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America's bestselling author and inspirational columnist Catherine Galasso-Vigorito brings practical Biblical advice and true, modern-day stories to serve as illuminating encouragement in the face of life's challenges.
Filled with encouraging true stories, rich Biblical passages, and pragmatic words of wisdom, The Open Window provides workable suggestions and concrete ways to help deal with the challenges of life. This unique devotional offers strengthening...
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English
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In the 1960s, the Broadway musical was revolutionized from an entertainment characterized by sentimental standards, such as Camelot and Hello, Dolly!, to one of brilliant and bittersweet masterpieces, such as Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof. In Open a New Window, Ethan Mordden continues his history of the Broadway musical with the decade that bridged the gap between the romantic, fanciful entertainments of the fifties, such as Call Me, Madam, to the...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Nine funny stories on modern life whose heroine is a woman photographer. As she goes about photographing objects of interest she dispenses her opinions. Organic vegetables, reproductive surgeons, smelly buses, you name it, she has an opinion. A debut in fiction.
8) The skull in the rock: how a scientist, a boy, and Google Earth opened a new window on human origins
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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the story behind one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of all time, explaining its significance for understanding human evolution and how it is shaping the thinking of the scientific community.
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Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"In 1997, writer Patricia Stacey and her husband, Cliff, learned that their six-month-old son, Walker, might never walk or talk, or even hear or see. Unwilling to accept this grim prognosis, they embarked on a five-year odyssey that took them into alternative medicine and the newest brain research - and toward a new and innovative understanding of autism. Finally their search brought them to pioneering developmental psychiatrist Stanley Greenspan,...
10) Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and MAC users: start your journey into free and open source software
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Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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English
Description
Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) was a British writer, whose witty works satirizing Edwardian society and culture led him to be known as a master of the short story. Munro, better recognized by the pen name Saki, produced works that contrasted the conventions and hypocrisies of Edwardian England with the uncomplicated and sometimes cruel state of nature, a conflict which the latter usually won. This complete edition of short stories will entertain readers...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A life-size baby doll who stalks its prey. A flesh-hungry ogre who jingle jangles when he walks. A haunted house just dying for a visitor. What do all these things have in common? In collaboration with the Horror Writers Association, New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Jonathan Maberry has compiled a gruesome collection of terrifying stories--in tribute to Alvin Schwartz's classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series--that...
13) The Middle Ages
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Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the various elements of life in the Middle Ages, including religion, knights, castles, family life, and food.
16) The Renaissance
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Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the various elements of Renaissance life, including religion, trade, education, food, and clothes.
19) The Maya
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Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of the Mayan culture, discussing their government, religion, domestic life, recreation, occupations, entertainment, food, shelter, and clothing.
20) The Indus Valley
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Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the civilization of the Indus Valley, which began in ca. 3500 B.C.E., including its culture, government, writing system, and more.
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