courses. Before he started working with computers he wrote books about working and traveling abroad. An established", "In Easy Steps", "author with several successful guides to his credit, he lives in Perth, U.K." ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Hardware & DIY" ]

[ "Book by McBain, Ed" ]

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[ "1977 - Trixie Belden & The Mysterious Code - Number #7 in a Series - Written by Kathryn Kenny - Paperback book - 236 Pages - Book # 21540 - Plus More - Printed in the USA - Very Good Condition Very Good Condition - Fantastic Collectible for the serious collector! - - Hard to find in any condition - Very Collectible - The photos are of the item you will receive as we do our own photography - We never use stock photos! Each item is hand wrapped in special shipping paper, and hand packed in a new shipping box with new fill.- Ships USPS Priority Mail, Insured with Tracking Numbers - Signature Required on orders over $20.00 - Please ask questions before purchasing, we are always available to answer any and all questions a customer may have about a product." ]

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[ "Large-scale social and political changes have revolutionized policy-making. Traditionally, policy analysis has been state-centered, based on the assumption that central government is self-evidently the locus of government. However, policy-making is often carried out today in loosely organized networks of public authorities, citizen associations and private enterprises. The contributors to this book argue that democratic governance now calls for a new deliberatively-oriented policy analysis. They provide examples from around the world to demonstrate how this would work in practice." ]

[ "Review", "\"This collection is a landmark in post-positive policy studies that will help set the field's agenda for years to come. Pioneering linkages between deliberative democracy, critical policy analysis, and governance in the network society, Deliberative Policy Analysis is a key text for the interdisciplinary policy studies field.\" John S. Dryzek, Australian National University\"These striking essays rethink both the practice and the foundations of policy analysis in the face of conflict and complex networks, risk and uncertainty. For all those concerned with making governance work in the coming years, this collection makes a provocative and practical contribution. Policy analysts at last will say, 'Yes, that's what I have to do!'\" John Forester, Cornell University", "Book Description", "This 2003 book makes a forceful argument for the implementation of a deliberatively-oriented policy analysis in democratic governance.", "About the Author", "Maarten A. Hajer is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam.Hendrik Wagenaar is Associate Professor of Public Policy, Leiden University and Senior Researcher, Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement.", "Read more" ]

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

[ "Manfred Bugsbee", "wants nothing more than to drink beer and take a nap on his couch. Unfortunately for him, he’s the most important person in an inter-dimensional battle for the fate of all reality. He’s dragged kicking and screaming from one hellish, apocalyptic landscape to the next. He and his companions must face down sun-eating lunatics, hive-minded dog beasts, and extratemporal gods along the way. In the end, Manfred either learns to wield a sword or watches all of existence get wiped out—maybe both.", "Enjoy the ride!", "“The elucidating journey into the warm, yet fractured psyche of Manfred Bugsbee is the best kind of fever-dream experience. A read that strongly stirs introspection within.” — Christopher Kamrani,", "The Athletic", "“An uninhibited collage of the whirlwind fantastic, all of which makes Manfred’s bitter mundaneness all the more delicious.” — Mari Murdock,", "Whispers of Shadow and Steel", "Picture your favorite fantastical heroes–Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Bilbo Baggins, Quentin Coldwater, Jon Snow, and Percy Jackson–embodied by a complacent ad man tasked with protecting the universe and you have Manfred Bugsbee, our reluctant hero, through whom we experience a world reminiscent of Earthsea, Narnia, Discworld, and The Dark Tower mythos. Michael Farfel has done his research in constructing a new epic tale aware of its fantasy and science-fiction predecessors; herein lies a story as inventive as it is cinematically inspired, a fully-imagined book sure to awaken the dormant heroes in all of us. –Nathan Elias,", "Coil Quake Rift", "and", "The Reincarnations", "“Farfel crafts an epic tale with", "The Reluctant Journey of Manfred Bugsbee", "; equal parts fantasy and adventure, this story is entirely entertaining. It will hold your attention to the very end and leave you wanting more.” –Charis Emanon,", "51 Ways To End Your World", "“An engaging, intelligent, well-paced story. The author has created a realistic world with believable characters and where the magic is more subtle than the lightning-bolt-in-the-face magic of some fantasy books. I want to avoid spoilers, but I’ll go so far as to say that the ´magic´ in this story delves much deeper into the spiritual realm than the wham blam cowboy style that is very prevalent and ultimately boring. Personally I found that very satisfying. The main characters: It’s easier to empathise with a character when he/she has human flaws like self-doubt, both in him/herself and on a grander scale. It might be fantasy but it’s these touches that make it feel almost like reading historical fiction, (from one of the more interesting, bloody and treacherous periods of history that is). It’s also refreshing to read a book full of strong female characters that don’t keep alluding to how strong and female they are - that’s a given. They’ve got nothing to prove and they just get on with it, which gives them more credibility. Recommended to fans of the genre and to those who might like to give it a try.” –Pete Peru,", "The Reeking Hegs" ]

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[ "Details the military aspects of the American Expeditionary Force's (AEF) deployment to Siberia following World War I to protect the Trans-Siberian Railroad", "In the final months of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson and many US allies decided to intervene in Siberia in order to protect Allied wartime and business interests, among them the Trans-Siberian Railroad, from the turmoil surrounding the Russian Revolution. American troops would remain until April 1920 with some of our allies keeping troops in Siberia even longer.   Few American citizens have any idea that the United States ever deployed soldiers to Siberia and that those soldiers eventually played a role in the Russian revolution while protecting the Trans-Siberian Railroad.", "Wolfhounds and Polar Bears", "relies on the detailed reports of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) as well as on personal stories to bring this rarely discussed expedition to life.   Initial chapters recount the period in World War I when conditions in Russia pointed to the need for intervention as well as the varied reasons for that decision. A description of the military forces and the geographic difficulties faced by those forces operating in Siberia provide the baseline necessary to understand the AEF’s actions in Siberia. A short discussion of the Russian Railway Service Corps explains their essential and sometimes overlooked role in this story, and subsequent chapters provide a description of actual operations by the AEF.", "Wolfhounds and Polar Bears: The American Expeditionary Force in Siberia, 1918–1920", "may well be the most detailed study of the military aspects of the American intervention in Siberia ever undertaken, offering a multitude of details not available in any other book-length history." ]

[ "Review", "\"House has produced the most authoritative study of the Siberian expedition. His analysis of the impediments encountered by an expeditionary force deployed on the Asian mainland is not only informative, but it serves as a timely reminder for future leaders who act haphazardly without defining the parameters of victory.\" —", "Army", "“I highly recommend this well-researched book on a US military operation that has been forgotten by most Americans. Our government ordered ten thousand men, which included two US infantry regiments to land at the Port of Vladivostok, Russia. Their mission was to protect US military supplies and property and to assist the Czech Legion to evacuate Russia. This is one history lesson that will amaze you as you learn the fate of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia during its nineteen months in an unforgiving land.” —Z. Frank Hanner, director of the National Infantry Museum, Columbus, Georgia“John House displays a breadth of knowledge about the United States involvement in Siberia that is nothing short of phenomenal. Hugely researched and extremely well written. He has a crisp, clear style that allows him to lay out details that bring the larger themes to life. An understanding of common history between the two nations is important to the road ahead and House helps us understand that and put it in context.” —Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, former director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency “John House brings to life a virtually unknown US military operation—one that sheds historical light on operations in Siberia during World War I. House’s clear understanding and detailed written explanation of events make history spring to life and allow the reader to better understand the important themes in the book. What a lesson, one not to be forgotten as expeditionary force operations continue for America’s armed forces.” —Major General Walter Wojdakowski, US Army (ret.), former commanding general of the US Army Infantry Center and School “Extensively researched, this is a fantastic account of history that should be in every library. You feel you are there in the firefights while you read flowing accounts of small unit operations and heroic actions of individual soldiers. The description of the BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) in action brought back memories of its use in my platoon and company in the Korean War.” —Lieutenant General Sam Wetzel, US Army (ret.), former chief of infantry and honorary colonel of the 31st Infantry Regiment", "About the Author", "John M. House", "served in command and staff positions in the United States, Germany, South Korea, and Southwest Asia (Desert Shield and Desert Storm). House retired from the Army as a colonel in 2001 after twenty-six years in uniform. After retirement from the Army, he worked as a consultant and Army civilian employee and is now the president of John House, LLC. House is also a part time faculty member at Walden University, Columbus State University, and Northcentral University, and the author of", "Why War? Why an Army?" ]

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

[ "Excuse me if I'm feeling sentimental.I might die tonight.My name is Candy Tran. Before I was hunting down serial killers and feeding men to alligators, I was a normal, church-going, tax-paying citizen. Before all of this. I've been given a chance to tell my story, so please, listen closely. This is going to take a while.Candy is a wild, humor-filled, neo-noir romp across america. For fans of Chuck Palahniuk and films like Seven Psychopaths and Pulp Fiction.From the author of The Variant and Tamer Animals." ]

[ "About the Author", "Justin M. Woodward is an author from Headland, Alabama. He lives with his wife and two small boys. Candy is his third novel, with THE VARIANT releasing in 2016 and TAMER ANIMALS coming mid-2018. You can find him on all social media." ]

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[ "Ever notice when you “go the extra mile” you don’t have much company?  Want to know why? Most people accept a", "Mediocre Me", "mindset that convinces them good enough is good enough—no need to go that extra mile.  However, truly effective people think and act differently.  They choose to always be and do more—recognizing the true measure of a life well lived isn’t determined by titles, ranks, roles, or positions.  Rather, it’s what we choose to do with every day opportunities to have more impact, make more of a difference, and do our best work to stand out from the crowd.  This book is for you if you’re interested in raising the bar and you… • Can’t tolerate average, but aren’t sure how to break free from it • Are resourceful, open-minded, and driven by what is possible • Are done settling and ready to claim the life you’ve always wanted. The exciting news is learning how to develop an extra mile mentality is easy.  After reading this book, you will be equipped to routinely transform ordinary encounters into extraordinary opportunities to create the positive change you want to see---one interaction at a time. I’m looking forward to helping you discover how to get started." ]

