Conspiracy Theories: Smart Technologies "Cashless Society" The New World Order Agenda by Cheryl Leonard (17 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

In the current digital age, smart technologies are increasing quickly in popularity and accessibility throughout the world. These trendy and convenient "smart" products include smartphones, smart watches, smart meters, voice controlled digital assistants such as Alexa and Cortana. All of these comprise the formation of the "smart grid" system. This grid encompasses the linking of the US power grid to the public internet. Mobile, contactless, and digital payments are quickly advancing in consumer markets. This shift towards a cashless ...

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Blood Bones and Blisters: A culinary rant by Tristan B. Jones (40 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

? Chefs, Cooks, Kitchen Rats everywhere, this is for you.? "Liked Kitchen Confidential? Read this!" "I'm a career Cook and have been a sous chef, and this book is an updated version like Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential! Whether you are a cook or not this book tells it like it is and is funny too! So, read it and enjoy it!" - Kindle Customer "Outspoken and Opinionated" "This book is how Kitchen Confidential would have read if Bourdain had spent his childhood in a trailer park, being fed squirrel brains for breakfast ...

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Beyond the Killing Tree, A Journey of Discovery Revisited by Stephen Santiago Reynolds (9 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

In this digital edition, Beyond the Killing Tree has been revisited from the original hard cover publication. There are some new chapters and fine tuning of other chapters, though the context has not changed in spirit since it was first identified by the Anchorage Daily News as the best Alaska non-fiction book published in 1995. This is a memoir of adventure, personal change, and transformation -- a journey of discovery by Reynolds, who spent almost 30 years as a game warden in New Mexico and Alaska. There are elements of both humor ...

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From a Bush Wing: Notes of an Alaska Wildlife Trooper by Stephen Santiago Reynolds (164 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

This is a long-awaited book about flying the Alaska Bush by the author of Beyond the Killing Tree: A Journey of Discovery. Herein Stephen Santiago Reynolds relates his flying experiences as an Alaska Wildlife Trooper -- and those of other officers -- while stationed throughout one of the most dangerous environments in the world. Whether tragic, humorous, or surrounding the simple beauty of flight, there is something that jumps out in many of these chapters -- how not to fly or abuse the privilege of flying. If you are a pilot, you ...

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Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter (Nonfiction Addiction Book 1) by Lynn Walker (MZW Publishing) (721 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS, WINNER ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD, GRAND PRIZE SHORTLIST NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, NONFICTION FINALIST KINDLE BOOK AWARDS, NONFICTION FINALIST Lynn was the carefree daughter of a Miami undercover narcotics agent -- until her dad snuck out of their house in the dark of night without so much as a glance back. She never understood what happened to him until she was in high school, and he was in prison for drug smuggling. By then, Lynn had developed a massive drug and alcohol habit of her own. It ...

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Spartacus: The Myth and the Man by M. J. Trow (19 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

This is a revised version of M. J. Trow's classic biography of an ancient and unforgettable hero. 'I am Spartacus' ranks among the most famous lines in Hollywood, with its image of the man's comrades prepared to die in his place in the Kirk Douglas film. And die they did; not the actors but the real army of Spartacus, crucified in their thousands along the Appian Way that leads to Rome. Spartacus: The Myth and the Man is a revised version of M. J. Trow's original biography, the first to be written in English, of a legend who has ...

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Over Under Sideways Down: The Flight of The Yardbirds by Alan Clayson (33 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

'The Yardbirds allowed me to improvise a lot in live performance, and I started building a textbook of ideas that I eventually used in Zeppelin' - Jimmy Page Alan Clayson has written the only full length account of the legendary British rock band, who evolved from the sleepy suburbs south of London in the 1960s to spawn three of the world's greatest guitarists - Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. The Yardbirds had a string of international hits throughout the 1960s, including For Your Love, Shapes of Things and Over Under ...

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Ubered: My Life As A Rideshare Driver by Evan Kail (Stone Arch Entertainment) (170 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

His family's wealth has long evaporated, and now serendipity is all Evan Kail can salvage from his riches to rags nightmare. He's been chasing a screenwriting dream ever since he was in college, and he's put everything on the line to attain it. So when a new phenomenon called "Rideshare" enters his market in Minneapolis, Kail seeks opportunity in a job he believes will pay well and afford him time to pursue his calling. His only item of value, a BMW sports car purchased in the glory days of wealth, affords him a down payment on a ...

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The Biggest Idea Ever: Trade anxiety, fear, and burnout for peace, purpose, and significance. by Denis Beauséjour (King Press) (62 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

This business and spirituality memoir tells the story of a successful international executive with consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. This adventurous odyssey follows Denis through a near-death experience in Japan into a series of awakenings that made him a sought-after spiritual mentor. The book embodies four decades of accumulated wisdom that will help you look at every aspect of your life and chart a fresh journey filled with peace, purpose, and significance. If you are experiencing anxiety, fear or burnout, or you just want ...

