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"In this book, an award-winning journalist tells the story of people devising innovative ways to live as they approach retirement, options that ensure they are surrounded by a circle of friends, family, and neighbors. Based on visits and interviews at many communities around the country, Beth Baker weaves a rich tapestry of grassroots alternatives, some of them surprisingly affordable -- an affordable mobile home cooperative in small-town Oregon --...
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"Michael McCarty's 'A Little Help from My Fiends' truly shines. His collection of short stories is a lovingly created, watered with blood and harvested at the peak of ripeness kind of work. The approach to the collection is so fresh that - were it a steak - you would note still a bit of warmth and even a faint pulse. You see, each story in this collection is co-authored with another excellent storyteller. Mark McLaughlin, Terrie Leigh Relf and Dave...
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With a Little Help from My Friends is a magical journey for all ages, but if you're a fan of the Fab Four, it's so much more. There are 323 Song Titles carefully incorporated into the telling of the story (including many rarities, deep cuts, early tapes, demos, covers, giveaways, unreleased, bootlegs, instrumentals, etc.). Each Title appears only once in the story line, just waiting to be discovered by the reader as a fun and entertaining challenge....
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He must guard her-but can he guard his heart?
An innocent trip to the book store propels Lady Harriett Beresford into danger when a stranger-grabbing her book and warning of peril from the Fat Man-collapses on her doorstep. Dead. She rushes to find aid, and when she returns, the dead man is gone, and no one believes her account of the fallen book thief.
Alex Muir, Baron Rockingham, has been charged by Devere, his closest friend, to watch out for...
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Ever since Bernadette's younger brother transformed himself into a bird god, she's kept the kitchen window open for him, in case he stops by.But that morning, when he does make his appearance, he needs Bernadette's help.What help could Bernadette, who only has minor plant magic, give to one of the gods themselves?With a Little Help From the Gods is another story in the same magic-realism universe as The Midnight Gardener and The Last Little Dogie....
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An innocent trip to the book store propels Lady Harriett Beresford into danger when a stranger-warning of peril from the Fat Man-collapses on her doorstep. Dead. She rushes to find aid, and when she returns, the dead man is gone, and no one believes her account.
Alex Muir has been charged by Devere to watch out for his sister while he's away on his wedding trip. When Alex checks on Harriett and she explains her predicament, he's skeptical. But when...
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This book draws upon the Mahayana philosophy developed within Buddhism, employing it as a means to empty our usual alternatives for viewing the world's many religions--whether exclusivism, inclusivism, or pluralism. The aim is to free people from clinging to intellectual positions, enabling them gently but committedly to affirm their vernacular tradition as it is practiced on the ground. It critiques the above three options, and introduces the Mahayana...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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c2002
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IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Six-year-old Eloise loves to take a bath, which is bad news for Mr. Salomone and the elegant people gathering below in the Plaza's Grand Ball Room for the charity event of the season, a Masked Ball.