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iUniverse Searching for Enlightenment Gnosticism for a New Millennium
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iUniverse A Lifetime Ago Before the Death of Childhood
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iUniverse Angels on Her Shoulders An Iraqi Womans Tale of Survival
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iUniverse From the Barrack Room to the Boardroom The Memoirs of a SelfMade Man
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iUniverse Music Bravely Ringing
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iUniverse My Amazing Journey
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iUniverse In Pursuit of the Elusive Dream Utopia
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iUniverse Pilgrim Soul
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iUniverse Can You Cut It So It Looks Longer A Hairdressers Memoirs
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iUniverse i too was a child a biography of oppression
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Duckworth Books Vet at the End of the Earth
Book SynopsisHugely entertaining and affectionate, Jonathan Hollins's tales are full of wonderful creatures and steeped in the unique local history, cultures and peoples of the South Atlantic islands, far removed from the hustle of continental life.Trade Review'Delightful. This warm-hearted book makes you full of admiration for Hollins's spirit of adventure, and for his commitment to the animals he cares for' Daily Mail'There is much to love, with each chapter a vignette of island life… all against a backdrop of spectacular remoteness' Daily Telegraph'An amusing account of being a vet in the most remote settlements in the world... The author's bonhomie makes [for] an engaging read' Financial Times'A delightful, fascinating and entertaining book, ideal for anyone with a passion for the wild and natural world, and who dreams of escapism, adventure and challenge' Dr Hilary Jones, MBE'Entertaining… [Hollins] writes with wit' Daily Express‘A Great Veterinary Adventure set in the wilds of the South Atlantic – highly recommended!’ Gareth Steel, author of Never Work with Animals'Charming descriptions of a life well led on the fringes; vividly told with compassion and humour' Jonathan C Slaght, author of Owls of the Eastern Ice
£15.29
GB Publishing Org Black Gold Black Scorpion
Book Synopsis"we will aim at everything - even if it is not moving". Boughton's memoir of the Biafran War published (2015) ahead of the 50th anniversary of the start (2017).Trade ReviewSURREY LIFE "this intense, emotional memoir is a withering indictment of governing elites and the destructive consequences of their out-of-control behaviour. Around a million people starved to death or were killed in the fighting; yet the news vacuum meant that Boughton and other expat workers were often in the dark about the true extent of what was going on." SURREY LIFE magazine: "this intense, emotional memoir is a withering indictment of governing elites and the destructive consequences of their out-of-control behaviour. Around a million people starved to death or were killed in the fighting; yet the news vacuum meant that Boughton and other expat workers were often in the dark about the true extent of what was going on."Table of ContentsMap of Biafra; Biafran War; Port Harcourt, 1 we were startled in our sleep by an explosion, 2 It was 'dry' in that it didn't rain, much, 3 Oh, de bomb not be for you, 4 we were hostages, 5 we got into wooden canoes and paddled hard, 6 You leave next week; Midwest Nigeria, 7 a gele expressed everything, 8 SHELL ENGINEER YOU GO PASS DIS PLACE YOU GO DIE O, 9 Dere be people hurt here!, 10 we sensed no hostility, 11 One of the Babies flew through; Port Harcourt, 12 I have to kill the Ibos,13 you bring the girl who is not there; Lagos, 14 I read Ojukwu's book...He was right, 15 a complex man, in a complex situation, 16 tyres smoking on the roadside; The Author
£8.99
Mariner Books One Bullet Away
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£16.99
Simon & Schuster Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham
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£34.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Criminal Women
