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"Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he...
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"Following several of his internationally acclaimed, beloved novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje's long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes wittily funny, moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by revered masters, moments of shared tenderness, and abandoned landscapes we hold onto to rediscover the influence of every border crossed. Moving from a Sri Lankan...
3) In Handcuffs
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This book is a fictionalized memoir that shows the next series of episodes that occur in the life of Jill Walker, the heroine in "The Tree Outside the Window." It is also great as a standalone book. This is a story about power and control, the loss of control of your own life and overcoming life's problems. The book relates to addiction: heroin and other opiates, benzos, Methadone, and all of the dependencies that people go through since early childhood....
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¡Los antídotos! ¿Los necesitaste alguna vez? Supe que los antídotos eran momentáneos; sin embargo, me salvaban de la realidad. Cada antídoto es único e irrepetible, como lo son cada una de las personas. Algunos reaccionan de manera más rápida, más eficaz, más duradera; algunos son más nocivos que otros incluso.
Los antídotos fueron necesarios en mi viaje hasta que armé mi propia crisálida y fue ahí que finalmente pude abandonarlos....
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Lily, a beautiful five-year-old, leaned over the fire to poke at the wood. A spark flew up and landed on the collar of her high-necked velvet dress. She brushed at the spark, but it had caught the lace and was burning her neck. Another spark landed in her hair. "Momma," she screamed, as she frantically brushed at the flames that seemed to be crawling up her body.An accident that changes Lily's life. But there are other changes affecting the family...
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1907 Edwardian Dublin, a city of whispers and rumors. At the Abbey Theatre W. B. Yeats is working with the talented John Synge, his resident playwright. It is here that Synge, the author of The Playboy of the Western World and The Tinker's Wedding, will meet an actress still in her teens named Molly Allgood. Rebellious, irreverent, beautiful, flirtatious, Molly is a girl of the inner-city tenements, dreaming of stardom in America. Witty and watchful,...
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In diesem Buch wird die bewegende Geschichte von Aldo Blindenhöfer erzählt, einem Mann, der die Dunkelheit des Krieges erlebte, aber nie aufhörte, nach dem Licht zu suchen. Sein Leben ist ein inspirierendes Beispiel dafür, wie man sich aus schwierigen Umständen herauskämpfen und zu einem wichtigen Mitglied der Gesellschaft werden kann. Dies ist die fesselnde Biografie eines außergewöhnlichen Lebens, das Mut, Durchhaltevermögen und den Glauben...
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A golpe de notas y capturas de pantalla del teléfono móvil, realizadas a lo largo de los años en las distintas ciudades donde vive y trabaja -de Londres a Madrid, de Nueva York a Los Ángeles-, Chloé Wallace reelabora sus distintas experiencias vitales en una serie de ensayos autobiográficos caracterizados por su honestidad y un sentido del humor despojado de artificios y cinismo.
Una reflexión deconstruida y acronológica sobre las diferentes...
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Dive into the intertwining lives of two resilient women in Through it All, set against the backdrop of a small-town tapestry. Bonnie, weathered by life's tempests, navigates through a maze of loss, abuse, shattered dreams, and a justice system that falls short. Amidst the storm of family secrets and societal judgments, her life is a testament to enduring hope.On the other hand, Carly, a budding writer, embarks on a journey from rejection to acceptance...
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Die Medien nannten ihn »Al Capone von der Pfalz«: Bernhard Kimmel machte mit seiner Bande Ende der 1950er Jahre das südliche Rheinland-Pfalz unsicher. Für die Meisten waren sie Verbrecher, manche aber sahen in ihnen Helden, die den Reichen das Geld abknöpften und die Polizei an der Nase herumführten. Dann die Wende: Ein Mord geschieht, es kommt zu einer nie dagewesenen Großfahndung und die Bande landet im Gefängnis. Anfang der 1980er Jahre...
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How Big is Your Fishbowl is a short story about the adventures of Marlene and Bob. Bob leads Marlene to tranquility. Marlene finds the path with many steps. And Linda stops eating long enough to find out what has Marlene so excited.The lessons learned is that Bob and Marlene live happier lives when they learn how to climb the steps to get to a meeting place.
