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Be Fearless : 5 Principles For A Life Of Breakthroughs And Purpose
Identifies the five principles that people who have made breakthrough changes in the world have followed, including making a "big bet," taking bold risks, learning from failure, reaching beyond their comfort zone, and letting urgency conquer fear.…
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Positively Unstoppable : The Art Of Owning It
A guide to finding inspiration for profound life change draws on lessons from the author's own struggle to find his calling and shares powerful transformation stories, goal-setting guides, a sample workout, and eating plans.…
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Beyond Blessed : God's Perfect Plan To Overcome All Financial Stress
Explains that the way the way for Christians to eliminate financial stress and achieve economic goals is to follow the principles of stewardship not just in money matters but throughout life.…
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Financial Freedom : A Proven Path To All The Money You Will Ever Need
"Money is unlimited. Time is not. Become financially independent as fast as possible"--…
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How We're F***ing Up Our Planet
An easy-to-understand overview of the state of our planet and its future, using eye-opening and accessible charts, graphs, and infographics.…
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Government Support Index Handbook.
Provides contact information and other details for domestic assistance programs, including grants, scholarships, loans, payments, and loss insurance.…
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Milk Of Paradise : A History Of Opium
Presents an authoritative history of opium from ancient Mesopotamia to the modern era that explores its many uses and controversies, covering subjects ranging from the heroin underworld to the development of synthetic opiates.…
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Dark Tide : The Great Boston Molasses Flood Of 1919
Chronicles the January 15, 1919 Boston Molasses Flood that killed twenty-one people when over two million gallons of molasses poured out of the steel tank that stored it and traveled through the city's North End.…
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The Brave Learner : Finding Everyday Magic In Homeschool, Learning, And Life
"A joyful and accessible approach to homeschool that harnesses children's natural curiosity and makes learning a part of everyday life, whether they're in elementary or high school"--…
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Mandarin Phrasebook & Dictionary
Presents a phrasebook covering basic Mandarin Chinese language words and phrases for common situations.…
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A whimsical look inside the "I wonder bookstore" where the customers search for such treasures as the book that can only be read by moonlight and other rather rare books.…
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The Travel Book : A Journey Through Every Country In The World
A pictorial guide to travel around the world features 850 full-color photographs and descriptions of 230 countries, all organized alphabetically for easy access, along with key facts, maps, cultural insights, and travel tips for each nation.…
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Team Of Vipers : My 500 Extraordinary Days In The Trump White House
Offers a first-hand account of the author's time in the Trump White House, discussing the infighting and leaking he witnessed first-hand and his role in the president's successes and disasters.…
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"As a wave of brutal and bizarre murders engulfs the city, Peter is plunged into a world where gods and goddesses mingle with mortals and a long-dead evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of magic"--Page 4 of cover.…
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After his friend, Iris, dies from a terminal illness at age thirty-three, PR genius Smith Simonyi teams up with Iris' sister, Jade, to make Iris' final request--to get her blog posts published as a book--a reality.…
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During the Sengoku, or Warring States, period in Japan, a nameless samurai defends a young boy and his dog from the Ming dynasty's hired assassins.…
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Black Is The Body : Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, And Mine
"A collection of essays on race"--…
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The Blue Jay's Dance : A Birth Year
A novelist writes of her experiences during a 12 month period through pregnancy, new motherhood, and return to writing.…
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My Kind Of Forever : A Trillium Bay Novel
Trillium Bay's youngest mayor finds solace from the challenges of her new job in the arms of a handsome island visitor who may have an unsavory past --…
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The Prisoner Of Limnos : A Fantasy Novella In The World Of The Five Gods
Penric and Nikys receive a letter from a friend warning them that Nikys's mother has been taken hostage, and the pair set out to rescue her --…
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An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
Lulu Danger's unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform a special event.…
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"An allegorical view of human life as an exploratory journey through an ancient forest."--…
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A little rock who believes she is a mountain has her perspective changed by a series of movements, including a dog playing fetch, a bird's nest, a pond, and a little girl.…
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"Did you ever wish everyone would go away and leave you alone, and then, change your mind?"--Page 4 of cover.…
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"Little Brown is grumpy and lonely at the dog park, until he decides to take matters into his own hands."--…
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Ibb, curious about the lone castle in her town, forms a long-distant friendship with the guard and, despite warnings there is something fearful inside, accepts his invitation to enter.…
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Potato is very excited to buy a pair of pants on sale at Lance Vance's Fancy Pants Store, but when he sees Eggplant, who pushed him the day before, he is afraid to go in.…
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After climbing into bed with his book, a little boy goes on a bedtime adventure as he counts the train cars between the engine and the caboose.…
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Introduces the collective names used for various animal groups, including a bloat of hippopotamuses, a tower of giraffes, and a business of ferrets.…
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Caroline is anxious all day at school, nervous about her newly-adopted sister's arrival from far away.…
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If I had a horse, he might be shy, like me. But if I stayed quiet, he'd learn to be my friend. I would have to tame him. I would have to be strong, like him. And he would have to be gentle, like me. And together, we could do anything.…
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Owls Are Good At Keeping Secrets : An Unusual Alphabet
"A book of little-known animal 'facts' -- one for each letter of the alphabet"--…
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James has a bunch of balloons, each of which holds a special memory, but as his grandfather ages and loses his own balloons, James discovers that he is gaining new ones.…
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From ten little ninjas sneaking out of bed to one cuddlebug asleep on the spread, rhyming text provides a count-down to bedtime.…