Book SynopsisCriminal Womentells the stories of four women who, in attempting to become women of their own making, became deeply involved in crime.Throughout the book, tales from the underworld and the criminal business world are interspersed with inside accounts of life in the women's prisons Holloway, Styal's Bleak House', Durham's H. Wing, Askham Grange, Pucklechurch and Bullwood Hall.These stories of criminal women are vivid chronicles of the times in which they have lived. They will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the diversity of ways in which women cope with life in a class-riven and still deeply sexist society.Trade Review‘These essays make a poignant and purposeful statement which goes behind the rumors and beyond the mythology into a world that is different from men's prison. The women in them speak with the authentic voice of experience; they are survivors as well as victims.’ Mary McIntosh, University of Essex ‘Once again Pat Carlen's readiness to move outside the familiar topics of criminology has paid off. The women who tell their stories in these pages provide a highly readable, sometimes tragic, often comic introduction to a neglected area. We are fortunate indeed that the first book published in this country on the subject of women and professional crime should also be of such high quality as to suggest that it will remain a standard text for many years.’ Laurie Taylor, University of YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction, Pat Carlen 1 Looking for Trouble, Chris Tchaikovsky 2 Christina: In her own Time, Diana Christina and Pat Carlen 3 Jenny: In a Criminal Business, Jenny Hicks and Pat Carlen 4 Josie: Surviving Holloway... and other Women’s Prisons, Josie O’Dwyer and Pat Carlen Women In Prison, Pat Carlen and Chris Tchaikovsky Appendix: The Women In Prison Manifesto
£21.53
Harper Horizon Quilting Through Life
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Random House USA Inc Hallelujah the Welcome Table A Lifetime of
Book SynopsisThroughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals provides a sense of purpose and calm, accomplishment and connection. Now in Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, Angelou shares memories pithy and poignant—and the recipes that helped to make them both indelible and irreplaceable. Angelou tells us about the time she was expelled from school for being afraid to speak—and her mother baked a delicious maple cake to brighten her spirits. She gives us her recipe for short ribs along with a story about a job she had as a cook at a Creole restaurant (never mind that she didn’t know how to cook and had no idea what Creole food might entail). There was the time in London when she attended a wretched dinner party full of wretched people; but all wasn’t lost—she did experience her initial taste o
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Random House USA Inc 32 Yolks
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring,” 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French chef, from the culinary icon behind the renowned New York City restaurant Le Bernardin.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR In an industry where celebrity chefs are known as much for their salty talk and quick tempers as their food, Eric Ripert stands out. The winner of four James Beard Awards, co-owner and chef of a world-renowned restaurant, and recipient of countless Michelin stars, Ripert embodies elegance and culinary perfection. But before the accolades, before he even knew how to make a proper hollandaise sauce, Eric Ripert was a lonely young boy in the south of France whose life was falling apart. Ripert’s parents divorced when he was six, separating him from the father he idolized and replacing him with a cold, bullying stepfather who insisted that Ripert be sent away to boarding school. A few years later, Ripert’s father died on a hiking trip. Through these tough times, the one thing that gave Ripert comfort was food. Told that boys had no place in the kitchen, Ripert would instead watch from the doorway as his mother rolled couscous by hand or his grandmother pressed out the buttery dough for the treat he loved above all others, tarte aux pommes. When an eccentric local chef took him under his wing, an eleven-year-old Ripert realized that food was more than just an escape: It was his calling. That passion would carry him through the drudgery of culinary school and into the high-pressure world of Paris’s most elite restaurants, where Ripert discovered that learning to cook was the easy part—surviving the line was the battle.Taking us from Eric Ripert’s childhood in the south of France and the mountains of Andorra into the demanding kitchens of such legendary Parisian chefs as Joël Robuchon and Dominique Bouchet, until, at the age of twenty-four, Ripert made his way to the United States, 32 Yolks is the tender and richly told story of how one of our greatest living chefs found himself—and his home—in the kitchen. Praise for 32 Yolks“Passionate, poetical . . . What makes 32 Yolks compelling is the honesty and laudable humility Ripert brings to the telling.”—Chicago Tribune “With a vulnerability and honesty that is breathtaking . . . Ripert takes us into the mind of a boy with thoughts so sweet they will cause you to weep.”—The Wall Street Journal
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Random House USA Inc Legionnaire
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University of Ottawa Press What I Wish I Had Told My Children
