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41) Far away home
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It's 1867 in New York City and Aislynn Denehy's closest friend, Tim Nolan, is forced west to find work in a Utah mining camp. Aislynn follows, enduring the treacherous trail only to find life in the raucous Treasure Mountain camp brings small joys and great challenges. She struggles with her own conflicting desires and the intruding intentions of the three men in her life. Aislynn's story races through authentic experiences until she discovers the...
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Sarafina Castellano has lost it all - her popular restaurant, her famous boyfriend, and her beloved father. At odds with her disapproving brothers, she has found a new place to call home, a quiet southern town called Hills of Andrew.Starting over means a new job and new people, especially a new man who may want more than she is willing to give. As she tentatively moves forward, there comes a call from home; a favorite niece whose needs threaten to...
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"At the turn of the century, pharmacies in Europe and America prepared homemade tinctures, bitters, and herbal remedies mixed with alcohol for curative benefit for everything from poor digestion to the common cold. Today, trendy urban bars such as Apothke in New York, Apo Bar & Lounge in Philadelphia, and 1022 South in Tacoma, as well as "vintage" and "homegrown" cocktail aficionados, find inspiration in apothecary cocktails of old. Now you can too!...
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Into the Breach is the true story of paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and heavy-rescue specialists fighting to control trauma and medical emergencies in one of America's toughest and most violent cities: Newark, New Jersey. A riveting account that hauls readers on a first-hand tour of street medicine today, Into the Breach shows what really happens inside an ambulance and some of the diverse and bizarre places EMS workers tread.
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45) There was and there was not: a journey through hate and possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and beyond
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"A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use--and abuse--our personal histories. Meline Toumani grew up in a close-knit Armenian community in New Jersey where Turkish restaurants were shunned and products made in Turkey were boycotted. The source of this enmity was the Armenian genocide of 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish government, and Turkey's refusal...
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Don't Have a Pity Party... Throw a Faith Fest!
Finding Hope in God's Word
Lorna Lumpris thought her world had ended when she was downsized from her six-figure-salary corporate position.
Instead, she found herself embarking on the adventure of her life.
During an extended period of unemployment, Lorna came to know and trust God in a way she had never thought possible.
Though she had been a faithful churchgoer for years, she had not seriously studied...
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One morning Lo Anne Mayer wrote a letter to her mother, who had died a year earlier. Despondent over the strained relationship they had endured in life, Mayer started the journal because she still longed for healing. So began a remarkable soul-to-soul correspondence that restored their bond. When her own daughter died, Mayer started a new journal that soothed her grief. Now she shares her story and simple technique with bereaved people everywhere....
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Shining a brilliant light on expat life in Singapore, "Hawker Dreams" sweeps readers into the heart of the rule-abiding city-state where nearly a third of its six million inhabitants are foreigners, each with a story to tell. The memoir is equal parts travelogue, family history, and cultural exploration. Oanh Ngo Usadi takes you on her journey of home and belonging through the prism of language, cuisine, and class. In the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic...
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Andrea Harding is a recent college graduate looking forward to attending Duke Law School when her world is turned upside down by the shooting of her father, Nicholas, and uncle, Michael, in a surprising and puzzling attack. They are the only family she has, aside from her paternal grandmother Dorothy, so when her uncle dies from the attack and her father lays comatose in ICU, it falls to Andrea to not only investigate who would want to kill her father...
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When a Gay Couple moves in…The Inflatable Snowman. The Gigantic Inflatable Snowman. We thought that 'Frosty' would lead to our demise. That 18-foot monstrosity had me questioning our decision to move into this seemingly quiet neighborhood on a cul-de-sac. Was I ever wrong. It turned out to be one of the best decisions my partner and I ever made. This book is dedicated to the memories and life-changing events that took place during our stay on Altamont...
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Case Files of the Paranormal is a journey into reports that range from spirit activity, cryptid creatures, alien encounters, and legends that haunt the minds of those who have experienced this phenomenon. Author (The New Jersey Paranormal Project / Spirit Voices: Investigations in Search of the Paranormal) and paranormal researcher, Richard Moschella, will open the case files of the New Jersey Paranormal Project so you may hear firsthand encounters...
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If the devil's in the details, then the crime scene investigator's got him: conducting searches, collecting evidence, photographing, scrutinizing, analyzing-pursuing the culprit right down to the last scrap of proof. Whether you'd like to become a crime scene investigator or simply want to see what it takes, look no further than this book. Like a top-notch forensics expert, author Henry M. Holden traces the path that crime scene investigators follow...
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Prominent feminist author Barbara Walker has revamped, retold, and infused with life some of your favorite classic fairy tales. No longer are women submissive, helpless creatures in need of redemption through the princely male! Instead they are vibrantly alive, strong women who take fate into their own hands.
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Grab your bow tie and a rocks glass, because we're talking all about one of the most classic - and classy - spirits. Whether you like bourbon, scotch or rye, whiskey's diverse and complex taste will be your new go-to drink for parties, gatherings, or evenings in your study with a roaring fire. Whiskey can be an intimidating drink to the uninitiated. Most folks may not be able to drink it straight. We've got you covered. The Cocktail Whisperer, Warren...
57) He'll be waiting
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What would you do to remember? What would you give to forget?
When Tess Porter agrees to pick up her boyfriend's college pal at the airport on a snowy December night, she has no idea she's about to embark on the most dangerous ride of her life. Two days later, the seventeen-year-old wakes up in a hospital with broken bones, unable to remember how she got there. Her parents are acting strange, and neither James, her boyfriend, nor her best friend,...
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Create your own cannabis infused cocktails! Combining cannabis and cocktails is a hot new trend, and Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails, and Tonics shows you how. Featuring a collection of 75 recipes of cannabis influenced cocktails and drinks; The Cocktail Whisperer Warren Bobrow will show you the essential instructions for de-carbing cannabis to release its full psychoactive effect. Learn the history of cannabis as a social drug and its growing acceptance...
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"Smart, unexpected, and wonderfully savage in its humor. Totally Killer nails, without mercy, the mood and minutiae of a weary America at the end of the 20th century."
-Brad Listi, author of Attention. Deficit. Disorder.
Debut novelist Greg Olear gets nostalgic for a recently bygone era with Totally Killer-a quirky, darkly funny, and fiendishly clever noirish tale of intrigue and suspense. The '90s are back in this brilliant collision of conspiracy...
60) Savior's day
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Savior's Day is a work of fiction taken out of today's headlines. Cardinal Arnold Ford, head of the Archdiocese of New York, witnesses a murder on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral. With the old man's dying breath, he hands the Cardinal a sliver of ancient parchment to keep and protect. What follows is a tale woven from an open case that Israel's vaunted spy agency, the Mossad, is afraid to solve. What do they fear? How can the lost pages of an...
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