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a girl with five ties Chloe is a Ph.D. student struggling to survive in a ruthless environment of academic bullying and exploitation. We accompany her through a deepening crisis of mental and physical health and slowly uncover the traumas which lead her to develop a severe eating disorder. Her world is dominated by the tyrannical Dr. Rein, her... |
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Stay, Daughter Yasmin Azad "We did not stay in our houses. Not in the way our grandmothers had, or our mothers. We went out a little more and veiled ourselves a little less," begins this coming-of age memoir. Suffused with love, humor and compassion this poignant story gives an intimate glimpse into a traditional Muslim... |
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The Age Of Light Enshrined The year is 1895, an audience gathers in the darkened basement of the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. What they see there will set a new age in motion... what they see there is nothing short of light enshrined. In The Age Of Light Enshrined Poet Zachary Ramsey (Forward To An American Odyssey, Fields of Life... |
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Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955 C.A. Hartnell "Fire it up" for friendship, fun, adventure, mystery, and courage that fill the pages of Scary Spring: Our Polio Fright of 1955. Like the Indian-head hood ornament on Aunt Jean's Pontiac Chieftain car that leads the way down dark and scary streets, Pete leads his... |
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Crowns of Gold Abbot Lee Granoff, MD Ancient Scythians (800B-200AD) re-emerge in the modern word to take over. This nomadic tribe had their roots in the Altai Mountains where China, Mongolia and Siberia meet. They created the first "Silk Road" from western China to the ancient empires of Egypt, Persia, Greece... |
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Born in Space Jeremy Clift Seven infants, conceived artificially aboard a rotating space habitat as an experiment to populate the solar system. A fugitive mother, anointed as an alien Priestess, determined to reunite with her children. A greedy mining boss set on conquering the planets and the loner who stands in his way. Competition for control... |
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All Is Well With the Tribe Michael Gudeman The rite of passage into adulthood is sacred in most cultures, predictable and looked forward to, but what happens when it does not go as planned? An odd series of events or Divine intervention, who can tell for sure. Little Bear starts down this road from the known to the unknown, not knowing what once... |
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Your Elderly Parents Failing Health Peter Lipski Many people experience the frustration of watching their elderly relatives' health decline every day only to be told that it's just "old age" that causes dizziness, falls, confusion, malnutrition, and breathlessness and more. Frustrated families hear time again, "What do you expect? He is 89 years old you know!" |
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The Great Derangement Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? Ghosh examines our inability—in literature, history, politics—to grasp the scale and violence of... |
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Green Zone Diary Amy Madsen Green Zone Diary is a vivid insider's account by a State Department Foreign Service Officer posted in the Middle East during the early 2000s. Centered on Baghdad's Green Zone, Madsen takes us behind the scenes of a war effort with heartwarming and heartbreaking honesty. Different from the military accounts of war, it chronicles the... |
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La vita bugiarda degli adulti Il bel viso della bambina Giovanna si è trasformato, sta diventando quello di una brutta malvagia adolescente. Ma le cose stanno proprio così? E in quale specchio bisogna guardare per ritrovarsi e salvarsi? La ricerca di un nuovo volto, dopo quello felice dell'infanzia, oscilla tra due Napoli... |
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Pearls Dot Nuechterlein What's it like to grow older? More than 80 American women from across the country, aged middle 50s through late 90s, offer thoughtful insights on many aspects of advancing in years—the ups as well as some downs, joys along with sorrows, happy memories from the past plus... |
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Feeling Good Cheryl Meyer Where is the magic pill in the time of the Pandemic? I understand that you are scared that your body will not be able to resist the virus. I understand that you are terrified that your family might get this disease. Are you already immune vulnerable? How frustrating it is to feel lousy all the time and... |
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Strengthening Your Identity Mwati Mwila We all know life has its ups and downs, but when Mwati Mwila was diagnosed with bipolar disorder while a college student, she thought her life would mostly be down from that point on. Not understanding why she had been chosen to suffer, she found herself on an incredible... |
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My Grandfather's Clocks Gregory Gerard Allison After receiving praise from watchmakers, engineers, and Golden Age Hollywood celebrities in 1940s Los Angeles, the Charles Allison Collection disappeared. This treasure trove contained thirteen hand-crafted timepieces—including a mystery clock—which had received kudos from Gene Krupa (drummer... |
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The Juju Girl Nikki Marsh The Great Storm of 1893 evicts 15-year-old Gabbie from her small-town home near the banks of the Mississippi and thrusts her into the world of New Orleans’ Creole High Society. It's a world of debutantes, extravagant balls, and handsome young men in uniforms. Steeped in superstition, spells, mystery, and magic, it counts conjurers, holy... |