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Unbelievable Crimes Volume One: Macabre Yet Unknown True Crime Stories by Daniela Airlie (340 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

Step into some of the most heinous (yet relatively unknown) crimes ever committed and delve into twelve twisted tales of murder in Unbelievable Crimes. From the deplorable abduction and imprisonment of young women by James Jamelske, who kept his victims in his basement, to the tale of charismatic charmer Charles Schmid who boasted about his savage murders, each story in this anthology dives into pure evil. In one case, I'll take you back to 1993, to the city of Houston, where two teenage girls, Jennifer Ertman, and Elizabeth Peña, ...

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Ganges Boy by Ken Smith (398 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Age 15 years, 3 months and 3 days. Height 5'-1". Weight 7st-2lb, this is an account of my first month in Royal Navy, starting January 1963. HMS Ganges was tough, but I loved it. 1963 was the worst winter ever, the 'mother' of all winters. I was in Exmouth 213 class. The food, the food, the food. I loved the food. FREE DOWNLOAD

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence (Open Road Media) (2,242 Reviews)    Price verified 59 minutes ago

The classic account of war and adventure in the Middle East that transformed T. E. Lawrence into Lawrence of Arabia Originally intended as a study of the great cities of the Middle East, Seven Pillars of Wisdom is T. E. Lawrence's masterful account of the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. As a liaison officer for the British Forces in North Africa, Lawrence advised local tribesmen in their rebellion against the Ottoman Turks. He fought alongside future king Emir Faisal and played a crucial role in convincing rival Arab leaders to coordinate ...

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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes by Vincent Starrett (MysteriousPress.com/Open Road) (163 Reviews)    Price verified 59 minutes ago

An indispensable biography of the world's most famous detective from Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Vincent Starrett In a boarding house at 221B Baker Street, a genius is at work. With the help of his tireless companion, Dr. Watson, the peerless Sherlock Holmes solves one impossible mystery after the next. Many of his adventures, such as "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and "The Red-Headed League," are world famous, while others, including "The Adventure of the Tired Captain" and "The Singular Affair of the Aluminum ...

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Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2,590 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

A stirring tribute to America's mightiest river by one of its greatest authors Before Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, world-famous satirist and the acclaimed creator of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, he trained to be a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. In this captivating memoir and travelogue, Twain recounts his apprenticeship under legendary captain Horace Bixby, an exacting mentor who teaches his charge how to navigate the ever-changing waterway. The colorful details of life on the river -- from the reversals of ...

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A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving (624 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

This classic study profiles serial killers, gentleman murderers, and every stripe of madman in between Benjamin Pitezel should never have trusted H. H. Holmes. In 1894, the two men conspired to fake Pitezel's death for the sake of a $10,000 insurance settlement. But Holmes decided murder would be simpler. He killed his partner, kidnapped three of his children, and tried to claim the insurance money as his own. The scheme unraveled and Holmes killed the children as well. When he was caught, the police had no idea they had captured ...

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True Crime Trivia: 350 Fascinating Questions & Answers to Test Your Knowledge of Serial Killers, Mysteries, Cold Cases, Heists & More by Michelle Tooker (Beguile Media) (177 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Are you the ultimate true crime fan? How much do you know about your favorite cases? Play true crime trivia to find out: ?Did a serial killer roam the Titanic? ?Which food is the most shoplifted? ?How many killers get away with murder each year? ?Did a fax machine identify the Black Dahlia? Discover the answers to 350 eye-opening questions like these in True Crime Trivia. Each question is multiple choice or true/false so you can play trivia against yourself or your friends. Correct answers include surprising stories and shocking ...

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Soaring Higher: One Man’s True Story of the Faithfulness of God in a Life of Travel and Adventure around the World by Philip Eyster (Aneko Press) (315 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Dr. Philip Eyster has been in Christian ministry since 1976. He made his first international trip in 1981, and since then, has ministered in over 40 countries around the world. In addition to bringing humanitarian aid and disaster relief to many places around the globe, he has brought the gospel to jungle villages, desert tribes, schools, factories, hospitals, AIDS clinics, leper colonies, open-air markets, and countless transportation hubs. All this has resulted in some alarming, hilarious, dangerous, and sensitive cross-cultural ...

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Story: ...and how to write one by Adam J Pestridge (Portrait Films Publishing) (111 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Writing a book or creating a good story is a skill. Learn the secrets here in this quick read that shows you the secrets of how authors compose their books. Learn the 10 stages of writing a book and what the seven basic plots are. At the end of the book is a special invitation to show you how to launch your own book successfully and become a writer for a successful fantasy series.

