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81) Old Shop Stories
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C. Blaine Hyatt spent hours in his father's repair shop as a boy, listening to others tell fascinating stories.
Fascinated by their strategies for navigating challenges-and the times in which they lived-he set about writing this collection of stories to preserve their collective history.
One lesson he hopes readers will take away is that the things of this world do not matter in the big picture. No one cares what kind of car you have or...
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The definitive biography on Janis Joplin. Out of the Texas-Louisiana swamps Janis Joplin wailed the blues like no one has ever dared. She was the first rock star of the 1960s counterculture, a fashion trendsetter in San Francisco's back-to-the-roots movement that overtook the world, and a prisoner of an ultimately doomed search for happiness in sex, drugs, money, and fame. But to those who knew and loved her intimately, she was Pearl. Ace celebrity...
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The first, and only, inside story of one of the greatest bands in rock history-Dire Straits-as told by founding member and bassist John Illsley One of the most successful music acts of all time, Dire Straits filled stadiums around the world. Their albums sold hundreds of millions of copies and their music-classics like "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet," "Money for Nothing," and "Brothers in Arms"-is still played on every continent today. There...
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., chronicles the short life of the Kennedy family's second presidential hopeful. Schlesinger's account vividly recalls the forces that shaped Robert Kennedy, from his position as the third son of a powerful Irish Catholic political clan to his concern for issues of social justice in the turbulent 1960s. This Fortieth Anniversary Edition contains not only Schlesinger's illuminating and inspiring portrait of Robert Kennedy,...
85) Al lado de el
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Este libro cuenta la historia de lo que vivió Ereni Miranda junto a su inolvidable esposo David Miranda.
Son ocasiones que marcaron su vida y la de su hermosa familia y momentos que aprendió de las situaciones que vivió.
Muestra cómo reaccionó en su interior ante momentos que atravesó y que generaron una fe aún mayor en su vida.
El libro narra momentos de angustia cuando ella lloró sola y solo después del lanzamiento de este libro su familia...
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In THE SONG OF MY HOPE, Betsy shares her educational experience and parenting expertise to help parents and caregivers of special needs children:
Find increased resilience in the face of exhaustion and heartbreak,
Develop a Sense of unshakeable peace and calm,
Strengthen the bonds of marriage to weather the storm,
Open-up to greater gratitude and joy through the words of Scripture,
Discover a sense of purpose in the struggles.
Be sure to...
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Some people are born into bad situations, some people have bad situations thrust upon them, and some people find bad situations through their dodgy choices, lack of information and personal idiosyncrasies. Julia' s life sits at the intersection of all three. From high school dropout on a psych ward to card-carrying lesbian on a motorbike, from enduring a controlling relationship with her ex-lover' s brother to being chased...
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Vasily Grossman (1905–64), one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century, served for over 1,000 days with the Red Army as a war correspondent on the Eastern front. He was present during the street-fighting at Stalingrad, and his 1944 report The Hell of Treblinka, was the first eyewitness account of a Nazi death camp. Though he finished the war as a decorated lieutenant colonel, his epic account of the battle of Stalingrad, Life and Fate,...
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A heartwarming dog story like no other: Tuesday, a lovable golden retriever, changes a former soldier's life forever.
A highly decorated captain in the U.S. Army, Luis Montalván never backed down from a challenge during his two tours of duty in Iraq. After returning home from combat, however, his physical wounds and crippling post-traumatic stress disorder began to take their toll. He wondered if he would ever recover.
Then Luis met Tuesday, a...
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In this four-session video-based small group Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas will help you discover the major themes of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's writing and speaking and how he not only helped transform an entire faith community in Germany during World War II, but how his beliefs continue to impact the Christian faith of people throughout the world today.Filmed on location in Germany, Metaxas...
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Please Note: Hitler's War and the Horrific Account of the Holocaust is a short book. The Holocaust remains as a reference to the destruction of about six million Jews. The collection of undesirables began in 1933 with the construction of the first concentration camp. As Hitler's power grew, he rounded up others that he considered undesirable. Hitler had come into power and the slow destruction of Jews was put into place. In 1942, about a million Jews...
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Tracing the life of the author's father, this passionate, vivid memoir follows him through his childhood in the west of England, his successful 25-year career in the Indian Army prior to the country's independence in 1947, and his final years in Devonshire, where he raised a family while the symptoms of Huntington's disease gradually set in.
Born of a family of impoverished Cornish fishermen, he and his six sisters cared for their dying mother after...
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England has been a land of rich and poor from time immemorial, with a pyramid of privilege that reaches down from the monarch to the lowest individual, each with their own station in life. The great and good always manage to leave their mark, but the poor live and die in anonymity. Throughout England's recorded history there have been many whose labouring existence marks them out as the lowest of the low, insignificant paupers whose were forced to...
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The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis, and the first spy to crack Hitler's deadliest secret code: the framework of the Final Solution.
In public life, Dr. Winthrop Bell was a Harvard philosophy professor and wealthy businessman.
As a MI6 spy-known as secret agent A12-in Berlin in 1919, he evaded gunfire and shook off pursuers to break open the emerging Nazi conspiracy. His reports, the first warning of the Nazi...
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"More than any other public figure of the eighteenth century, Tom Paine strikes our times like a trumpet blast from a distant world." So begins John Keane's magnificent and award-winning biography of one of democracy's greatest champions. Among friends and enemies alike, Paine earned a reputation as a notorious pamphleteer, one of the greatest political figures of his day, and the author of three bestselling books, Common Sense, The Rights of Man,...
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In Ley Lines of Love, Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle shares wisdom gained from a lifetime of spiritual seeking and devoted practice. A dedicated practitioner of Buddhism, she shares many remarkable stories about her inner journey, including the joys of learning from enlightened teachers. She also recounts how her years of involvement with a devotional tradition from India ended in an archetypal story of disillusionment. In this compelling, deep and far-ranging...
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William and Harry is a fascinating insight into the lives and loves of two extraordinary young men who have captured not only the hearts and minds of not only the British public, but those the world over. This is the definitive book about the princes, bringing their story right up to date. It is the tale of two brothers who have carried the legacy of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, into the twenty-first century and on whom the future of the...
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Hard hitting account and Exposures in this latest auto-biography which reveals the Truth that is purposely hidden for nearly all UK citizens. Suppression of that Truth and the accompanying oppression have the vital tools of secrecy and Deception, which is exported globally. My personal narrative is kept to a minimum for accent to all citizens and then to the political agendas being played out behind our backs. I have lived in fear for my life for...
99) 49 Years After
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Thalia Alexiou, a holistic therapist with over 40 years of experience, portrays herself as "Sofia" the clairvoyant woman, who has a life-changing experience at the age of 6, discovering the bones of a young boy under her great-grandmother's deathbed. She can hear the voices of the dead, and for this she is abused by her mother who misunderstands her ability. Sofia's youngest client, Annie, shows signs of similar abilities, she has begun to see a little...
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Descubre los Secretos Ocultos de "El Amarre"
Adéntrate en un mundo donde la magia negra se entrelaza con las emociones humanas en "Bajo el Amarre de Bahía Oscura". Esta cautivadora historia te sumergirá en la misteriosa Bahía Oscura, un lugar donde la niebla oculta secretos ancestrales y la desesperación de un amor perdido lleva a una mujer valiente a buscar respuestas en los rincones más oscuros de la magia.
Sigue los pasos de Marta mientras...
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