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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.
2) 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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Dream West is the New York Times bestselling fictional account of famed North America explorer John Charles Fremont, by David Nevin.
Upon its release over twenty years ago, Dream West was deemed a classic novel of the American West by both critics and the reading public. Telling the amazing true story of America's famed explorer, John Charles Fremont, and his beloved supporter and muse, Jessie Benton, it quickly found its way onto the New York...
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Harvest of Hunger is the first book in a gripping trilogy recounting the saga of four generations of an American family serving as missionaries and cultural ambassadors in China in the 19th and 20th centuries. From the bustling streets of Beijing to the halls of academia, this historical fiction transports readers to the early twentieth century, a land in turmoil as it grapples with its imperial past and uncertain future. Ross Sutherland, a scientist,...
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Sie wird geliebt und verraten, bewundert, gehasst, verfolgt, als feindliche Agentin verhaftet, bedroht und erpresst: Als die reiche Russin Olga von Leonowa 1910 in eine Villa hoch über dem Rhein in die badische Kleinstadt zieht, munkeln die Laufenburger, sie sei eine russische Prinzessin. Angeblich soll sie eine Freundin der mindestens ebenso reichen Amerikanerin Mary Codman sein. Doch niemand weiß, wer sie wirklich ist. Olga von Leonowa spielt...
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Robert the Bruce was Scotland's greatest King ever. The Bruce, as he was known, was crowned King of Scots in 1306, a time when the ancient kingdom of Scotland was under harsh and illegal English occupation. As soon as King Robert began his reign, his army was treacherously attacked at Methven, resulting in a calamitous defeat for the Scots which forced the Bruce into hiding. Yet, steadily between 1307 and 1313 King Robert won battle after battle,...
12) The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World: A Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson
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"An affectionate homage...a loving reconstruction of an era of storytelling now lost." -The New York Times
"[A] triumph...If a writer is going to put on Stevenson's voice, he'd better, as the poets say, 'bring it.' Reader, Doyle has brought it...Adventures is a tonic for our bitter times." -Washington Post
The young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San Francisco in the 19th century while waiting for his beloved's divorce from...
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a powerful and moving novel about Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife and mother of Mary I
When young Catherine of Aragon, proud daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, is sent to England to marry the weak Prince Arthur, she is unprepared for all that awaits her: early widowhood, the challenge of warfare with the invading Scots, and the ultimately futile...
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This true story is filled with coincidences, love, intrigue, pain and bravery. Gillian met the boy of her dreams. They fell deeply in love. Heartbreakingly, they were parted by circumstances and went their separate ways. All she had to remember him by, was an engagement ring, along with her memories, her shattered dreams and a photograph. A photograph she would keep for the rest of her life.
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Fernando Alfaro es uno de los músicos de referencia del rock independiente nacional y el líder y vocalista de uno de los grupos de culto de los noventa: Surfin' Bichos, recientemente reunidos tras un hiato de tres décadas para grabar un disco que ha visto la luz en 2023. Mundo turbio es la primera novela de Alfaro y parte de las letras de sus canciones para ampliar la vida de su nutrido grupo de personajes atormentados, entre los que destaca Ángel...
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This is the story of a basically decent man who hid his true self from others all of his life. It began as a child hiding he was Jewish during the Holocaust period.
Over the years, hiding became his main protection against being hurt-or so he believed, until he became trapped in a hidden role, unable to extricate himself and desperately wishing to be perceived as the person he truly was.
As he struggled to penetrate what felt like a permanent barrier...
17) Identity
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It's 1850 and New South Wales, Australia is awash with gold. Bushrangers are in the press, their names on everyone's lips: Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner, John Peisley, Dan Morgan, Captain Thunderbolt. They roam free, uninhibited, spending big in the shanties. The girls love them, these wild boys.
Teenager, Larry Cummins, decides to throw his hand in with them. He'll think about consequences later.
Bail the coach. Grab the bank's cash. Scarper. Take...
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Dive into the electrifying world of Nikola Tesla in this captivating and illuminating adventure! Join the high-voltage journey of a curious inventor whose sparks of genius lit up the pages of history. From lightning storms to wireless dreams, from shocking experiments to futuristic visions, discover the mesmerizing life and groundbreaking inventions of Tesla, the wizard of electricity. Get ready for a thrilling ride filled with jaw-dropping discoveries,...
19) As Time Goes By
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Nearing the end of his life, Old asks himself, "Does my life ultimately have any importance in any universal scheme? Am I just taking up space? Have I wasted the time given me? What effect have I had on others? Have I unknowingly, worse, knowingly, hurt others in some fashion? What's my worth? These are playful existential questions with no pertinent answers for me. So I'm putting down my cane and picking up my pen. I'm going to sift through the sands...
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Le prêtre vosgien Hubert Cme se raconte de façon saisissante sous la plume de sa biographe. À travers les décennies, vous plongez dans la vie dynamique d'un homme d'Église, en découvrant ses doutes, ses faiblesses, mais aussi sa dévotion inébranlable à Dieu et aux autres. "Hubert Cme – Biographie d'un prêtre heureux" est une saga poignante et authentique qui révèle les multiples facettes d'un destin hors du commun.
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