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Archivist on a Bicycle: Jiří Fiedler by Ruth Ellen Gruber (Plunkett Lake Press) (27 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Archivist on a Bicycle is a tribute to Ji?í Fiedler, a Czech Protestant, who for most of his life documented extinct Bohemian and Moravian Jewish communities at great danger to himself. His day job was as a children's book editor; his passion was mapping and archiving the sites of Jewish life in the Czech lands. From the 1970s through 2014, he was an invaluable source for scholars, genealogists, museum curators -- anyone in the world interested in Czech Jews. Ji?í rarely talked about what he called his "strange hobby," but viewed ...

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One Lousy Pirate: Travels in the Caribbean by Doug Walsh (Snoke Valley Books) (107 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Sailing away from it all isn't always what it's cracked up to be. One Lousy Pirate is a toe dipped in the waters of a runaway Caribbean fantasy. Journey alongside the author as he explores the islands of Barbados, St. Vincent, and the Tobago Cays in search of his nonexistent sea legs. This humorous travel memoir takes readers across the azure waters of the southern Caribbean, from a soup kitchen to a four-star restaurant and the summit of a volcano to the pits of seasickened despair. One Lousy Pirate is a funny, vivid quest to ...

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Coping With Breast Cancer. by Ricky Sides (106 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

In the mid-nineties, my wife was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, which had metastasized to her lymph nodes. The essay "Coping with Breast Cancer" details what happened in the wake of that diagnosis. We decided to release this composition in the hopes of helping other couples confronted with this terrible disease. Here is a brief excerpt from Coping with Breast Cancer. In the fall of 1994 we were living the good life. We'd just bought our dream house and moved in the previous July and were looking forward to our first ...

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Battle for the Solomons (Illustrated) by Ira Wolfert (1,317 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Battle for the Solomons is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ira Wolfert's dazzling account of the fierce land, sea, and air fighting in the Solomon Islands during 1942. Wolfert was in the thick of it, facing death alongside the troops, and he reproduces events as they happen in real time, making for a tense, suspenseful read. Wolfert risked his life on several occasions for the sake of authenticity, and survived to write this, one of the most remarkable combat memoirs of World War 2.

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The Gospel of Wealth: Insights into Prosperity and Philanthropy by Andrew Carnegie (Namaskar Books) (295 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Discover the principles of prosperity and philanthropy with "The Gospel of Wealth: Insights into Prosperity and Philanthropy" by Andrew Carnegie. Delve into the visionary wisdom of one of the most influential industrialists of the 19th century as Carnegie shares his profound insights on wealth, success, and the responsibility of the affluent. As you explore the pages of this seminal work, prepare to be inspired by Carnegie's belief in the transformative power of wealth when used for the betterment of society. His philosophy, known ...

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Expression. My Cancer: a Gut Feeling. by Kerry O'Brien (23 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

Reading a book about an individual's journey with a terminal bowel cancer diagnosis would ordinarily seem to be a rather depressing read. However, Kerry's light-hearted sense of humour and unending positivity and love of life shines through in her writing. In this very personal book, Kerry overcomes the stigma of talking openly about the symptoms and treatments for bowel cancer: there are graphic descriptions of some of the intimate details of bodily (mal)functions; reflections on her research into what may have contributed to her ...

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75 Things You Should Know About Working in a Call Center: A Fun Look at Life on the Phones by Marsha Marie (73 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

This book is an in-depth look at what it is like to work on the phones in a call center. Fun, revealing and at times, shocking. Marsha tells it like it is to work 8 hours a day with headsets glued to your head.

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End of the Road (The Rozzers Book 1) by Diem Burden (Shriven Books) (297 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

What is it about cops that we find so intriguing? Most people have strong views of the police, but how many of these views are based on evidence, and which are biased or stereotypes? What makes a person leave a perfectly normal life and join the police, putting themselves instantly into harms way, and suffering health issues that come with working a lifetime of shift-work, not to mention a messed-up social life? This is the true, short story of just such a person who ended up spending 12 years at the sharp end of policing in the ...

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Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen of Ireland (Pirate Chronicles Book 1) by History Nerds (33 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

The name Grace O'Malley stands forever as a sign and symbol that even in repressive times no one can be held back that chooses their destiny. A Pirate, a wife, a mother, and a fearsome warrior, Grace carved her name in the annuls of history standing up to Lords, ladies, and even Queen Elizabeth as she refused to bow the knee to someone she called "an equal". A strong woman in a day where men sought to ignore them, a Pirate who fought better than many men, and a fearsome warrior who is quoted in the middle of a battle as having ...

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Eva and Otto: Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler by Tom Pfister (Purdue University Press) (22 Reviews)    Price verified 59 minutes ago

Eva and Otto is a true story about German opposition and resistance to Hitler as revealed through the early lives of Eva Lewinski Pfister (1910-1991) and Otto Pfister (1900-1985). It is an intimate and epic account of two Germans -- Eva born Jewish, Otto born Catholic -- who worked with a little-known German political group that resisted and fought against Hitler in Germany before 1933 and then in exile in Paris before the German invasion of France in May 1940. After their improbable escapes from separate internment and imprisonment ...

