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[ "The visionary projects by architect Vasily Klyukin. As skyscrapers emerge in large numbers, only the most beautiful of them become symbols of the cities that host them. This book presents Vasily Klyukin's projects: towers and residential buildings that have not found their home yet but will be built in the future and become architectural symbols of our age." ]

[ "About the Author", "Vasily Klyukin was born in Moscow in 1976. After getting a degree in economics, he became interested in the design and architecture of skyscrapers." ]

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

[ "Some time in the near future, energy giant NovusPart has developed technology to transport people from the past to the present day, and they have just moved the lost population of Pompeii to a replica city. Historian Nick Houghton is brought in to study the Romans, but he soon realises that NovusPart are underestimating their captives. The Romans may be ignorant of modern technology, but they once ruled an empire. The stage is set for the ultimate clash of cultures..." ]

[ "Review", "“Deliciously Readable” - Barnes & Noble “A story so irresistibly entertaining, it should be accompanied by a bottomless bucket of popcorn” -  Barnes & Noble Sci Fi blog\"A perfect replica of Pompeii has been built in a formerly Soviet central Asian republic.  But this isn’t some grand-scale historical re-enactment venue.  The town has been populated with the residents of the real Pompeii who have been snatched from their homes just before Vesuvius erupted and dragged forward in time using cutting-edge technology.  The corporation responsible intends to exploit their creation for all it’s worth, but things, of course, do not go to plan.  The Pompeiians are smarter and less biddable than anticipated and have no wish to be exhibits or reality-TV fodder. “Fascinating, cleverly wrought, intelligent and occasionally brutal,", "New Pompeii", "is a thrillingly original take on the time travel genre.” – Tim Lebbon,", "New York Times", "bestseller   “An exuberant, high-concept thriller that brings ancient Rome crashing into the present day. Smart, inventive and action-packed.” – Tom Harper, bestselling author of", "The Lost Temple", "“That rare science fiction novel that reads like a thriller – fast-paced and intricate. Godfrey has crafted an astonishing debut, and I can’t wait to see where his story goes next.” – Alan Smale, Sidewise Award winner   “An impressive debut. A smart, intriguing thriller in the tradition of Michael Crichton and Philip K. Dick.” – Gareth L. Powell, BSFA Award winner   “A first class debut. I couldn’t put it down!” – Adam Christopher, author of", "Empire State", "“A cleverly woven tale of ancient Romans, time travel, and ageless power struggles, which builds to a stirring conclusion.” – Janet Edwards, author of", "Earth Flight", "“I was completely engulfed within this book, unable to put it down for days straight. New Pompeii has all of the elements that every Sci-Fi fan would want” - Gamers Sphere“You better pick-up this book” - Retrenders“Sci-fi entertainment at its best and most fluent” -  Rising Shadow“New Pompeii is part sci-fi, part historical thriller.  I’ve yet to read a novel that balances both genres so well.\" - Geekmundo“New Pompeii is a fast-paced, intense thriller, reminding me most of Tom Clancy’s page-turners, where the technology matters, but not nearly as much as what people choose to do with it.” - Fangirl Nation“Much like Crichton, Godfrey seems most at home delving into the nerdy details of his thought experiment, bringing to life the world of the Pompeiians with a convincing degree of historical accuracy” - Shelf Awareness“A treat for fans of well-thought out science fiction. There are twists and turns that are dizzying but it’s an enjoyable ride.” - Impedimenta Magazine “As a graduate with one of my degrees focused in Ancient Roman History, I was pleased the look at Pompeii and Roman society was well-researched, with enough historical facts to make the characters and setting believable without bogging down the narrative.” - Borg.com", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "About the Author", "Daniel Godfrey", "has had several short stories published, including in", "My Weekly", "and", "Writers’ Forum,", "and is a dedicated reader of SF and historical fiction. He studied geography at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and gained an MSc from Leeds in transport planning. He lives in Derbyshire.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition." ]

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

[ "Ilya and Melanie wrote a collection of poems to each other from the time they first read each other’s work to the time Ilya came to Australia to be with Melanie." ]

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

[ "Short essays on observations of life and humanity, seen thru the filter of my eyes and thoughts." ]

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

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

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[ "For a couple of decades now, designers have used Photoshop to mock up Web page designs. However, that work generally results in a static graphic of the page, which has to be translated by a developer into the components of a Web page: HTML files and Web-compatible image files. Our multi-device world has shown us that this approach to web design, including full-page comps done in Photoshop, is increasingly problematic. Modern web designers are adopting a new approach: creating flexible web pages whose layout can adapt to suit the screen on which they are displayed. This is “Responsive Web Design” [RWD]. Until now, books on designing responsive Web sites have focused on HTML and CSS – in other words, they've been very code-centric, and visual creativity seems to take a back seat. This new book is aimed at the visual Web designer who’s accustomed to working in Photoshop. Adobe Photoshop CC contains many new features that help streamline the process of converting a static page design to a set of components for a responsive web page. Dan Rose is one of the best-known advocates of this new way of working in Photoshop. He’s observed that only a few people are talking about Photoshop for RWD constructively, yet a majority (63% as of his last informal poll) of web designers are using Photoshop for more than simple asset creation. This transition is a pain point for many designers. His new book will balance coverage of conceptual issues (how to fit tools like Photoshop to the design workflow rather than fitting a workflow to the tools) with practical design exercises tailored to help communicate the overall design direction of the page while respecting the needs of the fluid Web. In addition, he will introduce methods for taking HTML back into Photoshop for further refinement." ]

[ "About the Author", "Dan Rose", "is an interface designer, speaker, and writer who lives in Syracuse, NY. His affinity for workflow and Photoshoppery led him to create Photoshop Etiquette, a guide to discernible web design. Dan serves as the Graphics section editor for Smashing Magazine, and is the pioneer of events such as Syracuse Sync and Create Upstate." ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Graphics & Design" ]

[ "Would you like to move from despair to hope? Would you like to transform your feelings of fear to faith? Would you like to turn envy into compassion? The Bible shows how David turned these negative emotions in his life into godly character qualities. In this Christian Basics Bible Study, based on the Bible's account of David and", "A Heart for God", "by Rebecca Manley Pippert, you'll investigate David's life, choices, mistakes and triumphs. You'll discover how you can make the same transformation your own life." ]

[ "About the Author", "Pippert is an internationally known speaker who regularly lectures on spiritual renewal, evangelism and character formation for church conferences, at schools and colleges and in pastoral training seminars. She has also written several popular books on evangelism and Christian living. Her bestselling book Out of the Saltshaker has sold more than a half-million copies worldwide." ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Bible Study & Reference" ]

[ "Book by Daughters of the American Revolution" ]

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[ "Charlie is a miserable loser who thinks he has hit rock bottom, but an irrational act of kindness shown to a drowning fly will change that. Through their kindred insignificance and suffering, man and fly will share a peculiar bond with their fates forever intertwined.Such a gift comes with a price. Charlie’s struggle will cause him to question whether it’s a blessing, a curse, or just a sad cosmic joke. The nature of this dark boon rests upon the shoulders of a broken man, and what he does with it will take him down a path from which he may never return.What harm could come from something as insignificant and innocuous as a fly?" ]

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

[ "From the first moment I tasted her lips and felt her silky soft skin, I knew one night would never be enough.I've spent months obsessing over the woman whose first name is all I know. The night we met, she slid right under my skin and I'm angered at my idiocy for not asking for her last name.After months of longing, I find her. All I want to do is get her into my bed, but she delivers a blow that ignites every protective instinct I have.I want revenge for her.I want to protect her with my life.I want to make her mine.My hands have already been stained red. I have no hesitancy to hurt anyone who has hurt her.I don’t care who they are.They will suffer the consequences.Because of what was done to her, the tormented life she's led, she’s fighting that sizzling attraction between us.I’m not. I’ll stoke it until the embers flame. Play a whole lot dirty.Our connection is too strong to deny, my need for her too deep. I want to be the man to help her overcome her fears and all she's lost.I just need her to believe in the words I’ve told her.That who she is, what was done in the past, doesn’t matter to me.She’s the only thing that does." ]

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

[ "SOLD BY LITTLE GUY BOOKS: Shipped with tracking unmarked in great shape hard back." ]

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[ "In 2004 Kevin Roberts wrote Lovemarks: the future beyond brands. It was admired by many as a breakthrough in marketing thinking but was also controversial because of its surprisingly obvious thesis: that emotional connections are at the heart of sustained relationships between producers, retailers, and consumers.While many companies were using the language of war in their marketing (target, penetrate, ambush), Roberts was using the language of love (mystery, sensuality, intimacy). He explained in simple terms what people are often loath to admit: we make decisions with our emotions over our reason. Lovemarks described the journey by which brands could move from consumer respect based on intellect, to consumer love based on emotion-and in return gain \"loyalty beyond reason.\" In 2010 Advertising Age magazine named Lovemarks one of their \"ideas of the decade,\" while noting that the roadmap for brands to achieve Lovemark status was still not entirely clear.Loveworks: How the world's top marketers make emotional connections to win in the marketplace adds to the original Lovemarks by showcasing real-world business examples and outlining the roadmaps followed by several world-renowned brands to achieve Lovemark status: Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Visa, General Mills, Miller, T-Mobile, and Lenovo are just a few examples of businesses winning in the marketplace through the application of the Lovemarks theory, maintaining laser-like focus on making and sustaining emotional connections with consumers. Loveworks features 20 case stories from clients and markets worldwide in widely varying categories. \"My book shows that Lovemarks thinking works-anywhere, anytime. All it takes is having the brains to implement it, the guts to see it through, and an abiding faith in emotion as your compass,\" says Brian Sheehan." ]

[ "Review", "\"In", "Loveworks", "Brian Sheehan passionately illustrates the value in building a circle-of-trust with the consumer. In the 2010s, the fundamentals of marketing remain the same: \"Love thy consumer!\" Loveworks makes this abundantly clear and informative to any marketing director. There is page after page of proof that investing in a deep emotional connection with your loyalist is rewarded in driving your brand's objectives.\"", "-Gary Schwartz, author of", "\"The Impulse Economy", "and", "Fast Shopper, Slow Store", "\"", "\"In a world of data driven approaches to branding and marketing, it's refreshing to get back to the emotional connections that connect consumers with products and brands. Sheehan's book is a fabulous addendum to Kevin Roberts' work and a must read for anyone seeking to understand how companies can win in the marketplace through emotional rather than purely rational approaches\"", "-Paul Argenti, Professor of Corporate Communication, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Graduate Business School, Hanover, New Hampshire USA", "About the Author", "Brian Sheehan is Associate Professor of Advertising at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University. Previously he was with global creative powerhouse Saatchi & Saatchi for 25 years, with CEO roles at Team One Advertising in Los Angeles and at Saatchi & Saatchi Australia and Japan. Loveworks follows Brian's books Basics: Online Marketing (2010) and Basics: Marketing Management (2011, both AVA, London). He has been published in Advertising Age, the Journal of Advertising Research, and in several peer-reviewed books and journals. In 2011 Brian was presented with the coveted Teaching Excellence Award by the Newhouse School's graduating class.Kevin Roberts is a creative business leader and iconoclast whose current career roles include Executive Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world's most iconic advertising brands, and Head Coach of Publicis Groupe, the world's third largest communications group. He was previously CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi (1997-2014), and has held leadership positions at Gillette, Procter & Gamble and Pepsi-Cola throughout the world. His business books include the groundbreaking Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands (powerHouse Books, 2004) published in 18 languages. Kevin Roberts is Honorary Professor of Creative Leadership at Lancaster University, Honorary Professor of Innovation and Creativity at the University of Auckland Business School, and Honorary Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the University of Victoria (B.C.) School of Business. He advises national organizations and global brands across commerce, media and sport. He lives in New York City and Arizona USA, Auckland New Zealand, and Grasmere in England's Lake District. In 2013 he was made Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit." ]

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[ "Aimed at those looking for a concise introduction to the popular game, this handbook is ideal for beginning golfers. Emphasizing the fun side of the sport in both learning and playing, this reference covers getting started, equipment tips, and official rules, and concludes with a firsthand account of learning the game, a historical overview, and a glossary of terms. Illustrating the basics of the sport with a striking array of photographs, this updated edition evaluates the ins and outs of golfing with flair." ]

