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"Ally Within Attitude" is an extraordinary manual that digs into the significant effect of one's demeanor on each part of life. Grounded in the guideline of the Pattern of good following good, this book enlightens how tackling the force of an uplifting outlook can make one ready for self-improvement, achievement, and satisfaction.Figuring out the Pattern of energy attracting similar energy: Investigate the central idea that what you emanate into the...
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How do metropolitan regions remain prosperous and competitive in a rapidly changing economy? Using hard data, Matthew Drennan shows that those regions that have invested heavily in the information economy have done much better than those that continue to rely on manufacturing and industry as their base. Moreover, he contends, the benefits of that growth reach the urban working poor, earlier reports to the contrary notwithstanding.
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A different kind of home invasion...When Adam Tyler's sister announced she was pregnant, Adam decided to move from Portland, Oregon, to Phoenix, Arizona, to fully embrace the uncle experience. However, he didn't count on the move being delayed until three days before Christmas--and three days before his sister's due date. And he definitely didn't count on finding a scorpion in his bedroom. Cue the panicked calls to exterminators.A different kind of...
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History is not linear, the fabric of history is adorned with confusing and sometimes confounding patterns. Notwithstanding, throughout the ages, through myth, allegory, parables, iconography and symbolism, the fragmented remains of key aspects of true history have been perserved down to the present day. What is needed is an effort to weave these various threads into a coherent, prismatic tapestry, revealing the reconciled truth of global history....
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"Life moves from one moment to another. The duration of every moment may, however, vary. Sometimes, a moment feels like a decade, but sometimes, it flies in a split second. Some moments are to be cherished lifelong, whereas some moments are best forgotten. Just one movement of love can make the whole life well-lived. However, a moment of anger can render years of good relationships futile. But nothing is stays forever. Change is the only constant...
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In 1860, James Bruce (1811-63), the eighth Earl of Elgin, embarked upon a second embassy to China which aimed to obtain ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin and finally conclude the Second Opium War on terms favourable to the British. Accompanying Elgin as his private secretary was the enterprising army officer Henry Brougham Loch (1827-1900). Originally published in 1869, Loch's first-hand account of the mission reflects sustained concern over...
7) Unstoppable
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Limitless With Autism
Matthew Kenslow never gave Autism the prerogative to stop him from achieving what would bring him joy in life-spreading acceptance of others' disabilities and teaching classrooms of students. Notwithstanding, life has brought him a world of setbacks and standstills, causing him to put in extra effort to prove his competence and helping him learn how to go through things rather than around them.
Unstoppable will take...
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The book begins with the description of the family history of Claytons, which serves as the foundation. Then the book follows it up through its various changes to the present time. It gives an account of how Rollo made peace with the King of France, and Dukedon of Normandy was confirmed. It tells about the details of that settlement after a thirty-year war. From that time, Normandy began to flourish, and during the time of its first six Dukes, it...
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After a terrible day at her awful job, the last thing Mia Hammond expects is to see her ex at happy hour. On the floor. Unconscious, after falling over at the sight of her. They always did make a disastrous pairing. Aaron Stanek is humiliated to discover not only did he suffer a concussion, he wasn't even on the ice when it happened. Worse, Mia-freaking-Hammond, aka the love of his life who blames him for tanking her sports agenting career, is at...
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For what reasons would you like to quit snoring? Is it that you awaken alone around midnight? Or on the other hand is it in light of the fact that your friends and family aren't obsessed with you in that frame of mind of the night since they mightn't? Anything that brought you here, you're searching for data on halting snoring. Luckily for you, this can be achieved in a couple of basic strides as well as a couple of additional troublesome yet basic...
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The turmoil of uncertainty and regret that we human people so often feel within ourselves is intensified by the violent conflict we witness raging throughout the world. Who could not feel shaky when so many governments are disintegrating and so many institutions are crumbling and the earth itself is threatening catastrophe?Does our inner turbulence, conversely, contribute to the instability of the world around us? Surely it does. Whether borne in...
12) The Rivalries
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A voice has risen with a noble intent to unravel the antecedents evolve around social indifferent of both Blacks and Whites – the foolishness of man would once again be corrected by impartial pen drawn from observations and realities of times. Characters were adapted with symbolic effect that resonated on each of their roles – one x-rayed the cultural, psyche and socio-economic status of a tiny country in the Middle-East compared to that of pathetic...
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It is a sad and shaming but indisputable fact that the reception according to British soldiers on returning to civilian life has for centuries been little short of disgraceful, and even in this more enlightened age compares unfavourably with that of many other countries. In Homecoming Heroes Peter Reese ex-amines the lot of British veteran (often still quite a young man) on leaving the Armed Forces and assesses the chances of finding suitable employment...
14) The Demon in Me
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Cassandra Davenport is a prisoner in her own body. An alien entity from a race known as the Archons lives behind her brain, controlling her body as though it were its home. She had a promising career and an entire lifetime in front of her. She attempted repeatedly to reestablish control over her physical form, even if for a brief interval, to notify others of her alien subjugation. Thus far, her attempts have been unsuccessful, notwithstanding that...
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As knowledgeable beings, we have this incredible ability to mentally stimulate future occurrences by thinking ahead; this can help us anticipate future obstacles and troubles. When we think ahead it allows us to draw a positive plan for practical actions which can help us achieve our objectives and goals.However, when thinking ahead about the future or future events becomes excessive so much that it leaves you feeling anxious, apprehensive, afraid,...
16) Red Ink
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When onetime dissident journalist Nikolai Katkov is tipped off to the murder of a highly placed government official, he doesn't count on the trail twisting into the lurid world of Moscow mafia casino-owner Arkady Barkhin. After Katkov's relentless digging almost gets him gunned down, he receives an unexpected appeal for help from the striking Gabby Scotto, a US Treasury special agent. She has been tracking laundered money flowing out of the US - an...
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Hope: Where Can We Find It?
This book has laid down a number of hopeful stories with references from the Bible to some contemporaries of our times. Notwithstanding the trials, temptations, or pain we may go through, we can always hold onto the hope God has extended to us.
Believers in Christ and nonbelievers, don't allow your yesterday to steal your today. Your past cannot dictate your today and future. That is what we call hope. Hope backed...
18) From Us
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America's in trouble. The Senate's at war with itself while the House founders anew. Some judges twist laws. Some journalists bend truth. Riots light up evening skies.
A Swiss financier plans two murders to tip the balance of power his way. What's to stop him?
Three white-collar criminals: a disgraced ex-spy, a blonde with a drinking problem, and a cop forced to retire early. They dare not contact U.S. authorities.
Nonetheless, these misfits are...
19) Cross Current
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From Publishers WeeklySalvage boat captain and sometime sleuth Seychelle Sullivan returns in Kling's follow-up to her well-received debut, Surface Tension, this time to aid a frightened Haitian waif named Solange. Seychelle-who's plying the South Florida waters on her tugboat, the Gorda, with her mechanic cum lover, B.J.-discovers the girl on a swamped boat and makes saving her, both from danger and from immigration officials, a personal crusade....
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What do you get when lack of sleep turns you into a raving lunatic?The most embarrassing moment of your life.LyricalLyrical Rodgers lives a simple life. She manages a pet store, has a fantastic family, a great best friend (you only need one), and lives in the apartment of her dreams. Well, the dreams she can afford. The only dark spot in her rather happy life is her new neighbor. He's a jackass, parties all night, and has no regard for anyone other...