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Meet the Man from Hobbtown by Dennis R Smith (17 Reviews)    Price verified 4 minutes ago

In Dennis' words: "Meet the Man from Hobbtown is a record of my life, written now when, at the present date, I am eighty-eight years old. After being asked many times by my two daughters, Pamela (Smith) Hill, of Portland, Oregon, and Angela Smith, of Springfield, Missouri, I have finally yielded to their wishes and put in print a great part of my life. I have not done this for any financial benefit, but I hope that my entire family will appreciate this history, which has its start in the year I was born, December 11, 1929." The ...

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Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel by John F. Sears (Purdue University Press) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 9 minutes ago

Refuge Must Be Given details the evolution of Eleanor Roosevelt from someone who harbored negative impressions of Jews to become a leading Gentile champion of Israel in the United States. The book explores, for the first time, Roosevelt's partnership with the Quaker leader Clarence Pickett in seeking to admit more refugees into the United States, and her relationship with Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, who was sympathetic to the victims of Nazi persecution yet defended a visa process that failed both Jewish and non-Jewish ...

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My Life: A Story of God's Grace by Roger Mohrlang (12 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

This is the story of a small-town Nebraska boy whose life was transformed by his conversion to Christ and his study of scripture during his college years as a physics student. In a most unlikely way, he went on to become a missionary Bible translator, living in a mud hut among the Kamw? people in northeastern Nigeria, and then a professor of biblical studies at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. But this is really the fascinating story of God's grace, leading and providing for him over the past sixty years of his ...

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Historic Girls Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History Of Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (113 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Cross Cultural Doctoring. On and Off the Beaten Path. by William LeMaire (153 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

In Cross Cultural Doctoring you will read about my career as a successful obstetrician and gynecologist in academic medicine at a major university. You will read why I decided at age 55 to leave my position, jump into the unknown and get off the beaten path. I will relate how my wife Anne and I accomplished this and how I kept working for various lengths of time in a number of different cultural settings around the world and how we travel extensively between assignments. The book is written as a series of loosely connected ...

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Bwana Kidogo: Scenes from a colonial childhood by Chris Durrant (119 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

'Bwana kidogo, Scenes from a colonial childhood', is a memoir of Australian writer Chris Durrant about growing up in colonial Kenya in the years after the Second World War. Set initially in the tea country above the capital, Nairobi, and then down in the city itself, the book traces the author's journey from a toddler speaking Kiswahili with his Kikuyu ayah, to boarding school in the Rift Valley and then back home to Nairobi for his high school years. It is the tale of a fascinating period in Kenya's history, moving from colonial ...

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (Global Publishers) (7,253 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods during which he wrote them. There are actual breaks ...

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Dear Mom & Dad, I Have Anxiety: A Book For Parents From A Child's Perspective by Corine Toren (58 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Ever wonder what's really going on inside your child's mind? Dear Mom & Dad, I Have Anxiety gives parents a glimpse of what it's like to be a child struggling with anxiety. The book includes the author's personal narrative as a child who grew up with anxiety, while also offering advice for parents about what to do during their children's toughest and most anxiety-driven moments. What makes Dear Mom & Dad, I Have Anxiety truly unique is that it is a parenting book completely written in the point of view of a child.

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The Bedroom I never Had, My Life with a Sadist Father by Maurice Cloonan (56 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

A horrendous true story of child abuse, and one little boys courageous will to survive As the author, Maurice takes us threw his journey of abuse Maurice starts his book out by giving us account of his first memory of life at the young age of three years. He sees his mother as a very caring, gentle woman and sees the same in his four older brothers. On the outside his father is seen as a hard working, church going, caring man that would do anything for anyone, but within the home he was an Evil sadistic manipulative violent ...

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Dream Baby (Stories from My Life) by Ronald Kidd (16 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

A short memoir about the miraculous story of our daughter Maggie's birth From Dream Baby: Almost immediately Yvonne began to dream -- big, vivid, wonderful dreams, like water gushing over a dam. It was the beginning of a remarkable adventure. We didn't know it, but it was also the beginning of Maggie. Dreams are what brought her here. Dreams raised our hopes, sent them crashing down again, then at the last minute opened a window for the briefest possible instant, and our sweet daughter came tumbling through. Ronald Kidd is a ...

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Poesía fuiste tú (Spanish Edition) by María Guadalupe Loaeza Tovar (97 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

A más de 40 años de su fallecimiento, se publica este volúmen que te invita a redescubrir a una de las autoras más prolíficas que ha dado México: Rosario Castellanos. Poeta, ensayista, novelista y periodista; Rosario uso su pluma para redescubrir el mundo. Y ahora por medio de algunos de los mejores autores contemporáneos, podemos redescubrir a Rosario.