[ "Review", "\"New golfers having trouble learning the game’s nuances should pick up", "Golfer’s Start-Up: A Beginner’s Guide to Golf", ", which does an excellent job presenting concepts simply and concisely. Author Doug Werner’s lighthearted, engaging style emphasizes fun in both learning and playing.\" —", "Golf Magazine", "\"Start-Up Sports® tackles the hottest sports. Forthright. Simple.\" —", "Library Journal", "About the Author", "Doug Werner is the author of the bestselling Start-Up Sports® series. He is also the author of", "Adopting in China", ",", "Fighting Fit", ",", "Fitness Training for Girls", ",", "Skateboarding: Book of Tricks", ", and", "Skateboarding: New Levels", ". He lives in San Diego.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Golfer's Start-Up", "A Beginner's Guide to Golf", "By Doug Werner", "Tracks Publishing", "Copyright © 2010 Doug WernerAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-884654-76-3", "Contents", "Introduction/Why Play?, 1/ The Start, 2/ The Basic Swing, 3/ The Game, 4/ Your First Games: Laugh and Be Happy, 5/ Using Your Clubs, 6/ Special Situations, 7/ Some Rules, 8/ 2,000 Swings, Five Games & A Slice: A Beginner's Journal, 9/ Early Days: A Golfing Timeline, Glossary, Bibliography, Index, CHAPTER 1", "The Start", "Going Mental", "It's important to realize up front that golf is not an easy game to master.", "Only the anointed ever swing and hit the ball consistently well from the git go. Everyone else climbs a very long and arduous learning curve. Just ask anyone who plays.", "This shouldn't be a turn off. There is nothing wrong with learning something slowly as long as you", "expect", "the learning to be slow. The legendary frustrations associated with the game can be avoided in large part if you expect your expertise to come in bits and pieces over the long haul. Once you've rid yourself of expectations of how you", "should", "perform, you can begin to learn and really have fun.", "Along with accepting golf's peculiar learning curve, it's also important to understand that golf requires focus. When you play and practice you must learn to concentrate and involve yourself completely with each swing. Again, this shouldn't be a turn off. When you develop concentration, it's like creating your own little world. It's a place where nothing bothers you (like other people watching, noise, your other concerns, etc.) so you can relax and get down to it. Obviously, it's a very nice place to be.", "Learning to pace yourself through your golfing education and learning to focus during each swing are the mental things that will see you through. You cannot rely on raw athletic prowess, brute determination or even endless hours of practice. If you aren't patient and focused, it's a given that you'll either soon quit or become a sullen, miserable wreck.", "This section is first for a reason:", "Properly frame your expectations and get your head straight before you touch a club. These are the mental fundamentals upon which the mechanical fundamentals are based.", "Just One Club", "Don't even think about buying a set of clubs.", "All you need is a 5-, 6- or 7-iron for now. That's all you'll need for perhaps another 2,000 swings. Learn how to swing with one of these middle-ish irons with their generously angled clubheads (which make hitting the ball easier) and you'll be on track with this golfing business. You can find such a club in any of the major superstores, new or used sporting good stores or your local pro shop. You don't have to buy a set. You can buy just the one.", "Anything'll do for now, but make sure the club's grip is good if it's used. Don't worry about the nicks and scratches. It's a good idea, too, to find a club with a good-sized clubhead with a large sweetspot. Actually, most recent models have that particular quality built into them one way or another. You'll have to search your grandfather's garage to locate a club with the smaller blades of yore.", "On the Range", "More than likely there's a driving range nearby where you can hit golf balls. Most golf courses have one and most towns have golf courses, of course.", "Consider this: every town has a bowling establishment, right? It's simply part of the Great American Landscape. There are about 7,000 bowling centers across the USA and that's a lot.", "Well, hold on to your hat. There are more than 23,000 golf courses! Unless you reside smack in the middle of the Everglades or high atop Mt. Whitney, there's a course, with a driving range, near you.", "But What Should I Wear?", "Keep it simple for the time being. Dress casually in loose fitting clothes. Sneakers are fine. The classier courses may have dress codes: no shorts, tank tops, sweats or T-shirts. Call ahead in order to save yourself the hassle.", "Just 30 Balls", "Head out to the range with your iron and find the pro shop. There you should be able to rent buckets of golf balls to hit. Buy small buckets to begin with. Sure, all the other golfers may have these huge baskets of 100 balls each, but don't buy one of those yet. Those are for golfers who know how to hit the ball consistently.", "Trying to hit 100 balls now would be like trying to run a marathon before you ever ran a mile. Chances are good that 20 to 30 balls will be all you'll need or want for each session for quite some time. You're gonna swing something awful at first. You'll hit the turf, the air and", "occasionally", "a piece of the ball. You're gonna think hard before each swing and painstakingly analyze what happened after. This will all add up to a certain amount of physical effort and a whole lot of mental strain. Believe it or not, the 30 balls will probably wear you out.", "As you improve, you can always go back for more, but the 30 ball increment is a very good pacer. If you're having a rough time, say, after five balls, it's a lot easier to see just 25 left versus 95. You see, all those balls can start to look like homework after a while. Your attitude will crash and burn and along with it, what's left of your game. Gritting it out will not work in the very beginning because you simply don't know what you're doing. You'll just get frustrated, blow a fuse and run amok over the fairways.", "Instruction", "Instruction is easy to find. You can get professional lessons at a golf course, and that is a very good place to start. After all, a pro is a pro and they (should) know how to play", "and", "how to teach. If you click with a good one, you're on your way. If you don't, at least you're learning something from an insider and that's OK, too.", "You can also get informal lessons from friends as well as from complete strangers. You will discover soon enough that golfers lurk everywhere, and all golfers love to talk about their game. Golfing is a game that very few ever get down pat, so every golfer is more or less a perpetual student. Advice and information is freely given — much like folks who suffer from the same health problem.", "The problem with informal instruction is that it may be faulty and inconsistent. Or annoying because it's your best friend or spouse. It's wise to back up such instruction with more reliable sources. However, I've got to say right here that some of the best lessons I ever had came from a buddy.", "There's also a mother lode of instruction available in books, magazines, videos and on television that can be very useful if you know how to use it and you know what you're looking for. It's probably best to start off with in-person instruction before you tackle the material. But once you've got your feet wet, it's a great idea to do a little reading and watching. Something will click.", "The thing is, this instruction stuff is very much an individual endeavor. It's also an ongoing process that really never ends. There aren't any black and white answers or steps set in stone. That's why there's so much instructional material, so many schools of thought, so many learning gizmos, and so many people telling you how to do the same thing in a dozen different ways. The trick is to sort it out your own way and to make it work for you.", "It doesn't have to be confusing. Start with lessons and begin hitting the ball on the range. Develop your swing and your ability to strike the ball. After a bit you'll have a \"game\" with all its weaknesses and strengths and you'll begin to know what you need. Look for help as the need arises and don't be afraid to look anywhere. Use what works and filter out the rest.", "CHAPTER 2", "The Basic Swing", "Hitting the Little Ball", "Golf is all about hitting the ball at a target. Either by belting it with a club or tapping it with a putter.", "Putting is one thing and shouldn't be underestimated (it's often called the most important, the least practiced part of the game), but hitting a ball with a putter is a lot easier than swinging and hitting it true with a club. Sure, there are fine points and such, but even someone starting out can putt a ball. That's why there's such a thing as miniature golf. You don't miss the ball, for example, when you putt. Miss the hole, yeah, but everyone gets a piece of a putt.", "Hitting golf balls expertly with woods and irons is really, really hard. It doesn't come easy and it takes awhile. It isn't like other sports or games where natural talent can see you through. Before you get any good at all, you have to master very specific fundamentals. Some are easy to learn and some are not. And there's a lot to remember. Furthermore, these basics are all connected so they pretty much have to be learned in sync. It's a little overwhelming at first.", "Given that, here's the most important advice anyone can give a beginning golfer:", "Be patient with your progress.", "Understand right away that it won't be easy and that you'll need to invest some time. It's what I need to tell myself every time I go out there. If you let that sink in, maybe the learning process won't be such a pain in the ass. Remember: We do this kind of thing to have", "fun!,", "folks. So plan on doing the homework and practice, practice, practice accordingly. Not to be good immediately,", "but to simply get better.", "Start with learning the following fundamentals of a sound swing.", "Get this stuff down. Study it like you do (or did) homework or office work. Get it into your head so you know it like you know your job or your class assignment. Learn it mentally so you never forget it.", "Then practice it. I mean really practice. Do it over and over. Just like you do every day with all kinds of other stuff like job-related tasks, family-related tasks, home-making, housekeeping, yardwork, errands ... Heck, all of us spend 90 percent of our time doing things we aren't that happy about doing, so why not take the time to practice your golf swing? The upside is that it will eventually become fun, unlike most everything else you do.", "Practice at the driving range. Practice with a practice ball (whiffle ball) in the park. Practice in front of a mirror. Learn the fundamentals physically as well as mentally. Learn them so they stick.", "1 BEFORE YOU SWING", "The Grip", "You don't hold the handle any old which way. There's a very specific way to grip a golf club to ensure a solid and accurate stroke. These are directions for right-handers. Just reverse them if you're a lefty.", "The Left Hand Does This:", "Like you're shaking hands, grip the handle so that the shaft sets underneath the heel pad of your hand. Angle the shaft over your palm so that it lies over the middle joint of the index finger. Wrap the other three fingers around the handle and rest your thumb on top of the shaft.", "The Right Hand Does This:", "The right hand holds the club with the fingers. The shaft lies in a line from the base of the little finger to the bottom knuckle of the index finger. Wrap your fingers around the shaft and position your thumb to the left side of the handle.", "Put Them Together Like This:", "A) Overlap Grip", "Most golfers use the overlap grip to knit their hands together. After securing the shaft with the left hand, overlap your grip with your right hand so that the little finger of the right hand nestles in between the index finger and the second finger of your left hand. Your left hand thumb should fit comfortably in the palm crease of your right hand. The crease that is formed on each hand between thumb and forefinger should point toward your right ear.", "The Grip", "It's easier than it looks!", "The butt of the club rests beneath the left palm pad and angles across the palm over the middle joint of the first finger.", "Wrap the other three fingers around the handle and rest your thumb on top of the shaft.", "Another view of the left hand.", "The right hand holds the club with the fingers. The shaft lies in a line from the base of the little finger to the bottom knuckle of the index finger.", "Overlap your grip with your right hand so that the little finger of the right hand nestles in between the index finger and the second finger of your left hand. Your left hand thumb should fit comfortably in the palm crease of your right hand. This is the overlap grip and is recommended.", "The interlock grip is identical to the overlap grip except that the little finger of the right hand and the index finger of the left hand intertwine.", "The crease that is formed on each hand between thumb and forefinger should point toward your right ear. The right thumb rests to the left of the handle.", "B) Interlock Grip", "This grip may work better for smaller hands and fingers. It is perfectly suitable, however, for anybody who feels comfy with it. The grip is identical to the overlap grip except that the little finger of the right hand and the index finger of the left hand intertwine.", "Don't squeeze. Hold the club firmly without tensing your hands and forearms.", "For most beginners, this is when the realization begins to dawn that golf is, indeed,", "different.", "After all, one doesn't grip anything else on earth with the knitted grip as described. It seems to be overly convoluted and pretentious, as if someone is pulling your leg with these instructions. But honestly, it's extremely important to grip the club exactly like this.", "The knitted grip ensures that the hands will work as a cohesive unit throughout the entire swing. And once you get the grip and get used to it, it won't feel strange at all. In fact, it will become downright comfortable. You will find that the hands just sorta fold into the grip as natural as can be.", "Final Pointers", "The golf grip is a unique thing for a beginner to tackle. It's not just holding something. It affects the flight of every ball.", "Explore the nuances for yourself carefully.", "After all, it's your direct connection to the club and ball.", "Grip gently with a touch of firmness.", "A death grip will hamper feel, tense you up and blister your hands.", "Setting Up", "Wait a minute! You don't just step up to the ball with your golfer's grip and swing away. In order to hit the ball correctly, it's very important to prepare yourself. This is pre-launch. It's time to check and set all systems. After you've pulled the trigger, stuff happens a little too fast to fiddle with.", "A) Distance from the Ball", "From a normal standing position, extend arms and club at chest level. Flex a bit at the knees and bend from your hips until the clubhead rests on the ground. Your spine and your clubshaft should be at right angles to each other.", "A simpler and more straightforward method for guys (ladies must pretend) is to rest the clubhead on the ground and position yourself to the handle as if you're taking a whiz with it. A rather crude way to explain things, yes, (my apologies to those of you who are offended) but an effective and memorable (therefore quite useful) explanation, nevertheless.", "B) Clubface and Ball Position", "Place the clubhead behind the ball and square the bottom of the clubface to the target. Position your left foot in line with the ball. With your longest club (the driver), line up the ball with your left heel. As the clubs get shorter, inch your position forward. With your shortest club (the wedge), the ball should be about midway between your heels.", "Determining Your Distance From the Ball", "Grip your club and, from an upright standing position, extend it in front of you.", "Flex your knees slightly", "Bend from the hips until the clubhead rests on the turf.", "That's your spot. Do it like this every time you address the ball until addressing the ball becomes second nature.", "S-BOB", "&mdah; Or Square Blade on Ball.", "This is the KEY to hitting the ball straight. You start out this way and you meet the ball this way. All the techniques and theories about hitting a golf ball have this in common.", "And among the ultimate goals in golf, making sweet and square contact is the most important of all.", "Ball Position", "Line the ball up with your left heel when you're hitting a wood.", "As the clubs descend in length, scootch yourself forward.", "For the loftiest club, the sand wedge, the ball should lie on a line between your legs.", "Pictured from right to left are a driver, a 5-iron and a sand wedge. Note their varied lengths as well as their different alignments.", "C) Stance", "Feet are shoulder-width apart for the driver. As the irons become shorter, your stance narrows. Your right foot is perpendicular to the target line, and the left points slightly out to the left.", "D) Posture", "Your body is loose and in balance. You are preparing yourself for an athletic feat. You are not, for example, standing as you would on a street corner waiting for the light to change.", "From head to toes:", "Head", "Your head should align with your spine. Don't droop or sway.", "Right Shoulder Lower", "Since your right hand is lower on the shaft, the right shoulder dips a bit.", "Arms Hang, Left Arm Straight", "Arms should hang directly under the shoulders. The left arm is straight on a line with the clubshaft. The right elbow is a bit closer to the body than the left.", "Bend and Flex", "Bend from the hips, not the waist. Flex the knees just enough to find balance.", "Weight Distribution", "Weight is evenly distributed over both feet except when swinging the driver. On your drives, place a bit more weight (55-60 percent) on the right foot. Center yourself over the middle of your feet. Not over toes or heels.", "(Continues...)", "Excerpted from", "Golfer's Start-Up", "by", "Doug Werner", ". Copyright © 2010 Doug Werner. Excerpted by permission of Tracks Publishing. 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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[ "A definitive history of Triumph's famous Trophy and (unit construction) Tiger twin-cylinder motorcycles from 1943 until the end of production in 1983. This is the 'Bible' for those seeking information about the Trophy & Tiger covers Triumph TR5, TR6, TR5A/C, T100S/C, T100C, TR7 & TR5T. Coverage includes individual model specifications, color schemes, engine & frame numbers, build totals, model type identification and much more." ]

