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  • Monday Morning Ethics Monday Morning Ethics
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    Monday Morning Ethics

    Chuck Gallagher and author Bruce H. Wolk present a provocative collection of 31 stories that test our ideas of morality and judgment in a world where convenience and self-interest frequently take precedence over integrity and character. The fan...
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  • The Valley Rose Between the Star and the Light The Valley Rose Between the Star and the Light
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    The Valley Rose Between the Star and the Light

    "Even the very wise do not see all ends." Danger Geist obsessed over two things as a child: playing stitch at recess and scrupulizing the coming Christian apocalypse in the geopolitical epicenter of Armageddon. Now an adult, nobody can tell him he's...
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    You Are Not Alone - A Rwandan Memoir

    Sounds of artillery rattled the house as if it were a toy. Inside, a frightened parent and her children lie underneath a mattress, unsure if it spelled the end of them. You Are Not Alone tells the story of author Verediane Mukagatanazi from her...
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  • Motherwell F.C. Motherwell F.C.
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    Motherwell F.C.

    Motherwell F.C.: The Steelmen's Legacy chronicles the rich and proud history of one of Scottish football's most storied clubs. From its humble beginnings in 1886 to its present-day ambitions, this book delves deep into the club's triumphs, challenges,...
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  • Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna F.C. 1909
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    Bologna F.C. 1909

    Bologna F.C. 1909: A Legacy of Passion and Resilience takes readers on an unforgettable journey through one of Italy's most storied football clubs. From its early days in the 1900s to its modern-day resurgence, this book chronicles the triumphs and...
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  • Thomas McMahon's Search for Fame Thomas McMahon's Search for Fame
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    Thomas McMahon's Search for Fame

    Thomas McMahon's photographs and reports from the southwest Pacific appeared in capital city and provincial newspapers in Australia and New Zealand, and globally in pictorial encyclopedia, books, magazines and postcards and in his own lantern slide...
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  • I Feared Nothing I Feared Nothing
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    I Feared Nothing

    Qasem Soleimani was a towering figure in the Iranian resistance and revolutionary movement.You are holding in your hands an English translation ofthe first-ever book published by the Hajj Qasem Library. It is an autobiography of Qasem Soleimani, former...
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  • HERE I STAND. THE ABC OF MY LIFE HERE I STAND. THE ABC OF MY LIFE
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    HERE I STAND. THE ABC OF MY LIFE

    The book delves deeply into themes of personal reflection, nostalgia, and the contrasts between youth and aging, as well as a vivid recollections of growing up in an African village. An exploration of cultural heritage, the...
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  • Women Thrive IV Women Thrive IV
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    Women Thrive IV

    Could the stories of others spark the transformation you've been seeking? Women Thrive Volume IV is a celebration of courage, resilience, and the strength it takes to rise. Through the deeply personal stories of 14 extraordinary women, this book shines a...
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  • Mysterious Christmas Mysterious Christmas
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    Mysterious Christmas

    Criminally good mysteries happen during the Christmas season. A sense of crime waiting to happen runs through everything, and people get lured into a feeling of false security. Criminals take advantage.Short stories in this intoxicatingly rich,...
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  • Wing of an Angel Wing of an Angel
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    Wing of an Angel

    <p>Discover how one woman's courage to act against overwhelming odds changed her life and the lives of those around her in Wing of an Angel.<br></p><p>This hard-hitting memoir by JB Hollows draws on ten years of experience in the...
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  • Laylah Laylah
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    Laylah

    Professional violinist, muse to the infamous Aleister Crowley.Though Leila Waddell has become an iconic figure in twentieth century occultism as one of Crowley's Scarlet Women, precise details of her life are mostly obscure. Covering her early years in...
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  • Fighter Boy Fighter Boy
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    Fighter Boy

    Geoffrey Page was one of the most remarkable fighter pilots of World War Two. Shot down in a fireball during the Battle of Britain his hands were burnt to the bone and his face badly charred. Despite his horrific injuries Page went onto fly at D-Day, the...
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  • Brooker Brooker
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    Brooker

    Welcome to Booker 2025... We hope you enjoy our first edition, which takes a look at 60 years of award-winning fashion in Kingston.In recent years The Community Brain, a Kingston based not-for-profit, has used milestone anniversaries to focus attention...
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  • Not a Lot of Work or Life Before D'Oyly Carte Not a Lot of Work or Life Before D'Oyly Carte
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    Not a Lot of Work or Life Before D'Oyly Carte