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Con Zapatos de Fiesta... en las Nieves de Siberia (Spanish Edition) by Sandra Kalniete (Lasītava) (92 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Reseña del editor: El libro de Sandra Kalniete constituye un elocuente y conmovedor testimonio de la vida de su familia y de toda la nación letona: de su destino compartido durante más de cincuenta años de ocupación. Es un férreo alegato en contra de la inhumana represión perpetrada por Unión Soviética y la Alemania Nazi. Pero, sobre todo, es una historia de supervivencia humana. Con zapatos de fiesta en las nieves de Siberia es el libro más traducido de la historia reciente de Letonia. Biografía del autor: Sandra ...

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The Nigerian Prince: When The Scammer Becomes The Scammed by L. Toshua Parker (27 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

The true story of one college student's revenge on the Nigerian 419 scammers and the search for millions in missing cash.

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The Peppercorn Tree by Jill Lovett (1,121 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

The Peppercorn Tree traces Jill Lovett's autobiographical memoir of growing up in a Sydney Australia suburb in the 1940's and 1950's. She has used the analogy of a hardy Peppercorn tree which survived in her childhood backyard, symbolising for her the endurance of suburban 'battlers' struggling to achieve purpose and hope within a somewhat barren environment.. It reveals a very different world of post Second World War frugality, British style education, no television or computers; a time when children largely created their own ...

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MY NAME IS GABRIEL FERNANDEZ: A Child Abuse True Crime Story (ABUSED TO DEATH) by Jessica Jackson (371 Reviews)    Price verified 14 minutes ago

Gabriel Fernandez is probably the best known victim of child murder by abuse in the US. Like Baby P in the UK, the torture of the eight-year-old shocked the nation, with many of us also watching the Netflix documentary on the case: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, with anger, sadness and frustration, leaving us with as many questions as answers: • Why was he taken from his loving home? • Why weren't his injuries taken seriously? • Who failed him the most? And the question I ask in all my books: "How can we prevent children ...

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In Search of the Cannibal King by Nanine Case (44 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

It all began when Nanine laid eyes on an old newspaper article titled Yankee Cannibal King... Nanine's quest to learn the true story that inspired the fantastical article led her on a global adventure, eventually landing her on the Marquesas Islands. On her journey, she discovered missionary descendants and oral storytellers. Each discovery brought her closer to John Rumell's life and decision to live in a culture that practiced cannibalism and engaged in tribal wars. Had it been his love for a native princess that led Rumell to ...

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Sinclair: The World's End Murders Through the Eyes of a Killer (True Crime) by Ryan Green (Ryan Green Publishing) (662 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

On 15th October 1977, Christine Eadie and Helen Scott left the World's End pub after a fun-filled night with two men in their arms. They had their whole lives ahead of them. They had nothing to fear and everything to look forward to. Their naked bodies were discovered the following day. They were found six miles apart from each other. No attempt had been made to conceal their bodies, and both girls had been beaten, gagged, tied, raped and strangled. The case attracted widespread media attention and despite the Police's best ...

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The World Is My Oyster - Volume 1: Travelogues (Around the World in 30 Stories) by Matthias Drawe (168 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

The author survives with odd jobs in Tokyo, celebrates Christmas in Rio and learns that fat women are sexy - in Jamaica. He discovers the charms of freezing Helsinki, experiences warlike conditions in Haiti and ekes out $200 for a bottle of bottom-shelf whiskey in Alaska. He explores the secrets of lobster fishermen in Maine, assists in a cockfight in Puerto Rico and marvels at a Turkish pearl in Brooklyn. "A fun look at the world." "Want to go to exotic places? Read this first!" "Full of funny encounters with real people from ...

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From Gherla to Washington: A Life Story on Two Continents by Mike Klein (10 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

In his autobiography, Mike Klein describes growing up in Transylvania following the traumatic events of the Holocaust and the communist takeover of Romania. Mike led a carefree childhood, but as a young adult, he felt increasingly constrained by Communist Romania's totalitarian government. In 1975, he left everything he knew to come to the United States. Mike writes with humility and humor about his path to achieving the American dream, and the love story between him and his wife, also an immigrant from Romania. His life on two ...

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Shining Light: Revealing Conversations with Dedicated People by Charles McNamara (32 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Shining Light is a collection of 22 revealing conversations, including black and white portraits, with people who share amazing stories about their lives. I have often wondered, "What a fascinating story. How come I've never heard of this person or their work?" "No one ever asked," they usually reply, shrugging I think the real answer is they never sought the spotlight. They are completely engaged in their work, not seeking publicity for their efforts. In all of the 22 interviews published here, I felt I have developed a certain ...

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Keeping the Promise by Ken Oder (Skipjack Publishing) (55 Reviews)    Price verified 49 minutes ago

Keeping the Promise is a collection of fifty stories about the author's personal experiences. From encounters with interesting people like Muhammad Ali, President Clinton, Anna Anderson, who claimed to be the daughter of the Tsar of Russia, and Harold Swanson, Hollywood's first literary agent, to coming to grips with life and death decisions, the trauma of aging, the heartbreak of dementia, the burden of representing a death row defendant, and the angst of enduring a pandemic, these stories span the spectrum of human emotion. They ...

