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John Smith - Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars

Roland Hughes

What if the Mayans got the start of the end correct because they had survived it once before? What if our written history was just as accurate as the old tale about three blind men describing an elephant? What if classic science fiction writing and television shows each got a piece of it correct, would you know which ones? If your eyes can only see a tiny portion of a collage do you know it is a collage?Fans of Babylon 5, Star Trek TNG, Battle Star Galactica (the new one) and classic science fiction writing will enjoy the bountiful Easter Egg hunt contained within. When you were a child you learned to connect paper clips or thread beads together to make a necklace. Sit back and watch the beads you’ve had all your life form the picture you could not see. Consider for one second the possibility of the story, then hang onto your mind with both hands while you take the ride.

['Fiction', 'Science Fiction']

49

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17969995-john-smith---last-known-survivor-of-the-microsoft-wars

The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly

Luis Sepúlveda

A cat. A seagull. An impossible task.A worldwide bestseller and the subject of a feature film, THE STORY OF A SEAGULL... is finally out in paperback!Her wings burdened by an oil slick, a seagull struggles to the nearest port to lay her final egg. Exhausted, she lands on a balcony where Zorba the cat is sunning himself. She extracts three extraordinary promises from him: that he will watch over the egg, that he will not EAT the egg, and that, when it's time, he will teach the baby gull to fly. The first two promises are hard enough, but the third one is surely impossible. Isn't it?

['Fiction', 'Childrens', 'Classics', 'Fantasy', 'Animals', 'Novels', 'Middle Grade']

24,946

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8797.The_Story_of_a_Seagull_and_the_Cat_Who_Taught_Her_to_Fly

Phantasy

Marlowe Sr.

Story about a disgruntled young man who begins to therapeutically write and in the process, creates a fantasy world where, he ends up creating a monster which seems to be totally indestructible!--------LONG DESCRIPTION:Fired from his job, dumped by his girlfriend and shoved around by the world, a young, lazy, day-dreamer takes refuge in his world of dreams and fantasies, and finally decides to become a writer. And what does he want to write about? He wants to write about monsters! He wants to write about fights, action, adventure, etc.! He's writing a book about:'Two simple minded, happy-go-lucky buddies suddenly find themselves in trouble when they are attacked by a 3000-year old fireball-belching monster whom nothing seems to be able to defeat. When all the tricks of the local police fail to control the creature, and ordinary bullets and bombs prove useless, the question remains - will the world ever be able to get rid of this menace once and for all?'He has started created a world of his own, a world in which only HE can rule with full authority. But will he be able to finish what he's started? More importantly, will he be able to taste success in his new venture?

['Fantasy']

49

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18483483-phantasy

First Date (Fear Street, #16)

R.L. Stine

Fear Street -- where your worst nightmares live... Chelsea is the typical shy girl. Always home on a Saturday night, she would give anything to have her first date. Finally, Chelsea's luck begins to change when two new guys move into town and both ask her out. Too bad that one of Chelsea's new boys has a terrible hobby -- murder. Now Chelsea may be looking for love, but he's looking for a new victim. The Fear is Catching.

['Horror', 'Young Adult', 'Fiction', 'Childrens', 'Thriller', 'Mystery', 'Teen']

2,407

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176602.First_Date

A Medical Affair

Anne McCarthy Strauss

After a terrifying life-threatening asthma attack induced by the fumes in her swanky new apartment, Heather Morrison falls for the handsome but very married doctor who saved her. Her "knight in shining armor" turns out to be less of a knight as time goes by and more of a heartbreak waiting to happen. As the saying goes, this is not what the doctor ordered. When the relationship ends, Heather's life dramatically changes as she finds herself addicted to prescription pills she never needed and her future as a mother in question. Set in the bustling city of New York, A Medical Affair by debut author Anne McCarthy Strauss could be a game changer for many women as it exposes the truth behind her doctor's behavior and her subsequent filing of a civil suit. Although a work of fiction, A Medical Affair was extensively researched. This is truly a story that must be told.

['Fiction', 'Romance', 'Contemporary', 'Relationships']

415

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18399828-a-medical-affair

You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise: A Doctor's Sideline Secrets About Pro Football's Most Outrageous Team

MD Robert Huizenga

The dramatic, hilarious, and controversial insider's look at what really happens on the sidelines and in the locker rooms of the NFL. Hired by the Los Angeles Raiders in 1983 as the team internist, Rob Huizenga worked on the sidelines and in the locker room of every game. That first year was the epitome of Raiders football-- the silver-and-black team of renegades steamrolled opponents and defeated the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl. For nearly ten years, Huizenga lived in the real NFL trenches, a battlefield atmosphere where getting hurt and partying hard was the name of the game. Jam-packed with close-up anecdotes about football's warriors, this book * The mind games and methods of mysterious Raiders owner Al Davis* The truth about drug and steroid use in the NFL* The pressure on players to perform even when threatened by serious injury* Harrowing and hilarious true stories about the side of football fans never see* The wild life and tragic death of Lyle Alzado

['Sports', 'Football', 'Nonfiction', 'Autobiography']

236

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/215119.You_re_Okay_It_s_Just_a_Bruise

You Are Not Alone Our Loved Ones Are Here…You’re Just Not Listening

Sydney Sherman

['Nonfiction']

22

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16282333-you-are-not-alone-our-loved-ones-are-here-you-re-just-not-listening

Happiness Lost

R.L. Wallace

Disenchanted author Harry Sinclaire is completely out of ideas. No one, including himself, thinks he can deliver his next book. His agent has just given him a deadline. His fans don't believe in him in anymore. Despite all the pressure, his haunting past clings to him, allowing nothing or no one to inspire him. Not even moving back to his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina can bring him back to the person he was when he wrote his first novel. Harry's miserable world is disrupted when Anika, his best friend's fiancée, moves in with him and brings her own complications and secrets. Suddenly, this woman he loathes is inspiring the book he desperately needs. As damaging as it would be to write a book around his best friend's fiancée, Harry is running low on time and options.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18586360-happiness-lost

Johnny Get Your Gun

Monroe H. Rosenfeld

Digital Sheet Music of Johnny Get Your GunComposed by: Monroe H. Rosenfeld

['History']

120

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8683808-johnny-get-your-gun

Lexi's Legacy - The Saga Continues

Rick H. Veal

Lexi’s Legacy, a contemporary adventure romance set in Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA., is the second book in the continuing saga of The Master of Whitehall. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Lexi discovers an unexpected cure from an unlikely source and two best friends become eternal friends. Lexi tells her tale of life, lost and found, relating her experiences as she leaves behind her human life and begins her journey into a new immortal life.She recounts the changes that take place as she enters a supernatural world she never knew existed, joining Katelyn and James at Whitehall Plantation.Lexi has much to learn about her new world as she grows and matures into the life of a vampire. Join her as she takes you on an adventure of life changing proportions. Let her tell you about how her life changes, about love … found … lost … and found again.Lexi’s Legacy is an exciting and enjoyable adventure in the on-going epic of The Master of Whitehall.Please check out the first book of the saga The Master of Whitehall to read all about the beginning of the story, then visit the webpage www.themasterofwhitehall.com

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18176624-lexi-s-legacy---the-saga-continues

The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga

Vishnu-Devananda

Considered the world's foremost authority on the ancient science of hatha yoga, Swami Vishnudevananda clearly explains even the most esoteric concepts of yogic discipline to make this book the most widely respected handbook for the study and practice of yoga. Illustrated.

['Health', 'Nonfiction', 'Reference', 'Collections', 'Spirituality', 'Philosophy']

306

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1199024.The_Complete_Illustrated_Book_of_Yoga

Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism

Ann Coulter

“Liberals’ loyalty to the United States is off-limits as a subject of political debate. Why is the relative patriotism of the two parties the only issue that is out of bounds for rational discussion?”In a stunning follow-up to her number one bestseller Slander , leading conservative pundit Ann Coulter contends that liberals have been wrong on every foreign policy issue, from the fight against Communism at home and abroad, the Nixon and the Clinton presidencies, and the struggle with the Soviet empire right up to today’s war on terrorism. “Liberals have a preternatural gift for always striking a position on the side of treason,” says Coulter. “Everyone says liberals love America, too. No, they don’t.” From Truman to Kennedy to Carter to Clinton, America has contained, appeased, and retreated, often sacrificing America’s best interests and security. With the fate of the world in the balance, liberals should leave the defense of the nation to conservatives.Reexamining the sixty-year history of the Cold War and beyond—including the career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the Whittaker Chambers–Alger Hiss affair, Ronald Reagan’s challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” the Gulf War, and our present war on terrorism—Coulter reveals how liberals have been horribly wrong in all their political analyses and policy prescriptions. McCarthy, exonerated by the Venona Papers if not before, was basically right about Soviet agents working for the U.S. government. Hiss turned out to be a high-ranking Soviet spy (who consulted Roosevelt at Yalta). Reagan, ridiculed throughout his presidency, ended up winning the Cold War. And George W. Bush, also an object of ridicule, has performed exceptionally in responding to America’s newest threats at home and abroad.Coulter, who in Slander exposed a liberal bias in today’s media, also examines how history, especially in the latter half of the twentieth century, has been written by liberals and, therefore, distorted by their perspective. Far from being irrelevant today, her clearheaded and piercing view of what we’ve been through informs us perfectly for challenges today and in the future.With Slander , Ann Coulter became the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual of the year. Treason , in many ways an even more controversial and prescient book, will ignite impassioned political debate at one of the most crucial moments in our history.

['Politics', 'Nonfiction', 'History', 'Humor', 'Audiobook', 'Comedy', 'Philosophy']

2,605

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85791.Treason

Path of Power: The First Great Misfortune

H.O. De Jonge

The Aien Mountains surround the mighty city of Angelia. Evil Prince Cain returns to the city after his exile, intent on taking revenge upon his aged father and taking the crown which his sister, Maria, currently holds.To save him from danger, Maria's son, the young Prince Alexander, is taken to live at sea after her brother's evil destroys the city. For fourteen years he is sworn to secrecy about his identity.Magic reigns in the kingdom, and elves and trolls can be found alongside sub-human creatures named Cevarions. On Alexander's nineteenth birthday, he re-enters the magical kingdom. Can he right the wrongs of Angelia and save the kingdom from his evil uncle? Only time will tell...

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18366092-path-of-power

Fairytales for Wilde Girls

Allyse Near

A deliciously dark bubblegum-gothic fairytale from a stunning new Australian talent.‘He's gone the same way as those little birds that bothered me with their awful songs! And you will too, you and your horrible heart-music, because you won't stay out of my woods!'There's a dead girl in a birdcage in the woods. That's not unusual. Isola Wilde sees a lot of things other people don't. But when the girl appears at Isola's window, her every word a threat, Isola needs help.Her real-life friends – Grape, James and new boy Edgar – make her forget for a while. And her brother-princes – the mermaids, faeries and magical creatures seemingly lifted from the pages of the French fairytales Isola idolises – will protect her with all the fierce love they possess.It may not be enough.Isola needs to uncover the truth behind the dead girl's demise and appease her enraged spirit, before the ghost steals Isola's last breath.