[ "About the Author", "After National Service in the Royal Air Force Harry Woolridge applied for a job in the Service Department at the Triumph Engineering Company, and was lucky enough to be selected. Thus began a working relationship with Triumph and its motorcycles that would last thirty years: an experience Harry says he would not have missed at any price. After a few years in the Service Department, Harry joined the team in the Experimental department until he was promoted to the position of Assistant Quality Control Manager. Later, in a reshuffle of titles, he became Inspection Foreman for Motorcycle Assembly and Production Development. With the formation of the Meriden Co-operative, Harry served as Warranty/Service Manager until the factory closed in 1983." ]

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[ "Great Interdisciplinary Ideas: A Reader for Writers", "provides an outstanding collection of essays by major thinkers exploring great ideas in different fields of study.", "Market: General Interest", "Key Topics: Human Rights, Gender, Utopia, Literature" ]

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[ "Rick Arlen, the only child of famed silent film actress Jobyna Ralston, passed away in 2017. He left his family’s photo collection to his friend and silent film researcher, Kate Gaddis. Here, Kate recounts her relationship with Rick and sets a biographical narrative of the Arlen family’s life to pictures from their private collection. As one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses of the silent film era, Jobyna starred in many iconic films, including the Oscar-winning war film Wings." ]

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[ "After the death of his 96-year-old father, a World War II veteran, Robert Schoen set off on a coast-to-coast journey. On a beautiful Southern California day in April 2017, 70-year-old Schoen waded knee-deep into the Pacific. He then walked back to shore, put on his shoes and socks, and began walking toward the Atlantic. Although he'd never walked more than seven miles in a row and was anything but an outdoors fanatic, he did possess certain qualities necessary to complete such a journey—an undaunted spirit, determination, and a willingness to accept whatever might come his way.", "During his journey he walked east through homeless tent communities, the Mojave Desert, ghost towns, and cities large and small. He experienced extremes of weather, a near-death encounter, and many obstacles and challenges. But 2,644 miles and 14 states later, Robert Schoen finally waded into the Atlantic Ocean, with renewed faith in the goodness and generosity of his fellow Americans." ]

[ "Review", "\"Many people have a to-do list, but whose list includes \"Walk Across America\"? Answer: Robert Schoen's list!", "On God's Radar", "follows the ups and downs of his trip along unfriendly sidewalks and impassable roadways; nights in crude campsites, odd motels, and the backyards of friendly strangers; and 25-mile days walking through heat, cold, wind, and rain. Most importantly, we meet the diverse and inviting characters Schoen encountered along his journey.\"John Tschirhart, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming", "\"Bob Schoen's walk across America tells a story of fierce perseverance and a willingness to connect across cultural, political, and religious lines. Mostly, though, it's a master class in curiosity about what the next day might bring.\"Sara Klein, President, Temple Sinai, Oakland, California", "\"In an era when some people fear walking out their front door, Robert walked across the country, revealing the generosity and compassion that still live in America. He truly embodies an \"act young to be young\" philosophy, and shows that it's never too late to get fit and live life to its fullest!\"Scooby Werkstatt, Personal Fitness and Health Advisor • scoobysworkshop.com", "\"I found it fascinating reading about Robert's trials and tribulations as he trekked across America. He took risks many of us would never take—I know I never would! I especially loved seeing the connections he made with people across the country. It was so enjoyable sharing his adventure!\"Tim Johnson, Community Life Director, Bayside Park, Emeryville, California", "\"On God's Radar is the story of one manʼs quest to honor his fatherʼs memory. It is a journey of heart, body, and soul, highlighting the kindness of strangers and transforming the American landscape and its people.\"Michael McDonald, Retired Attorney, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico", "About the Author", "Robert Schoen is the author of the award- winning book", "What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism", "and the co- author (with Catherine deCuir) of the novel", "The Rabbi Finds Her Way", ". He is a musician and has served as Composer-in-Residence at Temple Sinai in Oakland, California.", "Dr. Schoen, a retired optometrist, lives in Oakland with his wife, Sharon." ]

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[ "The Ramsey House was built in 1797 for Col. Francis Alexander Ramsey, a prominent early settler of East Tennessee who, along with his two sons J. G. M. Ramsey and William B. A. Ramsey, shaped the physical and cultural landscape of what would become Knox county and Knoxville, Tennessee. The one-hundred-acre homestead, referred to by Colonel Ramsey as Swan Pond, contained the Ramsey home as well as other outbuildings and slave quarters. In 1952, the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee purchased the tract of land, and the Ramsey House is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Charles H. Faulkner began archaeological investigations at the Ramsey House in 1985 and concluded his work with his retirement from the University of Tennessee's anthropology department in 2005. During his tenure with the Ramsey House Archaeological Project, Faulkner and his team of scholars and students unearthed the prehistory of Native American occupation at Swan Pond, several outbuilding and early home foundation features yielding evidence of extensive early renovations to the Ramsey House and surrounding Swan Pond, and a multitude of ceramics and other artifacts left behind by the Ramsey family and other tenants ranging in dates from the late 1700s to the 1950s. Faulkner's research presented in The Ramseys at Swan Pond reveals not only the material culture and family lifeways of early wealth in East Tennessee, but chronicles the occupation of a homestead that would become pivotal to the development of early Knoxville and Knox County and offers insights into the responsibilities Ramsey and his family undertook in order to tame an early American frontier.Faulkner provides the reader a complete overview of the excavations, and emphasizes the importance of historic research within the discipline of archaeology in his introduction. The Ramseys at Swan Pond will be of interest to anyone studying historic archeology, the early American frontier, and Tennessee history. Charles H. Faulkner is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology and Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee. He is the author/editor of The Prehistoric Native American Art of Mud Glyph Cave, The Old Stone Fort: Exploring an Archaeological Mystery, Rock Art of the Eastern Woodlands, and numerous other essays." ]

[ "About the Author", "Charles H. Faulkner is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology and Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee. He is the author/editor of The Prehistoric Native American Art of Mud Glyph Cave, The Old Stone Fort: Exploring an Archaeological Mystery, Rock Art of the Eastern Woodlands, and numerous other essays." ]

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[ "Arizona & Utah", "2016 Edition Road trip route planner: offers 32 road trips-that's more than one road trip for every day of the month! Featuring an Arizona map and a Utah map, you'll take to the scenic byways of this majestic land on day trips and getaways better than you ever imagined.Our local MAD scouts discovered the best roads, scenic drives and RV trips in the Southwest, plus the places to stop along the way. We've done the work so you don't have to. Looking for things to do in Arizona or Utah? This road trip map has you covered.You'll see the petrified sand dunes of Zion National Park. Watch the sunrise or sunset at the Grand Canyon. Take scenic drives around the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon. Enjoy the coral-orange palette of Canyonlands National Park. Name some rock formations at Arches National Park outside Moab. Then there's the Sonoran Desert landscapes near Phoenix and Tucson-a desert so beautiful it has become the ideal for such a landscape.This is one monumental road trip map. You've dreamed of heading this way. It's time. Mad Maps' road trip maps are available in traditional paper maps, as well as maps for iPhone and Android.", "US Road Trip MAD Maps Feature:", "*Scenic Day and Overnight Road Trips", "*24-35 Trip Options Per Map With Directions", "*Convenient Pocket Size: 4\"\" x 9\"\" - (FOLDED)", "*Color-Coded Routes", "*Water and Tear-Resistant Paper", "*Hand-Picked Routes from Local Scouts", "*Must See Roadside Attractions", "*Campgrounds, Recreational Areas, and Outfitters", "*Historical Anecdotes and Entertaining Insights" ]

[ "Review", "Want to know where to go and what there is to see? I love this map because it does just that. I will be traveling later this summer and since I didn't know the area at all, I wanted to know what was where and how far to get to these places. My only suggestion to improve this would be to make it easier to fold up- as it a very traditional style road map. Love it though and can't wait to use it on my vacation. - By E. Nelson --http://www.amazon.com/review/R3ULM16VTI0QRM/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1933911468&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books", "About the Author", "Jenny Lefferts, the entrepreneurial force behind MAD Maps, learned her love of scenic road travel from her father, whose idea of a summer vacation was a family road trip in the '72 VW bus. In 1987, Jenny purchased her first motorcycle. She was instantly hooked and began searching the area for the best day trips around San Francisco. The seed for MAD Maps was planted. Now the company offers the best kept secrets of North American back roads with their Get Outta Town, US Regional Touring, and Rally Run series." ]

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[ "If you love the desert this notebook is for you. Saguaro cactus with a desert rainbow.- original photography- 8.5\"x11\" wide ruled white paper- 120 pages- flexible paperback- great gift - unisex" ]

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[ "Farmland was on fire with a civil war that lasted for over six decades. Hattie Land was born in 2091 to remnants of Wisconsin residents who battled for their survival in this futuristic thriller." ]

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[ "Take your kids on an adventure through God's Word with the #1 Bible for kids!", "Do you want to take your kids on an adventure through the Bible? The New American Standard Bible, 1995 Text edition of the bestselling", "Adventure Bible®", "will get them excited about God’s Word! Kids will be captivated by the full-color features that make reading Scripture and memorizing their favorite verses engaging and fun. Along the way they’ll meet all types of people, see all sorts of places, and learn all kinds of things about the Bible. Most importantly, they’ll grow closer in their relationship with God.", "Features include:", "Full color throughout: Makes learning about the people, places, and culture of the Bible even more engaging", "Full color throughout", ": Makes learning about the people, places, and culture of the Bible even more engaging", "Life in Bible Times: Articles and illustrations describe what life was like in ancient days", "Life in Bible Times", ": Articles and illustrations describe what life was like in ancient days", "Words to Treasure: Highlights great verses to memorize", "Words to Treasure", ": Highlights great verses to memorize", "Did You Know?: Interesting facts help you understand God’s Word and the life of faith", "Did You Know?", ": Interesting facts help you understand God’s Word and the life of faith", "People in Bible Times: Articles offer close-up looks at amazing people of the Bible", "People in Bible Times", ": Articles offer close-up looks at amazing people of the Bible", "Live It!: Hands-on activities help you apply biblical truths to your life", "Live It!", ": Hands-on activities help you apply biblical truths to your life", "Twenty special insert pages focus on topics such as famous people of the Bible, highlights of the life of Jesus, how to pray, and the love passage for kids--all with a jungle safari design", "Twenty special insert pages", "focus on topics such as famous people of the Bible, highlights of the life of Jesus, how to pray, and the love passage for kids--all with a jungle safari design", "Book introductions feature useful facts about each book of the Bible", "Book introductions", "feature useful facts about each book of the Bible", "NASB Dictionary/concordance for looking up tricky words", "NASB Dictionary/concordance", "for looking up tricky words", "Color map section to help locate places in the Bible", "Color map section", "to help locate places in the Bible", "Exclusive Zondervan NASB Comfort Print® typeface in 9.5-point print size", "Exclusive Zondervan NASB Comfort Print® typeface in 9.5-point print size", "Complete text of the New American Standard Bible, 1995 Text", "Complete text of the New American Standard Bible, 1995 Text", "Over 10 million copies within the Adventure Bible® brand have been sold. The Adventure Bible is recommended by more Christian schools and churches than any other Bible for kids!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Lawrence O. Richards wrote over 200 Christian books, including commentaries on every book of the Bible, features for the bestselling", "Adventure Bible®,", "and features for the", "Teen Study Bible", ", which he wrote with his wife, Sue." ]