    'Not a Lot of Work' is a prequel to 'Nothing Like Work' and 'A Bit More Like Work'. It tells of the author's early life in Greenock, his education there, his student days at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and a short period of teacher training at...
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  • What I Wish I'd Said What I Wish I'd Said
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    What I Wish I'd Said

    With wit, warmth, and a touch of insomnia, Marjie Zacks explores in her latest book, What I Wish I'd Said: And Other Things That Keep Me Up At Night, the thoughts that keep us up at night - the missed chances, the unspoken truths, and the comebacks we...
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    Barbours Cut

    The details of Clyde A. Barbour's early life on the Mississippi River call to mind the adventures of that famous riverboat pilot Mark Twain, and like Twain, Clyde would never be content with a life limited by riverbanks - his dreams and ambitions went...
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  • Things That Only God Can Explain Things That Only God Can Explain
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    Things That Only God Can Explain

    Do you ever wonder why things happen? Have you ever experienced a variety of events in your life in which you are unable to give meaning or sense? Did you ever feel as though you won't be able to recover?Life on this Earth is a life of constant struggle...
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  • The Prime Minister's Potato and other essays The Prime Minister's Potato and other essays
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    The Prime Minister's Potato and other essays

    After thirty years confined within museum walls, a restless history curator steps out for air. In this book of essays, Anne-Marie Condé grants herself freedom to ask fresh questions about the significance of objects and places within the lives of...
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  • ESO Guidebook ESO Guidebook
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    ESO Guidebook

    Emergency Services Officers, Paramedics and Nurses in the mining and resources sector operate in some of the world's most challenging environments. Whether responding to medical incidents, fire and rescue, HAZMAT situations, or mine site emergencies. An...
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  • Weep for the Dead Weep for the Dead
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    Weep for the Dead

    Corruption; Betrayal; Murder; Redemption; as Capitaine Celestine Courbet fights for justice against those closest to her, the Bordeaux Police Force and the ruthless and deadly Vietnamese mob. The story races from the backstreets and ancient cemetery of...
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  • Escaping the Mortal Cage Escaping the Mortal Cage
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    Escaping the Mortal Cage

    Mortal: One who cannot live forever. Cage: A structure meant for confining. I found myself stuck in a mortal cage. I was increasingly convinced that the material world is all that exists and that death is the end. I didn't like this conclusion. I...
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  • You Are Invited - Diplomats, Diasporas, and Dégustation You Are Invited - Diplomats, Diasporas, and Dégustation
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    You Are Invited - Diplomats, Diasporas, and Dégustation

    Hospitality is a hallmark of South Asia that I have enthusiastically embraced wherever life has taken me. The world of diplomacy revolves around forging connections, and I encouraged my husband to invite people home. Sometimes the dinner table was a more...
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  • Nanaboozhoo Babaamosed Nanaboozhoo Babaamosed
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    Nanaboozhoo Babaamosed

    Originally published as individual stories in the 1970s, under Billy Blackwell, Director and Editor of the Bilingual Reading Series, Nanaboozhoo Babaamosed brings together these traditional Ojibwe stories, offering readers a treasured bilingual text for...
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  • Women Caught in the Crossfire Women Caught in the Crossfire
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    Women Caught in the Crossfire

    Women Caught in the Crossfire documents the experiences of one woman among many who were thrust into the hardships of civil war in South Sudan during the violent struggle for independence from 1983 to 2011. It explores the question: What becomes of a...
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  • Courageous Ida Courageous Ida
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    Courageous Ida

    In Courageous Ida, we follow Ida's journey from being the oldest in a large family to becoming a determined young woman who embraces both adventure and challenge. Growing up, Ida helps her family and learns valuable skills like sewing and...
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  • Angel City Beat Angel City Beat
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    Angel City Beat

    The City of Angels has a dark side. Hidden beneath its shiny surface are misdeeds, miscreants, and murderers. From Santa Monica's sandy beaches to Hollywood's glitzy streets, from Boyle Heights to Holmby Hills to the dirt trails of the San Gabriel...
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  • From the City of Djinns to the Promised Land From the City of Djinns to the Promised Land
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    From the City of Djinns to the Promised Land

    "From Sangli to New York: A Journey Across Cultures,Generations, and Continents"This deeply personal memoir chronicles the extraordinary journey of Suhas Ketkar, tracing his path from the tranquil town of Sangli on India's Krishna River to the bright...
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  • Four Years of Dolce Vita Four Years of Dolce Vita
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    Four Years of Dolce Vita

    Four Years of Dolce Vita' is a memoir that chronicles the journey ofa young South Asian man as he reminisces about his transformativeexperiences in Europe during the late 1970s, a period marked by thelingering charm of the post-Dolce Vita era. This...
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  • Letters to My Mother Letters to My Mother
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    Letters to My Mother