['Fantasy', 'Young Adult', 'Fairy Tales', 'Fiction', 'Paranormal', 'Romance', 'Gothic']

1,101

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16120434-fairytales-for-wilde-girls

The Reluctant Cowboy

Elizabeth A. Garcia

This is a story about a young cowboy named Jed Peterson. It's a tale set in West Texas about being lost and being found, saving and being saved. It's about bull riding and horse training. It's about being different, being tough but at the same time, gentle; and it's about staying true to ourselves. but more than anything, this tale is about the enduring power of love.

['M M Romance', 'LGBT', 'Westerns']

50

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18522981-the-reluctant-cowboy

The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. It depicts the fall and rise of the Primrose family, presided over by the benevolent vicar, the narrator of a fairy-tale plot of impersonation and deception, the abduction of a beautiful heroine and the machinations of an aristocratic villain. By turns comic and sentimental, the novel's popularity owes much to its recognizable depiction of domestic life and loving family relationships.New to this edition is an introduction by Robert L. Mack that examines the reasons for the novels enduring popularity, as well as the critical debates over whether it is a straightforward novel of sentiment or a satire on the social and economic inequalities of the period and the very literary conventions and morality it seems to embody. This edition also includes a new, up-to-date bibliography and expanded notes, and contains reprints of Arthur Friedman's authoritative Oxford English Novels text of the corrected first edition of 1766.

['Classics', 'Fiction', '18th Century', 'Literature', 'Historical Fiction', 'British Literature', 'Novels']

9,888

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112510.The_Vicar_of_Wakefield

Dos velas para el diablo

Laura Gallego García

Hoy día, ya nadie cree en los ángeles. Sin embargo, hay gente que sí cree en los demonios. Pero los ángeles existen y han existido siempre. ¿Qué cómo lo sé? Porque mi padre era uno de ellos. El problema es que, cuando los ángeles te dan la espalda, ¿en quién puedes confiar?

['Fantasy', 'Young Adult', 'Romance', 'Paranormal', 'Spanish Literature', 'Angels', 'Fiction']

7,916

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3418880-dos-velas-para-el-diablo

Fundamental Error: A Katla KillFile

Martyn V. Halm

Assassin Katla is hired by a client whose brother is planning a terrorist attack...The Fundamental Error KillFile (9,800 words) follows freelance assassin Katla Sieltjes on her most dangerous assignment yet. When Peter Brandt watches his brother Roel convert to Islam and turn into a domestic terrorist, Katla needs to enter into the mind of a fanatic suicide bomber in order to thwart a mass-murder attack in the shopping mecca of Amsterdam.The Katla KillFile short stories chronologically precede the novels in the Amsterdam Assassin Series. Each KillFile features Katla Sieltjes, expert in disguising homicide, executing one of her contracts. While not mandatory reading, each KillFile provides insight both in Katla’s work methods and skill, and additional background information in her character and personal history. The KillFiles can be read out of order, as the contracts are random samples from Katla’s past.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18297047-fundamental-error

A Season of War

David J. Capen

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2

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18634627-a-season-of-war

Dawn of the Knight I - Xeltian Invitation

Steven M. Vincent

In the spring of 220 Minores, the world of Xeltia brought its black army to bear down upon the kingdoms of mankind. Led by the Corrupter and her Knight, they sought the Collapse - a fate worse than death, encompassing all and never to be undone.Yet as the three kings united and the true knights arose, the onslaught was met on the eastern plains of Rolace. Many lives were ended, kingdoms shattered, but in the end the terrible evil was driven away. An era of flourishing peace would follow, which men called the Dawn.But decades would pass, and this would become legend. True knights would fade, and the Corrupter would return, once again seeking the Collapse. Her Xeltian Knight would pit the hearts of man against his brothers using their anger, greed, and lust. There would be no united resistance this time... Only a boy seeking to fulfill a promise.

['Fantasy']

12

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17250780-dawn-of-the-knight-i---xeltian-invitation

I,Legal in the U.S.A. - a memoir

Alejandra Campos

Autobiographical account of a young Hispanic woman meeting difficult challenges early in life. Her decision to move to the United States takes her to some unexpected places and decisions as she seeks out the American Dream. Along the way Alejandra points out the reasons she has encountered for people to decide to come to the States. She also makes a surprising personal decision that will cause you to think about your own life changing decisions. Read this for a new perspective on immigration - legal and illegal, discrimination, life dreams and goals, and sacrifice for future rewards. Two editions are available: Full-Color and Black & White. Being distributed on Amazon.com

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18462053-i-legal-in-the-u-s-a---a-memoir

Where They Bury You

Steven W. Kohlhagen

In August 1863, during Kit Carson’s roundup of the Navajo, Santa Fe’s Marshal is found dead in an arroyo near what is now the Hubbel Trading Post. The murder, and the roughly million of today’s dollars in cash and belongings in his saddlebags, is historically factual. Carson’s actual explanation is implausible.Who did kill Carson’s “brave and lamented” Major? The answer is revealed in this tale of a group of con artists operating in 1861-1863 in the New Mexico and Arizona Territories. As a matter of historical fact, millions of today’s dollars were embezzled from the Army, the Church, and the New Mexico Territory during this time. In this fictionalized version, the group includes a Santa Fe poker dealer with a checkered past claiming to fall in love with one of her co- conspirators, and the historically accurate duo of the Marshal of Santa Fe and the aide de camp of the Territories’ Commanding General. It is an epic tale of murder and mystery, of staggering thefts, of love and deceit.Both a Western and a Civil War novel, this murder mystery occurs in and among Cochise’s Chiricahua Apache Wars, the Navajo depredations and wars, Indian Agent Kit Carson’s return from retirement, and the Civil War. The story follows the con artists, some historical, some fictional, during their poker games, scams, love affairs, and bank robberies, right into that arroyo deep in Navajo country.

['Historical Fiction', 'Westerns', 'Fiction', 'Mystery']

92

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17720136-where-they-bury-you

The Windgate (The School of Ministry #1)

Braxton A. Cosby

TO CHOOSE, IS FATE! When Ziv is recruited by the secret society known as The Sect, he finds himself cast into a perilous journey of identity, love, and hope. As a Conduit, Ziv possess the ability to see creatures of the night: demons. The Sect trains him along with two other trainees to be warriors of light and confront the challenges of the treacherous Quad, in order to control their fear and hone their abilities. As an untimely love triangle emerges, Ziv must control his emotions and chase down the evil Akabod before he can destroy The Windgate and banish the entire planet into enslavement by the underworld.

['Young Adult', 'Christian', 'Adult']

43

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18372391-the-windgate

Charms on a Woman's Waist

Aihebholo-oria Okonoboh

African intellects will not open their mouths without a proverb. This handbook is a door to the world of African philosophy.Fondly call a new look of proverbs, this collection aimed at sharpening readers' word power as there is a clear perception of meaning in manner of imagery presentation. The publishers have benefited from the opinions of students and language experts. New ground is broken through application of these views. In addition, readers will have no problem associating proverbs herein with everyday situations because of the simple language style.Interestingly, this edition does not contain proverbs previously published in any collection anywhere. No doubt our readers will be fascinated as they explore this brand new collection.Much consideration is given also to the fact that readers of proverbs should be able to understand the meaning of a proverb in order to see its value. To this end, diligent effort is made to explain the meaning of each proverb or to disclose situations in which it could be used. Nonetheless, the fact remains that in nature a proverb has more than one meaning. So, we do not presume to have exhausted the meaning and usage of proverbs in this collection.It is sincerely hoped that the words of our readers will be empowered through the choice of making it a companion, "Charms On A Woman's Waist."

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17668137-charms-on-a-woman-s-waist

Delta the Dancing Elephant: A Memoir

K.A. Monroe

Delta’s story is told in the first person narrative coercing the reader to anthropomorphize, to empathize, and to put themselves in her shoes, so to speak. An Asian elephant whose family was killed in the late 1920’s, she takes you through seven decades in the life of an individual who is normally not thought of twice: a performing elephant. Throughout the account are hints of time and history sugar coated by music. Character names are hybrids of real-life noted elephants and elephant-noted people, presenting the reader with a challenge to see and think beyond mere words. From the same children’s book author who was compelled to pen Tyke and the Elephant Angel, this fictitious memoir is designed for young adults and up. It may seem like 'Black Beauty' (Anna Sewell) meets 'Forrest Gump' (Winston Groom) with a twist of 'love story within a bigger story' formula.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18272910-delta-the-dancing-elephant

Jejak Langkah

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Kehadiran roman sejarah ini, bukan saja dimaksudkan untuk mengisi sebuah episode berbangsa yang berada di titik persalinan yang pelik dan menentukan, namun juga mengisi isu kesusastraan yang sangat minim menggarap periode pelik ini. Karena itu hadirnya roman ini memberi bacaan alternatif kepada kita untuk melihat jalan dan gelombang sejarah secara lain dan dari sisinya yang berbeda.Tetralogi ini dibagi dalam format empat buku. Pembagian ini bisa juga kita artikan sebagai pembelahan pergerakan yang hadir dalam beberapa periode. Dan roman ketiga ini, Jejak Langkah, adalah fase pengorganisasian perlawanan.Minke memobilisasi segala daya untuk melawan bercokolnya kekuasaan Hindia yang sudah berabad-abad umurnya. Namun Minke tak pilih perlawanan bersenjata. Ia memilih jalan jurnalistik dengan membuat sebanyak-banyaknya bacaan Pribumi. Yang paling terkenal tentu saja Medan Prijaji.Dengan koran ini, Minke berseru-seru kepada rakyat Pribumi tiga hal: meningkatkan boikot, berorganisasi, dan menghapuskan kebudayaan feodalistik. Sekaligus lewat langkah jurnalistik, Minke berseru-seru: "Didiklah rakyat dengan organisasi dan didiklah penguasa dengan perlawanan".

['Fiction', 'Novels', 'Indonesian Literature', 'Historical Fiction', 'Literature', 'Classics', 'Asia']

5,755

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1398066.Jejak_Langkah

Pigs Can't Swim: A Memoir

Helen Peppe

Finalist for the 2014 New England Book Awards in Non-FictionAn outrageous, hilarious, and touching memoir by the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond-eccentric Maine family. With everything happening on Helen Peppe’s backwoods Maine farm, life was wild--and not just for the animals. Sibling rivalry, rock-bottom poverty, feral male chauvinism, sex in the hayloft: everything seemed--and was--out of control. In telling her wayward family tale, Peppe manages deadpan humor, an unerring eye for the absurd, and poignant compassion for her utterly overwhelmed parents. While her feisty resilience and candor will inevitably remind readers of Jeannette Walls or Mary Karr, Peppe's wry insight and moments of tenderness with family and animals are entirely her own. As Richard Hoffman, the author of Half the House: A Memoir puts it: "Pigs Can't Swim is an unruly, joyous troublemaker of a book." 