[ "Review", "\"\"Powerful stuff!  General John Michel captivates and motivates each of us to act on the opportunities we have every day as citizen leaders to do something to build value into our surroundings. Through the inspirational stories of everyday people leading the positive change they want to see, the reader can't help but seek the answer to \"\"what's my story?\"\"  If you're busy, oversubscribed, and finding yourself stalled out in your own status quo, this book is a MUST read. With seemingly minimal maneuver room in my own daily life as a working mother with young children,", "Mediocre Me", "is just the wake-up call I needed this season!  It has reoriented my thinking, reenergized my attitude and recalibrated my life by helping me realize how by focusing more on possibilities than limitations, I can help make tomorrow a little better than I found it today in my part of the world...one choice at a time.\"\"     - Dr. Jean Mahan, Associate Professor at the Eisenhower School, National Defense University \"\"", "Mediocre Me", "is a potentially life-changing book with enormous application to current and ongoing events in today's society. If you watch the news, then this is the book you need to read--Now--to help you plot a course towards being an active leader of real, lasting change. Insightful, funny, full of reference, and dedicated to a common-good cause,", "Mediocre Me", "stood out to me thanks to the credibility of its author: John Michel.  Brigadier General Michel stands out as a mighty leader of our generation, and this book sheds light on his thoughts for our future.  Rather than dire predictions about the gloom that might be coming, Gen. Michel exudes optimism and highlights that we are all leaders--if only of ourselves--and that we have a strong hand to play in where our families, our communities and our societies are heading.  A \"\"take responsibility\"\" theme is refreshing, motivating...and timeless.  Best of all, it becomes a handbook that can be referenced quickly with a handy \"\"Notes, Warnings and Cautions\"\" section that is sure to morph into catch phrases splattered across the walls of high-performing organizations.  In short, this book is a motivator. Gen. Michel enjoyably shares his vision for a solution and gives us the simple instructions to make it happen.  Better than a good read,", "Mediocre Me", "is a swift-kick in the pants to stand up, take responsibility and take action!\"\" -Matthew T. \"\"MONTY\"\" Fritz, Lt Col, USAF “I loved this book!  Page after page it informed, inspired, and perhaps most importantly empowered me to go out and make a real, tangible difference in my world.  No doubt reading this book will change your attitude—the real upside is it might just change the entire trajectory of your life.” -Mark Tidwell, Executive Minister, Oak Hills Church", "About the Author", "John E. Michel is a widely recognized expert in culture, strategy & individual and organizational change. An accomplished unconventional leader and proven status quo buster, he has successfully led several multi-billion dollar transformation efforts and his award-winning work has been featured in a wide variety of articles and journals, including the", "Harvard Business Review", ". In addition to serving our nation as an active duty Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, John enjoys helping people learn to walk differently in the world so they can become the best version of themselves possible. You are encouraged to learn more about John at his website, www.MedicoreMe.com.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Mediocre Me", "How Saying No to the Status Quo Will Propel You From Ordinary to Extraordinary", "By John E. Michel", "Morgan James Publishing", "Copyright © 2013", "John E. MichelAll right reserved.", "ISBN: 9781614484400", "\"Quite unintentionally,", "we fell prey to the lie that success was a right we deserved rather than a privilege we must continue to earn", ". And just like that, the ethic of personal and collective responsibility, our nation’s true source of strength, began to collapse. Selfishness, propelled by slick marketing campaigns and the nonstop introduction of neat new products designed to make us look younger, feel thinner, or appear happier once again displaced selflessness. A growing sense of individual entitlement overshadowed the importance of maintaining accountability for one’s personal state of affairs.\"", "Continues...", "Excerpted from", "Mediocre Me", "by", "John E. Michel", "Copyright © 2013 by John E. Michel. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Time: 624 C.E. Place: Northern Europe Between the time of the fall of the Druids and the Rise of the Sea Kings came Argi. Runes in hand. “The Necromancer's Apprentice” A power rises in the North. One that promises peace and prosperity. Decent men rally to Baldur Bjornson, King of Denmark and Kattegat. But new prosperity attracts old envy and greed. The King is menaced by powerful enemies. Master of Runes Argi and his wife Aluko, who has powers of her own, are called from their small village to Denmark. Argi's runes are tested against unlawful magic in the harrowing events that take place. “The 18 Spells of Odin” Argi is given charge of a cannibal from Jutland who claims to have a secret, one about a cancer that is eating at the kingdom from the inside. To get this secret he must learn all of the spells of Odin. This leads him on a quest that brings Hel, the daughter of Loki, to Denmark where she makes a prophesy about Argi and his magical family. “The Death of King Ragnar Lothbrok”, the true story --Ragnar is captured by the King of Northumbria who tasks a priest with recording his life story before he is executed. The abbot is a secret descendant of Argi; the tale that he hears is shocking. Retribution comes from Denmark, yet even amid the horrors of war the magical family survives." ]

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[ "Including short stories from some of South Africa’s best and most renowned writers (Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee, and Alan Paton, to name only a few), this collection accompanies readers to a recent, but altogether different South Africa, reflecting perspectives of both the oppressed and the oppressors. Some of the stories are previously unpublished, but all of them constitute examples of the most imaginative and provocative South African writing, from many disparate perspectives." ]

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[ "The fiery action manga that inspired the brand-new anime, from the creator of", "Soul Eater", "!", "FIRE WALK WITH METhe city of Tokyo is plagued by a deadly phenomenon: spontaneous human combustion! Luckily, a special team is there to quench the inferno: The Fire Force! The fire soldiers at Special Fire Cathedral 8 are about to get a unique addition. Enter Shinra, a boy who possesses the power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous \"devil's footprints\" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can Shinra and his colleagues discover the source of this strange epidemic before the city burns to ashes?" ]

[ "Review", "“How exactly does one follow a super-successful manga like Soul Eater? With Fire Force… [which turns] what was already a pretty dangerous, exciting occupation into something that involves the supernatural, super-powers, and cool weapons and vehicles.” -School Library Journal" ]

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[ "Promenades 2nd ANSWER KEY for Workbook/Video and Lab Manual - ANSWER KEY ONLY" ]

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[ "Beekeeping:", "Step-By-Step Guide For Beginner And Advanced Beekeepers", "As a child, it is likely your summers were plagued with the fear of getting stung by a bee. You loved to go to the park and play with your friends. You loved to have picnics and enjoy late night barbecues – but you were always on your guard for when one of those little striped insects came your way, and when one did, you resorted to the tried-and-true method of holding still until the danger had passed. But, you knew that bees weren’t all bad. In fact, honey was – and is – one of your favorite things. Adding a tablespoon to your cereal in the morning, or perhaps adding a tablespoon to your tea now simply brightens your day, bringing in that sweet kick without you having to deal with all the complications of sugar. You know on the days you are feeling extra luxurious you go ahead and eat the honey straight off the spoon, understanding as you do that you are giving yourself a wonderful health boost as well as a satisfyingly sweet kick. If you use honey often, however, you know that it is very expensive. With even the smallest of jars costing up to $20, it’s had to keep honey in your diet on a regular basis, though you know you desperately want to. So what are you going to do? Obviously, the answer is to make it yourself. While you can’t actually follow a recipe to make your own honey, you can invest in another hobby that will give you all the honey you want – beekeeping. And that’s where this book comes in. In it, you are going to discover everything you need to know about beekeeping, from understanding the colony to setting up a colony of your own, and how to handle the honey when it’s time.", "Learn everything you need to know about beekeeping", "Learn everything you need to know about beekeeping", "Learn how to get started with your own colony", "Learn how to get started with your own colony", "Learn how to take care of the harvest and the honey", "Learn how to take care of the harvest and the honey", "And much, much more!", "And much, much more!" ]

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

[ "What would you risk to be free?", "It’s 1776 and Isabel, Curzon, and Ruth have only ever known life as slaves. But now the young country of America is in turmoil—there are whisperings, then cries, of freedom from England spreading like fire, and with it is a whole new type of danger. For freedom being fought for one isn’t necessarily freedom being fought for all…especially if you are a slave. But if an entire nation can seek its freedom, why can’t they? As war breaks out, sides must be chosen, death is at every turn, and one question forever rings in their ears: Would you risk everything to be free? As battles rage up and down the Eastern seaboard, Isabel, Curzon, and Ruth flee, separate, fight, face unparalleled heartbreak and, just like war, they must depend on their allies—and each other—if they are to survive. Which leads to a second, harrowing question: Amidst so much pain and destruction, can they even recognize who their allies are?" ]

[ "About the Author", "Laurie Halse Anderson is a", "New York Times", "bestselling author known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity. Her work has earned numerous ALA and state awards. Two of her books,", "Chains", "and", "Speak", ", were National Book Award finalists.", "Chains", "also received the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and Laurie was chosen for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award. She lives in Pennsylvania, and you can follow her adventures on Twitter @HalseAnderson or visit her at MadWomanintheForest.com." ]

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[ "ALL HAIKU FANS ARE INVITED! TALENTED POETS AND NEWCOMERS!", "Do you want to develop your haiku skills and create a daily habit? You can do just that with this Haiku Journal!Doing something on a regular basis is beneficial to the brain and will undoubtedly improve your skills.This poetry journal is a wonderful memory keepsake that you will be able to look back on for years to come.", "Features:", "One year's worth of haikus to be written (3 per page, 366 haikus in total)", "One year's worth of haikus to be written (3 per page, 366 haikus in total)", "6 x 9 inches - perfect size for a backpack for inspiration on the go", "6 x 9 inches - perfect size for a backpack for inspiration on the go", "120 pages", "120 pages", "Soft matte cover", "Soft matte cover", "Looking for a poet-related gift for a birthday, Christmas, or Mother's Day? Give the gift of haiku to them! Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, partners, friends, and so on...", "BUY NOW and awaken the haikus dormant in your soul!" ]

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[ "From one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century—an extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seventies that powerfully speaks to contemporary conversations around racism.", "“It contains truth that cannot be denied.” —", "The Atlantic Monthly", "In this stunningly personal document, James Baldwin remembers in vivid details the Harlem childhood that shaped his early conciousness and the later events that scored his heart with pain—the murders of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, his sojourns in Europe and in Hollywood, and his retum to the American South to confront a violent America face-to-face." ]

