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Thoreau: A Life Laura Dassow Walls "Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would be enough to place him in the American pantheon. But there was much more to Thoreau than his brief experiment in living at Walden Pond. A member of the vibrant circle... |
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Illuminating the Secret Revelation of John Shirley Paulson Buried for more than a thousand years in the sands of Egypt, the Secret Revelation of John has stayed a secret far longer than it should have. Even now, more than seventy-five years after its discovery in 1945, it eludes easy understanding even as it shines with the message of God's loving... |
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A Time to Seek Susan Pohlman With wisdom, reverence, and grace, Susan Pohlman delivers a lyrical meditation on midlife and motherhood while traveling the cobblestoned streets of Florence, Genoa, and Rome. A Time to Seek is a must for those navigating the empty nest or a period of personal transition. As the journey through Italy unfolds, Pohlman... |
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The Black Girl in the Classroom Theodore Timms Theodore Timms is an award-winning former principal. Accolades include multiple 'Principal of the Year' awards, Master Principal status, and various excellence awards. His handbook for educators addresses a need for inclusion. Black schoolgirls are an 'at risk' group. This book shows you how to give... |
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Api's Berlin Diaries Gabrielle Robinson Moving and provocative, Api's Berlin Diaries offers a personal perspective on the fall of Berlin 1945 and the far-reaching aftershocks of the Third Reich. After her mother's death, Robinson found her grandfather's diaries and discovered that he had been a member of the Nazi party. Her memoir juxtaposes her grandfather's harrowing account serving as... |
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Miracle Man William R. Leibowitz Miracle Man is a psychological thriller that explores extraordinary genius, Big Pharma corruption, CIA machinations, metaphysical forces, and one man's tireless quest at terible cost to validate his life. The victim of an unspeakable crime, an infant rises to become a new type of superhero. Unlike any that have... |
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I Did It My Ways D’yan Forest D’yan Forest has always done things her way – or her ways, because she’s lived a dozen different lives. She’s been a desperate Boston housewife, a New York night-club singer and a Paris swinger. She’s been the only Jewish girl in a Christian choir and the female pianist in a transvestite cabaret. She had dayjobs teaching basketball, piano and... |
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The Stone Thread: First Chronicle J. R. Evangelisti In 1980, Dr. Elizabeth Wellstrom is a researcher of historic words. She discovers the word Skotoma, which transcends centuries. While trying to understand how this could possibly happen, she and her boyfriend co-worker become detectives in solving the mystery. Then things begin to unravel as her... |
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Love Pour Over Me Denise Turney Raymond is the only man from his neighborhood to make it out, to rise above poverty, prison and drug addiction. A gifted athlete, Raymond is a sexy African American man. Women love him. He's a relentless sports champion. He's also terrified. He's pushed over the cliff of fear... |
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Tiger Woods's Back & Tommy John's Elbow Jonathan Gelber M.D. How has today's society changed because of Sandy Koufax, Tom Brady, or Tiger Woods? How have courtrooms and the law changed because of the tragic loss of a No. 1 NBA Draft Pick and a NASCAR driver? And what effect did Magic Johnson's HIV diagnosis have on the... |
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Pavarotti and Pancakes Francesco Granieri Pavarotti and Pancakes is a candid, yet genially rendered tale, of the struggles and victories of a young Italian-American, Francesco Granieri. A child of the 1980's, Francesco grows-up amidst the erosion of a warm, embracing family, subject to the chilling grip of a tenacious... |
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I Pass as White William Tex Pointer This book was written in the 1950s by our dad. The manuscript was found after he passed away. This is his story of what hate, ignorance, poverty, and racism can do to a nation. What if you could change the direction of your life? Would you have the strength to make sacrifices to get there? Bill Pointer had that strength. In these... |
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Louisburg Square A. Dudley Johnson, Jr. How does a woman divorce her husband in a time when only men had the right to "grant divorces?" It’s the Gilded Age and Anna Tattersall has taken her two boys and left her husband who was seen in the embrace of one of her closest friends. She’s now staying with her true love, a wealthy... |
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Congo David Van Reybrouck From the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu's brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, Congo traces the history of one of the most devastated nations in the world. Esteemed... |
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Modern Day Jouliete S. Storm Jouliete first join the Army in 1998 because her first husband, Mike, said she would never make it as a soldier. Not only did she become a soldier, but she also eventually become one of approximately 500 living female Purple Heart Medal recipients for injuries sustained in combat and serve three years overseas, along the way meeting her... |
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Inside Our Days Michele Merens Liked by Westchester Book Club! A happily married woman abruptly flees home and family after receiving a dire health diagnosis. As Bree Durning rejects all offers of help and instead becomes preoccupied with her own blindsiding memories, even her psychologist-trained husband is tested to his limits as he struggles... |
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