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Presents a memoir of the author's life near Dublin, a city that inspired his imagination and literary life and served as a backdrop for the dissatisfactions of adult years shaped by Dublin's cultural, political, architectural, and social history.
"Born and bred in a small town a train ride away from Dublin, author John Banville ... saw the city as a place of enchantment when he was a child. It was first a birthday treat, the world his beloved, eccentric...
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In, Urban Pen Poetry Series, you will find the poetic writings of Linda J. Wolff. She offers an extensive selection of urban acrostic, cinquain, free verse, haiku, tanka, and much more inspiring pieces to enlighten the mind, body, and soul. Each piece she brings enlightenment through words, such as the one below: "I find I need to seek out solace. Especially, when the day is crazy! Crazy in the sense that there's no stopping, no breaks. As a single...
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A collection of Short Stories, some of which are humorous and entertaining. All written by Linda Nelson, the author of Aaron & Keja: Time Dragon.
This flash fiction collection features titles: Bed Bug Ridden, The Bee Dance, Berry Picking For Mom, and many more for the young and old. Some of which are funny and some spooky, consisting of a total of fifteen stories in all.
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PRISON PUZZLE PIECES 3 (the third of a three volume series) is a non-fiction account of a corrections officer working in Stillwater Prison in Minnesota after he stopped traveling the country performing standup comedy and improv. Through examples, explanations and experiences, he explains how the entire system works, piece by piece, by presenting hundreds of events that occurred in that dysfunctional little city contained within those walls and razor...
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In order to win a game of chess you very often have to sacrifice material. Gathering the courage to do so while accurately assessing the potential benefits is, a real challenge. The big question is always, what's my compensation?
Generations of chess players grew up with the idea that a sacrifice was correct if the material was swiftly, returned, with interest. Almost by reflex, they spent lots of time counting, quantifying the static value of their...
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"As the only daughter, Sylvia Miller of The Tinderbox has always held a special place in her Old Order family, one Adeline Pelham jeopardizes when she shows up at the Millers' Hickory Hollow farm. It isn't that Adeline means to be a threat, but her very existence is a reminder of the painful secret that has so recently upended the Miller household. And with Sylvia and her mother still struggling to come to terms with that news, this is a challenging...
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With his critically acclaimed best-sellers The Mathematical Toursist and Islands of Truth, Ivars Peterson took readers to the frontiers of modern mathematics. His new book provides an up-to-date look at one of science's greatest detective stories: the search for order in the workings of the solar system.
In the late 1600s, Sir Isaac Newton provided what astronomers had long sought: a seemingly reliable way of calculating planetary orbits and positions....
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"A collection of long-form essays on joy, in which the author turns his curious and poetic mind to everything from skateboarding and cover songs, basketball and race, dancing and academia, death and laughter, and, always, the garden and the natural world"--
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Through "Bits & Pieces Love & Words" Forrest Parker has renewed with vigor, a standard in excellence to "Literary Reflections" that captivates the attentative reader to it's virtue and betters all in the mindset of it's offered intent.Intelligent, wittey and warm in it's complex simplicity, It is a "Brief Modern Christian Time Piece" that can be sourced from again and again.
12) My Words
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A timely piece of fiction written with an urgency for the masses. Describing the chemical nature of time, space, heaven and hell; and each individual's inherent responsibility for the smooth operation of the universe. A poet's thoughts from mundane to spatial. A reminder to us all to question and answer daily, "Who I Am"! Always be careful how you knot the string.
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Teen Vogue, the fresh voice of a generation of activists, currates a dynamic collection of timely pieces on the climate justice movement. With accessible, concise explanations of the features and causes of climate change as well as pieces urging an intersectional approach to environmental justice this book is the handbook for the emerging youth climate movement. Using a feminist, indigenous, antiracist, internationalist lens the book paints a picture...
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This book provides a foundation for understanding water resources management in the Western states. The book threads together three important subject areas into a single, concise narrative, providing the reader with an understanding of the fundamentals behind water management policies and practices. The book is organized into three parts, each addressing an important aspect of the subject: Part 1 provides information on natural systems and the basics...
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This landmark literary anthology of poems, stories, and literary essays about abortion, Choice Words: Writers on Abortion, is a powerful collection of timely pieces on the struggle to defend reproductive rights. Twenty years in the making, this book spans continents and centuries; the manuscript includes Audre Lorde, Margaret Atwood, Lucille Clifton, Amy Tan, Gloria Steinem, Ursula Le Guin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Joyce Carol Oates, Gloria Naylor, Dorothy...
18) Directions for Using Bottum's Patent Improved Universal Lathe Chucks and Improved Lathes for Turn
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This vintage book contains a fascinating treatise on the history of clocks and timepieces. It contains a wealth of interesting historical information from the first sun dial to the pocket watch, and it is highly recommended for horologists and those with an interest in the development of timekeeping. Contents include: "The Man Animal and Nature's Time Pieces", "The Land Between the Rivers", "How Man Began to Model After Nature", "Telling Time by the...
19) Opiate Jane
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Jane is a magnet. A magnet for addicts.
First, there was her mother, a constant disappointment whose penchant for drugs left Jane and her four-year-old sister, Lizzie, in foster care. Now, relocated with her fractured family to the Middle of Nowhere, Ohio, Jane is learning that the too-good-to-be-true boy she's fallen for has a drug problem of his own.
Jane tries to make peace with Landon's drug use, even though she knows she'll never really...
20) Hunter School
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Hunter School is a work of fiction consisting of recollections, folklore, and autobiographical stories from the perspective of an aboriginal Taiwanese man aiming to reconnect with his lost tribal identity. A common theme running throughout this charming but important book is that of a young man learning about himself and his heritage – from the past, elders, ancestors, and nature itself. This award-winning book is a highly readable and touching...
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