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BAD BOY BALLMER by Fredric Alan Maxwell
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In MY LOSING SEASON, Pat Conroy has written an American classic
about young men and the bonds they form, about losing and the lessons it
imparts, about finding one’s voice and one’s self in the midst of
defeat. And in his own voice we see the young Pat Conroy walk from his
life as an athlete to become the writer the world now knows him to be.
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“From one media mogul
biographer to another: You’ve done it,
Fred Maxwell -- “BAD BOY BALLMER”
bounds from the page as a fascinating
character who kept this biographer’s
attention all weekend long.”
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What happens when an expert
in learning disabilities is confronted
with a dyslexic child who is not only a
professional challenge but a personal one?
What happens when psychological expertise
must coexist with the powerful emotions a
mother feels for her son? This unique book
explores the answers to those questions -
and offers a new perspective on loving,
learning and healing.
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LIFE AND BREATH:
Preventing and Reversing Lung Disease,
from Asthma to COPD by Dr. Neil Schachter
will raise awareness of pulmonary problems
and offer important information on
preventing and reversing chronic lung
disease...
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In "STALKING THE DIVINE", a Cleveland woman attends Christmas Mass at an old city church seeking holiday cheer and comfort in the trappings of a faith she abandoned more than 30 years ago. Instead, she finds a tiny threadbare congregation and a nearly forgotten group of aging, cloistered, contemplative nuns with a mission to pray day and night ago for the sorrows of the world...
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...CLEAN LIKE A MAN is the solution. Written specifically for the
attention-challenged and motivation-impaired, the advice is short, pithy,
and direct, without sacrificing either utility or entertainment value.
Organized into user-friendly chapters that first cover the basics-tools,
products, and techniques-then room-by-room chapters that tackle how to
best scrub, wash, and vacuum your way to a clean house...
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From the Montgomery bus
boycott, the Freedom Rides, the Letter
from the Birmingham Jail, the bombing of
the 16th Street Baptist Church, Bloody
Sunday, and the Black Power movement in
the Black Belt, this history tells how
ordinary people rose to the challenges of
an unfair system with a will and
determination that changed their times
forever...
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I was a pilgrim the summer
I was twenty-five. It was a year after my
father died, and I was halfway through
Harvard Divinity School. As I walked through
the forests and fields of northern Spain on
the Camino de Santiago, with Alex, my
self-proclaimed protector and boyfriend, I
learned to start to grieve. Grieving did not
come easily or quickly to me. Grief is not
something you think you...
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Phebe Hanson writes in the
American vernacular, but her subject is
the American sublime. In poems by turns
comic and harrowing, she testifies to the
enduring buoyancy of good faith and
resilience of keen attention. How does a
voice so immediate, so down-to-earth sing
such rhapsodies? These are poems to read
aloud--alone and with those you love...
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Raising
Cain meets
A Mind at a Time in this practical,
accessible, science-based guide to
developmental changes in the teen brain
and how they affect behavior-and what
parents and teachers can do about the
challenging problems that arise as a
result. Adults have been struggling with
teenagers since before Socrates noted
that, “youth have bad manners, contempt
for authority...
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The key to fulfilling relationships, a satisfying work life, being
authentic, confident and comfortable with yourself is simple, says Gail
Saltz, MD. The stories we told ourselves as children to make sense of the
world around us are the cause of most of our adult problems. BECOMING REAL
shows how to find those stories and rewrite them so that we can be free of
the past, of repeating history...
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A
beautifully written memoir that describes
Chao’s belated journey to her family's
home in Beijing in search of a connection
to her heritage. Throughout Evelina’s
childhood, blue aerogramme would arrive
from China, addressed to her. These
letters were from her grandfather, Yeh Yeh,
a formidable scholar, poet and English
professor. They often ended with
invitations to her to come visit him, and
over the years, these invitations
developed urgency...
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