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42) Sandy My Name
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English
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Sandy came to us through the foster system, speaking in grunts and gestures and pulling out chunks of her own hair in tantrums. As our time with her was extended, she started to calm down--at least a little. Despite her difficulties, my husband and I and our two young children had come to love her earnest brown eyes, her endearing sayings, and her efforts to make sense of the world. 'Yay,' she cried four years later, 'I get to be adopted, because...
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
Description
"Being a full-time mom, business owner and relationship juggler sets Christine Campbell spinning every which way in the 10-episode, 2-disc season 3 collection of the hit series starring two-time Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the title role."--Container.
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English
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Julian E. Zelizer is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University. A CNN political analyst and a regular guest on NPR, he is the author of many books, including Burning Down the House, The Fierce Urgency of Now, and Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement. Twitter @julianzelizer
Leading historians provide perspective on Trump's four turbulent years in the White House
The...
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English
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Matt Zwolinski is professor of philosophy at the University of San Diego, where he is director of the Center for Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy. His books include The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism. John Tomasi is president of Heterodox Academy in New York City. He is the author of Free Market Fairness (Princeton).
This audiobook narrated by Leon Nixon traces the history of libertarian thought from radical anarchists to conservative...
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English
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Wildfire season in the British Columbia Interior. Experienced firefighting pilot Rafe Mackie loses control of his airplane while doing a routine drop and plummets to his death. The investigation that follows unleashes revelations that forever change the lives of three people: Will, the pilot who watches his mentor crash; Sharon, the widow struggling to come to terms with her loss; and Nathalie, an accident investigator with shadowy connections to...
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Publisher
Bucking Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
If you see a bird standing on the side of a tree banging its beak against the trunk, chances are you're watching a woodpecker. Woodpeckers not only dazzle us with their good looks and personality, they exhibit some of the most interesting behaviors in the animal world. Explore this dynamic, exciting group of birds with award-winning children's science writer Sneed B. Collard III. Discover what scientists have learned about woodpeckers, why woodpeckers...
54) Confidential source ninety-six: the making of America's preeminent confidential informant : a memoir
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A long-time confidential informant for U.S. law enforcement describes how he came to be in such a position and recounts how he risked his life and family and faced unthinkable dangers while meeting with gang and cartel leaders every night.
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Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Since China joined the WTO in December 2001, the West has been developing ever closer business and political ties. China's hosting of the Olympic Games and its economic leadership in 2008 as the world faced recession were signs that China's new power and wealth would herald greater global prosperity for all. But that era is over. What was the cause of this rupture, leading China expert Andrew Small asks and what does it mean for the future? Using...
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The author of the 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song returns with 55 new oral histories and analyses of iconic songs such as Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Bad Moon Rising,' The Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations' and Elton John's 'Rocket Man.'"--