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[ "The BMW X5 (E53) repair manual: 2000-2006 contains in-depth maintenance, service and repair information for BMW X5 models from 2000 to 2006. The aim throughout has been simplicity and clarity, with practical explanations, step-by-step procedures and accurate specifications. Whether you're a professional or a do-it-yourself BMW owner, this manual helps you understand, care for and repair your BMW.", "Models and engines:", "* 3.0i M54 engine, 6-cylinder 3.0 liter", "* 4.4i M62 TU engine, V8 4.4 liter", "* 4.4i N62 engine, V8 4.4 liter (Valvetronic)", "* 4.6is M62 TU engine, V8 4.6 liter", "* 4.8is N62 engine, V8 4.8 liter (Valvetronic)", "Transmissions (remove, install, external service):", "* Manual 5-speed S5D 280Z", "* Manual 6-speed GS6-37BZ", "* Automatic 5-speed A5S 390R", "* Automatic 5-speed A5S 440Z", "* Automatic 6-speed GA6HP26Z" ]

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

[ "The book draws on extensive archival research of print and audio-visual media as well as original interviews with the key figures, including Shane MacGowan, Johnny Marr, Kevin Rowland and Cait O'Riordan. Combining its assiduous research with fresh critical insights, the book offers new analyses of the musicians, as well as previously undocumented accounts of their lives and work. The book highlights the diversity and complexity of second-generation Irish identities and experience and details the diverse ways in which this generation has shaped popular music in England. Accessible and original,", "Irish Blood, English Heart", "will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of popular music, media/cultural studies, and ethnic/migration studies. It will also appeal to a wider audience of those interested in the musicians with whom it deals." ]

[ "Review", "\"[The author Sean] Campbell pays close attention to lyrics and instrumentation, noting Irish influence where many maight not have otherwise seen or heard it....", "Irish Blood, English Heart", "provides a wonderful addition to the academic examination of both English and Irish music. It is certainly one of the more perspective-shifting pieces of writing to come along in ages.\" (", "Rock Star Journalist", ")“This is not just a subtle and sophisticated scholarly contribution to popular music and Irish studies. It is also a fine and exciting account of how music can be used to make sense of the complexity, anxiety and exhilaration of contemporary cultural identities.” (Simon Frith, Tovey Professor of Music)“The role of the second-generation Irish in shaping British pop has, until now, been all but overlooked. Sean Campbell looks deeply and thought-provokingly at the second-generation Irish ‘in-betweenness’ of Kevin Rowland, Shane MacGowan and, perhaps, most surprisingly, Morrissey and Johnny Marr of The Smiths, that seemingly most English of pop groups. He sheds new light on their songs and on the strategies of protest, resistance and assimilation articulated therein.", "Irish Blood English Heart", "is a constantly intriguing and often provocative book about the complex process―and peculiar freedom―of not being wholly belonging to one culture or another.” (Sean O’Hagan)\"", "Irish Blood, English Heart", "is a constantly intriguing and often provocative book about the complex process – and peculiar freedom – of not wholly belonging to one culture or the other.\" (", "The Observer", ")\"We long ago embraced Wilde, Shaw and Sheridan, all Irish playwrights living in England, as integral to a lively British theatre culture. Until now, we have heard less about Morrissey, MacGowan, Rowland and the rest of the second-generation Irish in British popular music. Sean Campbell's enthralling study, with its direct access to these musicians, incisively opens the discussion and sets an exceptionally high standard against which all other interrogations of post-colonialism in pop culture are likely to be weighed.\" (Philip Chevron, The Pogues", "Mojo", ")", "About the Author", "Sean Campbell is Senior Lecturer and Research Convenor in the Department of English and Media at Anglia Ruskin University, and is the co-author of", "Beautiful Day: 40 Years of Irish Rock", "(2005)." ]

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

[ "In a uniform format with", "Desiderata", "and", "The Desiderata of Love", "(with all-new illustrations and a fresh new jacket), this is a collection of life-affirming poems by a writer who has inspired and comforted countless readers.", "Line drawings." ]

[ "From the Inside Flap", "In a uniform format with <b>Desiderata</b> and <b>The Desiderata of Love</b> (with all-new illustrations and a fresh new jacket), this is a collection of life-affirming poems by a writer who has inspired and comforted countless readers. <b>Line drawings.</b>" ]

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

[ "In this charming tribute to his late father, author Thomas Curley embarks on a series of road trips to recapture a lost bond between father and son, curious to know why his father had been such a fan of, and was so influenced by, Mark Twain. What begins as a free-spirited journal of tourist jaunts and childhood memories unfolds in an unanticipated direction when one trip triggers recollections of growing up in his racially torn Philadelphia neighborhood in the 1960s and ‘70s. This inspires powerful revelations about the history of racial divisiveness in the United States, and how the life of Mark Twain offers what actor Hal Holbrook once described as “the clear path to the soul of America.”", "“It had taken my own travels to arrive at a deepened understanding and reinvigorated appreciation for the genius of Mark Twain” Curley writes. “Racial discrimination is the defining underscore of American history. Since the publication of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain has been in the forefront of that conversation for more than one-hundred and thirty years.”", "Filled with anecdotes about renowned figures from Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglas to John Denver and The Grateful Dead, THE ELEPHANT ON THE RAFT takes us on an uplifting ride from South Philadelphia to Twain landmarks from Hannibal to Hartford, with stops at Gettysburg, Ireland, Hollywood, Haiti, and a Rock and Roll cruise, sharing insights about film, fatherhood, American life, and a potential path to healing a national wound." ]

[ "Review", "\"", "An exhilarating read!", "Curley spins a clever and compelling personal journey of discovery and reflection that will leave you both laughing aloud and tearing up at times... Do yourself a favor and indulge in this brain food. You'll be glad you did.\"", "\"", "A true example of tolerance in a time of turmoil.", "This memoir demonstrated that hate can be conquered with love, respect, and understanding of others.\"", "\"", "Wow! Transported in Time and Place!", "Tom Curley does not disappoint! I highly recommend.\"", "About the Author", "About the Author: Thomas Curley is a scholar of religious studies and art historian educated at the University of Pennsylvania. A pop culture enthusiast, his other interests include painting, photography, travel, good music, and chillin' out with his family and dogs in his suburban Philadelphia home. This is his third book." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Arts & Literature" ]

[ "Healthy Meals. Fast Prep. Slow Cookers.", "The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook", "is for busy people looking to make healthy meals they’ll be excited to eat. Stuffed with 125 recipes for delectable dishes requiring minimal prep time, this is the healthy slow cooker cookbook that teaches you how simple eating well can be.Every recipe is designed to create a complete, nutritionally balanced meal—no sides needed. Sink your teeth into mouthwatering favorites like steak fajitas, chicken pad thai, butternut squash risotto, and banana nut oatmeal.", "The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook", "is the prep-and-go cookbook for every busy chef.", "The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook", "includes:", "125 Plates to Satisfy Every Taste—From gluten-free to vegan, pick your perfect recipe thanks to clear labels and complete nutrition information.", "125 Plates to Satisfy Every Taste", "—From gluten-free to vegan, pick your perfect recipe thanks to clear labels and complete nutrition information.", "Complete Meals in One Recipe—Stop worrying about sides—these substantial and nutritious recipes will leave you feeling satisfied.", "Complete Meals in One Recipe", "—Stop worrying about sides—these substantial and nutritious recipes will leave you feeling satisfied.", "Fast and Easy Prep—Set it and forget it with simple recipes that require 15 minutes or less of prep time and minimal pre-cooking.", "Fast and Easy Prep", "—Set it and forget it with simple recipes that require 15 minutes or less of prep time and minimal pre-cooking.", "Make healthy meals a breeze with", "The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook", "." ]

[ "Review", "“With this cookbook, Shannon continues to show that slow cooker recipes can be healthy yet still flavorful. From vegetable lo-mein to carne asada, the", "Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook", "has a recipe for everyone, regardless of your dietary needs. I am in love with every single one of these recipes and will continue to make them time and time again!”", "—Ciarra Siller of", "Peanut Butter Plus Chocolate", "“Being a full-time working wife and mother to a young toddler, I'm always looking for easy ways to provide healthy and hearty meals for my family. Shannon's book delivers! It is filled with amazingly easy and healthy recipes sure to please my whole family. Not only are the recipes simple, but the book is full of slow cooking tips that I am sure many don't know about; I sure didn't! She truly is the Slow Cooker Queen!\"", "—Blake Maser of", "The Gourmet Peasant", "“My slow cooker used to have a special spot in my cupboard gathering dust, but that all changed when I found Shannon. I have tried many of her recipes and they have all been easy to make. Plus, they have been a hit with the family, which is always a bonus. There are so many great recipes to try in this book, the hardest part is deciding which one to start with!", "—Sukaina of", "Health and Food Junkie", "About the Author", "Shannon Epstein", "is the author of the popular food blog", "Fit Slow Cooker Queen", ". Shannon began developing recipes for her slow cooker at a time when her craving for healthy meals did not fit into her busy schedule. Learn more at", "fitslowcookerqueen.com", "." ]

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[ "Books", "Cookbooks, Food & Wine", "Cooking Methods" ]

[ "An updated version of a classic songbook, with art from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtIn this popular songbook, forty classic childhood songs are imaginatively illustrated with treasures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here are songs that young children can act out, such as \"London Bridge,\" \"Pop Goes the Weasel,\" and \"The Mulberry Bush.\" There are also work songs, such as \"I've Been Working on the Railroad\"; ballads, like \"Shenandoah\"; and nursery songs, including \"Oats, Peas, and Beans.\" The selections are drawn from popular traditions around the world; some have been enjoyed and sung for hundreds of years. Throughout the book are insightful comments on the art and the songs. All of the selections include simple arrangements for musical accompaniment.", "A Treasury of Children's Songs", "is an updated version of", "Go In and Out the Window", ", first published in 1987 and reprinted twelve times." ]

[ "From School Library Journal", "PreSchool-Grade 5-A beautifully produced abridgment of Go in and out the Window (Holt, 1987), which included 61 selections. These 40 songs appeared in that collection with the exact musical annotation and, at times, matched with the same paintings. As in Go in, there is commentary on the art chosen to illustrate each piece. The selections include classic folksongs such as \"Red River Valley,\" \"Home on the Range,\" and \"Shenandoah,\" as well as childhood favorites such as \"London Bridge,\" \"Lazy Mary,\" and \"The Mulberry Bush.\" The art on the front cover and typeface, as attractive and lavish as in the first book, suggest a younger audience. While Treasury is not an essential purchase for libraries that own the earlier title, it's a lovely addition for larger collections, especially those with wide and varied music sections.", "Jane Marino, Bronxville Public Library, NY", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Arts, Music & Photography" ]

[ "This volume in the new", "Core Curriculum", "series from WOCN® covers", "Wound Management", ", and is the crucial text for nurses practicing or studying wound care. It offers pathology and physiology basics in easy-to-grasp terms, while providing expert guidance on patient management. The perfect study guide for the wound, ostomy and continence (WOC) certification exams, it also provides step-by-step direction on essential nursing procedures.The evidence-based, easy-to-follow format of", "Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™ Core Curriculum: Wound Management", "facilitates your comprehension of: o Skin anatomy and physiologyo Physiology of wound healingo Principles of wound assessment and managemento Nutritional assessment and support.Step-by-step instruction leads you through care planning and delivery, including oncology-related skin and wound care, and palliative care.o End-of-chapter Q&As help you remember all vital pointso Clinical pearls highlight important takeawayso Numerous full-color photos, diagrams, and tables aid understanding of vital topics.Practical directions cover:o Wound cleansing and dressing selectiono Skin and soft tissue injury caused by mechanical factorso Pressure ulcer preventiono Venous, arterial, and neuropathic woundso Wounds due to lower-extremity arterial disease and neuropathic diseaseo Surgical woundso Management of patients with percutaneous tubes; fistula managemento Skin and wound care for neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, and bariatric populations, and the spinal cord-injured patient.", "Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™ Core Curriculum: Wound Management", "is essential for nursing students in wound care programs; nurses involved in wound care; nurses in gastroenterology, urology, and surgical nursing; graduate nursing students; those seeking WOC certification or recertification; and nursing faculty.Also available as an e-book at other major retailers" ]

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

[ "Ava's Ten Balloons tells the story of a young girl as she embarks on a fantastical journey of her imagination. Facing obstacles along the way, Ava must rely on her strength, bravery, and knowledge that she is exactly where she belongs and who she is meant to be. The lyrical language holds a cadence that begs to be read aloud. Accompanying the sing-song words are Louise Paris Lazur's beautiful digital art. Ava's Ten Balloons is the first in a series from this new and talented author-illustrator that will quickly become a much beloved story." ]

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

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

[ "The My Choice, My Body.... My Rules Facilitator Guide is designed as a companion to the My Choice, My Body... My Rules Workbook. This guide explains how to successfully achieve the workbook curriculum, while simultaneously leaving room for creativity. You do not have to be a trained educator; this guide is for anyone who wishes to help others explore, exercise and understand the fundamental human right to set boundaries with their bodies through the utilization of effective decision making skills." ]

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

[ "Author Luke Longstreet Sullivan has a simple way of describing his new memoir: “It’s like", "The Shining", ". . . only funnier.”", "Thirty Rooms to Hide", "In", "tells the astonishing story of Sullivan’s father and his descent from one of the world’s top orthopedic surgeons at the Mayo Clinic to a man who is increasingly abusive, alcoholic, and insane, ultimately dying alone on the floor of a Georgia motel room. For his wife and six sons, the years prior to his death were characterized by turmoil, anger, and family dysfunction; but somehow they were also a time of real happiness for Sullivan and his brothers, full of dark humor and much laughter.", "Through the 1950s and 1960s, the six brothers had a wildly fun and thoroughly dysfunctional childhood living in a forbidding thirty-room mansion, known as the Millstone, on the outskirts of Rochester, Minnesota. The many rooms of the immense home, as well as their mother’s loving protection, allowed the Sullivan brothers to grow up as normal, mischievous boys. Against a backdrop of the times—the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, fallout shelters, JFK’s assassination, and the Beatles—the cracks in their home life and their father’s psyche continue to widen. When their mother decides to leave the Millstone and move the family across town, the Sullivan boys are able to find solace in each other and in rock ’n’ roll.", "As", "Thirty Rooms to Hide", "In", "follows the story of the Sullivan family—at times grim, at others poignant—a wonderful, dark humor lifts the narrative. Tragic, funny, and powerfully evocative of the 1950s and 1960s,", "Thirty Rooms to Hide In", "is a tale of public success and private dysfunction, personal and familial resilience, and the strange power of humor to give refuge when it is needed most, even if it can’t always provide the answers." ]

[ "Review", "If you’re looking for proof that the Great American Family Drama is alive and kicking, here it is. Luke Longstreet Sullivan’s heart wrenching, poignant, and often hilarious family history is laid bare like a shattered bottle of bourbon. I wish more memoirs took the chances this one does. And reached such heights. This is a bravura work.", "—Peter Geye, author of", "Safe from the Sea", "About the Author", "Luke Longstreet Sullivan worked in the advertising business for thirty years and is now chair of the advertising department at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is the author of the popular advertising book", "Hey Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads", "and writes the blog heywhipple.com. He lives in Savannah with his wife and two sons." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Arts & Literature" ]

[ "Advance Magazine text: Names majority of Spaniards who settled California, many descendants in Mexican period, and early Americans who married into Spanish-Mexican families, using Spanish system of surnames, so reader can trace maternal as well as patern" ]

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

[ "Second installment of The Eternals! Book one is now FREE on Amazon!", "Betrayed by the man she once loved, Rani is forced into a world she did not choose, and faces more obstacles than she ever imagined possible.Tyler, a man on a life-or-death mission, fights his way back home to find the girl he left behind. The one who haunts his dreams..." ]

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

[ "In the tradition of Isabel Allende, the debut novel from Chilean-American Florencia Mellon―a family saga that explores the lives touched by the tragedies of Chile’s vibrant history.", "In the political aftermath of the 1973 Chilean coup, Eugenia Aldunate is imprisoned and tortured. Her lover, Manuel, is savagely killed, one of the countless “disappeared” that would haunt Chile’s collective memory for decades. While still in the torture camp, Eugenia discovers she is pregnant and is exiled to Mexico and then to the United States to raise her daughter alone, forbidden to return. She builds a quiet life for herself as a journalist and professor, but the scars on her arms do not allow her to bury her past. Each night she aches for her homeland while fighting to suppress the horrific nightmares that still plague her.", "Nearly twenty years after her exile, Eugenia is called back to Chile to testify in Manuel’s case and help seek justice for the others who disappeared. A rare living witness to these “camps,” Eugenia must come to grips with the legacy of violence and traumas left by Pinochet’s dictatorship and find truth and solace in the stories of those she left behind.", "In the tradition of Kiran Desai’s", "The Inheritance of Loss", "and Julia Alvarez’s", "In the Time of Butterflies", ",", "Beyond the Ties of Blood", "is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit and the transcendence of family." ]

[ "Review", "“Challenges the reader to reconsider their perceptions of history. Bold, fascinating, and highly original.” -", "Arturo Arias, former president of the Latin American Studies Association", "“\"Engrossing and complex.  Florencia Mallon immerses readers in a vivid world in which family, political turmoil, and romance intersect.  A powerful story told with wisdom and compassion.\"” -", "Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep and American Wife", "“Florencia Mallon combines a historian’s sensitivity and an ethnographer’s attention to culture to capture life in the midst of rapid social transformation.” -", "Greg Grandin, author of The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War", "About the Author", "Florencia Mallon", "was raised in Santiago, Chile and the U.S. and educated at Harvard and Yale. She is the head of the History department at the University of Wisconsin and has written three non-fiction books about Latin American history. Florencia has been awarded a Guggenheim and a Fulbright fellowship and resides in Madison, Wisconsin." ]

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

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[ "A sexy, intimate and fearless account of a shattering love affair between a charistmatic Afghan man and a Jewish American writer infatuated with his culture, The Book of Trouble is also a provocative and original exploration of the so-called \"clash of civilizations.\" Marlowe's vivid, gritty evocation of daily life in Afghanistan brings to life a luminous place she thinks of as \"the morning of the world\". She finds a similar re-discovery of feeling when she is in bed with Amir, \"the gift of loving someone, which is incalculable\"--but also, ultimately, a\"terrible gap between hearts.\"Marlowe finds complexity and beauty in Afghanistan, not the caricature of evil men and oppressed women. In fact, she found much that Americans can learn from in the warmth, tenderness and respect of Afghan family life and marriage. As Marlowe travels from Mazar-i-Sherif to her sophisticated, cynical New York world and then to Baghdad in the aftermath of the American invasion, she makes perhaps her most provocative claim: that we Americans, for all our self-help books, have forgotten how to take love and sex seriously.A candid, wrenching love letter to the world of feelings we have lost, The Book of Trouble is unique and unforgettable." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Before Afghanistan became front-page news and then a travel destination for adventurers, Marlowe (", "How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z", ") \"dreamed about going there.\" After missing the chance as a 20-year-old exploring Europe (she got as close as Istanbul), she had to wait 25 years. During that time, the author, a writer and legal headhunter, bought a Manhattan townhouse, traveled to other Third World countries, survived heroin addiction and enjoyed a lively sex life as a single woman. She finally trekked to Afghanistan in 2002, where she found the \"kindness and tenderness\" she lacked in New York and, although she's Jewish, felt \"more at home than I had in Israel, and more loved.\" The book's subtitle refers to the author's failed affair with an Afghan man 10 years her junior, but the memoir is equally a valentine for the Islamic world. Marlowe meets Amir, a Muslim engineer, shortly before her second trip to Afghanistan; between chapters about her passionate times with him, she writes fondly about her host family in the northern city of Mazar, where she teaches English. Though a graceful writer, Marlowe has trouble integrating the stories of her two passions. Still, her honest meditations on love and family make this a satisfying read.", "(Feb.)", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From", "The New Yorker", "\"I want to have an arranged marriage,\" Amir, a Princeton-educated Afghan émigré announces at a dinner party at Marlowe's West Village apartment. And then, over risotto with fall vegetables, he tells the other guests what he wants: \"A seventeen-year-old virgin.\" They are horrified, especially when, a couple of months later, Marlowe begins an affair with him. Marlowe's second memoir—the first was about her time as a heroin user—candidly recounts her fascination with Afghanistan and the hungry, hopeless, clumsy progress of the affair. At times, her fetishizing of Amir's rugged build and exotic heritage inclines one to sympathy with her disapproving friends, but her sharp intellect rescues this faltering romantic narrative, and she provides an incisive and refreshing comparison of Afghan and Western social mores. Copyright © 2006", "The New Yorker", "Review", "“Ann Marlowe has a sense of adventure, style and a startling intelligence that makes", "The Book of Trouble", "a must-read. Whether she’s writing about Iraq, Afghanistan, or the West Village, and whether you agree with her conclusions or not, her opinions are always fresh, nuanced, and thoroughly her own.\" (Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook)\"You won''t soon forget", "The Book of Trouble", ". Ann Marlowe tells a crushing love story, and somehow also manages to weave in exotic tales of travel and fascinating tangents about everything from cousin marriage to fake Arabic.\" (James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard)A detailed and inspiring portrait of family life in [Afghanistan] . . . Throughout, [Marlowe''s] intellectual intensity and unusual emotional wiring combine to generate pretty interesting positions. (", "Los Angeles Times", ")\"", "The Book of Trouble", "is about a difficult love affair across an age and cultural divide, but it transcends its circumstances to become an eloquent meditation on marriage, freedom, religion andgender. Ann Marlowe feels a lot, but her feelings are always nuanced and contradictory; her book is an unusually rich reading of her emotional and intellectual conflicts (Edmund White, author of A Boy's Own Story)", "From the Inside Flap", "A sexy, intimate and fearless account of a shattering love affair between a charistmatic Afghan man and a Jewish American writer infatuated with his culture, The Book of Trouble is also a provocative and original exploration of the so-called \"clash of civilizations.\" Marlowe's vivid, gritty evocation of daily life in Afghanistan brings to life a luminous place she thinks of as \"the morning of the world\". She finds a similar re-discovery of feeling when she is in bed with Amir, \"the gift of loving someone, which is incalculable\"--but also, ultimately, a\"terrible gap between hearts.\"Marlowe finds complexity and beauty in Afghanistan, not the caricature of evil men and oppressed women. In fact, she found much that Americans can learn from in the warmth, tenderness and respect of Afghan family life and marriage. As Marlowe travels from Mazar-i-Sherif to her sophisticated, cynical New York world and then to Baghdad in the aftermath of the American invasion, she makes perhaps her most provocative claim: that we Americans, for all our self-help books, have forgotten how to take love and sex seriously.A candid, wrenching love letter to the world of feelings we have lost, The Book of Trouble is unique and unforgettable.", "From the Back Cover", "PRAISE FOR", "THE BOOK OF TROUBLE", "\"You won't soon forget", "The Book of Trouble", ". Ann Marlowe tells a crushing love story, and somehow also manages to weave in exotic tales of travel and fascinating tangents about everything from cousin marriage to fake Arabic.\"--James Frey, author of", "A Million Little Pieces", "and", "My Friend Leonard", "“Ann Marlowe has a sense of adventure, style and a startling intelligence that makes", "The Book of Trouble", "a must-read. Whether she’s writing about Iraq, Afghanistan, or the West Village, and whether you agree with her conclusions or not, her opinions are always fresh, nuanced, and thoroughly her own.”--Gary Shteyngart, author of", "The Russian Debutante’s Handbook", "\"", "The Book of Trouble", "is about a difficult love affair across an age and cultural divide, but it transcends its circumstances to become an eloquent meditation on marriage, freedom, religion andgender. Ann Marlowe feels a lot, but her feelings are always nuanced and contradictory; her book is an unusually rich reading of her emotional and intellectual conflicts.\"--Edmund White, author of", "A Boy's Own Story", "About the Author", "ANN MARLOWE is the author of the acclaimed memoir How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z. Her work appears regularly in Salon, the Village Voice, National Review Online, LA Weekly, and other publications. She lives in New York.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "I’d gone out of my way to avoid thinking of Amir sexually from the moment I met him, eight months before, in early June of 2002. It was at a party, and I was reeling from my reentry to American life after my first trip to Afghanistan. Normally I love parties, but that night I found the effort to make small talk exhausting. I told the host that I was leaving, although it was barely midnight. “Wait, you should meet Amir; he’s from Afghanistan. Meet Ann, she just got back from Mazar-i-Sharif last week.” A powerfully built man with thick black hair, a hooked nose, and skin the same olive tone as mine was leaning against the kitchen counter that doubled as the bar. He looked to be in his late thirties, maybe older. His clothes couldn’t have been more ordinary, a blue striped Brooks Brothers shirt and blue blazer over chinos. There was something a little rumpled about him that reminded me of the prep school boys at Harvard who wore the same white shirt and blazer they’d had to wear in boarding school, but with a defiant", "déshabillé.", "You were to know they’d gone to an elite school but had become too cool for all that. That effect would have been completed with a battered pair of Top-Siders. But this man had light tan loafers of cheap-looking leather. Immigrant shoes, living-in-Queens shoes. Amir’s slouch, though, was challenging, even arrogant, in a familiar American way. It was nothing like the body language of the men I’d met in Afghanistan a couple of weeks before. They had confounded my expectations of stereotypical mountain warriors, proverbial “fierce Afghans”; they were quieter and gentler than Americans, their voices softer, their way of holding themselves dignified but never aggressive.  From the start, I responded to Amir differently than I would have to a Western man. I’d taken the warnings of my friends with more experience in Afghanistan to heart: no body language that could be construed as flirtation, and never offer more physical contact than shaking a man’s hand on greeting and leave-taking. So I said hello to Amir stiffly in Dari:", "Sh’ma khub asteed?", "Amir broke into a smile. Lots of Americans had been going to Afghanistan lately—it was all too fashionable—but few bothered to learn Afghan Persian, or Dari. Judging my abilities correctly—I’d only been studying for a month—he answered in English, I’m fine, how are you? There might have been a note of mild parody in his reply. I laughed, and he continued, What were you doing in Mazar? A friend of mine is friends with General Dostum from the early nineties. After the Taliban fell, he wanted to go back, and he took me and another American woman with him.  Dostum is a controversial figure, the unelected ruler of a good chunk of northern Afghanistan. American newspapers call him a warlord, but his forces were key in defeating the ­Taliban; and he supports women’s education and voting rights.  Amir’s warm brown eyes narrowed. He should be tried as a war criminal, he said. I remembered my dinners at Dostum’s table and how his obsidian eyes had gradually opened as he grew comfortable with my presence one night. I watched as an Afghan woman argued fiercely with him and was amazed at his patience. I would never have been the guest of a politician I thought was a war criminal, though I knew that Dostum, like the late Ahmed Shah Massoud, bore some responsibility for the destruction of Kabul in the early nineties.  That’s ridiculous. No politician’s hands in Afghanistan are clean, but . . . And I argued with Amir. Soon I heard myself getting too heated. Afghanistan was not my country, and it was Amir’s. I am known for not backing down from a disagreement, but this time I decided to avoid a full-on confrontation. I told Amir I had to leave.  And then I did something else I rarely did with a man. I asked for Amir’s card. I did it because I wasn’t attracted to him, because my interest was purely in the Afghan connection, or so I would have said. Anything or anyone having to do with Afghanistan was fascinating to me in the full flush of my infatuation with the country. I read the name of the consulting firm on the card. I know your firm! I worked at your main competition twenty years ago. (What a hell job that had been.) Do you like it?  I’m an engineer. (Maybe that explained the shoes.) They have me doing pretty specialized assignments. It’s fine, I don’t have to travel that much. Are you still in consulting? I’m a writer. I’ve published a book, and I write book reviews, pieces on politics. I did a", "New York Post", "op-ed about my trip. But I make my living in business. I’m a headhunter for tax and pension lawyers—it’s an odd little niche. Listen, I’d like to talk more, but I’m still jet-lagged. It was nice to meet you, Amir. The next day, I carefully entered Amir’s information in my computer so I could get in touch with him before my next trip to Afghanistan. I didn’t like his politics, but even so I had fun talking with him. Maybe it was that I’ve never met an Afghan who spoke such good English or seemed so westernized. Even the returned Afghan American exiles I’d met in Afghanistan had more rough edges—endearing rough edges to be sure, but qualities in their speech and dress and manner that made me think they’d be out of place in my social life. No matter how aristocratic their families were in Afghanistan, in America they registered as immigranty.  Four months later, in October, I arranged to go back to Afghan­istan for four weekes. This time I was going to teach English at the university and buy supplies for some of the pitiful primary schools I visited the first time around. I also wanted to broaden my exposure beyond Dostum’s circle and region. So I e-mailed Amir and invited him to talk about Afghanistan over coffee; I promised not to become too vehement. His response was eager and friendly—maybe he’d forgotten our spat. Something made me suggest that he come to my house for a coffee, but I picked a day when my housekeeper would be there. From my experience in Afghanistan, I figured that Amir might be uncomfortable being alone with a woman, or assume that I meant to se­duce him. I dressed conservatively and didn’t offer him ­alcohol. Sitting on my living-room couch and sipping the water he’d asked for, Amir told me about himself. His family were well-connected Pashtun landowners from the mixed Pashtun and Tajik area near Herat. That made Amir the first Pashtun I’d met; the region I’d visited around Mazar was largely Uzbek. In the news coverage of the war against the Taliban I was taken with the beauty of the bearded Pashtun tribesmen, but I also absorbed some of the liberal American prejudice against this ethnic group, who’d provided the power base for the Taliban. They had a reputation as socially conservative, headstrong, and warlike. They were towelheads who toted guns and oppressed their women. Yet Amir had gone to Princeton, I learned, and seemed the soul of reason.  Anger crept into his voice only when he talked about how he’d been trying to return to Afghanistan ever since the fall of the Taliban.  I keep waiting and waiting for my green card. I’d like to go for a long trip. Maybe I’ll work for the government. They can use American-trained engineers. I haven’t been back since we fled to Pakistan in 1982, when I was fourteen. So you’re thirty-four? I tried to keep the surprise from my voice. He looked years older, and I liked that. He had some character to his face. At my age I was unable to see anything but generic youth in many thirty-four-year-old faces. E: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt\"Yeah, I’m old to be an associate. I went to grad school for a year in Houston, then I started a company with one of my cousins there, but it didn’t go very well. Dot-com. I thought I was going to be a millionaire, but we got caught in the dot-com bust. After that, I took the first good job I was offered in New York and moved to Brooklyn. I was lucky to get hired before 9/11. I looked at the clock and realized I had to leave for a friend’s reading. Somehow an hour and a half had gone by, and we’d never even talked politics. We’d have to do something about that. But when Amir returned a few days later (this time without the housekeeper present), we never got to politics. In fact, after he left I couldn’t remember much of what we talked about at all—only a sense of pleasure. Copyright © 2006 by Ann Marlowe All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to the following address: Permissions Department, Harcourt, Inc., 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Teen & Young Adult", "Science Fiction & Fantasy", "Fantasy", "Fairy Tales & Folklore", "Adaptations" ]