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Although he professes to fear nothing, it turns out that the most-feared villain in the Star Wars universe may not be so fearless after all.…
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text celebrate the many shades of blue seen during the relationship of a boy and his dog as the boy grows from a baby to an adult.…
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"A Navaho family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures." --…
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A brother and sister spend an exciting day at the zoo where they find balloons, baboons, kangaroos, and more. Told entirely through illustrations and single words containing a double "O."…
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text invite the reader to try various instruments and join a band.…
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Just Right : Searching For The Goldilocks Planet
Follow a young girl as she explores questions about the wondrous search for another Goldilocks planet.…
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The aftermath of a black man being killing by a police officer. The story is told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act. A high school baseball phenomenon and an African-American police officer were inspired to take a stand.…
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Forty-eight hours in the life of Captain Krause who had just 4 ships with which to protect the 37 merchantmen in the convoy.…
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Delicate Edible Birds And Other Stories
Groff follows up The Monsters of Templeton with this innovative and beautifully written collection that covers a wide swath of humanity, from east coast resort towns, to the early 20th century flu epidemic, to WWII Europe.…
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A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show.…
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When a broken ankle forces Marion to withdraw from the horse show, she finds a way to stay active by helping her friends at the Critter Club animal shelter find homes for a litter of kittens.…
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The Clue In The Papyrus Scroll
The orphaned Alden siblings travel to Egypt to return a lost artifact to its rightful location.…
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Boots On The Ground : America's War In Vietnam
"An exploration of the Vietnam War from many different perspectives including an American soldiers, a nurse, and a Vietnamese refugee."--Provided by publisher.…
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When Angels Sing : The Story Of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
Tells the life story of rock musician Carlos Santana.…
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Intelligent, sensitive, and fiercely passionate, Martha Quest is a young woman living on a farm in Africa, feeling her way through the torments of adolescence and early womanhood.…
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The Last Castle : The Epic Story Of Love, Loss, And American Royalty In The Nation's Largest Home
Documents the story of the Gilded Age mansion Biltmore, tracing George Vanderbilt's construction of his European-style estate and the efforts of his bride, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, to become its protector in the face of changing fortunes and times.…
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"Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine must solve a small-town mystery before the next victim takes their final bow"--…
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"A year before World War I breaks out, the sidewalks of Manhattan are crowded with restless newcomers chasing the fabled American Dream, including a sharp-witted young woman who discovers a talent for investigating murder"--…
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"Set in St. Louis, a fair trade shop owner and a local police detective find themselves in the middle of international intrigue and in the sights of a ruthless killer when people connected with the shop begin turning up dead"--…
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A retired officer must uncover the identity of a mass murderer who is killing off the potential heirs to a family fortune. The only clues are the names on the list of murdered heir Adrian Messenger. The tension builds as the final evil unfolds.…
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"A historical novel of race and war that follows three characters from the Jim Crow South as they face the enormous changes World War II triggers in the United States." --…
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When a distant relative of Princess Elizabeth is found dead, Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate the murder, which may have connections reaching to a peasant rebellion sweeping the country.…
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Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the team behind the musical Hairspray, create magical music moments for Mary Poppins's return to the big screen. Included are performances by cast including Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda.…
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After being away for thirty years, a doctor returns to his home town to take over his father's medical practice in 1950s Australia.…
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"From one of the most significant contemporary Japanese writers, a haunting, dazzling novel of loss and rebirth"--…
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A man tries to find his son, who is listed as "missing in action" in Laos, with the help of five of his son's Marine buddies.…
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When the dark magical force within him challenges his effort to forge new alliances and build a defense against a new threat, Nikolai Lantsov, the young king of Ravka, embarks on a journey to his country's most magical places to vanquish it.…
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Aeduan joins forces with Iseult, a Threadwitch, and the magical girl, Owl, to stop a bloodthirsty horde of raiders from destroying a monastery that holds more than just faith, but to do so he must confront his own father--and his past.…
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Drawn to the wealthy and brilliant artist Maximiliana Horne and grateful for her stimulating education at Max's direction, sixteen-year-old Polly finds herself suddenly and inexplicably betrayed by her idol.…
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Stable boy Arcturus accidentally becomes Hominum's first common summoner and is whisked away to Vocans Academy, but before he can settle in he must choose a side or watch the Empire crumble.…
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"Over the course of her high school years, awkward Claudia McCarthy finds herself unwittingly drawn into the dark side of her school's student government, with dire consequences"--…
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The Sacrifice Of Sunshine Girl
Sunshine Griffith, a luiseach who talks to ghosts and is a benevolent spirit guide for humans, must determine who or what is working against her and the other luiseach.…
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Teen celebrity socialite Margo leads a double life as a cat burglar with a crew of four kickboxing drag queens, but when a big job goes belly-up, each one of them must rely on their special skills to survive the night.…
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What The Night Sings : A Novel
Liberated from Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945, sixteen-year-old Gerta tries to make a new life for herself, aided by Lev, a fellow survivor, and Michah, who helps Jews reach Palestine.…
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