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(0)Timothy Smith
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Timothy Smith challenges today's frantic pace and offers helpful solutions to families who are missing out on togetherness because of overscheduling. Simple Solutions for Families in the Fast Lane will help families connect with each other in meaningful ways in spite of work, school, extracurricular activities, and other responsibilities.
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For International Espionage Fans of Alan Furst and Daniel Silva, a new thriller set in post-Soviet era Poland.
It is 1992 in Warsaw, Poland, and the communist era has just ended. A series of grisly murders suddenly becomes an international case when it's feared that the victims may have been couriers smuggling nuclear material out of the defunct Soviet Union. The FBI sends an agent to help with the investigation. When he learns that a Russian physicist...
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The rapidly growing impact of artificial intelligence permeates our lives through multiple channels from the tech giants such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook to the computers controlling our cars, smartphones, and robots on the factory floor. Analysts project massive disruption in employment from this new technology with many jobs being automated in the next twenty years. The era of artificial intelligence is upon us, and the potential for great profits...
6) Plainfield
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Plainfield is the oldest community in Will County. The area was originally home to the Potawatomi Indians who lived along the DuPage River when the French fur trapper Vetel Vermette came to settle in the region. Jesse Walker, a Methodist minister, along with his son-in-law James Walker, came to the area and built a log cabin on the east side of the DuPage River in 1828. James built a permanent sawmill on the river by 1830 in a grove of trees known...
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Togus, located 4.5 miles east of Augusta, Maine, was formerly part of the town of Chelsea. After the Civil War, Congress enacted laws and established a system of facilities that collectively became known as "National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers." The critical need to establish an eastern branch of the National Home led to the selection of the former Togus Spring Hotel, which after some remodeling, opened for Union Civil War veterans inNovember...
8) Captive
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From the award winning playwright comes the intelligent, fast-paced thriller that started it all! What begins as a normal day for Mark O'Connor and Lisa Woodward ends with the unthinkable. Their loved ones brutally murdered, the two survivors are left desperately searching for answers while locked in a life or death struggle of their own. Based on the award winning stage play, 'CAPTIVE' brilliantly intersects the lives of nine strangers, each going...
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Penguin Press
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2019.
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English
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"The astonishing untold story of the author's father, the lone American on a 4-person SOE commando team dropped behind German lines in France, whose epic feats of irregular warfare proved vital in keeping Nazi tanks away from Normandy after D-Day"--
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People who love or work with someone with ADD often feel conflicted: they want to help, but they don't want to enable. They value the person's creativity, but they are exhausted.
Stephen Arterburn and Timothy Smith address ten myths about ADD, the pros and cons of medication, foods that help to minimize ADD, twelve strengths of people with ADD, new studies on how to calm the mind, showing empathy even when it's hard, and more.
This fresh look at...