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1) The Autobiography of Andrea J. James: What the Devil Meant for Evil, God Turned it Around for Good
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These are the things you will get from this book:
Because you have a wrecked past, you believe that God cannot save you.
You believe that the trials of your life will stop you from accomplishing what you were created to do.
If you are a gangster, you think you cannot do a 180-degree turnaround.
If you are a drug dealer and believe that you have to sell drugs to support your family, one day, you will realize that in the end, it is not...
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The neighbors called the brothers, José, Miguel and Leopoldo, Los Güeros (the fair ones). From an early age, Los Güeros began to perform at local events. Years later they accompanied famous singers of the times, and this brought them to the United States, along with their families. During their years of touring, Los Güeros experienced many adventures as well as misadventures. My father even became a bracero in Idaho during World War II.
This...
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Ramblings: An Insight into Human Demeanor is the memoir of a surgeon with a heart.
Dr. Munir Cheema tells the story of a doctor living and dying with his patients, struggling against the urge to question everything-especially why. He travels the world as a military surgeon while trying to raise a family in the foreign lands they find themselves in.
There are two parts of the book, each with a foreword by an eminent Harvard professor. In...
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This book is a compilation of short stories about the author's life and his experiences. They cover issues such as race, faith, addiction, the mistreatment of women, and the overall degradation of moral values. It addresses certain immoral principles and poses questions to make people think and hold themselves accountable for their actions and the image they portray to the world. They intend to question some societal norms, as well as give people...
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His Wonders to Perform tells the story of my parents, Anna and Willie Horne, and my cousin Robert Louis Battle, the current artistic director of America's Cultural Ambassador to the World, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. But even more important than my cousin's ascension to the top of the international dance world is the story of how God kept faith with our family and led us along our tumultuous way to places of rest and quiet where we came...
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This is an inspiring story of courage, hard work, determination, focus and results. It is written for anyone who has ever wanted to achieve the American dream but thought it was not possible.
A black boy born in a remote village in racially segregated Southern Rhodesia ( now Zimbabwe ), Africa, dreams of one day being a medical doctor. In a letter to an American Pen Pal in 1968 he writes:
"Where my intelligence fails me, my determination...
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'This is a pacey and colourful read … elegantly written.' – Daisy Dunn, The Times
'The whole book reads rather like a Powell novel, with unexpected meetings and reversals … it is a constant pleasure.' – Mark Amory, The Spectator
'At a rollicking pace, it follows the post-Oxford careers of all the main Hypocrites … Waugh addicts will wish to add it to their shelves.' – A.N. Wilson, Times Literary Supplement
Daily Mail top ten history...
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The couple's love story, though dramatic and riveting, is secondary to the other story of their lives. That story is about being driven by a purpose, energized by faith, and guided by a compelling, though at the time imprecise, vision. Two days after their wedding, they settled in a place neither had ever seen before and lived in a run-down, unfurnished house in a Tennessee Appalachian community. Two years later, they moved to the far more distressed...
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I inhale you. You inhale me.
I feel you from the depths of my soul.
God gave me a real man to love;
I thank the heavens for blessing me.
Our lovemaking rhythm to the musical beat lying deep
within our soul is a one note Samba.
Azucar Pa Ti, am I enough sugar for you to love?
Bee Bop, Bee Bop cant stop, cant stop
dont wanna stop.
Moodys Mood for Love cornered me and strapped me into your embrace.
Moodys Mood for Love, there you go,
there...
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This book is the autobiography of the author. It began, however, as a biography of the author's mother who allowed Vicky to write about American society in the mid-to-late twentieth century; experiences of Slavic, French, and East Indian immigrants at the United States around the turn of the twentieth century; child and spouse abuse perpetrated by women as well as men and the effects of intergenerational abuse; and murder and suicide.