[ "From the Introduction: Carl Larsson (1853 1919) was a Swedish artist who painted many portraits and book illustrations, but he is remembered above all for the watercolor paintings he made of his wife and children at home. He could paint an empty room, or he might paint a room crowded with kids in fancy costumes. Carl's wife, Karin, was an artist too, and their house was full of flowers, books, and painted furniture designed by the two artists.", "You will find twenty-two of Carl Larsson's pictures in this coloring book. They are shown as small pictures on the inside front and back covers. When you color in the line drawings, you could copy the originals or you could try out some color combinations of your own. For instance, the white dress Martha Winslow is wearing in picture number 8 might be red when you're done coloring it! We've left the last page of this coloring book blank so that you can make a picture of your own maybe of your favorite room?", "One forty-eight page 8 1/2 x 11 inch book with twenty-two images to color. Each illustration is reproduced in a small, color version of the original artwork and as a full-page black line drawing. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed. Published with Nationalmuseum, Stockholm." ]

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

[ "Action-packed adventure with a first-century Christian conqueror. Book is in Comic format" ]

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[ "New In Chess Yearbook, which appears four times a year, contains the latest news in chess openings, and each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess theory. The Yearbook not only covers the latest fashion, but also offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons. A must-have publication for serious chess students." ]

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

[ "Heart of a Holidays:", "Holiday Inspirations Yuletide Treasures & Traditions", "Bask in the glow of winter s warmth...", "Heart of the Holidays", "celebrates the most blessed time of year with lighthearted tales of friends and family, touching stories, beautiful poems, powerful quotations, and some of your favorite yuletide songs... all wrapped up and ready for you to open and enjoy.", "Whatever your faith or celebration, Heart of the Holidays evokes the spirit of the season and shares the gift of joy, peace, and love.", "Memories, thoughts, and insight on: Cherished Childhood Memories New vs. Old Holiday Traditions Food, Family, and Friends Visiting and Travel during the Holidays The Goodness, Gratitude and Generosity of Children Holiday Overseas", "Looking for an unusual, and inspiring holiday gift. Open", "Heart of the Holidays", "just once and you ll know you have found it.", "Heart of the Holidays", "is the perfect holiday book for under the Christmas tree, at Hanukkah, by a warm fire with a hot cup of tea or cocoa. Get into the holiday spirit!", "Heart of the Holidays", "celebrates the most blessed time of the year with lighthearted tales of friends and family, touching stories, beautiful poems, powerful quotations, and favorite yuletide traditions... all wrapped up and ready for you to open and enjoy. Your heart will be touched, your spirit rekindled and funny-bone tickled.", "This masterpiece features 67 original short stories, 36 poems, and 193 quotations and scriptures from 71 contributors.", "Chapters are dedicated to celebrating Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Boxing Day, Yuletide Around the Globe, Winter Solstice and Ringing in the New Year.", "Selections offer memories, thoughts, and insights on: cherished childhood recollections; new and old holiday traditions; food, family and friends; visiting and travel during the holidays; the goodness, gratitude and generosity of children; military celebrating Holidays overseas; and more.", "Whatever your faith or celebration, Heart of the Holidays evokes the spirit of the season and shares the gift of joy, peace and love." ]

[ "Review", "This wonderful, one-of-a-kind book brims with all the magic and joy of the holiday season. The collection of cheerful sayings, warm memories of times gone by, and touching stories and poems make a lovely, festive package. You ll delight in the tales of grace and revelation, and enjoy the good humor and faith throughout. It s the perfect gift for a sister, mom, or friend, or to show your appreciation for a busy hostess. And keep an extra copy for yourself so you can pack it away after reading it, and then next holiday season, unpack it to savor the same sparkle and warmth again! --- Suuzen Ty Anderson, RN, Esq.Every year a special book comes out that captures the Holiday Spirit and becomes a year after year classic. Heart of the Holidays is such a book. We all need to be reminded of the true meaning of the Christmas Holiday and those warm, fuzzy feelings that made our hearts sing as children. Sheryl Roush has captured those feelings in her Heart Series and gift wrapped them for us all to share. Thank you Sheryl for giving such a joyful gift. --- Joni WilsonThis is one of the best holiday books I have seen (even if I did contribute a few poems to it LOL). It should warm every heart this Holiday Season, regardless of one s faith or inclination. A wonderful holiday gift which will last for years ... it will never go out of style ... and can be shared with every generation. The editor/author, Sheryl Roush, has done a marvelous job in compiling everything in this book. --- Virgina Ellis, poet", "About the Author", "Sheryl Roush", "is an internationally adored inspirational speaker, helping to rekindle spirit, hope and love. Twice honored for her service to women in the community, Sheryl was crowned Ms. Heart of San Diego (2004 and 2005), was the 2007 La Reina de Esperanza (Queen of Hope), and has been selected Ms. Cosmopolitan and Ms. Metropolitan for 2008.", "Heart of a Military Woman, Heart of a Mother, Heart of a Woman in Business, Heart of a Woman,", "and", "Corazon de Mujer." ]

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

[ "Kenzie’s little brother has wreaked havoc on her life from day one. He is constantly causing chaos and turning her world upside down. Now he has destroyed her room.....again. And she has to clean up the mess, and still make time to pack her things for a trip to her grandpa’s house with her cousin Kaleb. But wait… she just got a very special gift from her Granny. Her mind whirls with excitement, as she rushes down stairs to see what granny has sent. Little does she know, the gift is enchanted, and she is about to have the adventure of a lifetime.", "Please join Kenzie Grace and Kaleb as they embark on this incredible journey.  With an enchanted gift, a magical kingdom, horrifying giants, mystical creatures, beautiful fairies, terrifying monsters, and unexpected heroes, this is sure to be an amazing adventure.", "Could it be true? Did the gift once belong to the rabbit from Wonderland?", "How can Kenzie Grace find the secrets of the gift?", "Will Kenzie Grace and Kaleb find their hidden strength with the help of a magical wizard?", "Will Kenzie Grace and Kaleb be able to save their new friends from the dark creatures?", "An important lesson in this book is that it reminds us that things are not always as they seem, (especially little brothers) and if you look deep within yourself for your strength and courage, you can defeat the darkness and change the world." ]

[ "Review", "\"This is a colorful, and fantastical story, my students absolutely loved it.\"", "\"Very unique creatures in the story, with detailed descriptions that make it easy to imagine what they may look like. Fantastic story line.\"", "From the Author", "Whether in a book, in a dream, or anyplaceyou've ever seen. Adventure comes for those who look, especially when you opena book.", "Reading is a great adventure, open a good book today!", "From the Inside Flap", "Copyright © Debbie Baker, 2018  First printed in theUnited States in 2018. All rights reserved, including the rights ofreproduction in whole or in part in any form, in print or electronic. For informationcontact:Debbie Baker Email: taaokenziegrace@gmail.com", "Library of Congress Control Number:  2018912716", "ISBN:", "978-1-7329440-0-8", "From the Back Cover", "Kenzie'slittle brother has wreaked havoc on her life from day one. He is constantlycausing chaos and turning her world upside down.Now he has destroyed her room.....again. And she has to clean up the mess, andstill make time to pack her things for a trip to her grandpa's house with hercousin Kaleb. But wait... she just got a very special gift from her Granny. Hermind whirls with excitement, as she rushes down stairs to see what granny hassent. Little does she know, the gift is enchanted, and she is about to have theadventure of a lifetime. Please join Kenzie Grace and Kaleb as they embarkon this incredible journey.  With anenchanted gift, a magical kingdom, horrifying giants, mystical creatures,beautiful fairies, terrifying monsters, and unexpected heroes, this is sure tobe an amazing adventure. Could it betrue? Did the gift once belong to the rabbit from Wonderland? How canKenzie Grace find the secrets of the gift?Will KenzieGrace and Kaleb find their hidden strength with the help of a magical wizard?Will KenzieGrace and Kaleb be able to save their new friends from the dark creatures?An important lesson in this book is that itreminds us that things are not always as they seem, (especially littlebrothers) and if you look deep within yourself for your strength and courage,you can defeat the darkness and change the world.", "About the Author", "D. D. Baker was born in Mountain View Missouri, and currentlylives in Arkansas with her husband. She has two daughters, and fivegrandchildren. She has a master's degree in education, and currently teaches inArkansas. She enjoys kayaking, camping, exploring, teaching, and spending timewith her grandchildren.", "Read more" ]

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

[ "The close friendship between Charlotte Brontë and Mary Taylor began in boarding school and lasted for the rest of their lives. It was Mary Taylor, in fact, who inspired Brontë to leave her oppressive parsonage home and go to Brussels, the eventual setting for her novel,", "Villette", ". Mary herself led a much less restricted life, especially in her later years as a feminist essayist who strongly urged women to consider their \"first duty\" to be working to support themselves. In", "Miss Miles", ", her only novel, Taylor breaks with tradition by creating a profoundly feminist and morally intense work which depicts women's friendships as sustaining life and sanity through all of the vicissitudes of Victorian womanhood. She also introduces an innovative narrative form which Janet Murray (who has written an introduction for this edition) calls a \"feminist bildungsroman\": the story of the education of several heroines which emphasizes their friendship and economic and mental well-being rather than their love lives. Set in the small Yorkshire village of Repton against the backdrop of starvation in the wool districts and the rise of Chartism in the 1830s, this recovered feminist classic chronicles the lives of four disparate and individually ambitious women as they learn to find their own voices and support one another. The novel's emphasis on the healing power of women's friendships echoes the relationship between Brontë and Taylor herself. Originally publishedin 1890,", "Miss Miles", "has been unavailable for decades. Its reappearance will delight all lovers of fine literature." ]

[ "About the Author", "Janet Horowitz Murray", "is a widely published Victorianist, as well as the founding director of the Laboratory for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." ]

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

[ "Founded in 2009, Atomhawk Design Ltd has quickly developed a reputation for delivering exceptional concept art for the film, game and online industries.", "The Art of Atomhawk Design: Volume 1", "presents a variety of sketches and work-in-progress images from some of this young studio's most successful projects, along with a selection of inspirational personal pieces. From breathtaking action scenes to mind-blowing futuristic environments, this book provides a tantalizing insight into the creative mind of a professional concept artist and demonstrates how a team of experienced industry veterans can turn a simple idea into a captivating visual feast.As well as boasting an impressive portfolio of concept work, Atomhawk Design have worked with some of the best entertainment companies in the business, including Ubisoft, Warner Bros Games and Nether Realm, on projects such as", "Wheelman", ",", "Mortal Kombat", ",", "Dead Island", "and", "Enslaved: Odyssey to the West", "." ]

[ "Review", "“Overall, this is a very well-composed book with a lot of fantastic content which, if the studio continues to produce such high-quality work, could well be the start of a very impressive series.” –-", "ImagineFX", "magazine\"Atomhawk Design’s first foray into the book market could stand to shed a few pounds, but it’s not a bad starting point for anyone interested in the art of videogames, says Fernando Caire.\" -- CG Channel\"This book collects some personal works as well as work created for clients, for comics, videos and games. There are designs for characters, environment, storyboards and vehicles. The quality is high and the art is beautiful.\" -- Parka Blogs\"This book is a great purchase for any artist looking for inspiration or reference and should not be missed.\" -- Slixart“Overall, this is a very well-composed book with a lot of fantastic content which, if the studio continues to produce such high-quality work, could well be the start of a very impressive series.” –-", "ImagineFX", "magazine \"Atomhawk Design’s first foray into the book market could stand to shed a few pounds, but it’s not a bad starting point for anyone interested in the art of videogames, says Fernando Caire.\" -- CG Channel\"This book collects some personal works as well as work created for clients, for comics, videos and games. There are designs for characters, environment, storyboards and vehicles. The quality is high and the art is beautiful.\" -- Parka Blogs\"This book is a great purchase for any artist looking for inspiration or reference and should not be missed.\" -- Slixart", "About the Author", "Atomhawk Design Ltd was founded in 2009 by four highly talented and experienced industry veterans from the legendary Midway Games Inc. Led by Director, Cumron Ashtiani, the company has rapidly developed a reputation for delivering exceptional concept art for the film, game and online industries. As a team they fully understand what it takes to compete in the entertainment and digital online sectors. Their clients need the most creative art and design work, executed to the highest possible standards in order to say ahead of their competition, and Atomhawk provide this without fail.", "Cumron Ashtiani", "Residence: EnglandPosition: Director/CEO of Atomhawk Design LtdCumron Ashtiani has over fourteen years experience in the games industry and has worked as lead artist and studio art director for a number of high profile companies including Midway Games, Kuju Entertainment and Black Cactus.", "Corlen Kruger", "Residence: EnglandPosition: Lead Concept ArtistSouth African-born, award-winning concept artist Corlen Kruger was lead artist at I-Imagine Interactive before moving to the UK to join Midway Games and, later, Atomhawk Design.", "Pete Thompson", "Residence: EnglandPosition: Lead Concept ArtistPete Thompson has a background in freelance illustration and during his time at Midway Games worked on titles including", "TD Overdrive", ",", "Wheelman", "and", "Necessary Force", ".", "Steven Pick", "Residence: EnglandPosition: Lead Graphic DesignerAn experienced artist in the games industry, Steven Pick was Senior UI Artist at Midway Games before helping to found Atomhawk Design.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "ForewordFrom 2004 to 2008 I was working for Midway Games in Chicago as a visual art director on the game", "Stranglehold", ", and later as creative visual director for the studio. Whilst I was there I was leading the Chicago concept group, and was involved in many different projects taken up by the different Midway studios. It was during this period that I was introduced to the work of a group of artists working at Midway Games in Newcastle, England, on a game called", "Wheelman", ". I remember being at my computer reviewing the different projects that were to be presented during our annual company summit, and as I was scrolling down the presentations my finger suddenly froze. The concepts I was looking at were stunning. The environment pieces were strong, dynamic and demonstrated an excellent understanding of composition, mood and light. They were also very clear and had all the visual information necessary for production. Similarly the character concepts and story panels showed a remarkable sense of realism and storytelling. They were both dynamic and well executed. I instantly found myself wishing that this team was working with me in Chicago.A few months later Midway Games was no more and as everyone went their different ways looking for new opportunities, I found myself wondering what would happen to these artists. It didn’t take long for me to find out. I was settling into Dallas to art direct", "Rage", "for id Software when I was contacted by this same group and told of the creation of Atomhawk Design. I was very impressed and excited to find out that these talented artists had decided to take a big risk and start a studio from scratch in a difficult economy. Having been part of the creation of a new studio in the past I was also very aware of how difficult and challenging such a decision can be.The game industry is large and competitive and when one company creates a successful IP it doesn’t take long for the competition to try to emulate that success. To be successful, however, and to make sure their games don’t get labeled as “inferior look-alikes”, companies constantly need to find ways to technically and visually stand out. This is why concept art has become an indispensable part of the entertainment industry. Good concept art is about conveying interesting ideas and setting up compelling visions. As an art director I am always looking for those artists that not only have great skills, but can also provide me with solid and original concepts to bring strength, excitement and uniqueness to a project.In just a few years Atomhawk has managed to do just that. Not only have these artists anchored themselves firmly in an uncertain industry, but they’ve managed to do it with great skill. The art in this book not only showcases a variety of subjects and ideas, but also demonstrates a keen sense of storytelling. This is what concept art is all about: skills, technique and originality; a good understanding of the production pipeline and the needs of the clients; the ability to create unique characters, bring compelling designs to vehicles and create environments with a strong narrative. In short, it is about creating visual excitement and establishing a unique, compelling vision.Atomhawk Design has proved that it can produce great work that stands out from the crowd. As an art director I can only be excited. As a concept artist these guys will keep me on my toes. I have no doubt that our paths will cross again and look forward to the day when I will have the opportunity to work with such a talented group. Until then, I remain a big fan.- Stephan Martiniere", "Read more" ]

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[ "Have you ever wondered why some characters linger in your memory, and others vanish on the breeze? Have your stories been rejected, citing flat characterization? Here is a writing guide to help you get to know each character in your story, in depth. By the end of this detailed Q and A session with your cast of characters, authors can delve deeper and create richer characters than ever before. Written by award winning romantic suspense author, Ashley Ludwig, authors new and old can use this work again and again." ]

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[ "Introduces the many and powerful data structures for representing information physically (in contrast to a database management system that represents information with logical structures). Covers specialized data structures, and explains how to choose the appropriate algorithm or data structure for the job at hand. The four sections treat primary file organizations, bit level and related structures, tree structures, and file sorting. Opening chapters cover sequential file organization, direct file organization, indexed sequential file organization, bits of information, secondary key retrieval, and bits and hashing. Following chapters cover binary tree structures, B-trees and derivatives, hashing techniques for expandable files, other tree structures, more on secondary key retrieval, sorting, and applying file structures. Contains pseudocode, or an outline in English, for most algorithms. Includes end-of-section questions, with answers to some. Extensively illustrated." ]

[ "Amazon.com Review", "File Organization and Processing", "presents theories of storing information on persistent media, such as tapes and disks. It covers issues such as how a read-write head actually moves around the surface of a platter and how search algorithms (in general) can be optimized to find requested information quickly. This book is appropriate if you're designing your own operating system, but you should look elsewhere for more concrete file system information.", "The beginning of the guide covers file organization and compares and contrasts sequential, direct, and indexed sequential approaches. Author Alan Tharp highlights each system's means of storing, locating, and checking information. Then the author moves on to describe data at the bit level--the actual ones and zeroes that are encoded on a piece of media to represent data. Tharp also discusses superimposed coding, a sort of efficiency routine that conserves disk space.", "Tharp features a multitude of information about trees, exploring binary trees, b-trees, hashing, tree hashing, and PATRICIA trees for the benefit of his readers. Then he gets into sorting at the file-system level, explaining all the usual sorts, plus algorithms that are unique to persistent storage media. He wraps up with some exercises that illustrate his ideas.", "From the Publisher", "Introduces the many and powerful data structures for representing information physically (in contrast to a database management system that represents information with logical structures). Covers specialized data structures, and explains how to choose the appropriate algorithm or data structure for the job at hand. The four sections treat primary file organizations, bit level and related structures, tree structures, and file sorting. Opening chapters cover sequential file organization, direct file organization, indexed sequential file organization, bits of information, secondary key retrieval, and bits and hashing. Following chapters cover binary tree structures, B-trees and derivatives, hashing techniques for expandable files, other tree structures, more on secondary key retrieval, sorting, and applying file structures. Contains pseudocode, or an outline in English, for most algorithms. Includes end-of-section questions, with answers to some. Extensively illustrated.", "About the Author", "Alan L. Tharp is the author of File Organization and Processing, published by Wiley.", "Read more" ]

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[ "No matter how you voted in the 2010 election, both Democrats and Republicans can agree that there is one indispensable guide to people, politics, and power in Washington.", "The Almanac of American Politics", "is the gold standard—the book everyone involved, invested, or interested in American politics must have on their reference shelf.As in previous editions, the 2012", "Almanac", "includes profiles of every member of Congress and every governor. It offers in-depth and completely up-to-date narrative profiles of all 50 states and 435 House districts, covering everything from economics to history to, of course, politics. The new edition also contains Michael Barone’s sharp-eyed analysis of the 2010 congressional elections, detailing significant trends, redistricting initiatives, and the like.Full of maps, census data, and information on topics ranging from campaign expenditures to voting records to interest group ratings, the 2012", "Almanac of American Politics", "presents everything you need to know about American politics in snappy prose and framed by cogent analysis.“Real political junkies get two", "Almanac", "s: one for the home and one for the office.”—Chuck Todd, NBC“It’s simply the oxygen of the political world. We have the most dog-eared copy in town.”—Judy Woodruff, PBS News Hour“Michael Barone is to politics what statistician-writer Bill James is to baseball, a mix of historian, social observer, and numbers cruncher who illuminates his subject with  perspective and a touch of irreverence.”—", "Chicago Tribune", "“Indispensable . . . this compendium of statistics and information has gone as far as humanly possible.”—", "Washington Post" ]

[ "About the Author", "Michael Barone", "is a senior writer at", "U.S. News and World Report", "and a Fox News Channel contributor. His most recent book is", "Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America’s Founding Fathers", ".", "Chuck McCutcheon", "has worked as a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and the Newhouse News Service. He has been coeditor of Congressional Quarterly's", "Politics in America", "and the author of", "Nuclear Reactions", "." ]

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[ "Diddy Doo is thinking of a cat story when she sees a mouse. What happens next is nothing short of an adventure: a surprise tea party, a mouse chase, and a trip to the doctor's office for a tummy ache. Join Diddy Doo and her friends for some fun!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Emma is a girl full of imagination and adventure. She's bursting with ideas and told the story of Diddy Doo and The Surprise Tea Party when she was just four years old. Emma's siblings Samuel (3) and Mira (1) helped their big sister select and dress the stuffed animals, as well as prepare the set for the photo shoot - talk about a family affair!" ]

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[ "The Lincoln County feud was one of the most sensational events that occurred in the Southern Appalachian Mountains prior to 1900. Arising out of personal grievances between two prominent residents in a rough-and-tumble West Virginia timber town, it quickly escalated into a struggle for supremacy between business competitors and political rivals. During its hey-day, between September 1889 and May 1890, the feud commanded headlines in newspapers all over the country. Journalists, anxious to please an American audience hungry for news of mountain feuds, investigated the trouble, groped to acquire facts, and printed stories both long and short. Writing of citizens who waged a cut-throat war of extermination and of a community nearly destroyed, journalists hyped the Lincoln County trouble as something even more awful than the Hatfield-McCoy feud. For the most part, while managing to chronicle some of the feud's major events, they largely missed the", "real story.", "It is only now that the true story of this once-famous West Virginia feud is told. Based on county records, local and national newspaper articles, and oral histories provided by descendants of the feudists, historian Brandon Kirk profiles pivotal characters, bringing these mountaineers to life and presenting each individual's perspective on the feud. A descendant of the original feudists, Kirk has a unique insight into the blood battle that transpired in his own hometown. With more than twenty photographs, this well-researched book thoroughly documents the saga of a community and its residents in turmoil." ]

[ "Review", "\"When two proud families collide in the hills of West Virginia, there will be blood. Brandon Kirk's marvelous tale of one of the bloodiest Appalachian feuds is a rip-roaring page-turner! The mountaineers in this book may at times be funny, mysterious, romantic, and deadly but they are always interesting. In Kirk's sure hands, the reader will be transported back to the hills in an era when no judge and jury was required, just fists, knives, and gun powder. Highly recommended for anyone craving a good spirited read.\" -- Homer Hickam, author of", "Rocket Boys", "\"Not only does", "Blood in West Virginia", "present a compelling narrative of a little known feud in southern West Virginia, it provides valuable insights into the local politics, economy, timber industry and family life in Lincoln County during the late 1800s.\" -- Dr. Robert Maslowski, President of Council for West Virginia Archaeology, Graduate Instructor at the Marshall University Graduate College\"Kirk's", "Blood in West Virginia", "tells a fascinating story that elevates the Lincoln County feud to its proper place in Appalachian and West Virginia History.\" -- Dr. Ivan Tribe, professor emeritus of history, University of Rio Grande. Author,", "Mountaineer Jamboree: Country Music in West Virginia", "\"Brandon Kirk's", "Blood in West Virginia", "is one of the modern community studies that clearly demonstrates that the Brumfield-McCoy feud was a struggle between rival factions to control the area's economic and political development.", "Blood in West Virginia", "is an exciting story well-told.\" -- Dr. Ronald L. Lewis, Professor Emeritus of History, West Virginia University, and Historian Laureate of West Virginia. Author,", "Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads, Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920", "\"This book brings a deadly story to life. Author Brandon Kirk has done remarkable work in untangling the complex web of kinship connections linking both friends and foes, while detailing the social and economic strains of changing times in the mountains. The story he documents in these pages had lasting implications for the families and individuals involved--and, curiously, for the folk music of the region.\" -- Ken Sullivan, executive director, West Virginia Humanities Council. Editor,", "West Virginia Encyclopedia", "From the Inside Flap", "In the small town of Hart in Lincoln County, West Virginia, acres of oak, poplar, walnut, and ash transformed modest farmers into businessmen out for wealth and blood. It was on this stage that an old feud between local clan patriarchs flared anew and the Brumfields delivered a decisive blow to their enemies, setting a bloody precedent for vigilantism and murder that would define the community for more than a half century, even after the feud itself had ended. Enterprising and clever, merchant Al Brumfield worked hard to capitalize on the regional timber boom and provide for his family. However, Brumfield's hard-edged business attitude, as well as his father's long-time quarrel with a neighbor, had garnered him numerous enemies. In September of 1889, someone ambushed and attempted to murder Brumfield and his wife. The Brumfields and their allies stopped at nothing to find the men responsible. Two local men, Milt Haley and Green McCoy, surfaced as the prime suspects. A Brumfield-led gang captured Haley and McCoy and brutally murdered them. The violence was just beginning. In this powerful true story, larger-than-life characters are caught up in vicious acts stoked by personal grievances and economic and social change. Passionate Appalachian historian Brandon Kirk seamlessly weaves oral histories, historical documents, and personal records to present the narrative from each of the main participants' point of view. In this fast-paced, gripping tale, the reader is left to determine who the real villains were. A descendant of feudists from Lincoln County, West Virginia, Brandon Kirk is an avid scholar of Appalachian history. An assistant professor of American history at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Kirk shares his vast knowledge of his ancestors through lectures in the classroom and at historical venues. Through his twenty years of research, he has collected oral histories, music field recordings, photographs, and documents pertaining to his region of Appalachia. He has served as a contributor for the PBS miniseries West Virginia and as a consultant for the History Channel miniseries Hatfields and McCoys. Kirk's diverse career has included working as a university library assistant in special collections; writing for the Lincoln (WV) Journal and Lincoln (WV) Independent; collaborating on writing, musical, and movie projects with the late John Hartford; writing for the Logan (WV) Banner; and teaching advanced placement history classes in Lincoln and Logan County Schools. By governor's appointment, he serves on the West Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Kirk received his training in social studies education, history, and Appalachian studies at Marshall University. When traveling through the American South, he visits old homes, museums, battlefields, cemeteries, antique stores, and music festivals. From his home in West Virginia, Kirk studies and preserves the history and culture of the Guyandotte Valley.", "From the Back Cover", "\"When two proud families collide in the hills of West Virginia, there will be blood. Brandon Kirk's marvelous tale of one of the bloodiest Appalachian feuds is a rip-roaring page-turner! The mountaineers in this book may at times be funny, mysterious, romantic, and deadly but they are always interesting. In Kirk's sure hands, the reader will be transported back to the hills in an era when no judge and jury was required, just fists, knives, and gun powder. Highly recommended for anyone craving a good, spirited read.\" --Homer Hickam, author of", "Rocket Boys", "\"Not only does", "Blood in West Virginia", "present a compelling narrative of a little known feud in southern West Virginia, it provides insights into the local politics, economy, timber industry and family life in Lincoln County during the late 1800s.\" --Dr. Robert Maslowski, President of the Council for West Virginia Archaeology, Graduate Instructor at Marshall University Graduate College \"A fascinating story that elevates the Lincoln County Feud to its proper place in Appalachian and West Virginia history.\" --Dr. Ivan M. Tribe, professor emeritus of history, University of Rio Grande, and author of", "Mountaineer Jamboree: Country Music in West Virginia", "\"Brandon Kirk's", "Blood in West Virginia", "is one of the modern community studies that obliterate the stereotype; his intensive research of the Brumfield-McCoy feud that occurred at Hart, West Virginia, reinforces the revisionist view that feuds occurred as the result of industrial capitalism, rather than the lack of it. Kirk clearly demonstrates that the Brumfield-McCoy feud was a struggle between rival factions to control the area's economic and political development. An exciting story well-told.\" --Dr. Ronald L. Lewis, Professor Emeritus of History, West Virginia University, and Historian Laureate of West Virginia. Author,", "Transforming the Appalachian Countryside", "\"This book brings a deadly story to life. Author Brandon Ray Kirk has done remarkable work in untangling the complex web of friends and foes while detailing the changing times in the mountains. The story he documents in these pages had lasting implications for families and individuals involved--and curiously, for the folk music of the region.\" --Ken Sullivan, executive director, West Virginia Humanities Council. Editor,", "West Virginia Encyclopedia", "\"Reads like a great novel. The drama of this true story makes it suitable for a great motion picture.\" --Dr. Keith Otterbein, Emeritus Professor, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo (SUNYAB). Author,", "Feuding and Warfare", "\"It's raw and it's raucous and it's true; and it's an account of the way it was in wild n' wonderful West Virginia.\" --F. Raamie Barker, senior advisor to West Virginia governor Earl Ray Tomblin This engaging account tells the bloody tale of Hart, West Virginia, a once-quiet town ravaged by violence and revenge. Author Brandon Ray Kirk, a descendant of the Hart feudists, is an assistant professor of American history. He contributed to the History Channel's miniseries Hatfields and McCoys and has published numerous articles on Appalachian history. Kirk resides in his ancestral home, now called Harts, West Virginia.", "About the Author", "Brandon Kirk is an assistant professor of American history at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College. A renowned scholar and the author of more than fifty Appalachian-themed articles, Kirk served as a contributor to the PBS miniseries West Virginia and acted as a consultant to the History Channel's miniseries Hatfields and McCoys. Kirk resides in his ancestral hometown, now called Harts, West Virginia.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Enemies. A Mix-up. An Unforgettable Kiss.", "Bev", "knows a scoundrel when she sees one. British landscaper", "Tim Robins", "is nothing less than a con artist, shamelessly scooping up free room and board and even part-ownership of her mother's beloved Sea Rose Cottage Inn.Tim has often run across beautiful women with an axe to grind, but Bev's sharp tongue and control-freakish demands push him over the edge. His retaliatory words, like arrows, find their mark; and teary-eyed Bev is silenced. Intent on not having to face off again, Tim and Bev take extraordinary pains to avoid each other; but when Bev must take over her mom’s innkeeping duties, and Tim lives and works at the inn 24/7, darts are bound to fly. Despite a mutual physical attraction, Bev's pride and Tim's wounded past keep them sparring... until a dimly-lit room, a mix-up and an unforgettable kiss challenge them to look beyond the surface.", "Reviews:", "5.0 out of 5 Stars.", "Unapologetically and wonderfully", "\"Hallmark-y!\"", "T. Bowdren", "5.0 out of 5 stars.", "Wonderful!! What a great read! This book keeps your interest and is difficult to put down. I thoroughly enjoyed reading book 1 and can’t wait for the second book to become available.", "Carole", "5.0 out of 5 stars.", "Relaxing and entertaining. Curiosity about the overseas contractor and tension between him and the main character kept my interest. Looking forward to book 2.", "L. McCarthy", "5.0 out of 5 stars.", "Highly recommend! Amazing book! What a great read. Total page turner!", "Kerrie-Lee Lampron" ]