[ "Review", "“More eloquent than W. E. B. DuBois, more penetrating than Richard Wright.... It contains truth that cannot be denied.” —", "The Atlantic Monthly", "“Characteristically beautiful.... He has not himself lost access to the sources of his being—which is what makes him read and awaited by perhaps a wider range of people than any other major American writer.” —", "The Nation", "About the Author", "James Baldwin was born in 1924 and educated in New York. He is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", ",", "Notes of a Native Son", ",", "Giovanni's Room", ",", "Nobody Knows My Name", ",", "Another Country", ", and", "The Fire Next Time", ". Among the awards he received are a Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Partisan Review Fellowship, and a Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1986. Baldwin died in 1987.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "\"That is a good idea,\" I heard my mother say. She was staring at a wad of black velvet, which she held in her hand, and she carefully placed this bit of cloth in a closet. We can guess how old I must have been from the fact that for years afterward I thought that an \"idea\" was a piece of black velvet.Much, much, much has been blotted out, coming back only lately in bewildering and untrustworthy flashes. I must have been about five, I should think, when I made my connection between ideas and velvet, but I may have been younger; this may have been the same year that my father had me circumcised, a terrifying event which I scarcely remember at all; or I may think I was five because I remember tugging at my mother's skirts once and watching her face while she was telling someone else that she was twenty-seven. This meant, for me, that she was virtually in the grave already, and I tugged a little harder at her skirts. I already knew, for some reason, or had given myself some reason to believe, that she had been twenty-two when I was born. And, though I can't count today, I could count when I was little.I was the only child in the house--or houses--for a while, a halcyon period which memory has quite repudiated; and if I remember myself as tugging at my mother's skirts and staring up into her face, it was because I was so terrified of the man we called my father; who did not arrive on my scene, really, until I was more than two years old. I have written both too much and too little about this man, whom I did not understand till he was past Understanding. in my first memory of him, he is standing in the kitchen, drying the dishes. My mother had dressed me to go out, she is taking me someplace, and it must be winter, because I am wearing, in my memory, one of those cloth hats with a kind of visor, which button under the chin--a Lindbergh hat, I think. I am apparently in my mother's arms, for I am staring at my father over my mother's shoulder, we are near the door; and my father smiles. This may be a memory, I think it is, but it may be a fantasy. One of the very last times I saw my father on his feet, I was staring at him over my mother's shoulder--she had come rushing into the room to separate us--and mx father was not smiling and neither was I.His mother, Barbara, lived in our house, and she had been born in slavery. She was so old that she never moved from her bed. I remember her as pale and gaunt and she must have worn a kerchief because I don't remember her hair. I remember that she loved me: she used to scold her son about the way he treated me; and he was a little afraid of her. When she died, she called me into the room to give me a present--one of those old, round, metal boxes, usually with a floral design, used for candy. She thought it was full of candy and I thought it was full of candy, but it wasn't. After she died, I opened it and it was full of needles and thread.This broke my heart, of course, but her going broke it more because I had loved her and depended on her. I knew--children must know--that she would always protect me with all her strength. So would my mother, too, I knew that, but my mother's strength was only to be called on in a desperate emergency. It did not take me long, nor did the children, as they came tumbling into this world, take long to discover that our mother paid an immense price for standing between us and our father. He had ways of making her suffer quite beyond our ken, and so we soon learned to depend on each other and became a kind of wordless conspiracy to protect her. (We were all, absolutely and mercilessly, united against our father.) We soon realized, anyway, that she scarcely belonged to us: she was always in the hospital, having another baby. Between his merciless children, who were terrified of him, the pregnancies, the births, the rats, the murders on Lenox Avenue, the whores who lived downstairs, his job on Long Island--to which he went every morning, wearing a Derby or a Homburg, in a black suit, white shirt, dark tie, looking like the preacher he was, and with his black lunch-box in his hand--and his unreciprocated love for the Great God Almighty, it is no wonder our father went mad. We, on the other hand, luckily, on the whole, for our father, and luckily indeed for our mother, simply took over each new child and made it ours. I want to avoid generalities as far as possible; it will, I hope, become clear presently that what I am now attempting dictates this avoidance; and so I will not say that children love miracles, but I will say that I think we did. A newborn baby is an extraordinary event; and I have never seen two babies who looked or even sounded remotely alike. Here it is, this breathing mirade who could not live an instant without you, with a skull more fragile than an egg, a miracle of eyes, legs, toenails, and (especially) lungs. It gropes in the light like a blind thing--it is, for the moment, blind--what can it make of what it sees? It's got a little hair, which it's going to lose, it's got no teeth, it pees all over you, it belches, and when it's frightened or hungry, quite without knowing what a miracle it's accomplishing, it exercises its lungs. You watch it discover it has a hand; then it discovers it has toes. Presently, it discovers it has you, and since it has already decided it wants to live, it gives you a toothless smile when you come near it, gurgles or giggles when you pick it up, holds you tight by the thumb or the eyeball or the hair, and, having already opted against solitude, howls when you put it down. You begin the extraordinary journey of beginning to know and to control this creature. You know the sound--the meaning--of one cry from another; without knowing that you know it. You know when it's hungry--that's one sound. You know when it's wet--that's another sound. You know when it's angry. You know when it's bored. You know when it's frightened. You know when it's suffering. You come or you go or you sit still according to the sound the baby makes. And you watch over it where I was born, even in your sleep, because rats love the odor of newborn babies and are much, much bigger.By the time it has managed to crawl under every bed, nearly suffocate itself in every drawer, nearly strangle itself with string, somehow, God knows how, trapped itself behind the radiator, been pulled back, by one leg, from its suicidal investigation of the staircase, and nearly poisoned itself with everything--its hand being quicker than your eye--it can possibly get into its mouth, you have either grown to love it or you have left home.I, James, in August. George, in January. Barbara, in August. Wilmer, in October, David, in December. Gloria, Ruth, Elizabeth, and (when we thought it was over!) Paula Maria, named by me, born on the day our father died, all in the summertime.The youngest son of the New Orleans branch of the family--family, here, is used loosely and has to be; we knew almost nothing about this branch, which knew nothing about us; Daddy, the great good friend of the Great God Almighty, had simply fled the South, leaving a branch behind. As I have said, he was the son of a slave, and his youngest daughter, by his first marriage, is my mother's age and his youngest son is nine years older than I. This boy, who did not get along with his father, was my elder brother, as far as I then knew, and he sometimes took me with him here and there. He took me into the Coney Island breakers on his back one day, teaching me to swim, and somehow ducked beneath me, playing, or was carried away from me for a moment, terrified, caught me and brought me above the waves. In the time that his body vanished beneath me and the waters rolled over my head, I still remember the slimy sea water and the blinding green--it was not green; it was all the world's snot and vomit; it entered into me; when my head was abruptly lifted out of the water, when I felt my brother's arms and saw his worried face--his eyes looking steadily into mine with the intense and yet impersonal anxiety of a surgeon, the sky above me not yet in focus, my lungs failing to deliver the mighty scream I had nearly burst with in the depths, my four or five or six-year-old legs kicking--and my brother slung me over his shoulder like a piece of meat, or a much beloved child, and strode up out of the sea with me, with me! he had saved me, after all, I learned something about the terror and the loneliness and the depth and the height of love.Not so very much later, this brother, who was in his teens, fooling around with girls or shooting dice with his friends, who knows, came home late, which was forbidden in our Baptist house, and had a terrible fight with his Daddy and left the house and never came back. He swore that he never would come back, that his Daddy would never see him again. And he never did come back, not while daddy was still alive. Daddy wrote, but his son never answered. When I became a young minister, I was asked to write him, and I did-- sometimes my father dictated the letters to me. And the boy answered me, sometimes, but he never answered his father and never mentioned him. Daddy slowly began to realize that he was never going to see that son, who was his darling, the apple of his eye, anymore, and this broke his heart and destroyed his will and helped him into the madhouse and the grave--my only intimation, perhaps, during all those years, that he was human. The son came home, when his father died, to help me bury him. Then he went away again, and I didn't see him until I had to go to California on a Civil Rights gig, and he met me at the airport. By then, I was thirty-nine and he was nearly fifty, I had made his disowned father's name famous, and I had left home in exactly the same way he did, for more or less the same reasons, and when I was seventeen.Since Martin's death, in Memphis, and that tremendous day in Atlanta, something has altered in me, something has gone away. Perhaps even more than the death itself, the manner of his death has forced me into a judgment concerning human life and human beings which I have always been reluctant to make-- indeed, I can see that a great deal of what the knowledgeable would call my life-style is dictated by this reluctance. Incontestably, alas, most people are not, in action, worth very much; and yet, every human being is an unprecedented miracle. One tries to treat them as the miracles they are, while trying to protect oneself against the disasters they've become. This is not very different from the act of faith demanded by all those marches and petitions while Martin was still alive. One could scarcely be deluded by Americans anymore, one scarcely dared expect anything from the great, vast, blank generality; and yet one was compelled to demand of Americans--and for their sakes, after all--a generosity, a clarity, and a nobility which they did not dream of demanding of themselves. Part of the error was irreducible, in that the marchers and petitioners were forced to suppose the existence of an entity which, when the chips were down, could not be located--i.e., there are no American people yet: but to this speculation (or desperate hope) we shall presently return. Perhaps, however, the moral of the story (and the hope of the world) lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself. However that may be, the failure and the betrayal are in the record book forever, and sum up, and condemn, forever, those descendants of a barbarous Europe Who arbitrarily and arrogantly reserve the right to call themselves Americans.The mind is a strange and terrible vehicle, moving according to rigorous rules of its own; and my own mind, after I had left Atlanta, began to move backward in time, to places, people, and events I thought I had forgotten. Sorrow drove it there, I think, sorrow, and a certain kind of bewilderment, triggered, perhaps, by something which happened to me in connection with Martin's funeral.When Martin was murdered, I was based in Hollywood, working--working, in fact, on the screen version of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This was a difficult assignment, since I had known Malcolm, after all, crossed swords with him, worked with him, and held him in that great esteem which is not easily distinguishable, if it is distinguishable at all, from love. (The Hollywood gig did not work out because I did not wish to be a party to a second assassination: but we will also return to Hollywood, presently.)Very shortly before his death, I had to appear with Martin at Carnegie Hall, in New York. Having been on the Coast so long, I had nothing suitable to wear for my Carnegie Hall gig, and so I rushed out, got a dark suit, got it fitted, and made my appearance. Something like two weeks later, I wore this same suit to Martin's funeral; returned to Hollywood; presently, had to come East again, on business. I ran into Leonard Lyons one night, and I told him that I would never be able to wear that suit again. Leonard put this in his column. I went back to Hollywood.Weeks later, either because of a Civil Rights obligation, or because of Columbia Pictures, I was back in New York. On my desk in New York were various messages--and it must be said that my sister, Gloria, who worked for me then, is extremely selective, not to say brutal, about the messages she leaves on my desk. I don't see, simply, most of the messages I get. I couldn't conceivably live with them. No one could-- as Gloria knows. However, my best friend, black, when I had been in junior high school, when I was twelve or thirteen, had been calling and calling and calling. The guilt of the survivor is a real guilt--as I was now to discover. In a way that I may never be able to make real for my countrymen, or myself, the fact that I had \"made it\"--that is, had been seen on television, and at Sardi's, could (presumably!) sign a check anywhere in the world, could, in short, for the length of an entrance, a dinner, or a drink, intimidate headwaiters by the use of a name which had not been mine when I was born and which love had compelled me to make my own--meant that I had betrayed the people who had produced me. Nothing could be more unutterably paradoxical: to have thrown in your lap what you never dreamed of getting, and, in sober, bitter truth, could never have dreamed of having, and that at the price of an assumed betrayal of your brothers and your sisters! One is always disproving the accusation in action as futile as it is inevitable.", "Read more" ]

