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AN INSPIRING TALE CENTRED AROUND ONE WOMAN'S JOURNEY IN NEPAL AND HER SURVIVAL OF A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE...
For all those who didn't give up the good fight... Kate sees you.
In 2013, Kate visited Nepal for the first time with no knowledge of the rich culture and depth of the place despite her years of interest in spiritual growth and learning. On this occasion, Nepal truly spoke to her heart, and she grieved this magical place upon leaving...
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The Party Family explores the formation and consolidation of the state in revolutionary China through the crucial role that social ties-specifically family ties-played in the state's capacity to respond to crisis before and after the foundation of the People's Republic of China. Central to these ties, Kimberley Ens Manning finds, were women as both the subjects and leaders of reform. Drawing on interviews with 163 participants in in the provinces...
34503) Waltzin' Blind
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Dancing in the storm is one thing. Waltzing in a secret one? Way harder. Five months have passed since Lila and her dancer partner, Trent, placed third in the annual dance competition. That's also when she fell, hard and fast, for her childhood friend, Austin. The dance competition was a dream come true. Austin was the surprise of a lifetime and proof that unknown things can be good-blissful, even, like a perfectly choreographed waltz under a moonlit...
34504) The Secrets of Boys
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Eric: Loves surfing, has killer abs, an even better smile, and a heart of gold. Joe: A sarcastic goofball who gives great advice, which no one ever takes. Zach: Sophisticated college boy, wise in the ways of French painting as well as other French things. A California girl like Cassidy Jones should be out on the beach, not stuck in summer school! But her life heats up when she meets the worldly and romantic Zach – she can't stop thinking about him,...
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Walter Link and Miriam Wollaeger, a young geologist couple in 1920s Wisconsin, set out to find oil to supply the surging U.S. demand. This exciting work will allow them to build their lives in South and Central America, Indonesia, and Cuba. But from the first posting in Columbia, they quickly discover that no women are working in the field in these places. While Walter faces the hardships and thrills of exploration in the jungles and mountains, and...
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34507) Tangled Tail
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Madelaine Jones is working to rebuild the pieces of her life. She is going through the process of becoming a foster mom to a teenage girl, who survived a brutal trafficking ring. She is also in the midst of remodeling a new house because her old one was, destroyed in an explosion, and she has finally come to terms with her husband's death. In fact, she has found a new love: Peter Simon.
Simon, who works for intelligence agencies across Europe, comes...
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What do you do when the man you gave your all to, hurts you in the worst way possible? You boss up on him and make him regret ever messing you over.
Everyone's favorite boss chick, Poca, is back to take us on another drama filled ride. While trying to get over the hurt and pain her husband Makhai caused, Poca plans to cause hell in the worst way he could ever imagine. On her side is the rude yet sexy Caz who's seeming to work his way into her now...
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Happily Ever Now is a self-help workbook designed to empower today's overstressed women. Self-evaluation for health-related concerns is assessed via questionnaires designed to evaluate for adrenal stress. In addition to adrenal stress, the 7 major systems and 21 subsystems affected by the adrenal glands are identified. The hormonal pathways in the human body are evaluated and a 16-part women's survey to determine possible stressors is to be filled...
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In her new memoir, Vignettes on Life: Reflections of a Septuagenarian, Carol Harkavy has combined her love of writing, her journal entries spanning forty-five years, and her timeless wisdom to create a book of reflections and life lessons. She invites readers to take a peek into her humor, hopes, dreams, frustrations, fears, and anxieties that are openly revealed in this no-holds-barred, coming-of-old-age memoir.
The author's goal is to impress upon...
34511) I Say These Things to Myself
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Now that you are coming of age, stepping into healing, how will you address yourself? What hand will you extend to your inner child and which parts of them are you inviting to dine with the woman you are now? I Say These Things To Myself is an embodiment of freedom, taking back and redefining things taken away from you, walking a journey where you find and hold your own hand and harnessing a softness for the self like no other.
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A true tale of big cats and even bigger courage, inspired by the personal story of Gir Forest's first female guard and Lion Queen, Rasila Vadher
"Never look a lion in the eyes," a mother tells her fearless girl. After a field trip to the Gir Forest, the girl learns all about the rare Asiatic lions of India, and from that day on, she dreams of taking care of them when she grows up. But not everyone thinks a girl has a right to such a dream, and...
34513) Falling for a Young King 3
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Izzy's pregnant, and Sam is desperate to keep it a secret from everyone until the paternity of the baby is determined. With King out of town and Cash sniffing around Izzy like a dog in heat, there's no way he can hide Izzy's pregnancy for long, but Izzy doesn't feel the same way about the situation as Pops, and she won't be able to hide things from King for long, especially when she goes to visit him in New York.
King is determined to find...
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Messiah Clarke is facing some of the biggest challenges of his life. He has great money and power, but he can't stop his beloved wife, Paisley, from dying from stage 3 breast cancer. They've been married for 17 years and Messiah has made a conscious decision to walk away from his drug empire in Jamaica and move to the United States in hopes of getting her treatment.
Alfie Clarke, Messiah's little cousin, is due to inherit the family's empire when...
34515) Princess Goldie
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Princess Goldie: Bedtime Story Fairy Tale about Adventure Embark on a Magical Journey with Princess Goldie: A Bedtime Story and Fairy Tale for Kids Filled with Adventure and Wonder! Venture into a realm of enchantment and beauty with Princess Goldie, who resides in a stunning pink castle nestled in a far-off kingdom. One day, she sets off on a quest to reunite with her long-estranged friend, the Fairy Dew. But as it so happens in all grand adventures,...
34516) Week Two
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Sky is starting to settle into her new home, but that doesn't mean that she's calming down. When a school prank goes a little too far, she finds herself being given an offer she can't really refuse. But will she be able to keep up to her side of the deal? Cory is falling hard for Sky. He knows that she's the girl he's been waiting for, but she keeps pushing him away. When she makes it clear to him that she isn't looking for anything serious, he is...
34517) The Bridal Suite
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Bestselling author Rochelle Alers' returns to romantic New Orleans in this uplifting series featuring four very different friends embarking on the dream of a lifetime . . .
With her besties in the Big Easy, Nydia Santiago is second-guessing staying behind in New York City. So when Jasmine Washington calls with the exciting news that she's getting married, Nydia happily rushes to New Orleans to be her maid of honor. Once she visits the lovely Garden...
34518) The Blue Notebook
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When Fine Dumas's notorious transvestite Boudoir is shut down after Expo 67, Céline is condemned to go back to working as a waitress at Le Sélect, attending to the frustrated appetites and exquisite pathos of its exotic clientele. Then a newcomer appears, the gorgeous Gilbert Forget, a musician who is not insensitive to her charms. Céline, a midget who has always thought she was unworthy, never having imagined the possibility of a mature loving...
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The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.C., was both an entrepot of urban slavery and the target of abolitionist ferment. The growing slave trade and the enactment of Black codes placed the city's Black women within the rigid confines of a social hierarchy ordered by race and gender. At the Threshold of Liberty reveals how these women--enslaved, fugitive, and free--imagined new identities and...
34520) Girl in the Lake
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A young woman comes to in a cold, Minnesota lake and fights her way to shore. Shivering, barefoot and afraid, she can't remember who she is or how she got into the lake. She sees a house and goes there, seeking help and warmth.
Don, a handsome doctor and his mother name her Penny and help her recover. With no memory and in fear for her life, she hires Lacey, a PI, to help her figure out who she is and why someone wants her dead.
Will Lacey succeed...
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