Book SynopsisIn this letter addressed to his children, we discover the extraordinary journey of Michel Bastarache, former Supreme Court judge: his childhood in Acadia and his multiple careers.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS ForewordAcknowledgementsPrefaceCHAPTER 1 “Speak White” CHAPTER 2 The Path CHAPTER 3 Stand UpCHAPTER 4 ActivistCHAPTER 5 Dead Ducks CHAPTER 6 What of Acadia?CHAPTER 7 Duality, Eh? CHAPTER 8 The Task Force That Would Change Everything CHAPTER 9 The Dream CHAPTER 10 The Battle of AlbertaCHAPTER 11 Salesman, Teacher, Bureaucrat, Lawyer CHAPTER 12 Assumption CHAPTER 13 PoliticsCHAPTER 14 The New Justice CHAPTER 15 GlobetrotterCHAPTER 16 A Historic CaseCHAPTER 17 Not in my CourtCHAPTER 18 The Battle Rages OnCHAPTER 19 Farewell to the CourtCHAPTER 20 One Hellish Commission CHAPTER 21 One Last Fascinating ChapterCONCLUSION
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Thomas Nelson Publishers All the Colors We Will See
Book Synopsis“With this exquisitely composed [essay collection], Patrice Gopo sets herself apart as one of the most promising and talented writers of faith of our time. All the Colors We Will See is evocative, compelling, surprising, and brave. Gopo has a special talent for weaving her story into the narratives of Scripture and for guiding the reader through some of the difficult realities of race, immigration, and identity in America with wisdom and grace. It’s rare to encounter a book that manages to be this honest and this generous with its readers at the same time. Every page, every sentence, is a gift!” —Rachel Held Evans, author, Searching for Sunday and Inspired Patrice Gopo grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, the child of Jamaican immigrants who had little experience being black in America. From her white Sunday school classes as a child, to her early days of marriage in South Africa, to a new home in the American South with a husband f
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Hawthorne Books Violation Collected Essays
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Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts Inc. Narrow River Wide Sky A Memoir
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Ohio State University Press Women Surrounded by Water
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Ohio State University Press When the World Explodes
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Georgiana Steele Waller In My Life So Far
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Unbreakable Child A story about forgiving the unforgivable
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Tafelberg Publishers Ltd Justice A Personal Account
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Solid Rock Book Publishing Rising Up From the Blood A Legacy Reclaimed A Bridge Forward The Autobiography of Sarah Washington ONeal Rush The GreatGranddaughter of Booker T Washington
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Samuel Tree Publishing, LLC Winds of Skilak A Tale of True Grit True Love and Survival in the Alaskan Wilderness Volume 1
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University of Queensland Press The Promise of Iceland
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Simon & Schuster An Hour Before Daylight
Table of ContentsContentsONE Land, Farm, and PlaceTWO Sharecropping as a Way of LifeTHREE Hard Times, and PoliticsFOUR My Life as a Young PupFIVE My Mama and DaddySIX Boiled Peanuts in PlainsSEVEN Breaking Ground, to Be a ManEIGHT Learning More About LifeNINE Learning About SinTEN The Carters of GeorgiaELEVEN The Navy Versus PlainsACKNOWLEDGMENTSINDEX
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Warrior
Book SynopsisProfiles the often controversial figure who has served Israel as soldier and statesman, detailing his role in the formation of the country and his relations with the other leaders of Israel.Trade ReviewThe Washington Post This fascinating book is well worth reading -- for its candid descriptions of politics and politicians and for its revealing glimpse of U.S.-Israel relations.San Francisco Chronicle The life and career of one of Israel's most talented generals and controversial politicians. Sharon recounts his military exploits in riveting detail.The Wall Street Journal Warrior will open new and rancorous debates in Israel's tempestuous politics.
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Simon & Schuster Game Over
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Little, Brown Book Group One Foot In The Stars
Book SynopsisOne Foot in the Stars is the amazing story of a healer who has transformed the lives of many thousands of people, and in the process turned his own life around. Matthew Manning first began having poltergeist experiences at the age of 11, later learning to channel his powers into automatic writing and drawing. In this extraordinary book he tells of his journey from troubled teenager to stage and television psychic, and how he was involved in more scientific research and testing than any other healer. He reveals how he found spiritual enlightenment and used his abilities to become one of the world''s most gifted healers.