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[ "This book presents the remarkable and diverse world of North American mammals and the fundamentals of capturing them on film. An indispensable reference work, the book combines information on the photographic subjects with essential technical advice for wildlife photographers of all skill levels. The best cameras, lenses, and films are discussed in detail, as are the special aids necessary for wildlife photography, including camouflage clothing, blinds, scents, and decoys..." ]

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[ "There is a hidden world beyond the curtain of the world we know. Glimpses of it are seen in the news, and countless stories take place in it. It is a world of spies, arms dealers, assassins, and black operations. It exists at the intersection of organized crime, espionage, and terrorism. If it had a name, the most fitting would be the Shadow World.", "The Shadow World series follows a former CIA agent named Simon Kane on a quest for revenge on the organization that killed his wife and the people he meets on that quest." ]

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[ "Americans take for granted that ours is the very model of a democracy. At the core of this belief is the assumption that the right to vote is firmly established. But in fact, the United States is the only major democratic nation in which the less well-off, the young, and minorities are substantially underrepresented in the electorate.Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward were key players in the long battle to reform voter registration laws that finally resulted in the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (also known as the Motor Voter law). When Why Americans Don't Vote was first published in 1988, this battle was still raging, and their book was a fiery salvo. It demonstrated that the twentieth century had witnessed a concerted effort to restrict voting by immigrants and blacks through a combination of poll taxes, literacy tests, and unwieldy voter registration requirements.", "Why Americans Still Don't Vote", "brings the story up to the present. Analyzing the results of voter registration reform, and drawing compelling historical parallels, Piven and Cloward reveal why neither of the major parties has tried to appeal to the interests of the newly registered-and thus why Americans still don't vote." ]

[ "Review", "Intriguing and troubling. . . . A challenging and informative introduction to one of the burning questions of contemporary American politics.--T. R. Reid,", "The Washington Post Book World", "\"It is hard to read [Piven-Cloward] without recognizing that our system, if not entirely 'broke,' has been historically skewed in favor of more privileged voters and vote influencers.\" --Garry Wills,", "The New York Review of Books", "\"An important and fascinating analysis.\"", "--Los Angeles Times Book Review", "\"Genuinely illuminating, offering a clear picture to reformers of what they are up against, and why.\" --Walter Dean Burnham,", "The New Republic", "\"Piven and Cloward have written the definitive work on voter registration and its implications for our politics, our elections and our government.\" --John W. Douglas,", "Philadelphia Inquirer", "About the Author", "Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward are coauthors of", "Regulating the Poor, The Politics of Turmoil, Poor People's Movements,", "and many other books. They are the corecipients of the 2000 American Sociological Association Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology." ]

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[ "Retiring without Risk was created as the authoritative guide to help readers: -Build wealth for retirement without the fear associated with investing in the stock market. -Build a tax-free retirement nest egg in the most efficient, least painful and least risky manner possible. -Determine if tax-deferred qualified retirement plans or IRAs are really tax hostile or tax favorable. -Learn how to grow wealth with NO risk of loss due to market downturns. -Learn how to lock in stock market gains on an annual basis (which will never be lost once locked in). -Learn how to earn a 7% guaranteed rate of return (accumulation value) with a guaranteed income for life you can never outlive." ]

[ "Review", "This is one of the best books written for investors. It explains excellent investment strategies in simple to understand terms. --Michael SylkatisThis book is a must-read for anyone who is serious about securing their financial future. It will help readers create a roadmap to financial security. --Lawrence J. BedardThe constant frustration caused by conflicting advice about my retirement plan was killing me. Since reading Retiring Without Risk and following Roccy's advice, I feel confident about my retirement plan! --Emmett BryantThis book is a must-read for anyone who is serious about securing their financial future. It will help readers create a roadmap to financial security. --Lawrence J. BedardThe constant frustration caused by conflicting advice about my retirement plan was killing me. Since reading Retiring Without Risk and following Roccy's advice, I feel confident about my retirement plan! --Emmett Bryant", "About the Author", "Roccy DeFrancesco, JD, CWPP, CAPP, CMP, is the author of Peace of Mind Planning: Losing Money is No Longer an Option; Bad Advisors: How to Identify ¬them; How to Avoid them, Retiring Without Risk, The Home Equity Acceleration Plan, The Home Equity Management Guidebook: How to Achieve Maximum Wealth with Maximum Security, and ¬The Doctor s Wealth Preservation Guide. Roccy is the nation s leading trainer of financial, insurance, accounting, and legal professionals for advanced planning." ]

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[ "Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world. Peekay starts to take boxing lessons, makes new friends, collects cacti, and plays the piano. Above all, he learns to think with his head and then with his heart. Peekay discovers that nothing can defeat the determination to be true to yourself: this is the power of one." ]

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[ "\"Bread on the Table\" is an exciting new novel written by Renetta Burlage. It tells the heartwarming story of Lottie Porter and the family she raised during the hard times of the Great Depression and World War II. As a young widow at the age of forty-six, Lottie was faced with the challenge of raising eight children while living on a small produce farm in Iowa. Courageous and determined, Lottie always found a way to put bread on the table for her family. Filled with personal accounts of humor, tragedy and good ole fashioned fun, the reader will be entertained by this remarkable family as well as educated about the historical period in American history during which they lived. A story for all ages, the author captures the essence of growing up in the heartland while demonstrating the core values of family life in rural America." ]

[ "About the Author", "Renetta Burlage grew up on a farm in Iowa and particularly loved the summers spent outdoors in the country atmosphere. Having earned a degree in history from the University of Iowa, she wrote this family memoir with the historical significance of the era in mind. She currently resides on a small farm in Iowa with her husband and two children." ]

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

[ "what you’re about to read is my attempt to uncollapse those two things: on the left hand pages i write about what happened; on the right i extrapolate a story related to the events that i have let ripple throughout my life. this is the way i wound up being and, in my sharing, i hope you discover some of how you came to be the way you are. what you do with that discovery once you’ve had it is up to you - for me, i found freedom from a lot of the heartbreak and obligation i lived with. my invitation is for you to look, and to discover what is there for you. yours, - c.w.lee" ]

[ "About the Author", "c.w.lee is a writer transplanted in los angeles after a lifetime of living in new york. an award winning slam poet in his youth, c.w.lee was first turned on to poetry through the dc writerscorps and has been published in various literary arts magazines and several poetry anthologies under his birth name. during his time in new york, c.w.lee was a regular performer at the bowery poetry club, the nuyorican poets cafe, and the sidewalk cafe. the love and loss he experienced in new york were critical to his development as a writer, providing his work a degree of longing that echoes in his everyday life. it is that sense of saudade that had c.w.lee move from new york to los angeles. in changing the context for his writing, c.w.lee discovered the landmark education and re-discovered his relationship to his word. with this new relationship to his work, c.w.lee has uncovered a newly found sense of freedom and authenticity in his writing. c.w.lee is presently working on an allegorical graphic novel and a science fiction book series based on the visions of a shamanic dreamer. as with his memoir, these works aim to illuminate a world deeper than the words written on the page." ]

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[ "Since the creation of the Minnesota Vikings in 1960, this football team has been more than just another franchise. To the fans who love them, and the haters who can’t help but admire them, the Minnesota Vikings are an unstoppable force in the NFL.In this heartwarming and inspirational book, Jim Bruton takes a look beyond the game and examines what the Minnesota Vikings have meant to fans and communities across the country. Covering the Vikings from every angle,", "A Tradition of Purple", "is an up-close look at the players, coaches, charities, Hall of Famers, and people behind the scenes who have come to define what it means to be Purple over the last fifty years. Readers will get an inside look at such famous Vikings as Norm Van Brocklin, Bud Grant, Fran Tarkenton, Carl Eller, Alan Page, Jim Marshall, Chris Doleman, Adrian Peterson, and more. This is not a book only about football, this is also a book about life, community, and the team that inspires a legacy." ]

[ "About the Author", "James H. Bruton spent 35 years in the field of corrections. He retired as the warden of the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights, the state's maximum-security prison. He was a member of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team in 1965 and 1966. He signed professional football contracts with the Minnesota Vikings in 1967 and 1971 and the Dallas Cowboys in 1968. Bruton has been a Viking season-ticket holder for 40 years. He resides in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Past titles include The Big House: Life Inside a Supermax Security Prison (Voyageur Press, 2004).", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition." ]

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[ "Der achte Fall der Kultserie", "Zefix, grad will der Eberhofer den häuslichen Frieden genießen, da steckt er schon mittendrin in seinem achten Fall: Ein umstrittenes Luxus-Spa-Hotel öffnet in Niederkaltenkirchen seine Pforten. Und die Hälfte der Dorfbevölkerung tobt. Als dort kurz darauf auch noch eine Leiche in einer Marmorbadewanne liegt, muss der Eberhofer freilich wieder ran. Ganz egal, wie geschmeidig es mit der Susi läuft." ]

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

[ "Do you ever feel that your work is a pain? Do you have doubts if you have chosen the right profession? Do you feel that your job is threatened by the instable economy?If so, this book will inspire you on how to land your dream job. In this book you will discover immensely helpful advice and guidance in finding your perfect career: learn to design a career not only determined by money but also for personal satisfaction and most importantly to express yourself and to make a difference to the world around you. Once you discover your career path, you will learn to be unique and successful at it; learn how to be original and proactive and stand out from the crowd. Instead of traditional, boring reactive job-seeking methods you will learn to use modern proactive and breakthrough techniques. If you are relatively happy with your current work, but still lack the skills to become more effective and appreciated in your workplace, this book will also teach you become indispensable to your employer and colleagues.The highest level of success is when you have a satisfying balance between your work life and your life in general. Discover what you want to be and turn your dream job into reality!" ]

