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  • Brave New Weird, Volume Three Brave New Weird, Volume Three
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    Brave New Weird, Volume Three

    The Most Important Meal of the Day...is Weird.Why so glum, friend? Are you feeling fatigued? Logy? Knackered?Do you require sustenance? A boost of energy to reinvigorate your existence?We have good news for you, then:The Bravest, the Newest, the Weirdest...
    $38.00

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    Conservation Confidential

    Conservation Confidential recounts the wild path Mitch Friedman took from radical Earth First! activist engaging in controversial protests to the founder and longtime director of Conservation Northwest. The book documents challenges, success...
    $56.00

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  • Mysterious Christmas Complete Collection Mysterious Christmas Complete Collection
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    Mysterious Christmas Complete Collection

    Containing 11 gripping, tense, heart-wrenching short stories exploring the nastiest parts of human behavior, from theft to murder to mayhem, throw in some of the "lesser" darkness that humans can provide during the holidays, and read all about them in...
    $28.00

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  • Battle for the M62 Battle for the M62
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    Battle for the M62

    From the smoky terraces of the post-war North West to the glitz of the Premier League and Champions League nights, Battle for the M62 tells the complete story of English football's most iconic rivalry. Spanning over a century of history, this book...
    $44.00

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  • North London Forever North London Forever
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    North London Forever

    In the heart of England's capital, two clubs stand just four miles apart-yet they are separated by a century of animosity, ambition, and unforgettable moments. North London Forever is the definitive chronicle of the Tottenham Hotspur-Arsenal rivalry,...
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  • Royal Blue Royal Blue
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    Royal Blue

    Spanning more than 150 years, Royal Blue: The Complete History of Reading Football Club offers the definitive account of one of England's oldest and most enduring football institutions. From its founding in 1871 to the modern challenges of the 21st...
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  • Fostering to Adoption Fostering to Adoption
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    Fostering to Adoption

    Fostering to Adoption is a deeply moving and unflinchingly honest memoir that takes readers inside the heart of one family's extraordinary journey through the UK foster care system. Written by Mark Moorhouse, a dedicated foster parent, the book blends...
    $31.00

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  • JUST PLAIN ORDINARY JUST PLAIN ORDINARY
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    JUST PLAIN ORDINARY

    Life story - how my life changed from the unexceptional to extraordinary This is a true account of my life as a young professional photographer who then became a commercial Fraud Investigator, specialising in the Detection and Prevention of Theft, Fraud...
    $63.00

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  • The Ochoa Family The Ochoa Family
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    The Ochoa Family

    History remembers Escobar. It forgot the men who made him. - Meet The Ochoa FamilyLong before the world knew Pablo Escobar, the Ochoa brothers were quietly constructing the foundation of a cocaine empire that would shake the globe. The...
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  • Carlos Lehder Carlos Lehder
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    Carlos Lehder

    From a turbulent childhood to becoming one of the most powerful and flamboyant drug traffickers in history, this gripping biography explores the life of Carlos Lehder, co-founder of the infamous Medellín Cartel.Follow his journey from...
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  • Man - King of Mind, Body & Soul Man - King of Mind, Body & Soul
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    Man - King of Mind, Body & Soul

    What if you realized that every facet of your life-from your relationships to your success-is fundamentally shaped by the thoughts you entertain?James Allen's insightful exploration highlights the pivotal role mindset plays in determining our outcomes...
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  • James Allen's Book of Meditations James Allen's Book of Meditations
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    James Allen's Book of Meditations

    What if a few minutes each day could spark profound personal change-leading you toward clarity, harmony, and purpose?In this beautifully curated collection, James Allen offers succinct meditations designed to uplift and refocus your mind. Adapted for...
    $49.00

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  • Unbelievably Believable Unbelievably Believable
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    Unbelievably Believable

    In her first memoir, Dr. Joyce Hightower openly shares what has not been an easy life. Included are her experiences in international healthcare, being a single mother and grandma, founding a non-profit, and striving to be a whole person daily. The...
    $36.00

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  • Through the Gates of Goodness Through the Gates of Goodness
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    Through the Gates of Goodness

    What if dedicating yourself to virtue could unlock a life of immeasurable peace, prosperity, and joy?James Allen's heartfelt exploration demonstrates how living by the highest moral standards fosters profound inner change. Adapted for contemporary...
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  • Les Facettes d'une immigration déchirante Les Facettes d'une immigration déchirante
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    Les Facettes d'une immigration déchirante