12) 50 Stories in 50 States: Tales Inspired by a Motorcycle Journey Across the USA Vol 4, the Midwest
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50 Stories book four visits the Midwest, with tales of logging in Minnesota to the downside of wind farms in Oklahoma. Experience a harrowing motorcycle chase from Sturgis, South Dakota and a bear encounter in Montana. Kansas breaks the fiction mold with a visit to Truckhenge and Ron Lessman's catfish pond. Inspired by his 50 state motorcycle trip, Kevin B Parsons provides insights into the plethora of cultures in each state of the U.S. Approximately...
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Am 23. Juli 1908 stirbt die 22-jährige Bürgermeistertochter Grete Beier im sächsischen Freiberg unter dem Fallbeil - das letzte Todesurteil im Königreich Sachsen ist vollzogen und ein kurzes, dramatisches Leben ausgelöscht. Wer war Grete Beier? Was verleitete sie, ihren vermögenden Bräutigam zu vergiften und ihm kaltblütig in den Kopf zu schießen? War es aus Abscheu gegen eine von den Eltern erzwungene Ehe? War es aus verzweifelter Liebe...
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A crippled, anxiety-ridden, precocious, apostate youth minister leaves his ministry to become a motel desk clerk in a sometimes tacky / sometimes upscale tourist motel in suburban Orange County. He lumbers around in a full-length walking cast as his fragile leg-bones are resistant to healing. His unkempt red hair is down to his shoulders and his wispy, unsightly beard make him look like outcast hippie. In fact, he is a nerdy Philosophy student at...
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In this fictionalized case study, Robert Perrine describes what a typical project looks like within information technology. The project begins with the idealistic goals of formalizing best practices for project management. Towards the end the project is just a mad scramble to avoid disaster.The key lesson learned is to study the communications requirements more deeply and delve into the limitations imposed by the "way things are done around here"...
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In this fictionalized case study, Robert Perrine describes what a typical project looks like within information technology. The project is already behind schedule when Robert arrives. There is no agreement on scope and the project budget is being siphoned away. Somehow Robert needs to bring the team together and get the work accomplished before they run out of time, money or sanity.The lesson learned is that effective communication requires filtering...
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This is part two in the Fishbowl series. In this adventure Bob helps Marlene learn about the Path with Many Steps. Marlene searches for her higher power. And Linda searches for great restaurants.Bob and Marlene learn that their lives are more tranquil when they step out and seek their higher power.
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Le livre explore la vie et les réalisations d'Elon Musk, entrepreneur, ingénieur et PDG de SpaceX, Tesla Motors, The Boring Company et SolarCity. Le livre se concentre sur les premières années de Musk, les défis rencontrés par ses entreprises et ses projets futurs. Il couvre l'histoire de SpaceX et de la vision de Musk pour l'exploration spatiale, l'innovation de Tesla dans les technologies de conduite autonome, la création de SolarCity, les...
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Berlin 1926. Die bis dahin im Leben irgendwie gescheiterten Brüder Franz und Erich Sass kommen auf die geniale Idee, Banktresore mit Hilfe eines Schneidbrenners zu öffnen. Sie landen ihren ersten großen Coup, als sie durch einen Tunnel in die Stahlkammer einer Bank eindringen und 179 Schließfächer ausräumen. Kriminalsekretär Max Fabich kommt ihnen zwar auf die Spur, kann ihnen aber nichts Konkretes nachweisen. Als die Nazis an die Macht kommen,...
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Langenberg, 1966. Der Fall Bartsch erschütterte die Nachkriegs-BRD wie kein anderes Kapitalverbrechen. Jürgen Bartsch, der nach einer Kindheit voller Kälte und Missbrauch zu einem sadistischen Soziopathen wurde, lockt Kinder von Kirmesplätzen in Essen und Umgebung, um sie zu quälen, zu missbrauchen und zu ermorden. Bei der Jagd nach dem Kirmesmörder gerät eine ganze Region in Panik. Als Jürgen Bartsch schließlich gefasst wird, fordern die...
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