['Memoir', 'Nonfiction', 'Biography Memoir', 'Biography', 'Autobiography', 'Coming Of Age', 'Animals']

375

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17836514-pigs-can-t-swim

Returning The Gift: Dialogues On Being At Peace Within Ourselves And The World, with Eckhart Tolle, Adyashanti, Timothy Wilson and Laura Waters Hinson

Steven Donoso

Returning The Gift is an inspiring quartet of dialogues On Being at Peace Within Ourselves and the World, with:Eckhart Tolle, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Power of Now, on Living in the Present MomentAdyashanti, spiritual author and Oprah Super Soul Sunday guest on Awakening to Your True NatureLaura Waters Hinson, filmmaker and director of the documentary As We Forgive, on Forgiveness and Reconciliation in RwandaTimothy Wilson, former director of the Seeds Of Peace International Camp in Maine which works with teens from opposing sides in war-torn conflicts, on The Enemy Has a FaceIn Returning the Gift, Eckhart Tolle and Adyashanti bring an inner perspective to being at peace within ourselves and how that peace is reflected in the world. Tim Wilson and Laura waters Hinson bring their perspective of working in the world with individuals who have been “at war” with one another. The work of Seeds of Peace that Wilson relates and the experiences that Hinson shares from the reconciliation process in Rwanda are breakthroughs in letting go of blaming and hatred, releasing into a vibrant living peace beyond that which we imagine possible.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18516032-returning-the-gift

Cheaper Than Therapy: How To Forgive and Overcome Anger, Anxiety, Fear and Stress

Mykey Robinson

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but WORDS WILL OFTEN HURT YOU. Just because you can’t see a bone sticking out doesn’t mean you’re not hurt. An untended emotional wound still festers. Do you want to forgive but can’t seem to? Do you know you have hurts from your past but can’t put your finger on it? Using Mykey’s technique, you’ll not only be able to identify the who, what, how and when, but also maximize your chance of getting entirely free of it.If you've been hurt by people you love(d), or if trusting sometimes makes you fearful and anxious, this book is for you. Everyone has challenges – whether it be families, friends or lovers. Forgiveness is the life skill we need to get through them. With the help of this book and the people you love, you’ll be able to. Cheaper Than Therapy is a simple, entertaining guide on how to forgive for all beliefs and backgrounds. Written in the Self Help/Pop Psychology genre, it is a quirky take on the process of forgiving - for people who have tried it, (perhaps even done counseling) but can’t quite seem to put their finger on what the problem is, or how to solve it. Instead of looking at depressing horror stories, the book is filled with stories of everyday people - packed with humor, practical tips, simple illustrations and exercises. Cheaper Than Therapy applies quantitative research to a qualitative problem of the heart, with spectacular results. Forgiving is an art form - there are no guaranteed, “secret” formulas that work for everyone, but just like art, the more you practice the better you get. You can go from kindergarten finger painter to Leonardo DaVinci’s prodigy with enough practice". Based on real psychological findings, it not only provides deeply insightful observations about how the human heart works, it gives you a practical, step-by-step way of doing it. It truly is an invaluable manual for real life conflict situations.Essentially, forgiveness is a means to an end, not an end in itself. If the whole point were to forgive, it wouldn’t really give us much incentive. But there are massive benefits that come with real forgiveness. If we can forgive, we have the chance to gain access to these benefits. If we can forgive, we will be able to trust again. If we can trust again, we open ourselves up to the chance of loving again. The giving and receiving of love is essential for us to live full lives, without which we may feel broken, hurt, alienated or all three. The belief that makes a person say “I’m unlovable” (or the many variations thereof) is the most common cause of brokenness today.The Book is divided into 3 sections:Section 1: What Is Forgiveness and Why Should We Do It?In the first section we’ll look at what forgiveness is, and why we need to do it. In Chapters 1 and 2, we clarify what forgiveness is, and set some clear goals and definitions of what it looks like when we succeed. In Chapter 3 we focus on finding a motivation to forgive. Having a clear motivation is the most important element in forgiving, without which, we’re just fooling ourselves. In Chapter 4, we look at the difference between our hearts and heads, and how we need to get them working together.Section 2: How To ForgiveChapters 5, 6 and 7 lay out a practical step-by-step forgiveness process. We look at how people owe us “debts”, and what to do to get rid of these permanently. We look at how underlying assumptions sometimes need to be altered for us to learn how to trust again, and the different relationship types our lives that owe us different types of debts. We then go through a simple step by step guide that allows us to pinpoint and cancel these debts.Section 3: How To ReconcileIn Chapter 8, we look at how we often need to assess the risks of reconciling with a person, types of abuse, how to tell whether they’re genuinely repentant, and the factors to consider when seeking justice. In Chapters 9 and 10, we look at how to approach people to seek reconciliation and how to increase our chances of success if and when we want it to happen.

['Self Help', 'Nonfiction']

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17926832-cheaper-than-therapy

How to get out of this world alive

Alain Forget

How to Get Out of this World Alive is an unique synthesis of psychology, philosophy, mysticism and metaphysics. It provides practical tools for the reader who wants to be truly alive at all levels. Techniques developed and tested over 30 years are clearly set out to help you shift from making losing choices to winning ones. Life loves you and wants you to evolve. This books tells you how.

['Philosophy', 'Self Help', 'Nonfiction']

36

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15869795-how-to-get-out-of-this-world-alive

شئ سيبقى بيننا

فاروق جويدة

شعر

['Poetry', 'Literature', 'Love', 'Romance', 'Fiction', 'Plays']

2,484

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18046101

The Early Tales of Snow and Oakham

Philip Chavanne

A rite of passage, an adventure saga, and a redemption tale wrapped into one. "Snow and Oakham" is a story told across five continents: paying visit to a world of orphans and villains, heroes and slaves, cannibals and saints - all seen through the eyes of two brothers thrust into an adventure for the ages. When they are told that their birthright is buried in the Wild West End orphans Henry Snow and Jack Oakham set out to discover where they came from. And thus begins a journey to answer questions at the heart of every man. A saga about fathers and sons and the cost of forgiveness, "The Early Tales of Snow and Oakham is, '... An important, sprawling work with a lion's share of tenderness. It is proof that rip-roaring adventure is alive and well.'" Socratic VenturesThe Early Tales of Snow and Oakham is the first novel by Philip Chavanne, who traveled for seven years to collect the stories in this book. Alongside his wife and his two daughters he manages a ranch in the Texas Hill Country.

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51

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18669590-the-early-tales-of-snow-and-oakham

Mattius The Martian Hunter and The Silver Box Rick Zubrycki

Rick Zubrycki

What would you do if you were the son of the last great Martian Hunter? You'd save the world from the Martians that are robbing children of their souls, that's what. You probably wouldn't do it with a broken down dog, a faded comic book hero, a lumbering ex-con man-child, two intergalactic seniors and a mysterious silver box left to you by your deceased father. Then again, you're not Mattius.

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5

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16148561-mattius-the-martian-hunter-and-the-silver-box-rick-zubrycki

Illuminating Gracie

Lisa C. Temple

As an old woman's lifeless body lies on a cold stone floor, her soul stands before an angel who offers her a miraculous opportunity: the chance to do it all again. But that is easier said than done. In order to change the path her life has taken, she must put aside years of self-loathing and pain, so she can help the young girl she once was become the woman she should have been. At 17 years old, Grace Bennett is a bitter young woman. Though blessed with a loving family, looks and brains to spare, she hides her light under a bushel, spending most of her time in the darkness of her mind with little more than sarcasm and self-pity to keep her company.But things are about to change for Grace. While delivering food for her family's bed and breakfast, she turns onto a desolate dirt road and drives straight into her destiny.It's on this isolated country lane that the damaged girl meets a strangely familiar old couple and two mysterious young men. Together the group fights the demons that surround Grace, and they teach her what it means to let her light shine."Illuminating Gracie" is, at once, a metaphorical tale of the fight between good and evil and a spiritual saga of one girl's journey from darkness into the light. If you liked "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games," you will love the story of Gracie.

['Fantasy', 'Young Adult', 'Paranormal', 'Supernatural', 'Fiction', 'Angels']

91

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18087897-illuminating-gracie

Charles and Edward: A Modern Day Pretty Woman

Beau Garçon De La Nuit

A tale of true love. When two souls meet on a chance encounter, they didn't know that it would be a day that would change both of their lives for ever. Set in the modern day in the years leading up to the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee of 2012, this is a very modern love story with a unusual twist. Across the class divide that separates the extremely wealthy from the common man in modern day England two men meet and form a most unlikely bond. True love has no barriers and can strike anyone anywhere when they least expect it. Once felt it will stop you in your tracks and all you will be able to think about is the object of your affections. Edward is a humble young man from south London, born into a poverty stricken and mixed up family with no hope of a good future. With a disappearing single mother addicted to drugs, abused as a child. Adopted at a young age due to a traumatic childhood, trying hard to make a better life for himself anyway he possible can. Dreaming of a future with infinite possibilities where dreams can come true if you wish hard enough. One day he meets his knight in shinning armour, a member of the British aristocracy who comes into his life and turns it around to become the stuff dreams are made of. A chance encounter leading to a lasting love affair that will change his life for ever. Set in London amidst the hustle and bustle of Mayfair, St James, Knightsbridge, Belgravia. Edward finds himself whisked up into a world beyond his imagining. The best restaurants and finest hotels in London are a big part of his new life. No more Butlins in Skegness for Edward as he starts to be taken to, New York, Paris, Amsterdam Italy and the South of France. Places he had only seen in magazines now become his holiday destinations. From the glamour of the upper east side in New York, to the sheer luxury of Provence in the South of France, to the beauty of southern Italy in Positano, Ravello and Capri, he starts to live the life he had always dreamed about. Will events change Edward? Can he remain the humble young man he was when his affair with a member of the British aristocracy starts? Or will he become changed by getting caught up in all the glamour and luxury and lose himself amongst the finer things in life? All is revealed in this love story that crosses the class divide. A Belle De Jour meets Pretty Woman for the 21st century. Like the love letters between Prince Edward and Wallace Simpson before they become the Duke and Duchess of Kent mixed in with Diary Of A Manhattan Call Girl. A tale with a message and underlying morality. Can you really have everything you want without paying a price? Is it really worth it to gain the world if you lose yourself and the morals you have been brought up with? Sometimes laugh out loud funny, other times heart rendering, sad, uplifting, light hearted, fun, at turns even very sobering with a interwoven message of morals and staying true to oneself. Not just a story with out meaning, as you read you will find yourself vividly imagining what you would do and encouraging Edward to be true to his word and himself. When sometimes enough is never enough and the more you have the more you want, life has a way of teaching you the lessons you need to learn.

['M M Romance', 'Romance']

27

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18690439-charles-and-edward

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

James W. Loewen

Bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me , James W. Loewen, exposes the secret communities and hotbeds of racial injustice that sprung up throughout the twentieth century unnoticed, forcing us to reexamine race relations in the United States.In this groundbreaking work, bestselling sociologist James W. Loewen, author of the national bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me , brings to light decades of hidden racial exclusion in America. In a provocative, sweeping analysis of American residential patterns, Loewen uncovers the thousands of “sundown towns”—almost exclusively white towns where it was an unspoken rule that blacks could not live there—that cropped up throughout the twentieth century, most of them located outside of the South. These towns used everything from legal formalities to violence to create homogenous Caucasian communities—and their existence has gone unexamined until now. For the first time, Loewen takes a long, hard look at the history, sociology, and continued existence of these towns, contributing an essential new chapter to the study of American race relations.Sundown Towns combines personal narrative, history, and analysis to create a readable picture of this previously unknown American institution all written with Loewen’s trademark honesty and thoroughness.