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

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[ "Includes 14 pieces from Fran Avni's recording of the same name, as well as several additional offerings featuring exciting, multilayered arrangements that are immediately accessible to singers and choruses of all levels. Songs: Eretz Zavat Chalav · Roots-Shorashim · Dayenu · If I Am Not for Myself · The Colors of Jerusalem · more." ]

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

[ "Ascension Island is a remote and unique location with caves, tunnels, lava flows, wrecks and rich marine life. This, the first detailed diving and snorkelling guide to the island is both an excellent aid to planning dives and the perfect memento of Ascension. With detailed descriptions and rich imagery this travel-size guide is a must-have for any diver visiting Ascension.This well-designed book helps divers and dive organisers to plan ahead. The contents list includes a rating system which shows the difficulty of dives and the kind of marine life you can expect to see. Individual dive pages go into more detail, with GPS coordinates, depth range, ‘must see’ items, lists of marine life creatures and important safety considerations. There is a map, recommended route and practical advice for each of the twenty-one dive sites.* Illustrated throughout by the award-winning author’s underwater photography.* The perfect preparation for diving and snorkelling in Ascension.* Includes an Index of Ascension Island Common Marine Life.* Diving and Snorkelling Ascension Island also contains a section headed ‘Opportunities and Safety Considerations’. This is essential advice for those wishing to organise diving in a location so remote.With a Foreword by leading underwater photographer Martin Edge.REVIEWS: \"Written in a straightforward, practical style, while whetting the diver's appetite too - rather like a good dive briefing\": DIVE magazine. \"...if you are planning a trip to this particular middle of nowhere, there is only one guide in town!\": Diver magazine. \"...immerse yourself in Paul's beautiful book... for the adventurous diver who likes to get off the beaten track this is an absolute must\": Joss Woolf, Chairman, British Society of Underwater Photographers.AUTHOR: Paul Colley is a diving instructor, INON UK underwater photography instructor, lifetime Vice-President of the Royal Air Force Sub-Aqua Association, a member of the British Society of Underwater Photographers and has won international underwater photography competitions to gold medal standard. He writes regularly for diving magazines, websites and his own blog." ]

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[ "Books", "Travel", "Specialty Travel" ]

[ "Camp Ghoul Mountain Part VI is one of the most infamous slasher-movie sequels of the 1980s. Known for its over-the-top gore effects, bizarre and psychedelic campground killer plot—and its legacy as a lightning rod for conspiracy theories concerning everything from UFOs and alien abductions to 9/11 and a secret cabal at the heart of world power. This book contains a complete, authorized adaptation of the infamous cult slasher movie as well as the secret history of the behind-the-scenes drama and high-strange events that inspired the filmmakers, complete with footnotes and autobiographical anecdotes. Camp Ghoul Mountain Part VI: The Official Novelization is a love letter to the horror movie boom of the 1980s and conspiracy theories of the 1990s—and, perhaps, a dire warning of the dark future to come. Who wants to go camping?" ]

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

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[ "Books", "Reference" ]

[ "The History of Remington Firearms", "is a captivating and wonderful illustrated chronicle of one of the most famous and legendary names in history. Remington is synonymous with the history of the United States, from the Civil War, the two world wars, and every skirmish in between, to outlaws beyond the pale and the law enforcement officers hired to catch them. The name", "Remington", "is equally synonymous with hunting, from casual afternoons plinking by a pond, to deer hunting in Pennsylvania, to elk and antelope hunting in the West. Through Remington's commitment to quality and innovation the company has produced many breakthroughs that profoundly influenced America's industrial development, including the production of the world's first effective typrewriter, innovations in smokeless poweder ballistics, powdered metal technology and fine products for sportsmen, target shooters and hunters for nearly two hundred years.Separate sections in this volume cover all of the company's output, including Pistols and Revolvers, Rifles and Carbines, and Shotguns.  The range of firearms discussed spans everything from Rider's diminutive parlor pistol, which relied on a percussion cap to propel its diminutive .17 projectile, to the mighty .30 caliber Browning Machine Gun of 1917 which had a firepower capability of 600 rounds per minute.  Many interesting historical pictures and company posters complete the story." ]

[ "About the Author", "Roy M. Marcot is the leading expert on Remington firearms and the author of the official company history--Remington, America's Oldest Gunmaker.  He has the largest collection of Remington firearms, ammunition, and memorabilia outside of the Remington facility in Ilion.  His interest in firearms goes back to the early '50s, when at age twelve, he took an NRA Hunter Safety course and purchased his first gun -- a single shot, break-open shotgun.  After gaining his bachelor's degree at Pratt Institute in New York, Roy served as an Army officer for two years and was in charge of the Fort Carson Pistol Team.Marcot is the author of several books on historical arms, including Spencer Repeating Firearms and Hiram Berdan--Chief of Sharpshooters.  Since 1991, Roy has been the Editor of the RSA Journal, the quarterly publication of the Remington Society of America.  He is a member of the American Society of Arms Collectors and has been a life member of the National Rifle Association since 1966.  He lives in Tucson, Arizona." ]

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[ "During the last four years of the Second World War, the Western Allies secured Russian defenses against Germany by supplying vital food and arms. The plight of those in Murmansk and Archangel who benefited is now well known, but few are aware of the courage, determination and sacrifice of Allied merchant ships, which withstood unremitting U-boat attacks and aerial bombardment to maintain the lifeline to Russia. In the storms, fog and numbing cold of the Arctic, where the sinking of a 10,000 ton freighter was equal to a land battle in terms of destruction, the losses sustained were huge. Told from the perspective of their crews, this is the inspiring story of the long-suffering merchant ships without which Russia would almost certainly have fallen to Nazi Germany." ]

