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Life as a member of the contingent workforce gives you a front row seat to the freak show of the job search industry. Steeped in appeals to prove value in a shape shifting labor market, the author turns her klieg light questioning to the world of the unemployed. Trying to avoid despair in the wake o...

These are the words of Pope Francis himself, addressed to young people preparing for their First Communion. They are words of wisdom and encouragement about the patient and enduring love of Jesus, who comes to us as bread to give us his own strength.In words a child can understand, the Pope explains...

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The Sisters of Bethlehem Springs series delivers exactly what readers have been waiting for—smart, confident women who are not afraid to defy convention, live their own dreams, and share their lives if the right man comes along. In A Matter of Character, book three in the Sisters of Bethlehem Spring...

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A collection of whimsical vignettes starring Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, originally published in "Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour," introduces fans to the origins of the popular series and its curmudgeonly protagonist....

It can be exciting ― and painful ― to watch a hockey player get checked into the boards. But did you know that the energy created in the collision could power a light bulb for a minute and a half? Explore the slap shots, glove saves, and speedy skating that goes into the sport of hockey....

Port Hope Simpson Historic Logging Town in Canada is located on the south side of the Alexis, an excellent salmon river in southern Labrador. It was initially founded in 1934 as a logging camp and was named after the English Commissioner of Natural Resources and Acting-Commissioner of Justice, Sir J...

Step into Limehouse Wharf, the new, uber-luxury apartment building in Canary Wharf where celebrities who have had 'work' done can hole up until they have healed and which is about to see its most glamorous and scandalous Christmas yet. Staying there over the festive period is Melody Down, an actress...

El lobo estepario es una de las lecturas más impactantes y que más suelen recordar quienes la leen. Por un lado, la historia que narra es un alucinante viaje a los temores, angustias y miedos a los que se ve abocado el hombre contemporáneo. Pero por otro, la pericia narrativa de Hesse llega en esta ...

Sudoku es un pasatiempo lógico, divertido y adictivo que se ha popularizado en el mundo entero. Este libro es ideal si te gusta resolver rompecabezas de Sudoku difíciles. No tienes que abrirte paso a través de toneladas de rompecabezas de Sudoku fáciles antes de llegar a los complicados de verdad. U...

Four sisters live with their mother, facing Christmas without their father as the US Civil War is underway. The family is settled in a new neighborhood, living in genteel poverty after the father lost their money. Meg and Jo March, the elder sisters, both work outside the home for money to support t...

Autumn Masquerade features three historical novellas centered around the delicious thrill of masquerades where a few hours of anonymity may lead to love—or heartbreak.In A Merry Dance, Lila learns the importance of “never say never” when, though she is in love with her absent cousin, her uncle asks ...

A courageous work of journalism by the only reporter to remain in Fallujah during the US siege of the city.In 2004, the United States waged one of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq war in the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. For many the city was a symbol of the resistance to the US war and occupa...

Offers advice for teenage girls on understanding the emotional and social differences between males and females, discussing self-image, communication, compatibility, dating behavior, and friendship....

Philomena Blackwell survived a city plagued with monsters, the gilded cage of high society, and the rule of a heartless man... and she aims to leave it all behind. It's 1905, and London has finally been freed from Henry Jekyll's terrible legacy - its people cured, its thirteen-year quarantine lifted...

From the terrors of the South China Sea in wartime, to the glamour of a Leningrad movie set, come along on the author's journey as he recounts the adventure of his life, a life that unfolded in America, but ranged across Canada, Europe and Asia, populated by a diverse cast of characters: movie stars...

A New York Times Best Seller“Powerful...an important read." —Publishers WeeklyNew York Times bestselling author Steve Almond takes on America’s biggest sacred cow: footballIn Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using...

‘Are you here already, Mary?‘ says His Mother without turning round. ‘Come, come, look at this rose! And these poor lilies. They will all die if we do not assist them. Bring also some small canes to hold up this falling stalk.‘ ‘I will bring You everything, Mother.‘ Mary springs round eyes wide open...

The power of the Queen's Gambit is beyond question, even though it allows some serious defences - the Slav and Semi-Slav are favoured by the elite. Kasparov was playing the Queen's Gambit Accepted until he retired, and the Queen's Gambit Declined has been trusted for a century. The principled way fo...

Picture-perfect ideas and crafts for making memories last and remembering-when....

At a time in rock and pop history where most things in music have been done before, few artists have proved as restlessly innovative over the past two decades as Beck. Since bursting onto the scene in 1994 with 'Loser', he has zigzagged his way across the contemporary music landscape, consistently r...

REFRACTIONS ON A LAUGHING MOUNTAIN is an unforgettable collection of inspirational poems by celebrated poet, Yossi Lopez-Hineynu. His poems about life will encourage you to look beyond your challenges and the core beliefs that may be keeping you from living the life you dream of; his poems about lov...

THE GREATEST UNSOLVED MYSTERY OF THE 20TH CENTURYFact: During the night of February 1, 1959, in the remote reaches of Siberia, nine Russian hikers slash open their tent from the inside and flee into a blizzard in subpolar temperatures. Fact: By morning all are dead, several having suffered gruesome,...