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Cayo Júlio César - en latín: Gaius Iulius Caesar - fue una figura extraordinaria en la Antigua Roma, desempeñando papeles cruciales como general, estadista y dictador. Nacido en el 100 a.C., Julio César se destacó militarmente, conquistando vastos territorios para la República Romana. Sus campañas en la Galia, Egipto y otros lugares lo consolidaron como un líder militar incomparable. La obra "De Bello Gallico", escrita por Julio César, es...
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Can anything good come from that terrible city called Newark, New Jersey, where a large number of African-Americans reside? Yes, without a doubt.
A sizable number of people live in the northeast quadrant of the United States. To stand out or be recognized in a particular area of expertise is a daunting task.
In earlier decades, African-Americans migrated to the northern cities to find employment. People of color had a realistic understanding...
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Shining a brilliant light on expat life in Singapore, "Hawker Dreams" sweeps readers into the heart of the rule-abiding city-state where nearly a third of its six million inhabitants are foreigners, each with a story to tell. The memoir is equal parts travelogue, family history, and cultural exploration. Oanh Ngo Usadi takes you on her journey of home and belonging through the prism of language, cuisine, and class. In the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic...
14) Romance en juego
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En el amplio espectro de las relaciones humanas, el romance ocupa un lugar destacado. Desde tiempos inmemoriales, las personas han buscado la compañía y el romance de otros individuos, deseando encontrar una conexión profunda y duradera. Sin embargo, en este romance persistente, también existe el peligro latente de un mal romance y un romance fallido.El mal romance se caracteriza por una serie de dinámicas perjudiciales que pueden poner en riesgo...
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When I Started Smoking Weed for Real is volume 5 of the series On Being, a self-referential, metaphysical case history where the author J. Guzmán, as the protagonist Ana, psychoanalyzes her own consciousness throughout Time, uses tools like astrology to facilitate the investigation, and documents the entire process. On Being is a life-long, narrative, archival data set of her life in the form of diaries, whose purpose is to assist astrologers and...
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The Pursuit of Freedom an autobiography by Mark Cass is Intriguing, captivating, enlightening, explosive, alarming, disturbing, inviting, embarrassing, disheartening, slanderous, scandalous, harmful, dangerous, and funny. - Harolene C. When was the last time you heard a book described this way? It kind of makes you want to read it, now doesn't it? Some have advised me not to publish this book without heavy redactions. I disagree. I think the raw honesty...
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Lucy! is a buoyant picture book biography of trailblazer Lucille Ball, the comedy queen who loved to make the world laugh, from authors Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville and bestselling illustrator Brigette Barrager.
Lucy was not a proper little girl. She was sassy. She was bold. She was funny. She was a rule-breaking, chance-taking, comedy pioneer.
Can't act? Can't sing? Can't dance? Lucy proves them all wrong-and then has the last...
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Drop into the beginner's guide The Life-Changing Magic of Skateboarding, with secrets from world champion Sky Brown!
Meet Sky Brown, the youngest person to win a medal in skateboarding at the Olympics and discover how she fell in love with the sport. Then, give it a try yourself as she offers tips to get you started.
Learn how to start . . . and stop. Then follow along as Sky takes you through ollies, kick turns, nose grabs, and more.
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Rugby club tours - rule number one - WHAT GOES ON TOUR, STAYS ON TOURYet again in the sequel to Taking it up the Blindside, Jon Prichard, former captain of the Bangkok British Rugby Club breaks all the rules. Cat-out-of-the-bag and spilling-the-beans on what really happens on rugby tours ain't the half of this book's mischief! If you have only watched rugby from the sidelines or indeed matches broadcast on TV and marvelled at the speed, agility,...
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In 2015, Tim Peake blasted off to the outer world at a speed 25 times the speed of sound, writing history, he returned as the first British astronaut in space. From a shy boy from Chichester with a penchant for flying, Tim Peake's journey to being an astronaut is astounding. Beating 8000 other applicants, Tim successfully passed all tests, 6 years of rigorous training, physical and psychological challenges to be where he is today. Read the book to...
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