    In Letters to my Mother: A Son's Journey With Grief and Loss, Chuck Murphree captures the final weeks with his dying mother in a collection of heartfelt letters to her. Murphree's memoir is a raw, loving, and profound tribute. An invitation to experience...
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  • PARDON PARDON
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    PARDON

    No one wants to stay in a broken marriage or relationship. Staying is hard; leaving is even harder. Pardoning yourself to leave will be the most courageous act you'll ever perform. Voices of gossip and questions like "Can I make it on my own being a...
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  • Least Likely to Succeed Least Likely to Succeed
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    Least Likely to Succeed

    I was voted "Least Likely to Succeed" by my high school. When my daughters and son heard about this, they were angry. But I explained that this prediction, albeit mean, was what motivated me to disprove my school's expectations. I certainly would not...
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  • I WALKED THROUGH FIRE TO GET HERE I WALKED THROUGH FIRE TO GET HERE
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    I WALKED THROUGH FIRE TO GET HERE

    Nobody wants to believe that the relationship, family, corporation, or religion they are involved in is an abusive system. That's why it can be particularly difficult to identify these systems in our lives, and even more difficult to leave them. I Walked...
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  • Underland Arcana 4 Underland Arcana 4
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    Underland Arcana 4

    Underland Arcana slips through the cracks, bringing with it the numinous, the esoteric, the supernatural, and the weird. This issue contains stories about preserving planets, stories about seeking solace, stories about course catalogs, stories about...
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  • Because I Knew You Because I Knew You
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    Because I Knew You

    As one of the few pediatric palliative care doctors in the United States, Bob Macauley was used to people saying, "I'm so glad I don't have your job." To which he would explain that palliative care is more about living than dying, then offer to share...
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  • It Was Her New York It Was Her New York
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    It Was Her New York

    Booklife Editor's Pick2024 Bronze Award, LGBT, Global Book Awards2024 Bronze Award, LGBTQ, International Book Awards2024 Gold Winner, Nonfiction, Literary Titan Book Award2024 Judge's Pick, Firebird Book Award1st Place, Outstanding Creator Award...
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  • From Riches to Rags to Riches From Riches to Rags to Riches
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    From Riches to Rags to Riches

    This book is dedicated to preserving the story of Hungarian reformed Jews beginning in the 1800s through to the current day, 2024. It describes the unique experiences of the Hungarian Reform Jewish middle class during this period, based on the author's...
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  • A Life Without Hands A Life Without Hands
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    A Life Without Hands

    The story flows through time around two courageous and unusual people. It is a moving portrait of the difficulties of being creative and true to oneself, both for the author and John Oliver, who was born without hands. John would not...
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  • The Morse Code The Morse Code
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    The Morse Code

    The Morse Code: Decoding the Career of Iconic Lighting Designer Peter Morse explores key developments and evolving techniques, processes, and technology within contemporary theatrical lighting design through the career and impact of US lighting designer...
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  • Reverent Reverent
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    Reverent

    Featuring work by Solar Hoàng, Tea Campbell, Enoli Lee, Aidan Sparks, Perla Zul, C.J. Ellison, Olive J. Kelley, H.S. Wolfe, Alice Scott, Ivy L. James, Riley Daemon, Kate Duarte, Andromeda Ruins, Helen Z. Dong, Engel M. Williams, Miranda Jensen, Tien Lee,...
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    Breath Lines

    Breath Lines takes a fresh and down-to-earth approach to encounters with poetry. In these accessible, non-technical essays, Jan Schreiber offers insightful strategies for reading and understanding works that many people have found challenging. The essays...
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    Miss Lizzie's War

    As the Civil War gound on, an underground Unionist movement flourished in the heart of the Confederacy led by Elizabeth Van Lew, a wealthy and well connected member of Richmond's elite, who risked everything to help save the Union and became General...
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    Speaking Ill of the Dead

    Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History features 17 short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Centennial State.
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  • A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Paperback)
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Paperback)

    From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation...
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover) A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover)

    From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation...
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    The World Walk
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    The World Walk

    The invigorating true story of a man and his dog who circled the globe on foot.After the death of a close friend at seventeen, Tom Turcich resolved to make the most out of life; to travel and be forced into adventure; to experience and understand the...
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  • Brainstorm
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    Brainstorm

    Revealing his fight against a diagnosis of 'incurable' brain cancer, this is the remarkable story of 2024 co–Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer. SHORTLISTED, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARWINNER, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY...
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