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

[ "Interprocess Communications in Linux", "explains exactly how to use Linux processes and interprocess communications to build robust, high-performance systems. Coverage includes: named/unnamed pipes, message queues, semaphores, shared memory, RPC and the rpcgen compiler, sockets-based communication, the /proc file system, LinuxThreads POSIX support, multithreading, and much more. Includes detailed exercises, plus dozens of downloadable program examples compiled with GNU C/C++ 2.96 & 3.2 and tested with Red Hat Linux 7.3 & 8.0." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "The definitive guide to Linux processes and IPC for programmers and system administrators", "The", "definitive", "guide to Linux processes and IPC for programmers and system administrators", "Pipes, message queues, semaphores, shared memory, RPC, sockets, the /proc filesystem, and much more", "Pipes, message queues, semaphores, shared memory, RPC, sockets, the /proc filesystem, and much more", "In-depth coverage of multithreading with POSIX compliant LinuxThreads", "In-depth coverage of multithreading with POSIX compliant LinuxThreads", "Contains dozens of detailedprogram examples (GNU C/C++ 2.96/Red Hat Linux 7.3 & 8.0)", "Contains dozens of detailedprogram examples (GNU C/C++ 2.96/Red Hat Linux 7.3 & 8.0)", "Raves for Gray's companion UNIX® volume!", "\"Concepts I only vaguely understood now make complete sense to me! The sample code and exercises are so good,they seem to clamp down on the concepts like a vise grip...\"—S. Lee Henry, Johns HopkinsUniversity", "The expert, example-rich guide to Linuxprocesses and IPC", "Serious Linux software developers need a sophisticated understanding of processes, system level programming andinterprocess communication techniques. Now, John Shapley Gray, author of the widely praised", "Interprocess Communicationin UNIX, Second Edition,", "zeroes in on the core techniques Linux uses to manage processes and IPC. With exceptionalprecision and great clarity, Gray explains what processes are, how they're generated, how they access their environments,how they communicate", "and how to use them to build robust, high-performance systems", ".", "Includes extensive coverage of named/unnamed pipes, message queues, semaphores, and shared memory.", "Includes extensive coverage of named/unnamed pipes, message queues, semaphores, and shared memory.", "Provides C++ classes for System V IPC facilities.", "Provides C++ classes for System V IPC facilities.", "Offers an in-depth introduction to socket-basedcommunication.", "Offers an in-depth introduction to socket-basedcommunication.", "Demystifies Linux's /proc file system.", "Demystifies Linux's /proc file system.", "Illuminates the LinuxThreads POSIX threadimplementation and its use in multithreaded applications.", "Illuminates the LinuxThreads POSIX threadimplementation and its use in multithreaded applications.", "Provides valuable tips and warnings, plus insight intokey differences amongst Linux and Unix implementations.", "Provides valuable tips and warnings, plus insight intokey differences amongst Linux and Unix implementations.", "Includes problem sets and illustrations designed toreinforce key concepts.", "Includes problem sets and illustrations designed toreinforce key concepts.", "Gray presents dozens of standalone program examples; all compiled with the GNU C/C++ compiler 2.96 & 3.2, and fullytested on PC platforms running Red Hat Linux 7.3 & 8.0.", "http://authors.phptr.com/gray/", "About the Author", "JOHN SHAPLEY GRAY is Professor of Computer Science and Chair of the Interactive Information Technology degree program at the University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, and principal of Gray Software Development. Gray has been actively involved with UNIX and its derivatives for over 20 years; his course on UNIX internals has become legendary amongst students and developers throughout the greater Hartford area. He is author of the best-selling", "Interprocess Communications in UNIX, Second Edition,", "and co-author of", "C++ Programmer's Notebook.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Preface", "The topic of interprocess communication techniques is broad, challenging and dynamic. All but the most basic operating systems provide methods for processes communication. Early on, UNIX supported a number of rudimentary process communication constructs (such as lock files, signals and pipes). In the early 1980s, facilities such as message queues, semaphores, and shared memory were added to the mix by AT&T with its release of UNIX System V. Somewhat concurrently, the Berkeley Software Distribution added support for Internet protocols (4.3BSD) and the socket interface as a communication construct. By the mid-1990s, threads and multithreaded programming techniques were making significant, permanent inroads into the UNIX mainstream.", "Along the way, UNIX spawned innumerable UNIX-like operating systems. One such operating system was MINIX. MINIX, written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, is a small (about twelve thousand lines) PC version of UNIX. MINIX was presented as a pedagogical tool to permit the user to gain a better understanding of the inner working of a UNIX-like operating system. As all of the operating system source code was provided, the user could tinker with the code and refine its functionality. As a university student, Linus Torvalds' exposure to MINIX led him to develop a more robust UNIX-like operating system called Linux. In brief, Linux is a freely distributed hybrid version of UNIX. Linux system administration is BSD-like while its programming environment has a definite AT&T flavor. A number of commercial versions of Linux populate the market. These versions bundle Linux with a variety of other operating system related utilities and software packages. One of the more widely distributed commercial versions is Red Hat Linux. Red Hat Linux includes Richard Stallman's GNU project C (gcc) and C++ (g++) compilers.", "This text explores the intricacies of interprocess communications as supported by Red Hat Linux version 7.3 and 8.0. It is assumed that the reader has a working knowledge of C/C++ programming. It is further assumed that while not being an expert, the reader has worked in a UNIX type environment and is reasonably familiar with generating and editing text using an editor such as vi or pico (available from the University of Washington). This text makes extensive references to specific system calls and predefined library functions. The reader is encouraged to read the manual pages for each system call/library function as it is encountered. As in UNIX, the manual pages in Linux are an unparalleled source of information. Appendix A covers the format and use of manual pages.", "All programming references and examples were generated on a PC Pentium-based platform running Red Hat Linux 7.3, using the GNU C/C++ compiler version 2.96. With the release of Red Hat Linux 8.0 and GNU 3.2 the examples were revisited and tweaked where necessary. Many of the examples and most of the exercises have also been compiled and run in a Solaris 2.8 setting using GNU 2.95. Most often, few if any modifications were needed to generate clean, executable code in this alternate environment.", "Each example is a complete standalone program. Command line examples, except where noted, are Korn shell based. In any setting, IPC (interprocess communication) support must be available for the user to pursue the materials covered in the chapters on semaphores, message queues, and shared memory. When Linux is installed, usually IPC support is enabled (check the /proc directory for the presence of the sysvipc directory). If it is not present you may need to modify system configuration files and recompile the kernel. There are a number of places that one can peruse for information on how this might be done. One source of information is the Configure.help file that resides in the /usr/src/linuxXXXX/Documentation subdirectory (where XXXX is the version of Linux). However, unless you are the system administrator, you most likely will want to seek help when doing this. To work with threads, a POSIX compliant thread library (such as LinuxThreads) must be available. Fortunately, most new versions of Linux come with thread libraries that are distributed with the GNU compiler (check the /usr/lib directory for files names containing pthread, e.g., libpthread.a or libpthread.so).", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Preface", "The topic of interprocess communication techniques is broad, challenging and dynamic. All but the most basic operating systems provide methods for processes communication. Early on, UNIX supported a number of rudimentary process communication constructs (such as lock files, signals and pipes). In the early 1980s, facilities such as message queues, semaphores, and shared memory were added to the mix by AT&T with its release of UNIX System V. Somewhat concurrently, the Berkeley Software Distribution added support for Internet protocols (4.3BSD) and the socket interface as a communication construct. By the mid-1990s, threads and multithreaded programming techniques were making significant, permanent inroads into the UNIX mainstream.", "Along the way, UNIX spawned innumerable UNIX-like operating systems. One such operating system was MINIX. MINIX, written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, is a small (about twelve thousand lines) PC version of UNIX. MINIX was presented as a pedagogical tool to permit the user to gain a better understanding of the inner working of a UNIX-like operating system. As all of the operating system source code was provided, the user could tinker with the code and refine its functionality. As a university student, Linus Torvalds' exposure to MINIX led him to develop a more robust UNIX-like operating system called Linux. In brief, Linux is a freely distributed hybrid version of UNIX. Linux system administration is BSD-like while its programming environment has a definite AT&T flavor. A number of commercial versions of Linux populate the market. These versions bundle Linux with a variety of other operating system related utilities and software packages. One of the more widely distributed commercial versions is Red Hat Linux. Red Hat Linux includes Richard Stallman's GNU project C (gcc) and C++ (g++) compilers.", "This text explores the intricacies of interprocess communications as supported by Red Hat Linux version 7.3 and 8.0. It is assumed that the reader has a working knowledge of C/C++ programming. It is further assumed that while not being an expert, the reader has worked in a UNIX type environment and is reasonably familiar with generating and editing text using an editor such as vi or pico (available from the University of Washington). This text makes extensive references to specific system calls and predefined library functions. The reader is encouraged to read the manual pages for each system call/library function as it is encountered. As in UNIX, the manual pages in Linux are an unparalleled source of information. Appendix A covers the format and use of manual pages.", "All programming references and examples were generated on a PC Pentium-based platform running Red Hat Linux 7.3, using the GNU C/C++ compiler version 2.96. With the release of Red Hat Linux 8.0 and GNU 3.2 the examples were revisited and tweaked where necessary. Many of the examples and most of the exercises have also been compiled and run in a Solaris 2.8 setting using GNU 2.95. Most often, few if any modifications were needed to generate clean, executable code in this alternate environment.", "Each example is a complete standalone program. Command line examples, except where noted, are Korn shell based. In any setting, IPC (interprocess communication) support must be available for the user to pursue the materials covered in the chapters on semaphores, message queues, and shared memory. When Linux is installed, usually IPC support is enabled (check the /proc directory for the presence of the sysvipc directory). If it is not present you may need to modify system configuration files and recompile the kernel. There are a number of places that one can peruse for information on how this might be done. One source of information is the Configure.help file that resides in the /usr/src/linuxXXXX/Documentation subdirectory (where XXXX is the version of Linux). However, unless you are the system administrator, you most likely will want to seek help when doing this. To work with threads, a POSIX compliant thread library (such as LinuxThreads) must be available. Fortunately, most new versions of Linux come with thread libraries that are distributed with the GNU compiler (check the /usr/lib directory for files names containing pthread, e.g., libpthread.a or libpthread.so).", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Operating Systems" ]

[ "A California hippy's drug use leads him to Prison in politically tor Chile. After nine months, he escapes with a dangerous partner and runs for his life. Through harse elements in the desert, mountains, and a land-mined border; police, native Indians, and his cold-blooded partner hunt him down. Danger and Intrigue chase him five thousand miles back to California in a story of unrelenting mayhem." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "True Crime" ]

[ "Miss Charming's Guide for Hip Bartenders and Wayout Wannabes is a new approach to the top-selling bartending category, providing readers with all of the insider tips they need to become a top-shelf bartender-at home or as a career.Packed full of fun illustrations, hints, tricks, tips and recipes, Miss Charming's Guide for Hip Bartenders and Wayout Wannabes is a one-stop reference for readers looking for a fun-filled, practical guide on how to tend bar full time, part time or party time!" ]

[ "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Fun Uses for Vodka1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka-the alcohol dissolves the adhesive. 2. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let it sit five minutes, and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew. 3. To clean your eyeglasses, simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs. 4. Prolong the life of your razors by filling a cup with vodka and letting your the blades soak in the alcohol after shaving. The vodka disinfects the blades and prevents rusting. 5. Spray vodka on vomit stains, scrub with a brush, then blot dry-gone. 6. Using a cotton ball, apply vodka to your face as an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten pores." ]

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

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[ "Musgrove, the Nanny of Notting Hill is a beautifully written children's book following the adventures of Hermione's nanny, Musgrove. Its delightful illustrations and endearing charaters make this book especially captivating. This book was written for the 3-5 year old market and is the first of a series." ]

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

[ "New Orleans high society is rocked by the rape and beating of their hottest interior decorator. The police department soon finds the crime may be linked to a rape and murder of a young woman being prepped to take over her father's business. The wrinkle comes when the only suspects are two women. A conundrum of deception and violence spills from the pages and resolves in an Unexpected contemporary style with a classic underpinning." ]

[ "About the Author", "A native of New Orleans, La she is the mother of two daughters, Jamila Moody and Shauntae Jordan; four Sons Harold, Jermaine, Keenan and Carl Moody, and the proud grandmother of three, Ayana, Harrison and carl Jr. She currently lives in North Carolina." ]

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

[ "Suggests rhymes for nearly two hundred combinations of sounds, and provides ideas on creative uses for rhymes." ]

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

[ "Descriptive color photographs of disorders and a detailed index provide instant access to disease symptoms and signs, diagnoses, causes, and treatments, as well as basic first aid, the skeletal system, points of a horse, and a great deal more." ]

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

[ "Review Quotes:", "Praise for the Stormlight Archive", "\"Classic Sanderson, with multiple story lines and unexpected twists and turns . . . Successfully balances introducing new elements and satisfactorily resolving some threads, leaving fans to eagerly await the next in the series.\"--", "Publishers Weekly", "on", "Oathbringer", "\"Excellent . . . cranks up the level of intrigue to dizzying extremes...Sanderson's experiment is working, and he gets better with every book. The journey will be worth it. Yes, you should buy this book. Yes, this is a series worth following to the end.\"--", "Tor.com", "on", "Words of Radiance", "\"Absolutely revels in its fantasy world, one of actual gods, bizarre magic, knights with superpowers, spirits and sorcery, monsters, demons, and magic sword called Shardblades. It embraces the fantastic, and does so with an astonishing amount of creativity . . .", "Words of Radiance", "is a must-read.\"--", "io9", "on", "Words of Radiance", "\"", "Words of Radiance", "may be the most accomplished followup to a popular first novel in the last 15 years.\"--", "Buzzfeed", "on", "Words of Radiance", "\"Sanderson is a master . . . Fans and lovers of epic fantasy will find the ending satisfying, yet will eagerly await the next volume.\"--", "Library Journal", "on", "The Way of Kings", "\"Epic in every sense.\"--", "The Guardian", "on", "The Way of Kings", "\"Sanderson is a master of many aspects of the fantasy genre: epic world-building, coherent systems of magic and unforgettable character development. All those are in peak form in his masterwork,", "The Way of Kings", ".\"--", "Paste Magazine", ", \"The 50 Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century (So Far)\"", "\"Brandon Sanderson's reputation is finally as big as his novels.\"--", "The New York Times", "on", "Words of Radiance" ]

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[ "The Aspiring Adept", "presents a provocative new view of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), one of the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution, by revealing for the first time his avid and lifelong pursuit of alchemy. Boyle has traditionally been considered, along with Newton, a founder of modern science because of his mechanical philosophy and his experimentation with the air-pump and other early scientific apparatus. However, Lawrence Principe shows that his alchemical quest--hidden first by Boyle's own codes and secrecy, and later suppressed or ignored--positions him more accurately in the intellectual and cultural crossroads of the seventeenth century. Principe radically reinterprets Boyle's most famous work,", "The Sceptical Chymist", ", to show that it criticizes not alchemists, as has been thought, but \"unphilosophical\" pharmacists and textbook writers. He then shows Boyle's unambiguous enthusiasm for alchemy in his \"lost\"", "Dialogue on the Transmutation and Melioration of Metals", ", now reconstructed from scattered fragments and presented here in full for the first time. Intriguingly, Boyle believed that the goal of his quest, the Philosopher's Stone, could not only transmute base metals into gold, but could also attract angels. Alchemy could thus act both as a source of knowledge and as a defense against the growing tide of atheism that tormented him. In seeking to integrate the seemingly contradictory facets of Boyle's work, Principe also illuminates how alchemy and other \"unscientific\" pursuits had a far greater impact on early modern science than has previously been thought." ]