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The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer (15 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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How to Lead Like Abraham Lincoln: Leading in a Way That Drives History (The Magic of an Influencer) by Christopher Coopersmith (39 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Craving inspiration from the greats? Discover the key wisdom Lincoln brought to the people as he led the US into the future. Looking to raise yourself to new heights? Are you keen to win admiration from your team? Do you want to leave a memorable legacy? MBA, Corporate Business Operations Manager, and dedicated student of formative history Christopher S. Coopersmith uses his considerable knowledge to motivate others. Now he's here to share how the unique decision-making process of America's sixteenth president can help elevate your ...

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In Contempt: Defending Free Speech, Defeating HUAC by Ed Yellin (University of Michigan Press) (11 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

"YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to be and appear before the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives of the United States, or a duly appointed subcommittee thereof, on February 10 (Monday), 1958, at ten o'clock a.m. at City Council Chambers, City Hall, Gary, Indiana, then and there to testify touching matters of inquiry committed to said committee, and not to depart without leave of said committee." So began a decade of hardship for Ed and Jean Yellin and their three young children as the repressive weight of ...

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Pad's Army by Paul Addy (118 Reviews)    Price verified 4 minutes ago

A brief factual account from memory of one man's journey through life in the British Army from 1975 to 1999 and how a gormless face, an unrealistic belief in 'Rodger the Dodger' and a determination to survive conquered all, well... nearly all - no one's perfect.

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From Vienna to Tel Aviv, a long journey: Memoirs of Berthe Moritz by Francis Moritz (54 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

This book tells the story of Berthe Moritz, our grandmother, from Vienna to France. It is the story of an Austrian Jewish family from the war to the present day. With the words our grandmother, so that we can remember and for all those who are interested!

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Wee Forrest by Don Mance (18 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

The true story of a father's redemption, forgiveness and healing.

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Where Did My Life Go? A Towering Experience by K.D. Sanders (63 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Author K.D. Sanders is also a drummer who was raised in the Florida Keys. After graduating high school in 1987, he had dreams of becoming a rock star drummer. After a failed attempt in the South Florida area, he moved to San Francisco to live with his older brother. While there, he played in several bands but none brought him closer to rock stardom. One of the bands he was playing drums, decided to move to Los Angeles for a better chance of "making it". He agreed with their decision and made the move with them. He left on a wing and ...

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The Slacker Confessions - True Comedic Stories From My Decade of Dumb Jobs by Tommy Campbell (32 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

"The Slacker Confessions" is comedian Tommy Campbell's collection of stories from his hilarious and dangerous "working education" throughout the nineties. He got his first full-time job at fourteen and went on to document the funny experiences he had and the crazy characters he worked with in restaurants, pubs, travel agencies, cubicles, crack houses, courier vans, call centers and more. Have a laugh and be inspired by his true tales of being hired, fired, quitting and all of the pranks, shame and pain in between.

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The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers (American Serial Killers) by Robert Keller (4,459 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

The Shocking True Crime Stories of the 12 Worst Serial Killers in American History David Berkowitz: Known as the "Son of Sam," Berkowitz was a deeply disturbed young man who prowled the streets of New York dispensing death with his .44 caliber revolver. William Bonin: One of a trio of deadly psychopaths who trawled the freeways of Southern California during the late 70's and early 80's. Bonin was a depraved child killer who abducted, raped and tortured more than 20 teenaged boys. The Boston Strangler: Albert De Salvo took the fall ...

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La Vie En Rose: Notes From Rural France by Susie Kelly (Blackbird Digital Books) (205 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

PERFECT for Bill Bryson and Peter Mayle fans... think Peter Mayle meets George Carlin! Living the French dream... vineyards, sunflowers, lavender fields, glasses of wine and platters of fromage. French ladies slender and chic, French men wearing berets and riding bicycles with baguettes clamped under their arms when they are not flirting outrageously, and all the while the sun shines down benevolently upon uniform rows of ripening vegetables. Dreams are strange and unpredictable, and sometime so is la vie en rose. A pick from some ...

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Bored on the Wild Side: Memories, Observations, and Misadventures by Jason Laureno (126 Reviews)    Price verified 54 minutes ago

Forty five years of stumbling, bumbling, and striving to make the American dream a reality. Beginning in the mid-1970s and hitting the brakes days before the 2020 elections, this compelling memoir shows us where we've been and where we might be headed via one man's memories and experiences. While it may read like a novel, every word is true: good, bad, and ugly. Talk is cheap and some actions have expensive consequences. What's worse? Regretting some of the things you've done, or wondering what might have been? Do you have the guts ...