['History', 'Nonfiction', 'Race', 'Sociology', 'American History', 'Social Justice', 'Politics']

1,702

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52444.Sundown_Towns

Returns and Exchanges

Yuri Kruman

Five young New Yorkers brought together on the verge of greatness - by the chance of fate - do battle to transcend through pangs of city grit and pleasures, to achieve. Helen, a modern woman caught between professions, men and fears has a stark choice to make. Jacob, a violin prodigy, frantically writes a symphony to win his love and prove himself. Conrad, ambitious Texan in New York, catches a break beyond his wildest dreams, with just one caveat. A childhood sin he can't expunge takes playboy-at-his-peak Lisandro from dream life to damning nightmare, half a world away. Senator's son and journalist Aidan risks everything to grab the story that will make him great. In the dark heart of Africa, against the Russian winter and the heel of influence, in the East-West bazaar of choice and genius mind of Jacob Frenkel, the mettle of a generation will be forged.

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15

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18710830-returns-and-exchanges

Happy Birthday!

Meghna Pant

Happy Birthday! (Random House, India) is a beautifully written, compelling and emotionally intelligent collection of short stories by award-winning novelist Meghna Pant. These finely nuanced stories provide a rare glimpse into the complex and mysterious inner lives of human beings.Happy Birthday was longlisted for the prestigious Frank O'Connor Award 2014. It has also been voted the TOP title on Flipkart’s editors picks for this month: http://www.flipkart.com/books/~editor...A dedicated friend undertakes one last labour of love for a childless woman. Nadia - married into money - finds herself facing uncomfortable truths about her comfortably numb marriage. A Mumbai slum-girl dreams of speaking words valuable enough to be translated into English. An American tourist seeking nirvana sets off a sudden chain of events when his bag is stolen, and destiny plays her hand. A retired civil servant of modest means struggles to support his snooty foreign-returned daughter.Meghna Pant’s knife - sharp stories are compelling, emotionally intelligent and provide a rare glimpse into the strange workings of the human heart. They evade neat categorization andare the perfect read for all curious spirits."These are stories with a large heart and a keen eye, deeply aware of the complex, sometimes uncomfortable realities of India, its many layers. Meghna Pant knows how to create characters that will surprise and move you." – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni "Deft, merciless and expertly-tuned parables for the new Indian century."– Jeet Thayil"Meghna Pant pierces one’s heart with the reality and depth of her stories, wrapping up her tales with unanticipated yet undeniable flourish. Exceptionally thought-provoking narratives that manage to be provocative and inspirational in the very same breath."– Ashwin Sanghi"These intimate stories juxtapose a range and register of aerial and emotional perspectives, with craft, delicacy and an intensely human sensibility."– Namita Gokhale

['Short Stories', 'Fiction']

120

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18111057-happy-birthday

9/11 Contradictions: An Open Letter to Congress and the Press

David Ray Griffin

In 9/11 Contradictions, David Ray Griffin shows that the official story of what happened on 9/11 is riddled with internal contradictions. Since two contradictory statements cannot both be true, it is clear that individuals and agencies articulating the official story of 9/11 have made many false statements. Congress and the press must ask which of these contradictory statements are false and why they were made.This book simply lays out the fact that these contradictions exist; it contains no theory. Therefore, politicians and journalists who deal with the issues raised herein will not be giving credence to some "conspiracy theory" about 9/11. They will simply be carrying out their duty to ask why the official story of 9/11 - arguably the most fateful event of our time - does not stand up to examination.

['History', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics', 'Science']

61

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2371806.9_11_Contradictions

Barack Obama: A Detailed Response to Benghazi

Illumination Publishing

* A landmark political masterpiece on par with All The Presidents Men and The Starr Report.*In a little over 100 pages this book exposes the incompetency and cover up of the terrorist attack in Benghazi by the Barack Obama administration.*Fiercely Frank and insightful this book also includes just as it's title implies, the most detailed response from Barack Obama on the Benghazi terrorist attack that took place on 9/11/12!*That's right between the pages of this shocking political exposé readers will find over 100 blank pages. Lets be honest there has been no response from the Obama administration in regards to the Benghazi terrorist attack.*This masterful book concludes by urging the American people to force the Obama administration to fill in the blank pages of this book with answers regarding the attack on 9/11/12.*This is a gag gift with a purpose! Republicans and Democrats alike will be moved by this small book of subversion!Editorial ReviewsAuthor - Margaret Hayek"This is such a good book that the authors will no doubt have their own dedicated wing in the new NSA database center in Utah" -Author Margaret Hayek, Why is There a Drone with an IRS Tax Bill at My Front Door?21st Century Muckraker Blog - Bennett Falwell"The shocking truth revealed in this book is so powerful that it may just make Mitt Romney and Candy Crowley hug one another."Author - Milton Atwater"This is way better than the Starr Report!" -Author Milton Atwater, How to Make Capitalism Work in a Socialist World.The Daily Press - Chuck Liddy"Woodward and Bernstein wish they could have brought out the truth like in this revealing political masterpiece."Obamacare Death Panelist - Olga Andropov"Good Book...maybe too good."

['Nonfiction', 'Politics']

22

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18683839-barack-obama

Bombay, city of sandals

Shänne Sands

['Travel']

15

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3865299-bombay-city-of-sandals

My Name Was Five: A Novel of the Second World War

Heinz Kohler

When a private plane crashes in Florida in 1991, the surviving pilot makes the strangest of remarks. "It was World War II," he says. The National Transportation Safety Board attributes the accident to a collision with birds, but one stubborn investigator insists on going further. Before long, the investigator's inquiry reveals how the pilot's past had trailed him on his last flight and vividly brings to life a terrifying slice of history - the story of a German boy who grows up in Berlin before, during, and after the Second World War; sadistic teachers just call him Five. The boy's father, an opponent of the Nazis, ends up in a concentration camp and later in a penal regiment that marches through Russian mine fields to clear the way for regular troops. In contrast, one of the boy's uncles is a fervent Nazi in charge of cleansing Berlin of every last Jew; another uncle revels in the governance of Paris. A favorite aunt, a confidential secretary at the Gestapo, is horrified by all she knows about the "final solution." The boy's mother is the one who keeps him sane when gunfire from a strafing Spitfire kills his best friend standing right next to him on a bridge. But worse is to come: bombings and firestorms, the senseless sacrifice of children and old men in the Battle of Berlin, the Soviet occupation, along with rape, murder, hunger, and disease, and then the emergence of a new kind of tyranny yet. In the end, we come upon an unexpected twist that shows how the consequences of war can emerge decades later and in faraway places.

['Historical Fiction', 'World War II', 'Fiction', 'Holocaust', 'War', 'Historical']

88

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7684584-my-name-was-five

Лабиринтът на отраженията (Лабиринтът на отраженията, #1)

Sergei Lukyanenko

Виртуалният град Дийптаун, наричан още Дълбината, става втори дом за милиони хора – някои от тях обаче не успяват да се върнат в реалността. Малка група от хора, наричащи себе си дайвъри, са способни да напускат Дълбината по собствена воля. Богове на виртуалния свят, те са най-добрите хакери и помагат на онези, които потънат в Дълбината, ръководейки се от свой собствен кодекс. Философията на Дийптаун – свобода за всички във всякакви форми – става притегателна сила за дайвъра Леонид. В стремежа си да получи бленувания Медал за всепозволеност, той приема задачата да спаси Неудачника – играч в „Лабиринта на смъртта“ с мистериозна идентичност, който бива убит всеки път, когато се опитва да напусне ниво 33 на играта „Лабиринт на смъртта“. Кой стои зад този псевдоним и кой е поръчителят? Леонид тепърва ще се сблъска с истинската същност на Дълбината. Настолна книга на руските хакери, „Лабиринтът на отраженията“ е първият роман в киберпънк поредицата за Дълбината.

['Science Fiction', 'Fiction', 'Russia', 'Fantasy', 'Cyberpunk', 'Russian Literature', 'Science Fiction Fantasy']

4,918

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18216474

A Story of God and All of Us: A Novel Based on the Epic TV Miniseries "The Bible"

Roma Downey

Scripture's greatest stories and most compelling characters come to life in this sweeping new novel by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. Beginning with the creation of man and ending with the revelation of a new world, readers will revel in this epic saga of warriors, rebels, poets, and kings, all called upon by God to reveal His enduring love for mankind. Ultimately, God's plan is fulfilled in the story of Jesus the Messiah, whose life, death and resurrection brings salvation to one and all. A STORY OF GOD AND ALL OF US is a companion to The Bible, the epic ten-hour mini-series produced by the authors and televised around the world.

['Religion', 'Christian', 'Nonfiction', 'Inspirational', 'Spirituality', 'Faith', 'Christianity']

599

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15789630-a-story-of-god-and-all-of-us

The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories

Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway's first forty-nine stories and play.

['Fiction', 'Short Stories', 'Classics', 'American', 'Collections']

100

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18137589-the-fifth-column-and-the-first-forty-nine-stories

Born or Bred? Martin Bryant: the making of a mass murderer

Robert Wainwright

Martin John Bryant slipped into the world in the autumn of 1967, blond, blue eyed, angelic. On a sunny Sunday 29 years later, Carleen and Maurice Bryant's beloved first-born loaded the boot of his yellow Volvo with guns and ammunition and returned to Tasmania's historic Port Arthur settlement, scene of many idyllic childhood summers. There, the young man with the striking surfie hair and mesmeric eyes, calmly shot 35 people dead and injured another 21. His crime, the world's worst killing spree by a lone gunman, horrified the nation and changed Australia forever.Thirteen years on, Robert Wainwright and Paola Totaro, both senior news writers, delve backwards over five generations and across two hemispheres to unravel the complete story of Bryant's life and reveal why he committed this heinous crime. They have uncovered Bryant's family history, spoken to his mother, his psychiatrists, lawyer and others who knew him, to piece together the story of eccentric and disparate characters whose lives intersected – with catastrophic results. From Bryant's shocking behind-the-scenes confessions to his own 11th-hour attempt to turn back, this book asks if the Port Arthur massacre could have been prevented. And explains why it could happen again.

['True Crime', 'Nonfiction', 'Crime', 'Biography', 'History']

171

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6656750-born-or-bred-martin-bryant

You'll Need a Guardian Angel

Victor Piasecki

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6

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5011514-you-ll-need-a-guardian-angel

Risking Exposure

Jeanne Moran

Munich, 1938. Nazi Germany. War is on the horizon. A timid Hitler Youth member contracts polio. Photographs she takes of fellow polio patients are turned into propaganda, mocking people with disabilities. She is now an outsider, a target of Nazi scorn and possible persecution. Her only weapon is her camera.This book is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree for Historical Fiction. Readers should know: a sequel is in the works.

