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"I hate marathons. Hate running. An hour before the start, I received a text. Instead of 'Good luck,' it was 'We're finished.' So, I went to a bar next to the subway on 96th. Had a few bourbons with some other mope. Then I got on a bike and took off down the old Lincoln Highway." Forget Route 66. This is the original cross-country highway that takes you through REAL America, the first to cross all of the US from the Big Apple to the City on the Bay....
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The TV's on. The computer's on. The stereo's on. Sleep is a waste of time.
Welcome to the world of Bipolar Disorder, a journey to the outer edges of the mind.
A series of conversations told with humour, honesty and insight by Adam, Faye and Alastair, three survivors who have experienced the illness first hand. With contributions from Mental Health professional, Chris Kelly.
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It's 1994. Blur and Oasis are in the charts. New Labour are on the horizon. Ladbroke Grove is the place, a thriving hub of art, music and cultural diversity.
Emerging from the wreckage of another lost weekend, Indie Guitarist of the Year, Joe E Byron, hurries home on the Tube to face the consequences of his actions. Ten years on the road has taken its toll. He should be spending more time with Justine and the kids. Instead, he's restless, angry,...
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Restless property developer, Peter Calliet meets a sullen young woman at a party and an obsession begins that links past and present in a deepening tragedy. Peter has everything in terms of material success and security. The obligatory fast car, lucrative contracts with his powerfully connected father's property empire and a plush renovated flat. Devoted fiancée, Claudia, expects to move in and marriage is imminent. But Peter has a dark past that...
6) Forgery
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The spellbinding new novel from the award-winning author of The Caprices and A Carnivore's Inquiry transports us to a mysterious world of deception, political intrigue, and desire. In the summer of 1963, American Rupert Brigg travels to Greece to collect classical pieces for his Uncle William's art collection. Rupert's first discovery, however, is that Athens is a shadowy place that hides a tangle of fork-tongued diplomacy and duplicitous women, a...
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Centered around the 1986 attempt on the life of Augusto Pinochet, an event that changed Chile forever, My Tender Matador is one of the most explosive, controversial, and popular novels to have been published in that country in decades. It is spring 1986 in the city of Santiago, and Augusto Pinochet is losing his grip on power. In one of the city's many poor neighborhoods works the Queen of the Corner, a hopeless and lonely romantic who embroiders...
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"Remedios Lucio is an author and a journalist, who owns The HodgePodge
Lifestyle blog and YouTube channel since 2010. She has written The
HodgePodge Lifestyle Chronicles book series 10 Years After, Season is
Changing, and Back to the Homeland. She loves to share her life experiences;
go on travel adventures; meet people from all walks of life; indulge in various
cuisines; immerse herself in different cultures, and learn a new language.
She currently...
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Los relatos que conforman este libro son la expresión contemporánea de la corporalidad social. Mientras ésta se percibe como un cuerpo incorrupto, es precisamente, lo contrario. La corporalidad social, que es su microcosmos, es representada en la narrativa de Marina Herrera, en cuerpo de mujer, nos permite ahondar en cómo es percibido, vejado, exhibido el ser y estar de las mujeres, dentro de una sociedad cada vez más violenta y violentada.
10) Tourism in India
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This book is about India and the tourist attractions she has to offer that many people had no knowledge of. The beautiful country of India has many sights seeing and beautiful places to visits, lots of UNESCO sights, archeological and ancient monuments dating from the common era. Places like the Himalayan and Karakoram mountains, the sacred Ganges River, statue of unity, butterfly beach, Mumbai, festivals and many more. The country has lots of cultural,...
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"His book is unique because of the stories that turn us back to the past and explain to children some other world that they do not remember and that is specific because of many things. Less things and more happiness. All other books today talk about technology, future or imaginable things and this has a powerful idea : To tell children that happiness is something that we make and that all sad and happy thoughts come from us and our head. This book...
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This collection of poems consists of sixty-one poems that throw light on the trials and tribulations of everyday living that bog our minds. The poems touch on relationships, our beliefs, the girl child, parenting, modern-day challenges like noise pollution, fake news, scams, etc. On the brighter side, the poems reflect on the joys of childhood, motherhood, family, nature, freedom, being a woman, etc. This book is my gift to young adults venturing...
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En esta ocasión te comparto una historia en donde las miradas se daban con los ojos fulgurantes del alma que todo lo ve, aún lo que la vista no puede.Una novela que te trasladará a recrear infinidad de vivencias, recuerdos e historias, mismas que solo pudieron integrarse simultáneamente con el paso de una de las peores pandemias que han azotado a la humanidad, el COVID-19 dejó al desnudo la vida del autor y le permitió compartir lecciones inspiradoras,...
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"I am who You say I am is a short book written to give inspiration to the youth. It talks about how we subscribe to the set of standards imposed upon us by modern societies. This is a time when challenges are pressing, and the youth frequently find themselves trapped in microcosms of confusion. With all of these in consideration, this book seeks to provide answers to those who are searching, a map to those who are losing their path, a motivation to...
16) Life After Dark
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"When you almost think of giving up, the world suddenly gives every inch of hope you need, as if telling you that no matter what, hope is not gone. That's the thing about hope. It never really leaves. It stays to give you another chance at something and makes you believe that everything happens for a reason. Sometimes, that hope comes from within. You feel it deeply, from the heart, especially on times when you lose all your senses on everything and...
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Raymond quitte le Bénin et arrive à Toronto, la ville reine, avec pour seul contact un ami d'enfance. Il y rencontre des « frères » de circonstance, pour qui les rapports à l'intégration et l'adaptation sont très nuancés. Heureusement qu'il y a Toronto, qu'il
aime, cette ville aux parfums qui lui sont si familiers, mais si lointains par moments aussi.
Toronto, je t'aime, est un magnifique roman aux accents et aux couleurs diversifiés, à...
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Kicking the Bucket has two definitions. It's a vulgar euphemism for dropping dead, or a literal description of your life support system being involuntarily dispensed with on the gallows, i.e., by kicking away the bucket you may be standing on with the rope around your neck, or by voluntarily removing yourself from the felicitations and care of your family, the NHS, 'and Social Services. Charles Fenemore, faced with his inevitable decline into senility...
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Esta es la tercera obra del autor. La primera fue "Añoranza" y la segunda "Noventa y nueve sonetos del sentir". La trama de esta novela, centra la idea de la superación a través del trabajo, la técnica y la constancia. Se hace referencia a la no rendición, como clave fundamental para vencer las dificultades.Todos los personajes son ficticios, de modo que el autor nunca actuaría como ellos, sino que son de su invención.La novela es un homenaje...
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