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[ "For Ages 10 and up. Deep in the ancient past, the Nanuki prince, Wenki, wishes to inherit the title of Emperor of planet Nanau from his father, but he is forbidden by the Council of Elders. He steals away to planet Earth along with his sister, Minki, kidnapping a large number of Nanuki to help them on their mission. At that time, Earth is a primitive planet with races of elves, dwarfs, and merpeople. The Nanuki set up a new civilization where Wenki is the Emperor, but the work is too difficult for the aliens who come from a high-tech society. Minki, a geneticist, assists her brother’s plan by spawning slave creatures, including centaurs and griffins, to do the hard labor. One badly mistreated slave species, known as the kappadu, make a daring escape into the wilderness. At the same time, a group of Nanuki captives also attempt to run away back to Nanau. The two groups of fugitives meet, twisting the fate of two planets." ]

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[ "Sometimes it's hard to get everything done, even the important things.", "When winter arrives, the animals work their hardest to get their town ready for Christmas. But there's one tiny problem...in the busyness of the season they forget to decorate the beloved Christmas Mushroom - the most important decoration of all! That's when Annika Rabbit jumps in to help. However, there's not much time left. Will the Christmas Mushroom be decorated in time for Christmas? Find out in this delightful story for the young and young at heart about the importance of connection." ]

[ "About the Author", "John Fairfull is a singer-songwriter and former lead guitarist and singer for Five Minute Plan, a Central Florida indie rock band. John also serves as the Music and Media Director at Jordan Baptist Church in Sanford, Florida, is the owner of Simplicity Solutions Group, a software company in Orange City, Florida and is the author of I'm Still Writing These Lines: Lyrics by John Fairfull.Rakel Fairfull is a graphic designer, illustrator, web developer and artist. She started making websites at 12 years old and discovered a life-long passion for design that has enabled her to work on numerous small and large scale projects. She serves as the Creative Director at Simplicity Solutions Group, a software company in Orange City, Florida." ]

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[ "In a political and media environment dominated by conservative interests, liberals need every opportunity to be heard, without distortion and in their own words.", "What Liberals Believe", "fulfills this need by bringing together the largest collection of progressive quotations ever published. Compiled by William Martin from speeches, publications, books, blogs, and other sources, it offers wisdom and humor from the keenest progressive minds, both past and present, including Anna Quindlen, Frank Rich, Michael Moore, Oscar Wilde, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Rosa Parks, Barbara Ehrenreich, and John F. Kennedy. This one-of-a-kind book includes timely, insightful quotations covering hundreds of critical issues and even presents a chapter entitled \"Callous and Clueless Quotes from the Right\" to remind readers just how nasty and thuggish right-wing discourse has become. A perfect resource for writers, bloggers, researchers, activists, speechwriters, teachers, and students,", "What Liberals Believe", "will appeal to anyone who has grown weary of the extremism of the shameless right.With a new, updated section reflecting the 2012 presidential season, this book contains everything you need to contextualize incumbent Barack Obama with what other liberals, past and present, believe.", "What Liberals Believe", "is an excellent resource to have on hand during the upcoming election." ]

[ "About the Author", "William Martin", "is a professor and political insider who works for the Pennsylvania Governor's Office of Administration and has worked for the Democratic Party. He has taught courses at Temple University and Monmouth University. Martin is a writer, teacher, and counselor." ]

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[ "Ideal for instructors who take a practical, skill-building approach to teaching leadership, this text balances theory with real-world applications. DuBrin, a highly respected author and consultant, incorporates current research on leadership and real-world business events from academic journals and popular periodicals. Leadership profiles focus on successful men and women to whom students can easily relate, such as lower-level, small business, and not-for-profit leaders. In the Fifth Edition, skill-building activities such as leadership self-assessment quizzes, role-play exercises, and discussion questions have been retained. Key updates include new opening vignettes and end-of-chapter cases; one additional Skill-Building Exercise per chapter; and an enhanced Online Study Center (student web site) with new Knowledge Bank sections, featuring research and theory not covered in the text." ]

[ "About the Author", "Andrew J. DuBrin is Professor Emeritus of Management in the E. Philip Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he served as department chairman and team leader. Dr. DuBrin has taught courses and conducted research in leadership, management, organizational behavior, and career management. He presents at other colleges, career schools, and universities. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology from Michigan State University. Dr. DuBrin has experience in human resource management and is a business and personal consultant in career management, leadership, and management development. Dr. DuBrin is an established author of both textbooks and trade books, and he contributes to professional journals, magazines, newspapers, and online media. He has written textbooks on management, leadership, organizational behavior, human relations, political behavior in organizations, and impression management. His trade books address management issues from charisma, team play, and office politics to overcoming career self-sabotage, and coaching and mentoring." ]

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[ "A Historical Survey of the Many Ways Empires have Succumbed to External and Internal Pressures", "There are no self-proclaimed empires today. After the twentieth century, with its worldwide wave of decolonizing and liberation movements, the very word “empire” conjures images of slavery, war, repression, and colonialism. None of this is to say that empires are confined to the past, however. By at least some reasonable definitions, empires do exist today. Many articles and books speak about the decline of the “American Empire,” for example, or compare the history of the United States to that of Rome or the British Empire. Yet  no public official would speak candidly of American “imperial” interests in the Middle East or use the word “empire” in discussions of the nation’s future the same way British politicians did in the twentieth century.  In addition, empires don’t have to fit the classical Roman mold; there are many kinds of empire and varieties of international authority, such as cultural imperialism and economic imperialism. But it is clear empires do not last, even those that once harnessed great wealth, strong armies, and sophisticated legal systems.            In", "The Fall of Empires: A Brief History of Imperial Collapse", ", historian Chad Denton describes the end of seventeen empires throughout world history, from Athens to Qin China, from the Byzantium to the Mughals. He reveals—through stories of conquest, corruption, incompetence, assassination, bigotry, and environmental crisis—how even the most seemingly eternal of empires declined. For Athens and Britain it was military hubris; for Qin China and Russia it was alienating their subjects through oppression; Persia succumbed with the loss of its capital; the Khmer faced ecological catastrophe; while the Aztecs were destroyed by colonial exploitation. None of these events alone explains why  the empires fell, but they do provide a glimpse into the often-unpredictable currents of history, which have so far spared no empire. A fascinating and instructive survey,", "The Fall of Empires", "provides compelling evidence about the fate of centralized regional or global power." ]

[ "Review", "\"Chad Denton has written a highly nuanced account of the many ways in which personality, history, and serendipity have interacted to end empires, in the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds and across the continents. Both specialists and non-specialists will find his treatment enlightening and his writing exceptional.\"—", "Alexander J. Motyl, author of", "Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and Revival", "of Empires", "\"A thoughtful and comprehensive volume. From the Aztecs to the Achaemenids, Denton brings the world's fallen empires back to life in glorious Technicolor.”—", "Paul Cooper, host,", "Fall of Civilizations", "podcast", "\"Denton's task is ambitious and difficult, but he does it brilliantly with focus and lucid narrative. . . . Most fascinating are Denton's descriptions of the less obvious reasons for imperial collapse.\"—", "Military Officer", "--This text refers to the", "hardcover", "edition.", "About the Author", "Chad Denton received his PhD in History from the University of Missouri. He is the author of", "Decadence, Radicalism, and the Early Modern French Nobility: The Enlightened and Depraved.", "--This text refers to the", "hardcover", "edition." ]

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[ "An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers. In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward \"Blackbeard\" Teach, \"Black Sam\" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates — former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves — this \"Flying Gang\" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires. For a brief, glorious period the Republic was a success as the pirates became heroes in the eyes of the people.Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Britain and the Americas, award-winning author Colin Woodard tells the dramatic untold story of the Pirate Republic that shook the very foundations of the British and Spanish Empires and fanned the democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American revolution." ]

[ "Review", "\"Narrative history at its best.\" --", "Winston-Salem Journal", "\"Contain[s] passages that are absolutely riveting, sometimes for their high-seas action, sometimes for their wicked illumination of life aboard an antiquated vessel at sea for months on end.\" --", "The Toronto Star", "\"Disregard Robert Louis Stevenson's rowdy buccaneers, the Disney factor's lively rascals and those musical lads from Penzance: Here are the real pirates of the Caribbean, and the facts are as colorful and exciting as fiction.\" --", "Kirkus Reviews", "(starred review)A", "New York Times", "Bestseller\"The", "Republic of Pirates", "is the ultimate in beach reading -- breezy, colorful, and rich in history and action.\" --", "The Christian Science Monitor", "From the Inside Flap", "In the early eighteenth century a number of the great pirate captains joined forces, including Blackbeard, Black Sam Bellamy, and Charles Vane. This infamous \"Flying Gang\" was more than simply a band of thieves: Many of its members were sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves who turned to piracy as a revolt against the conditions they suffered on ships and plantations. Together they established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. For a brief, glorious period the pirate republic was enormously successful. At its height it cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Britain, France, and Spain from their New World empires. The Royal Navy went from being unable to catch the pirates to being afraid to encounter them at all. Imperial authorities and wealthy shipowners denounced the pirates as the enemies of mankind, but huge numbers of common people saw them as heroes. Finally one man volunteered to pacify the pirate’s Bahaman lair and destroy any who resisted -- Woodes Rogers, a famous privateer himself and scion of a powerful merchant family. Drawing on extensive research in the archives of Britain and the Americas, Colin Woodard tells the dramatic untold story of the Pirate Republic that shook the very foundations of the British and Spanish Empires and fanned the democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American revolution.", "From the Back Cover", "\"It's a rollicking tale, filled with rich details of the lives of men who, for their own personal gain, challenged the spread of empires.\"--Times-Picayune (New Orleans)", "Captains like Blackbeard, \"Black Sam\" Bellamy, and Charles Vane rallied with their fellow pirates to create the \"Flying Gang,\" thus establishing The Pirate Republic-- a crude, distinctive, and all-too-brief democracy in the Bahamas. Indentured servants became free, blacks and runaway slaves could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by vote.", "In cutting off trade routes, sacking slave ships, and severing Europe from its New World, the Pirate Republic shook the very foundations of imperialism and fanned democratic sentiments that would one day drive the American Revolution. They became heroes in the eyes of the people and, in this, their untold story, their glorious Republic lives again.", "\"The Republic of the Pirates\" is the ultimate in beach reading - breezy, colorful, and rich in history and action.\"--Christian Science Monitor", "\"[A]n entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing.\"--Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram", "COLIN WOODARD is an award-winning journalist. The author of", "The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier", "and", "Ocean’s End: Travels Through Endangered Seas", ", he is also a foreign correspondent for", "The Christian Science Monitor", "and", "The Chronicle of Higher Education.", "He lives in Portland, Maine. Contact him at www.republicofpirates.net.", "About the Author", "Colin Woodard, an award-winning writer and journalist, is currently the state and national affairs writer at the", "Portland Press Herald", "and", "Maine Sunday Telegram", "where he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting A longtime foreign correspondent for", "The Christian Science Monitor", ", the", "San Francisco Chronicle", ", and", "The Chronicle of Higher Education", ", he has reported from more than fifty foreign countries and six continents. His work has appeared in dozens of publications, including", "The New York Times, The Economist", ",", "Smithsonian", ",", "The Washington Post", ",", "Politico,", "The Guardian", ",", "Bloomberg View,", "and", "Washington Monthly.", "A graduate of Tufts University and the University of Chicago, he is the author of five other books including", "American Character", "and", "American Nations", ".", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "chapter oneThe Legend1696 The sloop arrived in the afternoon of April Fool’s Day 1696, swinging around the low, sandy expanse of Hog Island and into Nassau’s wide, dazzlingly blue harbor.           At first, the villagers on the beach and the sailors in the harbor took little notice. Small and nondescript, this sloop was a familiar sight, a trading vessel from the nearby island of Eleuthera, fifty miles to the east. She came to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, on a regular basis to trade salt and produce for cloth and sugar, and to get news brought in from England, Jamaica, and the Carolinas. The bystanders expected to see her crew drop anchor, load their goods into their longboat, and row toward the beach, as the capital had no wharves or piers. Later, their cargoes disposed of, the crew would go drinking in one of Nassau’s public houses, trading updates of the ongoing war, the movements of the infernal French, and cursing the absence of the Royal Navy.           But not on this day.           The sloop’s crew rowed ashore. Its captain, a local man familiar to all, jumped onto the beach, followed by several strangers. The latter wore unusual clothing: silks from India, perhaps, a kerchief in bright African patterns, headgear from Arabia, as rank and dirty as the cheap woolens worn by any common seaman. Those who came near enough to overhear their speech or peer into their tanned faces could tell they were English and Irish mariners not unlike those from other large ships that came from the far side of the Atlantic.           The party made its way through the tiny village, a few dozen houses clustered along the shore in the shadow of a modest stone fortress. They crossed the newly cleared town square, passing the island’s humble wooden church, eventually arriving at the recently built home of Governor Nicholas Trott. They stood barefoot on the sun-baked sand and dirt, the fecund smell of the tropics filling their nostrils. Townspeople stopped to stare at the wild-looking men waiting on the governor’s doorstep. A servant opened the door and, upon exchanging a few words with the sloop’s master, rushed off to inform His Excellency that an urgent message had arrived.~Nicholas Trott already had his hands full that morning. His colony was in trouble. England had been at war with France for eight years, disrupting the Bahamas’ trade and supply lines. Trott received a report that the French had captured the island of Exuma, 140 miles away, and were headed for Nassau with three warships and 320 men. Nassau had no warships at its disposal; in fact, no ships of the Royal Navy had passed this way in several years, there not being nearly enough of them to protect England’s sprawling empire. There was Fort Nassau, newly built from local stone, with twenty-eight cannon mounted on its ramparts, but with many settlers fleeing for the better protection of Jamaica, South Carolina, and Bermuda, Trott was finding it almost impossible to keep the structure manned. There were no more than seventy men left in town, including the elderly and disabled. Half the male population was serving guard duty at any one time in addition to attending to their usual occupations, which left many of them, in Trott’s words, “terribly fatigued.” Trott knew that if the French attacked in force, there was little hope of holding Nassau and the rest of New Providence, the island on which his tiny capital was perched. These were Trott’s preoccupations when he received the merchant captain from Eleuthera and his mysterious companions.           The strangers’ leader, Henry Adams, explained that he and his colleagues had recently arrived in the Bahamas aboard the", "Fancy,", "a private warship of forty-six guns and 113 men, and sought Trott’s permission to come into Nassau’s harbor. Adams handed over a letter from his captain, Henry Bridgeman, containing a most outlandish proposition. The", "Fancy,", "Bridgeman claimed, had just arrived in Eleuthera from the coast of Africa, where he had been slave trading without the permission of the Royal Africa Company, which owned a monopoly over such activities. Captain Bridgeman’s letter explained that the", "Fancy", "had run low on provisions and its crew was in need of shore leave. Were the governor to be so kind as to allow the ship into the harbor, he would be amply rewarded. Every member of the crew would give Trott a personal gift of twenty Spanish pieces of eight and two pieces of gold, with Bridgeman, as commander, kicking in a double share. The strangers were offering him a bribe worth some £860 at a time when a governor’s annual salary was but £300. To top it off, the crew would also give him the", "Fancy", "herself, once they had unloaded and disposed of the (as yet) unspecified cargo. He could pocket nearly three years of wages and become the owner of a sizeable warship simply by letting the strangers ashore and not asking any pointed questions.           Trott pocketed the letter and called an emergency meeting of the colony’s governing council. The minutes of that meeting have since been lost, but from the testimony of others in Nassau at the time, it’s clear that Governor Trott neglected to mention the bribes to the councilmen. Instead, he appealed to their shared interest in the colony’s security. The", "Fancy,", "he pointed out, was as large as a fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, and her presence might deter a French attack. The addition of her crew would nearly double the number of able-bodied men on New Providence, ensuring that Fort Nassau’s guns would be manned in the event of an invasion. And besides, where would they be if Bridgeman chose to refit his vessel at the French port of Martinique or, worse, decided to attack Nassau itself? Violating the Royal Africa Company’s monopoly was a fairly minor crime, an insufficient reason to deny him entry.           The members of the council concurred. The governor gave Henry Adams a “very civil” letter welcoming the", "Fancy", "to Nassau, where she and her crew “were welcome to come and to go as they pleased.”           Not long thereafter, a great ship rounded Hog Island,* her decks crowded with sailors, her sides pierced with gun ports, and her hull sunk low in the water under the weight of her cargo. Adams and his party were the first to come ashore, their longboat filled with bags and chests. The promised loot was there: a fortune in silver pieces of eight and golden coins minted in Arabia and beyond. Longboats ferried the crew ashore throughout the day. The rest of the crew resembled the landing party: ordinary-looking mariners dressed in oriental finery, each bearing large parcels of gold, silver, and jewels. The man calling himself Captain Bridgeman also came ashore and, after a closed meeting with Trott, turned the great warship over to him. When the governor arrived aboard the", "Fancy,", "he found they had left him a tip: The hold contained more than fifty tons of elephant tusks, 100 barrels of gunpowder, several chests filled with guns and muskets, and a remarkable collection of ship’s anchors. * In 1962, the Bahamian legislature renamed it Paradise Island at the request of American supermarket tycoon Huntington Hartford. It is now taken up by luxury resort hotels.            Trott would later claim to have had no reason to suspect the", "Fancy", "’s crew of being involved in piracy. “How could I know it?” he testified under oath. “Supposition is not proof.” Captain Bridgeman and his men had claimed to be unlicensed merchants, he added, and the people of New Providence “saw no reason to disbelieve them.” But Trott was no fool. He had been a merchant captain himself and well knew that treasures of the sort the", "Fancy", "carried were not the product of some unsanctioned bargaining with the people of Africa’s Slave Coast. Standing aboard the", "Fancy,", "her hold filled with ivory and weapons, her sails patched from cannonball damage and musket balls embedded in her deck work, Trott was forced to make a choice: enforce the law or pocket the money. He didn’t ponder very long.           On the governor’s orders, boats began ferrying the", "Fancy", "’s remaining cargo ashore. Soon the beach was littered with chests of ivory tusks and firearms, piles of sails, anchors and tackle, barrels of gunpowder and provisions, heavy cannon and their ammunition. Trott put his personal boatswain and several African slaves aboard the ship. The ivory tusks, the pieces of eight and bags of gold coins were delivered to his private quarters. Captain Bridgeman and his men were free to drink and carouse in Nassau’s two pubs and could leave whenever they wished. Copyright © 2007 by Colin Woodard All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be submitted online at www.harcourt.com/contact or mailed to the following address: Permissions Department, Harcourt, Inc., 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Fascinating history of Mackinac Island is captured in 360 historic photographs and drawings." ]

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[ "In the second Anna Hibiscus picture book from Atinuke and Lauren Tobia, Anna has left her mango tree … and sheâ€s at the beach! Phew, it is hot. But what better way to cool off than by playing in the jumpy, splashy waves? “Come and splash in the waves with me!†shouts Anna Hibiscus. But everyone, including Grandmother and Grandfather, Chocolate, Benz, Wonderful, Joy, Clarity and Common Sense, is much too busy to wave-jump! So, itâ€s just Anna Hibiscus and the white waves. “Oh! Oh! Oh!†Anna shouts happily and, soon, her happy cheers bring everyone to the water. “Yippeee!†they all shout, jumping in the waves, “Why didnâ€t you call us?â€Please ask if you need a specific version. The data provided here may not be correct. With buying and not asking you are accepting the book as is." ]

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

[ "This book is an exceptional resource for leaders at every level across industries. An insightful guidebook comprised of 40 illuminating principles showcasing the fundamental competencies that impact performance in the boardroom and beyond, each chapter includes the following core components: 1) a robust, but succinct discussion introducing each principle; 2) key strategies providing straightforward guidance on how to master each principle; 3) a selection of thoughtful journal questions that allow for meaningful introspection, and finally, 4) a leadership challenge―a stretch goal―that brings each principle into immediate, scalable focus.", "Whether a seasoned or emerging leader, each reader will discover useful perspectives contained within each chapter designed to firmly orient their thinking and behavior towards leadership excellence. An enduring resource for circumstances in which every leader will inevitably find him or herself confronting, it will also serve as the “go to” professional development resource for elevating leadership brands and facilitating the necessary trench work required to develop competent and confident leaders regardless of industry or expertise.", "Different from traditional books that provide a one-dimensional view of what leadership is and do little more than categorize existing traits,", "Poised for Excellence", "breaks the mold. It creates the context for understanding leadership development as a holistic process: By focusing on the mastery of fundamental principles structured to develop the whole person through service to self and others, it ignites an evolutionary process that cultivates 360 degrees of effective leadership. It directs readers to stake a bold claim to their success and transform the way they show up in the boardroom and beyond.", "Poised for Excellence", "was written to nurture the leadership potential in business leaders who desire to operate in excellence and believe that learning and practice are non-negotiable aspects of leadership success." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "This book is an exceptional resource for leaders at every level across industries. An insightful guidebook comprised of 40 illuminating principles showcasing the fundamental competencies that impact performance in theboardroom and beyond, each chapter includes the following core components: 1) a robust, but succinct discussion introducing each principle; 2) key strategies providing straightforward guidance on how to master each principle; 3) a selection of thoughtful journal questions that allow for meaningful introspection, and finally, 4) a leadership challenge―a stretch goal―that brings each principle into immediate, scalable focus.", "Whether a seasoned or emerging leader, each reader will discover useful perspectives contained within each chapter designed to firmly orient their thinking and behavior towards leadership excellence. An enduring resource for circumstances in which every leader will inevitably find him or herself confronting, it will also serve as the “go to” professional development resource for elevating leadership brands and facilitating the necessary trench work required to develop competent and confident leaders regardless of industry or expertise.", "Different from traditional books that provide a one-dimensional view of what leadership is and do little more than categorize existing traits,", "Poised for Excellence", "breaks the mold. It creates the context for understanding leadership development as a holistic process: By focusing on the mastery of fundamental principles structured to develop the whole person through service to self and others, it ignites an evolutionary process that cultivates 360 degrees of effective leadership. It directs readers to stake a bold claim to their success and transform the way they show up in the boardroom and beyond.", "About the Author", "Karima Mariama-Arthur is founder and CEO of WordSmithRapport, a boutique consulting firm specializing in leadership development, complex communication and performance management.  A trusted advisor to accomplished professionals around the world, she provides insight into the fundamental principles that make leaders successful.  Karima speaks regularly in her areas of expertise, both nationally and internationally, to audiences across industries. Find about more about Karima at www.wordsmithrapport.com." ]

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[ "Books", "Business & Money", "Job Hunting & Careers" ]

[ "A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE IS GRACE'S DEADLIEST CASE . . .", "Roy Grace, creation of the CWA Diamond Dagger award winning author Peter James, faces his most complex case yet in", "Dead If You Don't", ".Shortly after Kipp Brown and his teenage son, Mungo, arrive at the Amex stadium for their team’s biggest-ever football game, Mungo disappears. A short while later Kipp receives a text with a ransom demand and a warning not to go to the police if he and his wife want to see their son alive again. But as a massive, covert manhunt for the boy and his kidnappers begins, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace starts to realize that not all is what it seems . . ." ]

[ "Review", "\"This skillful twister shows why James was awarded the 2016 CWA Diamond Dagger.\" —", "Publishers Weekly", "starred review of", "Need You Dead", "\"Grace is a detective known for his human touch.\" —", "New York Times", "on", "Need You Dead", "\"This British police procedural has action, car chases, gory deaths, and more; totally satisfying. James rates with Ian Rankin, Colin Dexter, and Peter Robinson.\" —", "Library Journal", "on", "Need You Dead", "\"Immensely satisfying . . . James juggles his multiple story lines with panache as the action hurtles to a shattering conclusion.\" —", "Publishers Weekly", "starred review", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "About the Author", "Peter James", "is the international bestselling author of many award-winning novels. His Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series has been translated into 37 languages with worldwide sales of over 18 million copies. In 2016 he became the recipient of the coveted CWA Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement, awarded for sustained excellence. Peter has also written a short story collection,", "A Twist of the Knife", ", and his standalone titles include his ghost story", "The House On Cold Hill", "and", "The Perfect Murder", ", which has been turned into a popular stage play.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition." ]

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

[ "Based on a remarkable true story of Taj Rowland. Seven-year-old Chellamuthu's life is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in India, sold to a Christian orphanage, and then adopted by an unsuspecting couple in the United States. It takes months before the boy can speak enough English to tell his parents that he already has a family back in India. Horrified, they try their best to track down his Indian family, but all avenues lead to dead ends. Meanwhile, they simply love him, change his name to Taj, enroll him in school, make him part of their family--and his story might have ended there had it not been for the pestering questions in his head:", "Who am I? Why was I taken? How do I get home?", "More than a decade later, Taj meets Priya, a girl from southern India with surprising ties to his past. Is she the key to unveil the secrets of his childhood or is it too late? And if he does make it back to India, how will he find his family with so few clues? From the best-selling author of", "The Rent Collector", ", this is a deeply moving and gripping journey of discovering one's self and the unbreakable family bonds that connect us forever." ]