    En 2013, French Boy quitte son pays pour l'Europe, emportant avec lui des rêves immenses et des attentes bouleversantes. Entre illusions perdues et réalités poignantes, il navigue à travers un monde qui semble vouloir lui refuser une place. Dans cette...
    $70.00

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  • Life in the Sky Life in the Sky
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    Life in the Sky

    Fraser Green is having the time of his life. Staying at lavish five-star hotels in India, jetting to Tokyo to redesign presentations for Japanese media tycoons, and racking up frequent flyer points on business trips from Singapore to Seoul, while...
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  • The Tale Gets Longer The Tale Gets Longer
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    The Tale Gets Longer

    John (Jack) Alexander is back in the second instalment of his debut autobiographical trilogy. Through Jack's unique lens, step back into rural Australia in the 60s through the recounting of an honest and memorable life full of excitement, hard times and...
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  • Beyond the Tasman - A Train Driver's Journey to Australia Beyond the Tasman - A Train Driver's Journey to Australia
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    Beyond the Tasman - A Train Driver's Journey to Australia

    When the golden age of steam was fading in New Zealand, Mike Adams knew it was time for a new adventure. With diesel engines taking over and the government shifting its focus to road transport, he and fellow train drivers set their sights across the...
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  • When We Were on Fire When We Were on Fire
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    When We Were on Fire

    An honest, deeply relatable memoir about coming of age in evangelical culture-and finding a way forward."A book to savor to the very last page." -Publisher's Weekly (starred review)"A brilliant debut." -Anne Bogel, host of the What Should I Read Next?...
    $46.00

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  • They Called Me Dede They Called Me Dede
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    They Called Me Dede

    In "They called me Dede" Lowell E. Kennedy delivers a riveting journey of how a man and his wife are thrust into a unknown world of poverty and hunger. They soon realize they must rely on each other to fulfill the mission God has called them to as...
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  • Way Back to Health Way Back to Health
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    Way Back to Health

    Kelley Skoloda was the healthiest person she knew--until the day she became a cancer patient. During her first, routine colonoscopy--without having experienced any symptoms--Kelley received a shocking diagnosis: colon cancer. Based on the true story of...
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  • Glory, Grit and Greatness Glory, Grit and Greatness
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    Glory, Grit and Greatness

    Discover the Grit Behind the Glory of AmericaJoin author Stephen Carr on a journey through America's forgotten past in Glory, Grit and Greatness: Great Americans Fading From Our Memory. Bringing history to life with vivid prose, the author has...
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  • You Have a Kind Face You Have a Kind Face
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    You Have a Kind Face

    You Have a Kind Face is a collection of true, firsthand accounts of what a career in firefighting can be like. Over the course of twenty-six years in the fire service, Joel has seen more than a few strange situations and difficult calls. From fighting...
    $35.00

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  • Book of Old Ladies Book of Old Ladies
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    Book of Old Ladies

    This is a book that champions older women's stories and challenges the limiting outcomes we seem to hold for them. The Book of Old Ladies introduces readers to thirty stories featuring fictional "women of a certain age" who increasingly become their...
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    Series Collide, Volume 2

    Murder and magic and lawyers? Oh my! ...and even a kidnapped dog (named Wicked). Explore the storytelling shadows in Series Collide Volume 2. With tales that will take a reader from dark to light, but not necessarily to a happy ending...
    $73.00

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  • Navigating My Way to Spiritual Freedom Navigating My Way to Spiritual Freedom
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    Navigating My Way to Spiritual Freedom

    Navigating My Way to Spiritual Freedom is for people who feel restrained in life and are looking to find calm in a stormy world. There are many insights that Lynn shares within each of the 27 chapters as she reveals how she managed to reach spiritual...
    $63.00

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  • Mastering The Battle of Belief Mastering The Battle of Belief
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    Mastering The Battle of Belief

    Are you struggling to be happy? Are you not content with life? Do you find that you fight to be positive? Mastering the battle of belief gives you insight into how to turn that around and why it's important to do so.Physically everything consists of only...
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  • Diverse Pathways Diverse Pathways
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    Diverse Pathways

    This book offers a wide-ranging, detailed, and pleasant portrait of the author's multiple interests and experiences in growing up and reaching hundreds of thousands of people on three continents. He is known through his television documentaries, books,...
    $48.00

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  • Shadow of a Monster Plane Shadow of a Monster Plane
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    Shadow of a Monster Plane