['Historical Fiction', 'Young Adult', 'World War II', 'War', 'Historical', 'Middle Grade', 'Illness']

120

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18507114-risking-exposure

Dream It, Do It, Live It: 9 Easy Steps To Making Things Happen For You

Richard Newton

A practical nine-step productivity guide for turning your dreams into realities.When you think of project management, you probably think of business projects and boring meetings. But every project, personal and professional, needs to be properly managed if you expect to turn what you can dream up into a reality you can live. We all have dreams we're passionate about—getting ahead at work, starting a business, or even learning to play an instrument—but it's difficult to live your dreams without a framework for getting from vision to achievement. Dream It, Do It, Live It offers practical, understandable, and doable guidance on achieving any goal in nine easy steps. With case studies of real people who achieved their own dreams, this easy-to-read illustrated guide will help you focus on the dream you want to make real and the constructive and meaningful steps you can take to today to make that dream happen.- A short, easy-to-read guide full of practical advice and simple steps for getting started on the path to your ultimate goals.- Includes an easy-to-follow nine-step system that helps you reach any goal, professional or personal.- Ideal for professionals who want to get ahead, entrepreneurs who want to start their own business, hobbyists, and anyone who wants to turn the intangible into the tangible.No matter where you want to go in life, there's always a way to get there. Dream It, Do It, Live It gives you the practical, real-world advice you need to set out on the road to your ultimate success.

['Self Help', 'Personal Development']

91

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17395175-dream-it-do-it-live-it

Shadow

C.S. Dixon

Shadow is a short story of terror which chronicles the life of a man changed after an accident and who is suddenly confronted with a mysterious and recurring fear, is it real or a nightmare?

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13

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18045686-shadow

Reckless Little 15

Liana Resles

When Carleigh DuMetz turns fifteen, she quickly joins the teen scene, which brings to light her naïveté. Always wanting to be one of the crowd, Carleigh tries to grow up fast so she’ll fit in.She finds her first love in Aiken Lyons, who watched Carleigh grow into a beautiful young woman. The only problem is that his eighteenth birthday is the day after their first date. If she wants to keep seeing him, they’ll have to keep their relationship a secret.After Aiken goes on a mission trip to Africa, Carleigh is savagely dragged into the darker side of the adult world by Richard–Aiken’s friend. Carleigh lashes out in an attempt to free herself from him. Instead, she finds herself completely trapped. Reckless will take you into the tortured existence of a teenage girl who wants to experience the more exciting side of life, but rapidly finds herself on a collision course with disaster. It contains mature content, strong language, and painfully graphic details.

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12

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18430594-reckless-little-15

From Generation To...

Robert B. Fried

Robert B. Fried wrote this collection of poems during his childhood, after listening to the stories that his four grandparents had shared with him about their experiences during the Holocaust. May these poems offer a glimpse into the life-changing experiences of the survivors of the Holocaust, so that from generation to generation, the world will always remember and never forget.

['Poetry']

6

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18707418-from-generation-to

The Book of Extremely Common Prayer

Nathaniel Whitten

Here’s proof that God is all ears, whether it be a matter of life or death or simply a minor traffic violation. EXTREMELY COMMON PRAYER avoids the stilted language and dated pleas of 2,000-year-old Judeo-Christian phraseology in favor of modern day petitions that talk to God as if he were truly “one of us.”Comparing your size 10 figure with Cameron Diaz? Having second thoughts about skydiving with your cousin Aaron? Why not ask God to give you a hand? EXTREMELY COMMON PRAYER is here to help.From the practical to the ethereal, from pop culture to polemics, EXTREMELY COMMON PRAYER reminds us that man is just a fallible creature with lots of wants and needs, most of which won’t be met in his time on earth. But it can’t hurt to ask.

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5

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18757811-the-book-of-extremely-common-prayer

Once (Once series #1)

M.S. Kaye

Her first and also her once.Jonathan and Rebecca’s paths cross at exactly the right moment, when each most needs to hear what the other has to say.But Jonathan is three days from entering the priesthood, and Rebecca leaves him to his peace. But he is unable to find peace.Without each other’s comfort and strength, they must each struggle to forge a new path, with only memories of the one day that changed everything.But are they able to forget and let go?

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8

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18758705-once

To Hold The Sun

Chas Watkins

An award winning book that can change your life!This delightful and engaging story outlines the experiences of a young, poor, and disillusioned reporter who is enticed to do a series of articles about Paul, an unconventional philosopher and motivational speaker. In lieu of payment, he gets to travel to and dive on Roatan, arguably one of the most beautiful, pristine islands in the Caribbean. Through a series of meetings, the reporter gets to know Paul's innermost philosophies. He learns an alternate way of living from a man who strives to perfect handstands on a dock and practices the art of happiness. The author developed the book as a guide to help his children live their lives in a way that would allow them to enjoy the journey. Drawing on wildly diverse disciplines including stoicism, neuroscience, skepticism, behavioral economics, and spirituality; the reader is taken on a journey that exposes the author's philosophy of life. He demonstrates that happiness is indeed a choice. All places detailed on Roatan exist and are more beautiful than described. Photos are by kind permission of Shawn Jackson."So much more than just an original, engaging, and consistently entertaining story, 'To Hold The Sun' can be viewed by the reader as a kind of guide or blueprint to live life in a way that would enable an appreciation of the journey and not just the destination. An expertly crafted work from beginning to end, 'To Hold The Sun' is enthusiastically recommended reading and will prove an enduringly popular addition to community library collections!"-- Midwest Book ReviewChas describes the spiritual warrior's journey in way that makes you want to come along, roll up your sleeves, and do the work required to become the best version of you there is!-- Timber Hawkeye, Buddhist Boot Camp

['Self Help', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Spirituality', 'Metaphysics']

155

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18757195-to-hold-the-sun

Aloha Joe in Hawaii

Joe Holt

"Vivid and touching, Aloha Joe in Hawaii is a rare type of book that not only educates, but also moves." - Any Subject Books This book is the sunny and inspiring tale of someone who refuses to be defeated by the adversities in his life. Scarred by a childhood of abuse, by injury and trauma as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marines and by a totally fortuitous hit-and-run accident, he finally takes his life into his own hands and moves to the 'Big Island' of Hawaii which has a reputation for offering a healing lifestyle. Immersed in a jungle environment where geckos are his companions and he can forage for fruit every day to make his breakfast smoothies, he gradually slows to the pace of island life. He abandons tv, and instead listens to the sound of the rain on the roof. He learns how to greet and be greeted according to the beautiful customs of the island's inhabitants, enjoys local food and allows serendipity to guide him. Joe's book is not just an account of his own life experiences. He is at the same time imparting his attractive and compelling philosophy of life which might be summarized in his words: "Give yourself permission to live the life that you have always wanted to live." It may mean selling your possessions and moving to the place of your dreams to engage in a simple way of life, but following your heart is more important than anything else. Some of the areas of the Big Island covered are Hilo, Ke'eau, Puna, Pahoa, Kalapana, Red Road, Vacationland, Volcano, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, South Kohala Coast, Waikoloa, Discovery Harbor, and more!

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9

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18775186-aloha-joe-in-hawaii

In Flanders Fields: Scottish Poetry and Prose of the First World War

Trevor Royle

This anthology addresses Scotlands unique contribution to the literature of the First World War. Well-known writers such as John Buchan, Eric Linklater, Hugh MacDiarmid, Compton Mackenzie, are included, as well as poets like Joseph Lee and Roderick Watson Kerr.

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4

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/802579.In_Flanders_Fields

L'indagine del detective Oneyed

Pablo Renzi

L'indagine sulla misteriosa sparizione dei croccantini dalla ciotola del gatto del banchiere Lucrezio Van Der Bill viene affidata al detective Oneyed, il miglior segugio della città. Il miglior brachetto a dire il vero..

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2

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18775775-l-indagine-del-detective-oneyed

The Jetstream of Success (Intellectual Maverick, #1)

Julian Pencilliah

Each one of us has the capacity to become an Intellectual Maverick. We should be exhibiting qualities in life that are unique and dynamic. Achieving success is determined by our propensity for innovation. We need to become revolutionaries of modern thinking and pacesetters in the art of creating cultures of change. The result employs your forward thinking genius. An Intellectual Maverick builds bridges over hurdles, bulldozes obstacles and never settles for the confines of convention.Success is our capacity to turn our challenges into circuits - taking bends with speed, skill and determination to head up every race to achieve. Life requires us to develop the finesse of artists, the genius of meticulous minds and the attitude of rock stars.Welcome to The Jetstream of Success book where legends create history every day. The book offers you the framework to become a student of your history, to redefine yourself and as a result, the future, so that you can aspire and quantify your results to success. The Jetstream of Success will school you in a vast range of awareness and frame very strong criteria to measure your intellectual processes against; allowing you to reinvent yourself more conducive to your successes.

['Business', 'Self Help', 'Nonfiction', 'Finance', 'Personal Development', 'Inspirational']

137

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18770284-the-jetstream-of-success

Wizard (Rainbow's End, #1)

Corrie Mitchell

Thomas Ross is an eleven year old boy who has just been orphaned. He wanders off into the Northumberland woods with no idea of where he’s going, and after almost dying, finds himself in a place called Rainbow’s End. There he discovers that he is, in fact, a wizard, that fairies and dwarves and gods and witches really do exist; that his grandfather is a wizard himself – possibly the most powerful ever, and his grandmother, a gypsy… But Wizardry is no simple matter – even if you were born to it… There are seven levels, linked to seven crystals, which in turn, represent the seven Universal elements. Each has to be mastered… The Rainbow’s End Saga, is Thomas Ross’ journey. It’s a story about a young wizard and a grumpy old man... A story about dreams and magic; and fairies and dwarfs and little people. About an ancient race and demi-god twins; and children; an enchanted place where dreams really do come true. About choices and chances; and good and bad, and life and love and loss… and learning how to deal with them…

['Fantasy']

98

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18688115-wizard

City of the Guardians

Bee L. Kirk

Do you ever wonder about those little nudges and whispers you get from time to time, those "Don't go there today" or "Change lanes"?City of the Guardians: Introducing Alex Honor will show you who is behind those whispers and nudges. This book will make you take notice to the existence of things beyond our sight. The characters, Stilo who represents Strength and Rip who represents Rage, will fight to make their voice the one you listen to. Which will you choose? It is the author's hope to make you think twice about the decisions you make after reading this book. Her wish is to cause you to pause and listen to the whisper that wants the best, not the worst. You might be embarrassed to admit that you have experienced a nudge or quiet whisper but you and I both know that you have."From the beginning of the preface my interest was piqued! We all have heard these whispers, and to be able to delve into their possibilities is exciting in itself!" - Tiffany Green-Hunter"I like to think we have guardians who watch over us, but then why do bad things happen? I look forward to interacting with your characters - on both sides of the coin - and joining them on their adventures." - Steve ClarkeBee L. Kirk is a thirty five year-old, married, mother of two. She was born and raised in Camden, Arkansas and moved to Texas in 1996. She worked for the Dallas County Sheriff's Department for four years as a Detention Service Officer, and while there came to appreciate the fragility of the unknown. She is the host of a radio talk show called "The Honey Hour" on DFWiradio.com, and contributing writer for Best Southwest Moms Blog.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18384116-city-of-the-guardians

Mr g: A Novel About The Creation

Alan Lightman

“As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe.” So begins Alan Lightman’s playful and profound new novel, Mr g, the story of Creation as told by God. Barraged by the constant advisements and bickerings of Aunt Penelope and Uncle Deva, who live with their nephew in the shimmering Void, Mr g proceeds to create time, space, and matter. Then come stars, planets, animate matter, consciousness, and, finally, intelligent beings with moral dilemmas. Mr g is all powerful but not all knowing and does much of his invention by trial and error.Even the best-laid plans can go awry, and Mr g discovers that with his creation of space and time come some unforeseen consequences—especially in the form of the mysterious Belhor, a clever and devious rival. An intellectual equal to Mr g, Belhor delights in provoking Belhor demands an explanation for the inexplicable, requests that the newly created intelligent creatures not be subject to rational laws, and maintains the necessity of evil. As Mr g watches his favorite universe grow into maturity, he begins to understand how the act of creation can change himself, the Creator.With echoes of Calvino, Rushdie, and Saramago, combining science, theology, and moral philosophy, Mr g is a stunningly imaginative work that celebrates the tragic and joyous nature of existence on the grandest possible scale.