[ "Review", "''Wright turns the story of the real-life Chellamuthu/Taj into a meditation on identity and the meaning of family, and a novel that is sure to be a book-club favorite.'' --", "Booklist", "''Truly a remarkable story of one young man's journey to discover his past. Camron Wright's fascinating novel is actually based on a true story, which makes it all the more powerful.'' (four and a half out of five stars) --", "Portland Book Review", "''When I finished The Orphan Keeper I was keenly aware of the fragility associated with losing something precious then finding something of even greater value. Beautifully crafted by Camron Wright...Like Dickens, the child in this story is subjected to loss leavened with love. Everything that happens is not fiction. It happened as written, and for a reader who waivers between agnosticism and belief, this is a story that has me - and keeps me - thinking. The loss and pain [is] described with consummate skill. The Orphan Keeper taps into questions of coincidence and belief that have kept me in a state of wonder since I reluctantly closed its covers. Amazing read.'' --", "-The Huffington Post", "From the Author", "For additional information about the real-life journey of Taj Rowland, as detailed in", "The Orphan Keeper", ", visit TheOrphanKeeper.com", "About the Author", "Camron Wright holds a master's degree in writing and public relations. He says he began writing to get out of attending MBA school, and it proved the better decision. His first book,", "Letters for Emily", ", was a Readers' Choice award winner, as well as a selection of the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. Camron's next book,", "The Rent Collector,", "was a nominee for the prestigious International DUBLIN Literary Award, Book of the Year Gold Award from", "Foreword Reviews", ", and Whitney Awards Best Novel of the Year.", "Read more" ]

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

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

[ "This new paperback edition includes a major new essay in which William Julius Wilson not only reflects on the debate surrounding his book, but also presents a provocative discussion of race, class, and social policy.\"Wilson has written a profound and provocative book that is destined to become a classic in the field. He has articulated the issues with which future researchers will have to deal. Truly, he has made a contribution to social science.\"—Wilson Record,", "American Journal of Sociology", "\"The intellectual strength of this book lies in his capacity to integrate disparate findings from historical studies, social theory and research on contemporary trends into a complex and original synthesis that challenges widespread assumptions about the cause of black disadvantage and the way to remove it.\"—Paul Starr,", "New York Times Book Review", "This is a short but important book. . . . Wilson presents a cogent and convincing interpretation of how the changing political and economic structure of the United States profoundly affected the position of black Americans.\"—Pierre van den Berghe,", "Sociology and Social Research", "\"This publication is easily one of the most erudite and sober diagnoses of the American black situation. Students of race relations and anybody in a policy-making position cannot afford to bypass this study.\"—Ernest Manheim,", "Sociology" ]

[ "About the Author", "William Julius Wilson", "is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program and the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. He is the author of numerous publications, including", "The Declining Significance of Race", ", and", "The Truly Disadvantaged,", "both published by the University of Chicago Press." ]

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[ "Books", "New, Used & Rental Textbooks", "Social Sciences" ]

[ "\"A young explorer's introduction to Florida's Everglades National Park, covering its wetlands landscape, plants, animals such as West Indian manatees, and activities such as boating\"--" ]

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

[ "As the only pediatric and neonatal review book on the market, PEDIATRIC AND NEONATAL CRITICAL CARE CERTIFICATION REVIEW contains essential content to be studied for AACN's and NCC's certification examinations in pediatric and neonatal critical care. The approach is to provide only essential information in an uncomplicated style so readers can study and learn brief sections at a time. Each chapter focuses on a particular body system and is organized with passkeys, questions, and answers/rationales." ]

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

[ "100 pages. Leather bound hardcover. Texts in English. Beautifully reproduced romantic Western paintings accompanied by inspirational writings." ]

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[ "From the author of", "Annihilation", ", a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the possible end of all things.", "“Jane Smith”―not her real name―receives an envelope that contains a note from a woman she doesn’t know and a key to an anonymous storage unit. The key leads her to a pair of taxidermied animals, a hummingbird and a salamander, which turn out to be two of the most endangered creatures on earth.Jane has set in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control. She is being followed, her home surveilled, her family in peril. The author of the mysterious note―Jane’s only real lead―is already dead. She was, Jane learns, a reputed ecoterrorist. What did she want with Jane?Profiteering wildlife smugglers; an amoral energy company; an extremist’s apocalyptic vision. The threats come from all around, and time is running out―for Jane and possibly for the world.", "Hummingbird Salamander", "is Jeff VanderMeer at his dazzling, cinematic best, wrapping profound questions into a tightly plotted tale of the fight to survive." ]

[ "Review", "\"This is climate fiction at its most urgent and gripping.”", "―Helen Phillips,", "The New York Times", "\"Now from this daring and ever-shifting author comes", "Hummingbird Salamander", ", a volume more naturalistic, more like a traditional thriller than its predecessors, but one that also features hooks into the literary novel of paranoid conspiracy, a genre best exemplified by Thomas Pynchon’s", "The Crying of Lot 49", ". In fact, our doughty and frankly terrifying heroine, ‘Jane Smith,’ might be the Oedipa Maas the 21st century needs.”", "―Paul Di Filippo,", "The Washington Post", "\"In", "Hummingbird Salamander", ", VanderMeer enters the realm of crime, noir and mysteries while retaining his signature topics of environmentalism, climate change and shifting identities and realities . . . At once enigmatic and fast, obscure and brilliant,", "Hummingbird Salamander", "celebrates nature while inviting us to contemplate the effects of contamination, pandemics and other crises, and how none of them make us “even blink anymore.”", "―Gabino Iglesias,", "San Francisco Chronicle", "\"VanderMeer delights in propelling the narrative forward while leaving the characters and the reader off-balance. Relentlessly versatile but best known as an author of trippy science fiction and fantasy with an ecological bent, [he] adopts the attitude and accoutrements of the hard-boiled detective novel, set in a very near future of climate collapse.\"", "―Michael Berry,", "Sierra Magazine", "\"Like your favorite Hollywood blockbuster,", "Hummingbird Salamander", "features ecoterrorists, evil corporations, a race to defuse doomsday weapons, gunfire, fisticuffs, action sequences and hair-raising escapes.\"", "―The Los Angeles Times", "\"This inventive and surprising page-turner may be the purest demonstration yet of VanderMeer’s knack for dressing up fascinating philosophical conundrums in the clothing of a taut, breakneck thriller.\"", "―", "A.V. Club", "\"You won't look up even once while you're reading.\"", "―The", "Washington Post", "\"Riveting . . . VanderMeer is a marvelous craftsman. Every word here feels carefully chosen; every sentence has a purpose; every plot point causes ripples felt through the rest of the story . . . The author’s devoted fans will flock to this novel, and they will be richly rewarded. Switching genres with aplomb, VanderMeer knocks his conspiracy thriller out of the park.\"", "―BOOKLIST", "(starred review)", "\"Set in a world far along the path to ecological and political breakdown, this striking mix of thriller and biotech speculative fiction from VanderMeer charts a seemingly mad quest by its anonymous narrator . . . Exquisite prose pulls the reader deep into the labyrinthine plot. VanderMeer reinforces his place as one of today’s most innovative writers.\"", "―Publishers Weekly", "(starred review)", "\"It wouldn’t be a VanderMeer story, no matter what the genre, without a post-apocalyptic turn, and after all the assorted villains (one of them in particular very evil indeed) and oversized amphibians and mad-scientist taxidermists and exploding heads, it’s sort of nice to get to a future that no one will survive―one that strongly resembles 2020, for that matter.\"", "―Kirkus Reviews", "(starred review)", "\"[T]he news cycle may be chaotic right now, but we've got book news to offer a balm ― especially for Jeff VanderMeer fans. The best-selling", "Annihilation", "author will be releasing another deliciously dark tale, this time covering everything from conspiracy theories to endangered species.\"", "―Seija Rankin,", "Entertainment Weekly", "\"", "Hummingbird Salamander", "is harrowing, gripping, and profound. It's both a thriller and a requiem for a disappearing world. I expect this novel will haunt me for a long time.\"", "―Emily St. John Mandel, author of", "Station Eleven", "“Jeff VanderMeer's", "Hummingbird Salamander", "is an existential mindfuck cleverly disguised as a thriller. Though the plot never stops rocketing forward, this astonishing novel continually shifts and expands in scale, until the puzzle the narrator is tasked with solving at the outset becomes an almost Matrix-like invitation to open herself up to a new and shattering understanding of her world, and ours. Visionary, dark, beautiful, and strange,", "Hummingbird Salamander", "is that rare novel that coaxes you into imagining the unimaginable.\"", "―Kristen Roupenian, author of", "Cat Person and Other Stories", "“A strange, seductive eco-thriller ripe for our era.”", "―Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of", "Mexican Gothic", "“This is an astonishing book, topical and madly compelling. A timely, unsettling novel of obsession and descent―a thriller equal parts ecological and psychological, whose puzzle warns of a natural world on the edge of ruination. There's an urgency to it, but it's not preachy. VanderMeer shines in revealing our current dystopia.”", "―Chuck Wendig, bestselling author of", "Wanderers", "“", "Hummingbird Salamander", "is a profound and incendiary thriller hurtling backward from the end of the world. Jeff VanderMeer’s tale of ecological and personal obsession inhabits that strange, surreal space where the natural world and human ambition collide – a space almost no other writer has chronicled with as much reverence and imaginative lucidity. The result is a detective story unlike any I’ve read before, futuristic in bearing but deeply relevant to this present, dangerous moment.”", "―Omar El Akkad, award-winning journalist and author of", "American War", "“This gripping eco-thriller pulls readers into a world of danger, mystery, and obsession. Surprising, suspenseful, and compelling,", "Hummingbird Salamander", "is in turns insidious and explosive, heartrending and beautiful. Riveting.”", "―Meg Gardiner, Edgar-Award-winning author of the UNSUB series", "About the Author", "Jeff VanderMeer", "is the author of", "Hummingbird Salamander", ", the", "Borne", "novels (", "Borne", ",", "The Strange Bird", ", and", "Dead Astronauts", "), and", "The Southern Reach Trilogy", "(", "Annihilation", ",", "Authority", ", and", "Acceptance", "), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. He speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change as well as urban rewilding. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, on the edge of a ravine, with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, and their cat, Neo." ]

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[ "The first in a new trilogy from R.A. Salvatore's", "War of the Spider Queen", "author Lisa Smedman.", "Venom's Taste", "is the first title in a new trilogy exploring the political intrigues of the yuan-ti race, the details of which have been little explored in previous", "Forgotten Realms", "products. Lisa Smedman will be penning the entire trilogy, which will affect many other storylines in the", "Forgotten Realms", "setting." ]

[ "About the Author", "Formerly a magazine editor,", "Lisa Smedman", "splits her week between working as a reporter/editor at a weekly newspaper and writing fiction. She is a frequent contributor to various science fiction and fantasy magazines, and her most recent credits include authoring", "Extinction: R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Book IV; Heirs of Prophecy", "; and contributing a short story to", "The Halls of Stormweather", "." ]

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[ "Books", "Teen & Young Adult", "Science Fiction & Fantasy" ]

[ "The Daisy is a riveting story of selfawareness, temptations, forgiveness, and triumphs. Anthony Wilkerson has it all-looks, a new career, and a new apartment. He just relocated to Orlando, Florida, and has been working on moving up in his company as quick as possible. He is a charming poet whose love for women won't allow him to commit to anyone, and he is the master of every game that a man can play. When he meets Raven Sinclair, he's drawn to her mysterious demeanor and is challenged to deal with his own personal issues when the tables are turned. Raven Sinclair is a Christian married to an unequally yoked husband and struggling with her own personal challenges. She is striving to elevate herself in her marriage, spirituality, career, and personal life but is faced with a devastating situation that may change her life forever." ]

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

[ "2009 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for Biography", "Examines South Vietnam’s complex relationship with the United States through the stories of two Vietnamese soldiers' diverging paths", "Vietnam’s Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN", "chronicles the lives of Pham Van Dinh and Tran Ngoc Hue, two of the brightest young stars in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Both men fought with valor in a war that seemed to have no end, exemplifying ARVN bravery and determination that is largely forgotten or ignored in the West. However, while Hue fought until he was captured by the North Vietnamese Army and then endured thirteen years of captivity, Dinh surrendered and defected to the enemy, for whom he served as a teacher in the reeducation of his former ARVN comrades. An understanding of how two lives that were so similar diverged so dramatically provides a lens through which to understand the ARVN and South Vietnam’s complex relationship with America's government and military. The lives of Dinh and Hue reflect the ARVNs battlefield successes, from the recapture of the Citadel in Hue City in the Tet Offensive of 1968, to Dinhs unheralded role in the seizure of Hamburger Hill a year later. However, their careers expose an ARVN that was over-politicized, tactically flawed, and dependent on American logistical and firepower support. Marginalized within an American war, ARVN faced a grim fate as U.S. forces began to exit the conflict. As the structure of the ARVN/U.S. alliance unraveled, Dinh and Hue were left alone to make the most difficult decisions of their lives. Andrew Wiest weaves historical analysis with a compelling narrative, culled from extensive interviews with Dinh, Hue, and other key figures. Once both military superstars, Dinh is viewed by a traitor by many within the South Vietnamese community, while Hue, an expatriate living in northern Virginia, is seen as a hero who never let go of his ideals. Their experiences and legacies mirror that of the ARVNs rise and fall as well as the tragic history of South Vietnam." ]

[ "Review", "\"No book about the Vietnam War can be simply a book about the Vietnam War. Vietnams Forgotten Army appears in the midst of a raging debate over American armed interventions abroad and over the proper lessons to draw from Vietnam for the war in Iraq.\" ―", "The Nation", "\"This sympathetic biography of Pham Van Dinh and Tran Ngoc Hue, mid-level officers in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), provides a unique perspective among American war histories. . . . [Readers] will gain new respect for the mishandled South Vietnamese army.\" ―", "Publishers Weekly", "\"While tactical history can seem stilted and dry at times, Andrew Wiest, in Vietnam’s Forgotten Army, presents an enriched and dynamic history of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) by chronicling the careers of two of ARVN’s best young officers, Tran Ngoc Hue and Pham Van Dinh, as they fought in the Vietnam War. Wiest seeks to dispel the myth of the ARVN as an ineffective fighting force... The value of Vietnam’s Forgotten Army lies in the author’s appreciation for ARVN fighting prowess and the book’s interesting perspective of the Vietnam War.\" ―", "Military Review", "\"This is a fascinating study of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)―the South Vietnamese army―during America's involvement in the Vietnam War. . . . This well-written, compassionate study is a major contribution to most libraries.\" ―", "Library Journal", "\"Wiest’s excellent book helps to fill a yawning void in the history of the Vietnam War.\" ―", "Journal of Military History", "About the Author", "Andrew Wiest", "is Professor of History and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is co-editor of", "War in the Age of Technology: Myriad Faces of Modern Armed Combat", "(NYU Press, 2001) and author or co-author of numerous books, including", "Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited, Atlas of World War II", ", and", "The Vietnam War, 1959–1975", ". He lives in Hattiesburg, MS." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Leaders & Notable People" ]

[ "This introductory survey to maritime predation in the Americas from the age of Columbus to the reign of the Spanish king Philip V includes piracy, privateering (state-sponsored sea-robbery), and genuine warfare carried out by professional navies." ]

[ "From Library Journal", "Pirates followed Columbus to the New World. At first, the French, English, and Dutch governments dispatched pirates and privateers to plunder Spanish ships and settlements. Soon pirates became \"independent agents\" and plundered on their own, with Spanish shipping from the New World to Europe making easy pickings. Lane (history, William and Mary Coll.) has written widely on the histories of piracy and witchcraft and has carefully studied the pirates' effect on the Spanish carrying trade. These were not the pirates of Treasure Island but murdering, pitiless buccaneers. Lane tells the stories without the myths, discussing such well-known pirates as Francis Drake, Henry Morgan, Piet Heyn, and Ann Bonn plus several lesser-known brigands, and he includes helpful discussions of shipbuilding, food, navigation, and more. This is a well-written and important scholarly examination of an often romanticized subject and the first of its kind in English. Recommended for all maritime history collections.?Stanley Itkin, Hillside P.L., New Hyde Park, NYCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc." ]

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

[ "A classic handbook for anyone who needs to write,", "Writing With Power", "speaks to everyone who has wrestled with words while seeking to gain power with them. Here, Peter Elbow emphasizes that the essential activities underlying good writing and the essential exercises promoting it are really not difficult at all.Employing a cookbook approach, Elbow provides the reader (and writer) with various recipes: for getting words down on paper, for revising, for dealing with an audience, for getting feedback on a piece of writing, and still other recipes for approaching the mystery of power in writing. In a new introduction, he offers his reflections on the original edition, discusses the responses from people who have followed his techniques, how his methods may differ from other processes, and how his original topics are still pertinent to today's writer. By taking risks and embracing mistakes, Elbow hopes the writer may somehow find a hold on the creative process and be able to heighten two mentalities--the production of writing and the revision of it.From students and teachers to novelists and poets,", "Writing with Power", "reminds us that we can celebrate the uses of mystery, chaos, nonplanning, and magic, while achieving analysis, conscious control, explicitness, and care in whatever it is we set down on paper." ]

[ "Amazon.com Review", "Whatever your reason for writing, Peter Elbow has a \"recipe\" to guide you. A longtime proponent of \"freewriting\" (writing without stopping, for a preset amount of time), Elbow incorporates its use in a variety of ways. Have a limited amount of time? Spend half of it freewriting and half of it cleaning up your prose. Got all the time in the world (and only a vague sense of what you want to say)? Freewrite, then focus, then freewrite, then focus, repeatedly, until you get \"a trustworthy vision of your final piece of writing.\" Elbow offers a plethora of prompts for priming the creative pump, as well as several ways to revise the piece of writing that results: thorough revising, revising with feedback, cutting and pasting, proofreading, and the like. He pays close attention to the ways in which focusing on an audience can assist or interfere in the writing process, including a terrific chapter on the strangeness of writing for teachers, in which \"your task is usually to explain what you are still engaged in trying to understand to someone who understands it better.\" And he provides an excellent section on how to solicit the kind of feedback you want. Though it is a new edition of a 1981 book, there is nothing tired about", "Writing with Power", ": it provides many tools to help a writer feel empowered throughout the writing process.", "--Jane Steinberg", "Review", "\"Students for the first time are excited about being able to transform their thoughts into clear language with a new found confidence.\"―Alan Dernalowicz, Mount Wachusett Community CollegePraise for the previous edition: \"Page after page, chapter after chapter, Peter Elbow gives direct and down-to-earth advice for beginning writers.\"―Teachers and Writers\"A practical handbook for anyone who needs to write.\"―The Boston Globe\"A valuable aid for those who need to write who are hindered by lack of tools needed to successfully complete such a task on a day-to-day basis.\"―Gary Douglas, WITC", "About the Author", "Peter Elbow", "is Professor of English and Director of the writing program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.", "Read more" ]

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

[ "Taking an evidence-based and practical approach, this book explores ten crucial aspects of teaching, the research behind them and why they work like they do, combined with everyday classroom examples describing both good and bad practice." ]

[ "Review", "If you’re seeking to improve your knowledge of education research but unsure where to start, you won’t find a better gateway book than this. Its insights are scholarly enough to inspire future study, yet practical enough to be applied in first period tomorrow.", "-- Eric Kalenze", "Pedro De Bruyckere helped to reveal the lack of evidence behind many intuitively appealing ideas within teaching in his previous book. In", "Ingredients for Great Teaching", "he takes the next logical step – pointing teachers towards the more reliable evidence about teaching and learning they can use in the classroom. This excellent and accessible book represents an important contribution to one of the major foundations of professionalism in teaching; expertly describing the evidence-informed, scientific insights that teachers can use to make deliberate choices for the benefit of their pupils and students.", "-- Nick Rose", "The last few years have seen a number of excellent books about how recent research, particularly from psychology, can be used to improve teaching, but Pedro De Bruyckere’s", "The Ingredients for Great Teaching", "is one of the best of the crop.  In a highly readable and engaging style, he sifts through recent educational research, and helps the reader figure out which research studies can be relied on, which need to be taken with a grain of salt, and which need to be ignored completely. Anyone involved in teaching will gain a tremendous amount by reading this book. Highly recommended.", "-- Dylan Wiliam", "About the Author", "Pedro De Bruyckere", "is an educational scientist at the Artevelde University College of Applied Sciences in Ghent, Belgium and Leiden University, the Netherlands. He wrote", "The Ingredients for Great Teaching", "and co-authored the two", "Urban Myths about Learning and Education", "books." ]

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

[ "DETROIT, U.S.A.: Glittering skyscrapers tower over an inner city devastated by poverty, ravaged by crime the favored turf for gorilla pimps, crack pushers, prostitutes, and vicious teenaged killers called new jacks. Homicides are up 20 percent. A child gets shot every day of the year. Murder is a way of doing business or just another way to show off. PRECINCT 14: The dumping ground for every mis- fit, underdog, and starry-eyed idealist ever to wear a badge. Their conflicts and camaraderie, their per- sonal trials and tribulations, their victories and their defeats unfold in the gritty daily drama of their efforts to bring justice to Motor City." ]

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[ "This is the final volume in Doris Grekel's inspiring biography of one of the greatest religious leaders the world has ever known. Mary Baker Eddy's life work was devoted to the establishment of the divinely scientific method of healing employed by the Master, Jesus, and revealed to her receptive thought by God. You will see how she brought God into every detail of her life and the founding of her church. You will feel the love she expressed in guiding her students, healing those that were sick, and even raising those from the shadow of death's door. Mary Baker Eddy has left a rich legacy for the benefit of mankind in her textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures -- the establishment of a divinely Scientific system of metaphysical Mind-healing -- a system that is not dependent upon ecclesiasticism or religious dogma, but a practical boon to suffering humanity. This volume explores the numerous trials and triumphs during Mrs. Eddy's glorious career in bringing forth her church and continuing vital healing work for humanity. From the Woodbury case, through the final editions of her textbook, to the establishment of her church's periodicals, including the Christian Science Monitor, the reader will feel the divine presence brought to every task at hand. This is the third volume in the Womanhood of God Series, a comprehensive biographical account of Mary Baker Eddy. The first two volumes may be obtained from the publisher, Healing Unlimited, at 800.962.1464 or www.HealingUnlimited.com." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Leaders & Notable People" ]

[ "In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a run-down farmhouse in northern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. They were the first foreigners to live in the region.", "A Small Place in Italy", "describes how the house was restored with the help of their neighbors, a colorful east of characters who quickly befriended the Newbys.With his characteristic wry humor and sharp eye for the quirks of human nature, Eric Newby paints an unforgettable picture of rural Italy and its people. The rhythms and rituals of country life - harvesting grapes, making wine, hunting for wild mushrooms - are lovingly evoked, along with the storybook landscapes and changing seasons. At the center of his memoir is the farmhouse itself, which from unpromising beginnings - tileless roof, long-abandoned septic tank and mice the size of small cats - was gradually restored." ]

[ "Review", "dangerously liable to induce a craving for one's own patch of Italian paradise' -- Sunday Telegraph" ]

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[ "Books", "Travel", "Europe" ]

[ "It's a jungle out there! That's why the 72 fast and easy daily-sized puzzles in", "“Z” Is for Zebra Easy Crosswords", "are the perfect way to unwind after a tough day at the office." ]

[ "About the Author", "Mel Rosen has sold puzzles for over 40 years. He co-wrote two sought-after crossword-constructing manuals, cofounded the CrosSynergy crossword syndicate, and, for more than 25 years, edited crosswords for several publishers. Mel also wrote the first computer program to help puzzle writers." ]

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

[ "Max’s friend Susan cannot hear. She talks with her hands. Will Max’s sign language class help him learn how to talk to her?" ]

[ "Review", "Klein introduces beginning readers to Max and his diverse group of friends. In Adoption Day Party, the boy helps his friend Jose celebrate the day he was adopted. Next, he participates in Lily's special holiday. In Sign Language, Max learns to comminucate --School Library Journal" ]

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

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

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[ "The car door is open, a terrorist invites you inDo you go?Annie Taylor did…Thinking she’s entering a competition to win a dream holiday clairvoyant Annie uncovers a terrible secret that shatters her world.After her children become entangled in a terrorist conspiracy a wave of violence explodes across Britain, victims of long forgotten crimes seek retribution and old comrades in arms must once more choose sides.When the Breath Thief steals Annie’s gift, time is running out and to save her children Annie must find the power to reshape the future.This Blistering paranormal thriller spins an intense and compelling story in a wholly-unique way against the wild backdrop of England’s north." ]

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[ "Carmelita loves to greet everyone in her colorful neighborhood. There are people from so many different cultures! They all like to say hello too, so now Carmelita can say hello in Spanish, English, French, Japanese, and many other languages. And her dog, Manny? Well, he seems to understand everyone, and gives a happy \"Woof!\" wherever he goes.", "Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora's eyecatching collages are full of kid-friendly details like colorful storefronts, pigeons and an ice cream truck, making Carmelita's neighborhood fun to explore. Emphasizing the rich diversity of America's neighborhoods, this simple portrait of a child's day provides a great introduction to the joy of language." ]

[ "From School Library Journal", "PreSchool-Grade 1—Carmelita and her mother set out to visit Abuela Rosa. As they pass each family or store, they call out the appropriate greeting. Whether it be friends just returning from Africa (\"", "Jambo", "!\") or the woman in the bakery (\"", "Bonjour", "!\"), Carmelita's dog is ready with a friendly \"Woof!\" When Carmelita reaches her grandmother (\"", "Hola", "!\"), the two share a smile as the pup seems to understand yet another greeting. Carmelita's busy, diverse neighborhood is a place that children will enjoy, and Isadora's oil-and-collage illustrations are richly detailed. From Carmelita's", "huevos con tocino", "(eggs and bacon) to the Japanese restaurant's lanterns, textured paint and printed patterns invite readers to linger on each page. Text and illustrations work together to provide clues for readers who may be learning these greetings for the first time. Pronunciation is not included, so adults will want to prepare before reading the book aloud. This accessible story could be used to discuss not only languages, but clothing and manners as well.—", "Lisa Glasscock, Columbine Public Library, Littleton, CO", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From", "Booklist", "One morning Carmelita, her mother, and their dog Manny go to visit Abuela Rose. Walking through their neighborhood, they run into friends and shopkeepers and stop to greet them in different languages: “Buenos días” to Señor Enrico at the bodega, “Shalom” to Mrs. Rosen and her children, “Konichiwa” to the Japanese restaurant staff, “Jambo,” to Joseph and his parents, “Al salaam a’alaykum” to the butcher and his family, and so on. In contrast, Manny greets everyone with “woof.” There’s no real drama; the text is pared down to essentials and the striking collage-style illustrations are colorful and dynamic. Richly patterned with oil paints as well as printed patterns, the cut-paper shapes show up vividly against the white backgrounds. Pair this upbeat book with Manya Stojic’s Hello World! (2002) and Lila’s Prap’s Animals Speak (2006) for opening discussions of different languages and cultures. Preschool-Grade 1. --Carolyn Phelan", "Review", "* \"Readers will fall for the sociable Carmelita as they proudly learn a range of salutations, and the artist’s rich environment, packed with hidden details and charming animals, will delight readers with each return visit. Simply enchanting.\"--", "Kirkus Reviews", ", starred review", "About the Author", "Rachel Isadora began dancing at the age of eight. She trained at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet and has danced professionally. Rachel lives in New York City with her family.", "Rachel Isadora has illustrated many books set in the world of dance and theater, including", "Opening Night", ",", "My Ballet Class", ",", "Swan Lake", ",", "The Little Match Girl", ", and", "Ben's Trumpet", ", which received the Caldecott Honor Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award.", "copyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.", "Rachel Isadora began dancing at the age of eight. She trained at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet and has danced professionally. Rachel lives in New York City with her family.", "Rachel Isadora has illustrated many books set in the world of dance and theater, including", "Opening Night", ",", "My Ballet Class", ",", "Swan Lake", ",", "The Little Match Girl", ", and", "Ben's Trumpet", ", which received the Caldecott Honor Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award.", "copyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Wounded Faith: Understanding and Healing from Spiritual Abuse", "is a new collection of essays edited by the Reverend Dr. Neil Damgaard. It has two audiences in mind: recovering victims and the religious community at large. While is was written as an aid to help victims who are grappling with their faith, the book also seeks to clarify the meaning of spiritual abuse and instruct religious communities on how to effectively welcome victims of spiritual abuse. The book’s authors come from a background in Christianity and have each, in their own way, experienced spiritual abuse. Here they attempt to dispel commonly held misconceptions, to elucidate the circumstances in which spiritually abused individuals often find themselves, and to implore leaders in communities of faith to shine a light on this harmful, not uncommon offense. In addition, each chapter provides an encouraging and sympathetic voice that will be appreciated by readers who have also been victims of spiritual abuse. The end note is that faith, though perhaps wounded, is salvageable on the other side of abuse, with a little help from our (educated) friends.", "A quick read, the book is sometimes touching, sometimes funny, and always instructive to survivors and loved ones alike. While the circumstances, comments, and struggles of the authors will be meaningful to all people who have experienced coercive control (cults, domestic abuse, human trafficking), those who have a familiarity with and interest in Christianity will find it most rewarding.", "The audience for whom this book is intended includes but is not limited to: clergy, churches, seminarians, mental health professionals, survivors of spiritual abuse, family and loved ones of survivors, and anyone emerging from or involved in fringe Christian groups.Contributors: Harold L. Bussell, DMin; Ray Connolly; Neil Damgaard, DMin; Doug Duncan, MS; Wendy Duncan, MA; Kenneth Garrett, DMin; Maureen Griffo, MA; Heidi I. Knapp; Patrick J. Knapp, PhD; Michael D. Langone, PhD; Judy Pardon, MEd; Diana Pletts, MA; Eric K. Sweitzer, PhD" ]

