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Cora and Xandra have been flatmates for over a year, but they've never been friends. It's not been a problem before - Cora likes her peace and quiet, and Xandra's happy to leave her to it, spending most of her time partying elsewhere. But when the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold, and the UK is put under lockdown, they find themselves forced into spending a lot more time together. Will they put their differences aside and learn to tolerate each other's...
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When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in 2020, nearly every country in the world went into some form of lockdown. Yet each was different. With fascinating images and informative text, this book looks at the rules and restrictions people lived under and how they affected work, school, commerce, and daily life. A detailed final chapter examines the success and failures of lockdown and how countries could approach future pandemics.
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The COVID-19 global pandemic may have left you feeling isolated, confused and even without a job or career. The period of lockdown may have made you concerned about what is around the corner. Maybe you are wondering what steps to take to get your mind calm and your life moving into the direction you want it to be heading, whatever the situation is in the world around you.Written by hypnotherapist and life coach Jonathan Bolam, this self-help book...
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A mysterious stranger with an evil plan. A squirrel assassin with a chequered past. And two children who will do anything to save their town. James is stuck in school for the holidays and feeling sorry for himself. But when he stumbles upon the hideout of a local gang of thieves led by a mysterious stranger, he won't let lockdown stop him from investigating. Jenny hasn't been outside in weeks. Then some nasty out-of-town polecats kidnap her neighbour's...
85) Born in Lockdown
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Poets have always had the capability to travel inward - to create something out of the chaos of their inner world.
It is why poetry is said to be cathartic, for through it, the poet eases himself of his burdens.
But, beyond that, poetry is also a tool for reflection. Oh, poetry cannot be stuffed into a single purpose for it is the expression of human emotions in line and verse, in styles and forms, rhymes and metres. And so, it acts has a way for...
86) 48 Hour Lockdown
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The Tactical Crime Division-TCD-is a specialized unit of the FBI. They handle the toughest cases in the most remote locations.
When TCD learns of a school invasion turned lockdown, every agent is ready to engage. With children in jeopardy, the stakes couldn't be higher. But it becomes personal for hostage negotiator agent Evan Duran when he learns Annalise Taylor is one of the captives holed up with the students in a school for the gifted. He'll...
87) Love in Lockdown
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Conner MacKay is the last of the TV cowboys, but he's withdrawn from society-even before a global pandemic forces the world into quarantine. When he meets activist Dante Burke, though, Conner takes a chance. He can't leave a young Black man on the street in the face of a public health crisis. What kind of cowboy would he be then?
On the surface, Conner and Dante live in opposing realities: midlife versus youth, flush versus flat broke. But their...
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Want to learn to cook? Don't know where or how to start? Try this!
I am not a professional chef. I am just a food lover who has learnt to cook good home-food! It's taken me a while, perfecting each of these dishes to the point that they are repeatable. So, if I can cook these recipes, then so can you. You do not need a huge kitchen with endless cupboards full of stuff. Just a few essential things, like a pestle and mortar and a spice grinder, together...
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There is no way to escape Dead River...;and a killer is waiting
A contagious virus has rocked the small, snow-covered town of Dead River, Wyoming. And time for a cure is running out. But sick patients and a community quarantine is just the beginning of nurse Gemma Colton's troubles.
The arrival of Dr. Rafe Granger triggers memories from her past: a high school crush...;unfulfilled desires. Even Rafe's outward persona-;cool, unaffected-;is a...
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The undisputed king of the literary ring is back with another handwritten, hardcore home run. Forget the ghostwriter and the computer keyboard - this mesmerizing memoir is straight from the pen and notebook paper of the Hardcore Legend, Mick Foley, chronicling the heart-pounding build-up to "Lockdown", one of the most important matches of his long and storied career. Foley's every limit is tested, as he battles back the formidable tag-team of Father...
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A Ph.D. biochemist and immunologist goes through the data on one of the greatest public policy disasters in human history-the lockdown response to COVID. How deadly was COVID originally and after it had evolved for a year or two? How many COVID deaths were prevented by the lockdowns? How many people did the lockdowns throw into depression? How many people did the lockdowns kill by deaths of despair?
But the good news from the lockdowns is it...
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Police Captain Zhong Wen (Jackie Chan) knows all about sacrifice. He's always been too busy chasing bad guys to be a father to his daughter Miao (Jing Tian). Tonight, he's seeing her for the first time in years – and meeting her fiance, club owner Wu Jiang (Liu Ye). But Wu knows Zhong. And his plans for the evening include taking Miao, Zhong, and the entire club hostage. Zhong knows about sacrifice. What will he give up to save his daughter?
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Science Fiction adventure stories. An Alphabetical Pseudo-Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Earth by Martin LochmanBlood Moon by McKenzie RichardsonDo Not Emulate by John McLaughlinEven the Least May Sing by James RumpelExotic Treats, Exotic Meats by Pete AldinNo Choice by D.J. EltonNumerous Applications by Gabriella BalcomRobots for Ronnie by Beth W. PattersonSinlight Rising by Kimberly ReiSmartHome by Jasiah WitkofskyTest Subject P7441-1 by D.M. BurdettThe...
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"For the inhabitants of London Lane, a simple slip of paper underneath each of their doors is about to change their lives in a hundred different ways. URGENT!!! Due to the current situation, building management has decided to impose a seven-day quarantine on all apartment buildings on London Lane. Ethan and Charlotte wonder whether absence really does make the heart grow fonder when they end up on either side of a locked door. A fierce debate over...
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What can you to do, when your family is, placed in lockdown because of a power outage, pandemic or natural disaster like a cyclone, flood or hurricane? Preparing for a Lockdown will help prepare you and your family for lockdown and isolation. With helpful tips on how to sanitize your food and home, freeze vegetables, use alternate lighting sources, cooking in a crisis and recipes using food from your pantry. An easy read to help keep you safe and...
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SEVEN SAINTS IN LOCKDOWN: HOW THEY BECAME OVERCOMERS 2020 will be remembered as the year of the COVID-19 virus that plunged the entire global community into a state of chaos and fear. Most of the world's citizens found themselves in a lockdown position. Residents of South Africa were considered to have experienced one of the strictest lockdown regimes in the world.Months of being strictly regulated led to economic hardship for many. Some businesses...
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Pandemic-stressed families breathe slowly. We are lockdown survivors.
How does one family react to lockdown? From New York to London, Oxford, the Cotswolds, Belfast, Bellagio, Byron Bay and Wuhan, four siblings and their families share common experiences of fear, anxiety and isolation. Yet, resilience and a strength of spirit prevail as new forms of meaning are found.
The story tells of intriguing, touching responses to the impact of isolation on...
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Molly and her friends are suddenly plunged into a lockdown and have to adapt to a new way of living.
Molly completes jigsaws, plays her fiddle, and looks after her pets, whilst her mother helps others on the island and her father is stuck far away on the mainland. With a vaccine on the horizon, this story ends with a message of hope.In collaboration with Irish publisher An tSnáthaid Mhór, the story will be released simultaneously in three languages:...