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Still She Haunts Me: A Novel of Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Katie Roiphe
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was a shy Oxford mathematician, reverend, and pioneering photographer. Under the pen name Lewis Carroll he wrote two stunning classics that liberated children's literature from the constraints of Victorian moralism. But the exact nature of his relationship with Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean of his college, and the young girl who was his muse and subject, remains mysterious. Dodgson met Alice in 1856, when she was almost four years old. Eventually he would capture h... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Conclave: The Politics, Personalities, and Process of the Next Papal Election [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by John L. Allen, Jr.
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A captivating, insider's guide to the politics and personalities that will have a tremendous impact on one of the world's most secretive and important events--the election of a pope to succeed John Paul II. The next time a conclave unfolds in Rome, some 6,000 journalists are expected to descend on the Eternal City to cover the death of John Paul II and report on the election of his successor. The man in white who emerges from the Sistine Chapel at its conclusion will automatically become one of ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing and Hope from Black America [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Tavis Smiley
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An inspiring collection of personal narratives about love, loss, and faith by African Americans from all walks of life, assembled and introduced by the popular author, NPR talk-show host, and "PrimeTime" correspondent Tavis Smiley. Tavis Smiley, commentator, social activist, and the author of several acclaimed books, brings together a collection of one hundred original, firsthand accounts drawn from the lives of ordinary African Americans in his new book, Keeping the Faith. Highlighting the hope... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 100000 - Reading Time: 285-400 min.
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SilkyDreamGirl [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Cris Burke
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Katie has reached the end of her rope. Her fourth marriage is falling apart, she's drowning in debt but can't find a job, and now she has to care for the sons of husband number four. To top it off, her mother won't stop harping on Katie's weight, as if the scale held the answer to all these troubles. Like millions of women, Katie decides to tune out her real-life woes by tuning in to the Internet. There, she sheds her plus-size wardrobe and emerges as SilkyDreamGirl, an identity as luscious as t... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 90000 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
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Eating, Sleeping, and Getting Up: How to Stop the Daily Battles with Your Child [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Carolyn Crowder
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Renowned for her no-nonsense, realistic, and extremely effective advice, parenting expert Carolyn Crowder has observed that the ultimate parent-child standoffs center around mealtimes, bedtimes, and the start of day. For anyone whose child is more likely to rise and whine than rise and shine, Eating, Sleeping, and Getting Up restores sanity to the household, with proven insights on: Why nagging, reminding, coaxing, or bribing don't work in the long run; How to break the cycle of arguing, threate... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 150000 - Reading Time: 428-600 min.
Category: Family/Relationships
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Hip Hoptionary: The Dictionary of Hip Hop Terminology [Secure Adobe PDF]
by Alonzo Westbrook
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Aiming to create a work that "capture[s] the language and preserve[s] the culture of hip-hop, [while also serving] as a tool for education," New York City-based journalist Westbrook here offers a "hoptionary" defining roughly 2500 terms. The book is divided into three sections: slang to standard English, standard English to slang (both thumb-indexed), and a list of hip-hop artists. (Published: 2002)
Category: Sports/Entertainment
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Befriending Life: Encounters With Henri Nouwen [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Beth Porter
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Henri Nouwen (1932-96) was a Catholic priest who taught at several theological institutions and universities in his home country of the Netherlands and in the United States. His one-on-one encounters as a lecturer, teacher, and spiritual guide, and as a leader at the L'Arche Daybreak Community, a home for people with mental and physical diabilities, enriched the lives of a wide variety of people. Now Befriending Life brings together thoughtful, heartfelt remembrances of Nouwen by those who knew ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Knowing Christ [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Allister McGrath
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Alister McGrath is a widely acknowledged master of contemporary spirituality, and in Knowing Christ he has written a profound meditation on one of the most deceptively simple-sounding tenets of the Christian faith, the centrality of Christ in the life of his followers. Written in an accessible style that will appeal to Christians of all denominations, Knowing Christ aims to stimulate a more direct and intimate relationship between Christ and the reader by engaging not just the intellect but, mor... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Siobhan Adcock