['Fiction', 'Science Fiction', 'Philosophy', 'Fantasy', 'Religion', 'Novels', 'Audiobook']

2,152

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11288963-mr-g

Lucy's Big Mess

Kim Yannayon

Lucy's Big Mess tells the story of a little cat that has to stay inside on a rainy day. She makes her own fun by pretending she is a doctor, a construction worker, a princess, and a mom. By the end of the day she creates a big messy room. To her it is an adventure waiting to happen, but to her mother it is simply a big mess!

['Fiction']

9

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18811555-lucy-s-big-mess

Push Start: A practical guide to jumpstart your life from average to awesome

Terry Thompson

A practical guide for personal and professional success.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17260868-push-start

Nadja

André Breton

Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement's attitude toward everyday life.The principal narrative is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in the city of Paris, the story of an obsessional presence haunting his life. The first-person narrative is supplemented by forty-four photographs which form an integral part of the work -- pictures of various surreal people, places, and objects which the author visits or is haunted by in naja's presence and which inspire him to mediate on their reality or lack of it. The Nadja of the book is a girl, but, like Bertrand Russell's definition of electricity as not so much a thing as a way things happen, Nadja is not so much a person as the way she makes people behave. She has been described as a state of mind, a feeling about reality, k a kind of vision, and the reader sometimes wonders whether she exists at all. yet it is Nadja who gives form and structure to the novel.

['Fiction', 'France', 'Classics', 'French Literature', 'Literature', 'Novels', 'Romance']

10,233

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110457.Nadja

H μοναξιά είναι από χώμα

Μάρω Βαμβουνάκη

Πρόκειται για δεκαοχτώ ανεπίδοτες επιστολές ενός άντρα προς τη γυναίκα που χώρισε. Αυτοεξόριστος σ' ένα βορινό νησί και διασχίζοντας την τυραννική έρημο της απώλειας και της απόγνωσης κερδίζει τη λυτρωτική γνώση που θα τον γαληνέψει, επιτέλους.

['Romance', 'Literature']

464

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10644598-h

The Day Jesus Rode Into Croydon

Kirk St Moritz

The greatest thing to happen to suburbia since the Road Widening Scheme of 1976.From the heart of suburbia Joseph faces a daunting task: to save the future of mankind. Rarely are self-certified wasters called to the battle between good and evil. It’s the job of Jack Connolly, failed television celebrity turned religious messiah to convince Joseph otherwise. As the past, present and future converge, an important question becomes paramount: Is the oncoming apocalypse even real? Add in a new girlfriend who thinks Joseph is someone else entirely and a housemate with an unhealthy Roger Moore obsession and it all starts to get a bit tricky.

['Fiction', 'Humor', 'Mystery']

251

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18659229-the-day-jesus-rode-into-croydon

Is the Coffee Fresh?

Marc Renson

A framed picture has disappeared from the men's room wall... the freezer is suddenly and explicably on the fritz... a man at the counter can't comprehend the cool cantaloupe soup... and the health inspector just walked through the door. Don't panic - it's just another day at Ambition Coffee House & Eatery. Business co-owner and author Marc Renson takes you on an entertaining, outrageous journey of madness and mayhem experienced in the daily operation of Ambition, one of downtown Schenectady, New York's most popular restaurants. Read about celebrities who eat there and meet "the regulars" who keep the staff hopping with their cosmic questions: Is the sandwich special good? Does your cream of tomato soup have milk in it? Will the Cajun spices bother me? And of course... is the coffee fresh? And while you're at it, contemplate the question - Do crazy people really wear red shoes? The answer may have you glancing through your own closet. Interestingly enough, enduring the insanity of what people say and do results in an understanding that everything happens for a reason. There is a purpose for meeting all the people along life's journey, and they collectively contribute to the certain fact that there is an answer to "why me..". it is because dreams really do come true, as they have for proprietor Marc Renson. As Marc would say, "Welcome to my world... and my ambition!"

['Nonfiction', 'Memoir']

26

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12941079-is-the-coffee-fresh

Buried Threads (Threads #2)

Kaylin McFarren

A disturbing prophecy sends a treasure hunting duo on an urgent race to rescue a country in Kaylin McFarren’s heart pounding new novel, Buried Threads. Full of erotic suspense and wild adventures, this is one trip that readers will never forget!Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen work together as the successful owners of a treasure hunting company. But a seemingly simple assignment – to track down a priceless gem that is believed to buried in a shipwreck deep within the Sea of Japan – takes a starling, and dangerous, turn.Faced with a monk’s dark prophecy that a natural disaster will soon strike Japan, killing millions, Rachel and Chase must embark on the mission of a lifetime in order to uncover the three cursed samurai swords that can avert the catastrophe.Chaos ensues as their adventure takes them from shark infested waters and creepy caves to haunted hidden tombs and a confrontation with Yakuza gang members.Time is running out as the prophecy’s day of reckoning draws near. Will Rachel and Chase succeed before disaster strikes?

['Mystery', 'Suspense', 'Romantic Suspense', 'Romance', 'Thriller', 'Fiction', 'Adventure']

172

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18874959-buried-threads

Target Blue: An Insider's View Of The N.Y.P.D

Robert Daley

It was a year of trauma, possibly the most traumatic in NYPD history. The so-called Black Liberation Army shot cops in the back. In New York alone they assassinated four, machine gunned two others, ambushed others with guns and knives. A new commissioner, swearing to end corruption and bring the force into the modern age, took over, even as two mafia dons got whacked, the biggest jewel robbery in the city's history took place, and Sgt. Durk and Patrolman Serpico brought on the Knapp Commission, whose purpose was to put cops in jail. Meanwhile, in the corridors of headquarters men with stars on their shoulders undermined the new commissioner where they could while jostling constantly for position and power. 

['History', 'True Crime']

63

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1552988.Target_Blue

Torn From The Inside Out

Sara Niles

This 2004 edition is obsolete and out of printNarrative Memoir In 1987 Sara Niles was forced to flee for her life with five small children, during a cold February thunderstorm. "In the process of my evolution, I became a victim of domestic war, an emotional casualty for a major portion of my life, entwined, entrapped and emotionally involved, until I learned how to become free. Freedom has never been easily gained and has often come at high cost throughout history, but one thing I will always know is freedom is worth every fight, and all pain" Sara NilesIn every life there is a timeless and unforgettable minute or day that will be forever etched into our mind’s memory. I have unforgettable memories that are so vivid that I see them in Technicolor, and I hear them with surround sound. Long after I am dead, I believe, I will remember. Two of those memories were the days of my escape to freedom...twice.

['Nonfiction']

36

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/661613.Torn_From_The_Inside_Out

Tales From Little Lump - Alien Season

Jeff Folschinsky

A hilarious tale about the small town of Little Lump, Texas and what happens when aliens show up without warning. Is this the end of the world as they know it? Not if Gertie and the customers of Aunt Gertie’s Gas ‘n Sip have anything to say about it. For them, it’s time to praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, because they are determined not to go down without a fight.

['Humor', 'Science Fiction']

71

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18718945-tales-from-little-lump---alien-season

The Spider

John Crompton

London, (195?), 8vo t.tela con sovr. ill. pp. 254 con 24 fig. n.t.

['Nonfiction', 'Science']

23

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3555227-the-spider

Untitled (Volume II): Stories

Nathan Reid

available on Amazon

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18009733-untitled-volume-ii

Saturdays with Lillian

Cornelia "Connie D." DeDona

An Anthology of Writing, Photography and Art--showcasing professional and emerging Writers and Artistsfrom The Writing Retreat at Windward Community College, Kaneohe Hawaii.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11179445-saturdays-with-lillian

Blast of the Dragon's Fury (Andy Smithson, #1)

L.R.W. Lee

From the After Life, ten-year-old Andy Smithson’s relatives initiated a curse 500 years ago. Now they no longer agree it should continue and one is willing to sacrifice Andy’s life to end it. Unaware of the disagreement and with no say in the matter, Andy is unexpectedly and magically transported from his home. He finds himself in the Land of Oomaldee, facing mortal danger at every turn as he seeks to find a scale from a rare red dragon, the most ferocious of dragon species, to break the curse and save his life.

['Fantasy', 'Childrens', 'Dragons', 'Middle Grade', 'Young Adult', 'Adventure', 'Fiction']

1,116

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17796199-blast-of-the-dragon-s-fury

Reluctantly Exposed

Jessica Leigh

Bullies, threats, and the loss of friendship are nothing new to people who've come out of the proverbial closet. Most of us can't even begin to understand what that must be like. Reluctantly Exposed takes the reader through a first person account of being different in a society that doesn't appreciate those differences.Andrea "Andy" Clearwater is a sixteen year old high school student. She laughs a lot, she loves to dance, and she has a group of friends she thinks will do anything for her. But when they find out that she's been hiding a secret from them, they aren't shy about forgetting she ever existed.Andy's only crime against humanity is being straight in a gay world, but that's enough to bother the masses. Suddenly finding herself an outcast, she must tread the waters of uncertainty as she comes to grips with who she is and how it effects the way she lives her life and the people in it.Content Warning: Mild language and violence in some scenes. Contains mentions of rape and the after effects on one's psyche as a result.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18773466-reluctantly-exposed

Scott Bloom en de Dochters van Chenchen

Rosa Miller

Scott Bloom is een zachtaardige Engelsman, die de hoop op echte liefde heeft opgegeven. Hij interviewt succesvolle zakenmensen voor The London Times, en vertrekt naar Beijing als Jo-Ann Wei, een activiste tegen het eenkindbeleid, zijn hulp inroept. Ze is met de dood bedreigd door Evan Mil, een Britse zakentycoon, met connecties binnen de Chinese overheid. Tijdens een paar interviewsessies ontdekt Scott dat Evan Mils imperium drijft op het surplus van miljoenen Chinese mannen—een gevolg van het eenkindbeleid en de voorkeur voor een zoon—en dat Evan Mil een hoger doel nastreeft dan winst maken alleen.Met haar verwrongen geest, vergiftigd door de wrede lessen van de oude krijgsheer Sun Tzu, brengt Jo-Ann zichzelf en Scott steeds verder in gevaar. Als Scott dieper in Jo-Anns leven binnendringt en kennismaakt met de beeldschone Karen Young—die haar zaken met dodelijke precisie afhandelt—wordt hij oncontroleerbaar meegetrokken in een destructieve wereld van wraak. Waarom is Jo-Ann niet in staat om gehoor te geven aan haar verlangen naar Scott? En waarom wordt de naar seks hunkerende Karen keer op keer afgewezen? Het begint allemaal met de moord op een klein, onschuldig meisje…

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18710722-scott-bloom-en-de-dochters-van-chenchen

Diaries of a College Girl

Ava Kensington

Diaries of a College Girl is an explicit personal memoir that details, in uncensored form, the experiences of a young female college student attempting to navigate her way through life, love, and everything in between. It's sometimes raw, sometimes graphic, sometimes salacious, but always 100% honest.

