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A highly personal true story of memory and the power of friendship from journalist Bob Greene. Growing up in Bexley, Ohio, population 13,000, Bob and his four best friends--Allen, Chuck, Dan, and Jack--were inseparable. Of the four, Jack was Bob's very best friend, a bond forged from the moment they met on the first day of kindergarten. They grew up together, got in trouble together, learned about life together--and were ultimately separated by time...
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If the weathered landmarks and forgotten trails of the Lone Star State could talk, this is what they might say.
The TV show Expedition Texas brings to life stories of abandoned buildings, ghost towns and other lost Texas history locations. Hit the road with Bob Mauldin and his crew and hear the stories behind the stories. Venture deep beneath the surface to explore a missile launch site. Climb crumbling stairs high above the ground to the top of...
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An orphaned kitten, rescued from the jaws of a vicious dog by a young naval captain, Horatio Nelson, is taken on board the battleship HMS Agamemnon to control mice and rats in the hold. The year is 1793 and Britain's navy is about to go to war with France. Terrified of cannons, mice and rats the kitten has to learn about life at sea, but struggles to overcome his fears.
Follow the cat's adventures as he is befriended by a cabin boy and is helped...
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The Highlands of Scotland are rich in traditional stories. Even today, in the modern world of internet and supermarkets, old legends dating as far back as the times of the Gaels, Picts and Vikings are still told at night around the fireside. They are tales of the sidh – the fairy people – and their homes in the green hills; of great and gory battles, and of encounters with the last wolves in Britain; of solitary ghosts, and of supernatural creatures...
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The U-Boat war is a unique visual record of Hitler`s infamous submarine fleet and a grim account of those that lived, worked and risked their lives stalking the depths of the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas. The book analyses the development of the U-boat, the recruitment and training, and reveals how the crews tried to destroy essential Allied supplies across the Atlantic and bring Britain to its knees. Using some 250 rare and unpublished photographs...
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Dr. Bob Arnot, the bestselling author of The Aztec Diet, shows you how to use the power of America's favorite drink-coffee-to achieve improved health, longevity, mental clarity and weight loss in this unique, groundbreaking wellness guide.
For years, we've been told that coffee was bad for our health. But new research reveals that, consumed properly, coffee can be the healthiest, tastiest part of your day. It can sharpen your focus, jumpstart your...
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BREAKTHROUGHS: The Historic Breakthrough by Marx, and the Further Breakthrough with the New Communism, A Basic Summary is "a distilled discussion of the theory, strategic orientation and objectives of the communist movement as this was developed from the time of Marx and with its further development and synthesis with the new communism" (as Bob Avakian, the architect of the new communism, describes this work in its preface).This work delves into the...
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BOOK #1 CHANGE THE PAST
Kelly Welch's sixteenth summer was supposed to be the best ever. Long, lazy days with her friends and her horse in Texas. But her life changes in an instant.
Her unexpected move to Fort Myers Beach, Florida leaves her lonely and frightened. Living with a workaholic aunt she barely knows and looking to start a school where she's the new girl makes her anxious and unhappy.
Until she meets Scott. He is smart and nerdy, sort...
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Aaron Finkelstein turned to his friend's cultic religious group for fellowship and a spiritual experience. That he found, but his pursuit of a personal relationship with God became a trek through a maze of legalism and confusion of doctrine. Extortion and money laundering were part and parcel of doing business with a homeless and penniless ministry. The mandate of a celibate ministry and the ban on homosexuality were obviously difficult to police,...
10) Puff: A Novel
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Meet John Gullivan, age thirteen, obsessed with the moles that dot most of his body. Meet his brother Gully, who can't stop laughing at them. Now meet the brothers ten years later, in the middle of the most ferocious blizzard anyone can remember. Set in an Irish working-class suburb of Boston in the 1960s and 1970s, Puff centers on a quest as the soon-to-be-orphaned brothers, posing as rescue personnel, attempt to steer their dilapidated van through...
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Bob Dylan, cantautor de cantautores, recientemente galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura, presenta la edición del primer volumen de sus memorias.
Las incomparables dotes de narrador y la exquisita expresividad que constituyen el sello distintivo de su música hacen de "Crónicas" una reflexión penetrante sobre la vida y sobre las personas y los lugares que moldearon al hombre y su arte.
En 1961 Bob Dylan llega a Nueva York y se instala...
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Bob (Robert) Rae is Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Before his appointment by the Government of Canada, Mr. Rae served as Canada's special envoy on humanitarian and refugee issues, continuing the important work that he began in 2017 as Canada's special envoy to Myanmar while also addressing other pressing humanitarian and refugee issues around the world.
The former premier of Ontario and former interim...
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Chia Power can make you skinny, strong, and healthy
The Aztecs cultivated the world's most nutritious foods, which provided them with the strength to build one of civilization's greatest empires. The key to the astounding fitness and energy levels of the Aztec warriors? The miracle superfood: chia. Already fueling endurance athletes and distance runners like those featured in the bestselling book Born to Run, chia is quickly gaining popularity as...
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Scuba diver and author of Atlantic's Last Stop uses records and personal experience to examine the vessels in Halifax Harbour on the day of the 1917 Explosion to uncover what happened that day-and why. On the morning of December 6, 1917, ships and boats were in constant movement in Halifax Harbour. The First World War was in its fourth year and Halifax, the closest mainland North American naval port to Europe, was feeling its effect.
At 8:45 A.M.,...
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The intensely political cultural production that erupted during Hungary's short-lived Soviet Republic of 1919 encompassed music, art, literature, film and theatre. Painting the Town Red is the little-known history of these developments.
The book opens with an overview of the political context in Hungary after the First World War and how the Soviet Republic emerged in the chaotic months which followed the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Dual...
16) Coding for Kids Ages 8-12: Simple C++ Programming Lessons and Games to Get You Started With Progr
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Learning to code isn't as hard as it sounds―you just have to get started! Coding for Kids in C++ starts off with the very basics: Learn why coding has taken the world by storm, and why C++ is a great way to get started. The book has 50 interactive programs, and then another 50 exercises to practice each concept at the back of every chapter. Every chapter is a building block of programming block of programming that kids can use to master the basics,...
18) Piazza Navona
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The adventures of Ben and Bob land the duo just steps away from Bob's residence in the Piazza Navona in Rome. While Bob enjoys a late evening drink in the Piazza, a bomb explodes in Bob's apartment and soon, he is being shot at. As someone is trying to kill him, Bob telephones his partner in New York City but Ben cannot arrive on a flight until the following morning. Bob must find a way to stay alive in the meantime. Ben is an entrepreneur, whose...
19) The Straight Way
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It happened in Espadín. It was a small, modest, quiet, conservative, and close-knit Christian community, respected models of integrity in their neighborhood. The kind of perfectionism that breeds pride of reputation in the leaders, and the members become charged with defending the leaders' personal reputations. So when the pastor molests the children, and before he can be brought to justice, the reputations take priority over the victims. And in...
20) Who Said That?
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When Malia wakes up to find her dog, Lily, talking to her, she can hardly believe it. But she can understanding everything her canine companion is saying and soon realizes Lily is asking her to let her outside. Malia is amazed but wonders if it was only a dream.
When Malia's Papaw finds out about her experience, he talks to her about their dreams.
In Who Said That? written by Bob Freeman and illustrated by Bryan Werts, Malia's life is turned...