[ "Review", "\"Principe is to be congratulated on bringing [Boyle] into a new focus.\"", "---D. M. Knight,", "Nature", "\"", "The Aspiring Adept", "is an audacious, enchanting, and deeply rewarding book, one that will be of equal interest to historians, chemists, and interested laypersons. It is a real treat.\"", "---A. J. Rocke,", "Chemistry in Britain", "\"Lawrence Principe's book goes a long way toward recovering the complexity of Boyle's mind and work. . . . [His] ability to reconstruct Boyle's laboratory practices, ascertain the relations between Boyle and a large community of like-minded practitioners, and retrieve, fully or partially, some of Boyle's alchemical writings is . . . remarkable.\"", "---Mordechai Feingold,", "American Scientist", "\"Principe has performed a great service by printing some of the choicer parts [of Boyle's unpublished works]. . . . [He] avoids the easy temptation to interpret Boyle's alchemical operations in terms of modern chemistry.\"", "---Peter Dear,", "Physics World", "About the Author", "Lawrence M. Principe", "is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Institute for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at The Johns Hopkins University." ]

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

[ "\"Deutschland verstehen is a book for everyone who wants to know who the Germans are and what makes them tick. It is an entertaining and insightful visual exploration of German society, business, and culture through pictorial charts, illustrated graphs, and infographic diagrams. The Book's eight chapters focus on various facets of German life: what Germans love, what they fear, who they are, where they come from, what they're good at, their politics, and their economy. They tell of Prussia, Goethe, the Love Parade, and Oktoberfest and feature detailed depictions of the Reichstag, the Chancellery, and the Berlin Wall. They compare East and West Germany and compile facts on the RAF, the aristocracy, and atomic energy as well as on German language, diet, and television programs. Deutschland verstehen was developed in cooperation with leading German newspapers and magazines in which some of the featured graphics first appeared; others were created especially for this publication. The innovative atlas delivers infotainment at its highest level. \"" ]

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

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[ "Getting a grip on pleasure involving fists is one of the extreme sports of gay fun. There’s no doubt that it can bring previously unknown satisfaction to those who practice it. From advice about how to wash thoroughly, to tips about the right lube to use, useful relaxation techniques, and even a guide to the dark labyrinth inside your body―expert Stephan Niederwieser tells you everything you need to know about this ultimate path to pleasure." ]

[ "About the Author", "Stephan Niederwieser is the bestselling author of several sex guides and five novels. He studied German language and literature, is trained as a natural healer and psychotherapist, and conducts family constellation workshops. He lives in Berlin, Germany. Available in English are his sex guides Bend Over! The Complete Guide to Anal Sex, Blow Me! The Complete Guide to Oral Sex and Do It Yourself! The Complete Guide to Masturbation." ]

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[ "Books", "LGBTQ+ Books", "Literature & Fiction" ]

[ "Ancient Egyptians were known to domesticate various spices of animals and birds even those known to us now as wild living beings. Among those domesticated birds known to us in our modern days as sort of wild are the Ostriches and Hoopoes. Ostriches and Hoopoes were not only domesticated and raised by ancient Egyptians but were also honored and venerated as having special meanings and symbolism in their life as well as in their cult and religion and that is beside their use in food, medicine, sports etc.,. In the following pages the two birds will be described scientifically as well as their importance, significance,uses and symbolism will be discussed with respect to ancient Egyptians in various epochs of ancient Egypt." ]

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[ "Books", "History", "Middle East" ]

[ "PLAYING FOR HIGH STAKES", "That's what Jim McNellis was doing when he turned up in the town of Bent Fork. He was tired of a gambler's life, always moving on to the next saloon, calling no place home, up against two-timing dealers and forced to even the odds with a gun in his hand.Now it was time to settle down, and Bent Fork seemed just the place to do it. But Jim hadn't reckoned on a beauty like Della Schmidt, a little too eager to make a stranger welcome in town; or Rex Dermott, who'd marked Della for his own and would fight any way he could to keep her. And he hadn't figured on how hard it could be to leave your past behind--especially when it could be waiting right up the next dark alley to ambush you in a vengeful hail of bullets..." ]

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[ "In the cold and dark a cub was born... Inspired by a real bear cub seen on explore.org's livecam, How Velcro Got His Name is about a bear cub that learns how to survive in the Alaskan wilderness and earns his place in the world. As Velcro gains the skills to survive in the Alaskan wilderness with help from his Mama and Otis, a gigantic brown bear, he teaches us what it takes to face our fears and our detractors head-on. The book explores elements of animal behavior, natural habitat, wildlife conservation, and the environment. Explore.org is a philanthropic multimedia company with a mission of connecting people back to nature and championing the selfless acts of others. From midsummer until early October explore.org partners with Katmai National Park to create a portal into the vast and pristine wilderness of Brooks Falls, Alaska and the dynamic ecosystems that exist there. Most notably, it is a critical habitat for brown bears and salmon and a place for viewers around the world to watch as their days unfold." ]

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[ "Servanthood lessons shared by Romaine: 29 messages on 2 MP3 CDs presented by Calvary Chapel Outreach Fellowship. Drawing from practical life experience and the Word of God, Pastor Romaine candidly speaks to pastors and leaders about truly serving the Lord. He has a tremendous gift of exhortation, and it's a good balance for our church. I have the gift of teaching; Romaine had the gift of exhortation. He exhorts us to put into practice the things we've learned from the Scriptures. ~ Pastor Chuck Smith Messages: Being a Servant The Tongue Who is First Obedience God's Way The Lord Will Supply Walking in Love Priorities All or Nothing What Does the Lord Require God Means What He Says Enduring Trials Ministry: Serving the Lord What God Did at Calvary Chapel Priorities in Ministry Griping Before God What is the Ministry How to be #2 Man Faith - Hebrews 11 God's Command is Love Ministering With Humility Who are You Serving Responsibility of Pastors All So Simple Prayer Dragged By the Heels The Ministry Ministering to the Body God's House" ]

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[ "Have you ever tried to get out of debt, only to find it depressing, depriving and down right to ugly to deal with? You are not alone. It takes years of bad decisions and spending to get into debt, but people want to get out of debt in day, week, month, or even a year. As Americans we want to snap our fingers and solve all our debt problems right now! We look for peace from debt counselors we see on television or we go to seminars, hosted by the wealthy, to have them tell us how to spend, save and pay them for their help. However, the answers to our problem will not be found in them. It is in you! Only you can free yourself from the bondage of debt. This is a no-nonsense journey to take you from debt to a strong system of habits and routines. The only thing you need to do is commit to making a change in your spending habits. The guarantee is me. I am free and I want to help you be free too. You've been waiting for it and now you have it. Finally, it's about time there is some debt relief that comes from a middle-class person just like you. If you want to hear how an average middle-class African American family come out of debt in less than two years with a great credit score, this book is for you. You won't find in this book a one size fits all strategy. However, you will find tried and proven steps that have helped one family liberate themselves from debt. By reading this book you will elevate your spiritual level and learn of scriptures that take you from being broke to being able to capitalize on God's plan for His people. You will find workbook-style pages that allow you to put debt relief in your own words and take steps to becoming debt free in a globally debited society. Your debt relief will be customized to your needs and will help you or you and your spouse to see the same vision for the future. You cannot loose in reading this book. It is not long and drawn out because your time is valuable, but specific and written in as few pages as possible for" ]

[ "About the Author", "Tausha Ware is a self-proclaimed financial consultant living in Kentucky. Her experiences are being shared with all her readers because she believes she has used best practices to dig out from underneath years of debt to become financially free from it. She is a graduate of Murray State University with a B.S. in History and a M.A. in Middle School Education. She is currently teaching in a middle school setting and has been teaching for eight years. This is her first publication, but she intends to complete other writing projects in the future. Mrs. Ware and her family reside in a small town in Western Kentucky. \"I am a forty-one year old wife and mother of two wonderful children. I am of the Christian faith and a believer in God's Holy word. I want to help others in any way I can and I believe this is one of the ways that God is using me to help His people. In my life I have experienced the loss of my mother, who was instrumental in what I am today. As I stand on the backs of my mother, grandmother, and other important family members who have gone on before me, I must be obedient to the word of God and not just be ordinary or satisfied with my own accomplishments. I must help others reach a higher standard of life spiritually, physically, and financially. As I am finding faith, strength and encouragement to write this book, I am using that same faith, strength and encouragement to fight a second breast cancer diagnosis. I can only think it is my destiny to leave a legacy of sharing, caring and giving to others. My life changed when I decided to take a serious look at my financial situation. I decided to make some changes to my lifestyle that would free my family and I from financial burdens. I believe this book will help ordinary middle-class people, like myself, transform their lives by becoming debt free\"." ]

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[ "In this heroic West African tale, enslaved Agassu, the leopard king, encourages by the sea, frees himself of his chains and becomes the leader of his people. Hidden in the illustrations are civil rights heroes and heroines." ]

[ "From School Library Journal", "Grade 3-5-- In this West African folktale, the boy Agassu, captured as a child, is a slave who helps to row a fishing pirogue. One day the sea speaks to him, telling him that he is a descendant of gods, part of the royal leopard family. He is then told of a prophecy that the son of the leopard will return to take his rightful place as king of his people. And, with the help of the sea, Agassu escapes and goes home to rescue his people from evil rulers and reigns compassionately. Dupre started with collages of African Americans of the civil rights movement, and then painted the intense acrylic and oil illustrations over them. Thus, faintly seen faces (identified in an appendix) look out of many of the paintings. Some readers may find this technique didactic, but folktales typically teach values. Others may experience this as a creative reinterpretation of an African understanding that past generations are involved with the living. Elements of supernatural intervention and courage in overcoming odds make for an interesting story. There are some problems, however. The images of chained slaves using Western-style oars are more reminiscent of European galley slavery than of the typical uses of unfree labor in Africa. Similarly, the dramatically dark illustrations, even of happy times, might enhance distorted ideas of a \"darkest Africa.\" An attractive book mean to inspire, but one that does not have a lot of child appeal. --Loretta Kreider Andrews, Enoch Pratt Free Library, BaltimoreCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From Kirkus Reviews", "A re-creation of a lineage myth about an obscure West African king of Dahomey--now Benin--c. A.D. 1458. In his introduction, Dupr‚ explains only that the story is a ``hwenoho,'' believed to be a record of history, but elements of fantasy have been added: the sea tells Agassu that he is a leopard's son, descended from the gods. The tale follows Agassu's prophecy-fulfilling escape from a slave ship to rescue his people from evil rulers. The powerful illustrations are painted over images from African art and African-American civil rights figures; nine of the faces are identified, with brief biographies, in an afterword. Unfortunately, though the myth would be intriguing if more background had been included, the blend here of historical legend with recent history is an unsatisfying mix--in need of source citation, a pronunciation guide, and the kind of detailed note about Agassu that Wisniewski provided for Sundiata (1992). (Folklore/Picture book. 6-9) --", "Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved." ]

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[ "Remember every detail from those BIG adventures!", "Document your memories for up to 10 trips with", "helpful prompts", "to inspire your thoughts. The journal also includes blank dotted pages for each trip, allowing you to", "express yourself", "or include photos and mementos. Make it your own!This travel journal is the", "perfect size", "(7 x 10\") to drop in your bag or backpack, yet gives you ample space to write and record your memories.Makes an", "amazing gift", "for the avid traveler in your life, or for yourself!" ]

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[ "Book by Copp, Rick, Goodman, David" ]

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[ "Reservation boarding schools represented an important component in the U.S. government’s campaign in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to “civilize” American Indians according to Anglo-American standards. The history of the Rainy Mountain School in southwestern Oklahoma reveals much about the form and function of the Indian policy and its consequences for the Kiowa children who attended the school.", "In", "To Change Them Forever", ", Clyde Ellis surveys changes in government policy and tells how the Kiowa people resisted and accommodated the efforts of school personnel to transform them. Ellis combines archival research with personal memoirs, conversations with former students, and the school’s official records to portray a school often at odds with official policy and frequently neglected by the Indian Service’s bureaucracy." ]