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[ "Offering detailed solutions to the blue-numbered end-of-chapter Study Questions answered at the end of the text, this comprehensive guide helps students achieve a deeper intuitive understanding of the material through constant reinforcement and practice, ultimately resulting in better preparation for in-class quizzes and tests. Sample chapters are available for review on the PowerLecture with JoinIn™ Instructor's Resource CD-ROM. STUDENT DESCRIPTION: Offering detailed solutions to the blue-numbered end-of-chapter Study Questions found in the text, this comprehensive guide helps you achieve a deeper intuitive understanding of chapter material through constant reinforcement and practice. Solutions match the problem-solving strategies used in the text." ]

[ "About the Author", "John C. Kotz is an emeritus State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Professor at the College at Oneonta. Educated at Washington and Lee University, as well as Cornell University, he held National Institutes of Health postdoctoral appointments at the University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology in England and at Indiana University. Professor Kotz has co-authored three textbooks in several editions - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL REACTIVITY, and THE CHEMICAL WORLD - along with the INTERACTIVE GENERAL CHEMISTRY CD-ROM. He also has published research on inorganic chemistry and electrochemistry. He was a Fulbright Lecturer and Research Scholar in Portugal in 1979 and a visiting professor there in 1992, as well as a visiting professor at the Institute for Chemical Education (University of Wisconsin, 1991-1992) and at Auckland University in New Zealand (1999). He also was an invited speaker at a meeting of the South African Chemical Society and at the biennial conference for secondary school chemistry teachers in New Zealand. In addition, a recent tenure as a mentor of the U.S. Chemistry Olympiad Team, Professor Kotz has received numerous honors, including a State University of New York Chancellor's Award (1979), a National Catalyst Award for Excellence in Teaching (1992), the Estee Lectureship in Chemical Education at the University of South Dakota (1998), the Visiting Scientist Award from the Western Connecticut Section of the American Chemical Society (1999), and the first annual Distinguished Education Award from the Binghamton (New York) Section of the American Chemical Society (2001).Paul M. Treichel, received his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1958 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1962. After a year of postdoctoral study in London, he assumed a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as department chair from 1986 through 1995 and was awarded a Helfaer Professorship in 1996. He has held visiting faculty positions in South Africa (1975) and in Japan (1995). Retiring after 44 years as a faculty member in 2007, he is currently Emeritus Professor of Chemistry. During his faculty career he taught courses in general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and scientific ethics. Professor Treichel's research in organometallic and metal cluster chemistry and in mass spectrometry, aided by 75 graduate and undergraduate students, has led to more than 170 papers in scientific journals. He may be contacted by email at treichelpaul@me.com.Gabriela C. Weaver received her B.S. in 1989 from the California Institute of Technology and her Ph.D. in 1994 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She served as Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver from 1994 to 2001 and as Associate Professor at Purdue University since 2001. She has been an invited speaker at over 35 national and international meetings, including the 2001 Gordon Conference on Chemical Education Research and the DVD Summit in Dublin, Ireland. She is currently Director of the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education at Purdue University. Her work in instructional technology development and on active learning has led to numerous publications in addition to her publications on surface physical chemistry." ]

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[ "A delicate lock of hair, those first toddling steps, that precious wobbly wave \"bye-bye.\" New parents will delight in recording every \"first\" and with guided text, ample writing space, and room for keepsake announcements and photos, they're sure to capture every milestone. Five years of childhood memories will forever be sweet alongside adorable quotes and life-affirming Scriptures." ]

[ "About the Author", "Susan Wheeler is the creator of Victoria Rose and her compatriots of Holly Pond Hill, an exquisitely detailed watercolor world of gentle creatures. Susan resides in Fredericksburg, Texas, where she lives with her husband, Mark, their four children, and their numerous pets and farm animals." ]

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[ "A fine selection of the most famous masterpieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed for or arranged for easy Piano. An essential addition to your Piano library." ]

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[ "Robert Littell is the undisputed master of American spy fiction, hailed for his profound grasp of the world of international espionage. His previous novel, The Company, an international bestseller, was praised as \"one of the best spy novels ever written\" (Chicago Tribune). For his new novel, Legends, Littell focuses on the life of one great agent caught in a \"wilderness of mirrors\" where both remembering and forgetting his past are deadly options. Martin Odum is a CIA field agent turned private detective, struggling his way through a labyrinth of past identities - \"legends\" in CIA parlance. Is he really Martin Odum? Or is he Dante Pippen, an IRA explosives maven? Or Lincoln Dittmann, Civil War expert? These men like different foods, speak different languages, have different skills. Is he suffering from multiple personality disorder, brainwashing, or simply exhaustion? Can Odum trust the CIA psychiatrist? Or Stella Kastner, a young Russian woman who engages him to find her brother-in-law so he can give her sister a divorce. As Odum redeploys his dormant tradecraft skills to solve Stella's case, he travels the globe battling mortal danger and psychological disorientation. Part Three Faces of Eve, part The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, and always pure Robert Littell, Legends―from unforgettable opening to astonishing ending―again proves Littell's unparalleled prowess as a seductive storyteller." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Starred Review. As in", "The Company", "(2002), a long and serious chronicle of the CIA, Littell provides plenty of inside intelligence info in his superb new thriller, but he adds a decidedly comic spin. A female CIA executive looks frighteningly like Fred Astaire, while a former top agent works as a PI out of a former pool parlor above a nondescript Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn. The detective's name seems to be Martin Odum, but \"Fred Astaire\" calls him Dante, and he also goes by Lincoln Dittmann, the name of a Civil War enthusiast whose cartons of memorabilia sit unopened in Martin's office. Is Martin Odum himself a \"legend\"—a fake identity dreamed up in the dark imagination of the CIA? Because he needs the work, Martin agrees to help an old Russian KGB agent find his Israeli daughter's husband and persuade the man to give her a \"get\"—a divorce decree required by religious law. The husband has been pretending he's Jewish to cover up his link to a Russian criminal called the Oligarkh. As the bodies of his friends and clients begin to pile up, Odum searches for answers about not only the missing husband but also himself. Wonderful writing and a great sense of fun make this another winner. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From", "Bookmarks Magazine", "What does a spy novel look like after the end of the Cold War? Littell provides quite an answer. A former Newsweek reporter, he has produced an entertaining romp through post-Soviet Russia. Reviewers found plenty to quibble with, most notably Littell’s surprisingly cliché-ridden prose. But in exposing the tensions of Russia’s transition to capitalism, Littell approached the genre with creativity. He doesn’t overlook the War on Terror, either; Al Qaeda gets a walk on. The plot line of Odum’s struggle to figure out his true identity struck some readers as a bit forced—but others thought it added depth, bringing rich layers of meaning to what otherwise might have been a stock genre piece.", "Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc.", "From", "Booklist", "Get this: rumpled Brooklyn PI Martin Odum is not sure who he really is, having lived so long and so convincingly under the assumed identities--legends--in his work for the CIA. Hired to find the missing Samat so that his abandoned Israeli wife can get a proper divorce, Odum tracks his man across the continents, stumbling over a plethora of shady dealings that make Eric Ambler's Dimitrios seem small-time: plastic explosives, opium, bioweapons, suspicious quantities of fertilizer, the relics of a Lithuanian saint. All of which may or may not connect to the past exploits of Martin's other selves: the brash Irish dynamiter Dante Pippen, who infiltrates Hizbullah, and the disaffected Civil War buff Lincoln Dittman, who penetrates al-Qaeda. Littell's sardonic style is reminiscent of the wry slouch-and-dagger intrigue of the late, great Ross Thomas, enthusiastically embellished with spy lore and geopolitical anecdote. No respecter of the classical unities, Littell imbues his tale with the same split personality of its protagonist, veering from jocose banter to grim torture, but for readers prepared to follow his lead, he delivers a smart, fun, strange adventure in the legendary tradition of Odysseus, yet another wily trickster who boasts to his peril that he is \"no man.\"", "David Wright", "Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved", "Review", "Now and then novels come along of such originality and power that they blow me away. Legends joins that...list. --", "Washington Post, May 09, 2005", "From the Publisher", "Who is Martin Odum? A retired spy, or a \"legend\", a false identity created by the CIA? The answer is in the gripping new novel by the author of 'The Company'.", "About the Author", "Robert Littell", "'s novels include the New York Times bestseller The Company, The October Circle, Mother Russia, The Amateur, The Once and Future Spy, An Agent in Place, The Visiting Professor, and Walking Back the Cat. A former Newsweek journalist, he is an American currently living in France.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "1993: THE CONDEMNED MAN CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF THE ELEPHANTTHEY HAD FINALLY GOTTEN AROUND TO PAVING THE SEVEN kilometers of dirt spur connecting the village of Prigorodnaia to the four-lane Moscow-Petersburg highway. The local priest, surfacing from a week-long binge, lit beeswax tapers to Innocent of Irkutsk, the saint who in the 1720s had repaired the road to China and was now about to bring civilization to Prigorodnaia in the form of a ribbon of macadam with a freshly painted white stripe down the middle.The peasants, who had a shrewder idea of how Mother Russia functioned, thought it more likely that this evidence of progress, if that was the correct name for it, was somehow related to the purchase, several months earlier, of the late and little lamented Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria's sprawling wooden dacha by a man identified only as the", "Oligarkh", ". Next to nothing was known about him. He came and went at odd hours in a glistening black Mercedes S-600 sedan, his shock of silver hair and dark glasses a fleeting apparition behind its tinted windows. A local woman hired to do laundry was said to have seen him angrily flick cigar ashes from the crow's-nest rising like a turret from the dacha before turning back to issue instructions to someone. The woman, who was terrified of the dacha's newfangled electric washing machine and scrubbed the laundry in a shallow reach of the river, had been too far away to make out more than a few words— \"Buried, that's what I want, but alive . . .\"—but they and the '", "Oligarkh", "'s feral tone had dispatched a chill down her spine that made her shudder every time she recounted the story.Two peasants cutting firewood on the other side of the river had caught a glimpse of the", "Oligarkh", "from a distance, struggling on aluminum crutches along the path behind his dacha that led to the dilapidated paper factory disgorging dirty white smoke from its giant stacks fourteen hours a day, six days a week, and beyond that to the village cemetery and the small Orthodox church with the faded paint peeling away from its onion domes. A pair of Borzois rollicked in the dirt ahead of the", "Oligarkh", "as he thrust one hip forward and dragged the leg after it, then repeated the movement with the other hip. Three men in Ralph Lauren jeans and", "telnyashki", ", the distinctive striped shirts that paratroopers often continued to wear after they quit the army, trailed after him, shotguns cradled in the crooks of their arms. The peasants had been sorely tempted to try for a closer look at the stubby, hunch-shouldered newcomer to their village, but abandoned the idea when one of them reminded the other what the Metropolitan come from Moscow to celebrate Orthodox Christmas two Januaries earlier had proclaimed from the ambo:", "If you are stupid enough to dine with the devil, for Christ's sake use a long spoon.", "The road crew, along with giant tank-treaded graders and steamrollers and trucks brimming with asphalt and crushed stone, had turned up during the night while the aurora borealis was still flickering like soundless cannon fire in the north; it didn't take much imagination to suppose a great war was being fought beyond the horizon. Casting elongated shadows in the ghostly gleam of headlights, the men pulled on tar-stiff overalls and knee-high rubber boots and set to work. By first light, with forty meters of paved road behind them, the aurora and the stars had vanished, but two planets were visible in the moonless sky: one, Mars, directly overhead, the other, Jupiter, still dancing in the west above the low haze saturated with the amber glow of Moscow. When the lead crew reached the circular crater that had been gouged in the dirt spur the day before by a steam shovel, the foreman blew on a whistle. The machines ground to a halt. \"Why are we stopping?\" one of the drivers, leaning out the cab of his steamroller, shouted impatiently through the face mask he'd improvised to filter out the sulfurous stench from the paper factory. The men, who were paid by the meter and not the hour, were anxious to keep moving forward.\"At any moment we are expecting Jesus to return to earth as a Russian czar,\" the foreman called back lazily. \"We don't want to miss it when he comes across the river.\" He lit a thick Turkish cigarette from the embers of an old one and strolled down to the edge of the river that ran parallel to the road for several kilometers. It was called the Lesnia, which was the name of the dense woods it meandered through as it skirted Prigorodnaia. At 6:12 a cold sun edged above the trees and began to burn off the mustard-thick September haze that clung to the river, which was in flood, creating a margin of shallow marshes on either side; long blades of grass could be seen undulating in the current.The fisherman's dinghy that materialized out of the haze couldn't make it as far as the shore and the three occupants were obliged to climb out and wade the rest of the way. The two men wearing paratrooper shirts pulled off their boots and socks and rolled their jeans up to their knees. The third occupant didn't have to. He was stark naked. A crown of thorns, with blood trickling where the skin had been torn, sat on his head. A large safety pin attached to a fragment of cardboard had been passed through the flesh between his shoulder blades; on the cardboard was printed: \"The spy Kafkor.\" The prisoner, his wrists and elbows bound behind him with a length of electrical wire, had several weeks growth of matted beard on his face, and purple bruises and what looked like cigarette burns over his emaciated body. Stepping cautiously through the slime until he reached solid ground, looking disoriented, he regarded his image in the shallow water of the river while the paratroopers dried their feet with an old shirt, then pulled on their socks and boots and rolled down their pants.The spy Kafkor didn't appear to recognize the figure gaping at him from the surface of the river.By now the two dozen crewmen, mesmerized by the arrival of the three figures, had abandoned all interest in road work. Drivers swung out of their cabs, the men with rakes or shovels stood around shifting their weight from one foot to the other in discomfort. No one doubted that something dreadful was about to happen to the naked Christ, who was being prodded up the incline by the paratroopers. Nor did they doubt that they were meant to witness it and spread the story. Such things happened all the time in Russia these days.Back on the stretch of freshly paved road, the team's ironmonger wiped his sweaty palms on his thick leather apron, then retrieved a lunch box from the bullock-cart piled with welding gear and scrambled up the slope to get a better view of the proceedings. The ironmonger, who was short and husky and wearing tinted steel-rimmed eyeglasses, flicked open the lid of the lunch box and reached into it to activate the hidden camera set up to shoot through a puncture in the bottom of a thermos. Casually balancing the thermos on his knees, he began to rotate the cap and snap photographs.Below, the prisoner, suddenly aware that every member of the road crew was gazing at him, seemed more distressed by his nakedness than his plight—until he caught sight of the crater. It was roughly the size of a large tractor tire. Thick planks were stacked on the ground next to it. He froze in his tracks and the paratroopers had to grasp him by the upper arms and drag him the last few meters. The prisoner sank to his knees at the lip of the crater and looked back at the workers, his eyes hollow with terror, his mouth open and gulping air with rattling gasps through a parched throat. He saw things he recognized but his brain, befuddled with chemicals released by fear, couldn't locate the words to describe them: the twin stacks spewing plumes of dirty white smoke, the abandoned custom's station with a faded red star painted above the door, the line of white-washed bee hives on a slope near a copse of stunted apple trees. This was all a terrible dream, he thought. Any moment now he would become too frightened to continue dreaming; would force himself through the membrane that separated sleep from wakefulness and wipe the sweat from his brow and, still under the spell of the nightmare, have trouble falling back to sleep. But the ground felt damp and cold under his knees and a whiff of sulfurous air stung his lungs and the cold sun playing on his skin seemed to stir the cigarette burns to pain, and the pain brought home to him that what had happened, and what was about to happen, were no dream.A Mercedes made its way slowly down the dirt road from the village, followed closely by a chase vehicle, a metallic gray Land Cruiser filled with bodyguards. Neither car had license plates, and the workers watching the scene play out understood this to mean that the people in them were too important to be stopped by the police. The Mercedes half turned so that it was astride the road and stopped a dozen meters from the kneeling prisoner. The rear window wound down the width of a fist. The", "Oligarkh", "could be seen peering out through dark glasses. He removed the cigar from his mouth and studied the naked prisoner for a long while, as if he were committing him and the moment to memory. Then, with a look of unadulterated malevolence on his face, he reached out with one of his crutches and tapped the man sitting next to the driver on the shoulder. The front door opened and the man emerged. He was of medium height and thin, with a long pinched face. He wore suspenders that kept his trousers hiked high on his waist, and a midnight blue Italian suit jacket draped cape-like over a starched white shirt, which was tieless and buttoned up to a very prominent Adam's apple. The initials \"S\" and \"U-Z\" were embroidered on the pocket of the shirt. He strode to the chase car and plucked a lighted cigarette from the mouth of one of the bodyguards. Holding it away from his body between his thumb and third finger, he walked over to the prisoner. Kafkor raised his eyes and saw the cigarette and recoiled, thinking he was about to be branded with the burning tip. But S U-Z, smiling faintly, only reached down and wedged it between the lips of the prisoner. \"It is a matter of tradition,\" he said. \"A man condemned to death is entitled to a last cigarette.\"\"They . . . damaged me, Samat?\" Kafkor whispered huskily. He could make out the shock of silver hair on the figure watching from the back seat of the Mercedes. \"They locked me in a basement awash in sewage, I could not distinguish night from day, I lost track of time, they woke me . . . with loud music when I fell asleep. Where, explain it to me if there exists an explanation, is the why?\" The condemned man spoke Russian with a distinct Polish accent, emphasizing the open O's and stressing the next to last syllable. Terror tortured his sentences into baroque grammatical configurations. \"The endmost thing I would tell to nobody is what I am not supposed to know.\"Samat shrugged as if to say, The matter is out of my hands. \"You arrive too close to the flame, you must suffer burning, if only to warn others away from the flame.\"Trembling, Kafkor puffed on the cigarette. The act of smoking, and the smoke cauterizing his throat, appeared to distract him. Samat stared at the ash, waiting for it to buckle under its own weight and fall so they could get on with the execution. Kafkor, sucking on the cigarette, became aware of the ash, too. Life itself seemed to ride on it.Defying gravity, defying sense, it grew longer than the unsmoked part of the cigarette.And then a whisper of wind coming off the river dislodged the ash. Kafkor spit out the butt. \"'", "Poshol ty na khuy", ",\" he whispered, carefully articulating each of the O's in \"'", "Poshol", ".\" \"'", "Go impale yourself on a prick", ".\" He rocked back on his heels and squinted in the direction of the copse of stunted apple trees on the slope above him. \"Look!\" he blurted out, vanquishing terror only to confront a new enemy, madness. \"Up there!\" He sucked in his breath. \"I see the elephant. It can be said that the beast is revolting.\"The", "Oligarkh", "shook his head. \"Trust me, Kristyna—he will be warmer in the ground if the hole is covered with snow.\"\"He is the same as a son to me,\" the woman sobbed, her voice fading to a cracked whimper. \"We must not bury him before he has had his lunch.\"Still on her knees, the woman, shuddering with sobs, started to crawl through the dirt toward the crater. In the back of the Mercedes, the", "Oligarkh", "gestured with a finger. The driver sprang from behind the wheel and, pressing the palm of his hand to the woman's mouth, half carried, half dragged her back to the car and folded her body into the back seat. Before the door slammed shut she could be heard sobbing: \"And if it does not snow, what then?\"Oligarkh watched the scene unfold through its tinted glass. The two paratroopers took a grip on the prisoner's arms and lifted him into the crater and set him down on his side, curled up in a fetal position in the round hole. Then they began covering the crater with the thick planks, kicking the ends into the ground so that the tops of the planks were flush with the dirt road. When that was done they dragged a section of metal webbing over the planks. All the while nobody spoke. On the slope the workers, puffing on cigarettes, looked away or stared at their feet.When the paratroopers finished covering the crater, they backed off to admire their handiwork. One of them waved to the driver of a truck. He climbed behind the wheel and backed up to the crater and worked the lever that elevated the flatbed to spill tarmacadam onto the road. Several workers came over and spread the macadam with long rakes until a thick glistening coating covered the wooden planks and they were no longer visible. They stepped away and the paratroopers signaled for the steamroller. Black fume billowed from its exhaust pipe as the rusty machine lumbered to the edge of the crater. When the driver seemed to hesitate, the horn of the Mercedes sounded and one of the bodyguards standing nearby pumped an arm in irritation. \"It is not as if we have all day,\" he shouted above the bedlam of the steamroller's engine. The driver threw it into gear and started across the crater, packing down the tarmacadam. When he reached the other side, he backed over it again and then swung out of the cab to inspect the newly paved patch of highway. Suddenly, he tore off his improvised face mask and, bending, vomited on his shoes. Barely making a sound, the Mercedes backed and filled and swung past the chase car and started up the dirt spur toward the sprawling wooden dacha at the edge of the village of Prigorodnaia, soon to be connected to the Moscow-Petersburg highway—and the world—by a ribbon of macadam with a freshly painted white stripe down the middle.", "Read more" ]

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[ "One dead girl, one scared witness, and two men trained as Navy SEALs. Whether searching for justice or revenge, the final showdown between them is the same.... explosive!", "Dale MacIntyre, former Navy SEAL, works for Sanctuary. He's the acting handler for a member of the Bullen familys inner circle. He is close to obtaining the evidence he needs to prove Elisabeth Costains death was ordered by them... until someone gets in his way.", "Joseph Kinnon, active Navy SEAL, is back on US soil for the first time in months, and he is told the tragic news that his stepsister is dead, gunned down in an alley by an unknown assailant. He is determined to find out who murdered her... until someone gets in his way.", "They both want the same thing but have different methods of accomplishing their goals. They both want the Bullen family brought to account, but one wants justice and the other wants revenge.", "What happens between them, however, has nothing to do with either." ]

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[ "Kane, Brigid, and Grant are sent on a trans-mat jump from the Outlands to Ireland to investigate the alien Archons, but what they find are wild hinterlands populated by holocaust survivors who have reverted back to the clan system. Original." ]

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[ "Japanese woodblock prints, or", "ukiyo-e", ", occupy a singular position in the lexicon of world art. They enthralled such Western artists as Whistler, Manet, Degas, and van Gogh, and gave rise to a wave of \"japonisme\" in the salons of Paris, London, and New York that left a lasting impression. As the successor to previous aristocratic traditions, the", "ukiyo-e", "print represents the last flowering of traditional pictorial art before Japan entered the modern era. These \"pictures of the floating world\" reflected the world of the townspeople of Edo (Tokyo), focusing on the popular entertainmentsof the day, landscapes of favored scenic spots, and portraits of well-known geisha, kabuki actors, and sumo stars. The present volume delves into the history of these unique artistic endeavors, tracing their development from the lavish works commissioned by aristocratic patrons in the sixteenth century to their peak in popularity among the rising merchant class of the flourishing future capital. As the story ofthe genre's blossoming unfolds, Mr. Kobayashi's illuminating commentary on all its varied aspects-styles, artists, engravers, printers, and the demands of an insatiable but fickle public-captures the essence of the art and provides a fascinating glimpse into the culture of old Japan. With the largecolor plates and numerous detailed close-ups accompanying the text, Ukiyo-e: An Introduction is essential reading for anyone interested in exploring the exotic world of the Japanese print." ]

[ "Review", "\"Highly readable ... an excellent addition to your library.\"—", "Eye-Ai", "About the Author", "Born in Tokyo in 1941, TADASHI KOBAYASHI graduated from the University of Tokyo, then went on to serve as a lecturer at the University of Nagoya and as curator at the Tokyo National Museum. His extensive writings on Japanese art have brought him to the forefront of the field. He is the co-supervisorof", "Japanese Art: The Great European Collections", ", in twelve volumes, and the author of", "Utamaro: Portraits from the Floating World", "." ]

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[ "From the bell tower of the Cranston Print Works in Spragueville, which called hundreds to work in its time, to the quiet ripples of the Pawtuxet River, where the first settlers of Cranston built their homes in the 17th century, and from the family homesteads of Western Cranston to the elegant houses of Edgewood, Cranston is a unique place that is more than just a city--it is a neighborhood of people who take pride in their individuality and their hometown roots. During the Civil War, when people talked about Cranston, they were talking about Spragueville and the A.&W. Sprague Mills, then the largest calico manufacturing company in the world. The legacy of the Sprague Brothers, Amasa and William, owners of the A.&W. Sprague Manufacturing Company in the mid-1800s, had a wide-spread effect on the region. The murder of Amasa Sprague in 1843 changed the face of capital punishment in Rhode Island." ]

[ "About the Author", "Bringing forth the images of the Cranston Historical Society and using oral histories, curator Lydia Rapoza and historian Bette Miller, a lifelong Cranstonian, have strived to create a picture of Cranston's special place in Rhode Island history." ]

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[ "They personify the heavens, and they gave birth to the sun, the moon, and the stars. They had the power to create and restore lives. Now you, too, can nurture and celebrate the feminine divine with the help of", "Celestial Goddesses", ".   Visualize your own spiritual journey with the aid of twenty original, full-color goddess paintings in this beautiful, hardcover meditation guidebook. From Amaterasu (Japan), whose brother's jealous rampage helped her realize her true beauty, to the creation myth of Mawu (West Africa), each image is accompanied by a description of the symbolism and a guided meditation." ]