[ "About the Author", "Richard Woodman is a distinguished, prize-winning maritime author. He served at sea from the age of sixteen, spent eleven years in command, spent six years in operational management and is today an Elder Brother of Trinity House. The author of a number of novels, his historical studies include Arctic Convoys 1941-1945, Malta Convoys 194-1943, The Real Cruel Sea: The Merchant Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943 and a five volume History of the British Merchant Navy.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Arctic Convoys 1941–1945", "By Richard Woodman", "Pen and Sword Books Ltd", "Copyright © 2018 Richard WoodmanAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-84415-611-5", "Contents", "Illustrations, Foreword, Preface, Maps, 1. 'The world will hold its breath', 2. To the edge of the earth, 3. Undertaking the impossible, 4. 'Now there is no end to our troubles': Operation Dervish, and convoys PQl-6, QPl-4, 5. 'A matter of the highest urgency': Convoys PQ7A-11, QP4-7, 6. 'Ideal weather for carrier aircraft': Convoys PQ12, QP8, 7. 'Baptism of fire': Convoys PQ13, QP9, 8. 'Just a process of attrition': Convoys PQ14, QP10, 9. 'It is beginning to ask too much ...': Convoys PQ15, QPll, 10. 'Success was beyond expectation': Convoys PQ16, QP12, 11. 'It is not enough', 12. Convoys QP13, PQ17, 13. Convoy PQ17, 14. Convoy PQ18, 15. 'For eighteen days there was no let-up': Convoy QP14, 16. 'A tough blow for the Russians': Operation FB and convoy QP15, 17. 'Only destroyers': Convoys JW51A and B, RA51, 18. 'Dangerous work in hazardous circumstances': Convoys JW52-54A, RA52-54A, 19. 'An inconvenient, extreme and costly exertion': Convoys JW54A-55B, RA54B, 20. We're going alongside the bastard!': Convoys JW55B, RA55A, The Battle of North Cape, 21. They never let me down': Convoys JW56A-58, RA55B-59, 22. 'Allies, or just two nations?': Convoys JW59-62, RA60-62, 23. We are having a bad time with the U-boats': Convoys JW63-64, RA63-64, 24. The true glory: Convoys JW65-67, RA65-67, Convoy dispositions, Notes, Sources and bibliography, Acknowledgements, CHAPTER 1", "'The world will hold its breath'", "At 03.15 ON the morning of 22 June 1941, the darkness of the night was broken by a flickering of light. A few seconds later the insistent croaking of frogs in the reed-beds of the River Bug, where the storming parties of the German Wehrmacht lurked expectantly, was obliterated by the concussion of distant artillery. Shells from more than 7,000 guns whined overhead and the explosions of their detonations thundered and flashed on the far bank to the east. The bombardment began Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Soviet Russia. Advance troops started to cross the Bug on a 500-mile front by every method military cunning could devise. Over an hour earlier Heinkel bombers of the Luftwaffe had dropped mines in the waters of the Black Sea and the Baltic. Other aircraft went into action at first light, bombing and strafing ahead of the advancing columns, destroying roads, tanks and fuel dumps. Most significantly, by noon, the Luftwaffe had eliminated over 1,000 Russian aircraft, most of them on the ground. Their own loss was trifling. A German officer likened it to throwing stones at glasshouses. 'When Operation Barbarossa is launched,' Adolf Hitler had boasted, 'the world will hold its breath.'", "In fact the world had been holding its breath since learning of the astonishing German-Soviet non-aggression pact agreed in late August 1939 by their respective foreign ministers, Ribbentrop and Molotov. Though alarmed by the openly declared territorial ambitions of Germany, Stalin's overtures to Britain and France had for some time remained inconclusive. Mutual suspicion clouded all negotiations: the Western powers feared the Communist 'infection'; the Russians, wholly antipathetic to the Fascist Axis, had a yet deeper aversion to an alliance with the traditional enemy of Marxism, the capitalist and imperialist governments in Paris and London. Russian policy was highly subjective, centralized in the person of the Soviet leader, Josef Stalin, a man as ruthless as Hitler, but with a greater cunning. The expedient solution of an accommodation with Hitler would buy time, and Ribbentrop and Molotov swiftly concluded their pact under the very noses of the Anglo-French mission still in Moscow.", "When in September 1939 the German army invaded Poland from the west, the Red Army did likewise from the east, recovering territory lost to the Poles under Marshal Pilsudski in 1920 but also, and more significantly, increasing Russian-held territory for the traditional strategy of defence in depth against the day when this might become necessary. Similar reasons were given for the annexation of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in 1940. Like Germany and in marked contrast to the Western democracies, Soviet Russia had been preparing for war for many years, spurred on by the doctrine of world revolution. The Red Army regarded a major European war as likely from about 1932, with this crystallizing into 'absolute certainty' by the time Hitler became Reichskanzler. Ironically, the military and naval limitations imposed on Germany in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles had created a hothouse of debate within a small, almost intimate, officer corps. As early as 1922 the German Ambassador to Moscow, Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, had engineered an agreement known as Rapallo-Politik allowing officers of the then Reichswehr to conduct military studies and experiments in Russia, beyond the supervising restrictions of the Inter-Allied Military Control. Here Soviet and German officers exchanged views and while the Reichswehr was incapable of deploying massed tank formations such as the Red Army displayed at the Kiev manoeuvres of 1935, the advent of National Socialism gave Germany the dynamic to convert theory to practice, to build an economy based on an armaments industry and to field at the Mecklenburg manoeuvres of 1937 the first Nazi tank squadrons, forerunners of the Panzer divisions. Similar expansion of the German airforce took place and further 'experimentation' in land, sea and air warfare followed during the Spanish Civil War. The German reoccupation of the industrial Rhineland in 1936 increased Germany's war potential, and the Fascist alliance with Mussolini's Italy created the power bloc from which the coming war was to be waged. As the decade drew to its close the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia resulted in the acquisition of enormous war booty, and the coercion and formation of vassal states in the Balkans secured reserves of fighting manpower as well as assets such as the Ploesti oilfields of Romania.", "Nor had the Russians been idle. The victorious emergence of the Bolsheviks after the revolutions of 1917 and the ensuing civil war led to years of strenuous restructuring of the exhausted Russian economy. It was not until the end of the 1920s that the production of coal, iron and steel reached the output of 1913. The tank formations which the Germans observed and then emulated were constructed by industrial plants initially set up with the aid of foreign advisers. Americans helped organize mass production of motor vehicles, Germans that of aircraft. As Marshal Voroshilov, the People's Commissar for Defence, said of it in", "Pravda", "in March 1933, the First Five Year Plan (1929-33) laid 'excellent foundations on which to build all the technical appliances for modern warfare'.", "As the political differences between the ideologies of Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany widened, the", "rapprochement", "between the military professionals withered and died. They met as opponents on the 'experimental' battlefields of Spain; the rupture seemed complete, the battlelines drawn, until the revival of mutual military expedience in the Ribbentrop-Molotov accord. Neither of the contracting powers regarded the pact as anything other than temporary. For the Germans, as they planned the invasion of France immediately after the suppression of Poland, it removed the fear of fighting on two fronts; for the Russians it bought time in which to step up military production and the opportunity to gain defensive territory without German interference. As the Germans invaded Poland, the Russians followed, driving a salient beyond Lvov to protect the Ukraine, aware that they were vulnerable not only if Germany chose later to seize the Ukraine for the wealth of its resources, but also because the area nurtured a politically unreliable separatist movement based on Lvov.", "Stalin also wished to protect the seaward approaches to Leningrad and in November 1939 commenced the Winter War with Finland. This hard-fought, bitter campaign was a pyrrhic victory for the Russians. They lost an estimated 200,000 men, 700 aircraft and 1,600 tanks. Marshal Semyon Timoshenko was appointed to rectify the defects in the Red Army exposed by its mauling at the hands of the outnumbered Finns. He had little time to replace the aeroplanes and tanks before Hitler pounced. For their part, the Finns, unsupported by the Western powers in their hour of need and driven into the Axis camp by 1941, retained their independence despite the loss of Vyborg and territory in the north. Stalin had achieved his objectives at a cost: Vyborg protected Leningrad; the narrow northern buffer covered the Arctic port of Murmansk.", "Operation Barbarossa was planned for May 1941. Norway, Denmark, the Low Countries and France had already fallen. Although the British had extricated the men of their expeditionary force at Dunkirk, it had been at the expense of their equipment. They too were short of the means with which to wage effective war. Fortunately, the resources of the Royal Air Force staved off a German invasion by defeating the Luftwaffe's air offensive in the summer of 1940 in what came to be called the Battle of Britain. Nevertheless, Britain was subjected to increasingly heavy bombing raids while German U-boats from the French Biscay ports now had access to the Atlantic trade routes to attack with ease her immense seaborne trade. Augmented by the demands of war and, in these early months, inadequately escorted, Britain's merchant shipping was vulnerable to attack by both submarine and surface raider. The latter could now move almost undetected in the Norwegian fiords and break out into the Atlantic at will.", "Shelving plans for invading Britain, Hitler began to transfer his Panzer divisions across Europe. The Soviet Union, home of the despised Slavs and seed-bed of the hated Communist creed, was the real enemy; Russia was the declared ground upon which the victorious Reich would expand and consolidate its 1,000-year rule. But Hitler was compelled to delay his attack in the east and to divert troops to Yugoslavia, Greece and North Africa. The pro-British Serbian majority in Yugoslavia had refused to submit quietly to Hitler's hegemony and their suppression cost Germany valuable time. Moreover, his Italian ally's military operations had badly miscarried. Mussolini's invasion of Greece was held up by ferocious resistance. The Wehrmacht and the Luftwaffe were ordered to retrieve the situation and save the Italians from defeat. The Greek campaign was complicated by the intervention of British, Australian and New Zealand troops under Britain's treaty obligations, but these were eventually driven south, to be withdrawn by the ships of the Royal Navy. Meanwhile, the British in North Africa, though poorly equipped, defeated the Italians and proved stubborn and difficult to evict. Resources involved in the fight for the Western Desert were to impinge on the campaign on the Eastern front by diverting German arms to North Africa and affecting the flow of Allied supplies to Russia.", "Not only did these unintended campaigns cost the Germans time and the disruption of their logistical arrangements for the transfer of troops to the line of the Bug, they also began to turn public opinion in the United States in favour of the Allies. Shocked by the arrogance of Hitler's actions, a growing awareness of the true situation in Europe began to spread in America.", "These delays and the early onset of the Russian winter cost the Germans their political and military objectives. Despite their early tactical successes, eventually they were to lose the campaign and, in the Russian counter-attack, combined with the Allied invasion of Normandy, the war in Europe. But in the first few days of the invasion of Russia the German officer's euphoric reference to the destruction of glasshouses seemed justified. Despite earlier Russian efforts to secure territory for defence in depth, standing orders designed to preserve the non-aggression pact were confirmed to incredulous field commanders now confronted by a full-scale invasion. In an excessively centralized command structure, local initiative was paralysed and so, it seemed, was Stalin. Although the Soviet leader had himself warned that a spring offensive by the Germans was likely, it had been his policy to adhere strictly to the terms of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact. Russia supplied Germany with grain and oil up to the very day of invasion and Russian reconnaissance flights were inhibited by standing orders intended to avoid provocation. The object of all this was to buy Stalin time. The impressive tanks of the 1935 man uvres had become obsolete and many were defective; more had been lost in Finland and only a quarter of the most modern were serviceable. Manpower was spread too thinly; the Red Army's 170 divisions in the west were largely unsupported after fanning out to garrison the areas of Poland occupied in 1939. Most important of all, despite Timoshenko's reforms, Stalin had compromised the Red Army and destroyed its command structure by 'purging' 35,000 officers", "pour encourager les autres.", "This policy only served to weaken the morale of the remainder.", "Stalin's apparent paralysis at the moment of invasion is curious. He had ignored many warnings: Germans in the Soviet Union sent their families home; in January, in a Berlin cinema, an American commercial attaché had been given details of Barbarossa by an anti-Nazi and this warning was eventually passed to Moscow; the Soviet agent Richard Sorge sounded a strident warning from Tokyo; and informative German radio traffic transmitted via the Enigma encrypting device was intercepted and decoded by the British at Bletchley Park. This 'Ultra' intelligence confirmed other indications garnered by the British and on 10 June, Sir Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, told Maisky, the Russian Ambassador in London, that Churchill 'asks you urgently to communicate all these data to the Soviet Government'. On 18 June the anti-Nazi 'Lucy' spy-ring based in Lucerne, in Switzerland, which consisted of a German, a Swiss, an Englishman and a Russian, fed the Kremlin with detailed plans for Barbarossa (and continued to inform the Soviets of German troop movements, plans and positions for the entire Russian campaign). Simultaneous with the 'Lucy' warning, a German deserter revealed the date of an attack as Sunday, 22 June. He too was ignored.", "But Stalin, as well as being callous and crafty, was also ignorant. He chose not to act upon these warnings, despite his own misgivings, blinding himself to the flood of evidence with the characteristic impenetrable detachment and self-conceit which had enabled him to gain immense power and to wield it with a terrifying disregard of all reason. Whether or not he had a nervous breakdown at this time, or deliberately retreated into a world of self-delusion, it is impossible to say, but when the blow came it stupefied him, confronting him personally with a challenging reality perhaps hitherto unimagined. Whatever the true reasons, the cost to the Soviet war apparatus by the end of that fateful Sunday was the loss of 1,500 Russian aircraft on the ground and 322 in the air; in addition, 3 Russian divisions were unaccounted for. This was but a foretaste of what was to follow.", "By the end of June the German High Command was celebrating the success of Barbarossa. The tanks of Guderian's Panzer Group 2 and Hoth's Panzer Group 3 had trapped three Russian armies and the Germans were advancing along the whole of the vast front. Only one fact was beginning to emerge to suggest it would not simply be a matter of breaking glass: although surrounded and taken prisoner in enormous numbers, even against hopeless odds individual Russian soldiers refused to submit. They fought, Hitler wrote to Mussolini, with a 'stupid fanaticism' and 'the primitive brutality' of animals. The Wehrmacht's losses began to mount ominously. In the opening weeks of Barbarossa they reached 100,000, more than the total of all other campaigns since the war had begun.", "Stalin's paralysis did not last long. A fortnight after Barbarossa had been launched, a new Russian Stavka, or High Command, had been formed. Voroshilov, Timoshenko and Budenny were appointed to command the right, centre and left of the line. With savage and intimidating brutality, Stalin had those of the old front-line commanders who had survived shot, thus providing the cause of the Russian disaster for public consumption. Throughout the Red Army, political orthodoxy was more important than military ability, and defeat was perceived as treachery; there were political commissars on hand to interfere with field operations and make a nightmare reality of this fear, even in the face of the enemy. But the paranoid insecurity of Communist control, which was a legacy of revolution, civil war and minority power, now disappeared beneath an emerging patriotism. This was brilliantly exploited by Stalin who emerged publicly from his cataleptic state on 3 July to broadcast to a people hitherto treated as traitors unless submitting to his will. With all the fulsome fraternity of Marxist rhetoric, he addressed his 'comrades, citizens, brothers and sisters', announced 'a patriotic war' and called for a scorched-earth policy which would result in 'freedom for our Motherland'. He reawoke the powerful, demotic image of Mother Russia, revived historical memories of the great struggle against Napoleon's Grande Armée and invoked the deep feelings of the Russian people for their country. Patriotism of the most self-abnegating sort was to characterize the spirit of the Russians in the coming struggle with the Germans, replacing to a large degree the fear of extreme coercion, and ironically elevating Josef Stalin to the ancient, Tsarist status of 'Little Father'.", "The Russian people's 'passionate defence of their native soil', Churchill commented later, 'while the struggle lasted, made amends for all'.", "For Winston Churchill, Prime Minister and his own Minister of Defence, the period of Britain's standing alone with little beyond the moral support of the American President Roosevelt behind the vital Lease-Lend Act had ended. But having the Soviet Union, if not exactly as an ally, then at least as a co-enemy of the Third Reich, was cold comfort. Churchill had no love for Communists and had marked 'the stony composure' with which the Russian government had regarded events in France in 1940 'and our vain efforts in 1941 to create a front in the Balkans'. Furthermore, the Soviets had given economic and material aid to the Germans. The Arctic port of Murmansk, preserved from the Finns, was nevertheless used as a fuelling port by German ships. From the White Sea the commerce raider", "Komet", "had been assisted by Russian ice-breakers to break out into the Pacific through the Kara Sea and North East Passage.", "(Continues...)", "Excerpted from", "Arctic Convoys 1941–1945", "by", "Richard Woodman", ". Copyright © 2018 Richard Woodman. Excerpted by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site." ]

