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THE DRIVER: Many forces drive us into the decisions we make: infidelity: new opportunity, chance meetings, rebel causes. Dr. Louise Hammel, an American-Australian, takes a job in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, as a Regional Long-Term Advisor for an educational program called PROMES. Her assigned Filipino driver, Rico Bernales, becomes enamored with a Muslim widow whose uncle is the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Rico is unwittingly...
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Tales from the world of gamblers and small-time crooks who inhabited the world of the speakeasies during Prohibition.
The Prohibition era comes alive in these comic tales featuring dames (dolls, babes, broads, or ever-loving wives) and guys (players, gamblers, citizens and cops), along with the gee-gees, the bars and the speakeasies of the day. All written in Runyon's unique comic style.
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Full of humorous stories about gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, and their women inhabiting New York's Broadway. A world of speakeasies and dancing girls where a gambler or bootlegger is perfectly normal and respectable in every way. Those familiar with "Guys and Dolls" know what to expect!
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Evenwood, a luxurious estate near Philadelphia, becomes the focal point around which the adventures, loves and fortunes of three young men revolve. There, Morris Halstead becomes the builder of a fabric and clothing empire and employs his wealth to create the area's most admired gardens. There, German immigrant Caspar Ritter works with his uncle to create Evenwood Gardens and is lovingly drawn into the family circle and business. And from there Rolf...
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The truth hurts sometimes. The truth is, you are responsible for what you have and where you are. You have made decisions that have led you to this place and you have created the outcomes that make up your reality. You may not be happy with that. The good news is, it is within your power to change everything. Are you ready to change your life? Are you ready to achieve the success you've been dreaming of? Succeeding by Choice is exactly what you need...
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You Are the Parent. Now It's Time to Take Back the Reins. Is the relationship you have with your child slipping through your grasp? Do your child's behaviors seem out of your control? Are you unhappy with the way you behave as a parent? Have you tried every piece of parenting advice only to feel even closer to failure? Have you thought about giving up and letting others take your parenting reins? As a licensed clinical social worker in private practice,...
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The turbulent decade of the 1930s in France saw the decay and final collapse of the once proud nation. Caught up in the maelstrom of Nazi occupation, ordinary citizens were forced to walk the narrow line between obedience and collaboration. No-one faced a more difficult set of choices than Nanette Lemond, a young singer and fashion designer living in Paris. Forced by circumstances to associate daily with German officers, her lonely existence made...
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Nadine and Jonah, two siblings find adventure and magic within the Black Forest Mountains of Lansth, when the portal is opened by the creature that resides within the mountain caves. The Soul keeper of the mountain guides them through their journey, as they make their way to the Kingdom of Lornadia.
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"Translator Rick Montoya is looking forward to a quiet weekend away in beautiful Urbino with his girlfriend, Betta, an art fraud investigator for the Italian Culture Ministry. While Betta does have official business-namely, collecting a priceless Piero drawing from a wealthy Spanish collector-she asks Rick to join her "in case she needs an interpreter," but with other, less-official intentions in mind. When the Spaniard is found murdered and the drawing...
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The smartest particle physicist works with a small group of superintelligent scientists in Geneva Switzerland at the CERN Hadron supercollider on research aimed toward discovering the Higgs boson. During the operation of the Hadron supercollider which smashes protons together at nearly the speed of light the small group of scientists find themselves traveling back in time some 60,000 years to Burundi Africa. Join our scientist as they navigate the...
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"Mountain Mafia is a brief history of the Black Hand and Mafia in the Rocky Mountain region. It brings to life some of the more colorful leaders in the West's organized crime operations throughout the 20th century, including Roma, Colletti, and the Smaldones. Especially examined is the famous court case of "Scotty" Spinuzzi, who was acquitted of murder "because no one saw the bullet leave the gun." Also mentioned is the connection these western mobsters...
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In 1998, Professor Humes and Doctor Ryals traveled with Edward Nixon, the brother of the President, to the People's Republic of China. While retracing Nixon's steps, they interviewed those Chinese Foreign Service experts who had planned the president's meetings with Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai. These protZgZs of Chou En-lai ended their diplomatic careers as envoys in Anglophone nations such as the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia. During interviews...
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