[ "About the Author", "Lisa is an internationally known tarot artist whose work includes", "The Shapeshifter Tarot", ", the bestselling", "Celtic Dragon Tarot", "(Llewellyn), and", "Fantastical Creatures Tarot", "(US Games 2007); voted a top 10 tarot deck for 2007 by Aeclectic Tarot. She is the creator of the award winning", "Animals Divine Tarot", "(Llewellyn 2005), earning her a 2006 COVR visionary award. Lisa is also the author of the fully illustrated meditation book", "Celestial Goddesses", "(Llewellyn 2001). Lisa loves to read and has an impressive collection of books. She has spent her life studying and sketching fairy tales, myths, legends and other fascinating subjects that have driven her muse. She also holds a M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis on Jungian Psychology/Art & Drawing.", "Lisa lives with her family in Florida. You can learn more about Lisa and her work by visiting her website.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Introduction 0 From ancient mythmakers to modern scientific explorers, human beings have always striven to understand the nature of the cosmos. The sky¿with its vast, infinite presence¿has inspired awe in all of humanity. Ancient Mayans would literally converse with planetary bodies as they integrated both religious ritual and mathematical equations to predict cosmic phenomena. Humanity has always posed questions about the origins of the universe: Where do we come from? Is the universe self-contained or infinite? Is there a beginning and an end? These are profound questions that have left both mythmakers and cosmologists struggling to grasp the enormity of the universe. The parallels between creation myths and scientific models are closely aligned, and they reflect the universal mystery that compels all of us to want to know why and how we are here. What is our purpose and what place does spirituality and science have in our lives? In Marcelo Gleiser¿s book The Dancing Universe, the author compares the three models of creation myths to the three quantitative models theorized by the scientific community: creation out of something, creation out of nothing, and order out of chaos. In an attempt to define the mysteries that underlie our existence, we have employed a wealth of symbols and metaphors, including archetypes, symbols that appear throughout human history. Carl Jung, the twentieth-century psychoanalyst, described archetypes as being contained in that reservoir of shared memories passed down through the millennia, our collective unconscious: ¿The concept of the archetype, which is an indispensable correlate of the idea of the collective unconscious, indicates the existence of definite forms in the psyche which seem to be present always and everywhere¿ (Jung 42). These archetypal patterns reside deep in the core of our being and surface in dreams, poetry, artwork, and in other forms of creative expression. Myths are part of the psychic heritage that has become embedded in the deep-seated memories comprising our collective psyches. The collective unconscious is what connects us to the past, present, and future, and helps to bind all human beings in a fabric of shared experience. As we progress down new scientific roads of discovery, there is renewed consideration given to ancient methods of charting celestial movements. Many books focusing on archeoastronomy (the study of astronomical methods utilized by the ancients) share shelf space with books explaining new discoveries and modern theories. We are beginning to see the relevance of connecting with our past as we continue exploring possibilities for the future. Contemplating the divine aspects of our universe is as important as unlocking new theories about its origins. We need the quantitative measures of scientific models to prove theories about the universe. But we also need the mysticism and the human spirit that motivated mythmakers to explain their surroundings. Both disciplines have striven to understand the cosmos. Both disciplines are driven by awe at the immensity of the universe. And neither has been able to prove the origins of the universe. Yet humanity holds on to faith in the face of the inexplicable. As we unlock more answers about nature, we find that there are so many questions lying just beneath the surface. This pattern of question and answer is seemingly infinite, leading one to believe that there will always be a need for both science and faith to help move uus forward. The Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-93, commanded by Eileen Collins (the first woman at the helm of a space shuttle), launched the Chandra X-ray observatory. The name ¿Chandra¿ is a shortened version of the late Nobel Laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar¿s name. Chandrasekhar or ¿Chandra,¿ one of the foremost astrophysicists of the twentieth century, helped shed light on the nature of black holes. Chandra is also a Hindu moon god (in Sanskrit, the word means ¿luminous¿). It is not so ironic that this name was chosen out of 6,000 entries across the country. As we move further into the deep, uncharted realms of the universe, we yearn to embrace the divine as a means of digesting the enormity of the cosmic void. Science is providing us with beautiful, inspiring, visual references of celestial hosts literally billions of light years away. In order to connect with those images and not be too overwhelmed by the confounding distances, we need to celebrate the very mystery of these celestial wonders. Again, we start asking ourselves fundamental questions about our surroundings, much like the ancients did thousands of years ago. Celestial goddesses are like old, consistent friends. Their various roles on the cosmic stage continue to fascinate and reassure us even in the face of scientific challenges. Technology will not supplant our need to nurture our spirituality, it will only reinforce it. Reverence for the feminine divine is a manifestation of this shared experience. We know intuitively that her power is part of our past, present, and future. The goddess¿ transformative powers are a part of our daily experience, from the life-giving process of birth to the diurnal cycle dictated by the heavens. The goddess is an inherent part of the cosmic pulse of conception, death, and renewal. This cycle coincides with the phases of the moon, the rising and setting of the sun, and the female menstrual cycle. By reconnecting with the goddess on a conscious level, we begin to truly participate in the mysteries that inhabit our skies and our own internal cosmos. The more we allow ourselves to indulge in the spiritual essence of her presence, the more heightened our senses will become. It is important to meditate on the goddess as we continue to observe the heavens. The inscrutable nature of the universe is as miraculous as conception and birth. The ubiquitous goddess has given us a wealth of stories and symbols to help us connect with the essence of our souls. The many images and stories that I have presented in this collection showcase the similarities that all goddesses from disparate cultures share. Many of the elements and symbols contained in the paintings represent the merging of the conscious with the unconscious. In the entry for Luonnotar, the Finnish goddess is shown floating upon the primordial waters of chaos until the breaking of eggs releases consciousness and allows life to flourish. Another example of the bridge between unconsciousness and consciousness is exemplified when the Sumerian goddess Inanna breaks away from the smothering embrace of the earth and emerges into a new, conscious state on the surface. The moon and sun are also considered symbols of unconsciousness and consciousness, respectively. Lunar mysteries stem from the fact that the moon is present during the night or unconscious state and the sun coincides with light and consciousness. The symbolic polarity present in some of my images is a reflection of thhe balance necessary for the sustenance of life. This can even be observed at the subatomic level. Atoms are comprised of protons, electrons, and neutrons that work together to maintain a neutral charge. Life could not exist without this delicate balance. So, too, the sun goddess¿ travels across the heavens are juxtaposed by her sojourns under the Earth and into unconsciousness during the hours of darkness. Without light, there would be no dark; without dark, one would not recognize light. The many symbolic images in this book are an attempt to tap into this subconscious level. The paintings are meant to act as tools of contemplation and will hopefully help the viewer identify the nurturing power of the feminine divine. By identifying the beauty and strength that is the goddess, we can learn to harness positive goddess energy and use it to help ourselves become stronger, more intrinsic players in the universe. The expansion of mass media, the connective capabilities of the World Wide Web, and the ever-advancing space telescopes are leading to profound changes that will forever alter the human landscape. It is the human spirit and our connection with the divine that provides us with the courage to move forward and climb higher pinnacles of achievement. As we move closer to universal consciousness, what better vehicle for being prepared for such profound thought processes than by contemplating celestial goddesses and their various roles on the cosmic stage? By reflecting on the goddess, we will be better equipped to ponder the complexities of science. In Edward O. Wilson¿s book Consilience, the author states that ¿science needs the intuition and metaphorical power of the arts, and the arts need the fresh blood of science¿ (Wilson 230). By depicting the goddess in her myriad of forms and personalities, I am interpreting the divine mysteries of the universe in a tangible form that we all can relate to, regardless of gender or race. Considering information from complementary disciplines will enable us to grow intellectually as well as spiritually. Contemplating the mysteries of the universe facilitates creative thinking. In true Zen form, the more we learn, the more we need to learn. The internal spirit, the essence of our being, is what is touched by the goddess. If we let our internal voices guide us into pure, contemplative thought processes, then we can examine the quantitative measures of science with an enhanced feeling of awe and reverence. We become more emotionally connected, more spiritually elevated, and ultimately better, more flexible observers of nature. We need the goddess to be a part of our conscious beings as we move forward into a new millennium of astounding scientific discoveries. And as we acquire more scientific understanding about the cosmos, perhaps we can acquire a deeper connection with the goddess. How to Use This Book 0 With all the changes that are going on in the world, from technology to our own personal relationships, the one thing that seems to remain fairly constant is the universe. Of course this is not entirely true, but due to our relatively brief physical life spans we can be lulled into the comfortable illusion of cosmic constancy. Human beings are instinctively drawn to the beauty of the stars. We write songs and poems about the glorious sunrise and the romance of a star-strewn night. We are drawn to the mysterious and unattainable nature of the moon and planets. But when we look to the stars andd celestial bodies for inspiration, we may also be intimidated by the sheer enormity of it all. It can be difficult not to feel insignificant and downright overwhelmed when contemplating distances that would take a thousand generations to cross. This is the science of the universe as we know it. But where does spirituality fit into this scheme? Is there any room remaining in our fact-jumbled minds for the divine? Meditation helps us to weed through the detritus of our day-to-day lives in order to get to the pure, creative, fluid part of our mind. This part of our being can be our sanctuary. It is a place where we can explore, nurture, expand, and refresh. It is our personal getaway where no one else has to go. It is our personal playground, a placid beach, a verdant forest, and anything we choose it to be. By going within to this personal and tranquil place, we can see ourselves from a different perspective and perhaps view our life situations with a more objective eye. It is also a place where we can convene with the goddess and contemplate the cosmos. By employing meditation techniques, we can nurture a relationship with the goddess that can help us to understand our importance in the grand scheme of things. The goddess can provide you with a link to cosmic energy by helping you to explore your own subconscious. Our psyches are like microcosmic reflections of the vast, magnificent universe in which we reside. The goddesses in this collection mirror the patterns or archetypes that surface again and again in world mythologies. By meditating on stories of the goddess, we can allow her to accompany us on our personal quest to understand the nature of the universe and appreciate the limitless knowledge, energy, and creativity contained within our subconscious. Why Meditate? Since it is so easy to become distracted by day-to-day concerns, it is important to set aside quiet time to ponder the marvelous goings-on within your own mind. After all, how can we digest the immensity of the universe if we do not take time to nurture our own being? Meditation can help to bring equilibrium and a sense of peace into your life. Through meditation, you will be able to nurture a relationship with yourself by cultivating a relationship with the goddess. The celestial goddess can be a reflection of who we are or who we would like to become. How to Meditate No matter how hard we try to balance the complexities of our lives, there is usually something that infiltrates our positive well-being. Perhaps you get stuck in traffic, or you have a falling-out with your best friend, or you burn the beans cooking dinner. No matter how well-managed your life is or how even-tempered you are, it is hard not to experience some level of stress throughout the course of the day. Knowing that you have the option to meditate can help you to deal with your daily mishaps. Meditation is your quiet time. You can look forward to this relaxation time . . . time to recenter and cleanse yourself of your own internal pollution. When I use the term ¿meditation,¿ I am not referring to the practices of any particular culture or religion. Meditation is a versatile form of relaxation: You are free to delve into this exercise in any manner that you choose, taking bits and pieces of ideas and practices that feel right to you. You can meditate in the shower, while you walk, or during your lunch break. You can also customize your meditations to include objects, other people, or both. It may be difficult to get started, but once you incorporate meditation into your routine, it will become a daily ritual that you look forward to. Meditation is also inexpensive¿it does not require the inclusion of any instruments or tools. Meditation can help release creativity and facilitate artistic endeavors, even if you do not have a propensity to express yourself in this manner. I engage myself in a meditative state when I sketch ideas. I feel that the celestial goddess guided my pencil and brush as I painted the images you see in this book. Her image can manifest itself in many styles and forms during this automatic process. But you do not have to be an artist to experience this. You can use meditation as a tool for releasing thoughts and ideas and for helping you to look at your life with a fresh perspective. Daily routines such as cooking, gardening, and shopping can all be enhanced by employing meditation techniques. In Barbara Ardinger¿s book Goddess Meditations, the author states that ¿meditation is a process whose aim is to quiet the body so the mind can work creatively. It tames the left brain so the right brain becomes free¿ (Ardinger 10). I find this observation to be quite accurate and useful. I feel it is essential to cleanse my mind by meditating before embarking on a creative endeavor. Here is a list of techniques that may be helpful for you as you try to determine what techniques best work for your particular needs: ¿ breathing ¿ visualization and imagery; this technique is ideal when applied to this book ¿ taking a walk ¿ engaging in a creative activity, i.e., sketching, stitching, painting, ceramics, etc. ¿ positioning yourself: standing, sitting, or lying down ¿ guided group meditation ¿ focusing on an object, i.e., a statue of a goddess Letting the Goddess Work for You To begin, familiarize yourself with her stories and then study the images in the book. You do not have to be rehearsed in goddess lore or be exceptionally creative, for this book is designed to assist the beginner as well as those who have already established a relationship with the feminine divine. The meditations are meant to be used as a springboard to help you access the wealth of ideas and imagery that are stored within your subconscious, so feel free to expand on what I have provided for you. The more you practice visualization, the more complex and immersive your meditative journeys will become. Visualization, or using imagery to help you with your meditations, is a good technique for those who have a hard time letting go of ¿reality.¿ The introduction of a visual element will oftentimes help facilitate the relaxation process. It will provide a point of focus¿ a gateway into the quietude of the subconscious. It is imperative that you relax and symbolically shed the stresses of the day as preparation for your meditation. I love to take evening walks when the skies are clear and the goddess and the stars speak to me from the blue firmament. Even if I was feeling fatigued or uninspired before my walk, I will often return feeling revitalized and ready to continue writing or sketching. Another of my relaxation techniques is to take a shower in the dark with the window blinds open. This way I can view the stars and moon while the water is cleansing my body (of course, only do this if you feel safe doing so). Try this during the day and you can imagine the sun goddess Saule¿s golden liquid cleansing you with its nurturing propertiies. Another way to help prepare yourself for meditation is to take an aromatherapeutic bath with or without strategically placed candles around the tub. I also decorate my home in a celestial motif by hanging moons and stars from the walls and ceilings. These little acts help me to feel peace and harmony within my household. By indulging in these simple pleasures, you can learn how to reestablish inner equilibrium and more easily fall into a meditative state. My husband uses meditation as a means of organizing his thoughts. He takes daily meditation breaks by lying down on the bed, closing his eyes, and reviewing what he needs to accomplish to clear his ¿things to do¿ list. After this refresher, when all his internal papers have been filed away, he will emerge from his meditation reenergized and ready to expedite work in an efficient and relaxed manner. Meditation is an exercise as important as any physical exercise. It is important to keep your mind fit and free of unnecessary stress buildup. If you allow stresses to hibernate in your subconscious without properly disposing yourself of them, you run the risk of depleting your body of good, healthy energy. You can also incorporate elements from the goddess¿ stories into your meditation. If you feel you will meditate more successfully by holding or focusing on an object that symbolizes the goddess and her story, by all means do so. For example, White Shell Woman uses a crystal to bring fire to humanity. Try burning a candle and holding a crystal during your journey. Meditations and visualizations can be performed in group situations or in a solitary manner. I have experienced both and prefer the peace and quietude afforded within my own home. A group meditation can be a wonderful way to feel the transference of energy from one person to another. In the meditation I have provided for Mawu, you can mimic the group circle by meditating with others. 0 The goddess¿ ability to maintain beauty, grace, and strength in the face of adversity reminds us to see the light even during some of our darkest moments. The celestial goddesses are universal yet intensely personal guides who can usher us through our life journeys, helping us to put our fears aside and teaching us how to thrive on challenge. Allow them to aid you in confronting problems in a more effective and rational manner. Above all else, the goddesses remind us that we are not alone in this vast universe. We are the intertwined roots of a grand cosmic tree. So let us begin. Browse through the book and start with a goddess you feel particularly drawn to. This book is meant to be used over and over again. The more you study it, the more you will be able to extract from the imagery. May you nurture a beautiful relationship with each and every manifestation of the celestial goddess. She has so much to show you. Amaterasu 0 Amaterasu, whose name means ¿Shining Heaven,¿ rules the heavens and brings warmth and light to the world. She is the Japanese Shinto goddess responsible for cultivating rice fields, creating irrigation canals, and teaching mortals the arts of weaving, farming silk, and cultivating food. The great sun goddess was so radiant at her birth that her parents placed her in the sky where she could shine in the celestial realms. But, alas, her life-giving rays disappeared for a time after her jealous brother Susanowo fell into a rampage and began to destroy Amaterasu¿s creations. He trampled on her rice fields, left excreement in her temples, and tossed a flayed piebald horse through a roof, killing several weaving women. Amaterasu retreated from the violence by finding refuge in a cave. There she hid herself in protest, causing the world to fall into a wintry plight. Plants began to wither and people began to deteriorate as darkness gripped the land in cold talons. The gods became alarmed at the dire situation and began to devise a scheme to lure the sun goddess from her cave. The 800 gods gathered around the cave entrance, hung trees with jewels, and placed cocks near the threshold. The erotic goddess Uzume adorned herself with bamboo leaves and began to dance in a manner that created uproarious laughter and cheer. During Uzume¿s performance, one of the gods placed a mirror in front of the cave entrance. Amaterasu became curious at the growing ruckus outside her hiding place. She carefully opened the cave door, and there she gazed upon the most beautiful reflection she had ever seen. Amaterasu had never seen herself before, so she was spellbound by her own shining countenance in the mirror. She left the cavernous womb and allowed her brilliant rays to spill upon the landscape. She rejoined the company of the gods and reclaimed her place in the sky. The gods banished Susanowo from the heavens, and life and fertility were restored to the land. Amaterasu¿s worship is still honored today, and the Japanese imperial family traces their heritage to the sun goddess. Imagine standing within a damp, chilly tunnel. Darkness feeds your fears as you try to discern a means of escape. Focus hard on a crack in the rock ahead and see a flicker of light. A stream of light expands and permeates the dark cavern. Feel the light beam warm your fingertips and travel up your arms as you begin to move forward. As you lengthen your strides, feel the light continue to travel through your body until it fills your being completely and dissolves the fortress of claustrophobic darkness. You see an image in the light, and as you squint you can make out your own countenance. It is a smiling reflection of yourself. You look confident, bold, empowered, and beautiful. Walk into your reflection and feel yourself absorbed by the positive solar energy. You feel alive, energetic, brazen. With this new outlook, continue to walk forward into a beautiful, fertile landscape that unfolds before your eyes. You have left the tunnel behind and are now breathing in the fresh, balmy air. Stretch out your arms and breathe deeply; as you breathe out, lower your arms and feel yourself emerge, feeling more confident and alive. Allow yourself to return to your conscious body. By recognizing the power of your own inner beauty, you will exude an external beauty and energy that will enable you to live more happily and confidently. 0 Arianrhod 0 Arianrhod is the Welsh goddess known as Silver Wheel, who is associated with the moon, night, fertility, magic, and reincarnation. She also is known by the name Silver Goddess of the Dawn. As the daughter of the great Welsh mother goddess Don, Arianrhod is a beautiful and powerful young deity who lures many seamen into her seductive embrace. Despite her many liaisons with the sea folk, she remains independent and continues to reside in a castle on the secluded island of Caer Arianrhod. In the Mabinogion, a collection of medieval Welsh stories, a story is told of how Arianrhod was summoned by Math, son of Mathonwy, and her brother Gwydion to prove herr virginity so that she could provide Math with a lap for his tired feet. She was ordered to step over a rod, but in doing so, she gave birth to two children. One was a blonde boy who crawled away and joined the sea folk to become Dylan-Son-of-the-Wave. The other was a fetus whom Gwydion recognized as his own offspring. Gwydion quickly absconded with the fetus and hid him in a magical chest until the fetus was strong enough to breathe on his own. Feeling violated, Arianrhod exercised a Welsh mother¿s right to refuse the fetus three things: a name, the right to bear arms, and a human wife. But Gwydion and his son were later able to outwit Arianrhod when they donned disguises and paid her a visit. She inadvertently named the boy Llew Llaw Gyffes, or ¿The Bright One of the Skillful Hand,¿ after she witnessed the boy kill a wren with a single stone fling. She also provided him with a sword, thus giving him arms. Later Math and Gwydion went to the forest and produced a wife made out of flowers for Llew Llaw Gyffes. The new companion was named Blodeuwedd, or ¿Flower Face.¿ It is said that this story illustrates the decline of goddess-oriented societies at the hands of the patriarchal clans. Even so, Arianrhod¿s status as a deity earned her a place in the constellations as a resident of the Corona Borealis. You are standing on a moonlit mound surrounded by monoliths engraved with spirals. The goddess Arianrhod appears out of the fog and smiles. She reaches out and you willingly allow her to take your hand. You admire her shimmering presence and feel her tingling energy travel up your arm and into your heart. She leads you to a long branch that hangs down from an ancient tree covered with vines. Arianrhod beckons you to leap over it with her. You try to look past the branch, but are unable to see through a thick fog. You feel a little apprehensive as she leads you forward. You take a deep breath as you jump over. You feel, rather than see, a carpet of stars sweep past your feet. Arianrhod continues to hold your hand as she leads you on a flight past celestial bodies of magnificent colors. You see silver wheels spinning past, and time becomes irrelevant. The new sensation washes away your inhibitions and you feel energized. The wheels continue to float past, and you realize that there are no endings: The wheels turn infinitely, like the continuous birth of stars in an endless universe. Feel your body begin to descend and soon you are back on solid soil. Breathe out and return to your conscious body. The leap over the branch has shown you that life is continuous and new beginnings are part of our journey. Embrace new beginnings and enjoy the challenges that new flights will reward you with." ]

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[ "Earthman Jack vs. The Intergalactic Manhunt is the first installment of \"The Conclave Trilogy\" and the third book in the Earthman Jack Space Saga. After the events of The Secret Army, Earthman Jack Finnegan and his rag-tag group of companions are on the run as a galaxy-wide manhunt is underway, with the Empire's military, ruthless cyborg bounty hunters, and the members of the Deathlords' secret army relentlessly pursuing them. As if that weren't bad enough, the love of Jack's life - Princess Anna - is still in grave danger, thanks to the evil Deathlord Supreme Verrutus. A new and relentless enemy emerges in the form of Stalker Crux, the most legendary bounty hunter in the universe, who sets his sights on Jack and his companions. While this new threat looms, another Deathlord Supreme emerges from the shadows with a plan of far-reaching destruction that will shake the galaxy to its very core. Jack's one hope to save Anna and lift the price on his head may lie with Mourdock Skyborn, Anna's fiancee and next in line to assume the role of Emperor. But trusting Mourdock may be more dangerous than he thought, as dark forces conspire against Jack to lead him and his companions into a trap which they may not be able to escape. How can Jack protect the universe if all in it have turned against him? How can he hope to prevail as his enemies grow more and more powerful? Where can Jack run to when there is no place left that is safe? Can Earthman Jack stay one step ahead of his adversaries long enough to save the day? Or will he never be able to escape this Intergalactic Manhunt?" ]

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[ "Books", "Science Fiction & Fantasy", "Fantasy" ]

[ "The dollar's status as the world's preeminent currency, together with the U.S. military, has underlain American power since World War II. In a sweeping review of one of the most seminal yet least noticed developments in international affairs, Gal Luft and Anne Korin describe how an emerging coalition of revisionist countries, rogue governments, techno-visionaries and sanctioned entities, buttressed by innovations like blockchain and 5G, are working to push the dollar off of its reserve currency throne.It would not be the first time. Preceding the dollar, five consecutive currencies, each belonging to a superpower of the time, ruled the markets. Each predominated for roughly 80-100 years, and as it tumbled to irrelevance it accelerated the decline of the empire behind it.Are we due for a rerun?The slow moving shift from the dollar may be the single most important factor determining the future of American power. Arresting this trend will require Americans to make tough choices.Luft and Korin are co-directors of the Washington, DC-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)." ]

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

[ "Introduce little ones to patterns in this bold and graphic tabbed board book by illustrator and textile designer Jane Foster.", "In this colorful and sophisticated board book with patterened tabs on the side, children will be introduced to bold, vibrant patterns that Tiger finds, such as striped fish, spotted submarines, triangular tents, square suitcases, swirly balloons, starry skies, and more!Praise for Jane Foster’s ABC and Jane Foster’s 123:“Both titles are stunningly simple, but Foster is able to create some truly arresting images here, making both books pleasurable repeat reads. A fetching and effective introduction to the world of numbers.” —Starred Kirkus Reviews review “It’s a book that style-minded parents and kids can appreciate equally.” —Starred Publisher’s Weekly review“This unusually attractive counting board book from the British illustrator and textile designer Jane Foster shows off her style in a way that will catch – and hold – the eye of grown-ups and younger children alike.” —New York Times Children’s Board Book roundup review" ]

[ "About the Author", "Jane Foster is an illustrator and textile designer. Her products have been featured in major magazines including Vogue, and she her designs can be found on prints, quilts, and cushions, and more in stores like Ikea around the world. She lives in Totnes, Devon, in England." ]

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

[ "If you think the American Civil War was fought over slavery, if you think Abraham Lincoln was the \"Great Emancipator,\" if you think that the Confederate Flag is a symbol of racism, you are a victim of The Great Yankee Coverup! Whatever you were taught in school about America’s War of 1861 is not only wrong, it’s an intentional fabrication to hide the truth. In his groundbreaking work,", "The Great Yankee Coverup: What the North Doesn’t Want You to Know About Lincoln’s War!", "award-winning author and historian Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook reveals a nefarious 150 year conspiracy to suppress the facts about the War, exploding hundreds of falsehoods and myths that have been presented to us as “true history.”", "Did you know, for example, that the South fought to preserve the Constitution while the North fought to overturn it? That the U.S.A. was created as a confederacy, that it was widely known as \"the Confederate States of America,” and that this is why the South adopted this name when it seceded from the Union? That the Southern states seceded legally with no intention of destroying the Union, and that their only goal was to perpetuate the original confederate republic formed by the Founding Fathers?", "Did you know that Confederate President Jefferson Davis was a political Conservative who adopted a black child during the War and was already committed to abolishing slavery in early 1865, months before the War ended? Or that Union President Abraham Lincoln was a political Liberal who barred blacks from the White House, consistently blocked black civil rights, wanted to put African-Americans in their own all-black state, spent his entire adult life trying to deport blacks, said if there was a war between the races he would stand with his own, used slaves to complete the dome on the Capitol Building, referred to Native-Americans as “savages” and blacks as an “inferior race,” and was a leader in the American Colonization Society, whose stated goal was to make the U.S. “white from coast to coast”?", "Did you know that both the American slave trade and American slavery got their start in the North and that the American abolition movement began in the South? That the Confederacy enlisted blacks before the Union, and that five times as many blacks fought for the South as for the North? That the Emancipation Proclamation freed no slaves and that this was not its true intention to begin with? That due to Lincoln’s inhumane abolition plan (“let ’em root, pig, or perish”), 25 percent of all Southern blacks died as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation? And did you know that the Southern Confederacy was never officially shut down?", "Why have these facts been concealed from us? Because exposing them would reveal the truth about the Civil War; namely, that it was an illegal and unnecessary conflict started by left-wing progressive Lincoln in an attempt to install big government at Washington, D.C. This hard-hitting revolutionary book, a must-read for all Civil War buffs and history lovers, blows the lid off “The Great Yankee Coverup.” Read it and be a victim no longer!", "Civil War scholar Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook, a descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens and John S. Mosby, is the most prolific and popular pro-South writer in the world today. Known as the \"new Shelby Foote,\" he is a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal and the author of over 50 books that have introduced hundreds of thousands to the truth about the War for Southern Independence. A seventh-generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage, Seabrook has a 40 year background in American and Southern history, and is the author of the runaway bestseller", "Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!" ]

[ "Review", "\"", "The Great Yankee Coverup", "is a wonderful read! Eye-opening to be certain. Makes absolute sense . . . unless you choose to believe the liberal media. Why is the South repeatedly subject to ridicule, humiliation and lies? This book will tell you. It has certainly given me a lot to think about. As well it should. I couldn't put the book down. Mr. Seabrook makes some great arguments that I wholeheartedly agree with. I will be reading more books by this author.\" - J. KRIUZENGA", "\"Great book! I bought it from Sea Raven Press and loved it!!!!\" - MIKE JONES", "AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: \"A GREAT BOOK!\" \"Lochlainn Seabrook is a great researcher and author! You won't want to put this book down! The North doesn't want you to read this book! I couldn't put it down! You will learn a lot from this one!\" - JACQUELINE KARLSEN", "\"A must read!\" - THE SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY", "\"Love this book!\" - PAUL SCOFIELD", "FIVE-STAR EBAY CUSTOMER SERVICE REVIEW: \"Would highly recommend", "The Great Yankee Coverup", "to all.\" BIGDUB66", "EBAY BOOK REVIEW, FIVE STARS: \"Excellent. Very informative.\" - RUSTY1955BLUE", "EBAY BOOK REVIEW, FIVE STARS: \"Awesome truth!\" - TIMCAR_53", "AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: \"Another masterpiece.\" - JASON PRATHER", "EBAY FIVE STAR REVIEW: \"Great book. All of Col. Seabrook's books are great.\" - DAVID VAUGHN", "AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: \"From an objective point of view, either the author, Lochlainn Seabrook, is telling the truth or he isn't telling the truth. Since there is only one true side to the story, if he is telling the truth, then the other side is telling a lie. If the author is telling the truth, then there is no need for him to defend himself. The truth will defend itself.\" - TONY TRAN", "AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: \"I love this book!\" - KAT LADY", "AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS - \"MUST READ\" \"Great book.\" - AMAZON CUSTOMER", "\"This is a great book. Every American should read it.\" - JIM HOLLAND", "EBAY CUSTOMER REVIEW: \"Would highly recommend", "The Great Yankee Coverup", "to all.\" - JNOSMOSBY", "EBAY CUSTOMER REVIEW. FIVE STARS: \"Great seller, item exactly as described! Thrilled with my purchase!\" - JEN122980_99", "\"Southern families, I read this book early this morning. It's worth reading if y'all like to learn and know more history. The history school teachers may have taught y'all well, but they didn't teach y'all everything.\" - JARED JONES", "\"I just picked up your book", "The Great Yankee Coverup", ". Interesting read. Dropped the name of it and Sea Raven Press on a post over at \"Open Carry Texas.\" Hopefully you can sell some more.\" - JOHN F. WINGENBACH", "\"", "The Great Yankee Coverup", "is a must read.\" - STEPHANIE KEYS", "About the Author", "Award-winning historian, scholar, and the world's most prolific, respected, and popular pro-South author." ]

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[ "Teaching for Understanding with Technology", "shows how teachers can maximize the potential of new technologies to advance student learning and achievement.  It uses the popular Teaching for Understanding framework  that guides learners to think, analyze, solve problems, and make meaning of what they've learned. The book offers advice on tapping into a rich array of new technologies such as web information, online curricular information, and professional networks to research teaching topics, set learning goals, create innovative lesson plans, assess student understanding, and develop communities of learners." ]