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16

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18947703-diaries-of-a-college-girl

Another Unknown Soldier

A.M. Smith

When a covert asset deep within the Third Reich makes unscheduled contact, his message is short but clear. He has information and needs extraction.But is everything as it seems? With no mention of the intel's significance, one word races to mind: bait. Could it be a trap?In spite of the dangers, there is only one way to find out....they are going in.Some secrets are worth the risk....

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4

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16159230-another-unknown-soldier

John Brown, Abolitionist John Brown, Abolitionist

David S. Reynolds

An authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Prize-winning cultural historian David S. Reynolds presents an informative and richly considered new exploration ofthe paradox of a man steeped in the Bible but more than willing to kill for his abolitionist cause. Reynolds locates Brown within the currents of nineteenth-century life and compares him to modern terrorists, civil-rightsactivists, and freedom fighters. Ultimately, he finds neither a wild-eyed fanatic nor a Christ-like martyr, but a passionate opponent of racism so dedicated to eradicating slavery that he realized only blood could scour itfrom the country he loved. By stiffening the backbone of Northerners and showing Southerners there were those who would fight for their cause, he hastened the coming of the Civil War. This is a vivid and startling story ofa man and an age on the verge of calamity. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

['History', 'Biography', 'Nonfiction', 'Civil War', 'American History', 'Politics', 'American Civil War']

928

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7267892-john-brown-abolitionist-john-brown-abolitionist

Bedava Gergedan

Orhan Cem Çetin

“Bedava Gergedan’ı hep “baştan sona, sondan başa, ya da ortadan iki yana doğru okunabilecek bir kitap” olarak düşündüm. Bir derleme gibi görünüyor Bedava Gergedan.Farklı tarihlerde, farklı mecralarda görülmüş, parça parça, adeta bütünlükten yoksun malzemeler. Ama, hayır; eğer Bedava Gergedan için bunları söyleyebilirsek, aynılarını hayat için de söylememiz gerekir. Oysa bu kitabın içindeki her şey aynı hayata, aynı kişiye dair. Kitabı oluşturan bin bir parça bugüne dek farklı zamanlarda, farklı koordinatlarda görülmüş olsalar da, onlar her zaman aynı kafanın içinde, yan yana ve daima Bedava Gergedan başlığının altında idiler. Hâlâ da öyleler.Okuyucusu kim Bedava Gergedan’ın?Mesela, buraya kadar ulaşabildiğinize göre siz. Yani meraklı kişiler. Hayatın mânâsını, acı ve hazzın kaynağını, insan aklının ve akılsızlığının, bilincin ve bilinç dışının sınırlarını merak edenler. En çok da galiba bana benzeyen kişiler. Benim gibi orta sınıf, orta yaşlı, orta gelir düzeyine sahip, kullandığı birçok eşyaya taksitleri bitmediği için hala sahip olamamış, ilişkilerinde beceriksizlikler yaşayan, hayatı yavanlaşmış ama en azından bunu şikayet konusu yapan, büyük bir kentte yaşamaktan hem nefret edip hem de o kentin bağımlısı olduğunu bal gibi bilen, evini sığınak haline getiren ama TV’den korunmayı başaramayan, hayatı irili ufaklı tuşlar ve ekranlarla kuşatılmış yorgun insanların kitabı Bedava Gergedan.Bu kitabı okuduklarında/seyrettiklerinde meraklarını ve yorgunluklarını giderebilecekler mi peki? Hayır, hiç sanmıyorum; ama yine de denemeye değer!”ORHAN CEM ÇETİN

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12375902-bedava-gergedan

The Girls They Left Behind (April Grove, a Street at War #2)

Lilian Harry

It is 1940, and the neighbors in April Grove are close-knit, patriotic, and proud—but the onset of the Blitz tests their loyalties and courage as never before. Betty Chapman meets a devastatingly attractive man in the Land Army, who upsets all her settled ideas; Olive Harker, just married, must now decide whether to risk motherhood; and Nancy Baxter offers comfort to lonely serviceman, while her son runs wild.

['Historical Fiction', 'Romance', 'Historical']

147

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/940630.The_Girls_They_Left_Behind

Yama: The Hell-hole

Aleksandr Kuprin

With an insight and compassion reminiscent of the great French masters of literature, Alexander Kuprin probes the sin-ridden lives of the inmates of Yama. The result is a daring, world-famous classic which runs the gamut of human emotions from the heart-wrenching sacrifice of an afflicted prostitute to the wanton desires of the most degraded man.This book will shock you into an awareness of a great social evil. It will also arouse your deepest sympathy for the plight of those unfortunate women who are the victims of our most eternal vice!"Yama, The Hell-Hole" is unique. Other writers have taken prostitutes for their characters. Kuprin has taken the evil of prostitution itself. Although he writes of a brothel in a Russian city, his moral is not limited to a time and a place. Change rubles to dollars, move from Yama to the Chicago slums--Kuprin's ever-honest, ever-brilliant picture of the ancient business of selling women's bodies for profit still holds its universal meaning.When the book was first published, the Russian censorship mutilated it beyond recognition. Kuprin was the object of a scurrilous attack in the press; he was called a corrupter of youth. His book was denounced as pornography. Few could face the bitter truth of what he had written. Some touching letters from professional prostitutes were the author's first recognition that he had accurately described the hell in which these tormented women existed. Today nearly three million copies have been sold in more than fifteen different languages, and it is a foregone conclusion that "Yama" will live forever among the world's great books.

['Classics', 'Russia', 'Russian Literature', 'Fiction', 'Literature', 'Erotica', 'Classic Literature']

1,239

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9312725-yama

Parenting Your Child Leader: Strategies for Helping Your Child Achieve their Leadership Potential

Darryl Bodkin

p>Darryl Bodkin has written a wonderful treatise on child development and leadership. He writes from a child's perspective on parenting and provides invaluable insight on the subject of leadership growth and development. When I was 11 years of age, my life was torn apart by the loss of my father in a tragic construction accident. It was a defining moment for me. Fortunately, my godly grandmother sat down with me and told me that I had to be the leader in our home since I was the oldest child. From that moment leadership was thrust upon me. Reading this book has caused me to reflect on that landmark day in my own childhood when I started on a leadership journey. I commend Darryl Bodkin's book to you for your enjoyment and personal growth. I believe every parent who reads it will benefit from the lessons taught on parenting and will gain an understanding of how to encourage the development of leadership qualities in children. Proverbs 3:5-6 is a sterling reminder of the potential for vital Christian leadership within every child that is born into God's big world. Dr. Stan A. Toler Bestselling Author Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

['Parenting']

4

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17989576-parenting-your-child-leader

Journey to Joyful: Transform Your Life with Pranashama Yoga

Dashama Konah Gordon

In this uplifting guide packed with health tips, dietary recommendations, and inspirational affirmations, Dashama introduces her own brand of yoga for self-transformation. The book introduces Pranashama Yoga, developed by Dashama as a combination of arts that works with the physical and spiritual energy of the body. Pranashama Yoga draws on various styles of yoga (Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Kundalini, Anusara, and Power), martial arts (T’ai Chi, Qigong), and Thai yoga therapy.   Dashama includes clear explanations of the yoga philosophy underlying her program and shares her own journey to her present success as a leading yoga teacher. Tackling the problem of addiction and its impact on family and individual happiness, Dashama presents alternative visions of healing and mental peace through the time-tested, drug-free path of yoga. She concludes the book with useful exercises to help students on their own journeys to joyful living: self-assessment writing assignments, quizzes, and a four-stage diet and weight-loss program that incorporates yogic breathing and positive-thinking exercises. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, Journey to Joyful is designed for readers interested in yoga, natural food, weight loss, and positive thinking.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12838249-journey-to-joyful

The Reef

Nora Roberts

A marine archaeologist and a salvager join forces to search for a legendary treasure in this novel that takes readers to the depths of the Caribbean and the heights of passion and suspense—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure-hunting. Over the years, she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them: Angelique’s Curse—a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. In order to find this precious artifact, the Beaumonts reluctantly form a partnership with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter. As the Beaumonts and Lassiters pool their resources to locate Angelique’s Curse, the Caribbean waters darken with shadowy deceptions and hidden threats. Their partnership is placed in jeopardy when Matthew refuses to share information—including the truth behind his father’s mysterious death. For now, Tate and Matthew continue their uneasy alliance—until danger and desire begin to rise to the surface…

['Romance', 'Romantic Suspense', 'Fiction', 'Contemporary Romance', 'Contemporary', 'Mystery', 'Suspense']

20,024

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114143.The_Reef

Without (Without, #1)

E.E. Borton

The apocalypse came as a whisper. Mother Nature had been sending signs for three years, but most didn’t pay attention until she pulled the plug on everything. Nobody will forget where they were and what they were doing at 8:13 on that morning. They’re all still waiting for 8:14. Well, at least the ones that have made it so far. He was stuck in Atlanta traffic, making his way to work, when the world fell silent. His car, his radio, his phone, his watch, anything that needed a spark, a battery, or an outlet died. The silence didn’t last long and neither did she. He didn’t know if the yellow sundress was the first to die, but he does know that she wasn’t the last. Not even close. As aircraft fell out of the sky, panicked drivers lost control in the fast lane, and pace makers stopped keeping their rhythms, he got out of his car and popped the trunk. Most didn’t pay attention, but he did. And he knew what was coming. Three years earlier during the first city-wide blackout in Atlanta, he lost his Samantha to cowards who were never caught. Those looking to take advantage didn’t hesitate, wreaking havoc at every opportunity. It took less than an hour after the event for society to start its disintegration. He made a promise to himself never to feel that helpless again. He wasn’t a soldier or a cop, but he was one of the few that did have a plan. Get out of the city, get away from people, and don’t hesitate. May God have mercy on their souls, because he won’t.

['Post Apocalyptic', 'Apocalyptic', 'Science Fiction', 'Fiction', 'Dystopia', 'Amazon', 'Adventure']

755

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15777817-without

All for Allie (Shaken, #1.5)

Julie Bailes

Please read Shattered and Shake (book 1) prior to All for Allie (1.5) Mature audience only 18+ Walking away from her was the hardest decision I ever made. Leaving her without an explanation broke us both. Our hearts have been left shattered. I could make excuses. I could lay the blame on others, but still I made the decision. I had to. It was the only way to protect the both of them. After all of Allie’s loss, my thought was only on her and her happiness. On her love and need for her big brother. I was replaceable, Kyle wasn’t. I wouldn’t allow him to crush her heart with his death. I knew I had follow him. I would throw myself on top of bombs, in front of bullets, whatever it took to get him home to her, alive. There are two sides to every story, and you’ve only heard one. Don’t be so quick to judge; I hate myself for what I’ve done. But all that I did, it was all for Allie.