[ "Review", "“A welcome addition to the study of cultural transformation and Indian struggle for survival.”", "―Southern Historian", "About the Author", "Clyde Ellis", "is Professor of History at Elon University, Elon, North Carolina. He is author of", "A Dancing People: Powwow Culture on the Southern Plains.", "To Change Them Forever", "was the winner of the 1997 Gustavus Myers Award for the Outstanding Work on Intolerance in North America." ]

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

[ "With her millions of passionate fans, Sarah Dessen is known as one of the \"rock stars\" of young adult fiction today. Her best-selling coming-of-age tales have gripped readers, especially teen girls, who relate to her realistic depictions of young love and other milestones of growing up. This lively biography traces Dessen's path to becoming a successful author of YA fiction, with details on how she developed her craft, the themes she likes to explore in her work, and her influences as a writer. Anecdotes, quotes, and photographs reveal the author as a person, and fact sheets and a timeline provide highlights of her publishing career." ]

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

[ "Knights, Elves, Dwarves, Beastmen, Swords, and Spells. These things were the stuff of stories Dante used to read about as a kid. They weren't supposed to be real. However, everything changed on his fifteenth birthday. That was the day the monster attacked. His calm and seemingly normal life was turned upside down in the blink of an eye as he is whisked away from his home by a knight to a realm filled with all manner of magic and creatures.However, the danger isn't over yet for Dante. There is something from his childhood that everyone is after. Something called the White Grimoire. It is a dangerous book that, in the wrong hands, would yield a calamity of unknown proportions. A book his dead parents are believed to have stolen before fleeing the realm. If he is to discover the truth of his past, he and his new friends must unravel the clues left behind in his fragmented memories and retrace a path nearly a decade old. Powerful enemies lurk in every shadow and it will take all Dante has to stay alive and save those he holds most dear." ]

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[ "Abandoned is a compelling true account of a young women's brave struggle after being exiled from her family. When Louisa is forced into a harsh new existence she is forced to survive in the untamed south of a newly formed America. Without the help of a brave Choctaw man Louisa surely would have been doomed, but the relationship the two form will shape and enrich both of their lives forever. The story has been handed down over many generations and until now it has never been published. Recognized for its authenticity and insight into the Choctaw Nation, Abandoned will keep you hooked until the very last page." ]

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[ "Teresa Duran analiza en este libro los primeros contactos de los futuros lectores con los libros. Su analisis se centra en ese período en el que los niños aun no descodifican el texto escrito y comienzan a relacionarse con los libros. Una obra fundamental para comprender los procesos de interiorizacion por parte de los pequeños de las imágenes y los textos." ]

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

[ "In an age when the printed book was still in its infancy, the pulpit was the mass medium. A vital part of medieval religious life, sermons were the chief occasions on which the church attempted to bridge the gap between high theology and popular religious culture. A new look at late medievalreligious values and practices through the sermons of the day, this book offers intriguing insights into the beliefs and behaviors of ordinary Christians in the crucial era that saw the onset of the Protestant Reformation. Studying over 1,600 sermons given by the leading preachers in France between1460 and 1560, Taylor examines the social context of preaching and the literary structure of the sermon to provide the background for a thorough analysis of the popular theology of the sermons, the preachers' attitudes toward men and women, and the preaching of and response to heresy in the decadesafter 1520." ]

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

[ "Adjusting to life as a wealthy widow, Ellie Quicke is shattered to hear that her difficult but endearing Aunt Drusilla has been killed in a freak accident. Her only son, Roy, is also devastated. However, Aunt Drusilla has made many enemies in her time, among them Ellie's selfish daughter Diana, who believes she's her great-aunt's heir. What if it were not a genuine accident? And what if Aunt Drusilla's cleaner were missing? The police are suspicious of all those closest to Aunt Drusilla, which includes not only her family but all those who have worked for her...and their families, too. Ellie struggles to keep her dysfunctional family from falling apart as each one in turn is suspected of murder." ]

[ "About the Author", "Veronica Heley (www.veronicaheley.com) has published more than fifty books, including crime fiction, historical, and children's titles. She is currently involved in the Ellie Quicke series of crime stories and a variety of other projects. A full-time writer, she has been married to a London probation officer since 1964, and has one musician daughter." ]

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

[ "“It is as if the poet set fire to her earlier work and wrote these poems in the light of those flames.”―Mark Wunderlich", "April Bernard explores subjects ranging from childhood anger to adult grief, from a museum of skulls to the Western movie genre. By turns playful, sorrowful, and sharp-edged,", "Brawl and Jag", "stands as Bernard’s most personal and accessible collection to date.", "From “Anger”:", "I always lie when I always say I didn’t know the gun was loaded." ]

[ "Review", "\"It is as if the poet set fire to all her earlier work and wrote these new ones in the light of those flames.\" ―", "Mark Wunderlich", "\"April Bernard brings as deep, as concentrated and imaginative, an attention as it is possible to bring to reality, history, the self, and to their triple intersection in our living language. This is a miraculously balanced, refreshing, and startling book.\" ―", "Vijay Seshadri, winner of the Pulitzer Prize", "\"Each poem in", "Brawl & Jag", "tells a little―or not so little―story that needed telling. About violence, essentially, as the title suggests, and its opposite… Bernard’s gracious ‘Let me taste it first for you’ might make you think of Siegfried Sassoon, or of William Blake.\" ―", "Elizabeth Macklin", "\"April Bernard has the best ear in the business. She harmonizes the raucous and the classic, the songful and the wry, the courtly and the quick. These new poems are the most powerful, intimate, lucid, and indelible she’s ever written.\" ―", "Wayne Koestenbaum", "About the Author", "April Bernard", "is the author of five previous poetry collections and two novels. Her work has appeared in", "The New Yorker", "and the", "New York Review of Books", ". The recipient of a Walt Whitman Award, the Stover Memorial Prize in Poetry, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Whitney Humanities Center, she lives in Upstate New York and teaches at Skidmore College and the Bennington College MFA writing seminars." ]

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[ "In 2020, I released the first collection of", "Window Over the Sink", "columns. It was for my family, really, and to give my own ego a boost. (Any writer who says she doesn’t need that now and then is lying, by the way.)", "It was so much fun.Which is why I decided to open the", "Window Over the Desk", ". My view out this particular window is a favorite—even today, when I’m drying…things…on the clothesline. Also today, the hay bales in the field that have given me pleasure for several weeks have been gathered and stored for the long winter.I hope the essays in this book give you some pleasant reading time over that winter. I hope they make you remember things, laugh sometimes, and refill your cup and sit down and read “just one more.”As I mention way more often than is necessary, I’m kind of old. The years have dimmed some reflections through the window, brightened others, and changed a whole bunch of them. What a trip it’s been.Thanks—again—for joining me on the journey." ]

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

[ "The Greeks lay siege to Troy, killing Andromache's true love, Hector, and sacking the city. Legendary, this courageous heroine weathers the flames of war and endures a savage journey to a strange land. There she strategizes to keep friends and loved ones alive. A survivor, Andromache fights to stay true to her country, her family, her beloved husband’s memory, and herself. Reader’s Bonus: flash fiction by the winners and administrators of the Spider’s Web Flash Fiction Prize." ]

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

[ "Un libro de lectura para niños de primer grado que contiene más de 350 dibujos a colores donde el estudiante aprende a leer sílabas, palabras y oraciones cortas." ]

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

[ "WHOA! is a self-exploration adventure encouraging you to discover and celebrate the magnificent human being you are. The four aspects of a vibrant, rich life are covered in detail: Wholeness, Health, Openness and Action. It's a hold-in-your-hands book of introspective meditations with lots of space for journaling and doodling. There are pictures to color, too. You get ponder how your life is unfolding, consider new ways of being, and create a life you truly love." ]

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[ "Books", "Self-Help", "Personal Transformation" ]

[ "The authors describe meshing techniques based on Delauney triangulation, which is used in construction projects. They also discuss classical mesh generation techniques and more advanced topics such as isotop, planar, curve surface and volumetric testing. The theoretical discussion is complemented by examples of practical applications." ]

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

[ "Let the bloodbath begin!! The start of the third phase of the Sekirei Project is well underway, and the heavy hitters from the West and South join Seo in this three-way free-for-all treasure hunt for the first elusive Sekirei treasure! But with Seo and Sanada so evenly matched, who will come out on top? Minato's group can only look on in awe as the battle comes to an unexpected conclusion! Will they be next......?!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Sakurako Gokurakuin is the creator of", "Sekirei", "." ]

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

[ "At $15, a great, affordable book for this incredibly hot market.Perfect for beginning and somewhat experienced players who want to jump right in on the action and play cash games, local tournaments, and the million-dollar televised tournaments where Cardoza regularly plays against the best in the world. Both limit and no-limit hold'em games are covered along with the essential strategies needed to play profitably on the pre-flop, flop, turn and river. Cardoza includes numerous hands he's actually played in championships so readers fully understand the winning concepts. Cardoza has created multiple betting and playing charts that can be found nowhere else." ]

[ "About the Author", "Avery Cardoza, the world’s foremost authority on gambling and a million-selling author of more than 21 books and advanced strategies, is the founder of Cardoza Publishing, (publisher of more than 200 gaming titles). Millions of players have learned how to play and win money at gambling following his no-nonsense practical advice." ]

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

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[ "I spent most of the 70's living by definition as a part time student in the UK. I was more intoxicated by the 'school of life', rather than the tedious dedication to the university lecture hall. This preoccupation took me by way of Newcastle, via London, to of all places Plymouth Devon.", "I have managed to take myself back to this period using music as an 'astral time machine'. Every memory has a soundtrack, and 'Classic Rock' of this era was a driving force encompassing much of the countercultures' collective mindset.", "It was a decade of reflection, brought about by stagnation and conflict. The Vietnam War, The Cold War, The IRA, The PLO, The Red Army Faction, and let's face it by definition chaos. It appeared armed insurrection was the modality chosen by some to effectuate change. It was a time of high unemployment, strikes and inflation, the Irish question, the political scandals; where Britain teetered on the brink. It was a period where I dropped out, hoping by doing so, my brief infatuation with borderline anarchy would allow me to live and enjoy life encapsulated in my own little world.", "I found myself hunkering down with a small group of like-minded scoundrels, tipsy, as we tottered somewhere between nihilistic intention and anarchistic intervention. We decided the best way to deal with the uncertainty was to simply poke fun and hatch a prank or two, all while we ignored the possibility of incarceration. The aftermath usually led us to the closest pub, where we would covertly hide behind the blur of excess and the ensuing laughter. This was the gestation that gave birth to the 'Scilly Pranksters'. It is where '", "Monty Python'", "met '", "National Lampoon's Animal House',", "and the cast ended up partying with", "'Cheech and Chong'.", "The jocular hilarity will allow the reader to meet and follow the exploits of 'the gang', as we plotted or simply found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.", "The Diary of an Anarchist's Apprentice ravages mainstream society tackling its deficiencies in a parodistic way, sprinkling just enough satire to keep the beat, as we hitched rides through, politics, religion, the drug culture, the 'New Age', the occult, free love, and the music explosion.", "These memoirs capture a collection of 20 escapades, etched in time as 'legend' rather than myth or drug induced fantasy. They feature comedic episodes such as our extemporaneous decision to leave our mark on a Vulcan bomber during a low level display, which highlighted the Queen's Silver Jubilee; the plot to borrow a diesel powered sub from her Majesty's scrap yard so we could perform our rendition of a 'Yellow Submarine'; the divine hand of God intervening to save a group of nuns after their car lost control, coincidentally after a rather prodigious Polish Kielbasa appeared to manifest where one's manhood should have been sheltered; the unforgettable sequence of events leading up to an impromptu meeting of wannabee anarchists and witches enjoying the warmth of a fire during a 'black mass'; and of course as an encore, a 'close encounter' of the strange kind, 'high' atop a Tor where UFOs had the nerve to interrupt our quest to find God, and apologize for some, but not all of our past transgressions. These and other short stories are strategically placed, preserving an informal time-line that encompassed the decade of the 70's." ]

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[ "We are the ones who stop ourselves from being happy. Learning to recognize the issues that we put in our own way is the first step towards long lasting happiness. By taking back the power that we give away we can choose to become happy people even when things are not perfect. These simple concepts are used by millions of people everyday to lead a fulfilling life and feel the happiness we are meant to feel. Happiness is the goal in life." ]

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

[ "Our AWESOME", "black paper notebooks and journals", "by", "Obsidian Paper Press", "are here! Great with neon, metallic, glitter, pastel, fluorescent, or other gel pens! It's time to up-level with our", "black paper", "journals to make your planning, doodling, and note taking stand out from the crowd.", "Featuring sketchbook pages on rich black paper, this notebook is versatile and unique. A perfect gift for the person who wants to stand out from the crowd.", "FEATURES:", "premium glossy cover", "premium glossy cover", "rich black paper", "rich black paper", "printed on high quality interior stock", "printed on high quality interior stock", "large 8.5\" x 11\" size", "large 8.5\" x 11\" size", "110 pages (55 pages front/back)", "110 pages (55 pages front/back)", "perfect with gel pens", "perfect with gel pens", "designed by a mother of 5 in the U.S.A.", "designed by a mother of 5 in the U.S.A.", "Visit our brand name at the top for a wide variety of black paper products." ]

