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1) Mina
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Mina Harker allowed Dracula to change her, believing that he held answers to life's questions. But God brought her back from the edge of the abyss through the love of her husband and her friends. Now she's not quite a vampire, but she's definitely something more than a human, and she must face what she has allowed herself to become and what it will mean for her life from now on. Can God truly still have a plan for her, in spite of her many mistakes?...
2) Mina
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"She doesn't know what to do, and that amounts to a state of torture." Crystal toils day and night to earn top grades at her cram school. She's also endlessly texting, shopping, drinking, vexing her boyfriends, cranking up her mp3s, and fantasizing about her next slice of cheesecake. Her non- stop frenzy never quite manages the one thing that might calm her down: opening up about the pressures that are driving her to the edge. She certainly hasn't...
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In the musty attic of an upstate New York house, a woman finds a clasped box, hidden away for over a century. Inside, wrapped in cambric and tied with a green ribbon, is an old manuscript written by a girl dreaming of a better life, fighting for survival, and coming of age in a time of chaos and danger. This wondrously told tale is a stirring adventure set in nineteenth-century England, a novel of rich history and vibrant imagination.
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4) Mina's Child
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Mina's Child imagines a second generation springing from the "heroes"' in Bram Stoker's Dracula. In 1921, Mina and Jonathan Harker's daughter, Abree, a student at King's College, London, starts to question the extraordinary adventures her parents claim to have experienced in England and the Carpathians. Middle-aged Jonathan Harker is haunted by nightmares that Abree assumes to be about her brother, Quincey, killed in the Great War. As the Harkers...
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Mina sucht nach dem Schlussstrich ihres Freundes eine vorübergehende Bleibe und landet in den Armen einer Flugbegleiterin, die ihr eine neue Welt zeigt. Plötzlich gibt es fremde Männer, die sich für sie interessieren. Plötzlich eröffnet sich die Chance, ihr Berufsleben umzukrempeln und auf Verbundstoffvögel umzusatteln. Doch Luft und Liebe scheinen nicht so leicht miteinander zu verbinden zu sein.
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The customer is not always right! If you have ever worked retail then this is the book for you, department store style. The customers are crazy and the situations are hilarious. It will provide you with tips on how to make a retail worker happy with you. And show you what a day is like in a department store as well as show you stories of rude, crazy and even the stupid things customers say to retail workers. Some will make you laugh and some will...
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The headmistress beckoned her inside and into her personal lodging. It was the most extravagant room in the entire building and beautifully decorated. She motions for Mina to sit as she poured a cup of tea. "I have an offer. And it is an offer you cannot refuse."
Mina shifted onto the edge of her seat. Her throat tightened as her mouth became dryer than a desert. "Y-Yes, alright." She stuttered. "I am in your service." In all honesty, Mina could not...
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«It's a man's game », écrivait son mari, Leonidas Hubbard, en parlant de l'univers mythique des explorations. Et pourtant c'est elle, Mina, sa femme, la toute belle et élégante Mrs. Hubbard, qui conquit à sa place les grands espaces sauvages don’t il avait tant rêvé.
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This is a two book collection.Tales From Behind the Counter: Angeline has been working at Kyle's General Store for five years. She has seen it all: crazy, stupid and even mean customers torment her on a daily basis. She has worked in over five different departments with stories for each. There is a chapter where she gives advice on how to survive retail, and shares pet peeves for the departments she has worked in. Join her down memory lane as she...
11) La Mina
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"La mina de Armando López Salinas”, publicada en 1960 tras quedar finalista del Premio Nadal en 1959, cuenta la historia de Joaquín, un campesino que, a causa del retraso del campo andaluz, dominado por la distribución latifundista de la tierra, se ve obligado a emigrar a la ciudad minera de Los Llanos en busca de trabajo. En el interior de la mina, Joaquín no sólo experimenta y sufre las deplorables condiciones de trabajo a las que son sometidos...
12) Minaret
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Leila Aboulela's American debut is a provocative, timely, and engaging novel about a young Muslim woman - once privileged and secular in her native land and now impoverished in London - gradually embracing her orthodox faith. With her Muslim hijab and down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich families whose houses she cleans in London. Twenty years ago, Najwa, then at university in Khartoum, would never have imagined...
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Dr. Charles Stanley identifica siete tentaciones destructivas y brinda a los cristianos la esperanza y las destrezas que necesitan para vivir una vida abundante y obediente.Cuando usted está en lo más candente de la batalla espiritual, no lleva mucho tiempo para que se dé cuenta que Satanás hará lo que sea para evitar que usted se convierta en la persona que Dios ha planeado que sea. Sin embargo, él no siempre emplea un asalto frontal por todos...
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A magical, eye-opening account of a journey into a Europe that rarely makes the news and is in danger of being erased altogether. Another Europe. A Europe few people believe exists and many wish didn't. Muslim Europe. Writer and documentary-maker Tharik Hussain sets off with his wife and young daughters around the Western Balkans, home to the largest indigenous Muslim population in Europe, and explores the regions of Eastern Europe where Islam has...
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Este libro es la historia real de los diversos acontecimientos y desarrollo de la industria minera de la regin conocida como Baja Tarahumara, en el Estado de Chihuahua, Mxico. Y, est revolucionando la minera del cinturn aurfero de la Sierra Madre Occidental de Mxico.Cuando un grupo de pequeos y medianos mineros de esta apartada regin del pas, emprendieron con xito la difcil y riesgosa aventura qu consisti en comunicar, localizar, explorar, cuantificar,...
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"Minamata Disease: Poisoned Waters and the Battle for Justice (1932-1968)" is a compelling and meticulously researched account of one of the most notorious environmental disasters in history. From the quiet coastal town of Minamata in Japan to the global stage, this book unveils the devastating consequences of industrial pollution, the courageous struggle for justice, and the lasting impact on public health and environmental regulations worldwide....
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If you have any interest in information graphics, maps, or history, you know of the seminal flow map of Napoleon's 1812 march into Russia by Charles-Joseph Minard, made famous by Edward Tufte, and considered to be one of the most magnificent data graphics ever produced. The Minard System explores the nineteenth-century civil engineer's career and the story behind this masterpiece of multivariate data, as well as sixty of Minard's other statistical...
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A world of fun and delight awaits Minako Hanada and her family as they arrived in Dreamland with Rolleen, their bunny guardian and guide. Along with their rescued bunnies who joined them to spend cherished moments together, the Hanada family discovers much more meaning and joy in a wonderland which welcomes them with unending favour and warmth...
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Enter the endearing world of Minako Hanada, a fun-loving junior highschool girl, and her newfound witty pal, Rolleen, the delightful talking bunny guardian from Dreamland. Their world skips with delight as Rolleen prepares and fills each new day with hope and purpose for Minako and her family. Following their first-time rescue of abandoned bunny rabbits at risk, Minako and Rolleen persists in their mission to make their home a better place for the...
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Follow the endearing story of Minako Hanada, a fun-loving junior highschool girl, and her newfound witty pal, Rolleen, the delightful talking bunny toy. Their world skips with delight as Rolleen prepares the best of her mission for Minako, giving each day a sense of purpose and hope.
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