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[ "It's a prime ingredient in countless substances from cereal to soup, from cola to coffee. Consumed at the rate of one hundred pounds for every American every year, it's as addictive as nicotine -- and as poisonous. It's sugar. And \"Sugar Blues\", inspired by the crusade of Hollywood legend Gloria Swanson, is the classic, bestselling expose that unmasks our generation's greatest medical killer and shows how a revitalizing, sugar-free diet can not only change lives, but quite possibly save them." ]

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[ "Westchester 2011 Honorable Mention", "2013 Saskatoon Book Awards: Young Adult Literature Award nominee", "To say Shir is unpopular is an understatement. In fact she's less than homely, therefore a target of casual cruelty in high school. Even though she wishes to remain invisible, bullies find ways of tormenting her, viciously. Worse still, she's an outcast in her own family.", "There are two areas where Shir can overcome her negative self-image. One is at her part-time job where the kindly Mr. A has hired her as the driver of his grocery delivery truck. The other is at her secret retreat - myplace - where she can sip her beer and watch the river, undisturbed.", "But neither sanctuary is safe; Shir discovers that Mr. A's kindness is part of a plot to use her as an accomplice in shady dealings, and her haven by the river is intruded upon by a boy who simply won't go away. While these invasions shatter her initially, both lead to her throwing off the mantle of victim and asserting herself for the first time in her life." ]

[ "Review", "\"This taut thriller showcases the award-winning Canadian author’s gift for creating memorable teen characters who confront tough issues alone—in this case, teen bullying, portrayed in gritty, claustrophobic detail by its victim...Goobie’s third-person voice relentlessly puts readers directly in Shir’s head, pulling no punches in creating a memorable, believable character.\" -- Kirkus Reviews", "\"This book will be enjoyed by those who like to root for the outsider and are not afraid of reading edgy material. This is a good addition to young adult collections.\" -- VOYA", "About the Author", "Beth Goobie graduated from the University of Winnipeg and the Mennonite Brethren Bible College. She is an award-winning writer of young adult fiction including", "I'm Not Convinced", ",", "Mission Impossible", "and", "Before Wings", ". She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan." ]

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[ "A resourceful runaway alone in the wilds of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a brutal stabbing in Griffith Park. Fleeing into the night, Billy cannot shake the horrific memory of the savage violence, nor the pursuit of a cold-blooded killer. For wherever Billy turns—from Hollywood Boulevard to the boardwalks of Venice—he is haunted by the", "chuck chuck", "sound of a knife sinking into flesh. As LAPD homicide detective Petra Connor desperately searches for the murderer, as the media swarms mercilessly around the story, the vicious madman stalks closer to his prey. Only Petra can save Billy. But it will take all her cunning to uncover a child lost in a fierce urban labyrinth—where a killer seems right at home. . . ." ]

[ "Review", "“Taut, compelling . . . Everything a thriller ought to be. The writing is excellent. The plotting is superior. The characters ring true.”", "—USA Today", "“JONATHAN KELLERMAN HAS JUSTLY EARNED HIS REPUTATION AS A MASTER OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER. . . . The writing is vivid, the suspense sustained, and [he] has arranged one final, exquisitely surprising plot twist to confound the complacent reader.”—", "People", "(Book of the Week)“[A] TENSION-FILLED THRILLER . . . A COMPELLING READ . . . KELLERMAN MAKES YOU CARE DEEPLY FOR THIS CHILD.”—", "San Francisco Examiner", "“RIVETING . . . NOBODY EVOKES LOS ANGELES BETTER THAN JONATHAN KELLERMAN.”—", "Los Angeles Times", "From the Inside Flap", "A resourceful runaway alone in the wilds of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a brutal stabbing in Griffith Park. Fleeing into the night, Billy cannot shake the horrific memory of the savage violence, nor the pursuit of a cold-blooded killer. For wherever Billy turns—from Hollywood Boulevard to the boardwalks of Venice—he is haunted by the", "chuck chuck", "sound of a knife sinking into flesh. As LAPD homicide detective Petra Connor desperately searches for the murderer, as the media swarms mercilessly around the story, the vicious madman stalks closer to his prey. Only Petra can save Billy. But it will take all her cunning to uncover a child lost in a fierce urban labyrinth—where a killer seems right at home. . . .", "About the Author", "Jonathan Kellerman", "is one of the world’s most popular authors. He has brought his expertise as a clinical psychologist to numerous bestselling tales of suspense (which have been translated into two dozen languages), including his acclaimed Alex Delaware novels;", "The Butcher’s Theater", ", a story of serial killing in Jerusalem; and", "The Conspiracy Club", ", which features a young psychologist, Dr. Jeremy Carrier, thrust into a chilling hunt for a twenty-first-century Jack the Ripper. Kellerman’s new Alex Delaware novel is", "Therapy", ". He is also the author of numerous essays, short stories, and scientific articles, two children’s books, and three volumes of psychology, including", "Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children.", "He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. He and his wife, the novelist Faye Kellerman, have four children.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "In the park you see things.But not what I saw tonight.God, God . . .I wanted to be dreaming but I was awake, smelling chili meat and onions and the pine trees.First, the car drove up to the edge of the parking lot. They got out and talked and he grabbed her, like in a hug. I thought maybe they were going to kiss and I'd watch that.Then all of a sudden, she made a weird sound--surprised, squeaky, like a cat or dog that gets stepped on.He let go of her and she fell. Then he bent down next to her and his arm started moving up and down really fast. I thought he was punching her, and that was bad enough, and I kept thinking should I do something. But then I heard another sound, fast, wet, like the butcher at Stater Brothers back in Watson chopping meat--chuck chuck chuck.He kept doing it, moving his arm up and down.I wasn't breathing. My heart was on fire. My legs were cold. Then they turned hot-wet.Pissing my pants like a stupid baby!The chuck chuck stopped. He stood up, big and wide, wiped his hands on his pants. Something was in his hand and he held it far from his body.He looked all around. Then in my direction.Could he see me, hear me--smell me?He kept looking. I wanted to run but knew he'd hear me. But staying here could trap me--how could he see anything behind the rocks? They're like a cave with no roof, just cracks you can look through, which is the reason I picked them as one of my places.My stomach started to churn around, and I wanted to run so badly my leg muscles were jumping under my skin.A breeze came through the trees, blowing up pine smell and piss stink.Would it blow against the chili-burger's wrapping paper and make noise? Would he smell me?He looked around some more. My stomach hurt so bad.All of a sudden he jumped ran back to the car, got in, drove away.I didn't want to see when he passed under the lamp at the corner of the parking lot, didn't want to read the license plate.plyr 1.The letters burned into my mind.Why did I look?Why?I'm still sitting here. My Casio says 1:12 a.m.I need to get out of here, but what if he's just driving around and comes back--no, that would be stupid, why would he do that?I can't stand it. She's down there, and I smell like piss and meat and onions and chili. Real dinner from the Oki-Rama on the Boulevard, that Chinese guy who never smiles or looks at your face. I paid $2.38 and now I want to throw it up.My jeans are starting to get sticky and itchy. Going over to the public bathroom at the other end of the lot is too dangerous . . . that arm going up and down. Like he was just doing a job. He wasn't as big as Moron, but he was big enough. She trusted him, let him hug her . . . what did she do to make him so mad . . . could she still be alive?No way. Impossible.I listen carefully to see if she's making any sounds. Nothing but the freeway noise from across the east side of the park and traffic from the Boulevard. Not much traffic tonight. Sometimes, when the wind blows north, you hear ambulance sirens, motorcycles, car honks. The city's all around. The park looks like the country, but I know the difference.Who is she?--forget that, I don't want to know.What I want is to put tonight on rewind.That squeaky sound--like he took the air right out of her. For sure she's . . . gone. But what if she isn't?Even if she isn't, she will be soon, all that chucking. And what could I do for her, anyway? Breathe into her mouth, put my face in her blood?What if he comes back while I'm doing it?Would he come back? That would be stupid, but there are always surprises. She sure found that out.I can't help her. I have to put this all out of my mind.I'll sit here for ten more minutes--no, fifteen. Twenty. Then I'll get my Place Two stuff together and move.Where to? Place One, up near the observatory, is too far, and so are Three and Four, even though Three would be good 'cause it has a stream for washing. That leaves Five, in the fern tangle behind the zoo, all those trees. A little closer, but still a long walk in the dark.But it's also the hardest one to find.Okay, I'll go to Five. Me and the animals. The way they cry and roar and smash against their cages makes it hard to sleep, but tonight I probably won't sleep anyway.Meantime, I sit here and wait.Pray.Our Father in heaven, how about no more surprises?Not that praying ever got me anything, and sometimes I wonder if there's anyone up there to pray to or just stars--humongous balls of gas in an empty black universe.Then I get worried that I'm blaspheming.Maybe some kind of God is up there; maybe He's saved me lots of times and I'm just too dumb to know it. Or not a good enough person to appreciate Him.Maybe God saved me tonight, putting me behind the rocks, instead of out in the open.But if he had seen me when he drove up, he probably would've changed his mind and not done anything to her.So did God want her to . . .No, he just would've gone somewhere else to do it . . . whatever.In case You saved me, thank You, God.In case You're up there, do You have a plan for me?", "Read more" ]