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My Country: Essays and Stories from the Edge of Wilderness by Nowick Gray (CougarWebWorks) (38 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

From his off-grid BC homestead, Nowick Gray shares walking meditations and wilderness adventures, true and magical stories from the heart of nature. Ranging from primitive survival skills and philosophic reflections to environmental politics, the author accompanies the reader on a probe of our human past and current condition. In the spirit of Emerson and Thoreau, Edward Abbey and Jim Harrison, My Country shows how our true home beckons as a living connection with the earth. The book offers "a view of life in the wilderness without ...

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Missionary Warrior: Charles E. Cowman by Lettie B. Cowman (202 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

"Called to Japan. August 11, 1900, 10:30 a.m." When Charles E. Cowman made this notation in his Bible, he did not know how the Lord was going to use him over the next 24 years. From telegraph operator to faith missionary to founder of a missions organization that continues strong today, Cowman's driving force was always for more people to come to know Jesus as their personal Savior. Though his story is more than a century old, his example of a life dedicated to following his Lord, wherever that led him, continues to inspire many ...

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Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Maria) (65 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This vivid autobiography by one of the leaders in the fight for woman suffrage is a stirring depiction of the early struggles of American women toward equality. The new introduction and afterword written for the revised edition interpret Elizabeth Cady Stanton's positions and strategies for today's readers, detail the significance of the autobiography and situate it within the body of Stanton's writings and activities, bring current scholarship to the appraisal of her importance, and reflect on the last part of her life. Elizabeth ...

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Visitors to the Inner Earth: True Tales of Subterranean Journeys by Professor Solomon (Top Hat Press) (60 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

True tales (or so it was claimed) of subterranean journeys. * King Herla in the cavern of the dwarfs * Enkidu and his descent into Sheol * Orpheus and Aeneas in Hades * Sir Owen in Purgatory * Cuchulain in Tir-nan-Og * Reuben and the mikvah stairway * Reverend Kirk and his abduction * Richard Shaver and the Deros * Saint-Yves d'Alveydre in Agharta * Thomas the Rhymer in Fairyland * Olaf Jansen and the polar opening * Apollonius of Tyana in the Abode of the Wise Men * Lobsang Rampa beneath the Himalayas * Doreal and the ...

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#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Louisa Bacio (Riverdale Avenue Books) (76 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How To Make Sure It Never Happens Again More than 16 million people had posted their #MeToo story and support against sexual harassment by mid-October as a reaction to Rose McGowan's brave admission that she had allegedly been raped by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. A groundswell of reaction to and exposure of this sexual predation was unleashed that has spread throughout Europe and beyond. New revelations of unacceptable behavior in every industry break every ...

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Charles Watson Speaks Out: formerly "Manson's Right-Hand Man Speaks Out!" by Charles "Tex" Watson (305 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Charles Watson Speaks Out is an interview with Charles Watson, covering ten intriguing subjects chapter by chapter. It provides something for everyone, including factual information for the historian, counsel for parents in raising successful children, research assistance for students, and answers for teenagers. Those searching will find the Truth and see at last how to stop the pain.

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The Value of Hawaiʻi 3: Hulihia, the Turning (Biography Monographs) by Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua (University of Hawaii Press) (14 Reviews)    Price verified 24 minutes ago

"Hulihia" refers to massive upheavals that change the landscape, overturn the normal, reverse the flow, and sweep away the prevailing or assumed. We live in such days. Pandemics. Threats to ??ina. Political dysfunction, cultural appropriation, and disrespect. But also powerful surges toward sustainability, autonomy, and sovereignty. The first two volumes of The Value of Hawai?i (Knowing the Past, Facing the Future and Ancestral Roots, Oceanic Visions) ignited public conversations, testimony, advocacy, and art for political and ...

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Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes (Murder for Justice Book 1) by Ryan Becker (186 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Have you ever imagined the life of a vigilante to be exciting? Do you see them as righters of wrongs and seekers of justice? Or are they something more sinister? Vigilantes occupy a curious space in our collective psyche. On one hand, they are seen as almost modern knights, seeking truth and justice where the law has failed, while on the other they are no better than the criminals they seek, operating outside of normal societal conventions. In this book, Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes, we ...

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The Happiness Corner: Reflections So Far by Ava Miles (Ava Miles, Inc.) (56 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books... come join the family with this uplifting story about one woman's search for happiness in the hardest of times. Fans of Brene Brown and Gretchen Rubin's THE HAPPINESS PROJECT will love this powerful personal happiness memoir. In 2013, Ava left a successful, six-figure career working as a conflict expert rebuilding war zones to launch herself as a writer. What most people don't know is that choice was born on a transformational night of self-discovery in ...

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British Muslim Soldier by Adnan Sarwar (Vintage Digital) (129 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

It isn't nice but you're an animal, so you can do it, dressed in green and brown and black waiting to be attacked and smiling because you had bullets for teeth. Adnan Sarwar, a Pakistani boy from Burnley, joined the British Army - the White Man's Army. Why did he do it? To prove he was as white as his friends? For Queen and Country? Or to work out who he was - British, Muslim or a Soldier? Perhaps he could be all three. 'British Muslim Soldier' is Adnan's journey through the battlegrounds of war, race and identity, facing up to ...

