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Employing poetic expression to impart financial knowledge to children can make financial concepts more engaging and accessible. Through this book, every poem delves into a specific topic, highlighting the importance of maintaining financial health."Brick By Brick": Help reinforce kids' understanding and patience during wealth building."Cracking the Puzzle": Imparts knowledge about earning, saving, spending, investing, and sharing."Delayed Gratification":...
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Get the Summary of Marianne Williamson's A Course In Weight Loss in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Course In Weight Loss" by Marianne Williamson offers a spiritual and psychological approach to weight loss, emphasizing the importance of love and divine guidance in overcoming the cycle of overeating and self-sabotage. The book suggests that excess weight serves as a protective barrier, constructed from fear,...
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"To summarise what has been indicated above, our aim should be complete deliverance from suffering, or stated positively, the unconditioned and perfect happiness of Nibbāna; to be differentiated from other forms of happiness which are imperfect because 'conditioned' by impermanence, and thus liable to revert to suffering when circumstances or 'the conditions' change. By an understanding of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism we are set in the right...
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Are we as Christians walking in circles around our own egos and inflated sense of self-importance?Are we only pretending to deny ourselves, and carrying our crosses to follow Jesus?We must be, otherwise, we would be walking with the fire of Christ in our hearts and the enlightening inspiration and protection of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives.We would be surely working as apostles to mirror the face of Christ in all our interactions and building...
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From the acclaimed author of The Black Minutes and Don't Send Flowers, How to Draw a Novel is an ingenious and visually stimulating exploration of narrative and craft from master storyteller and former publisher Martín Solares
In this finely wrought collection of essays, Martín Solares examines the novel in all its forms, exploring the conventions of structure, the novel as a house that one must build brick by brick, and the objects and characters...
6) The Show
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As any true sports fan will tell you, once you have an allegiance to a team it's set in stone. It's unwavering. It's finite. You never leave. Yet somehow, I've been asked to do just that.
To set aside my love for The Yankees and take ownership of The New York Lions-the worst team in Major League Baseball. Oh, yes, and turn them into winners. An impossible job I don't want, from a gift I couldn't get a refund on.
But bring me a challenge and I will...
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The Scars of Him is a standalone novel in The Scars Series, and can be read without reading The Scars of Us or Mending Scars.
KamdenI've always been the strong one of my family, the rock for my little sister, Kaiya. But that night changed everything. I had to cross a dangerous line to protect my sister, one with consequences I wasn't prepared to deal with. Something deep inside of me changed, sending me down a path filled with self-loathing and guilt...
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When challenges and uncertainties cloud our horizons, there lies within you an incredible power-the power to rise again. Rise Again: A Guide for Resilient Women in Chaotic Times serves as your unwavering companion, a guiding light that illuminates your path through the darkest moments and helps you navigate the tumultuous seas of change. In the quiet depths of your being, there resides a reservoir of strength that waits to be tapped into. This book...
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Preorder the BRAND NEW novel from Number 1 bestseller Louise Douglas.
The summer is the hottest yet in the Brittany coastal town of Morranez, but when a new case lands on the desk of the Toussaints detective agency, there can be no time to relax. As wild fires bear down on the town, the alert goes out for a missing girl.
Nineteen-year-old Briony Moorcroft has seemingly been taken from her sleepy Welsh village and brought to France. Her parents are...
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Breaking Free: Overcoming Narcissistic Bonds and Embracing Emotional Healing
A comprehensive Guide to understanding, Navigating, and Healing from Narcissistic Relationships.
In the intricate landscape of human relationships, few bonds are as complex and challenging as those with narcissistic individuals. "Breaking Free" is a beacon of hope, a guide meticulously crafted for those entangled in the web of narcissistic relationships and yearning...
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Countryman Press, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
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[2024]
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"Old houses share their secrets only if they survive. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee McColgan commits to preserving the ramshackle Loring House, built in 1702, using period materials and methods and on a holiday deadline. But his enchantment withers as he discovers the massive repairs it needs. A small kitchen fix reveals that the structure's rotten frame could collapse at any moment. In a bathroom, mold appears and spreads. He...
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Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
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2023.
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A meditation on literary craft that muses on how and why novels communicate with readers. Shows how fiction operates, exploring the conventions of form, the novel as a house that one must build brick by brick, and the objects and characters that build out the world of the novel. The author uses his own line drawings to portray the ebb and flow of novels. He considers how writers invent or discover their characters, the importance or unimportance...
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"Set in a West Country farming village, The House of Broken Bricks lays bare the complexities of day-to-day life for a mixed-race family. Jess is a Londoner whose relationship with Richard transports her from a Jamaican diaspora in a city where she easily blends in into a creaking house on a floodplain where predatory birds hover over fields, eels coil in the river mud, buses run twice a day, neighbors barter honey for cider and no one looks like...
15) Ozarium
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Welcome to the genesis of a new world which begins with the colony of Ozarium. Follow along with an older woman who finds out surviving the apocalypse isn't such a good thing. Briefly meet a killer robot clown. Take a trip with Fred, a ghost attempting to figure out life as an apparition. Then find out what happens when a child wins the lottery, something strongly forbidden in Ozarium…until now. Ozarium is the second book in the Transitional Delusions...
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After their long adventure in the Nether, our ragtag group of heroes have one final trial to overcome. Their friendships will be tested, as family seeks to tear them apart, and a looming threat lurks in the Overworld. Figuring out who was behind the plague is one thing, but stopping them? That's another.
The clock is counting down as the witch, Esmerelda, grows stronger, and our favorite adventurers are struggling to band together to form a plan....
17) Brick
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A one-click, unforgettable, forbidden romance featuring an NFL hottie who falls hard for his best friend's sister.From USA Today Bestselling Author, Lisa Lang Blakeney, comes another unputdownable, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden sports romance between an NFL pro baller and his best friend's sister! I can have any woman I want.Except for Kaya. The only thing I've ever wanted is to play ball in the NFL, but my future is imploding right before my eyes...
18) Gay Girl Prayers
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A collection of poetry reclaiming Catholic prayers and biblical passages to empower girls, women, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The extreme level of sass in Emily Austin's Gay Girl Prayers does not mean that this collection is irreverent. On the contrary, in rewriting Bible verses to affirm and uplift queer, feminist, and trans realities, Austin invites readers into a giddy celebration of difference and a tender appreciation for the lives...
20) Brick
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BrickShe saved me in a bar fight. Yep, that's right.I'm a bad a** biker and a little, bitty woman saved me.When I finally got out of there, I took her with me… even though she didn't want to go.Now, I have to find a way to keep her.MadisonI noticed him when he first came in.He flirted with me and I smiled right back.When him and his buddies get jumped from behind, I do the only thing I can think of… I help him.He thinks I saved him, but in truth...
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