[ "Review", "\"Here's a fresh and insightful look at how technology can enhance learning. Forget the computer rooms and all the fancy hardware. If you don't make technology part of the learning process, you're missing the critical link. A must-read for teachers, educators, and anyone else who wants to transmit ideas and help others think in new and bold ways.\" --Robert B. Reich, Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy, Brandeis University", "\"", "Teaching for Understanding with Technology", "is an important owner’s manual for educators, as well as policymakers and the larger public, on the most effective uses for technology in the classroom. The authors combine their perspective from the university and the school classroom to show how powerful ideas in learning can be realized in the work of teachers and students.\" --Milton Chen, executive director, The George Lucas Educational Foundation", "\"This book supports innovative pedagogical theory with classroom-based examples of how to teach with Internet-based and other technology tools. The Teaching for Understanding framework provides a roadmap for educators seeking to use and assess the full potential of technology in the classroom, whether they are poised on the on-ramp or already cruising the information superhighway. It is required reading for both teachers, education policymakers and global educators.\" --Dr. Edwin Gragert, executive director, iEARN-USA (International Education and Resource Network)", "\"At last, a book written with the practitioner in mind.", "Teaching for", "Understanding with Technology", "will serve as an invaluable guide for educators everywhere. The authors speak in real terms, through the eyes of real students and teachers. The vignettes show how technology can empower and motivate both student and teacher. As a principal and instructional manager, I see this book as a must-have blueprint for all educators. I intend to purchase a copy for every staff member in my building.\" --Mary Skipper, headmaster, TechBoston Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts", "\"If you have any doubts about the way in which technology can enrich the learning of all students, you are holding the book you need to read. Stone details the ways in which Kristi is reinventing learning in the age of technology and explains why this approach is so essential. What is remarkable is that when you treat first graders like graduate students they end up acting like them.\" --Margaret Riel, senior researcher, Center for Technology in Learning SRI, and visiting professor, Pepperdine University", "\"This book is about translation and transformation, using the new technologies to improve teaching and learning. It demonstrates how these new technologies, essential ingredients in education in the twenty-first century, can support teachers as they refine their practice, and make learning a deeper and more lasting experience---students learn to understand. The book makes an elegant case for the appropriate and informed use of technology in our schools.\" --Isa Kaftal Zimmerman, director, Technology in Education Program, Lesley University", "\"This book is needed so that all educators will understand how to use the power of technology to propel teaching and student learning. Teachers need to understand how to create classroom projects with technology that build on the students’ interests and extend those interests by having students communicating and collaborating with peers around the globe. This book can help teachers break through the barriers of integrating technology into their curriculum. Classrooms can then become  learning environments where students reach out to their world and find their place in it.\" --Katherine Law, Seattle public school teacher and lead educational technologist", "From the Inside Flap", "Teaching for Understanding with Technology", "shows how teachers can maximize the potential of new technologies to advance student learning and achievement.  It uses the popular Teaching for Understanding framework  that guides learners to think, analyze, solve problems, and make meaning of what they've learned. The book offers advice on tapping into a rich array of new technologies such as web information, online curricular information, and professional networks to research teaching topics, set learning goals, create innovative lesson plans, assess student understanding, and develop communities of learners.", "Teaching for Understanding with Technology", "is filled with useful tips, questions for reflection, and real-life examples from a range of educational settings that clearly show how teachers can make choices to plan curriculum that integrates new technologies, assemble the materials and assistance needed, manage classroom activities, and develop relationships with colleagues and collaborators within and beyond the classroom.", "From the Back Cover", "Teaching for Understanding with Technology", "shows how teachers can maximize the potential of new technologies to advance student learning and achievement.  It uses the popular Teaching for Understanding framework  that guides learners to think, analyze, solve problems, and make meaning of what they've learned. The book offers advice on tapping into a rich array of new technologies such as web information, online curricular information, and professional networks to research teaching topics, set learning goals, create innovative lesson plans, assess student understanding, and develop communities of learners.", "Teaching for Understanding with Technology", "is filled with useful tips, questions for reflection, and real-life examples from a range of educational settings that clearly show how teachers can make choices to plan curriculum that integrates new technologies, assemble the materials and assistance needed, manage classroom activities, and develop relationships with colleagues and collaborators within and beyond the classroom.", "About the Author", "Martha Stone Wiske", "is lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she co-directed the Educational Technology Center.  Her research is concerned with the integration of new technologies and the incorporation of learner-centered teaching for understanding. She is coeditor of", "Teaching for Understanding: Linking Research with Practice", ".", "Kristi Rennebohm Franz", "is an award-winning Washington State teacher who is known for her innovative use of new technologies in the classroom. Her classroom teaching has been filmed and featured in the PBS documentary", "Digital Divide", ".", "Lisa Breit", "develops professional development programs to help K-12 teachers design and implement curriculum with new technologies, and consults with school leaders on how to cultivate leadership and provide institutional support as teachers and students gain proficiency.", "Read more" ]

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

[ "Ellen May Ngewthu is a soldier and leader of the Cassini Division, the elite defense force of the utopian Solar Union. Here in the twenty-fourth century, the forts of the Division, in orbit around Jupiter, are the front line in humanity's long standoff with the unknowable post-humans godlike beings descended from the men and women who transformed themselves with high technology centuries ago.The post-humans' capacities are unknown . . . but we know they disintegrated Ganymede, we know they punched a wormhole into Jovian space, and we know that the very surface of the solar system's largest planet has been altered by them. Worse, we know that they have been bombarding the inner solar system with powerful data viruses for generations.Now Ellen has a plan to rid humanity of this threat once and for all. But she needs to convince others to mistrust the post-humans as much as she does. In the process, much will be revealed--about history, about power, and about what it is to be human." ]

[ "Review", "\"Ken MacLeod is writin revolutionary SF. A nova has appeared in our sky.\"--Kim Stanley Robinson\"Deliciously ironic, brilliantly imagined, MacLeod's witty and intelligent yarn packs a tremendous wallop. More, please!\"--", "Kirkus Reviews (pointer review)", "\"A brilliant novel of ideas, frequently funny, always ingenious. Ken MacLeod brings dramatic life to some of the core issues of technology and humanity.\"--", "Vernor Vinge", "About the Author", "Ken MacLeod holds a degree in zoology and has worked in the fields of biomechanics and computer programming. His first two novels,", "The Star Fraction", "and", "The Stone Canal", ", each won the Prometheus Award;", "The Cassini Division", "was a finalist for the Nebula Award; and", "The Sky Road", "won the British Science Fiction Association Award and is a finalist for the Hugo Award.", "Dark Light", "continues the world of his fifth novel,", "Cosmonaut Keep.", "Ken MacLeod lives near Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and children." ]

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[ "Books", "Science Fiction & Fantasy", "Science Fiction" ]

[ "Know Your Soul: The Music of a Lifetime, is just that, the \"music of my life\". This book is about the intersection of Black music and Black culture from 1960 to 1990, my musical sweet spot. The book will reflect how cultural markers that I lived through, such as Gospel, Civil Rights, War/Protest, Black Pride, Soul Train, Motown and Black Movies were the catalyst for the creation of some of the greatest music of the last century. You will be connected with musical memories, educated on that link of R&B with Black culture and presented with questions on each subject area. Want to know \"\"How Deep is Your Soul\"\", take our music challenge and find out. Join us for Classic Soul fun and knowledge" ]

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[ "Books", "History" ]

[ "(Big Note Songbook). The second edition of this songbook features 15 great songs arranged for Big-Note Piano. Includes: All the Way * Georgia on My Mind * Moon River * Strangers in the Night * The Way You Look Tonight * and more." ]

[ "About the Author", "Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts." ]

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

[ "In this sweet collection of", "bedtime stories for kids", ", you’ll meet twenty-three animals—from Little Hedgehog to not-so-little Elephant—and the mamas and daddies who love them. Each fun and furry friend has a peaceful adventure in store for the day, and preschoolers can come along each night to learn", "gentle lessons on courage, friendship, and character.", "With soft and delightful illustrations, each", "5 minute story", "ends with a “Snuggle Time", "”", "Scripture", ",", "prayer", ", and", "Bible", "word", ", all designed to leave your little one comforted and cuddled and ready for sweet sleep.", "​Don't miss all the products in the Great & Small brand:", "Great and Small Prayers for Babies", "Great and Small Prayers for Babies", "Great and Small Bible Animals", "Great and Small Bible Animals", "Great and Small Christmas", "Great and Small Christmas", "Great and Small Easter", "Great and Small Easter", "CSB Great and Small Bible: A Keepsake Bible for Babies", "CSB Great and Small Bible: A Keepsake Bible for Babies", "This bedtime book for kids makes a great gift for baby showers, baptisms, birthdays, first communions, Easter, and Christmas." ]

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

[ "♥♥Full-Color Premium Printing Edition", "with Vibrant Color Pictures of Each Finished Meals for the Recipes♥♥", "Change your lifestyle and diet for good with 1200 Days of Delicious Recipes for Complete Meals using DualZone Technology", "In general, when compared to deep frying, the air fryer is a better option because it results in fewer calories and inflammation, which in turn may reduce the chance of developing chronic disease in the future.", "An air fryer is a countertop convection oven that, unlike traditional deep fryers, does not submerge the food in oil while simulating the frying process. Browning processes, such as the Maillard reaction, are triggered when hot air is blown around at a high rate of speed by a fan. This results in the formation of a crisp layer.", "Try our air-fried recipes – they are satisfying, flavorful, and easy to make. Healthy eating need not be bland and boring!", "Inside this Air Fryer Cookbook, you’ll find:", "Collection of recipes to satisfy your family---From quick breakfasts and crazy delicious dinners to sweet and savory snacks.", "Collection of recipes to satisfy your family", "---From quick breakfasts and crazy delicious dinners to sweet and savory snacks.", "Tips for using and cleaning the Ninja air fryer--- Everything you need to know about helpful tips and tricks and top questions answered.", "Tips for using and cleaning the Ninja air fryer", "--- Everything you need to know about helpful tips and tricks and top questions answered.", "Basics of Ninja air fryer―Including basic matters that need attention and some simply ways to maintain the air fryer.", "Basics of Ninja air fryer", "―Including basic matters that need attention and some simply ways to maintain the air fryer.", "Easy to find ingredients--- All the ingredients used in the recipes are right at hands rather than fancy exotic ones that you will never use again.", "Easy to find ingredients", "--- All the ingredients used in the recipes are right at hands rather than fancy exotic ones that you will never use again.", "No more junk food, no more extra money spent on restaurants, no more food that has no nutrients!" ]

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[ "Books", "Cookbooks, Food & Wine", "Kitchen Appliances" ]

[ "Building the IT Practice is a clear and practical guide organized to help design, build, and manage lucrative consulting practices. Building on the advisory methodologies described in the author's previous book, The IT Consultant, this book goes beond the personal practices and behaviors presented in that work to offer a roadmap to the creation of an IT Professional Services business. This book focuses on the basics of building a consulting business, dicussing such core issues as the creation of a unique marketing message, the design of a firm-wide delivery methodology, and the recruitment and retention of world-class sales and talent." ]

[ "Review", "the essential first step in the path towards success as an IT services firm entrepreneur, manager, or consultant& --", "mcsemag.eu.org March 20, 2003", "\"…he intelligently observes his field and takes sound positions on almost everything.\" (", "Consulting to Management", ", Vol 15, no. 2; 6/1/2004)", "“…the essential first step in the path towards success as an IT services firm entrepreneur, manager, or consultant…” (mcsemag.eu.org  March 20, 2003)\"&he intelligently observes his field and takes sound positions on almost everything.\" --", "Consulting to Management, Vol 15, no. 2; 6/1/2004", "\"A must-read for any consulting professional. Masterful use of case studies, interviews, and best practice techniques. A great reference. --", "Scott Monaghan, U.S. Manager of Service Development, Veritas Corp.", "\"There's something here for every consultant. Executing on the imperatives in this book will increase quality and drive project success.\" --", "Jeff Vilimek, principal consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services", "\"a comprehensive roadmap...his focus on the human, technical, and business elements provides a framework for managing or building services.\" --", "Rick Echeverria, general manager, Intel Solution Services", "\"a thoughtful and encyclopedic profile of the prototypical IT consulting firm...full of sensible advice for any human-capital-intensive organization.\" --", "Tom DeMarco, author,", "\"an invaluable roadmap for building a thriving practice that acquires clients with ease and keeps them for life.\" --", "Andrew Sobel, author,", "\"should be on every consultant's bookshelf...exactly the practical wisdom you need to make your IT consulting business thrive.\" --", "C.J. Hayden, author,", "Review", "\"Rick Freedman's soup-to-nuts guide to building an IT business should be on every consultant's bookshelf. Whether you are a solo practitioner or running a corporation, you'l'l find exactly the practical wisdom you need to make your IT consulting business thrive.\" -- C. J. Hayden, author, Get Clients Now! \"Rick delivers a comprehensive roadmap for successfully structuring, managing, and measuring the IT services organization. His focus on the human, technical, and business elements provides a framework for anyone managing or building a services.\" -- Rich Echevarria, general manager, Intel Solution Services, Worldwide \"There is something here for every IT consultant. Too many IT consulting firms focus solely on the technology. This book describes the operational factors that are critical to increasing consulting professionalism. Understanding and executing on the imperatives in this book will help to increase quality and efficiency, and drive greater project success. Consultants and their customers alike can use these best practices to increase project value.\" -- Jeff Vilimek, principal consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services \"Building the IT Consulting Practice is a must-read for any consulting professional responsible for the management, development, and delivery of IT consulting services. The author's masterful use of case studies, interviews, and 'best practice' techniques reinforces the topics with great clarity. With a span of coverage from marketing to methodology, this book serves as a great reference for IT consultancies at any stage of their development.\" -- Scott Monaghan, U.S. Manager of Service Development, VERITAS Software Corporation \"Rick Freedman has compiled a thoughtful and encyclopedic profile of the prototypical IT consulting firm. The book is full of sensible advice for any human-capital-intensive organization.\" -- Tom DeMarco, author, Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency and Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams \"Success with clients is based on adding value along a number of dimensions, not just providing technical expertise. Rick Freedman understands this better than any IT consultant I have ever met, and he has set out an invaluable roadmap for building a thriving practice that acquires clients with ease and keeps them for life.\" -- Andrew Sobel, author, Clients for Life and Making Rain", "From the Publisher", "Ittakes more than technical expertise to be an Information Technology consultant! That simple premise has been the foundation of Rick Freedman's previous books, \"The IT Consultant\" and \"The eConsultant\". Freedman's books and columns have achieved worldwide readership and established him as a leading expert in the area of IT services and consulting. Now, Freedman turns his focus to the managers and entrepreneurs who build and direct IT professional service firms. Based on his twenty years of experience as an IT consultant and firm manager, Freedman helps IT entrepreneurs and managers navigate the complex challenges of succeeding in the crowded and competitive IT services arena.", "From the Inside Flap", "It takes more than technical expertise to be an information technology (IT) consultant! That simple premise has been the foundation of Rick Freedman's previous books, The IT Consultant and The eConsultant. In his books, columns, and his consulting practice, international expert and advisor Rick Freedman has coached thousands of IT experts in the behaviors and best practices of the consulting profession. His books and columns have achieved worldwide readership and established Freedman as a leading expert in the area of IT services and consulting. Now, Freedman turns his focus to the managers and entrepreneurs who build and direct IT professional services firms. In this comprehensive volume, Freedman shows that it takes more than consulting skills to be a successful IT entrepreneur or manager! Building the IT Consulting Practice addresses the full range of issues that IT service firms face every day, from recruiting and retaining talented consultants, to marketing and selling complex solutions, to managing the financial metrics of utilization, rate, and profit. Based on his twenty years of experience as an IT consultant and firm manager, and his exposure to the good and bad of IT practice through his consulting engagements with leading IT firms worldwide, Freedman helps IT entrepreneurs and managers navigate the complex challenges of succeeding in the crowded and competitive IT services arena. Full of real-world stories and case histories, as well as the \"tips and tricks\" of an experienced coach and mentor, Building the IT Consulting Practice is the essential first step in the path towards success as an IT services firm entrepreneur, manager, or consultant.", "From the Back Cover", "It takes more than technical expertise to be an information technology (IT) consultant! That simple premise has been the foundation of Rick Freedman's previous books, The IT Consultant and The eConsultant. In his books, columns, and his consulting practice, international expert and advisor Rick Freedman has coached thousands of IT experts in the behaviors and best practices of the consulting profession. His books and columns have achieved worldwide readership and established Freedman as a leading expert in the area of IT services and consulting. Now, Freedman turns his focus to the managers and entrepreneurs who build and direct IT professional services firms. In this comprehensive volume, Freedman shows that it takes more than consulting skills to be a successful IT entrepreneur or manager! Building the IT Consulting Practice addresses the full range of issues that IT service firms face every day, from recruiting and retaining talented consultants, to marketing and selling complex solutions, to managing the financial metrics of utilization, rate, and profit. Based on his twenty years of experience as an IT consultant and firm manager, and his exposure to the good and bad of IT practice through his consulting engagements with leading IT firms worldwide, Freedman helps IT entrepreneurs and managers navigate the complex challenges of succeeding in the crowded and competitive IT services arena. Full of real-world stories and case histories, as well as the \"tips and tricks\" of an experienced coach and mentor, Building the IT Consulting Practice is the essential first step in the path towards success as an IT services firm entrepreneur, manager, or consultant.", "About the Author", "Rick Freedman is an author, journalist, consultant, and trainer. His previous books The IT Consultant and The eConsultant have achieved worldwide readership. Rick writes the \"Consultant Master Class\" column for TechRepublic.com, the IT professional web community. He teaches IT project management, IT consulting, and information technology courses at the college level at various institutions in the United States. Rick is the founder and CEO of Consulting Strategies, Inc., dedicated to helping IT service firms develop world-class consulting practices, and in the last year has trained and consulted for global IT firms across the United States and in the United Kingdom, Germany, India, Japan, and China. Visit Rick's website at www.consulting-strategies.com or contact him at rick@consulting-strategies.com.", "Read more" ]

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[ "In this suspenseful Southern thriller and #1", "New York Times", "bestseller, an ambitious prosecutor investigates a high-stakes case after Charleston's most powerful real estate magnate is murdered.", "The sensational murder of powerful tycoon Lute Pettijohn has rocked Charleston. Prosecutor Hammond Cross sees his chance to become the city's next district attorney . . . but only if he can put a killer behind bars.Hammond's investigation turns up more than one person who wants Pettijohn dead. But when the prime suspect turns out to be a mysterious woman who holds a secret that could shatter Hammond's ambitions, he faces a moral dilemma and a haunting question: Was he set up to be the perfect alibi?" ]

[ "Amazon.com Review", "Sandra Brown's two previous novels,", "Unspeakable", "and", "Fat Tuesday", ", earned her a loyal band of romantic suspense fans and", "The Alibi", "is sure to increase the following. Mixing a little murder, some corruption, and a good bit of illicit romance, this novel makes the golf courses of Charleston, South Carolina, seem as seedy and fascinating as the back alleys of Chinatown.", "Hammond Cross wants to be the district attorney, and for years he has proven himself to be a man of high principles and irreproachable character. When his investigations turn up evidence of the corruption of local tycoon Lute Pettijohn, Hammond has no doubt about what is the right thing to do--even when his own father is under suspicion. However, this simple debate becomes complicated when Pettijohn is murdered and Hammond's alibi is a night of forbidden passion with the suspected murderess, Dr. Alex Ladd.", "Brown's quick dialogue, character quirks, and plot twists help give a modern bent to the classic detective tale. While some of the characters prance across the pages with a predictability that would make Dashiell Hammett proud (the drunk-makes-good assistant, the light-hair-dark-history socialite) most of the characters show refreshing individuality. As Hammond's internal conflict intensifies--and the passion and danger do, too--readers will find all criticisms vanishing as they blast their way through this suspenseful page-turner.", "--Nancy R.E. O'Brien", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From Publishers Weekly", "The prolific Brown (Unspeakable) undoubtedly has another bestseller in her latest suspense novel, which catches its protagonist in a tricky ethical situation. When Charleston real estate developer Lute Pettijohn is murdered in the penthouse suite of the posh hotel he recently built, there is no shortage of likely suspects; Pettijohn is one of the most hated men in town. On the same night that the murder occurs, assistant district attorney Hammond Cross attends a county fair, where he meets a mysterious woman who refuses to tell him her name. But Cross is so smitten he cajoles her into spending the night with him in his country cabin. Later, when a witness places the woman, now identified as respected psychologist Dr. Alex Ladd, at the scene of the crime, she becomes the number one suspect. Hammond, the prosecutor on the case, finds himself furious at, suspicious of and in love with the beautiful Ladd. Her alibi, obviously, is that she was with him when the crime was committed, but it turns out that she could have shot Pettijohn and still managed to turn up at the fair. Hammond believes her innocent, however, and in spite of his ambitions for higher office, he risks his career to find the real killer. Brown's gift for taut pacing compresses the time frame of the book into one short week, and she mixes the suspense with steamy romance. A web of labyrinthine relationships becomes ever more intricate until the identity of the killer is revealed, a shock that would be implausible in a less carefully constructed tale. Major ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selections. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From Kirkus Reviews", "According to her publisher, Brown (Unspeakable, 1998, etc. etc.) has had 37 titles on the New York Times bestseller lists in the past nine years, some of them reprints of her Texas! trilogy and other earlier works. With her latest weighing in at nearly 500 pages, shes one speedy typistand as styleless as a Latin dictionary, with meticulously clipped sentences compounded of industrial connectives. Charleston assistant district attorney Hammond Cross unaccountably finds himself at a county fair, where he meets a mysterious woman and saves her from hungry servicemen. She leads him on, then fades into the night. Meanwhile, Charleston's biggest developer and satyr, Lute Petitjohn, is murdered in the Charles Towne Plaza. Lute was the exbrother-in-law of top detective Rory Smilow, who is investigating the murder and whom sexy assistant county solicitor Steffi Mundell begs to help her land this superhigh-profile case. All avenues at last lead to Dr. Alex Ladd, the very woman Hammond was dancing with while the murder occurred. But Hammond cant reveal he's her alibi without compromising his job as a legal- evidencegatherer for the city. A story Brown's fans will savor, however charmless its language. (Literary Guild main selection) --", "Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From Library Journal", "Only the skimpiest plot detailsAa prosecuting attorney turns out to be the alibi in a murder caseAbut unquestionably a big purchase. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From the Inside Flap", "Born into a fine old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is determined to be the city's next district attorney-without sacrificing his integrity.  Prosecuting the sensational murder of real estate magnate Lute Pettijohn could be his ticket into the office.  Yet while Hammond anticipates his success, someone near him is plotting his downfall--Steffi Mundell, colleague, ex-lover, and rival for the DA's office--Rory Smilow, the homicide detective without equal and Hammond's avowed enemy--the wily and beautiful Davee Pettijohn, Lute's widow and Hammond's lifelong friend, who's too honest to mourn the husband she despised--and Hammond's prime suspect, the mysterious woman who shares the secret that would be fatal to Hammond's ambitions.For the first time in his career, he's bending the rules in favor of the suspect.  All clues point to her guilt.  Yet she holds in reserve the perfect alibi-Hammond Cross.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "Review", "\"MURDER, DECEIT, AND PASSION PERCOLATE IN THIS THRILLER\". -- People", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From", "Booklist", "Brown's fans will find", "The Alibi", "to be an entertaining and satisfying addition to her list of previous works. Set in Charleston, South Carolina, the novel offers the southern location and attitude for which Brown is known. The climate is steamy and so is the chance meeting and sexual encounter of District Attorney Hammond Cross and a mysterious but irresistible woman. How could he know that she would be the prime suspect in the murder of one of the city's leading citizens? How could he know that he would be able to provide her with an airtight alibi for the time of the murder? Suspicion of her motives and fear for his own reputation and political future stop him from coming forward but don't prevent him from working to solve the crime himself. His search for the truth is complicated by a sultry, ambitious woman colleague who is after his job; a politically crafty father with shady connections to the murdered man; a stiffly proper and tightly controlled police investigator; and a whole pile of other supporting characters, all with their own crooked, violent, promiscuous, and otherwise unsavory but interesting quirks. As you might expect, love and justice triumph, and all the bad guys get their due. This is a fun and quick read, and it is probably safe to assume that Brown has produced another best-seller.", "Danise Hoover", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From the Back Cover", "fine old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is determined to be the city's next district attorney-without sacrificing his integrity.  Prosecuting the sensational murder of real estate magnate Lute Pettijohn could be his ticket into the office.  Yet while Hammond anticipates his success, someone near him is plotting his downfall--Steffi Mundell, colleague, ex-lover, and rival for the DA's office--Rory Smilow, the homicide detective without equal and Hammond's avowed enemy--the wily and beautiful Davee Pettijohn, Lute's widow and Hammond's lifelong friend, who's too honest to mourn the husband she despised--and Hammond's prime suspect, the mysterious woman who shares the secret that would be fatal to Hammond's ambitions.For the first time in his career, he's bending the rules in favor of the suspect.  All clues point to her guilt.  Yet she holds in reserve the perfect alibi-Hammond Cross.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "The Alibi", "By Sandra Brown", "Random House Audio Publishing Group", "Copyright © 1999", "Sandra BrownAll right reserved.", "ISBN: 9780553502312", "Chapter One", "He noticed her the moment she stepped into the pavilion. Even in a crowd of other women dressed, for the most part, in skimpy summer clothing, she was definitely a standout. Surprisingly, she was alone.", "As she paused to get her bearings, her gaze stopped briefly on the dais, where the band was performing, before moving to the dance floor, then to the haphazard arrangement of chairs and tables surrounding it. Spotting a vacant table, she moved to it and sat down.", "The pavilion was round in shape, about thirty yards in diameter. Although it was an open-air structure with a conical roof, the underside of which was strung with clear Christmas lights, the pitched ceiling trapped the noise inside, making the din incredible.", "What the band lacked in musical talent they made up for with volume, obviously of the opinion that decibels would make their missed notes less discernible. They did, however, play with raucous enthusiasm and showmanship. On the keyboard and guitar, the musicians seemed to be pounding the notes out of their instruments. The harmonica player's braided beard bounced with every jerking motion of his head. As the fiddler sawed his bow across the strings, he danced an energetic jig that showed off his yellow cowboy boots. The drummer seemed to know only one cadence, but he applied himself to it with verve.", "The crowd didn't seem to mind the discordant sound. For that matter, neither did Hammond Cross. Ironically, the racket of the county fair was somehow soothing. He absorbed the noise-the squeals coming from the midway, catcalls from rowdy teenage boys at the top of the Ferris wheel, the crying of babies grown tired, the bells and whistles and horns, the shouts and laughter inherent to a carnival.", "Going to a county fair hadn't been on his agenda today. Although there had probably been some advance publicity about it in the local newspaper and on TV, it had escaped his notice.", "He'd happened on the fair by accident about a half hour outside of Charleston. What had compelled him to stop, he would never know. It wasn't like he was an avid carnival-goer. His parents certainly had never taken him to one. They had avoided general-public attractions like this at all costs. Not exactly their crowd. Not their kind of people.", "Ordinarily Hammond probably would have avoided it, too. Not because he was a snob, but because he worked such long, hard hours, he was selfish with his leisure time and selective about how he spent it. A round of golf, a couple hours of fishing, a movie, a quiet dinner at a good restaurant. But a county fair? That wouldn't have topped his list of pleasurable pursuits.", "But this afternoon in particular the crowd and the noise appealed to him. Left alone, he only would have brooded over his troubles. He would have reflected himself into despondency, and who needed that on one of the few remaining weekends of the summer?", "So when his highway speed was reduced to a crawl and he got trapped in the traffic inching into the temporary parking lot-actually a cow pasture turned parking lot by an enterprising farmer-he had remained in line with the other cars and vans and SUVs.", "He paid two bucks to the tobacco-chewing youth who was collecting for the farmer and was fortunate enough to find a spot for his car beneath a shade tree. Before getting out, he removed his suit jacket and tie, and rolled up his shirtsleeves. As he picked his way carefully around cow patties, he wished for blue jeans and boots instead of dress slacks and loafers, but already he felt his spirits rising. Nobody here knew him. He didn't have to talk to anyone if he didn't want to. There were no obligations to be met, no meetings to attend, no telephone messages to return. Out here he wasn't a professional, or a colleague. Or a son. Tension, anger, and the weight of responsibility began to melt off him. The sense of freedom was heady.", "The fairgrounds were demarcated by a plastic rope strung with multicolored pennants that hung still and limp in the heat. The dense air was redolent with the tantalizing aromas of cooking food-junk food. From a distance, the music didn't sound half bad. Hammond was immediately glad he had stopped. He needed this ... isolation.", "Because despite the people streaming through the turnstile, he was, in a very real sense, isolated. Being absorbed by a large, noisy crowd suddenly seemed preferable to spending a solitary evening in his cabin, which had been his original plan upon leaving Charleston.", "The band had played two songs since the auburn-haired woman had sat down across the pavilion from where he was seated. Hammond had continued to watch her, and to speculate. Most likely she was waiting for someone to join her, probably a husband and assorted children. She appeared to be not quite as old as he, maybe early thirties. About the age of the carpool-driving set. Cub Scout den mothers. PTA officers. The homemakers concerned with DPT booster shots, orthodontia, and getting their laundry whites white and their colors bright. What he knew of such women he had learned from TV commercials, but she seemed to fit that general demographic.", "Except that she was a little too ... too ... edgy.", "She didn't look like a mother of young children who was enjoying a few minutes' respite while Daddy took the kids for a ride on the carousel. She didn't have the cool, competent air of his acquaintances' wives who were members of Junior League and other civic clubs, who went to salad luncheons and hosted birthday parties for their kids and dinner parties for their husbands' business associates, and who played golf or tennis at their respective country clubs once or twice a week between their aerobics classes and Bible study circles.", "She didn't have the soft, settled body of a woman who had borne two or three offspring, either. Her figure was compact and athletic. She had good-no, great-legs that were muscled, sleek, and tan, shown off by a short skirt and low-heeled sandals. Her sleeveless top had a scooped neck, like a tank top, and a matching cardigan which had been knotted loosely around her neck before she had removed it. The outfit was smart and chic, a cut above what most of this shorts-and-sneakers crowd was wearing.", "Her handbag, which she'd placed on the table, was big enough only for a key ring, a tissue, and possibly a lipstick, but nowhere near large enough for a young mother whose purse was packed with bottled water and Handi Wipes and natural snacks and enough equipment to survive days in the wilderness should an emergency situation arise.", "Hammond had an analytical mind. Deductive reasoning was his forte. So he concluded, with what he felt was a fair degree of accuracy, that it was unlikely this woman was a mom.", "That did not mean that she wasn't married, or otherwise attached, and waiting to be joined by a significant other, whoever he might be and whatever the nature of their relationship. She could be a woman devoted to a career. A mover and a shaker in the business community. A successful salesperson. A savvy entrepreneur. A stockbroker. A loan officer.", "Sipping his beer, which was growing tepid in the heat, Hammond continued to stare at her with interest.", "Then suddenly he realized that his stare was being returned. When their eyes met, his heart lurched, perhaps from embarrassment for having been caught staring. But he didn't look away. Despite the dancers that passed between them, intermittently blocking their line of sight, they maintained eye contact for several seconds.", "Then she abruptly broke it, as though she might also be embarrassed for having picked him out of the crowd. Chagrined over having such a juvenile reaction to something as insignificant as making eye contact, Hammond relinquished his table to two couples who'd been hovering nearby waiting for one to become available. He weaved his way through the press of people toward the temporary bar. It had been set up during the fair to accommodate the thirsty dancers.", "It was a popular spot. Personnel from the various military bases in the area were standing three deep at the bar. Even if not in uniform, they were identifiable by their sheared heads. They were drinking, scoping out the girls, weighing their chances of getting lucky, wagering on who would and who wouldn't, playing one-upmanship.", "The bartenders were dispensing beer as fast as they could, but they couldn't keep up with the demand. Hammond tried several times to flag one's attention but finally gave up and decided to wait until the crowd had thinned out before ordering another.", "Feeling a little less pathetic than he had no doubt looked sitting alone at his table, he glanced across the dance floor toward her table. His spirits drooped. Three men now occupied the extra chairs at her table. In fact, the wide shoulders of one were blocking her from Hammond's view. The trio weren't in uniform, but judging by the severity of their haircuts and their cockiness he guessed they were marines.", "Well, he wasn't surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised.", "She was too good-looking to be alone on a Saturday night. She'd been merely biding her time until her date showed up.", "Even if she had come to the fair alone, she wouldn't have remained dateless for long. Not at a meat market like this. An unattached serviceman with a weekend pass had the instincts and singlemindedness of a shark. He had one purpose in mind, and that was to secure a female companion for the evening. Even without trying, this one would have attracted attention.", "Not that he had been thinking about picking her up, Hammond told himself. He was too old for that. He wouldn't regress to a frat-rat mentality, for crying out loud. Besides, it really wouldn't be proper, would it? He wasn't exactly committed, but he wasn't exactly uncommitted, either.", "Suddenly she stood up, grabbed her cardigan, slung the strap of her small purse over her shoulder, and turned to leave. Instantly the three men seated with her were on their feet, crowding around her. One, who appeared to be hammered, placed his arm across her shoulders and lowered his face close to hers. Hammond could see his lips moving; whatever he was saying to her made his companions laugh uproariously. She didn't think it was funny. She averted her head, and it appeared to Hammond that she was trying to extricate herself from an awkward situation without causing a scene. She took the serviceman's arm and removed it from around her neck and, smiling stiffly, said something to him before once again turning as though to leave.", "Not to be put off, and goaded by his two friends, the spurned one went after her. When he reached for her arm and pulled her around again, Hammond acted.", "Later, he didn't remember crossing the dance floor, although he must have practically plowed his way through the couples now swaying to a slow dance, because within seconds he was reaching between two of the muscle-bound, hard-bellied marines, shoving the persistent one aside, and hearing himself say, \"Sorry about that, honey. I ran into Norm Blanchard and you know how that son-of-a-gun can talk. Lucky for me, they're playing our song.\"", "Curving his arm around her waist, he drew her out with him onto the dance floor.", "* * *", "\"You got my instructions?\"", "\"Yes, sir, Detective. No one else comes in, no one leaves. We've sealed off all the exits.\"", "\"That includes everybody. No exceptions.\"", "\"Yes, sir.\"", "Having made his orders emphatic, Detective Rory Smilow nodded to the uniformed officer and entered the Charles Towne Plaza through the hotel's main doors. The staircase had been touted by numerous design magazines to be an architectural triumph. Already it had become the signature feature of the new complex. Epitomizing southern hospitality, two arms of wide steps swept up from the lobby floor. They seemed to be embracing the incredible crystal chandelier, before merging forty feet above the lobby to form the second-story gallery.", "On both levels of the lobby policemen were mingling with hotel guests and employees, all of whom had heard by now that there had been what appeared to be a murder on the fifth floor.", "Nothing created this kind of expectant atmosphere like a killing, Smilow thought as he assessed the scene.", "Sunburned, perspiring, camera-toting tourists milled around, asking questions of anyone in authority, talking among themselves, speculating on the identity of the victim and what had provoked the murder.", "In his well-tailored suit and French cuff shirt, Smilow was conspicuously overdressed. Despite the sweltering heat outside, his clothing was fresh and dry, not even moist. An irritated subordinate had once asked beneath his breath if Smilow ever sweated. \"Hell, no,\" a fellow policeman had replied. \"Everybody knows that aliens don't have sweat glands.\"", "Smilow moved purposefully toward the bank of elevators. The officer he'd spoken with at the entrance must have communicated his arrival because another officer was standing in the elevator, holding the door open for him. Without acknowledging the courtesy, Smilow stepped in. \"Shine holding up, Mr. Smilow?\"", "Smilow turned. \"Oh yeah, Smitty. Thanks.\"", "The man everyone knew only by his first name operated three shoeshine chairs in an alcove off the hotel lobby. For decades he had been a fixture at another hotel downtown. Recently he had been lured to the Charles Towne Plaza, and his clientele had followed him. Even from out-of-towners he received excellent tips because Smitty knew more than the hotel concierge about what to do, and where to go, and where to find whatever you were looking for in Charleston.", "Rory Smilow was one of Smitty's regulars. Ordinarily he would have paused to exchange pleasantries, but he was in a hurry now and actually resented being detained. Curtly he said, \"Catch you later, Smitty.\" The elevator doors slid closed.", "He and the uniformed cop rode up to the top floor in silence. Smilow never fraternized with fellow officers, not even those of equal ranking, but certainly not with those of lower rank. He never initiated conversation unless it pertained to a case he was working on. Men in the department who were fearless enough to try chitchatting with him soon discovered that such attempts were futile. His bearing discouraged comradeship. Even his natty appearance was as effective as concertina wire when it came to approachability.", "When the elevator doors opened on the fifth floor, Smilow experienced a thrill he recognized. He had visited countless murder scenes, some rather tame and unspectacular, others remarkably grisly. Some were forgettable and routine.", "Continues...", "Excerpted from", "The Alibi", "by", "Sandra Brown", "Copyright © 1999 by Sandra Brown. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From", "AudioFile", "For anyone unfamiliar with the theater and film work of actor Dylan Baker, this work is a fine introduction. THE ALIBI is a gripping crime story full of characters in turmoil. Baker skillfully juggles each one, carving out individual traits in their speech to make them unique. His mild-mannered earnestness suits the hero Hammond Cross perfectly. With something as simple as a slight vocal inflection, Baker sweeps listeners into the story and doesn't let go. R.A.P. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "About the Author", "Sandra Brown is the author of seventy", "New York Times", "bestsellers. There are over eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated into thirty-four languages. She lives in Texas. For more information you can visit www.SandraBrown.net.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Public service values are too rarely discussed in public administration courses and scholarship, despite recent research demonstrating the importance of these values in the daily decision making processes of public service professionals. A discussion of these very tenets and their relevance to core public functions, as well as which areas might elicit value conflicts for public professionals, is central to any comprehensive understanding of budget and finance, human resource management, and strategic planning in the public sector.", "Public Service Values", "is written specifically for graduate and undergraduate courses in public administration, wherever a discussion of public service ideals might enrich the learning experience and offer students a better understanding of daily practice.", "Exploring the meaning and application of specific values, such as Neutrality, Efficiency, Accountability, Public Service, and Public Interest, provides students and future professionals with a ‘workplace toolkit’ for the ethical delivery of public services. Well-grounded in scholarly literature and with a relentless focus on the public service professional,", "Public Service Values", "highlights the importance of values in professional life and encourages a more self-aware and reflective public practice. Case studies to stimulate reflection are interwoven throughout the book and application to practice is cemented in a final section devoted to value themes in professional life as well as a chapter dedicated to holding oneself accountable. The result is a book that challenges us to embrace the necessity of public service values in our public affairs curricula and that asks the important questions current public service professionals should make a habit of routinely applying in their daily decision making." ]