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

[ "Shoplifting: Most parents aren’t even aware that their kids may be shoplifting until they get caught! The facts are alarming: 89% of children know kids who shoplift and 66% of kids say they hang out with those kids. What’s more, 46% of high school kids say they have shoplifted in the past year! Equally disturbing is that it is a gateway to more serious crime; many prison inmates began their life of crime as shoplifters. Consequences of shoplifting can include: criminal records, fines, restitution, probation, sentencing to juvenile hall, loss of job and academic opportunities, etc. In Shoplifting IS Stealing!™ discover: •The reasons why kids shoplift. •How to identify behaviors that indicate kids may be shoplifting or stealing. •Effective ways parents can talk to kids about shoplifting, make better decisions, and how to help them handle peer pressure (a major reason why kids shoplift). •How shoplifting dramatically affects everyone: kids, parents, businesses & communities. •Tools and resources for parents, teachers and other community members. •Why shoplifting is a gateway crime to more serious offenses and why it is critical to help kids understand the consequences before it becomes a lifelong problem. This shoplifting book is based on the highly successful Shoplifting IS Stealing!™ prevention program which has helped tens of thousands of parents, teacher and community members across the U.S. work together to raise awareness about shoplifting and provide them with effective strategies to prevent it. Whether you’re a teacher with a classroom full of students, a parent, or a community member this comprehensive guide will give you proven tools, ideas, and effective resources to prevent shoplifting while helping kids make better decisions. Remember, early intervention is the key to preventing shoplifting and juvenile crime. Order a copy of Shoplifting IS Stealing!™ today!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Judy Whalen is the founder of the Shoplifting IS Stealing! (TM) program and is passionate about making a difference in the world we live in. She originally created the Shoplifting IS Stealing!(TM) prevention program to help parents, teachers and community members across the U.S. work together to raise awareness about shoplifting and provide them with effective strategies to prevent kids from becoming shoplifters. For over 15 years this program has been successfully used by numerous communities and tens of thousands of adults who want to help kids make the wise decisions. Judy is also the CEO and founder of It Starts With Us, Inc.(TM) which is a family of programs and services to help individuals, families and organizations communicate effectively and design their lives and business around their core values. In addition to Shoplifting IS Stealing! (TM) these entities include: Center for Strategic Change, LLC (TM) and Strengthen the Harmony between Your Life Family & Work (TM). As a highly sought after management consultant, she has guided numerous boards of directors of organizations through a variety of strategic thinking activities; coached CEO's, leadership teams and individuals; conducted board and staff retreats, and presented on various topics at state, regional and national conferences and created the programs mentioned above. Judy's clients include school districts, health care organizations, day care centers, large international trade associations, nonprofits of all shapes and sizes and private corporations and individuals. Judy has a Bachelor of Science degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. In addition, she has graduate credits in public policy and has completed the six-year Institute for Organization Management at Notre Dame, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She currently chairs the Dean's Advisory Board for the College of Education and Professional Studies at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is also a current Board member of the Dane County Council of Public Affairs." ]

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[ "A new look at Romeo and Juliet in accordance with the work of the Shakespeare and Schools Project, the national curriculum for English and developments at GCSE and A Level. Cambridge School Shakespeare considers the play as theatre and the text as script, enabling pupils to inhabit the imaginative world of the play in an accessible, meaningful and creative way. This new edition features new and updated activities, extra help with language and a host of new photographs, many taken from Baz Luhrmann's recent film." ]

[ "Book Description", "A new edition of Romeo and Juliet in the Cambridge School Shakepeare series." ]

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

[ "“Mira Rosenthal’s", "The Local World", "incorporates deeply lived experience and mystery in a fluent shape-shifting that can take you anywhere― and bring you back, changed. The poems are beautifully crafted narratives of loss, travel, and salvage. There is a damaged family at the heart of these poems, an abandoned farm, and many rooms, parks, and train cars in far places. Yet, like all really good poems, Rosenthal’s language consistently rises above its cries to wonder and beauty. What a joy to find this stunning first book to award the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize.” ―Maggie Anderson, Judge", "“In Mira Rosenthal’s stunning debut collection, The Local World, memory is not a static screen for nostalgia but a fierce journey into the self where danger resides. These beautifully crafted poems work through a series of brilliant tropes, a tissue pattern resting over a piece of cloth, a knife cutting from the inside, a boy shadow-boxing with himself, a sunflower ‘like the mast of ship rising tall.’ Rosenthal is both a traveler and a thinker. Her poems, elegant marvels, dramatize her personal struggle to understand and transform the past. This is a dynamic book,one to read and reread.”―Maura Stanton", "“The poems in this stark collection feel as if they have arrived just after casting off emotional ballast. A burden has been carried from the familiar world, and over time and distance, that load has been dispersed. And now the poet returns, halfway between grief and transcendence, but in that dark return lies hope.”―Maurice Manning" ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "\"With an alertly startling intelligence, fullness of feeling, and supple voice, Mira Rosenthal travels the selvage-borders of being. These poems make a path between foreign and familial; between post-modern modes of knowing and a story-teller's narrative comprehensions; between fidelity to the outer world's registers of creatures, objects, and waters and interior worlds whose beauties are made purely by language. One underlying theme here is continuance in the face of pain; another is the dual-poled magnet of agency and observation; a third is the gift of transmutation, of poetry itself: 'a motion, / churning the simple milk of life to the butter / churned milk and salt eventually become.'\" --Jane Hirshfield \"The poems in this stark collection feel as if they have arrived just after casting off emotional ballast. A burden has been carried from the familiar world, and over time and distance, that load has been dispersed. And now the poet returns, halfway between grief and transcendence, but in that dark return lies hope.\" --Maurice Manning \"In Mira Rosenthal's stunning debut collection,", "The Local World", ", memory is not a static screen for nostalgia but a fierce journey into the self where danger resides. These beautifully crafted poems work through a series of brilliant tropes, a tissue pattern resting over a piece of cloth, a knife cutting from the inside, a boy shadow-boxing with himself, a sunflower 'like the mask of ship rising tall.' Rosenthal is both a traveler and a thinker. Her poems, elegant marvels, dramatize her personal struggle to understand and transform the past. This is a dynamic book, one to read and reread.\" --Maura Stanton", "About the Author", "Mira Rosenthal's", "poetry has appeared widely in journals, including", "Ploughshares, The American Poetry Review, Notre Dame Review, West Branch,", "and", "Slate", ". Her translations of Polish poetry have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and Zephyr Press has published her translations of", "The Forgotten Keys", "and", "Colonies", "by Tomasz Rozycki. She has received grants from the NEA, the PEN American Center, ACLS, and the Fulbright Commission, as well as fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Vermont Studio Center, the Banff Center, and elsewhere. She is also the founding editor of", "Lyric Poetry Review", ". After graduating from Reed College, she earned an M.F.A. from the University of Houston and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. She is a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University." ]

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[ "Have a more vibrant, unified marriage with the help of this handy guide. With over 300 questions on topics ranging from intimacy to finances, this book provides a starting point for couples to sit down and talk about what's really important. Discover untold dreams or ways to be better parents as you develop open, honest communication that will last a lifetime." ]

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

[ "2007. Publisher: The Five Mill Press, LTD. 10 pages. Big hardback. 15\" X 10\"." ]

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

[ "Disney Beauty and the Beast Write, Inspire, Create allows you to let your imagination come to life. Be inspired by the mysterious and magical world of Beauty and the Beast, the live-action re-telling of the studio s animated classic. Create a new song for the enchanted objects to sing, imagine a brand-new beginning to the story, and write Belle's diary for a week. Do you dare enter the Beast's castle and let your imagination loose?" ]

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

[ "This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!" ]

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

[ "Minimal shelf wear to cover. All pages intact and clean. Binding is tight. SHIPS NEXT BUSINESS DAY!" ]

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[ "Books", "Health, Fitness & Dieting", "Psychology & Counseling" ]

[ "This is a great sketchbook for the anime lovers out there. The perfect size to carry with you anywhere you go. Great gift idea for a budding artist!" ]

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

[ "The Dhammapada is the single most important extant Buddhist text. It is unquestionably 'the voice of the Buddha' where many of his key ideas are presented in a cogent verse form. It opens: 'All that we are is the result of what we have thought' and each of the 26 sections is clearly introduced. Also included on this recording are other key Buddhist concepts illustrated by original texts. A unique concept recording." ]

[ "From", "AudioFile", "A compilation of Buddhist writings is presented in an accessible format. Each section of text is introduced with a short statement by narrator Sean Barrett, followed by the text itself, presented by Kulananda or Anton Lesser--or in the case of dialogues with the Buddha, both of these two narrators. Each narrator reads with reference and respect. The recording is broken into separate tracks on the CD for each introduction and each section of text. A booklet enclosed with the recording provides a key to the tracks. This post-production care enhances the use of the collection as an introduction to Buddhist teachings and/or a meditation tool. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine--", "Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine" ]

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[ "Books", "Religion & Spirituality", "Buddhism" ]

[ "The Renaissance and Reformation Movements presents a panoramic history of the politico-ecclesiastical, intellectual, and cultural life of the two centuries preceding the 16th-century Reformation. Stressing the dynamic character of the 14th and 15th centuries, Spitz paints a careful portrayal of virtually every phase of life in this epoch, especially focusing on late medieval theology and particular Renaissance humanism. This first of two volumes synthesizes an otherwise overwhelming body of information on the Renaissance into an engaging and readable narrative that captures the ferment and spirit of this age." ]

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[ "Books", "History", "World" ]

[ "From rape and seduction to the desperate and deviant, here is every aspect of the intimate lives of the men and women in Georgian England. Painstakingly researched from medical texts, trial records, government statistics, pamphlets, autobiographies, fiction, fashions, pornographic engravings, and paintings from the Royal Academy, this fully illustrated and absorbing study shows how the Georgians constructed a female stereotype that later flourished in the Victorian era." ]

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

[ "\"", "Skull Shot", "is a surprisingly fast read that moves nicely from a 'mental golf' book to a crime story. I found myself using the term 'easy-golf' in my next few sessions.\" Jerry Mowlds, Director of Instruction, Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. Golf Magazine \"Top 100\" teachers. \"", "Skull Shot", "was a very enjoyable read with a nice balance of suspense, humor and golf psychology.\"  Gus Jones, Head Golf Professional, Martis Camp.In the resort town of Bend, Oregon, Andy Harris is mired in a brutal slump. For over a month he's been grinding away, studying his golf books and magazines, playing and practicing more, but nothing seems to help. Fueling his panic is the upcoming club championship, when he has to square off against a questionable friend who employs an array of gamesmanship to disrupt him when they play. If he can't fix his game by then, he's not sure what he'll do. Maybe swap his clubs for a bowling ball.      Four hundred miles away, Reno Homicide Detective Warren Sutter isn't doing so well himself. First, there was the phone call from a good friend, whose son has disappeared. Then there's his new partner, Robert Tensley, a naive rookie detective who has just transferred from public relations. Against his fervent objections, Warren is ordered to mold Robert into a competent detective as they pursue the missing person case. The detectives soon suspect a homicide when their investigation leads to a crooked casino owner, but without more evidence, they can't make an arrest. When the victim's father learns this, he threatens to bring in someone who can get the job done. A few days later, a nameless stranger begins tailing the casino owner, confirming the father's threat.      As the Reno detectives build a case for murder, the events there spill over to Bend, pulling Andy into a dangerous world of intrigue that might just hold the solution to his slump." ]

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

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[ "Books", "History", "World", "Religious", "Religion, Politics & State" ]

[ "Between the Sheets is a compilation of stories from African American writers. Enjoy erotic pieces with romantic and exotic flare." ]

[ "About the Author", "Published Authors with several novels in print. Visit delphinepublications.com for information on each person." ]

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

[ "¿De qué hablan los hombres a través del abismo de los siglos? De dioses, abusos de poder, desdichas e ilusiones amorosas, del deber que no se elige, de política y corrupción, guerras, heroísmo y penuria, imposibles justicias, miedo al torrente tumultuoso de la vida cuya inevitable desembocadura conocen. De Cielo e Infierno. De sueños y sexo. Al andar de los años repiten argumentos que inscriben en libros cuya lectura es una forma de felicidad, el lector construye el libro que lee. El autor sólo traza un camino cuya riqueza no es alcanzar una meta sino fecundar asociaciones imprevistas. Todo libro es un sueño y debe leerse como tal." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction" ]

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