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30 must-have life skills every capable adult should perfect before turning 30. You're old enough to own property and have a family, but can you safely open a bottle of champagne? Or change a flat tire? 30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30 provides idiot-proof instructions for mastering these and other essential, face-saving, and possibly life-saving skills. You'll learn how to... 1. wrap a present 2. start a successful fire in a fireplace, at a campsite, and in a barbecue 3... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Category: Self Improvement
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How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Melissa De La Cruz
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2 Women, 14 Days. The Goal? Achieve Bold Face Status. Sightings: Spotted last night at a giant bash at Nobu: fashionista cuties Karen Robinovitz and Melissa De La Cruz. Karen was heard saying she's "still exhausted" from her recent Bungalow 8 birthday party that would have made P. Diddy jealous. Apparently, she was wearing two million dollars worth of Harry Winston diamonds (including the 22-carat ring Whoopie Goldberg wore to the Oscars) and was constantly shadowed by a bodyguard named Lou who ... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Lost in Mongolia: Rafting the World's Last Unchallenged River [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Colin Angus
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From the Yenisey's headwaters in the wild heart of central Asia to its mouth on the Arctic Ocean, Colin Angus and his fellow adventurers travel 5,500 kilometres of one of the world's most dangerous rivers through remotest Mongolia and Siberia, and live to tell about it. Exploration is Colin Angus' calling. It is not only the tug of excitement and challenge that keeps sending him on death-defying journeys down some of the world's most powerful waterways, it is a desire to know a place more intima... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Category: Travel
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Joshua in a Troubled World [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Joseph Girzone
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The bestselling Joshua series takes an invigorating, timely new turn as Girzone's beloved hero spreads his message of love and compassion from the streets of our nation's capital to the blood-soaked lands of the Middle East. Joseph Girzone possesses a unique ability to make Jesus' words and actions come to life for contemporary audiences. His fictional depictions of Jesus' return to the present-day world--the Joshua series--have inspired millions of readers. Joshua in a Troubled World is at once... more info>>
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After [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Marita Golden
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For twelve years Carson Blake inhabited a world of his own creation. Scorned by the father who was incapable of showing him affection and nearly consumed by the mean streets of Prince George's County, Maryland, Carson did what no one else could: he saved himself. After joining the police force and building a family with his wife, Bunny, Carson is finally in control of his life in the enclave where African American wealth and privilege shares the same zip code with black American crime and traged... more info>>
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My Struggle with Faith [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Joseph Girzone
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The author of the bestselling Joshua series and other popular inspirational books chronicles his own spiritual journey and describes with stunning honesty the difficult decisions he made along the way. Joseph Girzone has attracted a tremendous following with his series of novels that imagine Jesus living in the contemporary world. His nonfiction writings and talks on spirituality have affected audiences around the world. Girzone's ability to capture the meaning of faith in simple, direct languag... more info>>
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Joshua's Family: The Long-Awaited Prequel to the Bestselling Joshua [Secure Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by Joseph Girzone
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Millions of readers around the world have followed the story of the gentle wood-carver and carpenter who was first introduced in 1983 in Joseph Girzone's beloved parable, Joshua. In Joshua's Family, Girzone travels back in time, painting a captivating portrait of the mother and father who nurtured Joshua, and of the friends and neighbors who viewed the unusually precocious child with an uneasy balance of wonder and skepticism. Joshua's extraordinary nature and mysterious gifts come to light even... more info>>
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The Origin of the Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbles and the Efficient Market Fallacy [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe PDF]
by George Cooper
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The Origin of Financial Crises provides a compelling analysis of the forces behind today's economic crisis. In a series of disarmingly simple arguments George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy, explaining why financial markets do not obey the efficient market principles described in today's economic textbooks but are instead inherently unstable and habitually crisis prone.