[ "Review", "\"Public service values are the heart of public organizations; they anchor organizational culture and motivation and guide behavior. Richard Box has done a masterful job in elucidating the values underpinning public service. This work is not a rehashing of other similar works but provides a refreshing exposition of the five broad themes needed for successful administration and service delivery in the public sector. His explanation of the theme of public service reminds the reader of what Americans often forget--the personal commitment that motivates and compels public service professionals. This book is a must read for all students of public administration.\"", "--", "Ethel Williams, Director, School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska Omaha", "\"", "Public Service Values", "provides many illustrative examples of public sector values at play in the real world. It is written in a highly accessible style with an eye on students and practitioners. It is a joy to read and learn from.\"", "--", "Jos C.N. Raadschelders, The Ohio State University", "\"Richard C. Box offers a timely and useful contribution to help clarify what is often perceived as a rather nebulous concept: public service values. He not only identifies and defines five specific values, but also explains the reasons behind their central place in public affairs, and, perhaps most importantly, explains how these values affect the roles and behaviors of practicing public administrators. Written in plain language that students will appreciate,", "Public Service Values", "is a wonderful companion text for any foundational course in undergraduate and graduate programs of Public Administration and Public Affairs.\"", "--", "Jerri Killian, Wright State University", "\"", "Public Service Values", "eloquently helps us do some very important value-sorting by examining traditional values of efficiency, neutrality, and accountability as well as more recent public service values. It also finds a comfortable place for empathy, imagination, and the public interest in the world of administrative values. Richard Box has written a book that is accessible to practitioners and students and thought-provoking to scholars. Every MPA student should read this text.\"", "--", "Mohamad Alkadry, Florida International University", "\"Richard Box invites us to proudly and explicitly explore public service values as they apply to the decisions, dilemmas, actions, and choices of public professionals in the performance of their daily responsibilities. The book is well grounded in the literature and in practice. The tone is bright, upbeat and realistic; the analysis is rigorous and well documented. I wish I'd had this book in my library when I was working in government.\"", "--", "From the Foreword by Mary R. Hamilton, University of Nebraska Omaha and Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration", "About the Author", "Richard C. Box", "is a distinguished fellow in the Hauptmann School of Public Affairs at Park University, Missouri and Regents/Foundation Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  His writing focuses on the interaction between public service professionals and the political, legal, and economic environment that surrounds them." ]

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[ "Sixty-three million cats are now pets in U.S. households, and the humans they live with know all too well that they have minds of their own and mysterious mental and communicative abilities that stagger the imagination.", "In his new novel The Politicats Tennessean Tom Williams, a former newspaperman who has handled advertising and public relations in more than 50 political races (winning nearly 90 per cent of them) has created two shrewd felines who conspire to sabotage the presidential campaign of a conniving, villainous and extremely wealthy United States senator. Will they succeed?", "Meet the feline protagonists of this hilarious and heartwarming political satire: One is Mr. Grover, a huge, elderly, battle-scarred former stray who is now the beloved friend of Gov. Seth Goodfellow. The other is Napoleon, an aristocratic red-orange longhair,whose human is talented young Washington newspaper reporter Stanley Blister, on leave from his job to handle media relations in the governor's campaign for his party's presidential nomination.", "When the two cats discover that the governor's opponent, U.S. Senator Desmond Durth, was once a medical research doctor who collected stray cats -- including Mr. Grover -- for vivisection and other cruel and painful laboratory experiments, they decide that the nation as a whole, animals in general and cats in particular must be saved from having a monster such as this in the White House.", "The story of how they send Durth's campaign down in flames and foil the senator's dirty tricks reflects political savvy an experienced spin doctor would envy. It is full of suspense, surprises and just plain hilarity, and leaves the reader smiling and well-satisfied.", "The Politicats is funny, intelligent political satire, and author Williams has plenty to say through his delightfully outspoken cat characters about the absurdities of the American political system as well as of the human race.", "This is a book for people who love and respect all animals and hope -- unrealistically, perhaps -- that one day there will be at least a few political officeholders who can also be loved and respected.", "Williams began his career as a reporter and later an editorial writer for the Chattanooga, Tenn., News-Free Press. His articles, on many different subjects, have appeared in newspapers and magazines throughout the nation.", "He is also the author of Always Paddle Your Own Canoe, the widely acclaimed biography of eccentric businesswoman Anna Safley Houston, who accumulated the world's finest collection of antique glass and porcelain and founded Chattanooga's famed Houston Museum of Decorative Arts.", "The author admits that for many years he has been owned by various cats, who have been valuable consultants in his research as to cat attitudes and capabilities." ]

[ "From the Publisher", "Everyone knows cats have minds of their own, but the felines in The Politicats have political savvy an experienced Washington spin doctor would envy. In his new novel, Tom Williams has created two shrewd cats who conspire to sabotage the presidential campaign of a conniving, villainous and extremely wealthy U.S. senator. Will they succeed?", "Meet Napoleon and Mr. Grover, the feline protagonists of The Politicats. Mr. Grover, a cynical elderly cat, allows Governor Goodfellow to share the governor's mansion with him, but is not excited when the governor decides to run for the U.S. presidency. The cat changes his mind, however, when he meets the governor's opponent: Mr. Grover recognizes him as the scoundrel who many years before took him from an animal shelter with plans to vivisect him.", "The old cat meets an ally in the aristocratic Napoleon, whose human, a Washington newspaper reporter, is hired to handle media relations for the governor. The two cats agree that the country would be a disaster for animals in general and for cats in particular with the despicable Senator Durth in the White House. Together they hatch an unlikely scheme to disrupt the senator's campaign and insure that he loses the election. How they foil the senator's dirty tricks fills the story with suspense, surprises and hilarity. This lively political satire will keep readers -- especially those who love cats -- smiling long after they turn the last page!", "From the Inside Flap", "Every cat person knows, as do many others, that cats possess mysterious mental and communicative abilities that defy human understanding and stagger human imagination. But can two cats who make up their minds to sabotage the presidential campaign of a conniving, villainous and extremely wealthy United States senator even have a chance of succeeding?", "As soon as you meet Napoleon and Mr. Grover, the feline protagonists of this hilarious and heartwarming novel, you'll know the answer. We first encounter Mr. Grover as a handsome young gray tabby escaping the clutches of a medical researcher who collects stray cats to perform cruel and painful experiments on them. Fifteen years later he reappears as a huge, elderly, battle-scarred former stray who is now the beloved friend of no less than the governor of the state, Seth Goodfellow. Down-to-earth, highly respected and eminently qualified, the governor is being urged by leaders of his party to seek its presidential nomination.", "Napoleon, an aristocratic red-orange not-quite-Persian longhair, meets the streetwise and cynical Mr. Grover when his human, a talented young Washington newspaper reporter named Stanley Blister, is hired to handle media relations for Gov. Goodfellow in his primary campaign against U.S. Sen. Desmond Durth, a diabolical, scheming, multimillionaire doctor who left the drug company he founded to run for Congress and now has his sights set on the White House.", "Mr. Grover, looking forward to retirement when the governor's term of office ends, is dead set against the idea of having his human become president. All that changes, however, when the old cat has occasion to meet Sen. Durth, sniffs him and discovers that this is the very same scoundrel who 15 years earlier took him fraudulently from an animal shelter and was planning to perform vivisection on him.", "Mr. Grover and Napoleon decide that the nation as a whole, animals in general and cats in particular must be saved from having a monster such as this in the White House. They form an unlikely and guarded alliance to send Durth's campaign down in flames, and the story of how they do it will leave you laughing, crying and inspired by Mr. Grover's earthy wisdom and the governor's gentle philosophy about the qualities a president should have. The clever detective work of both Napoleon and Stanley foils the evil senator's dirty tricks in ways that fill the story with suspense and surprises. And there's even a bit of cat romance when Napoleon meets the governor's daughter's beautiful white Persian:", "She observes him with an air of superiority. \"My name is Victoria. I was named for the queen of England.\"", "Big deal, thinks Napoleon. \"Well, I'm Napoleon, and I was named for my houseboy's grandfather. But I think there was also an emperor of France by that name.\"", "This is unquestionably the book of the year in feline fiction; but it is written to be enjoyed not just by cat enthusiasts but by animal lovers in general. Anyone with any pet that is truly loved will be able to identify with the emotions and situations of this story.", "The Politicats is funny, intelligent political satire, and author Tom Williams has plenty to say through his delightfully outspoken cat characters about the absurdities of the American political system as well as of the human race. He not only gets his message across, but leaves the reader smiling.", "The Beginnings Of Politicat Conversations", "ON RELIGION . . . Napoleon: \"It's never been clear to me exactly what these humans think about God. Do you suppose they're not aware that God is a cat?\" Mr. Grover: \"God ain't no cat, boy. But God sure has a cat's intelligence. And humans never seem to be able to understand that . . .\" Napoleon (skeptically): \"Are you absolutely certain God's not a great huge old Maine Coon Cat with a long, fluffy tail? I mean, that's what Mama always sort of suggested.\"", "ON POLITICS . . . Mr. Grover: \"Cats don't need political parties. Hell, we're all Democrats.\" Napoleon (his aristocratic fur bristling): \"Speak for yourself.\"", "ON THEIR HUMAN EMPLOYEES . . . Napoleon: \"Do I understand that you call your human, who is the chief executive of this entire state, your 'butler'?\" Mr. Grover: \"Well, that's one o' the nicer things I call him. He opens doors for me and gets my meals. I guess he don't do all the things a real butler should, but, hell, good help's hard to find these days . . . And you call your human your 'houseboy.' That ain't very complimentary.\" Napoleon: \"It's not a compliment. It's a job description.\"", "About the Author", "Tom Williams began his career as a reporter for a metropolitan daily newspaper, later becoming an editorial writer. His articles, on many different subjects, have appeared in newspapers and magazines throughout the nation.", "Since 1970 he has been head of an advertising agency which, in addition to its award-winning work for commercial clients, has handled advertising and public relations for candidates and referendum issues in more than 50 political campaigns, winning nearly 90 per cent of them.", "He is presently owned by four cats, each of whom makes an appearance of one sort or another in The Politicats.", "Read more" ]

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

[ "The first book in a brand new short stories series from Jamiee Morgan", "The Untimely Demise of Leo Sunderland", "Edward Cooper has a", "most unusual job.", "He works in a town called Half-Way Point, a ‘short drive up the A34, just past Newbury.’But Half-Way Point isn’t a place you can visit. You won't find it on any map. Half-Way Point is where you go when you die. A place where you can spend a little time, or a lot of time, working out why you’re stuck there.Thirty-seven years dead, Edward loves his job as ‘`The Mover’ and Head of Acclimatisation and Departures in Half-Way Point. He facilitates the seamless transfer from Half-Way Point to wherever your final destination may be.Edward has a talent for helping the newly deceased understand why they have passed through The Veil, but not yet Moved On. Recently dead after a crash on the A283 at Chiddingfold, Leo Sunderland has no idea what brought him to Half-Way Point until Edward steps in and does his best to help him find the answers.But when Leo finally discovers the reason he hasn’t Moved On, and comes to terms with his death; it is Edward who is forced to examine his own reasons for staying in Half-Way Point. What dark secret is Edward hiding? And what, or who, is he scared of?Only Death has the answer.", "Get the first instalment in this exciting new series today!" ]

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

[ "Disposable Fiction is a one-shot anthology of 15 self contained stories ranging from five to twenty pages each. They book is 126 pages long, including credits. All of these stories are in black and white. Each story has a different artist, but the same writer. The material of each story is quite different. In one story, a schizophrenic homeless man is driven to save a young boy in peril. There's a story where a gay man and a bachlorette move in together once the government passes a law that states that all single people must be married to someone of the opposite sex by the age of thirty. In another story, a forest nymph becomes human and takes over the corporation that is poisoning her forest. There's also an action tale about a race across town to get into a secret spy organization. All this and still eleven to go." ]

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

[ "NOTE", ": This is a HARDCOVER BOOK and not a table lampLouis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) found inspiration in the gardens of Laurelton Hall, his vast country estate on Long Island’s North Shore. There, Tiffany carefully drew and painted the flowering trees, vines, flowers, and fauna that were the chief ornaments of his prized glass lamps. This sumptuous volume features 70 lamps, photographed by Colin Cooke using his own specially developed techniques that reveal Tiffany’s mastery of glassmaking and metal work. The authors relate the chief decorative themes in Tiffany’s masterpieces to the work of other fin-de-siècle glassmakers and outline the making of Tiffany’s lamps, from freehand sketch to elegant finished form.Praise for", "The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany:", "\"The publication of", "The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany", "is a dazzling roundup of some of the beauties. The lamps--many are on view for the first time--are shown in full glory by gifted New York photographer Colin Cooke. This 'eye candy' at its very best.\" -", "San Jose Mercury News", "“The authors delve into Tiffany's inspiration, his garden on Long Island, and other works the Tiffany studio was producing; not to mention over 70 examples of some of the most amazing lamps you've ever seen. Definitely add this book to the shopping list, you won't be disappointed!” —", "Architect Design", "blog" ]

[ "About the Author", "Martin Eidelberg is Professor Emeritus, Art History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and has written extensively on Tiffany. Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen is Curator of Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen are art consultants specializing in the decorative arts.Colin Cooke is a still life and food photographer in New York City." ]

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

[ "Do You Want To Know More About The", "Hydroponics", "?", "Hydroponics: Ultimate Complete Essential Guide For Beginners: The Step by Step Hydroponics Gardening Guide to be an Expert in Hydroponic Gardening (Hydroponics, Gardening, Homesteading)", "Are You Wondering About The Methods of Growing Plants Without Soil Like Hydroponics?Are You Looking for The Best Way To Learn More About Using Mineral Nutrient Solution for Growing Plants?", "Here is a Preview Of What You Will Learn Inside..", "Introduction to Hydroponics", "Introduction to Hydroponics", "Different Types of Hydroponics That Will Surely Make You More Interested", "Different Types of Hydroponics That Will Surely Make You More Interested", "Learning What Ideal Crops Suits Each Type of System", "Learning What Ideal Crops Suits Each Type of System", "Discover The Bottom-Line Facts That Made Hydroponics a Very Popular and Interesting", "Discover The Bottom-Line Facts That Made Hydroponics a Very Popular and Interesting", "And So Much More!", "And So Much More!", "Download This Book and Start Your Hydroponic Gardening in Your Backyard!", "*** Read It FREE With Kindle Unlimited Or Prime Membership ***Don't have kindle? No worries! Read it on your PC, Mac, Tablet Or Smartphone!Download Your Copy Or Read It FREE With Kindle Unlimited Or Prime Membership", "Tags: Hydroponics, Gardening, Homesteading" ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Gardening & Landscape Design" ]

[ "The", "Build It!", "series of visually rich instruction books for LEGO® creations is perfect for children ages 5 and up.", "Inside", "Medieval World", ", you'll find a range of creative models to put together -- from castles to dragons, princesses to knights, and much more, created using bricks that LEGO® obsessives may already have at home. Each book in this interactive series contains 3-5 “dioramas” featuring a diverse range of models. Full color, step-by-step diagrams guide you through the process, enhancing the fun. All models in this volume can be created using LEGO® Classic set 10698 and 10695.", "Build hours of family fun with the entire", "Build It!", "instruction book series." ]

[ "Review", "\"Books to Unplug With: For those looking to get away from screens for a while, publishers offer up new gift books and sidelines: As the world becomes more heavily reliant on technology, gift books and sidelines offer people the opportunity to unplug and connect with one another. . . Graphic Arts Books is pubbing a gift book series for kids age five and up. Build it! Make Supercool Models with Your Lego Classic Set is a new series of books for young Lego Builders.\" ―", "Publishers Weekly", "\"Perfect for young children, who should be able to follow the instructions and build the models themselves. . . A very nice series that can keep young LEGO fans busy for a long time.\" ―", "The Brick Blogger", "\"Build It! has made family bonding time much more fun!\" ―", "womenandtheirpretties.net", "What's great about them is that they present kids with things they realistically can build. Parents will like the books because they clearly state on the back of the book which LEGO Classic Set will build the projects in the books. Diagrams, that are great for ages 5 and up, help kids break out of their LEGO 'kit' mode.” ―", "Daddy Mojo", "\"Enthusiastically recommended for family, preschool, elementary school, and community library collections, Build It!: Make Supercool Models with Your Lego Classic Set by Jennifer Kemmeter is the first volume of a new series of visually rich instruction books for Lego creations and is perfect for children ages 5 and up. Inside kids will find a range of creative models to put together with Lego blocks ranging from animals and airplanes, to street scenes and seascapes, and so much more. Each project can be created by using the Lego Classic set 10693, or Lego bricks families may already have at home. Build It!: Make Supercool Models with Your Lego Classic Set launching this entertaining and interactive series contains \"dioramas\" featuring a diverse range of models. Full color, step-by-step diagrams guide kids through the process, thereby enhancing their fun.\" ―", "Children's Bookwatch - Hobby Shelf", "About the Author", "Jennifer Kemmeter is a designer and publisher of children's books. She's the author of the Build It! series, easy and fun LEGO® books that inspire young children with creative building projects. After her twin sons became captivated by LEGO® products early in life, she built models with them and found their passion contagious and thrilling. Jennifer lives in London, England." ]

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

[ "Hardcover version is printed in", "FULL COLOR!", "\"Most breed-specific books are cold and boring and offer no solutions to some of the issues people may face raising the Havanese. Your book does! Thank you for writing a breed-specific book that incorporates all aspects of rearing the Havanese from puppy to adult.\"", "Veronica Guillet - Renaissance Havanese", "The Havanese is an adorable dog whose cute and cuddly look has won over people for decades. And that look is a perfect reflection of their personality. Havanese dogs love to be with people, and you will not want for attention nor affection when you have one as a pet. When you are home, your dog will want to be right there with you, being petted, brushed, or played with - whatever you want to do together. Your Havanese isn't going to be particularly picky about what you do as long as you do it together. The more the merrier - so long as your dog knows everyone is present.", "The Complete Guide to Havanese Dogs", "is written for the busy new owner who needs to quickly and easily learn everything they NEED to know as they embark on their journey of Havanese ownership. This comprehensive guide answers every question you may have including:", "Is a Havanese the right dog for me?", "Is a Havanese the right dog for me?", "How do I care for my Havanese the first few weeks?", "How do I care for my Havanese the first few weeks?", "How can I best train my Havanese?", "How can I best train my Havanese?", "What are some common mistakes should I avoid?", "What are some common mistakes should I avoid?", "Be prepared for your new puppy, and all the challenges that come along with owning a Havanese. This book will take you on a step-by-step journey and walk you through virtually everything you'll need to know as a new Havanese owner, including:", "Silky, Sweet, Cuddlers - the Defining Characteristics", "Silky, Sweet, Cuddlers - the Defining Characteristics", "Breed History and Characteristics", "Breed History and Characteristics", "The Ideal Havanese Home", "The Ideal Havanese Home", "Finding Your Havanese", "Finding Your Havanese", "Preparing for Your Puppy", "Preparing for Your Puppy", "The First Week", "The First Week", "The First Month", "The First Month", "Housetraining", "Housetraining", "Socialization and Experience", "Socialization and Experience", "Being a Puppy Parent", "Being a Puppy Parent", "Living with other dogs", "Living with other dogs", "Training You Havanese Puppy", "Training You Havanese Puppy", "Basic Commands", "Basic Commands", "Havanese Nutrition", "Havanese Nutrition", "Grooming - Productive Bonding", "Grooming - Productive Bonding", "Basic Health Care", "Basic Health Care", "Health Concerns", "Health Concerns", "Your Aging Havanese", "Your Aging Havanese", "Havanese are quite intelligent, but they prefer to use their minds to keep you entertained, which is what makes them so popular. Watching them dance around with their hair flying around them looks both graceful and hypnotic.", "They are also incredibly loving, but they do require a bit more attention since they are so smart. Habits like barking can become a problem if you do not train them - however, if you do a bit of training, they don't bark that much. Given their size, training is pretty easy since they can easily sit in your lap and just enjoy petting and listening to the chatter. They can be incredibly energetic as well, but it is also easy to help them work off that energy through moderate exercise. Walking with them daily and playing inside will be more than enough to make them a nearly perfect dog for any home!" ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Pets & Animal Care" ]

[ "Delve into the hidden nature of words: An irresistible mix of information, curiosity, and fun", "Linguist Vivian Cook takes us on a brilliant series of excursions into the history and meaning of words: How do we learn words as a child? How are words born, and why do they die? Why do some never get spoken, and others never written? Each chapter is charmingly illustrated—and accompanied by a rich assortment of games, lists, puzzles, and quotes. From polite words to crass words, from p-c words to Shakespeare’s words, from food and wine words to jazz and drug words—the book is an exciting exploration into the abundance and variety of words." ]

[ "About the Author", "Vivian Cook", "is a professor of applied linguistics at Newcastle University. He is the author of the bestselling", "Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell,", "which he was inspired to write out of frustration with those who, not knowing the crucial gender difference between the British spellings", "Vivian", "and", "Vivien", "assume from his first name that he is a woman. He lives in Colchester, England." ]

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[ "Books", "Reference", "Words, Language & Grammar" ]

[ "\"Faith is more than assent of the mind. It s you staking your whole life on the Word of God.\"In this little book Father Emile Briere sheds light on our understanding of the Apostles' Creed--it comes alive as we hear it applied to daily life. His style is simple and chatty, geared towards young people preparing to enter into a deep commitment of living their faith as lay apostles.Apostles CreedI believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; On the third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen." ]

[ "About the Author", "French Canadian and priest for more than 60 years, Fr. Emile-Marie Briere served as pastor, seminary professor, chaplain and animator of religious and lay groups. In 1955 he became a pioneer priest of the Madonna House Apostolate." ]

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