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Little, Brown Book Group Married by Force
Book Synopsis ''I was twenty years old and dreamed of marrying for love.'' Leila was born and brought up in France by Moroccan-born parents. But her romantic dreams were shattered when she was forced by her father to marry a man she''d never met, fifteen years older than her, and whose language she couldn''t understand. The husband she didn''t love beat her regularly in an attempt to force her into submission. But, with extraordinary courage, Leila fought back against the weight of family tradition to regain her liberty and dignity; and though it put her life in danger, she left her husband and later divorced him.Trade Review"'An excellent read, relaying the feelings and experiences of the author in a moving manner' Western Daily Press"
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Little, Brown Book Group Left For Dead My Journey Home from Everest
Book SynopsisAnyone who has read Jon Krakauer''s famous account of the 1996 Everest disaster, INTO THIN AIR, will remember the story of Beck Weathers: the gregarious Texan climber who went snow-blind in the Death Zone below the summit and who spent a night out in the open during a blizzard that took the lives of a dozen colleagues and friends.Even as he staggered back into Camp 4 the next morning, Beck''s condition was such that the other survivors assumed he would not make it back down the mountain. He was effectively left for dead, but drawing upon reserves of determination and courage he didn''t know he had - as well as the extraordinary selflessness and bravery of a Nepalese helicopter pilot he''d never met - he finally made it to safety. Only then could a new battle begin: to rebuild his life with a family he''d taken for granted for too long.Heartstoppingly exciting and ultimately very moving, LEFT FOR DEAD is a terrific read.Trade ReviewAn engaging memoir . . . Candid [and] moving . . . Weather s' upbeat attitude perhaps yields the biggest clue about how he got home from Everest * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
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Little, Brown Book Group A Teenagers Journey Surviving Adolescence
Book SynopsisAt the end of A BROTHER''S JOURNEY, Richard Pelzer''s mother and three brothers are moving to Salt Lake City, Utah. He has the choice of joining them - unwanted - or staying behind. But where can he live? What can he live on? Defeated - he follows them. So continues Richard''s alcoholic mother''s physical abuse of Richard. But gradually he is growing up - not just in years but stature. His mother cannot treat him in quite the same way and mostly it is with neglect. Richard runs away and tries to commit suicide several times, and he has a stint with a foster home. He turns to soft drugs, then hard drugs. Finally he goes to live with John and Darlene Nichols who try to show him some family love. At the age of 21 he gets a full time job and tries to learn to be a big brother to the foster parents'' children. And begins to get his life together... An uplifting and inspiring story about someone who retains his religion and regains basic morals - despite everythin
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Little, Brown Book Group Whats Tha Up To Nah
Book Synopsis''Many times I heard people say that you''ll have no friends if you''re a policeman. How wrong they were. If you were right with them, they were right with you.'' PC Martyn Johnson is back on the beat with more hilarious and heart-warming stories from the golden age of policing.With his nose for trouble and a knack for mischief, there''s no such thing as a quiet shift for the friendly Yorkshire bobby - from drunken dogs and runaway horses to high-speed chases after Burglar Bill, there''s always something to keep him busy and always another troublemaker to put to rights. And with a cuppa-tea stop and a familiar face on every corner of his beat, he''s never far from a friend.
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Distributed By PublishDrive Rum Bum and Baccy
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Author Solutions Inc A Newfoundland Son Autobiography
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Times Books William Howard Taft
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St Martin's Press Means Of Escape
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Philosophical Library Spinoza Dictionary
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Philosophical Library Nietzsche Unpublished Letters
£10.95
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Gentle Regrets Thoughts from a Life
Book SynopsisWritten in limpid prose, these autobiographical essays provide an insight into the mind and personality of Roger Scruton. This is a quiet, witty but also serious and moving account of the ways in which life brought him to think what he thinks, and to be what he is. His moving vignettes of his childhood and later influences illuminate this book.Trade Review"A practised and elegant writer The Independant"
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