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More than a hundred focused and concise prayers for today's uncertain times will draw Christians who are experienced prayer warriors as well as those who wish to begin learning to pray. The brief and informative prayers here are designed to stimulate further prayer. The goal of the book is to acquaint pray-ers with end-time topics and encourage and guide readers in daily prayer. The prayers will also interest Bible study groups.
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The little-known WWII story of the Polish Air Force fliers who played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain and beyond.
To the Polish volunteers who flew and fought so brilliantly and tenaciously throughout the Battle of Britain, the United Kingdom was known as "Last Hope Island." Many lost their lives, such as Antoni Ostowicz. Many achieved glory and became aces-such as Glowacki, Skalski, and Witorzenc. The RAF came to depend on these men, with...
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The odds were against the Allies on June 6, 1944. The task ahead of the paratroopers who jumped over Normandy and the soldiers who waded ashore onto the beaches, all under fire, was colossal. In such circumstances, good leadership can be the deciding factor of victory or defeat. This book is about the extraordinary leadership of seven men who led American soldiers on D-Day and the days that followed. Some of them, like Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt...
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D-Day, June 6, 1944: it was the biggest amphibious operation in history. German Field Marshal Rommel, declared, "the enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield," the Allied Forces undertook a massive invasion of the German-occupied coast of Normandy, France. First, there was the aerial onslaught by British and American airborne divisions, then the landing of the American, British, and Canadian seaborne troops. Over 150,000 Allied...
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"In this stunning and propulsive debut, a town grieves the loss of a young girl-but some fight to keep the truth about her death a secret. For fans of Jane Harper, Ashley Flowers, and Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. The question For the last ten years, the small, claustrophobic town of West Wilmer has been struggling to understand one thing: Why did it take young Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help on the fateful night of the...
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Nosy Crow Inc
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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A brilliantly illustrated collection of 366 hilarious poems to keep you laughing all year round! From rib-ticklingly funny to wryly witty, each poem in this uplifting collection is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and is perfect for reading aloud to share even more side-splitting hilarity with family and friends. Whether it's a poem about socks or spaniels, eggs or elephants, this bright and brilliant collection will bring you cheer and laughter...
10) Brother's Keeper
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IFC Films
Pub. Date
1992.
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English
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Delbert, Bill, Lyman, and Roscoe Ward are illiterate bachelor brothers who never ventured beyond their 99-acre dairy farm in Central New York State. Known by their neighbors as “The Ward Boys”, the brothers shared a two-room shack with no running water or indoor toilet for as long as anyone could remember. But their quiet life was shattered June 6, 1990, when Bill was found dead in the bed he shared with Delbert. By day’s end, Delbert had confessed...
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The Lion Forge, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Every day at Mayflower High, right when the final bell rings, a portal opens, spewing supernatural insanity at hundreds of angsty high school kids. And every day, only one thing stops that insanity from devouring the entire school--the THREE O'CLOCK CLUB! It's sophomore Drew Jung's first day on the job, along with club veterans Zel, Wash, and Q, and things get a little out of hand when Drew's little sister June throws a wrench in the works. Luckily,...
12) Reunion: a novel
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Harper
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A novel about three friends' midlife reckonings at a college reunion in coastal Maine"--
"It's June 2021, and three old college friends are heading to New England and the twenty-fifth reunion that was delayed the year before. Hope, a stay-at-home mom, is desperate for a return to her beloved campus, a reprieve from her tense marriage, and the stresses of pandemic parenting. Adam is hesitant to leave his bucolic but secluded life with his wife and...
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DC Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"In 1980, writer Marv Wolfman and artist George P©♭rez introduced a timeless team including Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Changeling, Raven and Starfire--young heroes with great powers and strong personalities who learned their way in the world through the strength of their friendship and the adventures they shared. This omnibus edition collects the team's debut in DC COMICS PRESENTS #26, plus the first sixteen issues of their smash-hit...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"From the acclaimed and bestselling author of Hemingway's Boat, the profoundly moving story of his father's wartime service as a night fighter pilot, and the prices paid by him, and other soldiers, for their acts of selfless, patriotic sacrifice"--
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Thames & Hudson Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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The American Dream: From Pop to present' presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. The 1960s was a period of change in the production, marketing and consumption of prints and the medium attracted a new generation of artists whose attitude towards making art had been conditioned by the monumentality and bold, eye-catching...
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A Brittany mystery volume 9
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Jean-Luc Bannalec's internationally bestselling series starring Commissaire Georges Dupin returns with Death of a Master Chef. Commissaire Georges Dupin is certain these first beautiful summer days in June would be perfect for a fun trip to Saint-Malo. In a region known as the culinary heart of Brittany, the paradoxical city is known for being a uniquely Breton, yet un-Breton, place. Their cuisine's motto is voyages et aventures. Travel and adventure....
17) The rise: 1967
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Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The year 1967 was pivotal to the civil rights movement. In April, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a speech to thousands inside a New York church condemning the Vietnam War and asking for a peaceful end. In June, the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia would determine whether interracial couples could legally marry in the United States. The five-day long Detroit Riot against the Black community in July would end up being one of the most violent...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"This book offers the first full account of Harriet Tubman's Civil War service and the Combahee River Raid. It details how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. It also recounts the story of enslaved families living in bondage and fighting for their freedom, using their own distinct and individual voices. The book uses more than 175 US Civil War pension files of the...
20) About Ed
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The New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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""I was a writer, but not the writer I needed to be. For that I had to become a different person," Robert Gl©ơck, widely acclaimed as a novelist and as a theorist of "the new narrative," recently told the Paris Review, in which a section of About Ed has appeared. About Ed is Gl©ơck's portrait of the artist Ed Aulerich-Sugai, his sometime lover, met in the seventies in San Francisco, when gay life emerged unabashedly from the closet. "I wanted...