Prince
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First Second
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2023.
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121 pages : chiefly illustrations (color), color maps ; 22 cm.
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"With their signature sounds, athletic tongues, and bulging eyes, there's a lot to love about frogs! But did you know that they soak up air and even liquid through their skin? Or that they use their eyes to swallow food? From tiny tadpoles in water to boisterous bullfrogs on land, the life cycle of these amphibious acrobats is one of the coolest examples of metamorphosis around. So pull up a lily pad and dive in, because the frog facts in this book...
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Across the world, outsiders have been infiltrating the theatre of mainstream politics: Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine, Donald Trump in the US, Emmanuel Macron in France, Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia – and, in South Africa, Herman Mashaba, who went from being a business tycoon to Johannesburg' s mayor and founder of his own political party, ActionSA. In his trademark opinionated fashion, political scientist Prince Mashele...
4) Tu mente atrae lo que quiere: 11 pasos que harán que la ley de la atracción traiga éxito a tu vida
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¿Sabías que el único obstáculo que debes superar para alcanzar el éxito es tu mente?Muchos andan por el mundo siguiendo patrones de conducta predeterminados por la sociedad y algunas malas experiencia, enfocan su mente a pensamientos negativos sin darse cuenta, porque la concepción de lo que pueden y no pueden hacer, ha sido pre determinada por otros. Existen mecanismos que podemos utilizar para por fin aperturar nuestra mente y entrenarla para...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991" Stephen Prince is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Virginia Tech. His recent books include Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies.
The Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, who died at the age of 88, has been internationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema. Rashomon, which won both the Venice Film Festival's grand prize and an Academy Award for...
6) Que no te afecte la gente tóxica, usa la inteligencia emocional : aprende cómo tratar con personas d
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¿Existen personas que alteran tu vida de forma negativa?, ¿sientes que tu mente se contamina y terminas experimentando emociones autodestructivas que te hacen tomar malas decisiones?, ¿cuestionas tus acciones y consideras que podrías estar convirtiéndote en alguien tóxico? De seguro a lo largo de tu vida has conocido o interactuado con alguna persona tóxica, esto puede haber sido de manera superficial o profunda, dependiendo del grado de cercanía...
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In book one of Permanent Hangover: All Finn Gardner wanted was a breath of fresh air when he stepped into the alley behind the Permanent Hangover Bar and Tattoo Parlor. At first sight, he'd thought it was just another homeless person to shoo away from the building. Instead, he found someone who needed help-his help. Having been given a second chance himself, Finn believes in paying it forward. The Hangover has taken more than one lost soul in over...
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The author proposes a "workable" pathway for the US to achieve net zero CO2 emissions from the transportation and electrical power sectors of the US by 2050. The intent is to describe in straightforward terms what it will take to achieve such a goal. Providing basic background information on the measures necessary to transition from a fossil-fuel-based power source to one based on renewables will provide the reader insight to the enormity of this...
9) Roadmap
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In this radical twenty-first century choreopoem, Dorian, a youngAmerican Black man, is tasked by an ancestral spirit to thwart hisinevitable murder. He traces his family tree, from his grandmother tohis offspring, uncovering secrets of sex work, self-harm, and assaultalongside snapshots of #BlackBoyJoy. Guided by The Novelist, anomniscient muse, and her troupe of dancers, Dorian must interrogatehis legacy, forgive his past, and reckon with being Black...
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This book supports the claim that healthful eating and good lifestyle choices has an enormous power to help, prevent, treat, and reverse chronic high blood pressure. High Blood Pressure is a menace in the chronic disease space for many and controlling, managing, or reversing it only appears to be impossible, but that is far from the truth, it can be controlled or even reversed. Even if you have tried and failed before, this book comes as an ally...
12) The Way We Go
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WINNER OF THE GO INDIE NOW! EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE SEPTEMBER 2016 AWARD. Lindsay Picou is sixteen going on thirty. She's been forced to not only take care of herself but to raise her little sister, too, because their mother, Gloria, is a part-time prostitute and a full-time wanderer. Then, Gloria meets Ben. He not only changes her life for the better but Lindsay's, too. These changes come with a set of challenges Lindsay isn't equipped for; she...
13) El secreto de la autodisciplina para el éxito: Fuerza de voluntad, motivación y hábitos trabajando p
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¿Alguna vez comenzaste o quisiste comenzar algo, pero al transcurrir los días perdiste el interes por falta de motivación, flojera o cualquier otra excusa?, ¿Sabías que es posible hacer que tu mente automatice las acciones que necesitas para cumplir con tus metas?Así cómo lees, la cuestión no es solo saber lo que quieres conseguir y qué tienes que hacer para lograrlo, sino convertirlo en un patron de acción constante para que te asegure...
14) The Oyo Empire
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The Oyo Empire is a high-interest novella of magic realism. The fairytale of this mythical Oyo Empire is told by the mononymous gimlet-eyed Ijapa, the endomorph, the folk hero and the fabled protagonist of antiquity of Yoruba folktales. Versed in folk etymology and folk memory, he lets us know that he belongs to the midgets, the small gimlet-eyed fairies with magic carpets and supernatural/magic powers who founded the mythical Oyo Empire about 25,...
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These punk rock humor comics by Liz Prince (celebrated creator of Tomboy, Coady and the Creepies, and Will You Still Love Me If I Wet The Bed?) are back in print and better than ever!
Still as hilarious, heartfelt, and embarrassing as the original, Be Your Own Backing Band V. 2 is the first-ever full-color collection of Liz's comics, and an essential addition to your LIZbrary. Enjoy!
16) The Ghost Behind
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I'm alone, in the apartment my girlfriend and I used to share. But she's gone. Dead. Strange things are happening. I think it's my sleepwalking.
I need to find out.
17) Be the One
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TWELVE GENERATIONS, 4,094 of your ancestors, came together from all over the world to create you. They made choices that gave you this moment to do something great and be something great. You are that one person.
You are "the one." But what if you're struggling? What if success is elusive, nonexistent even? What if you're facing unique challenges or circumstances? What if luck isn't on your side? What if your dreams and goals seem impossible or unclear?
In...
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Half-human, half-witch, Zoeli has been subjected to hate from both sides. She doesn't trust anyone, least of all her backstabbing twin sister Saria.
Zoeli's family used to reign over the supernatural realm. When Zoeli's mother, Aria Crowe, broke magical law to marry a human, their family was torn apart, and the Crowes were removed from the throne.
Someone's still angry that the Crowes were dethroned. Someone who's been watching, plotting, and biding...