    This collection of 19 short stories is a memoir of a simple middle-class life in Tokyo, Japan, that was turned into a harsh struggle for survival under air attacks by hordes of American bombers during the Second World War. Roughly covering the years of...
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  • An Inexact Science of the Heart An Inexact Science of the Heart
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    An Inexact Science of the Heart

    A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics: family, memoir, teaching writing, drawing and talent, friendship, spiritual and political formation, community, the soul, pilgrimage,, loyalty, theatre, and the enigma of healing.
    $37.00

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  • Three Lives, A Long Holiday and A Steel Elephant Three Lives, A Long Holiday and A Steel Elephant
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    Three Lives, A Long Holiday and A Steel Elephant

    This is my memoir. It is also my personal history of Emergency Exit Arts from 1980 to 2007, where I was Co-Artistic Director from 1991 to 2007. It was the largest theatre and arts company in the UK committed to outdoor and spectacular shows.This book is...
    $58.00

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  • Odeon Odeon
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    Odeon

    The Odeon, a new volume of essays by the celebrated poet and critic Daniel Tobin, takes its title from the classical Greek and Roman buildings designed for the presentation of musical and poetic compositions. Organized around the question of...
    $106.00

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  • Becoming a Filmmaker Becoming a Filmmaker
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    Becoming a Filmmaker

    Becoming a Filmmaker is a raw, unfiltered journey through the highs, lows, and brutally honest truths of breaking into the UK film industry. Krish Pinto-writer, filmmaker, and London transplant from Bombay-delivers a memoir-meets-survival-guide packed...
    $47.00

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  • Arik and Company Arik and Company
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    Arik and Company

    There've always been questions about Arik.As far back as '52 when a night patrolSpotted figures crossing the sand dunes.Arik told his men to open fire, ask questions later.A poetic exploration of Ariel "Arik" Sharon might sound counterintuitive, like an...
    $33.00

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  • Oaxaca Stories Along the Way Oaxaca Stories Along the Way
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    Oaxaca Stories Along the Way

    Oaxaca Stories Along the Way captures the view of the world of the Oaxacan people... a local photographer... a market vendor... a painter... an academic...all through the eyes of an author who has fallen in love. This is not the simple infatuation of...
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  • Cosmic Rain Cosmic Rain
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    Cosmic Rain

    Every minute several huge "snowballs" break up as they approach the Earth and deposit a large cloud of water vapor in Earth's upper atmosphere. That's the startling finding of world-renowned physicist Louis A. Frank after an examination of the images...
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  • The Business of Baker Street The Business of Baker Street
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    The Business of Baker Street

    The fog, the mystery, the intrigue of 19th Century London, the incomparable team of Holmes and Watson, the brilliant deductions, the twisting plots, and the unimagined solutions - all these elements are accounted for in "The Business of Baker Street," a...
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  • Ode to Billy Buck Ode to Billy Buck
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    Ode to Billy Buck

    Bilingual EditionOde to Billy Buck/Ode til Billy Buck is a bilingual English/Norwegian Bokmal (facing pages of English on the left, Norwegian Bokmal on the right) story about the friendship between two children in Ames, Iowa, USA during the 1950s...
    $67.00

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  • The Matchmaker Loses by a Nose The Matchmaker Loses by a Nose
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    The Matchmaker Loses by a Nose

    This book is a collection of 39 short stories and essays that will enlighten you about theauthor's personal life, his family's past, and other hilarious adventures. The contentsof the book are divided into seven sections with the first section containing...
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  • Cartooning China Cartooning China
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    Cartooning China

    This book explores the series of cartoons of China and the Chinese that were published in the popular British satirical magazine Punch over a sixty-year period from 1841-1901.
    $373.00

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  • Don't Cry in America Don't Cry in America
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    Don't Cry in America

    A powerful story of resilience, hope, and the bonds that unite us.Could you imagine being sent alone on an ocean liner at just ten years old for an eight-day journey at sea, with only the hope of seeing your family again one...
    $34.00

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  • Scarlet Yearnings Scarlet Yearnings
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    Scarlet Yearnings

    SCARLET YEARNINGS: Stories of Love and DesireFinalist for the 2025 American Legacy Book Awards in the Multicultural Fiction category!  Twelve thought-provoking tales exploring love's emotional landscapes, where deep connection and heartfelt...
    $32.00

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  • Put It On Record Put It On Record
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    Put It On Record

    Memoir by Sokunthary Svay, poet and musician. Svay chronicles her journey as child of Cambodian refugees who fled the Khmer Rouge in the 1980s to make a new life in New York. Sokunthary Svay was born in a refugee camp in Thailand shortly after her...
    $47.00

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