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[ "MEET HONEY DRIVER. HOTEL OWNER. WIDOWED MUM. CRIME SOLVER?", "Originally published as", "Something in the Blood", ".Honey Driver isn’t sure about becoming the new police liaison for the Bath Hotels Association — especially when DS Steve Doherty is her opposite number.Yes, he’s good-looking, but he’s also arrogant and uninterested in partnering with “Bath’s answer to Miss Marple”.But, Honey tells herself, nothing ever happens in pleasant, safe Bath.Then an American tourist goes missing. And washes up dead on the riverbank, within sight of the famous Pulteney Bridge.The tourist was staying at Ferny Down Bed and Breakfast across town, run by Cora Herbert.Cora’s shifty ex has just come out of prison. The last thing she needs is a dead guest to ruin her reputation.Honey has her suspicions about who’s behind the American’s death. DS Doherty doesn’t want to know, so Honey plunges into her own investigation.And then Cora’s new husband is found dead in their garden.Can Honey uncover a killer before any more Ferny Down residents turn up dead?Fans of", "Agatha Christie, Faith Martin, Janet Evanovitch,", "The Thursday Murder Club", ", Simon Brett, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Rhys Bowen, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams", "will be hooked by this addictive character-driven mystery!", "MEET HONEY DRIVER", "As the boss at a Bath hotel, Honey Driver is in charge one day and washing dishes the next. As a widowed mum, she’s resisting her mother’s match-making attempts and trying to be mum and dad to her teenage daughter. As the police liaison for the Bath Hotels Association, she’s supposed to be staying out of trouble.", "READERS LOVE JEAN G. GOODHIND:", "“Honey’s", "earnest, charming quirkiness", ", her sometimes ribald humor, the zingy ripostes that pepper the dialogue, and the detailed descriptions of one of England’s loveliest cities will appeal to ardent Anglophiles and British cozy fans alike.”", "Booklist", "(USA)“The kick-off to Goodhind’s new mystery series —", "fast moving with a likeable heroine", "and an impeccably rendered Bath background . . .”", "Kirkus Reviews", "“Quirky characters and intriguing goings-on in my favourite city . . .", "an absolute treat", "!” bestselling author Jill Mansell", "ALSO BY JEAN G. GOODHINDTHE HONEY DRIVER MURDER MYSTERIES", "Book 1: MURDER, BED & BREAKFASTBook 2: MENU FOR MURDERBook 3: WALKING WITH MURDERBook 4: THE JANE AUSTEN MURDERSBook 5: MURDER BY LAMPSHADEBook 6: MURDER BY MUDPACKBook 7: MURDER AT THE ROMAN BATHSBook 8: MURDER FOR CHRISTMASBook 9: MURDER AT THE MANOR HOUSEBook 10: A CROOKED MURDERBook 11: MARRIAGE IS MURDER" ]

[ "About the Author", "Jean G. Goodhind is a popular writer of women's fiction, romance and comedy. For many years she owned and ran a haunted guest house on the outskirts of Bath and was one of the founder members of the Bath Hotel and Restaurant Association. Her experiences inspired the international bestselling Honey Driver series. She has won a BBC Radio award for scriptwriting. She also writes women's fiction as Lizzie Lane and writes a regular column for the Western Daily Press.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition." ]

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[ "Not just Atoms-First, Atoms-Focused. An atoms-first text and media program that goes beyond a reorganization of topics, emphasizes the particulate nature of matter throughout the book, art, and problems, and helps students develop their molecular visualization skills as they learn to become expert problem-solvers.", "The Second Edition's new co-author, Stacey Lowery Bretz, uses visualization tools―based on Chemistry Education Research, and focused on the particulate nature of matter―to help students self-assess what they know before, during, and after each chapter. Smartwork5 allows instructors to use this pedagogy as a diagnostic, and students receive hints and answer-specific feedback within the text. New ChemTour Animations support visualization at a molecular level, and are integrated throughout the media package." ]

[ "Book Description", "with ebook, ChemTours and Smartwork5", "About the Author", "Thomas R. Gilbert", "has a BS in chemistry from Clarkson and a PhD in analytical chemistry from MIT. After 10 years with the Research Department of the New England Aquarium in Boston, he joined the faculty of Northeastern University, where he is currently associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology. His research interests are in chemical and science education. He teaches general chemistry and science education courses and conducts professional development workshops for K–12 teachers. He has won Northeastern’s Excellence in Teaching Award and Outstanding Teacher of First-Year Engineering Students Award. He is a fellow of the American Chemical Society and in 2012 was elected to the ACS Board of Directors.", "Rein V. Kirss", "received both a BS in chemistry and a BA in history as well as an MA in chemistry from SUNY Buffalo. He received his PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where the seeds for this textbook were undoubtedly planted. After two years of postdoctoral study at the University of Rochester, he spent a year at Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., before returning to academics at Northeastern University in 1989. He is an associate professor of chemistry with an active research interest in organometallic chemistry.", "Natalie Foster", "is emeritus professor of chemistry at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She received a BS in chemistry from Muhlenberg College and MS, DA, and PhD degrees from Lehigh University. Her research interests included studying poly(vinyl alcohol) gels by NMR as part of a larger interest in porphyrins and phthalocyanines as candidate contrast enhancement agents for MRI. She taught both semesters of the introductory chemistry class to engineering, biology, and other nonchemistry majors and a spectral analysis course at the graduate level. She is the recipient of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for distinguished teaching.Stacey Lowery Bretz is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She earned her BA in chemistry from Cornell University, MS from the Pennsylvania State University, and a PhD in chemistry education research (CER) from Cornell University. Stacey then spent one year at the University of California, Berkeley as a post-doc in the Department of Chemistry. Her research expertise includes the development of assessments to characterize chemistry misconceptions and measure learning in the chemistry laboratory. Of particular interest is method development with regard to the use of multiple representations (particulate, symbolic, and macroscopic) to generate cognitive dissonance, including protocols for establishing the reliability and validity of these measures. She has been honored with both of Miami University's highest teaching awards: the E. Phillips Knox Award for Undergraduate Teaching in 2009 and the Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate Instruction and Mentoring in 2013. In 2015, she was honored as Chemist of the Year by the ACS Concinnati Local Section." ]

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[ "\"His lively pen, his direct and simple style, his expressive vocabulary, his avoidance of pedantry, his conciseness in the exposition of his thoughts make his book a pleasure to read.\" — Henri Michel, International Academy of the History of ScienceThe story of man's efforts to measure time is a long one — reaching back thousands of years to the dawn of civilization. Among the earliest instruments developed for telling time was the sundial. In this expert study, a noted sundial expert offers a fascinating and informative account of these ancient devices, presented in simple, lively language.Over the centuries, many different varieties of sundials have been constructed, and Mr. Rohr provides detailed, accurate descriptions of them all: classical sundials, inclined dials, solar calendars, analemmatic dials, moon dials, and many more. There is even a chapter devoted to especially remarkable dials past and present, and a listing of the most popular sundial mottoes.In this profusely illustrated volume, you will not only learn about the long and colorful history of the sundial, you will learn a practical method of building one yourself. No special knowledge is required, other than an understanding of the basic principles of cosmography and of the relative movements of the sun and the planets. (These are recalled in an elementary way in a special chapter.) For mathematically inclined readers, more complex formulae and calculations have been included, some of which have never been printed in a book of gnomonics." ]

[ "From Library Journal", "First published in English in 1970, Rohr's volume traces a history of sundials as well as the science behind their operation. Along with measuring time, some of these devices also followed the movements of the moon and were accurate solar calendars. This is for both the lay reader and the scientist alike.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "Review", "Among the earliest instruments for telling time was the sundial. Sundials: History, Theory, And Practice is an expert study offering a fascinating and informative account of these ancient devices, presented in simple, lively language and with a profusion of illustrations. Sundials will teach the reader a practical method for building one! For mathematically inclined readers, more complex formulae and calculations have been included, some of which have never before been printed in a book of gnomonics. Sundials is unusual, fascinating, and highly informative! --", "Midwest Book Review" ]

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

[ "What does the face of evil look like?", "Ivy has a calling. Protect those who can't protect themselves.An adorable little girl. A shamed woman stashed away in a mental institution. Even her dear friend. But what force can stop an egomaniac hell-bent on revenge?A monster returns and lives are shattered. The suspicion of guilt shrouds everyone.With her world caving in around her, can Ivy ever stop looking over her shoulder?", "Get", "IN Doubt", "now!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, #2 bestselling author on Barnes and Noble, and a Readers' Favorite Gold Medal winner.Many readers ask John from where he gets his ideas. Well, he's a veteran of the corporate rat-race, a former journalist, and he's always been an astute observer of human and social behavior. On top of that, he's really good at embellishing. Connect with John on Facebook at facebook.com/JohnWMeffordAuthor" ]

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[ "Nick believes he is in love with Charlie. They have spent an amazing summer together. He wants to tell him how he feels, but he has so many things to worry about right now. When the new school year starts, Nick and Charlie will learn what love really means." ]

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[ "Pen and B are desperately trying to wake Hoppe after he has fainted. The trio is far from home and even farther from finding the Great Roth tree. The BOOM is still coming and time is not on their side. When Hoppe finally wakes up, he learns how to overcome his fears and find his courage. He and his friends must stop the BOOM before it takes over Patch Land and they lose their homes forever!" ]

