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What does an environmentalist do when she realizes she will inherit mineral rights and royalties on fracked oil wells in North Dakota? How does she decide between financial security and living as a committed conservationist who wants to leave her grandchildren a healthy world? After her father's death, Lisa Westberg Peters investigates the stories behind the leases her mother now holds. She learns how her grandfather's land purchases near Williston...
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An epic story of leaving everything behind to find purpose, adventure and love by crossing 4750km of rugged Australian terrain with five wild camels, from the winner of the 2022 Australian Geographic Spirit of Adventure Award
'The Crossing is as profound as it is moving - a tapestry of adventure, love and, of course, camels.' Tim Cope, author of On the Trail of Genghis Khan
In 2020, at the age of thirty-one, Sophie Matterson set out to walk her...
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Brought up in the Lake District, a keen interest in anything involving aviation brought about a career of almost 45 years starting with light aircraft and then on to the airline industry becoming a training Captain with various airlines including Virgin Atlantic on the Boeing 747. It all started with a piece of furniture inherited from his grandfather.
Following retirement, a further investigation into his family history was started by a letter found...
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Si usted disfrutó en La Nuca de Houssay de cómo hacía, qué pensaba y qué temía un Marcelino Cereijido veinteañero que se iba atreviendo a incursionar en el mundo de la ciencia profesional, entérese ahora en El Doctor Marcelino Cereijido y sus patrañas de cómo siguió aquella saga y de qué está sucediendo en estos momentos.
Como investigador científico, Cereijido debe publicar regularmente artículos especializados. Pero siempre se ha...
6545) The Light of My Life
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The Light of My Life is a collection of stories drawn from the author's century of living, both in the darkness and in the light. The reader will be inspired by the way Scriptures have been woven throughout the tapestry of her life - giving proof of the truth of God's word. For the reader who is very weary from trudging through a darkened world, there is hope when traveling with the Source of Light. For those who desire a more joy-filled life, The...
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Illegal tells the true story of love and deception, revolutions and deportations as it chronicles the trials of John Dennehy. Naïve New Yorker, Dennehy refuses to be part of the feverish nationalism of post 9/11 America. His search for hope takes him to Ecuador, where he falls in love with firebrand Lucia, who perfects his broken Spanish while they find solidarity in the brewing social upheaval. Amid the unrest, Dennehy is, arrested and deported,...
6547) Flying Used to Be Fun
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Civil aviation has changed out of all recognition over the period during which the author was involved. In many ways it is now far safer than it used to be. In the early sixties, majority of flights were conducted in piston engine aircrafts and many were tail draggers i.e. you would have entered at the back of the aircraft and then struggled uphill towards your own seat. Turbine power soon took over and planes not only became faster but could climb...
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The average age a child encounters pornography is eleven, and by fourteen, most children have already been exposed--even Christians. Martinez-Herbert was a part of that statistic. Pornography is foreign. Intriguing. Enticing. But all vicious creatures eventually show their predator nature. A Church Girl's Recovery is an introspective excavation of pain, struggle, and hope throughout a fourteen-year recovery journey that focuses on God's promise of...
6549) Dare to Believe
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I am excited for you to read these short adventurous stories about my life as a missionary. May they cause you to laugh, cry, feel encouraged, build your faith, and remind you that God is no respecter of persons. He cares about you. May reading this book help you find faith and dare to believe.
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The wind of change was beginning to blow. And in its wake, stagnation and conformity were being swept aside while creating a fresh and exciting opportunity for a new generation perched on the cusp of release.
Bobby McGuire stood poised and determined to carve out a place for himself and to fully indulge his inquisitive nature. His passion for travel and adventure spurred him onward as he stepped out into the world on his chosen path. With eyes wide...
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"If we mean to change our ways, how will we do it? How will we make our food and our system of food production healthy, sustainable, and secure? How will we make them, in a word, sane? Who will do this work?"
Ray Huling knows the hard realities of shell fishing. His father and grandfathers were shell fishermen on Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay, laborers in an age-old trade. Because he grew up surrounded by quahaugers, the industry is in his blood...
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Today, millions of people are being held in slavery around the world. From poverty-stricken countries to affluent American suburbs, slaves toil as sweatshop workers, sex slaves, migrant workers, and domestic servants. With exposés by seven former slaves, as well as one slaveholder, from Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, this groundbreaking collection of harrowing first-hand accounts reveals how slavery continues...
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A four-ounce ball of black and white fur walked out from under the porch of an unsuspecting couple who had no intention of having any pets, much less a house cat. Four years later, she has grown into a beautiful, thirteen-pound semi-longhair tuxedo cat who reigns supreme over the Brendle household.
At first, this tiny feral kitten was little more than a cute and amusing distraction from outdoor chores. But as she demanded to be fed and petted, she...
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As a self-proclaimed twitcher-a birdwatching extremist who travels around the country trying to catch a glimpse of as many species of birds as possible-the author took a year off in 2002 with the goal of seeing 700 birds and thereby breaking the national record for most birds seen in one year. In this amusing memoir, he recounts his quest, including how he spent all of his inheritance from the untimely death of his parents to make his dream a reality....
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Crimes unspeakable. A name synonymous with twisted brutality and perversion. Jeffrey Dahmer. The most notorious serial killer of our time. A decade ago his story shocked and gripped our nation and the world. But we didn't get the whole story. In prison, Dahmer's dark journey crossed paths with deep grace. Here is the whole story, told by the man who befriended him and showed him the light of God's love. It's an unexpected story of first steps in faith,...
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Seán Hartnett left the British army in 2005, operating as a covert surveillance technician at JCU-NI, the top-secret counter-terrorism unit in Northern Ireland. His experiences were published in the bestselling Charlie One, the book the British Ministry of Defence tried to ban. But this wasn't the end of Hartnett's career in counter-espionage. After operations in South Africa, Australia and London, he arrived home to Ireland, just as the Celtic Tiger...
6557) In Lieu of Flowers
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In this surreal series of dreamscapes, bears roam the subway, and fathers become fish. But for all of the fantastic imagery in this stunning debut poetry collection, there are equally memorable explorations of more familiar terrain: the landscapes of our lives and relationships.
6558) Through the Eyez of Mine
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Aaron Nathan "Locz" Grossman was a member of one of the most notorious deadly gangs to ever come out of Manchester, England also known globally as 'GOOCH' or Y.G.C.
Growing Up In 'Gunchesta'
But before he entered into the life of gangbanging, drugs & bloody wars which lead to a long stay in the prison system, he was already infatuated with a lifestyle consisting of violence, robberies, hustling and learning the game from the pimps & prostitutes....
6559) Escape from Corregidor
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Escape from Corregidor, first published in 1958, is the harrowing account of Edgar Whitcomb, a B-17 navigator who arrives in World War II Philippines just before its capture by the invading Japanese.
Whitcomb manages to evade the enemy on Bataan by travelling to Corregidor Island in a small boat.
However, his efforts to escape eventually fail and he is captured but later manages to escape at night in an hours-long swim to safety.
After weeks of...
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OCD is one of the most misunderstood and debilitating of all illnesses. An OCD brain is a terrible thing. It is spiteful, malicious, venomous, and cruel. It is so damn smart. It knows how to take its tentacles and wrap them just right to make the person crazy and crazier. It digs deeper and deeper until it breaks their brain. And then it comes back and starts again, and again, and again. It is smart because it knows the person, and it knows them because...
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