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2) Siege
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This is a true story that has it all: killer cops, and whores, and mafia connections. There is even a hanging. It's all about their relationship to a ten-year old boy. He lives, sometimes, with Jesus followers, and sometimes with hard-core atheist. You've probably seen this kid walking down the street by your house. he's a quiet loner, nothing to say, head down, eyes inspecting the sidewalk as he goes. You ask yourself how did he get this withdrawn...
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A young girl comes to the realization that although she has been abandoned and starving, she has been taught the values required to live a life of decency and goodness. She has an epiphany that set her on the road to strength and independence in Under the Jimbilin Tree. Without resources, her goals seem unattainable yet she persists and celebrates each small step that gets her closer to "that great America." Propelled by her pact with God, made while...
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A collection of true auctioneering stories.Cattle, property and wildlife adventures, beat the drum in this African roller-coaster of adrenaline, danger and envy.From the first chant, to the last lot, the stage is set for a fast paced narrative, full of action, power-plays and latent deception.
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Passado no colorido Rio de Janeiro, Samba Perdido é um livro instigante de memórias do Brasil. Situado nos anos 1960, 1970 e 1980, o livro fornece um poderoso insight de um período em que o pais lutava para sair de uma ditadura e se descobria como uma sociedade livre e democrática. Em paralelo a esse drama, Samba Perdido narra o caminho do autor em obter sua própria identidade brasileira como filho de imigrantes ingleses imersos na complexidade...
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Amelia stared out the window of her corner office, watching the bustling city street below. The towering skyscrapers, the relentless flow of traffic, the sea of anonymous faces - it all felt like a facade, a hollow reflection of the life she had built for herself. Despite her impressive job title and the comfortable lifestyle it afforded, a deep, gnawing dissatisfaction had taken root within her.
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Des histoires de chasseurs !
Bouchez vos oreilles, fermez les yeux !
C'est dans les tréfonds de la forêt laurentienne, au cœur du royaume enchanté de la Bitt à Tibi, que se déroule ce récit haut en couleur. Derniers survivants d'une race en voie d'extinction, c'est en tant que dignes héritiers de ces anciens coureurs des bois que les principaux protagonistes décrits dans ce livre se réunissaient chaque automne pour vivre pleinement leur...
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Spencer 'Ted' Nettelton grew up in Botswana during the 1930s and 40s when herds of wildebeest stretched across the horizon and locally shot game was part of the staple diet.In Volume I of his memoirs, Ted describes the daily life of an adventurous boy living in the bush, and the impact on his family when caught in the spotlight of international events.From the banishment of Botswana's King Seretse Khama - later elected Botswana's first president -...
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John Godfrey Parry Thomas -J.G Thomas -was by any standards an extraordinary man, in both life and in his tragic death. From a conventional upbringing as the son of the curate of Rhosddu in Wales in 1884, he became a prominent figure in the developing world of high-speed motorcar racing and design.
He became the chief engineer at Leyland Motors, a company whose main products were commercial vehicles. But J.G. Thomas was more interested in swifter...
10) Surrendering All
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The true story of a young man who experiences a series of supernatural events when God tells him to leave home for a place he's never been on the other side of the world. With his pregnant wife at his side and no clear understanding of their purpose, the family leaves their security, comforts and all they've ever known to begin a journey like nothing they've ever embarked on. As the path before them unfolds they are confronted by a deadly force and...
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The South Pennines covers the hill country between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, easily accessible but less well known than other walking hot spots. This is an area of high moorland with deep, often wooded valleys and drained by fast-flowing rivers such as the Colne and Calder.
Early textile industry took place in isolated farms and small collections of houses dotted around the countryside, where income from farming often marginal land was...
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From car bombings to meeting Yasser Arafat and making it to the summit of Mount Everest, Mark 'Squiz' Squirrel has experienced more than many can dream about. When he headed to the East Timor Crisis in 1999 he was setting out on the adventure of a lifetime. It was a journey that would see him navigate some of the globe's most brutal war zones to deliver emergency aid and conquer the world's tallest mountain.
Awarded the coveted 'Green Beret' in...
13) Until You, Who?
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I constantly regretted not considering anything that would have interfered with my love for Mària. I constantly regretted following Mària to the Congo in the quest to serve the least of these, the motto of the Perpetual Cross renunciants. Friends rarely end up in the same place unless love and sex are involved. I pleaded with her that after wars like the last two inflicted on Belgium, our country was the one in need of our services. There was enough...
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Nobody knew Bernie like I did, and nobody knows about me…
Sheryl Weinstein met Bernie Madoff when she was just shy of forty, and went on to have a twenty-year secret, intimate relationship with the man now known as an evil mastermind, a villain of the greatest proportions.
It was 1988 and Sheryl was facing a huge dilemma. Bernie Madoff was paying her a great deal of attention. She was in the midst of a rocky marriage and feeling vulnerable,...
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In the turbulent seas of the 17th century, where lawlessness reigned and fortunes were made and lost with the swing of a cutlass, the age of buccaneers and pirates forged legends that still captivate us today. This enthralling book delves into the heart of the buccaneer era, from 1600 to 1700, bringing to life the most notorious pirates who sailed the Caribbean and beyond.
Embark on a journey through treacherous waters, where the Jolly Roger...
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Get up close and personal with science as Andrew Kessler narrates his hilarious journey inside NASA's Phoenix Mars mission-a historic enterprise manned by a motley crew of rocket scientists The Phoenix Mars mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian arctic. Its purpose was to find out how climate change could turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). Along the way, Phoenix discovered a...
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Welcome to the companion Workbook of Cosmic Truth, God, Us, and the Extraterrestrials. I designed this Learning Aid to assist you with organizing your thoughts about the world you now live in. Religion and Science, as well as Faith and Reason, are about to be shaken once again. Questions about God, Creation, Earthly Life, Us, the Cosmos and Extraterrestrial Intelligence is about to get very serious for a lot of people, especially since many authorities...
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The Reference Point begins by telling of an attempted murder gone good. Usually murder, attempted or otherwise, is thought of as a thing gone bad, but with a little help from irony, stress, and mystery, bad intentions slipped into another direction and the participants found themselves in a state that defied earthly description.Like it or not, states that defy earthly description filter into our earthly lives often enough to create whole industries...
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It started as just another interview. Young journalist Danielle Nadler agreed to call an old man who had lived 50 years in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Through their weekly conversations, the mountaineer boasts of his decades of outdoor survival only to eventually reveal his personal tragedies that drove him to life in the wild. Without a Trace drops readers into the California mountain town of Bishop alongside the man locals call...
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Au cœur d'une planète cerné par les élus, les chaos , et les violences inter-humaines sont les caractéristiques majeures d'une nation déséquilibrée cependant, l'écriture associée à une lecture instructive doivent être une solution satisfaisante pour la progéniture actuelle. En partant de ces traces ; des jeunes poètes élèvent des cris foudroyant et des interrogations qui se résument par les airs mais qui n'ont pas besoin des vagues...
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