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Drawing on the European Romantics, the wit of writers like Will Rogers and O. Henry, and the philosophy of Isaiah Berlin and Albert Murray, among others, Dreamers Ascending is destined to be controversial precisely because it is, as one reviewer put it, "contrarian," but only in the sense that living an American life full of hope and joy is contrary to the existing narrative. Dreamers Ascending is a poetic paen to men who lived their fullest lives...
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Dreamer: Life on Ooba is the first of a three-book series. The series follows the life of Skade who is known as a Dreamer. After living on Ooba for several years, he becomes an outlaw based off of some false accusations. Skade tries to navigate his own abilities while at the same time creating a good name for himself and his family. As more and more people look to him for help, he feels added pressure and stress. He is tasked with a very important...
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Three worlds. Three children. One solution.
A mysterious stranger enters the lives of the Swift children who asks them to merge their individual dream worlds with his own real world. Only they possess the power to save the stranger's new bride from an eternity of sleep and return him to his real life. Joel, Chris and Caitlin enter an unknown world and face entities from their own dreams. Spies, dragons, goblins, and other creatures get in their way....
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In 1994, twenty-five-year-old Yuyi Morales traveled from her home in Yelapa, Mexico, to the San Francisco Bay Area with her two-month-old son, Kelly, in order to secure permanent residency in this country. Her passage was not easy, and she spoke no English whatsoever. But due in large measure to help and guidance provided by area children's librarians, she learned English the same way her young son learned to read: through the picture books, they...
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You are a dreamer. You have vision, goals and plans. You are already equipped with creativity, but you are missing one simple step. I remember going through stages in my life where I had no money; I was broken in spirit and mind. One day I realized in order to make more money and live the life I wanted, I had to start with myself. I started reading tons of self-help books, prayed more and did affirmation exercises to lift my self-esteem. It was time...
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A fatherless young man dreams of being a cowboy, not the shoot-'em-up type but the real cowboy with the cows, the horses, and the sunsets. For as far back as he can remember, he read everything he could find about being a cowboy. One day, a letter changed the life of his little family. Before he knew what happened, he, his mother, and three sisters were headed to their new lives out of the city and to his grandfather's ranch.
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NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • An ordinary town is transformed by a mysterious illness that triggers perpetual sleep in this mesmerizing novel from the bestselling author of The Age of Miracles.
“Stunning.”—Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven • “A startling, beautiful portrait of a community in peril.”—Entertainment...
“Stunning.”—Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven • “A startling, beautiful portrait of a community in peril.”—Entertainment...
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Much that Mr. Bangs writes seems to be very easily written. (...) As a popular humorist, Mr. Bangs has long been conspicuous, and there is no reason why everybody who has found his previous works amusing should not laugh long and heartily over the jokes of The Dreamers. - The New York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art
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Visionaries, crackpots, fanatics, dreamers, suffragettes, temperance workers, be-sloganned devotees of betterment in marriage, religion, sex, alcohol, labor relations, penal codes and the treatment of mental illness rub shoulders in a book, which encompasses the American dream of Utopia, sobriety and the pursuit of happiness.
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Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was an English humourist and writer. Zangwill wrote the influential novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (1892). The use of the metaphorical phrase "melting pot" to describe American absorption of immigrants was popularized by his play The Melting Pot, a hit in the United States in 1908.
He also wrote mystery works, such as The Big Bow Mystery and social satire such as The King of Schnorrers. Dreamers...
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The Holy Grail: is it the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper? A more ancient vessel of healing and longevity? Or perhaps a Celtic cauldron offering wisdom to its seeker, only satisfying those with heroic
qualities? For centuries it has been discussed, debated, dreamt of, and occasionally actively sought. What might it have been like for the eager knights of King Arthur's court to quest after this legendary artifact, the object of
their greatest...
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Florida has been the home of many unusual characters throughout the years. Meet Ned Buntline, Laura Riding, Wilson Mizner, Sam Jones, and many others. Storytellers, lawbreakers, movers and shakers, sportsmen, moviemakers, visionaries, and mobsters all left their mark on Florida.
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Dreamers of God takes a look into each dream mentioned in Scripture, as well as the dreamers themselves. Every dream is not a directive or insightful message from God, but dreams are one way in which God has used in the past, and continues to use at times, to communicate with humanity. This book explores the sources, reasons and types of dreams through a biblical perspective. It also provides useful tips and suggestions of how a dreamer can handle...
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Cuando estás solo ante el espejo y nadie te ve, cuando miras sinceramente hacia tu interior, ¿qué ves reflejado en él?
Tal vez lo que ves es a esa persona de éxito en la que siempre soñaste convertirte o, por el contrario, ¿lo único que ves son tus miedos, tus temores, tus limitaciones y tus inseguridades
Permíteme que te ayude a descubrir tu verdadero potencial interior y que te muestre el camino para que tus sueños se hagan realidad....
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West Vancouver is a community defined by its geography, bordered on three sides by the ocean, backed by mountainous wilderness and threaded by creeks and ravines. This setting gives the region a distinct identity, attracting people from all over the world with the prospect of stunning scenery and unparalleled opportunities for outdoor activity, but also defines how the community has developed. As West Vancouver transitioned from a beachfront cottage...
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Dreamers, Runaways, and Mysteries takes readers to many places around the world, some enfolded in mystery.
The tales tell of characters drawn to these places, sometimes for escape from the lives they had led, and of incidents that memorably mark their travels. In India, an intrepid lady adventurer, charms an unhappy American; in Buenos Aires, a lonely tourist gets enraptured by a torrid story of tango dancers; in Botswana, a safari takes a surprising...
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