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[ "From the #1", "New York Times", "–bestselling author of", "North and South", ", “the best historical novelist of our time” (Patricia Cornwell).", "In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island-with its giant marble mansions, lavish dinner parties, and vicious social climbing- is a summer playground of the very rich. Into this rarefied world comes infamous railroad mogul and robber baron Sam Driver. He wants his beautiful daughter to have the best Newport has to offer-even if that means breaking all the rules..." ]

[ "Review", "\"A lush new historical saga\" from \"a master weaver of history and fiction.\"\"True love confronts Gilded Age class hierarchy in Jakes's latest engaging historical potboiler.\"", "About the Author", "John Jakes is the bestselling author of", "Charleston", ", the", "Kent Family Chronicles", ", the", "North and South", "trilogy,", "On Secret Service", ",", "California Gold", ",", "Homeland", ", and", "American Dreams", ". Descended from a soldier of the Virginia Continental Line who fought in the American Revolution, Jakes is one of today’s most distinguished authors of historical fiction." ]

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[ "Looking for children's books about Ancient Rome?Start your child's interest in Ancient Rome early.The ABC's of Ancient Rome includes the 26 English letters of the alphabet matched with words to help you teach about Ancient Rome. You will find full-sized high-quality images with simple descriptions that are easy to understand and very pleasing to look at.The ABC's of Ancient Rome includes images of important people, places, and things found in Ancient Rome.The ABC's of Ancient Rome was written by Robert Winter, a Roman history buff, for his son Romulus to inspire a love of Roman history he hopes to share with his son for years to come." ]

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[ "International High Quality Paperback, Printed in Color, Same contents, Different ISBN/cover image" ]

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[ "An irresistible collection of more than 150 of the best cookie recipes from around the world, these carefully selected and meticulously tested offerings are American favorites, as well as cookies from other lands. Over 60 full-color illustrations." ]

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[ "An account of Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his Son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript. An outrZ classic of the macabre by William Hope Hodgson." ]

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[ "Melinda is taking her first trip to the museum, and her mother promises it will be magical. But when the exhibits start coming to life in ways that only Melinda can see, she’ll learn the real magic of the museum." ]

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[ "Once upon a time, deep in the middle of a forest, stood an old castle. An ancient witch lived in the castle, and she had powerful magic. She cast a spell on any young man who came within one hundred steps of the castle—freezing him to the spot so he could not move or speak until the witch set him free. If a young girl wandered too near the castle walls, the witch turned her into a bird, and locked her in a cage inside the castle. But true love triumphs over evil enchantment in this story of one young couple, the beautiful Jorinda and Jorindel, the shepherd boy who loves her. Adapted and illustrated by Bernadette Watts, this tale by the Brothers Grimm will enchant youngsters with its sweetness and charm and not-too-frightening magic." ]

[ "From School Library Journal", "Kindergarten-Grade 3–This edition of one of the Grimm brothers' lesser-known folktales is welcome, if only because the older versions illustrated by Adrienne Adams and Wanda Gag are out of print. Watts has retold the story of young lovers separated by a witch's enchantments with a grace that is equally reflected in her pen-and-ink illustrations with watercolor washes. When the pair wanders too near the witch's castle, Jorinda is turned into a caged bird and taken away while Jorindel stands by spellbound and helpless. After the young man dreams of a magical flower and goes on a quest to find it, he is able to enter the castle and free the hundreds of birds who are actually bewitched maidens–including, of course, his own beloved. One could argue that Watts's gentle renderings work against an effective depiction of the darkness of the witch's wickedness. Nonetheless, libraries needing to replace worn or missing copies of this fairy tale will want to add this light-filled version to their collections.–", "Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From", "Booklist", "K-Gr. 3. In this evocative but infrequently retold tale, trysting sweethearts Jorinda and Jorindel stray too near the castle of a notorious witch. Jorindel watches helplessly as Jorinda, \"prettiest of all the pretty girls,\" is transformed into a nightingale, whisked away, and locked inside a cage. A dream leads heartbroken Jorindel to a magical flower that enables him to thwart the witch. Watts cleaves closely to her source, although the Grimms' concise storytelling results in some awkward discrepancies between text and art; in one instance, several clipped sentences describe Jorindel and Jorinda's reunion followed by the release of similarly entrapped maidens, while the facing image anticipates both events but illustrates neither. Even if some children long for a more thorough visual treatment, they'll still pore over Watts' delicate renderings of fairy-tale scenery, while older readers will enjoy discussing the witch's motivations and fate, both left tantalizingly mysterious.", "Jennifer Mattson", "Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved", "About the Author", "Bernadette Watts has illustrated many books for North-South, most recently, The Rich Man and the Shoemaker . Other titles include classic fairy tales such as The Elves and the Shoemaker , The Snow Queen , and The Ugly Duckling . She lives in England.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Habits and attitudes developed in the preschool and kindergarten years affect a child for the rest of his or her life. These years are also a challenging time for parents as children test boundaries (and patience). How parents and children respond makes all the difference in the world.The Growing God's Kids series is designed to help young children understand their feelings, develop godly ways to deal with temptations, and form positive attitudes and behaviors that will serve them well in the future. In", "My Stuff, Your Stuff", ", parents and children are encouraged to understand the concept of ownership, borrowing, and stealing." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "Discover the value of respecting others' things", "Sometimes Max takes something that doesn't belong to him. He steals from a friend, a store, even his little brother, usually because he's jealous when someone else has something he wants, or because he's angry when his dad won't buy him something. But stealing is always wrong. . .Come and learn a better way to handle things that belong to someone else--God's way!The", "Growing God's Kids", "series helps young children learn how to deal with emotions and behaviors that are part of growing up.", "Carolyn Larsen", "is the bestselling author of more than fifty books for children and adults, including the popular Little Girls and Little Boys Bible storybooks.", "About the Author", "Carolyn Larsen", "is the bestselling author of more than fifty books for children and adults, including the popular Little Girls and Little Boys Bible storybooks. She is a frequent conference speaker around the world, bringing scriptural messages filled with humor and tenderness." ]

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[ "Chocolates and Confections" ]

[ "Amazon.com Review", "Sample Recipes from", "Chocolates and Confections", "Caramel Shortbread Bars", "Click here for the recipe", "Iced Rosettes", "Click here for the recipe", "Skipping Stones", "Click here for the recipe", "From the Inside Flap", "chocolates & confections", "When it was first published in 2008,", "Chocolates and Confections", "won the IACP Award and almost instantly became the bible of artisan confectionery. This remarkable and comprehensive guide from master confectioner Peter Greweling of The Culinary Institute of America offers a complete and thorough explanation of the ingredients, theories, techniques, and formulas needed to create every kind of chocolate and confection. As interest in both professional and home chocolate- and candy-making continues to grow, this edition features new formulas, photographs, and illustrations to better meet the needs of confectioners.", "This edition is beautifully illustrated throughout with 250 full-color photographs of ingredients, step-by-step techniques (from tempering chocolate to candying fruit), and finished chocolates and confections. It also includes helpful charts that pinpoint common candy-making pitfalls and how to avoid them, guides to the best quality chocolate and other all-natural confectionery ingredients, and information on packaging and storage.", "You'll find chapters on every confectionery type, including cream ganache, butter ganache, noncrystalline sugar confections, crystalline sugar confections, jellies, aerated confections, and nut centers, as well as an all-new chapter on American-style layered candy bars. The book includes nearly 200 formulas for classic confections like marzipan, as well as contemporary variations such as Madras, a coconut curry butter ganache. From truffles, hard candies, brittles, toffee, caramels, and taffy to butter ganache confections, fondants, fudges, gummies, candied fruit, marshmallows, divinity, nougat, marzipan, gianduja, and rochers,", "Chocolates and Confections", "demonstrates how to produce world-class confections and provides the in-depth background information candy makers need to formulate their own signature creations.", "From the Back Cover", "PRAISE FOR", "chocolates & confections", "\"Peter Greweling's", "Chocolates and Confections, Second Edition", "is a terrific resource for anyone interested in the craft of fine confectionery, and indispensable for the student or professional. With its clear, thorough explanations and well-honed recipes, it provides a solid foundation for understanding and working successfully in this playful yet exacting branch of the culinary arts.\"", "HAROLD M", "C", "GEE,", "AUTHOR,", "ON FOOD AND COOKING: THE SCIENCE AND LORE OF THE KITCHEN", "\"This insightful book can be regarded as the bible for serious chocolate artisans—or anyone who wishes to become one. A must-have resource for every chocolatier that showcases Peter Greweling's approach to research, dedication to quality, and passion for his craft.\"", "DIETER G. SCHORNER,", "CMB, CHE, PROFESSOR AT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA", "\"For professional and aspiring chocolatiers, Chocolates and Confections, Second Edition is an indispensable kitchen reference covering science, ingredients, techniques, and recipes. Anyone interested in this dynamic field should not be without this book!\"", "CHRISTOPHER ELBOW,", "OWNER AND CHOCOLATIER, CHRISTOPHER ELBOW ARTISANAL CHOCOLATES", "\"Peter Greweling has written 'the manual' for candy makers. This book guides you through all aspects of chocolate- and candy-making, with precise instructions, and makes the scientific process easy to understand.\"", "ANDREW SHOTTS,", "CHEF, CHOCOLATIER, AND AUTHOR OF", "MAKING ARTISAN CHOCOLATES", "\"A passionate professional, Peter understands the philosophy of using only the freshest of ingredients to create chocolate edible works of art that arouse all your senses.\"", "NORMAN LOVE,", "CHEF AND PRESIDENT, NORMAN LOVE CONFECTIONS", "About the Author", "Peter P. Greweling", "is a professor of baking and pastry arts at The Culinary Institute of America and is a Certified Master Baker (CMB) and Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE). Prior to his 20-plus-year teaching career, Chef Greweling worked as a pastry chef at numerous restaurants and hotels in the New York City metropolitan area. A graduate of the New England Culinary Institute, he has further education in confectionery technology from the RCA, IFT, RCI, and Richardson Researches. Chef Greweling has published articles in", "Manufacturing Confectioner", "magazine, presented numerous times at the Philadelphia Candy Show, and is the author of", "Chocolates and Confections at Home with the Culinary Institute of Americaca", ".", "Founded in 1946,", "The Culinary Institute of America", "is an independent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor's and associate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts, as well as certificate programs in Latin cuisines and wine and beverage studies. A network of more than 44,000 alumni has helped the CIA earn its reputation as the world's premier culinary college. The CIA, which also offers courses for professionals and food enthusiasts, as well as consulting services for the foodservice and hospitality industry, has campuses in Hyde Park, New York; St. Helena, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Singapore.", "Read more" ]

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