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Renewing Your Wedding Vows: A Complete Planning Guide to Saying I Still Do [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Sharon Naylor
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Say "I do" all over again with significance and style Whether this is your chance to have the wedding you always wanted, you're celebrating a milestone anniversary, or you simply want to reaffirm your commitment to each other, the renewing of your vows is an important symbolic step in your relationship. Celebrated wedding planner Sharon Naylor helps you make your second time around your best yet. Renewing Your Wedding Vows provides valuable guidance on how to: --phrase your invitation --choose ... more info>>
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The Lake of Darkness [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Ruth Rendell
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Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a quiet life, and comes into a little money of his own. Normally, their paths would never have crossed. But Martin's ideas about who should benefit from his charitable impulses yield some unexpected results, and soon the good intentions of the one become fatally entangled with th... more info>>
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Two Years Before the Mast [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Richard Henry Dana
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Tracing an awe-inspiring oceanic route from Boston, around Cape Horn, to the California coast, Two Years Before the Mast is both a riveting story of adventure and the most eloquent, insightful account we have of life at sea in the early nineteenth century. Richard Henry Dana is only nineteen when he abandons the patrician world of Boston and Harvard for an arduous voyage among real sailors, amid genuine danger. The result is an astonishing read, replete with vivid descriptions of storms, whales,... more info>>
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They Came Like Swallows [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by William Maxwell
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First published in 1937, They Came Like Swallows was William Maxwell's second novel. It tells of an ordinary American family overtaken by the devastating epidemic of the Spanish influenza of 1918. The book begins on the day before the armistice in a small midwestern town, and the events are seen from the perspective, in turn, of eight-year-old Peter Morison--called Bunny; of his older brother, Robert; and of their father. They are witnesses to a domestic tragedy that is written with beauty and a... more info>>
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Doing What's Right [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Tavis Smiley
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In Doing What's Right, Tavis Smiley shows how each one of us can battle complacency and fight for the causes we support. Smiley is the host of "Black Entertainment Television Tonight with Tavis Smiley," a one-hour nightly talk show that reaches fifty-five million households, and his political and social commentary is heard daily on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show," a national radio program with a listenership of seven million. "The Smiley Report," his monthly newsletter, has a circulation of three ... more info>>
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Amanda/Haunting Rachel [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Kay Hooper
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Kay Hooper is the award-winning author of Sleeping with Fear, Hunting Fear, Chill of Fear, Touching Evil, Whisper of Evil, Sense of Evil, Once a Thief, Always a Thief, the Shadows trilogy, and other novels. She lives in North Carolina, where she is at work on her next book.
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Some Lie and Some Die [The eighth book in the Chief Inspector Wexford series] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Ruth Rendell
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A mutilated body found at a rock festival. In spite of dire predictions, the rock festival in Kingsmarkham seemed to be going off without a hitch, until the hideously disfigured body is discovered in a nearby quarry. And soon Wexford is investigating the links between a local girl gone bad and a charismatic singer who inspires an unwholesome devotion in his followers. Some Lie and Some Die is a devilishly absorbing novel, in which Wexford's deductive powers come up against the aloof arrogance of... more info>>
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No More Dying Then [Inpsector Wexford Series Book 6] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Ruth Rendell
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What kind of a person would kidnap two children? That is the question that haunts Wexford when a five-year-old boy and a twelve-year-old girl disappear from the village of Kingsmarkham. When a child's body turns up at an abandoned country home one search turns into a murder investigation and the other turns into a race against time. Filled with pathos and terror, passion, bitterness, and loss, No More Dying Then is Rendell at her most chillingly astute. With her Inspector Wexford nove... more info>>
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Shake Hands Forever [Inspector Wexford Series Book 9] [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Ruth Rendell
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The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled. According to all accounts, Angela Hathall was deeply in love with her husband and far too paranoid to invite an unknown person into their home. So who managed to gain entry and strangle her without a struggle? That is the problem facing Inspector Wexford in Shake Hands Forever. Perhaps it was the mystery woman who left her fingerprints on the Hathall's bathtub? Perhaps it was Angela's husband who lied about a stolen library book? An... more info>>
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