['New Adult', 'Novella', 'Military Fiction', 'Contemporary Romance', 'Romance', 'Contemporary', 'Amazon']

342

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19243068-all-for-allie

No Surrender Soldier

Christine Kohler

A young man, an old soldier , and a terrible injustice. Should the punishment be death?Growing up on Guam in 1972, fifteen-year-old Kiko is beset by worries: He’s never kissed a girl, and he thinks it’s possible he never will. The popular guys get all the attention, but the worst part is that Kiko has serious problems at home. His older brother is missing in Vietnam; his grandfather is losing it to dementia; he just learned that his mother was raped in World War II by a Japanese soldier. It all comes together when he discovers an old man, a Japanese soldier, hiding in the jungle behind his house. It’s not the same man who raped his mother, but, in his rage, Kiko cares only about protecting his family and avenging his mom – no matter what it takes. And so, a shy, peaceable boy begins to plan a murder. But how far will Kiko go to prove to himself that he’s a man ? Based on a historical incident, No Surrender Soldier is the story of a boy grappling with ancient questions of courage and manhood before he can move on.

['Young Adult', 'Historical Fiction', 'Fiction', 'Historical', 'War']

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17925536-no-surrender-soldier

القوقعة: يوميات متلصص

Mustafa Khalifa

إنّه زمن “القوقعة”، حيث يختلط كل شيء. لا حدود فاصلة بين الماضي والحاضر، السوريالي والواقعي. هي ليست مجرّد رواية يقصّها علينا أحدهم. هي نص يختزن الرعب، الخوف، الظلم..الإحتضار. تدور الأحداث في ثمانينيّات القرن الماضي، أثناء احتدام الصراع المسلّح بين النظام السوري والأخوان المسلمين. يعود “مصطفى خليفة” إلى بلاده من فرنسا، بعد حصوله على إجازة في الإخراج السينمائي. “بلادي (سوريا) بحاجة إليّ أكثر من أي دولة أُخْرَى”. وهكذا كان. يترك مصطفى خلفه كل شيء: صديقته، مقاهي باريس، حقوق الإنسان، البيرة، وأشياء أُخْرَى.. يصل إلى المطار. يوقفه الأمن السوري. يأخذوه إلى التحقيق، بتهمة الانتماء إلى تنظيم “الإخوان المسلمين”، علماً انه مسيحي حسب الهويّة، وملحد في المعتقد. وهناك، يختفي مصطفى لمدّة 13 سنة، ثلاثة أشهر وثلاثة عشرة يوماً، في سجون النظام.

['Novels', 'Fiction', 'Politics', 'Literature', 'War', 'Contemporary', 'Audiobook']

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6909334

Finding Solace (Flawlessly Broken #1)

Barbara Speak

Sadie Warren is a walking contradiction. The confidence she wears on the outside is only to cover the scars that are imbedded on her soul. Coming out of an abusive relationship where she was stripped of her security and confidence, she chooses to bury it under every man she gives her body to.After one intoxicated night that she will never remember in its entirety, everything begins to change. Being seen more for her positive attributes and less for her faults, Sadie arises from the dark and into a place she feels safe. But with that comes a chain of events that blur the lines of everything she thought she needed and everything she's beginning to want.Will fear keep her from the one thing she believes she desires most or will fate take a turn unexpectedly and change everything?

['Romance', 'New Adult', 'Contemporary', 'Contemporary Romance', 'Abuse']

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18622602-finding-solace

Queen of Deception

Trine Villemann

Queen of Deception is the first novel by Danish royal author Trine Villemann. It’s a scandalous tale which focuses on the death bed regrets of the Queen of a small anonymous northern European kingdom, as well as the self destructive escapades of the country’s Crown Prince Franz. Queen of Deception offers an unedifying glimpse of life behind the Palace walls, where the cancer stricken monarch, a victim of the most horrifying cruelty, has sacrificed her own happiness in order to fulfill her royal duty. Prince Franz is determined not to follow in his mother’s footsteps.Sensitive and weak Franz is a reluctant heir to the throne. After a miserable childhood, living in fear of his strict and violent father, Duke Alfonso, and ignored by his cold mother, Franz fights tooth and nail to avoid his royal responsibilities. He seeks solace in alcohol, drugs and casual sex, and alarms his minders by surrounding himself with a sometimes criminal entourage. Franz falls in love with a nurse, but his desire to marry her is thwarted by the Palace and he ends up succcumbing to a highly ambitious foreign commoner called Vicki. In her final days, the Queen realises that the web of deception she has spun is about to undermine the very institution that she has sacrificed everything to protect.Trine Villemann has earned a reputation as a controversial critic of Denmark’s Royal Family. Her first book, 1015 Copenhagen K, which exposed Crown Princess Mary’s in-laws as being a family of dysfunctional freeloaders, was a best seller in Denmark. Her second book, the King and Queen of Greenland, argued that Crown Prince Frederik and his Australian wife should go on an apprenticeship to Greenland so that they could prepare for the day when they would inherit the throne from Denmark’s Queen Margrethe. When Queen of Deception was first published in Danish in February 2012, it was critically well received, as “a rivetting and entertaining read.”--

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18684935-queen-of-deception

About Love and Joy of Life: The Struggle for Survival in a Global World

Franz Josef Kaps

A touching and powerful story of love describing a clash between values and vices: the love of a mother for her daughter who was conceived while she was raped; the love of the daughter for a student colleague whose rank in society was far superior to hers; the sex affair between two students who only wanted good sex; the fondness of students for their ethics teacher who taught them moral values; the encounter of a group of students who fight the generation of their parents with better ethical principles.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19127889-about-love-and-joy-of-life

Words From The Spirit

Robert V. Joseph

"Words From The Spirit" is a powerful collection of original messages which has come to transport you on the journey of life development and lead you to greater spiritual connection. Explore these words and ascend to a higher level of enlightenment and insight in your daily spiritual life. Discover the force of your spiritual energy as you respond to words that move your spirit and stimulate your mental awareness and physical activity. The spirit is the origin of truth, and words that come from the spirit deliver truth to its destination in the universe. The source of these "Words From The Spirit" is a universal spirit that empowers you to claim these words as your own as you travel on your course in the universe and move closer to your destination.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18603316-words-from-the-spirit

Haunting Me (The Ghost Series)

M. Lee Coats

I’m not crazy, I'm haunted. I also happen to be in a whirlwind relationship with a guy that lives in another world. On top of that, I have to juggle senior year and nightmares that get more and more real each night. The demons that attack me in my sleep have grown bolder in their desperation to kill me. When a gorgeous warrior saves my life, he also claims that we have some sort of connection that links my life to his. This man is possessive and infuriating, but I can’t deny the pull I feel towards him. Our bond is so tight that if I die, so does he. How can he possibly prevent that from happening an entire universe away?

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19065443-haunting-me

Melodies of My Life: A Disabled Girl's Journey to Womanhood

Denedria R. Banks

Melodies of My Life shares a no-holds-barred coming of age portrait of a young woman who refuses to let a chronic and debilitating illness define who she is or what she can achieve. At thirty-one, author Denedria Banks wears many hats-from daughter to sister to friend; from public speaker to single, fun-loving, independent Black woman; and from medical social worker to woman with a disability.Each chapter samples the complex chords, harmonies, and disharmonies of her life's passions. Banks explores various stages that impacted her search for self, including self-love and happiness. She ultimately discovers the true love that comes from putting yourself first, loving your every imperfection, and literally taking each day one step at a time.In her own words, Denedria provides a rare glimpse into living with a debilitating disease. Doctors, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, students, people with disabilities and their loved ones, and those interested in the human condition will appreciate the journey of this young woman's life-its darkest hours and brightest successes.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6567545-melodies-of-my-life

The First Rule of Inner Peace: Jesus' Sacred Way to Make Things Right in Your Life

John Kuypers

THE FIRST RULE OF INNER PEACE opens our spiritual eyes to see clearly what we need to do to resolve difficult personal challenges. But there is a catch. We must seek inner peace first, before we know the results we will get. It is contrarian and it is powerfully effective.Inner peace missionary John Kuypers has produced another must-read classic for people of faith tired of feeling burdened."I have found myself thinking about this book every day." "Shares a timeless truth missed by so many people." "Powerful, grace-filled and practical!"If you are facing life-sized challenges, Jesus offers a remedy that is startlingly practical yet deeply spiritual. Based on Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 7:5, The First Rule of Inner Peace is for people who feel: - anxious and stressed about the future - frustrated with someone close - inspired to grow closer to God - hurt by heartaches and loss - persistently unhappy despite outward success Surprisingly, you have already used the First Rule of Inner Peace without even noticing. This short, easy-to-read book will astonish you. Readers are impressed... "A simple, profound tool." "My son changed 110%" "Simply amazing. I love it!" ABOUT JOHN KUYPERS John quit his executive career at age 38 to save himself from chronic unhappiness. The First Rule of Inner Peace became an 18 year spiritual practice, carrying him through marital, career and personal upheaval. John is the Christian founder of InnerPeaceMission.org, helping others find their own answers and constantly grow in peace. He is the author of five books and an inspiring speaker and coach on inner peace and leadership.

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19168998-the-first-rule-of-inner-peace

Peacemaker (Peacemaker, #1)

Marianne de Pierres

Virgin Jackson is the senior ranger in Birrimun Park - the world's last natural landscape, overshadowed though it is by a sprawling coastal megacity. She maintains public safety and order in the park, but her bosses have brought out a hotshot cowboy to help her catch some drug runners who are affecting tourism. She senses the company is holding something back from her, and she's not keen on working with an outsider like Nate Sixkiller.When an imaginary animal from her troubled teenage years reappears, Virgin takes it to mean one of two things: a breakdown (hers!) or a warning. Dead bodies start piling up around her, so she decides on the latter. Something terrible is about to happen in the park and Virgin and her new partner, U.S. Marshall Nate Sixkiller, are standing in its path...

['Science Fiction', 'Urban Fantasy', 'Fantasy', 'Fiction', 'Westerns', 'Thriller', 'Paranormal']

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490849-peacemaker

Resurrecting Cybele

Jenifer Mohammed

Cybele Moondragon is an unemployed English graduate student who is disillusioned with her life and tired of being in debt. She decides to resurrect a matriarchal cult based on the pagan goddess Cybele in order to make a lot of money and empower men and women who are stifled in more traditional, patriarchal religions. Cybele is joined in her quest by her best friend Janus Styx, a Psychology graduate student who helps with the funding for the cult but, unknown to Cybele, manipulates vulnerable members of the cult for his own purposes. Gabriel Anderson is an undercover investigative reporter who realizes he can get the inside scoop on the birth of a pagan cult in Winnipeg and its possible links to eco-terrorism. Cybele slowly discovers that while she leads ceremonies in hopes of showing her followers the path to spiritual enlightenment, Janus is playing a dangerous game of manipulation with his. Will Cybele succeed in resurrecting her life and ushering a new matriarchal religion into the world or will she fall prey to Janus's machinations and become the scapegoat in his quest for power and control? You'll have to read the book to find out.

['Paganism']

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19389578-resurrecting-cybele