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As Jesus Passed By: White Tree Publishing Edition by Gipsy Smith (White Tree Publishing) (10 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Rodney "Gipsy" Smith was born in a gipsy tent in Epping Forest, England. He was the son of gipsies, Cornelius Smith and his wife Mary. Growing up, he had to help support the family by making and selling items like clothes pegs around the area. He only had a few weeks at school one winter, and was unable to read or write. One day his father Cornelius came home to say that he had been converted, and was now a Christian. Cornelius helped bring his son to the Lord, and from that moment, Rodney wanted to share the way of salvation with ...

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Ask in Prayer by Tom Bowers (185 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Is Jesus the Christ? Is He my savior and redeemer? I resisted these questions and rebelled against the Methodist Church in high school. In college I followed Yogananda, an Indian guru. As a student at Brigham Young University, my friends convinced me to pray to know if Jesus was my Lord. I rejected God's answer to my prayer. Later I found hope in Reverend Sun Myung Moon's guidance. Thirty years after I started my spiritual quest, missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ found me. Again, I prayed and this time I accepted the ...

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Naked in Budapest: travels with a passionate nomad by Heather Hapeta (Passionate Nomad Publishing) (147 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

After 'running away from home' later than most, and travelling the world solo with no bookings, and then whether naked in Budapest, canoeing down the Zambesi, sailing the Great Barrier Reef, eating durian on a Malaysian beach, cooking in Athens, shaking hands with the King of Cambodia, watching bear cubs in Alaska, visiting Gracelands, or having a young lover, Heather says she feels most alive when on the road. A slow traveler, Heather gets to know locals, eat their food, and learn something of their language, culture, and religion.

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The Fifth Vital: A Prelude by Mike Majlak (546 Reviews)    Price verified 44 minutes ago

PRELUDE TO THE FIFTH VITAL Mike Majlak was a seventeen-year-old from a loving, middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting OxyContin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends. Unable to escape the noose of addiction, he ...

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Récits des temps mérovingiens (French Edition) by Augustin Thierry (126 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Ce livre est une oeuvre du domaine public éditée au format numérique par Norph-Nop. L'achat de l'édition Kindle inclut le téléchargement via un réseau sans fil sur votre liseuse et vos applications de lecture Kindle

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Creativity/Anthropology (The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) by Smadar Lavie (Cornell University Press) (14 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Creativity and play erupt in the most solemn of everyday worlds as individuals reshape traditional forms in the light of changing historical circumstances. In this lively volume, fourteen distinguished anthropologists explore the life of creativity in social life across the globe and within the study of ethnography itself. Contributors include Barbara A. Babcock, Edward M. Bruner, James W. Fernandez, Don Handelman, Smadar Lavie, José E. Limon, Barbara Myerhoff, Kirin Narayan, Renato Rosaldo, Richard Schechner, Edward L. Schieffelin, ...

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Re-Runners First Life: A Time Travel Suspense Series by Elli Buchanan (374 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

If you had the chance to go back and relive the last 25 years of your life, retaining all the knowledge and memories you have now; what would you do? Three very different people from different locations, die at the same moment in time and re-awaken at that moment, only it is 25 years earlier. Two men and one woman are reborn in their young and healthy bodies, but their minds retain the memories of their previous lifetime. Will the abused wife choose a different path? Will the stockbroker choose a different wife? Will the serial ...

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Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century by Sean Patrick (39,259 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

If you want to learn about one of history's most fascinating minds and uncover some of his secrets of imagination -- secrets that enabled him to invent machines light years ahead of his time and literally bring light to the world -- then you want to read this book. Imagination amplifies and colors every other element of genius, and unlocks our potential for understanding and ability. It's no coincidence that geniuses not only dare to dream of the impossible for their work, but do the same for their lives. They're audacious ...

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The Old Man in the Hospital by Van Allen (Screaming Weasel Productions) (144 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Another short simple memoir from my life. In this very short story, I find myself stuck in the hospital, sharing a room with an irate and bitter old man. Location: Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas. Warning... contains a few uses of profanity. Sometimes horrible people come into your life to help you learn important lessons. This story describes my stay in the hospital. I talk about the old man I shared a treatment room with and what I learned after about a week's stay.

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How to Become a Nurse: The Exact Roadmap That Will Lead You to a Fulfilling Career in Nursing! (NCLEX Review Book Included) (Registered Nurse, ... by Chase Hassen (287 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

FREE BONUS EBOOK INCLUDED Are you a recent high school grad or have you been looking toward nursing as a career option but just don't know how to start? Are you struggling with trying to decide what kind of nurse you want to be and can't find the answers at your local nursing school or two year college? This book can circumvent all your worries and uncertainties so you will take only the coursework necessary to get you where you want to be in nursing without wasting your time and tuition money on coursework that won't help you. ...

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